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EBOOK - Study Chess with Matthew Sadler
Matthew Sadler is one of the UK's strongest ever players. He became a grandmaster at 19, won the British Championship twice and, amongst other amazing achievements, made a gold medal winning score of 101/2/13 on board four for England in the 1996 chess Olympiad.
EBOOK - Study Chess with Matthew Sadler
Catalog Code: E-B0357EM
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Emanuel Lasker - The Life of a Chess Master
The legendary master comes vividly to life as Dr. Hannak details his childhood, education, decision to become a professional player, great exploits in matches against Marshall, Capablanca, Tarrasch, Schlechter and other players, his happy marriage, flight from Nazi Germany and much more.
Emanuel Lasker - The Life of a Chess Master
Catalog Code: B0046DV
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Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations
4TH EDITION
4TH EDITION
ECC4 is a completely revised and updated edition of one of the fundamental books about the art of combinational chess. In comparison to the third edition there are 292 more examples but in general about 1/3 of the previous edition is changed, not to mention again the different structure. The content represents the work of our Editorial Board of experienced grandmasters and international masters. It is always possible that some known combinations were missed; however, it should be rare example. Anyway, this is one of the reasons why different editions exist and future ones will follow.
Encyclopedia of Chess Combinations
4TH EDITION
Catalog Code: B0008SHV
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Encyclopedia of Chess Endings I - Pawn Endings
At the beginning of the 1980s, the Chess Informant publishing house started one of the greatest publishing ventures in chess history. In 1982 the first volume of Encyclopedia of Chess endgames was published (Pawn endgames).
Encyclopedia of Chess Endings I - Pawn Endings
Catalog Code: B0009ECO
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Encyclopedia of Chess Endings II: Rook Endings, Part One
Because of its simplicity and systematic approach the book is useful for advanced players and for those who want to become familiar with the basics of endgames. It's especially interesting for coaches.
Encyclopedia of Chess Endings II: Rook Endings, Part One
Catalog Code: B0010ECO
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Endgame - HARDCOVER
Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
ENDGAME is acclaimed biographer Frank Brady's decades-in-the-making tracing of the meteoric ascent--and confounding descent--of enigmatic genius Bobby Fischer. Only Brady, who met Fischer when the prodigy was only 10 and shared with him some of his most dramatic triumphs, could have written this book, which has much to say about the nature of American celebrity and the distorting effects of fame
Endgame - HARDCOVER
Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Catalog Code: B0020RH
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Endgame - PAPERBACK
Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
ENDGAME is acclaimed biographer Frank Brady's decades-in-the-making tracing of the meteoric ascent--and confounding descent--of enigmatic genius Bobby Fischer. Only Brady, who met Fischer when the prodigy was only 10 and shared with him some of his most dramatic triumphs, could have written this book, which has much to say about the nature of American celebrity and the distorting effect.of fame
Endgame - PAPERBACK
Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Catalog Code: B0022RH
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Fighting Chess with Magnus Carlsen
This book presents detailed annotations to 64 of Carlsen's best games, together with a description of his career. Also examined are the deficiencies from which he suffered as a young player, and how he overcame these on his way to the top.
Fighting Chess with Magnus Carlsen
Catalog Code: B0018OE
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First Book of Chess
This book holds the distinction and is famous for being the first chess book Bobby Fischer ever read. As Bobby himself tells the story, when he was 6 years old, one day his sister Joan brought home a plastic chess set she had bought in the market and they learned how to play by reading the instructions on the box. Later, when Bobby had developed an interest in the game, Joan brought home a book appropriately entitled "First Book of Chess". It was then a new book, just out.
First Book of Chess
Catalog Code: B0109IS
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First Chess Tactics
This book is aimed at beginners who know the rules and nothing more. This is how chess players start. They must learn the simple tactics. This is the only workbook at this level. Completing the puzzles in this book will lead to improved results immediately!
First Chess Tactics
Catalog Code: B0128IS
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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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Formation Attack Strategies
The book also contains discussions about many attack philosophies, attack strategy and planning, identification and exploitation of weaknesses, and so much more.
Formation Attack Strategies
Catalog Code: B0063OB
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Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov - PART 1
1973-1985
1973-1985
The series in itself is a continuation of Kasparov's mammoth history of chess, comprising My Great Predecessors and Modern Chess. Kasparov's historical volumes have received great critical and public acclaim for their rigorous analysis and comprehensive detail regarding the developments in chess that occurred both on and off the board.
Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov - PART 1
1973-1985
Catalog Code: B0335EM
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Grandmaster Chess Strategy
What Amateurs can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces
What Amateurs can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces
One of the most effective ways to improve your chess is to take a world class-player as your example. By collecting his games, studying his choices and examining his style, you will understand what made him rise to the very top. This is what Guido Kern and Jurgen Kaufeld have done with Swedish chess legend Ulf Andersson, a positional genius with a crystal-clear style, who rose to the number 4 spot of the FIDE world rankings.
Grandmaster Chess Strategy
What Amateurs can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces
Catalog Code: B0100NIC
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Grandmaster Performance
This book is a collection of deeply analyzed and instructive grandmaster games by Polugaevsky.
Grandmaster Performance
Catalog Code: B0162IS
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Grandmaster Preparation
In this remarkable book, Soviet grandmaster Lev Polugayevsky, one of the world's leading players over the past two decades, describes his highly personal approach to chess, which is based on meticulous practice. In the opening, he is constantly striving to surprise his opponents, and this has led to his developing one of the sharpest lines in the Sicilian Defence, which has rightly become known as the Polugayevsky Variation.
Grandmaster Preparation
Catalog Code: B0095IS
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Grandmaster Preparation - Calculation
HARDCOVER
HARDCOVER
If you are human, then this book will offer you practical advice and an effective training plan to think differently and make decisions far more efficiently.
Grandmaster Preparation - Calculation
HARDCOVER
Catalog Code: B0068QT
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Grandmaster Preparation - Calculation
PAPERBACK
PAPERBACK
If you are human, then this book will offer you practical advice and an effective training plan to think differently and make decisions far more efficiently.
Grandmaster Preparation - Calculation
PAPERBACK
Catalog Code: B0078QT
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Grandmaster Versus Amateur
A multinational array of top grandmasters explain the difference in thinking between professional and amateur chess players, and how the amateur can bridge the gap. It usually takes at least a decade of sustained effort for even the most talented player to reach the grandmaster level - this book cannot guarantee to make the reader a chess grandmaster, but it is certainly a healthy nudge in the right direction.
Grandmaster Versus Amateur
Catalog Code: B0054QT
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Great Chess Upsets
This book is a good read. Even without playing over the games, readers will find it enjoyable.
Great Chess Upsets
Catalog Code: B0158IS
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How I Beat Fischer's Record
Judit Polgar Teaches Chess - Volume 1
Judit Polgar Teaches Chess - Volume 1
In this very personal book Judit Polgar describes her early moments of success and the chess ideas she needed to master in order to achieve them.
How I Beat Fischer's Record
Judit Polgar Teaches Chess - Volume 1
Catalog Code: B0069QT
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How Karpov Wins - 2nd Edition
100 games analyzed simply and clearly, showing exactly how Karpov won. Over 300 chess diagrams.
How Karpov Wins - 2nd Edition
Catalog Code: B0049DV
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How to Beat Your Kids at Chess
An Adult Beginner's Guide to Chess - 2nd Edition
An Adult Beginner's Guide to Chess - 2nd Edition
How to Beat Your Kids at Chess is a book that truly starts at the beginning, with the most basic idea of all: the straight line. This book offers clear explanations, opportunities to practice each concept before moving on, and a systematic progression of ideas.
How to Beat Your Kids at Chess
An Adult Beginner's Guide to Chess - 2nd Edition
Catalog Code: B0063RE
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How to Play Chess Endings
Emphasis throughout the book is on understanding principles, rather than memorizing moves, with the result that the reader will be able to apply Znosko-Borovsky's techniques to almost any situation that may arise.
How to Play Chess Endings
Catalog Code: B0044DV
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How To Think Like a Grandmaster - Chess Lecture - Volume 1
GM Eugene Perelshteyn earned his third GM norm and the title GM after sharing first place in the 2006 Foxwoods Open, He won the Samford Chess Fellowship in 2002, awarded to the top American Player under 25 years old earning $64,000, Eugene also led the Unversity of Maryland, Baltimore County to a few Pan American championships from 1998-2002.
How To Think Like a Grandmaster - Chess Lecture - Volume 1
Catalog Code: DVD0001CL
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Hunting the Castled King
This book is a collection of attacks in chess against a castled king position. The author, a FIDE rated chess master and a professional chess coach and teacher, writes: "In the course of my many years of teaching at all levels from elementary school to graduate school. I have often found it useful to use source books containing materials around which I could build lessons."
Hunting the Castled King
Catalog Code: B0092IS
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Improve Your Chess Tactics
700 Practical Lessons & Exercises
700 Practical Lessons & Exercises
Instruction + exercises according to the old Soviet Chess School. The best advice for chess players who want to improve quickly is: get better at tactics! Because the vast majority of amateur games is decided through tactics you will immediately start beating more opponents when you improve your tactical skills.
Improve Your Chess Tactics
700 Practical Lessons & Exercises
Catalog Code: B0099NIC
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Invisible Chess Moves
Discover Your Blind Spots and Stop Overlooking Simple Wins
Discover Your Blind Spots and Stop Overlooking Simple Wins
Every chess player knows that some moves are harder to see than others. Why is it that, frequently, uncomplicated wins simply do not enter your mind? Even strong grandmasters suffer from blind spots that obscure some of the best ideas during a game. What is more: often both players fail to see the opportunity that is right in front of their eyes.
Invisible Chess Moves
Discover Your Blind Spots and Stop Overlooking Simple Wins
Catalog Code: B0105NIC
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Isolani Strategy
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Isolated Queen's Pawn
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Isolated Queen's Pawn
In the present book, on the basis of numerous practical examples, the authors explain the methods of attack and defence in positions with an isolated d-pawn, from just after the opening to deep into the endgame.
Isolani Strategy
Strengths and Weaknesses of the Isolated Queen's Pawn
Catalog Code: B0082EU
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Judgement and Planning in Chess
This is a basic book that teaches strategic planning in chess. Written by a former Chess Champion of the world, this book has as its basis an entirely novel idea which will help players over a real difficulty.
Judgement and Planning in Chess
Catalog Code: B0106IS
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Karpov's Strategic Wins - 1961-1985 - VOLUME 1
The Making of a Champion
The Making of a Champion
Anatoly Karpov was World Champion from 1975 to 1985 and is universally regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Award-winning author Tibor Karolyi explains Karpov's genius with a particular focus on Karpov's unrivaled grasp of strategy. Karolyi has selected Karpov's most entertaining and instructive strategic wins from 1961-1985 as the Russian star proved he was a worthy successor to Bobby Fischer.
Karpov's Strategic Wins - 1961-1985 - VOLUME 1
The Making of a Champion
Catalog Code: B0059QT
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Karpov's Strategic Wins - 1986-2010 - VOLUME 2
The Prime Years
The Prime Years
Anatoly Karpov was World Champion from 1975 to 1985 and is universally regarded as one of the greatest players of all time. Award-winning author Tibor Károlyi explains Karpovs genius with a particular focus on Karpovs unrivalled grasp of strategy. In this second volume, Károlyi has selected Karpov's most entertaining and instructive strategic wins from 1986-2010 when Karpov was battling with his young rival Garry Kasparov for chess supremacy.
Karpov's Strategic Wins - 1986-2010 - VOLUME 2
The Prime Years
Catalog Code: B0047QT
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Keres' Best Games of Chess
77 Games By The Brilliant Young Estonian Master
77 Games By The Brilliant Young Estonian Master
UNIVERSALLY acclaimed as the most brilliant master since the days of Paul Morphy. Keres has delighted the chess world with his dynamic combinative play and slashing surprise moves. In this exciting collection of his finest games, his claim to world championship honors is documented by notable victories against such chess immortals as Alekhine, Capablanca, Eliskases, Euwe, Fine, Flohr, Najdorf, Reshevsky, Smyslov, Spielmann and Stahlberg.
Keres' Best Games of Chess
77 Games By The Brilliant Young Estonian Master
Catalog Code: B0206IS
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Learn Chess Fast
A Short-Cut Guide to the Royal Game Lavishly Illustrated
A Short-Cut Guide to the Royal Game Lavishly Illustrated
IN THIS remarkable book, a great master and a great teacher have collaborated to produce what is probably the clearest and simplest guide to the game ever written. Containing more than 300 diagrams, Learn Chess Fast!
Learn Chess Fast
A Short-Cut Guide to the Royal Game Lavishly Illustrated
Catalog Code: B0094IS
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Learn to Attack with Rudolph Spielmann
This books is designed to teach the aspiring chessplayer how to build an attack from the opening. It is based on the games of Rudolph Spielmann, one of the greatest attacking players of all time. All of the games belong to the category of the Open Game, characterized by the initial moves 1.e4 e5. One hundred games have been selected to illustrate not only how to carry out in attack, but how to build an attack from the opening.
Learn to Attack with Rudolph Spielmann
Catalog Code: B0196IS
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Lessons From My Games
A Passion For Chess
A Passion For Chess
This rich book distills the experience gained during one of the most brilliant chess careers of our time - a career that has been distinguished equally in chess play and in chess analysis. Lessons from My Games combines the best of Reuben Fine the famous grandmaster, who has been a top contender in many of the century's greatest tournaments, with the best of Reuben Fine the writer, whose matchless books have been landmarks in chess history.
Lessons From My Games
A Passion For Chess
Catalog Code: B0172IS
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