CHESS STRATEGY

    Positional Chess Handbook
    495 Instructive Positions from Grandmaster Games
    This complete guide, written by a grandmaster, can assist all players at every level in developing a more powerful strategic game. Spanning more than a century of chess, it presents examples on such themes as key squares, bad bishops, and pawn structures in ascending difficulty, with ample cross-references.
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    Positional Chess Handbook
    495 Instructive Positions from Grandmaster Games
    Catalog Code: B0040DV
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    Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess
    How to Use Your Pawns to Fight for the Initiative and Central Control
    This book tackles fundamental questions such as: 'How should pawns be used to fight for the centre?' and 'How does the central pawn formation affect planning for both sides?' These issues are central to understanding chess. Marovic discusses central pawn-structures and their impact on play both in the centre and on the wings.
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    Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess
    How to Use Your Pawns to Fight for the Initiative and Central Control
    Catalog Code: B0066GB
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    The Art of Planning in Chess
    The difference between a Grandmaster and an ordinary chess player isn't just sheer brainpower. It's the creative ability to develop a far-reaching plan. In this indispensable follow-up to his incredibly successful Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking, International Grandmaster Neil McDonald takes a penetrating look at more than 40 of the most outstanding games of the last 25 years, offering detailed, in-depth analysis of the strategic concepts behind each move.
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    The Art of Planning in Chess
    Catalog Code: B0024BT

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    Chess College - VOLUME 2 - Pawn Play
    A Step-By-Step Guide to Chess Excellence
    Chess College is a new series of books to take intermediate players to new levels of chess understanding. New ideas are introduced and immediately illustrated by a number of entertaining and instructive examples, many drawn from the author's own practice.
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    Chess College - VOLUME 2 - Pawn Play
    A Step-By-Step Guide to Chess Excellence
    Catalog Code: B0174GB
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    Chess College - VOLUME 3 - Technique
    A Step-By-Step Guide to Chess Excellence
    Chess College is a new series of books to take intermediate players to new levels of chess understanding. New ideas are introduced and immediately illustrated by a number of entertaining and instructive examples, many drawn from the author's own practice.

    Volume 3: Technique features topics including the central break, bishop vs. knight, standard sacrifices against the castled position, opposite-coloured bishops, and immobilization, and discussions on topics such as how to handle won positions and lost positions, and positions with small advantages, together with a wealth of training tips.
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    Chess College - VOLUME 3 - Technique
    A Step-By-Step Guide to Chess Excellence
    Catalog Code: B0175GB
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    Chess College - VOLUME 1 - Strategy
    A Step-By-Step Guide to Chess Excellence

    Publisher: Gambit
    Author: Efstratios Grivas
    Year of Publication: 2006 Pages: 112
    Notation Type: Figurine (FAN)


    Book DescriptionChess College is a new series of books to take intermediate players to new levels of chess understanding. New ideas are introduced and immediately illustrated by a number of entertaining and instructive examples, many drawn from the author's own practice. Volume 1: Strategy introduces a variety of topics, including: ""Why do we lose?"", Attack on the King, Two Bishops, Passed Pawn, Exchange Sacrifice, Positional Sacrifice, and Outpost. By drawing extensively upon his own games, Grivas is able to explain exactly what was going on over the board, and avoids the pitfall of providing overly familiar, clich
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    Chess College - VOLUME 1 - Strategy
    A Step-By-Step Guide to Chess Excellence
    Catalog Code: B0173GB
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