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100 Endgames You Must Know
Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player
Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player
Most players tend to neglect the endgame, many even dodge the endgame by taking extreme risks in the middlegame, simply because they feel uncertain about the final phase. But time limits have shortened, and the endgame has to be played fast. A solid basic knowledge is vital. There are, contrary to what most amateurs believe, relatively few endgames one must know. Here the 100 endgames are presented that:show up most frequently in practice are easy to learn and contain ideas and concepts useful in more difficult positions.
100 Endgames You Must Know
Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player
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1000 Best of Best
In the second half of 20th century, the game of chess swept around the world. "The Royal Game had become a game of the people." Chess Informant appeared, collecting some of the most precious games created by chess players. From millions of games played at some of the most important tournaments worldwide, 101,031 games have been published in the first 100 volumes of Chess Informant (1966-2007).
1000 Best of Best
Catalog Code: B0002SHV
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1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations
n this encyclopedia of brilliant attacking themes, the famous chess master, Fred Reinfeld, takes 1001 different combinations and sacrifices, diagrams them, and demonstrates how each can lead you to victory. Mr. Reinfeld shows exactly how these sacrifices work, and how the proper combination built around the sacrifice leads to sure success with an aggressive game.
1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations
Catalog Code: B0014OB
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101 Chess Questions Answered
Sound Advice on all Aspects of Playing Chess
Sound Advice on all Aspects of Playing Chess
Steve Giddins is an author acclaimed for his ability to write in down-to-earth style on fundamental chess topics. In this book he answers the questions that really matter to chess-players. His topics include many basic ideas, including some that have rarely been addressed so directly in chess literature, and thus are often misunderstood by club players. Where appropriate, the answers also address highly sophisticated concepts, providing insights gleaned from many years of experience and discussions with players and trainers of the highest level.
101 Chess Questions Answered
Sound Advice on all Aspects of Playing Chess
Catalog Code: B0013GB
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606 Puzzles for Chess Nuts
Official MENSAﾬ Puzzle Book
Official MENSAﾬ Puzzle Book
For the true chess nut, the 64 squares of the chessboard represent a world of imaginative possibilities, where a bright idea can make the difference between triumph and destruction, victory and defeat. Each of these puzzles re-creates that world, putting the reader into a realistic game position with the tantalizing challenge of finding that elusive winning idea.
606 Puzzles for Chess Nuts
Official MENSAﾬ Puzzle Book
Catalog Code: B0023BT
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6th American Chess Congress
New York 1889 was the strongest chess tournament ever held up until that time. It was supposed to be for the World Chess Championship, but it has never been recognized as such, primarily because Steinitz, who helped organize the event and who was present as a journalist, refused to play.
6th American Chess Congress
Catalog Code: B0005IS
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Alexander Alekhine - My Best Games of Chess - 1908-1923
This is the book that every chess master and grandmaster has read and studied, and every aspiring chess master should be reading. The author, a World Chess Champion, clearly explains the most complex and difficult concepts. Grandmaster Reuben Fine wrote that Alekhine's collection of best games was one of the three most beautiful that he knew.
Alexander Alekhine - My Best Games of Chess - 1908-1923
Catalog Code: B0010IS
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American Grandmaster
Four Decades of Chess Adventures
Four Decades of Chess Adventures
In American Grandmaster, Benjamin takes the reader on a journey through chess adventures spanning more than thirty years. Tracing through his own career, from being a prodigy in the 'Fischer boom' era thorough to an experienced Grandmaster with many titles, Benjamin is in a unique position to highlight the major changes that have occurred both in US and international chess throughout the last four decades.
American Grandmaster
Four Decades of Chess Adventures
Catalog Code: B0228EM
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An Invitation to Chess
A Picture Guide to the Royal Game
A Picture Guide to the Royal Game
An Invitation to Chess is perhaps the most successful chess book ever written, with sales of over 100,000. It is a basic beginners book, starting with the moves of the pieces and rapidly advancing to more complex problems and examples.
An Invitation to Chess
A Picture Guide to the Royal Game
Catalog Code: B0025IS
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Analyse du je des d'echecs - FRENCH EDITION
>Francois-Andre Danican Philidor (1726-1795) is widely regarded as the strongest chess player ever in history prior to the modern era. He was so much better than any of his contemporaries that it is impossible for us to know how good he really was. The edition of the book that is reprinted here was published in 1871 by C. Sanson. This shows that the original Philidor book was still the standard work on the subject one hundred years after it was first written.
Analyse du je des d'echecs - FRENCH EDITION
Catalog Code: B0029IS
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Aron Nimzowitsch - Master of Planning
Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of the Master of Positional Play
Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of the Master of Positional Play
For more than a quarter of a century until his death in 1935, Aron Nimzowitsch was recognised as one of the world's leading players. The leading Grandmaster of the Hypermodern school, his games were full of new ideas and plans, which were accompanied by landmarks in chess literature such as My System and Chess Praxis. Challenging old theories, his books are regarded as being the best teaching manuals and have strongly withstood the test of time.
Aron Nimzowitsch - Master of Planning
Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of the Master of Positional Play
Catalog Code: B0052IS
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Attacking Manual - VOLUME 1
British Champion Jacob Aagaard explains the rules of attack (the exploitation of a dynamic advantage) in an accessible and entertaining style. This groundbreaking work is well balanced between easily understandable examples, exercises and deep analysis. Five years in the making, this book will surely not disappoint. Volume I deals with bringing all the pieces into the action, momentum, colour schemes, strongest and weakest points, evolution/revolution.
Attacking Manual - VOLUME 1
Catalog Code: B0014QT
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Back to Basics - Fundamentals
How about a Nice Game of Chess?
The game of chess has challenged and delighted the world for centuries. In Back to Basics: Fundamentals, the essential building blocks of the royal game are presented simply and in an easy-to-understand format. With the expert guidance of chess master Branislav Francuski, you will learn how the chess pieces move and capture; the underlying principles of the game; how to spot and carry out simple checkmates; and understand the basic tactical ideas that are so important to playing and winning.
The game of chess has challenged and delighted the world for centuries. In Back to Basics: Fundamentals, the essential building blocks of the royal game are presented simply and in an easy-to-understand format. With the expert guidance of chess master Branislav Francuski, you will learn how the chess pieces move and capture; the underlying principles of the game; how to spot and carry out simple checkmates; and understand the basic tactical ideas that are so important to playing and winning.
Back to Basics - Fundamentals
Catalog Code: B0011RE
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Blindfold Chess
History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, World Records, and Important Games
History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, World Records, and Important Games
During the 18th century, when Philidor played two blindfold games of chess simultaneously, eyewitnesses were asked to swear affidavits attesting to this remarkable feat. Since then, blindfold chess - the art of playing without sight of the board or pieces - has produced some of the greatest feats of human memory, progressing to the extent that the world record is 45 simultaneous blindfold games.
Blindfold Chess
History, Psychology, Techniques, Champions, World Records, and Important Games
Catalog Code: B0005MF
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Bobby Fischer - The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion
Now, for the first time, every one of his 736 tournament and match games is presented with insightful explanations and analysis. Best-selling chess author, German International Grandmaster Karsten Muller, annotates each game of the player many believe to be the greatest of all time.
Bobby Fischer - The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion
Catalog Code: B0034RE
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Bobby Fischer vs. The Rest of the World
In 1972, an epic chess match took place in Iceland between representatives of the two great super-powers of the world: Bobby vs. Boris. Boris was backed by the Mighty Soviet Union, with late night phone calls coming from his handlers in Moscow, telling him what his next move should be.
Bobby Fischer vs. The Rest of the World
Catalog Code: B0006IS
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Bobby Fischer's Conquest of the World Chess Championship
The Psychology and Tactics of the Title Match
The Psychology and Tactics of the Title Match
Reuben Fine was both one of the world's strongest grandmasters of chess and one of the world's leading authorities on psychoanalysis. In this book, he combines the two disciplines. This Fischer-Spassky book is really three books in one.
Bobby Fischer's Conquest of the World Chess Championship
The Psychology and Tactics of the Title Match
Catalog Code: B0031IS
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Bobby Fischer's Games of Chess
The First Collection of Celebrated Tournament Games Played by Bobby Fischer
The First Collection of Celebrated Tournament Games Played by Bobby Fischer
This is the only book ever written entirely by Bobby Fischer. It is not to be confused with other books with similar names that were written by other authors. Here is the blurb on the original dust jacket, as published in 1959: THERE ARE 34 games in this book.
Bobby Fischer's Games of Chess
The First Collection of Celebrated Tournament Games Played by Bobby Fischer
Catalog Code: B0032IS
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Build Up Your Chess - VOLUME 1
The Fundamentals
The Fundamentals
A book for chess players who want to build their skills on solid foundations. Yusupov guides the reader towards a higher level of chess understanding using carefully selected positions and advice. This new understanding is then tested by a series of puzzles.
Build Up Your Chess - VOLUME 1
The Fundamentals
Catalog Code: B0015QT
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Champions of the New Millennium
The Best Possible Guide to Who is Who in the Chess Played Today and Tomorrow
The Best Possible Guide to Who is Who in the Chess Played Today and Tomorrow
In Champions of the New Millennium three accomplished authors present the eighteen best chess players in the world today. Each player is introduced with an illuminating profile, and then four of his or her finest games are explained in depth.
Champions of the New Millennium
The Best Possible Guide to Who is Who in the Chess Played Today and Tomorrow
Catalog Code: B0027OB
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Chess 101
Everything A New Chess Player Needs to Know
Everything A New Chess Player Needs to Know
Learning to play chess involves more than just knowing how to move the pieces. Chess 101 is a chess book for beginners that provides a comprehensive overview of everything a new player needs to know. This includes... Types of boards and pieces, setting up the board, the value of the pieces, how the pieces move, including castling and "en passant", chess notation, the three phases of the game of chess, how to study chess, what a chess rating is and how to get one, chess clock rules, an overview of faster chess games, the mechanics of a tournament, rules and etiquette, and tips to winning chess. Chess 101 also contains over two dozen exhibits, designed to make understanding the game easy!
Chess 101
Everything A New Chess Player Needs to Know
Catalog Code: B0019OB
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Chess Cafe Puzzle Book 2
As most chess instructors and players know, it is much more difficult to teach and learn strategic concepts than tactics. In this program, German grandmaster Dr. Karsten Mueller will help you develop your strategic chessplaying skills.
Chess Cafe Puzzle Book 2
Catalog Code: B0018RE
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Chess For Rookies
Learn To Play, Win and Enjoy!
Learn To Play, Win and Enjoy!
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Chess For Rookies
Learn To Play, Win and Enjoy!
Catalog Code: B0279EM
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Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik
A Century of Chess Evolution
A Century of Chess Evolution
This book is one of the great classics of chess literature. The author, Imre Konig, was an International Master of Chess and a great analyst as well as an entertaining writer. He describes the development of chess opening theory and discusses lines of play no longer in vogue but which remain powerful weapons for the practical tournament player.This book was originally published in 1950 as "Chess from Morphy to Botwinnik".
Chess from Morphy to Botvinnik
A Century of Chess Evolution
Catalog Code: B0049IS
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Chess Fundamentals
This is the masterpiece by World Chess Champion Jose Raul Capablanca who is regarded as the strongest chess player who ever lived, prior to the arrival of Bobby Fischer.World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik regarded Capablanca's Chess Fundamentals as the best chess book ever written.
Chess Fundamentals
Catalog Code: B0017IS
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Chess Informants - ISSUE 102
Chess Informant 102 contains 421 annotated games and 467 variations.
January 1st, 2008 and April 30st, 2008
January 1st, 2008 and April 30st, 2008
Chess Informants - ISSUE 102
Catalog Code: B0102INF
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Chess Informants - ISSUE 103
The Most Important Games from May-August 2008 Every volume of Chess Informant offers a selection of the best games played by the world's greatest chess players. Over 90% of the games are annotated by the players who played them.
Chess Informants - ISSUE 103
Catalog Code: B0103INF
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Chess Informants - ISSUE 104
Chess Informant 104 contains 299 annotated games and 317 variations. Period covered: September 1st, 2008 and December 31st, 2008
Chess Informants - ISSUE 104
Catalog Code: B0104INF
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Chess Informants - ISSUE 105
Chess Informant 105 contains 315 annotated games and 412 variations. It includes events held between January 1st, 2009 and April 30th, 2009
Chess Informants - ISSUE 105
Catalog Code: B0105INF
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Chess Informants - ISSUE 106
Chess Informant 106 contains 297 annotated games and 484 variations.
Covers events held between May 1, 2009 and August 31, 2009
Covers events held between May 1, 2009 and August 31, 2009
Chess Informants - ISSUE 106
Catalog Code: B0106INF
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Chess Informants - ISSUE 107
Chess Informant 107 contains 295 annotated games and 440 variations.
Covers events held between September 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009
Covers events held between September 1, 2009 and December 31, 2009
Chess Informants - ISSUE 107
Catalog Code: B0107INF
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Chess Made Simple
This is a book about the most fascinating game in the world. It is both a manual for beginners and a refresher course for experienced players. Clear and methodical explanations begin with the various chess pieces and proceed to subtle, advanced plays.
Chess Made Simple
Catalog Code: B0004IS
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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 Strategy for Club Players
The Road to Positional Advantage
The Road to Positional Advantage
In Chess Strategy for Club Players you will learn the basic elements of positional understanding, including pawn structures, piece placement, lead in development, open files, weaknesses, space advantage and king safety. You will master the art of converting a temporary plus into other, more permanent advantages. The author also explains what to do when, in a given position, the basic principles seem to point in different directions.
Chess Strategy for Club Players
The Road to Positional Advantage
Catalog Code: B0065NIC
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