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CHESS BOOKS
Emanuel Lasker - The Life of a Chess Master
The legendary master comes vividly to life as Dr. Hannak details his childhood, education, decision to become a professional player, great exploits in matches against Marshall, Capablanca, Tarrasch, Schlechter and other players, his happy marriage, flight from Nazi Germany and much more.
Emanuel Lasker - The Life of a Chess Master
Catalog Code: B0046DV
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How Karpov Wins - 2nd Edition
100 games analyzed simply and clearly, showing exactly how Karpov won. Over 300 chess diagrams.
How Karpov Wins - 2nd Edition
Catalog Code: B0049DV
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The Immortal Games of Capablanca
Superbly annotated treasury includes 113 of the Cuban master's greatest games against Marshall, Lasker, Euwe, and many other formidable opponents.
The Immortal Games of Capablanca
Catalog Code: B0050DV
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The Art of the Checkmate
Learn from 127 games by Tartakower, Janowski, Rubinstein, Blackburne, others, illustrating positional maneuvers leading to these mates. Review quizzes test progress.
The Art of the Checkmate
Catalog Code: B0052DV
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The Game of Chess
Finally, the author deals with openings and offers enlightening comments on many historically important variations. Over 340 diagrams and 12 complete games.
The Game of Chess
Catalog Code: B0053DV
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The Middle Game in Chess
Basic concepts of middle game play are systematically and logically presented.
The Middle Game in Chess
Catalog Code: B0054DV
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How to Play Chess Endings
Emphasis throughout the book is on understanding principles, rather than memorizing moves, with the result that the reader will be able to apply Znosko-Borovsky's techniques to almost any situation that may arise.
How to Play Chess Endings
Catalog Code: B0044DV
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Win at Chess
New Algebraic Edition
New Algebraic Edition
The 300 practical chess problems included here, taken from actual tournament play, contain scores of traps, sacrifices, mates, winning combinations, and subtle exchanges that will help sharpen players' eyes and test their skills against the masters.
Win at Chess
New Algebraic Edition
Catalog Code: B0051DV
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Alexander Alekhine - My Best Games of Chess - 1908-1937
Two Volumes Bound as One
Two Volumes Bound as One
This unequaled collection reproduces Alekhine's 220 best games, his own personal acounts of the dazzling victories that made him a legend. Spanning almost thirty years of tournament play, it includes historic matches against Capablanca, Euwe and Bogoljubov, and chronicles his briliant ascent to world mastery, his surprising defeat in 1935, and his dramatic return two years later - the first deposed champion to regain his crown.
Alexander Alekhine - My Best Games of Chess - 1908-1937
Two Volumes Bound as One
Catalog Code: B0045DV
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Danger in Chess
How to Avoid Making Blunders
How to Avoid Making Blunders
This volume, from a series for which chess champion Garry Kasparov serves as chief advisor, offers players at every level guidance on how to develop an early warning system.
Danger in Chess
How to Avoid Making Blunders
Catalog Code: B0002DV
Our Price: $7.95
Bobby Fischer - Profile of a Prodigy
This book is virtually three books in one--a complete biography, an analysis of 90 representative games that trace Fischer's rise to chess supremacy, and a complete history of the Fischer-Spassky World Championship Match in 1972.
Bobby Fischer - Profile of a Prodigy
Catalog Code: B0032DV
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The Art of Sacrifice in Chess
The first systematic attempt to explain and exploit the theory of chess sacrifice, this guide remains an extremely helpful weapon in the arsenal of players at every level.
The Art of Sacrifice in Chess
Catalog Code: B0041DV
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Start Playing Chess Today!
A Quick and Easy Guide to Chess!
A Quick and Easy Guide to Chess!
Take large diagrams, straightforward instruction and helpful tips and quizzes—and what do you have? The winning formula for a quick and easy way to play chess today. Perfect for players new to the game, the author explains the basics of chess and each piece's characteristics —how they move, their relative value and how they can be used to checkmate opponents.
Start Playing Chess Today!
A Quick and Easy Guide to Chess!
Catalog Code: B0054CZ
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Play Better Chess Today!
A Quick Guide to Improving Your Chess!
A Quick Guide to Improving Your Chess!
Play Better Chess Today is perfect for players who have learned the basics and are ready to take their game to the next level and start winning games. Over 100 diagrams show how to exploit the strengths of each piece, and defend against their weaknesses. You'll also learn tactical moves to capture pieces checkmate opponents.
Play Better Chess Today!
A Quick Guide to Improving Your Chess!
Catalog Code: B0055CZ
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10 Most Common Chess Mistakes
And How to Avoid Them!
And How to Avoid Them!
A fascinating collection of more than two hundred typical errors committed by the world's greatest players challenges you to test your skills by choosing between two moves: the right one, or the one actually played. You will be amazed at how even world champions make errors in critical situations and violate the basic principles of chess.
10 Most Common Chess Mistakes
And How to Avoid Them!
Catalog Code: B0003CZ
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New Ideas in Chess
How to use Space, Time, Force and Pawn Structure to Become a Winning Chess Player
How to use Space, Time, Force and Pawn Structure to Become a Winning Chess Player
Finally One if the Most Influential Chess Books ever is back! Five- time U.S Champion Larry Evans shows you the most important concepts that comprise a winning chess game: Space, Time, Force & Pawn Structure.In a book that has been called the "bible" for novice to intermediate player," this newly revised classic use actual game examples to illustrate dozens of chess themes.
New Ideas in Chess
How to use Space, Time, Force and Pawn Structure to Become a Winning Chess Player
Catalog Code: B0051CZ
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The Sicilian Dragon
The Classic How-to-Win Guide on One of the Most Exciting and Powerful Chess Openings Played Today
The Classic How-to-Win Guide on One of the Most Exciting and Powerful Chess Openings Played Today
Play the Exciting Dragon! Inside this book are the secrets of one of the most exciting and powerful openings in all of chess - the Sicilian Dragon! Used by amateurs and champons alike, the dragon features brilliant combinations, no-holds-barred assasults, wild sacrifices, and uncompromising positions. This new edition features bigger diagrams, the latest moves and developements, and 30 new game examples.
The Sicilian Dragon
The Classic How-to-Win Guide on One of the Most Exciting and Powerful Chess Openings Played Today
Catalog Code: B0052CZ
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107 Great Chess Battles - 1939-1945
One of the game's greatest players annotates scores of fascinating games involving such masters as Capablanca, Bogoljubov, Kashdan, Reshevsky, Tartakower, Keres and others, including many of Alekhine's own games. Includes delightfully candid views on fellow masters and rivals for the world title. Edited and translated by E. G. Winter. Preface. Index.
107 Great Chess Battles - 1939-1945
Catalog Code: B0012DV
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The Art of Chess Combination
Detailed explanation of principles, varieties, techniques and ideas behind them, illustrated with many examples from great players. 200 diagrams.
The Art of Chess Combination
Catalog Code: B0017DV
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51 Chess Openings for Beginners
What the Chess Openings Look Like
What the Chess Openings Look Like
Chess openings are the most important part of every novice's journey and the most fun. The most common and important openings are presented in an easy-to-use format with large, frequent diagrams showing every position along with clear explanations of the goals, objectives, and concepts behind the moves.
51 Chess Openings for Beginners
What the Chess Openings Look Like
Catalog Code: B0027CZ
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This Crazy World of Chess
After Reading this Controversial Book, You'll Never Look at Chess the Same Way Again!
After Reading this Controversial Book, You'll Never Look at Chess the Same Way Again!
The most controversial chess book ever written exposes the intrigues, scandals, conspiracies, dirty dealings and fascinating tidbits, not just with famous players and corrupt chess federations, but also killers, bloodthirsty tyrants, 12-year-old grandmasters and even legendary movie stars such as Charlie Chaplin and Humphrey Bogart.
This Crazy World of Chess
After Reading this Controversial Book, You'll Never Look at Chess the Same Way Again!
Catalog Code: B0032CZ
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Chess Opening Trap of the Day
Learn to Play and Defend Against Tricky Opening Traps
Learn to Play and Defend Against Tricky Opening Traps
Great for beginners who want to improve their game and intermediate players who love challenges, this powerful collection of opening traps will immediately improve your play and have your opponents fearing you. You'll learn how to spot the everyday opening mistakes made by opponents and how to take advantage of these mistakes by setting opening traps.
Chess Opening Trap of the Day
Learn to Play and Defend Against Tricky Opening Traps
Catalog Code: B0034CZ
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Portable Chess Coach
Learn How to Play and Win at Chess in One Easy Reading!
Learn How to Play and Win at Chess in One Easy Reading!
This entertaining guide for beginners of all ages is like a human chess coach. It clearly explains the basic rules and moves, opening strategies, middle game and endgame, plus the basic tactics and combinations to give you the winning edge. As you glide through the text, Judee helps you along with review questions, practice puzzles, and instructive games, and shows you the ten most common beginner's mistakes.
Portable Chess Coach
Learn How to Play and Win at Chess in One Easy Reading!
Catalog Code: B0004CZ
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303 More Tricky Chess Puzzles
303 More Challenging Puzzles to Take On!
303 More Challenging Puzzles to Take On!
A carefully selected entertaining and instructive collection of tactical chess puzzles. The authors, both veteran professional chess instructors, have collected or created 303 additional game situations, to go with the original 303 typical situations featured in the original 303 Tricky Chess Puzzles.
303 More Tricky Chess Puzzles
303 More Challenging Puzzles to Take On!
Catalog Code: B0037CZ
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1 Move Checkmates
200 Instructive and Challenging Mates for Beginners!
200 Instructive and Challenging Mates for Beginners!
This great book for beginning players covers the most basic of all mates - the one move mate! Schiller presents different game positions where you must find the move that instantly wins the game. You'll learn how to make the final move with all the pieces - knights, bishops, rooks, pawns, queens and even the king. This great training tool is perfect for players new to the game of chess!
1 Move Checkmates
200 Instructive and Challenging Mates for Beginners!
Catalog Code: B0033CZ
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Learn From Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games
The Brilliant and Instructive Masterpieces of the World's Greatest Chessplayer
The Brilliant and Instructive Masterpieces of the World's Greatest Chessplayer
Before his recent retirement, Garry Kasparov held the number one position in chess for nearly twenty years. He is considered the greatest player of all time. Now, beginning and intermediate players, ninety percent of the chess playing audience, can benefit from his wisdom.
Learn From Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games
The Brilliant and Instructive Masterpieces of the World's Greatest Chessplayer
Catalog Code: B0009CZ
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First Chess Openings
The Easiest Introduction to Openings
The Easiest Introduction to Openings
This great beginning book shows players how to confidently start out a chess game with solid near-foolproof openings. Easy-to-read and targeted to novice and new chess player, the oversized format is filled with large diagrams, clear explanations, and ideas and concepts that are easy for new players.
First Chess Openings
The Easiest Introduction to Openings
Catalog Code: B0018CZ
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303 Tricky Chess Puzzles
Find the Decisive Winning Moves!
Find the Decisive Winning Moves!
303 Tricky Chess Puzzles
Find the Decisive Winning Moves!
Catalog Code: B0043CZ
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202 Checkmates For Children
A Fun and Instructive Workbook for Childred Serious about Chess!
A Fun and Instructive Workbook for Childred Serious about Chess!
Veteran chess teachers and authors, Wilson and Alberston, who specialize in teaching chess to children, present 202 fascinating puzzles that are both instructional and fun. Large diagrams and clearly explained solutions will thrill kids as they work their way through the concepts while they have fun with chess. This book is perfect for kids!
202 Checkmates For Children
A Fun and Instructive Workbook for Childred Serious about Chess!
Catalog Code: B0042CZ
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How Good Is Your Chess?
Rate Yourself in 100 Positions
Rate Yourself in 100 Positions
Grandmaster and Hall of Fame chess legend Larry Evans draws upon his vast experience as five-time U.S. champion to present a fun and challenging new approach for chess players. You can test your skills against one hundred fascinating positions from actual games and choose the best move among three choices.
How Good Is Your Chess?
Rate Yourself in 100 Positions
Catalog Code: B0030CZ
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Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory
This book, about the best chess player of the nineteenth century, analyzes Paul Morphy's games and positions in depth to reveal the essence of his style. The first collection in English of all 413 of Morphy's known games, the volume discusses other players of the period (Adolph Anderssen and Wilhelm Steinitz), Morphy's rare blunders and omissions, as well as selected endgames and openings.
Paul Morphy and the Evolution of Chess Theory
Catalog Code: B0030DV
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Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929
In this account of his victory at the 1929 Carlsbad Tournament, Nimzovich offers a captivating retrospective of his triumph over some of the best of his contemporaries: Capablanca, Spielmann, Bogolyubov, Tartakower, Samisch, and others. A tart analysis of Carlsbad's 30 best games.
Carlsbad International Chess Tournament 1929
Catalog Code: B0031DV
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100 Easy Checkmates
One and Two Move Checkmates to Test Your Skills!
One and Two Move Checkmates to Test Your Skills!
Perfect for beginning players--including children--100 Easy Checkmates offers an accessible, fun guide to winning at chess. Designed to help players learn without frustration or tedious chess notation, 100 Easy Checkmates presents easy one- and two-move checkmates that everyone can understand.
100 Easy Checkmates
One and Two Move Checkmates to Test Your Skills!
Catalog Code: B0002CZ
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Killer Chess Tactics
Use the Strategies of World Champions to Impress Your Friends and Pummel Your Enemies
Use the Strategies of World Champions to Impress Your Friends and Pummel Your Enemies
This is a book for players who want to play killer chess using the insights, concepts, tactics and combinations used by the greatest players who ever lived. This fascinating book teaches you how to learn from the incredible combinations and sacrifices of fourteen World Champions, how the champions used these brilliant stratagems to bring opponents to their knees, and how they themselves fell prey to these deadly surprise attacks.
Killer Chess Tactics
Use the Strategies of World Champions to Impress Your Friends and Pummel Your Enemies
Catalog Code: B0006CZ
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Complete Defense to King Pawn Openings
Win Against Any King Pawn Opening!
Win Against Any King Pawn Opening!
Based on the powerful Caro-Kann, a favorite weapon of great players, you'll learn how to come right out of the gate and defend against 1.e4, the most popular first move in chess. This is a great beginner's book because readers need to learn just one strong opening system, and it can be used to combat all of White's 1.e4 openings.
Complete Defense to King Pawn Openings
Win Against Any King Pawn Opening!
Catalog Code: B0008CZ
Our Price: $18.95
Complete Book of Beginning Chess
Learn How to Play Chess and Obtain a Deeper Understanding of the Game with this Comprehensive Step-By-Step Course
Learn How to Play Chess and Obtain a Deeper Understanding of the Game with this Comprehensive Step-By-Step Course
In just ten easy lessons, beginning and novice players learn everything they need to know to play and win at chess. From setting up a chess board and moving the pieces to basic concepts and winning strategies, and even how to get rated and play on the internet, this is a great book for players looking to learn and improve their game.
Complete Book of Beginning Chess
Learn How to Play Chess and Obtain a Deeper Understanding of the Game with this Comprehensive Step-By-Step Course
Catalog Code: B0013CZ
Our Price: $19.95
