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Nuremberg 1896
International Chess Tournament
International Chess Tournament
Notes to all the games plus two photos, bibliography, openings index, and tournament records of the contestants.
Nuremberg 1896
International Chess Tournament
Catalog Code: B0001CA
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The Amateur's Mind
Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery
Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery
This book takes the student on a journey through his own mind and returns him to the chess board with a wealth of new-found knowledge and the promise of a significant gain in strength. Most amateurs possess erroneous thinking processes that remain with them throughout their chess lives.
The Amateur's Mind
Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery
Catalog Code: B0003SI
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The King in Jeopardy
Comprehensive Chess Course - VOLUME 4
Comprehensive Chess Course - VOLUME 4
This chess classic has been praised by players and teachers alike. Lev Alburt, Grandmaster of Chess and three-time US chess champion, presents and analyzes the attack and defense of the king, with hundreds of game illustrations, dozens of problems and exercises, and instructive explanations and solutions. These practical exercises take the reader from beginner to tournament-strength chess player.
The King in Jeopardy
Comprehensive Chess Course - VOLUME 4
Catalog Code: B0004LV
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Three Hundred Chess Games
English Language Edition
English Language Edition
Grandmaster Siegbert Tarrasch, in Three Hundred Chess Games, takes the combinational school of Paul Morphy and combines it with the positional school founded by Wilhelm Steinitz. The result is a powerful system of chess player utilitized by some of the greatest masters since the turn of the twentieth century. Dr. Tarrasch's system reflects the entire store of knowledge of chess, up to the hypermodern era.
Three Hundred Chess Games
English Language Edition
Catalog Code: B0007HY
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Starting Out - In Chess
International Master Byron Jacobs provides newcomers to the chess with a thorough grounding in the fundamental principles of the game. In this book he takes the novice player to the standard at which they can enjoy a friendly or competitive game. Learn chess from scratch or brush up on the basics.
Starting Out - In Chess
Catalog Code: B0042EM
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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
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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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Art of Attack in Chess
One of the finest chess books ever written, now revised in algebraic edition. The author expounds both the basic principles and the most complex forms of attack on the king. It has been updated by legendary author GM John Nunn. Still one of the great classics ever written on tactics.
Art of Attack in Chess
Catalog Code: B0109EM
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Most Instructive Games of Young Grandmasters
Paul Motwani has selected the finest games of the brightest young stars of the 1990s-including Kramnik, Anand, Adams and Judit Polgar-and annotated them in his own inimitable style. Readers will be both inspired and delighted by the games and notes, which both impart instruction in painless fashion and shed light on the factors that have made these players such world-beaters. Written by a former World Under-17 Champion, this book features brilliant games by the greatest talents of modern chess and highlights instructive points from each game. Paul Motwani is a chess journalist, coach and teacher. He won the World Under-17 Championship in 1978, ahead of Short, Hjartarson and many other famous players. In the same year he became the youngest ever Scotish Champion-a title he has won on four subsequent occasions. He became Scotland's first grandmaster in 1992.
Most Instructive Games of Young Grandmasters
Catalog Code: B0185EM
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Tips for Young Players
In the first half of this book, Sadler concentrates on establishing general principles for the opening, middlegame, and endgame. For instance, the section on the opening discusses the principles of good development, king safety, center occupation, and the initiative. Each section concludes with a summary of the important points and selection of exercises to help you see how much you've internalized before you go on.
Tips for Young Players
Catalog Code: B0259EM
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Mastering Rook vs. Minor Pieces
Short Description for Mastering Rook Versus Minor Pieces - CB0016XX
Mastering Rook vs. Minor Pieces
Catalog Code: CB0016XX
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The Slav
The Slav Defense (1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6) has been one of Black's most reliable defenses to the queen's pawn since its adoption by World Champions Alekhine and Euwe in the 1930s. Nowadays it is very popular both at grandmaster level (it is used regularly by Ivanchuk, Lautier and Short) and with club players. In this book, Grandmaster Matthew Sadler explains the strategy and tactics of this perennial favorite. Through the use of model games for both sides, the author provides a thorough grounding in the key ideas so readers can quickly and confidently start to use the Slav in their own games.
The Slav
Catalog Code: B0113EM
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Anatoly Karpov - My 300 Best Games
I have played a huge amount of tournament and match games during my long chess career, roughly 2,500 altogether. From those games, I have selected only three hundred for this book, - the games I consider my best and most instructive ones.
Anatoly Karpov - My 300 Best Games
Catalog Code: B0006EU
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How to Beat Bobby Fischer
Even chess legend Bobby Fischer occasionally lost matches, and his rare defeats offer valuable lessons for ordinary players. This intriguing collection, compiled by a noted chess master, features comprehensive text-and-diagram analyses of 61 of Fischer's losing games. Highlights include "the losing moment," the move at which each game was beyond saving.
How to Beat Bobby Fischer
Catalog Code: B0011DV
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The Complete Najdorf 6. Bg5
The Definitive Guide to Fischer and Kasparov's Favorite Chess Opening
The Definitive Guide to Fischer and Kasparov's Favorite Chess Opening
The Najdorf Sicilian (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6) is the most important, popular, and talked about opening in chess. Its name is synonymous with such luminaries as Tal, Fischer, and Kasparov.
The Complete Najdorf 6. Bg5
The Definitive Guide to Fischer and Kasparov's Favorite Chess Opening
Catalog Code: B0012BT
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Leningrad Dutch
Strategy and Tactics
Strategy and Tactics
This book arms the reader with a dynamic counter to White's 1. d4 and includes up-to-date game references along with fresh analysis and numerous original suggestions. Many 1.d4 players have a secret dread for the Leningrad Dutch and rightly so! Discover why increasing numbers of serious players are turning to the Leningrad Dutch in answer to White's solid 1. d4.
Leningrad Dutch
Strategy and Tactics
Catalog Code: B0014HY
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Paul Keres - The Quest for Perfection
Inspiration and Instruction for Chess Players of All Levels
Inspiration and Instruction for Chess Players of All Levels
Paul Keres was one of the greatest players in chess history and a leading contender for the world championship for over 30 years. His modest, honest and open-minded approach to chess made him popular with chess enthusiasts the world over. These qualities come over supremely well in his writing.
Paul Keres - The Quest for Perfection
Inspiration and Instruction for Chess Players of All Levels
Catalog Code: B0037BT
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Richard Reti's Best Games
Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of the All-Time Deepest Thinker
Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of the All-Time Deepest Thinker
The most instructive games by one of the most original chess players of all time!
A new edition of Golombek's in-depth look at the chess of one of the most influential chess theoreticians of the twentieth century. As part of the algebraic classics series, it has been converted to modern notation by Grandmaster John Nunn, who has added analytical footnotes.
A new edition of Golombek's in-depth look at the chess of one of the most influential chess theoreticians of the twentieth century. As part of the algebraic classics series, it has been converted to modern notation by Grandmaster John Nunn, who has added analytical footnotes.
Richard Reti's Best Games
Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of the All-Time Deepest Thinker
Catalog Code: B0047BT
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Master Checkmate Strategy - OLD EDITION
The Winner's Guide to Essential Checkmates & Attacks
The Winner's Guide to Essential Checkmates & Attacks
Learn the basic combinations as well as the advanced, surprising and unconventional mates, the most effective pieces needed to win, and how to mate opponents with just a pawn advantage. Also, how to work two rooks into an unstoppable attack, wield a queen advantage with deadly intent, coordinate pieces of differing strengths into indefensible mating attacks, and when it's best to have a knight or a bishop to win.
Master Checkmate Strategy - OLD EDITION
The Winner's Guide to Essential Checkmates & Attacks
Catalog Code: B0049CZ
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Beating the King's Indian and Benoni
Shock Your Opponents with the Four Pawns Attack!
Shock Your Opponents with the Four Pawns Attack!
It seems unfair that Black gets all the attacking chances in the normal lines of the King's Indian. Readers can now take a tip from the World's leading expert of sharp systems and shock their opponent with the Four Pawn Attack! Black has countless ways to go wrong, while White is risking little if well-prepared. Vaisser's hitherto unpublished analysis will give readers the edge they need to send Black's King to the guillotine.
Beating the King's Indian and Benoni
Shock Your Opponents with the Four Pawns Attack!
Catalog Code: B0051BT
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C.O.O.L. Chess
The sequel to H.O.T. Chess. Grandmaster Motwani continues to explain his easy-to-use approach to chess thinking, and shows how Creative Original Opening Lines can bring astonishing over-the-board success. The many brilliant games in this book includes victories by Motwani over some of the world's leading players, whom he has outwitted in the early stages of the game.
C.O.O.L. Chess
Catalog Code: B0064BT
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The New Classical King's Indian
This book focuses on the King's Indian variations that have undergone the most dramatic change in the 1990's: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0. The system with ..Na6 receives full coverage, together with the traditional main lines of 7..Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 followed by Ne1 or Nd2.
The New Classical King's Indian
Catalog Code: B0067BT
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H.O.T. Chess
Secrets from Scotland to Unlock Your Highly Original Thinking
Secrets from Scotland to Unlock Your Highly Original Thinking
The H.O.T. stands for Highly Original Thinking. The author's ideas extend beyond the situation on the board. He maximizes your strengths and exploits your opponent's weaknesses.
H.O.T. Chess
Secrets from Scotland to Unlock Your Highly Original Thinking
Catalog Code: B0071BT
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The Development of Chess Style
An Instructive and Entertaining Trip Through the Heritage of Chess
An Instructive and Entertaining Trip Through the Heritage of Chess
An algebraic expanded revision of Euwe's 1968 edition examining the contributions of great players throughout history. Nunn brings you up-to-date over the last 30 years with the eras of Fischer, Karpov, and Kasparov. They assess the contributions of each great players in the way chess is played and approached.
The Development of Chess Style
An Instructive and Entertaining Trip Through the Heritage of Chess
Catalog Code: B0072BT
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Jon Speelman's Best Games
Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of a Two-Time Candidate for the World Chess Championship
Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of a Two-Time Candidate for the World Chess Championship
Improve your chess by studying the games of a two-time candidate for the World Championship and three-time British champion. Jon Speelman annotates the best of his games in this collection, and includes games and stories from his World Championship campaigns, Chess Olympiads, and top-level grandmaster tournaments, including the World Cup.
Jon Speelman's Best Games
Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of a Two-Time Candidate for the World Chess Championship
Catalog Code: B0073BT
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Genius in Chess
Discover and Develop Your Chess Talent
Discover and Develop Your Chess Talent
The author addresses the nature of chess genius and the reader can take talent tests and answer challenging quiz questions on all aspects of practical decision making. Sections of the book are: "Intelligence, Creativity and Genius," "Characteristics of Chess Genius," "Inside the Chess Mind," "IQ and Chess Strength," "Inherent Unpredictability," "Talent Tests," and "Developing Your Talent."
Genius in Chess
Discover and Develop Your Chess Talent
Catalog Code: B0074BT
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Test Your Chess IQ - First Challenge
Russian chess trainer Livshitz, who has had extensive experience teaching a wide range of players from novices to masters, presents here a course for developing your combinational skill, based on the recognition of tactical motifs. As you work your way through this carefully graced series of tests, themes such as 'diversion,' 'interference,' 'X-Ray,' and many more will become an integral part of your chess armoury, to be employed in your own games. Solving these positions will not only provide many hours of pleasure but will also enable you to test - and improve! - your chess IQ.
Test Your Chess IQ - First Challenge
Catalog Code: B0095EM
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Castling to Win
The king is the most valuable piece on the chessboard, yet many players - especially at club level - give little thought to where His Majesty should reside. This wide-ranging survey explains the dangers with leaving the King in the center, and the possible drawbacks to castling too early or on the wrong side. Castling can be an attacking move, as shown in many stunning examples. An expected castling is often devastating and can often determine the game on the spot. This practical manual includes entertaining examples of late castling and castling in studies.
Castling to Win
Catalog Code: B0105BT
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Queen's Gambit Accepted
The Queen's Gambit Accepted is one of the oldest and most dependable ways for Black to meet White's queen's pawn opening. It leads to dynamic positions with free piece play in which the more enterprising player is likely to prevail. When Nigel Short used the QGA in his match with Anatoly Karpov in 1992, the opening became highly fashionable and it currently features prominently in the repertoires of grandmasters Joel Lautier and Matthew Sadler, among many others. This book provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date coverage of the Queen's Gambit Accepted available. With an emphasis on currently fashionable lines that readers are likely to encounter in their own games, it provides everything you need to know to play the opening with White or Black. Iakov Neishtadt is an international master at correspondence chess and author of numerous books, including Winning Quickly with White and Winning Quickly with Black.
Queen's Gambit Accepted
Catalog Code: B0178EM
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Caro-Kann Advance
The Advance variation of the Caro-Kann (1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5) is a highly aggressive method of countering one of Black's most solid defenses. White immediately seizes ground in the center and lays the basis of a middlegame attack. Over the past few years Alexei Shirov, Nigel Short, Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky have made major contribution to update the theory of this variation and their example has inspired thousands of club and tournament players to adopt it into their own repertoires. In this book, International Master Byron Jacobs explains the strategy and tactics of this highly fashionable variation. Through the use of model games for both sides, the author provides a thorough grounding in the key ideas, so that readers can quickly and confidently start to use the Advance Caro-Kann in their own games.
Caro-Kann Advance
Catalog Code: B0180EM
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Ivan Sokolov's Best Games
One of the best ways to improve is to study the games of a top Grandmaster, and Ivan Sokolov's uncompromising style and tactical flair make him a perfect role model. In this book Sokolov demonstrates the deadly effectiveness of his systems against openings such as the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Gambit, Slav, and King's Indian.
Ivan Sokolov's Best Games
Catalog Code: B0218EM
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Fire on Board - Shirov's Best Games
In this collection of his best games, Grandmaster Alexei Shirov shows why he is widely regarded as one of the most aggressive and inventive players of the modern era. It contains a delightful selection of his favourite games, each of which is explained in detail, together with sections on tactical highlights and endgames.
Fire on Board - Shirov's Best Games
Catalog Code: B0221EM
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Dutch Leningrad
The Dutch Leningrad (1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6) is one of Black's most dynamic responses to the queen's pawn opening. From the first move, Black stakes a strong claim on the kingside, laying the groundwork for a potential attack on the white king. The Leningrad variation is a popular choice at club and tournament level as well as amongst grandmasters; it is a regular feature in the repertoires of Vassily Ivanchuk, Veselin Topalov and Mikhail Gurevich.
Dutch Leningrad
Catalog Code: B0235EM
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Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
Short Description for The Life and Games of Mikhail Tal - B0236EM
Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
Catalog Code: B0236EM
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500 Sicilian Miniatures
Sicilian miniatures of games 20 moves or less. They are arranged by Encyclopedia of Chess Openings classification system. Light notes are added at critical positions.
500 Sicilian Miniatures
Catalog Code: CB0005XX
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