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1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate
The man who wrote, "Tactics is 99 per cent of chess," might well have added ? "and 99 per cent of the fun, too!"
Brilliant sacrifices and combinations, either calculated in advance or played on the spur of the moment, give us thrills that cannot be equaled by any other aspect of the game. And, by a very fortunate coincidence, these brilliant strokes are just what we need to become first-rate players.
Brilliant sacrifices and combinations, either calculated in advance or played on the spur of the moment, give us thrills that cannot be equaled by any other aspect of the game. And, by a very fortunate coincidence, these brilliant strokes are just what we need to become first-rate players.
1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate
Catalog Code: B0015OB
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365 Selected Endgames
One for Each Day of the Year
One for Each Day of the Year
This book is written in both German and English. Some knowledge of both Classic notation and Algebraic (mainly the latter) is needed to follow all the notes. The book is mainly a series of fairly difficult endgame studies. I went through the book and solved each problem in the manner that the authors suggested in their preface. It helped me win many Chess tournament games that would have otherwise been draws and also draw many games that should have been lost.
365 Selected Endgames
One for Each Day of the Year
Catalog Code: B0062IS
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50 Ways to Win at Chess
Brilliant and Instructive Games Explained in User-Friendly Fashion
Brilliant and Instructive Games Explained in User-Friendly Fashion
In a sequel to the hugely successful 50 Essential Chess Lessons, Steve Giddins now presents 50 games that each illustrate an important winning method. This engaging and highly readable book is a painless way to build your personal arsenal of techniques and ideas.
50 Ways to Win at Chess
Brilliant and Instructive Games Explained in User-Friendly Fashion
Catalog Code: B0106GB
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Back To Basics - Tactics
Tactics are usually why most people find chess fun! This book will greatly enhance your enjoyment learning about and benefiting from the recurring patterns of tactics. In chess, if you lose all your pieces you can't win! And if you capture each of your opponent's pieces, winning should be easy.
Back To Basics - Tactics
Catalog Code: B0006RE
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Chess Informants - ISSUE 100
Chess Informant 100 contains 451 annotated games and 489 game fragments from Sofia, USA (ch), La Habana, Sarajevo, Elista, Valjevo, Foros, Dortmund, Montreal, Biel, Russia - China (m), Amsterdam and many other tournaments and events held between May 1st, 2007 and August 31st, 2007.
Chess Informants - ISSUE 100
Catalog Code: B0100INF
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Chess Informants - ISSUE 101
Chess Informant 101 contains 459 annotated games and 516 variations. Events held between September 1st, 2007 and December 31st, 2007
Chess Informants - ISSUE 101
Catalog Code: B0101INF
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Chess Praxis
A supplement to the Chess player's handbook, containing all the most important modern improvements in the openings, illustrated by actual games; a revised code of chess laws; and a collection of Mr. Morphy's matches, &c., in England and France.
Chess Praxis
Catalog Code: B0007QT
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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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Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies
Ghenrikh M. Kasparyan (1910-1995) is considered to have been without doubt the greatest composer and analyst of chess endgame studies ever. He was so great that when a great new chess star named Kasparyan appeared on the scene, the Soviet authorities decided to change the name of the second Kasparyan to Kasparov to avoid confusion. In this book, his master work, Kasparyan first classifies endgame studies into the analytic as opposed to artistic. Analytic studies are those likely to arise in an actual game.
Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies
Catalog Code: B0050IS
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Elista Diaries
Mexico City 2007 World Chess Championship Matches
Mexico City 2007 World Chess Championship Matches
Elista Diaries is the classic first-hand account of one of the most intensely fought World Chess Championship matches seen for decades. The World Champion and his chief trainer deeply annotate all of the games from the 1996 World Championship Match.
Elista Diaries
Mexico City 2007 World Chess Championship Matches
Catalog Code: B0026IS
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Endgame Virtuoso Karpov
His 100 Best Endgames!
His 100 Best Endgames!
Anatoly Karpov's legendary endgame technique has always been something of an enigma. Karpov became worldchampion 1975 (having been preceded by Bobby Fischer). He managed to win positions which nearly everybody else estimated as a draw with his fine end game technique.
Endgame Virtuoso Karpov
His 100 Best Endgames!
Catalog Code: B0002NIC
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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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How to Defend in Chess
Learn from the World Champions
Learn from the World Champions
Many books discuss how to attack in chess, but good, resourceful defensive play is also a vital ingredient in competitive success. However, this is an area largely neglected in the literature of the game. This book fills the gap admirably, by explaining the basics of defending against direct offensives, and taking an in-depth look at how the all-time greats have fended off their opponents' attacks.
How to Defend in Chess
Learn from the World Champions
Catalog Code: B0003GB
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Karlsbad 1907
An English translation of this original famous tournament book in German by George Marco and Carl Schlechter. This edition has the advantage of enhancements such as the addition of 15 photos of many of the players along with corrections and additional analysis using the new, very strong program, Rybka.
Karlsbad 1907
Catalog Code: B0011CA
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Max Euwe - The Biography
Including 50 Games with the Original Analysis by the Dutch World Champion
Including 50 Games with the Original Analysis by the Dutch World Champion
This magnificent book, filling a gap in the literature of chess, shows that Euwes world title was the result of his iron will, his methodical drive and his energetic handling of all aspects of the game. Max Euwe has been called a genius of order and the chess logician. He wrote more than 70 books, many of which are still in print today.
Max Euwe - The Biography
Including 50 Games with the Original Analysis by the Dutch World Champion
Catalog Code: B0028NIC
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Modern Chess Planning
A Practical Training Course in Logical Chess
A Practical Training Course in Logical Chess
Good planning is central to good chess. A plan gives meaning to manoeuvres and tactical devices, forming a coherent whole that brings us closer to our goals. The modern understanding of chess planning has evolved considerably since the days of the "grand plan", whereby a player might even try to map out the whole course of the game.
Modern Chess Planning
A Practical Training Course in Logical Chess
Catalog Code: B0073GB
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Modern Chess Strategy
Modern classic offers thorough, systematic analysis of the use of the queen, active king, exchanges, seven different uses of pawns, minority attack, dynamic elements, much more. Analyses of 129 great games featuring Capablanca, Alekhine, Lasker, Botvinnik, Reshevsky, Bronstein, Smyslov, Spassky, other masters. Indexes of games and openings. 298 diagrams.
Modern Chess Strategy
Catalog Code: B0013DV
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My Daily Exercises
365 Tactical Tests to Improve Your Chess
365 Tactical Tests to Improve Your Chess
"My Daily Exercises" is a superb collection of 365 exercises designed to help players of all levels recognize patterns, visualize tactics, and identify weak points in their opponent's position.
My Daily Exercises
365 Tactical Tests to Improve Your Chess
Catalog Code: B0101NIC
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My One Hundred Best Games
Alexey Dreev is one of the most popular contemporary Russian grandmasters. He is famous for his deep understanding of chess and fine endgame technique. Many of his games are milestones in the theory of the Slav Defence, the King's Indian Defence and others.
My One Hundred Best Games
Catalog Code: B0019EU
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My System
Aron Nimzowitsch was one of the greatest chess players of the 1920s and 1930s, ranked just behind the famous World Champions Alekhine and Capablanca. His reputation as an author is higher still.
My System is at the top of a very short list of chess classics. Nimzowitsch's ideas have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. Most chess masters will at some point have studied Nimzowitsch's work, and not to have read My System is by many regarded as a shocking gap in a chess player's education.
My System is at the top of a very short list of chess classics. Nimzowitsch's ideas have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. Most chess masters will at some point have studied Nimzowitsch's work, and not to have read My System is by many regarded as a shocking gap in a chess player's education.
My System
Catalog Code: B0009QT
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Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory
Pal Benko is one of the world's leading grandmasters of chess. He was once ranked in the top ten players in the world and is now the world's leading authority on chess endgames.
Pal Benko's Endgame Laboratory
Catalog Code: B0024IS
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Pandolfini's Chess Challenges
111 Winning Endgames
111 Winning Endgames
Here are 111 quirky, surprising and fun tactical chess problems to improve anyone's games. Designed to promote creativity and imaginative play, all of the problems are endgame miniatures, with seven or fewer pieces on the chessboard.
Pandolfini's Chess Challenges
111 Winning Endgames
Catalog Code: B0014RH
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Perfect Your Chess
World-Class Training from a Super-Grandmaster and his Coach
World-Class Training from a Super-Grandmaster and his Coach
Andrei Volokitin is one of a rare breed of players: he achieved a ranking in the world's top 20 while still a teenager, playing dynamic and often brilliant chess. Although we cannot all aspire to emulate his achievements, there is much that we can learn from his training methods, his games and his general approach to chess. These topics are the subject of this book, written in collaboration with his trainer.
Perfect Your Chess
World-Class Training from a Super-Grandmaster and his Coach
Catalog Code: B0005GB
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Practical Chess Exercises
600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy
600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy
This book will sharpen your tactical vision, deepen your positional understanding, and enrich your knowledge of theoretical positions.
Practical Chess Exercises
600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy
Catalog Code: B0067OB
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Practical Endgame Play - Beyond the Basics
The Definitive Guide to the Endgames that Really Matter
The Definitive Guide to the Endgames that Really Matter
The Definitive Guide to the Endgames that Really Matter!
Welcome to a new type of endgame book. A book that includes...
The most common endgames you will ever encounter.
Examinations of material balances you will reach in almost half of your games.
Over 500 pages of grandmaster advice and analysis, assisted by the latest computer software.
Welcome to a new type of endgame book. A book that includes...
The most common endgames you will ever encounter.
Examinations of material balances you will reach in almost half of your games.
Over 500 pages of grandmaster advice and analysis, assisted by the latest computer software.
Practical Endgame Play - Beyond the Basics
The Definitive Guide to the Endgames that Really Matter
Catalog Code: B0148EM
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San Luis 2005
San Luis 2005 is the most celebrated chess tournament of the decade. Bulgarian Grandmaster Veselin Topalov triumphed and proved that he is a worthy successor to World Champions such as Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. In this ambitious work, Gershon and Nor analyze all the games from the tournament, but there is no danger of the reader drowning in masses of variations, as the authors clearly explain the ideas behind the moves.
San Luis 2005
Catalog Code: B0028QT
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Secret Notes
David Bronstein, one of the world's great players of the 20th century, drew a match for the world championship and was victorious in numerous international events. He was also one of the most original thinkers in the history of chess: rapidplay tournaments, clocks with the addition of a certain time after every move, his own version of random chess - these are just a few of the ideas that have sprung from his fertile imagination.
Secret Notes
Catalog Code: B0005OE
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Secrets of Endgame Technique
Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 3
Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 3
Proper technique is central to executing successful endgame play. This instructional guide provides information on how to study the endgame and analyze endgame positions. It also illustrates the highly important technique of converting an advantage.
Secrets of Endgame Technique
Dvoretsky School of Future Chess Champions - VOLUME 3
Catalog Code: B0008OE
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Secrets of Practical Chess
A Chess Olympic Gold Medal Winner Explains How You Can Dramatically Improve Your Chess Results
A Chess Olympic Gold Medal Winner Explains How You Can Dramatically Improve Your Chess Results
What is the best way to improve your chess results? Memorizing an opening encyclopedia, learning endgame theory, solving puzzle positions ... there must be an easier way. How about making the most of your existing talent? In a new and enlarged edition of a highly popular work, John Nunn helps you to do precisely that.
Secrets of Practical Chess
A Chess Olympic Gold Medal Winner Explains How You Can Dramatically Improve Your Chess Results
Catalog Code: B0017GB
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Silman's Complete Endgame Course
A Revolutionary Book on Chess Endgames, Designed to Ensure that Players Understand Everything They Need to Know at their Rating Levels, and Prepare them to Advance to the Next Level
A Revolutionary Book on Chess Endgames, Designed to Ensure that Players Understand Everything They Need to Know at their Rating Levels, and Prepare them to Advance to the Next Level
For more than 100 years, the world's leading chess players and teachers have told their students to study the endgame. Now, for the first time, a revolutionary, richly instructive endgame book has been designed for players of all levels. Silman's Complete Endgame Course, by famed writer and player Jeremy Silman, is the one and only endgame book you'll need as you move up the ladder from beginner to strong tournament player and finally to master.
Silman's Complete Endgame Course
A Revolutionary Book on Chess Endgames, Designed to Ensure that Players Understand Everything They Need to Know at their Rating Levels, and Prepare them to Advance to the Next Level
Catalog Code: B0001SI
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Survival Guide to Competitive Chess
Improve Your Results Now!
Improve Your Results Now!
Are you making the most of your chess talent? Do you always perform to the best of your ability? Do your results match up with your understanding of the game? If the answer to any of these questions is 'no' then read on! In The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess, Grandmaster and experienced tournament player John Emms reveals the secrets of how to maximize your potential and improve your results.
Survival Guide to Competitive Chess
Improve Your Results Now!
Catalog Code: B0240EM
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The Complete Chess Workout
Train Your Brain with 1200 Puzzles!
Train Your Brain with 1200 Puzzles!
All top chess players agree that to keep your tactical muscles in shape it's imperative to continue training, and the easiest and most fun way to do this is by performing tactical exercises. Even solving a few puzzles for ten minutes each day can be of the utmost benefit for the aspiring player. But where can one find the required number of suitable puzzles to satisfy this demand?
The Complete Chess Workout
Train Your Brain with 1200 Puzzles!
Catalog Code: B0227EM
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Topalov vs. Kramnik - 2006 World Championship
On the Edge in Elista
On the Edge in Elista
Two world champions, in a class by themselves. The profound Russian World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, who had defeated the seemingly invincible Kasparov to take the "classical" world title in 2000. The brilliant Bulgarian Challenger Veselin Topalov, ranked No. 1 in the world, winner of the FIDE title in 2005. The immovable object versus the irresistible force.
Topalov vs. Kramnik - 2006 World Championship
On the Edge in Elista
Catalog Code: B0030RE
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True Lies in Chess
True Lies in Chess
Catalog Code: B0025QT
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Victor Bologan - Selected Games
1985-2004
1985-2004
Power Chess at it's Best! Moldovian Grandmaster Victor Bologan is among the world's strongest and most dynamic grandmasters. You are invited to join him on a highly personal, autobiographical journey, as he presents 52 of his games, deeply annotated. These games are highlighted against a background of his life experiences and development, resulting in one of the most splendid game collections available today.
Victor Bologan - Selected Games
1985-2004
Catalog Code: B0028RE
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