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CHESS BOOKS
The Most Amazing Chess Moves of All Time
A Top English Grandmaster Explains the 200 Most Astonishing and Insructive Moves in the History of Chess
A Top English Grandmaster Explains the 200 Most Astonishing and Insructive Moves in the History of Chess
Very occasionally, a chess move is played that astonishes the whole world. It may be a move of astounding complexity, unearthly beauty, deep paradox...or all three. The move is discussed and analyzed around the world as chess-players attempt to fathom both why the move works, and how on earth anyone thought of it in the first place. In this book, John Emms has selected, from hundreds of candidates, the 200 most amazing chess moves of all time.
The Most Amazing Chess Moves of All Time
A Top English Grandmaster Explains the 200 Most Astonishing and Insructive Moves in the History of Chess
Catalog Code: B0021GB
Our Price: $19.95
The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book
1001 Original Chess Puzzles to Challenge All Standards of Player, From Beginner to Grandmaster
1001 Original Chess Puzzles to Challenge All Standards of Player, From Beginner to Grandmaster
This book provides a wealth of puzzle positions to test just about every facet of your tactical skills. The puzzles in this book have been selected by analysing games new and old in search of original puzzle positions. It is very unlikely that even seasoned solvers will recognise many of these positions. Emms, by allying his skills with those of powerful computers, has also made every effort to ensure that the solutions are sound, and that there are no unmentioned alternative solutions.
The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book
1001 Original Chess Puzzles to Challenge All Standards of Player, From Beginner to Grandmaster
Catalog Code: B0072GB
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Learn Chess
A Gold Medal Winner Explains How to Play and Win at Chess
A Gold Medal Winner Explains How to Play and Win at Chess
Starting with the very basics, this book tells you everything you need to know to become a successful chess-player. No prior knowledge is assumed. The reader learns step-by-step, with each new point illustrated by clear examples. By the end of the book, the reader will be fully ready to take on opponents across the board, or on the Internet, and start winning. Dr John Nunn has built up a world-wide reputation for the outstanding clarity of his writings on a wide range of chess topics. This is his first book to tackle the fundamentals of chess.
Learn Chess
A Gold Medal Winner Explains How to Play and Win at Chess
Catalog Code: B0130GB
Our Price: $12.95
101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures
A Collection of Sparkling Modern Games to Instruct and Entertain
A Collection of Sparkling Modern Games to Instruct and Entertain
One of the world's finest writers on chess presents his selection of brilliant modern games of 25 moves or fewer. Much can be learned from these sparkling miniatures. John Nunn examines how the loser might have avoided disaster, and explains how the winner managed to punch home his advantage so effectively.
101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures
A Collection of Sparkling Modern Games to Instruct and Entertain
Catalog Code: B0131GB
Our Price: $19.95
Gambit Guide to the Torre Attack
An Easy-To-Learn Opening System with Real Practical Sting
An Easy-To-Learn Opening System with Real Practical Sting
The Torre Attack is a very attractive system for White as it allows him/her to set the agenda from the outset, preventing many counterattacking systems. It has quick-strike potential if Black is careless or unfamiliar with the subtleties.
Gambit Guide to the Torre Attack
An Easy-To-Learn Opening System with Real Practical Sting
Catalog Code: B0082GB
Our Price: $22.95
The System
A World Champion's Approach to Chess
A World Champion's Approach to Chess
Hans Berliner is one of the most successful correspondence chess players of all time, and was utterly dominant in the 5th World Championship. Here, for the first time, he explains the set of principles - The System - that he used to guide him to the right moves. Readers will be astonished by the simplicity and power of Berliner's methods as he takes several major openings and subjects them to System principles, and finds radically new approaches to them.
The System
A World Champion's Approach to Chess
Catalog Code: B0098GB
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Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
Advances Since Nimzowitsch
Advances Since Nimzowitsch
It is now seventy years since Nimzowitsch wrote his monumental work My System. While it remains a fundamental work on chess strategy, the way chess positions are handled has changed greatly since Nimzowitsch's time - both refinements to existing ideas, and completely new concepts.
Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
Advances Since Nimzowitsch
Catalog Code: B0104GB
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S.T.A.R. Chess
Strategy - Tactics - Attack - Reaction
Strategy - Tactics - Attack - Reaction
This book is packed with instructive model examples starting from a wide spectrum of opening systems, presenting a treasure trove of ideas to surprise even the most experienced of opponents. Interspersed with the instruction are test positions and puzzles to improve your skills in reasoning -- necessary if you are to become a brighter chess S.T.A.R. yourself!
S.T.A.R. Chess
Strategy - Tactics - Attack - Reaction
Catalog Code: B0007GB
Regular Price: $12.95
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How to Beat Your Dad at Chess
Including the 50 Deadly Checkmates
Including the 50 Deadly Checkmates
This is not just a book for kids - for 'Dad' read any opponent who beats you regularly! This book teaches the 50 Deadly Checkmates - basic attacking patterns that occur repeatedly in games between players of all standards. Each mating motif is carefully and simply explained, and several illustrative examples are given. A final test enables the reader to grade his pattern recognition abilities, and the last chapter explains what to do if your Dad is Garry Kasparov. Fun, instructive - and guaranteed to improve your game.
How to Beat Your Dad at Chess
Including the 50 Deadly Checkmates
Catalog Code: B0056GB
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101 Chess Opening Traps
A Collection of Deadly Traps, New and Old, to Catch Opponents of All Standards
A Collection of Deadly Traps, New and Old, to Catch Opponents of All Standards
101 Chess Opening Traps
A Collection of Deadly Traps, New and Old, to Catch Opponents of All Standards
Catalog Code: B0127GB
Our Price: $14.95
