CHESS BOOKS

    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.
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    Grandmaster at Work
    Catalog Code: B0008AC
    Our Price: $19.95

    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.
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    Pillsbury the Extraordinary
    Catalog Code: CB0033CD
    Our Price: $9.95

    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.
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    Beating the Sicilian Defense Chameleon Variation
    Catalog Code: CB0049CD
    Our Price: $13.95

    Petrosian the Powerful
    Short Description for Petrosian The Powerful - CB0055CD
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    Petrosian the Powerful
    Catalog Code: CB0055CD
    Our Price: $12.95

    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.
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    Pawn Power in Chess
    Catalog Code: B0034DV
    Our Price: $14.95

    500 Master Games of Chess
    Three Books in One - Open Games, Semi-Open Games & Closed Games
    Vast collection of great chess games from 1798-1938, with much material nowhere else readily available. Fully annotated, arranged by opening for easier study. 150 years of master play!
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    500 Master Games of Chess
    Three Books in One - Open Games, Semi-Open Games & Closed Games
    Catalog Code: B0029DV
    Our Price: $29.95

    1974 Chess Olympiad
    The Biennial Chess Olympiad is the official World Team Championship and rivals the individual World Championship as the premier event in the chess calendar. The 1974 Olympiad, which took place at Nice on the French Riviera, had a record entry of 74 national teams. The Soviet Union once again captured the gold medal, the USA, without Fischer, made their best result for eight years to win the bronze medal behind Yugoslavia in second place.

    This book covers the story of the Olympiad with 130 annotated games, nearly half of them annotated by Grandmasters, complete tables of team performances in both the preliminary and the final groups, tables of every individual result of every player and the results of all past Olympiads.
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    1974 Chess Olympiad
    Catalog Code: CB0014XX
    Our Price: $19.95

    King's Pawn Openings
    King's Pawn Openings
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    King's Pawn Openings
    Catalog Code: CB0066CD
    Our Price: $4.95

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