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CHESS BOOKS
Sacrifices in the Sicilian
The Sicilian Defense is the most exciting of all chess openings and the most popular at all levels of play. The attacking and tactical possibilities of the Sicilian are numerous. There are many sacrificial ideas that occur time and again in the Sicilian, and it is the task of this book to clarify and analyze them
Sacrifices in the Sicilian
Catalog Code: B0070IS
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Win With The Stonewall Dutch
Rock Solid or Flexible - Your Choice!
Rock Solid or Flexible - Your Choice!
The Stonewall Dutch is a traditional favourite amongst club players, as it offers Black ready-made attacking plans on the kingside. As Grandmaster Bent Larsen has noted, the Dutch also has the tendency to 'bring out the coward' in opponents, giving it an added practical sting. However, up until the late 1980s, the Stonewall wasn't fully trusted at grandmaster level, despite its earlier use by Alekhine and Botvinnik. Black's attacking plans were too one-sided, and White's methods too well worked out.
Win With The Stonewall Dutch
Rock Solid or Flexible - Your Choice!
Catalog Code: B0137GB
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Read, Write, Checkmate
Enrich Literacy with Chess Activities
Enrich Literacy with Chess Activities
Read, Write, Checkmate both teaches chess to students and provides educators with an outline for a classroom literacy project. Chess expert, Alexey Root, describes her project to have kids read and write about chess while learning to play and excel at the game.
Read, Write, Checkmate
Enrich Literacy with Chess Activities
Catalog Code: B0022OB
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Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 10
No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!
No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!
Readers of this series can ignore large areas of the ever expanding chess opening theory. They can concentrate on these surprising ideas, because SOS variations deviate very early from the regular lines in mainstream openings. Ideal for players who don't have enough time to keep abreast with main line theory. Appears twice a year. Ready-to-go chess opening ideas.
Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 10
No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!
Catalog Code: B0010SOS
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Winning Chess Middlegames
An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures
An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures
Study of this important book, with dozens of highly instructive and clearly explained games from the greats of chess, will enhance your middlegame skills and will let you understand why pawns are considered to be 'the souls of chess'.
Winning Chess Middlegames
An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures
Catalog Code: B0072NIC
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Chess Secrets - Heroes of Classical Chess
Learn from Carlsen, Anand, Fischer, Smyslov and Rubinstein
Learn from Carlsen, Anand, Fischer, Smyslov and Rubinstein
Short Description for Chess Secrets : Heroes of Classical Chess - B0293EM
Chess Secrets - Heroes of Classical Chess
Learn from Carlsen, Anand, Fischer, Smyslov and Rubinstein
Catalog Code: B0293EM
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Chess Made Simple
This is a book about the most fascinating game in the world. It is both a manual for beginners and a refresher course for experienced players. Clear and methodical explanations begin with the various chess pieces and proceed to subtle, advanced plays.
Chess Made Simple
Catalog Code: B0004IS
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John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book
Test and Improve your Over-the-Board Decision Making
Test and Improve your Over-the-Board Decision Making
Most chess puzzle books put you in an artificial situation: you are told a combination exists, what the theme is and what you are required to achieve. This one is different. In a real game, a player may sometimes need to find a combination. On the other hand he may have to reject a tactical idea and simply find a good positional move. His task is to find the right move, whatever it may be.
John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book
Test and Improve your Over-the-Board Decision Making
Catalog Code: B0111GB
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Beat the KID
The King's Indian Defence is one of Black's most ambitious and popular replies to 1.d4 so White needs to be well prepared. Jan Markos shows the way with three separate repertoires for White. Each of the lines he explains has a different style, ranging from solidly positional to wildly attacking.
Beat the KID
Catalog Code: B0003QT
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True Combat Chess
Winning Battles over the Board
Winning Battles over the Board
Winning Battles over the Board, International Master and former US Open Champion Timothy Taylor draws upon his wealth of personal experience to offer an instructive and entertaining account of how to improve your understanding of chess and your results.
True Combat Chess
Winning Battles over the Board
Catalog Code: B0106EM
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The Black Lion
The Chess Predator's Choice Against Both 1. e4 and 1. d4
The Chess Predator's Choice Against Both 1. e4 and 1. d4
More than 85% of all chess games start with either 1.e4 or 1.d4. The Black Lion presents a flexible, logical and sensible way for Black to meet both of these moves. This robust, multipurpose opening system looks quiet, like a sleeping lion - hence the name. But when this predator is provoked, and the game heats up, Black eats its prey in an extremely swift and efficient way.
The Black Lion
The Chess Predator's Choice Against Both 1. e4 and 1. d4
Catalog Code: b0062NIC
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Gary's Adventures in Chess Country
The book's story begins when Gary, a young boy, finds himself at home with his babysitter one boring afternoon. His day picks up when a young girl named Cassie comes to take him away to Chess Country, a world where everything is related to the royal game. Along the way, Gary meets many of the residents of Chess Country, including Riddles -- who provides Gary and the reader with numerous chess puzzles -- and Zug, another young boy who will become Gary's chess rival.
Gary's Adventures in Chess Country
Catalog Code: B0003EU
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Kasparov - How his Predecessors Misled Him About Chess
Over the past few years the great chess player Garry Kasparov has written five best-selling books praising the contributions to chess made by the previous world champions. The series is called ''My Great Predecessors''. As a reaction to this wonderful series of books, leading chess writer Tibor Karolyi has written this imaginary sixth volume.
Kasparov - How his Predecessors Misled Him About Chess
Catalog Code: B0021BT
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Chess the Easy Way
More chess coaches in America recommend this book for their students than any other book. Written by one of the World's Strongest Grandmasters who was top contender for the World Chess Championship, "Chess the Easy Way" takes the player from the beginning moves of chess, rapidly advancing to the Expert Level.
Chess the Easy Way
Catalog Code: B0012IS
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New York 1924
One of the most remarkable and famous chess tournaments ever took place in New York City in March and April 1924. It had a narrative that is still striking today: Three world champions, undisputed world champions mind you, fulfilling their destiny. The stunning performance of the 55-year-old former world champion Emanuel Lasker. The seemingly invincible reigning world champion Jose Capablanca suffering his first loss in eight years. And all 110 tournament games deeply annotated by future world champion Alexander Alekhine.
New York 1924
Catalog Code: B0003RE
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Bobby Fischer vs. The Rest of the World
In 1972, an epic chess match took place in Iceland between representatives of the two great super-powers of the world: Bobby vs. Boris. Boris was backed by the Mighty Soviet Union, with late night phone calls coming from his handlers in Moscow, telling him what his next move should be.
Bobby Fischer vs. The Rest of the World
Catalog Code: B0006IS
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How to Play Against 1. e4
It's not easy finding a good opening to play against 1 e4, especially if you don't have endless time available to study the latest theoretical developments. If you choose fashionable openings, it's often a necessity to keep pace with modern theory if you want to succeed with Black. This book provides a solution. Neil McDonald advocates his favorite opening - the very popular French Defence - but chooses a repertoire for Black that requires only the minimum amount of move memorization.
How to Play Against 1. e4
Catalog Code: B0174EM
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Chess Openings for Black Explained
A Complete Repertoire
A Complete Repertoire
Chess Openings for Black, Explained gives you a complete repertoire of carefully selected, interrelated openings. Three-time U.S. champion and master teacher Lev Alburt, along with his grandmaster co-authors, provides everything you need to know to defend with confidence against each and every one of White's first moves.
Chess Openings for Black Explained
A Complete Repertoire
Catalog Code: B0009LV
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Chess Tactics For Advanced Players
Any chess enthusiast knows how important tactics are in chess and how crucial it is to make a thorough study of this aspect of the game. But up to now opinion has been divided on the best way of studying tactics. The well-known Soviet international grandmaster and chess author Averbakh has developed an entirely novel approach, which is expounded in the third edition of his Chess Tactics for Advanced Players.
Chess Tactics For Advanced Players
Catalog Code: B0001OB
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Ten Ways to Succeed in the Opening
First published in 2001 and recently reprinted in 2009 this book is one of three designed for young players. The other two are Ten Ways to Succeed in the Middle Game, and Ten Ways to Succeed in the Endgame.
Ten Ways to Succeed in the Opening
Catalog Code: B0001PA
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Ten Ways to Succeed in the Middlegame
This book tells you about the heart of Chess - the middlegame - in a format designed for young players. It uses a large clear type and is illustrated throughout with many chess diagrams and cartoons.
Ten Ways to Succeed in the Middlegame
Catalog Code: B0002PA
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Ten Ways to Succeed in the Endgame
This easy to read and understand book tells young players how to play the Endgame better. It is written in a format designed specifically for young players and is illustrated throughout with many great diagrams and cartoons to keep interest high.
Ten Ways to Succeed in the Endgame
Catalog Code: B0003PA
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Theory and Practice of Chess Endings - VOLUME 1
The author of the book is the Grandmaster and honored Russian coach who headed the All-Russian chess school. At his lessons Alexander Panchenko, following the advice of world champions J.R.Capablanka and V.V.Smislov, placed the highest emphasis on endgame (without neglecting the other stages of a chess game, for sure).
Theory and Practice of Chess Endings - VOLUME 1
Catalog Code: B0047EU
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Theory and Practice of Chess Endings - VOLUME 2
The author of the book is the Grandmaster and honored Russian coach who headed the All-Russian chess school. At his lessons Alexander Panchenko, following the advice of world champions J.R.Capablanka and V.V.Smislov, placed the highest emphasis on endgame (without neglecting the other stages of a chess game, for sure). The result surpassed all expectations: dozens of grand masters and masters graduated from the school - Sergey Rublevsky, Alice Galliamova, Ruslan Scherbakov, Maxim Sorokin, Michael Ulibin, Svetlana Prudnikova, Tatiana Shumjakina and many others.
Theory and Practice of Chess Endings - VOLUME 2
Catalog Code: B0048EU
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Play 2... Nf6 in the Sicilian
Nimzowitsch-Rubinstein Variation
Nimzowitsch-Rubinstein Variation
On the map of modern chess theory there is a 'blank spot' - The Nimzowitsch-Rubinstein Variation of the Sicilian Defence (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6) Everyone has heard of it, but no one really knows anything about it. The literature devoted to this topic is extremely scanty. Two or three articles, a few brochures, one ancient monograph (in German) - and that's all. The book of international master Grigory Bogdanovisch fills this gap. The author, a recognized expert on the Variation, has summarized and fully systemized his many years of experience in the given field.
Play 2... Nf6 in the Sicilian
Nimzowitsch-Rubinstein Variation
Catalog Code: B0050EU
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King's Gambit
The present book by Nikolai Kalinichenko, an international grandmaster in correspondence play, gives a systematic analysis of the King's Gambit using more than 300 annotated games, classic and modern, providing the reader with a sound knowledge of all the standard variations, together with their typical strategic and tactical ideas.
King's Gambit
Catalog Code: B0051EU
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Computer Games I
Computer Games I is the first volume in a two-part compendium of papers covering the most important material available on the development of computer strategy games. These selections range from discussions of mathematical analysis of games, to more qualitative concerns of whether a computer game should follow human thought processes rather than a "brute force" approach, to papers which will benefit readers trying to program their own games.
Computer Games I
Catalog Code: B0067IS
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Starting Out - The Trompowsky
The Trompowsky Attack is well known as an ambitious and aggressive opening. Initially an offbeat line favoured by club players, in recent history it has undergone somewhat of a transformation. Thanks to the efforts and innovations of Grandmasters such as Mickey Adams and Julian Hodgson, it has been fine-tuned into a powerful attacking weapon, and today it is seen as an important mainline opening in its own right.
Starting Out - The Trompowsky
Catalog Code: B0296EM
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Champions of the New Millennium
The Best Possible Guide to Who is Who in the Chess Played Today and Tomorrow
The Best Possible Guide to Who is Who in the Chess Played Today and Tomorrow
In Champions of the New Millennium three accomplished authors present the eighteen best chess players in the world today. Each player is introduced with an illuminating profile, and then four of his or her finest games are explained in depth.
Champions of the New Millennium
The Best Possible Guide to Who is Who in the Chess Played Today and Tomorrow
Catalog Code: B0027OB
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Baden Baden 1925
International Chess Tournament
International Chess Tournament
Notes by Grekov and a host of great annotators including Lasker, Alekhine, Tartakower, Rabinovich, Burn, Grunfeld, Grigoriev, Levenfish, Romanovsky, Sozin, a.o., A tournament book worthy of this great event, which was one of Alekhine's finest performances. Easily one of the best tournament books ever published in English with a cornucopia of great games from the golden age of hypermodern chess.
Baden Baden 1925
International Chess Tournament
Catalog Code: B0002CA
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My System - 21st Century Edition
The Landmark Positional Chess Training Classic in an Easy-To-Study Algebaic Format / 419 Diagrams
The Landmark Positional Chess Training Classic in an Easy-To-Study Algebaic Format / 419 Diagrams
For many years, Nimzovich was known as the "Stormy Petrel" of the chess world. Today, his profound theories of positional chess are accepted as a matter of course, and a knowledge of them is essential to every player who wants to improve his game. My System describes a theory of chess; it also describes the character and genius of its author.
My System - 21st Century Edition
The Landmark Positional Chess Training Classic in an Easy-To-Study Algebaic Format / 419 Diagrams
Catalog Code: B0002HY
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Chess Middlegame Combinations
Chess Middlegame Combinations, a companion volume to Chess Middlegame Planning, forms the second part of Peter Romanovsky's classic Russian textbook on the middlegame. Now available for the first itme in an English language translation, Chess Middlegame Combinations is written with a view to helping the reader acquire a practical understanding of middlegame techniques as well as an appreciation for the beauty and aesthetics of chess.
Chess Middlegame Combinations
Catalog Code: B0005AC
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Chessercizes
New Winning Techniques for Players of All Levels
New Winning Techniques for Players of All Levels
National Master Bruce Pandolfini has created a unique and challenging Chess exercise book for players of all levels. Faced with actual positions from recent tournaments and match play, readers are asked to make the winning move for some of the world's best players, including World Champions Kasparov and Karpov.
Chessercizes
New Winning Techniques for Players of All Levels
Catalog Code: B0006SS
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More Chessercizes - Checkmate
300 Winning Strategies for Players of All Levels
300 Winning Strategies for Players of All Levels
This book offers chess players the ultimate challenge - to find the move or sequence of moves that will finish off the imaginary opponent in a checkmate situation, allowing readers to practice traps and winning opening moves without using a chess board.
More Chessercizes - Checkmate
300 Winning Strategies for Players of All Levels
Catalog Code: B0007SS
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How to Get Better at Chess
Chess Masters on Their Art
Chess Masters on Their Art
The material in these pages form one of the most original chess books ever printed. Questions that have been in the mind of all chess players are answered by the greatest legends of the game. Luminaries such as Grandmasters Tal, Larsen and Seirawan present previously unpublished stories, comments and anecdotes that will usrely delight any chess enthusiast.
How to Get Better at Chess
Chess Masters on Their Art
Catalog Code: B0016OB
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How to Win Quickly at Chess
The book places a heavy emphasis on opening theory, basic strategic & tactical themes. These themes occur in a variety of openings and they often are the determining factor in short, decisive games. By examining in detail over 70 short games, many involving some of the world's top GM's, the author offers valuable instruction which will enable players to broaden their understanding of the critical themes that occur in short, decisive games.
How to Win Quickly at Chess
Catalog Code: CB0001XX
Our Price: $9.95
