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Chess Puzzles for Kids
100 Puzzles to Torment Your Brain Cells
100 Puzzles to Torment Your Brain Cells
This chess puzzle super-challenge contains 100 fun positions to solve, ranging from encouragingly easy to mind-numbingly hard.
Chess Puzzles for Kids
100 Puzzles to Torment Your Brain Cells
Catalog Code: B0183GB
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Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster's Kitchen
Lessons in Chess Strategy and Thinking Methods
Lessons in Chess Strategy and Thinking Methods
Valeri Beim, an experienced trainer and grandmaster, explains key principles of chess strategy and thinking methods in chess. His 'recipes' include: tactical ideas in the middlegame; liquidation to the endgame; the technique of analyzing variations; inverted thinking in chess. Readers are presented with new ways of looking at chessboard issues that will help them develop a deeper understanding of the game.
Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster's Kitchen
Lessons in Chess Strategy and Thinking Methods
Catalog Code: B0054GB
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Chess Secrets - Giants of Innovation
Learn from Steinitz, Lasker, Botvinnik, Korchoi and Ivanchuk
Learn from Steinitz, Lasker, Botvinnik, Korchoi and Ivanchuk
Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess, such as strategy, attack, defence, opening play, endgames, off-board preparation and mental attitude. In each book the author chooses and deeply studies a number of great players who have excelled in such aspects of the game, greatly influenced their peers and inspired all of us.
Chess Secrets - Giants of Innovation
Learn from Steinitz, Lasker, Botvinnik, Korchoi and Ivanchuk
Catalog Code: B0336EM
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Chess Secrets - Great Attackers
Learn from Kasparov, Tal and Stein
Learn from Kasparov, Tal and Stein
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Chess Secrets - Great Attackers
Learn from Kasparov, Tal and Stein
Catalog Code: B0269EM
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Chess Secrets - Heroes of Classical Chess
Learn from Carlsen, Anand, Fischer, Smyslov and Rubinstein
Learn from Carlsen, Anand, Fischer, Smyslov and Rubinstein
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Chess Secrets - Heroes of Classical Chess
Learn from Carlsen, Anand, Fischer, Smyslov and Rubinstein
Catalog Code: B0293EM
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Chess Secrets - The Giants of Power Play
Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy
Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy
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Chess Secrets - The Giants of Power Play
Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy
Catalog Code: B0288EM
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Chess Secrets - The Giants of Strategy
Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch
Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch
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Chess Secrets - The Giants of Strategy
Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch
Catalog Code: B0268EM
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Chess Self-Improvement
Assess and Improve Your Chess Strength
Assess and Improve Your Chess Strength
Zenon Franco guides readers through 50 top-level games, challenges them to guess key moves correctly, and poses questions at critical moments. Points are awarded for good answers, and at the end of each game, a score-chart rates the reader's performance. This material has never appeared in the English language before, and represents the pick of monthly articles that Franco has written for a quarter of a century in Spanish-language magazines, revised and rechecked for this book.
Chess Self-Improvement
Assess and Improve Your Chess Strength
Catalog Code: B0121GB
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Chess Strategy - Move by Move
Want to improve at chess? Then you'll need to improve your understanding of chess strategy. You probably knew that already - but how to begin to study such a vast and seemingly complex subject? International Master Adam Hunt is a full-time chess teacher and is thus very familiar with this problem. His solution is to present an accessible and easy-to-read guide for club players and juniors. Hunt studies all the key components of chess strategy, including development, king safety, attack and defence, initiative, pawn play and much more. He examines not only grandmaster games but also those played by students, demonstrates model strategic play, identifies typical mistakes and explains how to avoid them. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess
Chess Strategy - Move by Move
Catalog Code: B0365EM
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Chess Strategy in Action
The Successor to the Best-Selling Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
The Successor to the Best-Selling Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
John Watson fleshes out the theory presented to enormous acclaim in Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy and extends it into new areas. He illustrates the modern practice of chess with many examples from imaginative players such as Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Ivanchuk and tempestuous innovators such as Shirov and Morozevich.
Chess Strategy in Action
The Successor to the Best-Selling Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
Catalog Code: B0011GB
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Chess Tactics for Kids
50 Tricky Tactics to Outwit Your Opponent
50 Tricky Tactics to Outwit Your Opponent
Chess enthusiasts of all ages and levels will find this book an instructive delight. In a simple, easy-to-understand format it explains how to bamboozle your chess opponents using commonly occurring tactical motifs. The illustrative positions, all taken from real games, show the 50 Tricky Tactics that experienced chess masters use to win their games. Recognizing frequently-occurring tactical ideas is vital to success in chess. One of the fastest and most enjoyable ways to improve at chess is by learning these thematic manoeuvres. Beginners will benefit from the clear explanation of basic concepts, such as how to utilise a fork, pin, or skewer. Advanced players will delight in the many devious middlegame tricks - some classified here for the first time - which can catch out even grandmasters.
Chess Tactics for Kids
50 Tricky Tactics to Outwit Your Opponent
Catalog Code: B0170GB
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Chess World Championships - 2 Volume Set
All the Games - All With Diagrams - 1834-2004
All the Games - All With Diagrams - 1834-2004
If you're looking for the ULTIMATE COLLECTION of World Championship Games, Look no further than this two-book collection from McFarland Publishing.
Chess World Championships - 2 Volume Set
All the Games - All With Diagrams - 1834-2004
Catalog Code: B0006MF
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Creative Chess
Most chess books aim to guide and instruct by offering principles, rules, schemes and theories. Creative Chess, on the other hand, has a quite different and original approach. It firmly maintains that every chessplayer, whether amateur or master, is capable of creating something new in chess. After a discussion of the characteristics and processes of creativity, 10 central concepts, such as unusual positioning and functioning of pieces, alertness to subtle differences, absurd moves, and flexibility, are presented with a wealth of truly amazing examples to encourage the reader to broaden the horizons of his chess thinking.
Creative Chess
Catalog Code: B0078EM
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Decision Making at the Chessboard
An Experienced Grandmaster Penetrates to the Heart of the Chess Thought-Process
An Experienced Grandmaster Penetrates to the Heart of the Chess Thought-Process
Chess is a game of decisions. As well as deciding about which move to play and which plan to adopt, players must also make practical decisions about how to use their clock time and whether to use intuition rather than trying to calculate every line to a finish.
Decision Making at the Chessboard
An Experienced Grandmaster Penetrates to the Heart of the Chess Thought-Process
Catalog Code: B0118GB
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Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess
How to Use Your Pawns to Fight for the Initiative and Central Control
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.
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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E-BOOK 10 Great Ways To Get Better At Chess
In this book grandmaster Nigel Davies provides that direction. He examines the methods used by a number of players who were looking to improve their game, and how they went about achieving their goal. He has drawn heavily on the games and thoughts of players who have been his students over the years and experienced a clear improvement in their play.
Nigel Davies is a Grandmaster with more than 35 years of tournament experience. He is a highly regarded chess teacher and the author of many successful chess books.
Nigel Davies is a Grandmaster with more than 35 years of tournament experience. He is a highly regarded chess teacher and the author of many successful chess books.
E-BOOK 10 Great Ways To Get Better At Chess
Catalog Code: E-B0305EM
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EBOOK - Analyse Your Chess
Leading chess author Colin Crouch believes that the key to sustained chess improvement lies in the critical analysis and assessment of your own games. Each and every game you play provides a significant learning opportunity, and this opportunity should never be squandered.
EBOOK - Analyse Your Chess
Catalog Code: E-B0322EM
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EBOOK - 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.
EBOOK - Art of Attack in Chess
Catalog Code: E-B0109EM
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EBOOK - Break the Rules!
A Modern Look at Chess Strategy
A Modern Look at Chess Strategy
In this instructive and entertaining book, Grandmaster Neil McDonald studies in depth the key components of successful rule-breaking in chess. Drawing upon his own experience and using examples from modern grandmaster chess, McDonald examines how to avoid stereotypical thinking, how to exploit typical thinking patterns, and how to confuse and beat opponents with surprising ideas.
EBOOK - Break the Rules!
A Modern Look at Chess Strategy
Catalog Code: E-B0358EM
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EBOOK - Chess Fundamentals
This is a reprint of the original "Chess Fundamentals" by Capablanca, as first published in 1921 and only a preface added by Capablanca in 1934. The reader here can feel confident that this reprint contains the exact, complete words of Capablanca. Unlike other reprints, not one word has been changed or omitted.
EBOOK - Chess Fundamentals
Catalog Code: E-B0046EM
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EBOOK - Chess Secrets - Giants of Innovation
Learn from Steinitz, Lasker, Botvinnik, Korchoi and Ivanchuk
Learn from Steinitz, Lasker, Botvinnik, Korchoi and Ivanchuk
Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess, such as strategy, attack, defence, opening play, endgames, off-board preparation and mental attitude. In each book the author chooses and deeply studies a number of great players who have excelled in such aspects of the game, greatly influenced their peers and inspired all of us.
EBOOK - Chess Secrets - Giants of Innovation
Learn from Steinitz, Lasker, Botvinnik, Korchoi and Ivanchuk
Catalog Code: E-B0336EM
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EBOOK - Chess Secrets - Great Attackers
Learn from Kasparov, Tal and Stein
Learn from Kasparov, Tal and Stein
The chess world has witnessed a great number of wonderfully gifted attacking players, geniuses who have dazzled the chess public with their brilliant masterpieces. Everyone has their own favourites, and in Chess Secrets: Great Attackers, Colin Crouch chooses three of his own: Garry Kasparov, Mikhail Tal and Leonid Stein. World Champions Kasparov and Tal need no introduction, while Stein was a highly creative and intuitive player with the ability to destroy the world's best players with his vicious attacks.
EBOOK - Chess Secrets - Great Attackers
Learn from Kasparov, Tal and Stein
Catalog Code: E-B0269EM
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EBOOK - Chess Secrets - Heroes of Classical Chess
Learn from Carlsen, Anand, Fischer, Smyslov and Rubinstein
Learn from Carlsen, Anand, Fischer, Smyslov and Rubinstein
Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess, such as strategy, attack, defence, opening play, endgames, off-board preparation and mental attitude. In each book the author chooses and deeply studies a number of great players who have excelled in such aspects of the game, greatly influenced their peers and inspired all of us.
EBOOK - Chess Secrets - Heroes of Classical Chess
Learn from Carlsen, Anand, Fischer, Smyslov and Rubinstein
Catalog Code: E-B0293EM
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EBOOK - Chess Secrets - The Giants of Power Play
Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy
Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy
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EBOOK - Chess Secrets - The Giants of Power Play
Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy
Catalog Code: E-B0288EM
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EBOOK - Chess Secrets - The Giants of Strategy
Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch
Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch
Short Description for Chess Secrets : Giants of Strategy - B0268EM
EBOOK - Chess Secrets - The Giants of Strategy
Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch
Catalog Code: E-B0268EM
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EBOOK - Excelling at Chess
Some players become good at chess, some very good, while others excel at the game. Jacob Aagaard identifies the key factors that separate the very strong players from the rest. He includes chapters on when to calculate, how to evaluate positions, how to study theory, how to study the endgame and when to force the position.
EBOOK - Excelling at Chess
Catalog Code: E-B0117EM
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EBOOK - Excelling at Chess Calculation
Capitalizing on Tactical Chances
Capitalizing on Tactical Chances
There are many differing opinions amongst the top players in the world of chess, but there is one thing upon which World Champions, Grandmasters and other experts all agree: the art of chess calculation is the absolute key to the success of a player. Master this discipline and you can surely expect your results to improve dramatically. Jacob Aagaard tackles the 'art of chess calculation', unravelling its many secrets and arming the reader with the necessary tools to be able to calculate effectively at the chessboard.
EBOOK - Excelling at Chess Calculation
Capitalizing on Tactical Chances
Catalog Code: E-B0119EM
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EBOOK - Excelling at Combinational Play
Learn to Identify and Exploit Tactical Chances
Learn to Identify and Exploit Tactical Chances
Excelling at Combinational Play: Learn to Identify and Exploit Tactical Chances by Jacob Aagaard, 239pp. (Everyman 2004) Being able to solve puzzles and combinations is one of the principal components of a successful chess player. But how can one improve on such an important skill? How can one acquire combinational vision? The answer lies within the pages of this book! Experienced chess writer Jacob Aagaard explains how tactical intuition and ability develops and uses pattern recognition to improve the reader's tactical ammunition. Is also no secret that the continued practice of puzzles and combinations helps to sharpen the chess brain, and here there is a wealth of exercises and problems to solve accompanied by the full solutions and explanations.
EBOOK - Excelling at Combinational Play
Learn to Identify and Exploit Tactical Chances
Catalog Code: E-B0120EM
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EBOOK - Excelling at Positional Chess
Positional chess remains a mystery to many and yet an understanding of the finer points of the game so often makes the difference between two equally matched players. Improve your positional play and you will see chess in a totally new dimension! In this unique book, International Master Jacob Aagaard selects many original examples of positional chess, the creme de la creme of those that he uses for training and study.
EBOOK - Excelling at Positional Chess
Catalog Code: E-B0118EM
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EBOOK - Excelling at Technical Chess
Learn to Identify and Exploit Small Advantages
Learn to Identify and Exploit Small Advantages
The implication from the author is that the task of converting a typically winning position into a full point or converting a drawing position into half-a-point is relatively straightforward. However, as all of us practical players realise, it's not always a simple as this, and many hard-earned points are wasted through 'a lack of technique'. In this valuable book, Jacob Aagaard aims to solve this perennial problem. He arms the reader with several endgame weapons that every strong technical player has in his toolbox.
EBOOK - Excelling at Technical Chess
Learn to Identify and Exploit Small Advantages
Catalog Code: E-B0121EM
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EBOOK - Fighting Chess - Move by Move
Learn from the World's Best Players
Learn from the World's Best Players
What separates the best chess players from the rest? What gives them the edge over their rivals? Chess legend Vladimir Kramnik believes it's their fighting skills and the ability to continuously find ways to keep a game alive. Colin Crouch agrees, and is fascinated that the world’s strongest players seem almost unbeatable, even when games appear sharp and double-edged.
EBOOK - Fighting Chess - Move by Move
Learn from the World's Best Players
Catalog Code: E-B0361EM
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EBOOK - 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.
EBOOK - Fire on Board - Shirov's Best Games
Catalog Code: E-B0221EM
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EBOOK - Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess - VOLUME II
Kasparov vs. Karpov - 1975-1985
Kasparov vs. Karpov - 1975-1985
This volume concentrates on the first two of those matches. The epic 1984/85 contest which was lasted six months before being controversially halted "without result" by the then President of FIDE Florencio Campomanes. The 1985 match when Kasparov brilliantly won the final game to take the title and become - at the age of 22 - the youngest ever world champion. Great chess contests have often had resonances extending beyond the 64 squares. The Fischer v Spassky match was played during the Cold War with both champions being perceived as the finest products of their respective ideologies.
EBOOK - Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess - VOLUME II
Kasparov vs. Karpov - 1975-1985
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EBOOK - Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess - VOLUME III
Kasparov vs. Karpov 1986-1987
Kasparov vs. Karpov 1986-1987
Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are unquestionably the participants who featured in the greatest ever chess rivalry. Between 1984 and 1990 they contested five long matches for the World Championship. This 3rd volume of the 'Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess' series concentrates on the third and fourth matches in this sequence: London/Leningrad 1986 and Seville 1987. Both matches were tremendously exciting and hard fought and both produced chess of an extremely high level.
EBOOK - Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess - VOLUME III
Kasparov vs. Karpov 1986-1987
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EBOOK - 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.
EBOOK - Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess - VOLUME IV
Kasparov vs. Karpov 1988-2009
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EBOOK - Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors - VOLUME I
Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine
Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine
The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators. These magnificent compilations of chess form the basis of the first two parts of Garry Kasparov's work on the history of the World Chess Championship.
EBOOK - Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors - VOLUME I
Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca and Alekhine
Catalog Code: E-B0132EM
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