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Grandmaster at Work
Soviet Grandmaster Alexander Kotov (1913-1981) was both a top ranking player and a world-famous author. Champion of his country, winner of international tournaments, and even a contender for the world chess championship, he is best known to players in the west as the author of the best-selling Think Like a Grandmaster and the sequel Play Like a Grandmaster.
Grandmaster at Work
Catalog Code: B0008AC
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Pillsbury the Extraordinary
Soltis's research has found material found no where else! He was a chess meteor brilliantly streaking across the sky in only two years after learning the moves. He came and went quickly, this Harry Nelson Pillsbury. But while he was here, he left something for you - his extraordinary life and games. You will learn from his style that mixed and combined that or Steinitz and Morphy. Between 1896-1902, he may have been the best player in the world, superior even to World Champion Lasker. You are going to be a part of history and beautiful games with this book on Pillsbury the Extraordinary! There's a diagram every 3 moves, like a movie, to help you exercise your powers of visualization.
Pillsbury the Extraordinary
Catalog Code: CB0033CD
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Beating the Sicilian Defense Chameleon Variation
The title is to make it strong and clear it is written from the White side. You do not have to wade through page after page, suggestion after suggestion, to find the best White continuations. The analysis will show you how to get an advantage with White by getting you through the opening against all Black variations. White plays 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 followed by 3.Ne2, with the flexible option to break through with d4 if desired.
Beating the Sicilian Defense Chameleon Variation
Catalog Code: CB0049CD
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Petrosian the Powerful
Short Description for Petrosian The Powerful - CB0055CD
Petrosian the Powerful
Catalog Code: CB0055CD
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Pawn Power in Chess
Publisher: Dover
Author: Hans Kmoch
Year of Publication: 1990 Pages: 304
Notation Type: Descriptive (DN)
Book Description Profoundly original discussion of pawn play isolates its elements and elaborates on various aspects. Basic relationships of one or two pawns constitute winning strategy. Multitude of examples demonstrate paramount significance of elements of pawn manipulation. 182 diagrams. Index of games.
Pawn Power in Chess
Catalog Code: B0034DV
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Encyclopedia of Chess Endings - BOOK III - Rook Endings - PART TWO
The Encyclopedia of Chess Endings (ECE), published by Chess Informant, is a five-volume comprehensive reference work on endings. Contributors to the series include experts such as Adorjan, Averbakh, Beliavsky, Botvinnik, Browne, Ftacnik, Gelfand, Gligoric, Hort, Huebner, Karpov, Kasparov, Kavalek, Korchnoi, Kovacevic, Mikhalchishin, Miles, Minev, Nunn, Parma, Speelman, Sveshnikov, Thompson (BELLE), Timman, Uhlmann, and Unzicker.
Encyclopedia of Chess Endings - BOOK III - Rook Endings - PART TWO
Catalog Code: B0006ECO
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Notes of a Soviet Master
Translated by Bernard Cafferty from the original Russian edition of 1929. A small book, but a fascinating account of this prominent revolutionary's early chess career and Soviet chess in the 1920s buttressed by fifty of his games from his entire career including his immortal sacrificial win over Capablanca (then reigning World Champion).
Notes of a Soviet Master
Catalog Code: B0014CA
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Kasparov's Winning Chess Tactics
How He Thinks, How He Moves
How He Thinks, How He Moves
Russian grandmaster Gary Kasparov is the youngest world champion ever. He is renowned for his aggressive play and superior tactics, which the author, a U.S. national chess master, analyzes in this book of recapped pivotal positions. Pandolfini opens with a brief biographical sketch on Kasparov and then proceeds to discuss how Kasparov responded or might have responded to 150 or so actual and hypothetical situations.
Kasparov's Winning Chess Tactics
How He Thinks, How He Moves
Catalog Code: B0016SS
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ABC's of Chess
Invaluable Detailed Lessons for Players at All Levels
Invaluable Detailed Lessons for Players at All Levels
All three groups will rejoice in the richness and clarity of the ABC's, while learning how they--or their students--can avoid stereotypical thinking, learn to appreciate both the applications and limitations of basic chess concepts, and turn their chess weaknesses into strengths in any given situation. Read The ABCs of Chess from start to finish to learn the basics. Or, if you are more experienced, turn to the section that will help you correct particular problems in your play, or to Pandolfini's exceptionally clear and thorough discussion of the endgame.
ABC's of Chess
Invaluable Detailed Lessons for Players at All Levels
Catalog Code: B0020SS
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Chess Strategy
One of the great theoretical works in chess, shows principles of action above and beyond moves. Acclaimed by Capablanca, Keres, etc.
Chess Strategy
Catalog Code: B0019DV
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