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Chess King's Complete Chess Course - ALL 3 VOLUMES
Volume 1: Chess opening Principles. Demonstrates that you don't need to try to memorize hundreds of openings variations as long as you play the opening by following common basic ideas. You'll learn all about fast development, centralization, mobility, and defense, all of which will help you get a good position which will lead directly into a playable middle game. 20 chapters, 90 minutes.
Volume 2: Basic Tactics and Strategy. You'll discover a variety of tactical weapons that you could use over and over to win material and gain an advantage over your opponents. You'll also learn all about chess strategy, plans and formations that will provide you with a lasting edge. 27 chapters, 100 minutes.
Volume 3: Endgames. When few pieces are left on the board, knowing the proper procedures can spell the difference between victory and defeat. 22 chapters, 45 minutes + bonus material.
Volume 2: Basic Tactics and Strategy. You'll discover a variety of tactical weapons that you could use over and over to win material and gain an advantage over your opponents. You'll also learn all about chess strategy, plans and formations that will provide you with a lasting edge. 27 chapters, 100 minutes.
Volume 3: Endgames. When few pieces are left on the board, knowing the proper procedures can spell the difference between victory and defeat. 22 chapters, 45 minutes + bonus material.
Chess King's Complete Chess Course - ALL 3 VOLUMES
Catalog Code: WIN00101112AK
Our Price: $59.00
William Steinitz - Chess Champion
A Biography of a Bohemian Caesar
A Biography of a Bohemian Caesar
Long known as one of the greatest chess masters of the nineteenth century, William Steinitz had a rich and elevated career and life, which can now be known as well. From Steinitz's own writings and the fruits of extensive first-time-ever research by the author, a fascinating portrayal emerges of the life and genius of a man widely known as the 'Bohemian Caesar' quite apart from his chess dominance.
William Steinitz - Chess Champion
A Biography of a Bohemian Caesar
Catalog Code: B0004MF
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ALEXANDRA KOSTENIUK - Chess Blitz Fever
Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk Shows You How to Win at Blitz Chess!
Watch and listen to Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk as she gives you tips to win at Blitz chess, and shows you in great detail and with accompanying live feed eight of her best wins from the 2009 World Blitz Chess Championship. Alexandra outplayed many higher-rated players, including the World Chess Champion Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand and the highest rated player in the world, Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen
Watch and listen to Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk as she gives you tips to win at Blitz chess, and shows you in great detail and with accompanying live feed eight of her best wins from the 2009 World Blitz Chess Championship. Alexandra outplayed many higher-rated players, including the World Chess Champion Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand and the highest rated player in the world, Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen
ALEXANDRA KOSTENIUK - Chess Blitz Fever
Catalog Code: DVD0003AK
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Petrosian's Legacy
This book was originally published in Russian as Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian Chess Lectures. The publisher was Soviet Radio. Every chess enthusiast should have this important work in his chess library.
Petrosian's Legacy
Catalog Code: B0150IS
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Topalov - Anand 2010 World Chess Championship - 2 DVD's - Chess Lecture - Volume 32
Founded in 2005 ChessLecture.com is one of the largest chess instructional libraries in the world. Our lectures are created and presented by Grand Masters, International Masters and National Masters and contain excellent instruction by experienced players for the chess enthusiast.
Topalov - Anand 2010 World Chess Championship - 2 DVD's - Chess Lecture - Volume 32
Catalog Code: DVD0032CL
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My Best Games
A classic book of the best games of young Karpov. Contains 58 of the best games of one of the all-time greats in his pre-Championship years and into the first few years of his World Title reign. Games featured against many of the top World class players of the late 1960's/70's
My Best Games
Catalog Code: CB0023XX
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Bobby Fischer Comes Home
The Final Years in Iceland, a Saga of Friendship and Lost Illusions
The Final Years in Iceland, a Saga of Friendship and Lost Illusions
Bobby Fischer Comes Home tells the story of their complicated friendship and paints an intimate portrait of the last years of the man who many see as the greatest chess player that ever lived.
Bobby Fischer Comes Home
The Final Years in Iceland, a Saga of Friendship and Lost Illusions
Catalog Code: B0109NIC
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The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer
As a massive work of reference to Fischer's chess science and technique, and as a tribute to the delights of Fischer's aesthetic prowess, this book can hardly be excelled. Meticulously documented, indexed and copiously illustrated. New Statesman Bobby Fischer became the youngest U.S. champion at the age of fourteen and later went on to defeat Boris Spassky in a titanic match for the world championship at Reykjavik in 1972, becoming the highest rated player of all time.
The Complete Games of Bobby Fischer
Catalog Code: B0002IS
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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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Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors - VOLUME III
Petrosian and Spassky
Petrosian and Spassky
The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of the chess enthusiasts but of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators.
This magnificent compilation of play from the 1960s through to the 1970s forms the basis of the third part of Garry Kasparov's long-awaited definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Garry Kasparov, who is universally acclaimed as the greatest chessplayer ever, subjects the play from this era to a rigorous analysis, the examination being enhanced by the use of the latest chess software.
This magnificent compilation of play from the 1960s through to the 1970s forms the basis of the third part of Garry Kasparov's long-awaited definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Garry Kasparov, who is universally acclaimed as the greatest chessplayer ever, subjects the play from this era to a rigorous analysis, the examination being enhanced by the use of the latest chess software.
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors - VOLUME III
Petrosian and Spassky
Catalog Code: B0134EM
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Alexander Alekhine - 4th World Champion
Includes 1300 annotated games played by the 4th World Champion Alexander Alekhine. These annotations of Alekhine and his contemporaries have been revised and enlarged.
Alexander Alekhine - 4th World Champion
Catalog Code: WIN0048CV
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Fischer vs. Spassky
The Chess Match of the Century
The Chess Match of the Century
The World Chess Championship Match 1972 The chess match of the century has finally taken place and chess masters throughout the world have already agreed that some of the games are among the greatest that have ever been played.
Fischer vs. Spassky
The Chess Match of the Century
Catalog Code: B0168IS
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Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess - VOLUME I
Revolution in the 1970s
Revolution in the 1970s
This book is the first in a brand new series that follows on from My Great Predecessors and sees chess legend Garry Kasparov reflecting on a pivotal time in chess history. Bobby Fischer's spurt towards the chess summit (1970-1972) marked the approach of a new era affecting all aspects of the game and opening theory in particular.
Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess - VOLUME I
Revolution in the 1970s
Catalog Code: B0137EM
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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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Chess Strategy - Become a Grandmaster
For intermediate and advanced players. Based on the most common and important pawn structures such as center pawn formations, isolated pawn, hanging pawns (and more), strategical methods will be presented for both camps, and will increase your understanding of those positions dramatically. When studying each theme step by step, you can master all the strategical methods and improve your play.
Chess Strategy - Become a Grandmaster
Catalog Code: WIN0006AK
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Teaching Chess - Step By Step - Teacher's Manual - BOOK 1
The most thorough and complete curriculum for teaching chess!
Few materials exist to help the classroom teacher who has never played chess or knows only some chess. This manual was designed to address this deficiency. It is written in a manner that allows the teacher to see how to present the material in his or her classroom. This manual will lead a group of beginning students from the rudiments of chess rules to the ability of playing a full game in a competent manner.
Few materials exist to help the classroom teacher who has never played chess or knows only some chess. This manual was designed to address this deficiency. It is written in a manner that allows the teacher to see how to present the material in his or her classroom. This manual will lead a group of beginning students from the rudiments of chess rules to the ability of playing a full game in a competent manner.
Teaching Chess - Step By Step - Teacher's Manual - BOOK 1
Catalog Code: B0047RE
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Mikhail Tal - Tactical Genius
Did you ever notice how some famous GM games are more interesting to play through than others? For instance, tell me you have a Tartakower or Nimzowitsch game and I'm sorry, but I just can't get that excited. But tell me you have a Fischer, Alekhine, or Tal game you want to show me and woo-hoo!, break out the milk and cookies because I know I'm in for a real treat! And Mikhail Tal: Tactical Genius by Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik is loaded with enough tasty treats to satisfy the most demanding of palates.
Mikhail Tal - Tactical Genius
Catalog Code: B0224EM
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Gary Kasparov: My Story - VOLUME 1
By the age of 12 Garry was the Junior Champion of the mighty USSR, the youngest ever. Back then fashion bowed to the immaculate safety-first style of the reigning titan Anatoly Karpov. Along came young Kasparov, raging onto the scene and riding some new contraption called glasnost.
Gary Kasparov: My Story - VOLUME 1
Catalog Code: DVD0012OT
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Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur
Chess games played between master and amateur have been chosen, arranged and annotated to help amateurs learn how to avoid a variety of weak strategic and tactical moves. The games include detailed commentary by World Chess Champion Max Euwe and by Walter Meiden, a typical amateur player.
Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur
Catalog Code: B0035DV
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E-DVD LEARNING CHESS THE EASY WAY - Chess for Absolute Beginners
Susan Polgar's Learning Chess the Easy Way: Chess for Absolute Beginners is by far one of the best ever DVDs made to teach beginners how to play the worlds greatest game. Susan teaches with the aid of great graphics and annimation beginners basic chess knowledge.
E-DVD LEARNING CHESS THE EASY WAY - Chess for Absolute Beginners
Catalog Code: E-DVD0014SP
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E-DVD WINNING CHESS THE EASY WAY - VOLUME 5 - Bobby Fischer's Most Brilliant Instructional Games and Combinations
Susan Polgar will share with you her personal knowledge of Bobby Fischer. Susan answers some of the questions everyone wants to know like who would have won the Fischer vs. Karpov match in 1975; the impact Fischer had on chess; what she learned from Bobby and how he compares with today's best.
E-DVD WINNING CHESS THE EASY WAY - VOLUME 5 - Bobby Fischer's Most Brilliant Instructional Games and Combinations
Catalog Code: E-DVD0005SP
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MR. KASPAROV - How to Play the Najdorf - VOLUME 1
The Najdorf system in the Sicilian Defence has a legendary reputation as a defensive weapon for Black.
MR. KASPAROV - How to Play the Najdorf - VOLUME 1
Catalog Code: WIN0101CB
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E-DVD ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 55 - A Tribute to Bobby Fischer
This DVD is Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili's tribute to "the greatest pure chess genius of all time" ---Robert J. "Bobby" Fischer.
E-DVD ROMAN'S LAB - VOLUME 55 - A Tribute to Bobby Fischer
Catalog Code: E-DVD0055RM
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London 1922 & Capablanca-Lasker 1921
21st Century Edition
21st Century Edition
London 1922 is important for all these reasons, but it also served as the setting for the creation of the famous 'London Rules' which would for years govern the way in which prospective challengers to the title would have the right to play the champion. As an added bonus, all fourteen games of the 1921 Capablanca-Lasker title match - with annotations by Capa himself - have been added to this new 21st-century edition.
London 1922 & Capablanca-Lasker 1921
21st Century Edition
Catalog Code: B0043RE
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Chess Fundamentals - Revised
J.R. Capablanca was a World Chess Champion and one of the greatest players in chess history, yet he wrote very little about the game. Chess Fundamentals, though normally for the beginning player, contains valuable insights that will benefit players at all levels of understanding, including masters.
Chess Fundamentals - Revised
Catalog Code: B0001RH
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Bobby Fischer - The Wandering King
Chess devotees simply can't get enough of Bobby Fischer. Every facet of his personality and his play unfolds in this biographical study. In addition to analyzing his exceptional talent, it captures and puts into perspective his tough youth, anti-social tendencies, fights against the chess authorities, and growing mental illness.
Bobby Fischer - The Wandering King
Catalog Code: B0043BT
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Mikhail Tal
The meteoric tempo with which the young Tal took the world top by storm at the end of the 50s and seized the world champion's title from Botvinnik in 1960 is already sufficient to grant him a special place in the world of chess.
Mikhail Tal
Catalog Code: WIN0047CV
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Chess Heritage of A.A. Alekhine - VOLUME 1 - RUSSIAN EDITION
Alekhine has long earned a reputation not only a brilliant experience, but also the best chess writer and theoretician of the first half of 20th century. Alekhine's Games, which are shining examples of chess creativity, are provided with detailed notes.
Chess Heritage of A.A. Alekhine - VOLUME 1 - RUSSIAN EDITION
Catalog Code: B0154IS
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WINNING CHESS THE EASY WAY - VOLUME 7 - The Colle-Zukertort System
On This DVD Susan will teach you an exciting and dynamic easy to learn system to play The Colle- Zukertort. Susan brings you 20 years of her own experience with this opening which is perfect for the player who only wants to spend one tenth (1/10) the time it normally takes to master an opening. So if you are looking to avoid well known deeply analyzed main theoretical Opening lines and want to win games in and out of opening, the Colle-Zukertort System is for you.
WINNING CHESS THE EASY WAY - VOLUME 7 - The Colle-Zukertort System
Catalog Code: DVD0007SP
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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: Karpov on Fischer - VOLUME 2
Continue with Anatoly Karpov in his specially created series of chess DVDs about the games of the American World Champion - Robert J. Fischer. Karpov has personally selected his own favorite Fischer victories, played during the American's historic World Championship Match with Boris Spassky in 1972.
Bobby Fischer: Karpov on Fischer - VOLUME 2
Catalog Code: DVD0010OT
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A Guide To Chess Endings
This book makes a fairly thorough study of those endings most likely to occur in play, especially those with rooks. This book is best worked through as a course of study, so that the underlying ideas are absorbed and a sound positional judgment is acquired it is at first not necessary to understand every nuance, far less to try to remember the more difficult variations; indeed one might pass over the sub-variations at first reading.
A Guide To Chess Endings
Catalog Code: B0118IS
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Checkmate My First Chess Book
Learn to play the great game of chess with none other than Garry Kasparov, the World number one and the most famous figure in chess history, as your teacher. Discover all the various pieces - the king, the queen, the knights, the bishops and the pawns. Find out how the pieces move, the values of the chessmen, how to attack and how to defend, how to capture, how to employ special moves such as castling, how to write the moves down and, crucially, how to give check and deliver checkmate.
Checkmate My First Chess Book
Catalog Code: B0140EM
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The Games of Tigran Petrosian - 1942-1965 - VOLUME 1
This is the first of two volumes devoted to the chess career of former World Champion Tigran Petrosian, whose masterly positional play and near invincibility earned him the name of "Iron Tigran".
The Games of Tigran Petrosian - 1942-1965 - VOLUME 1
Catalog Code: B0153IS
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Chess King's Guide to Opening Ideas - ALL 3 VOLUMES
Volume 3: Closed Games 1.d4 or 1.Nf3. Queen's Gambit, Reti, Benko, Grünfeld, Dutch, Slav, English Opening and several Indian Defenses (Bogo-Indian, Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian). 33 chapters, 150 minutes.
Chess King's Guide to Opening Ideas - ALL 3 VOLUMES
Catalog Code: WIN00131415AK
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Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess - VOLUME IV
Kasparov vs. Karpov 1988-2009
Kasparov vs. Karpov 1988-2009
Between 1984 and 1990 Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov contested five long matches for the World Championship. This fourth volume of the series 'Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess' concentrates on all the games played between the two from 1988 to the present day and features their fifth World Championship match played in New York and Lyon 1990.
Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess - VOLUME IV
Kasparov vs. Karpov 1988-2009
Catalog Code: B0308EM
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