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WINNING AT CHESS
My System - 21st Century Edition
The Landmark Positional Chess Training Classic in an Easy-To-Study Algebaic Format / 419 Diagrams
The Landmark Positional Chess Training Classic in an Easy-To-Study Algebaic Format / 419 Diagrams
For many years, Nimzovich was known as the "Stormy Petrel" of the chess world. Today, his profound theories of positional chess are accepted as a matter of course, and a knowledge of them is essential to every player who wants to improve his game. My System describes a theory of chess; it also describes the character and genius of its author.
My System - 21st Century Edition
The Landmark Positional Chess Training Classic in an Easy-To-Study Algebaic Format / 419 Diagrams
Catalog Code: B0002HY
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How to Win Quickly at Chess
The book places a heavy emphasis on opening theory, basic strategic & tactical themes. These themes occur in a variety of openings and they often are the determining factor in short, decisive games. By examining in detail over 70 short games, many involving some of the world's top GM's, the author offers valuable instruction which will enable players to broaden their understanding of the critical themes that occur in short, decisive games.
How to Win Quickly at Chess
Catalog Code: CB0001XX
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Chess the Easy Way
More chess coaches in America recommend this book for their students than any other book. Written by one of the World's Strongest Grandmasters who was top contender for the World Chess Championship, "Chess the Easy Way" takes the player from the beginning moves of chess, rapidly advancing to the Expert Level.
Chess the Easy Way
Catalog Code: B0012IS
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Gary's Adventures in Chess Country
The book's story begins when Gary, a young boy, finds himself at home with his babysitter one boring afternoon. His day picks up when a young girl named Cassie comes to take him away to Chess Country, a world where everything is related to the royal game. Along the way, Gary meets many of the residents of Chess Country, including Riddles -- who provides Gary and the reader with numerous chess puzzles -- and Zug, another young boy who will become Gary's chess rival.
Gary's Adventures in Chess Country
Catalog Code: B0003EU
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True Combat Chess
Winning Battles over the Board
Winning Battles over the Board
Winning Battles over the Board, International Master and former US Open Champion Timothy Taylor draws upon his wealth of personal experience to offer an instructive and entertaining account of how to improve your understanding of chess and your results.
True Combat Chess
Winning Battles over the Board
Catalog Code: B0106EM
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Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces
A New Edition of a Winner of the USCF Award for Best Book
A New Edition of a Winner of the USCF Award for Best Book
Igor Stohl has selected 62 outstanding games from recent years and analysed them in painstaking depth. Here he presents his findings to chess enthusiasts, who will find the games entertaining and the annotations both instructive and illuminating. Stohl is an outstanding theoretical expert, so the opening phase of each game reads like a lesson in the key strategic aspects of the opening chosen, with a critical survey of modern trends. The middlegame is dissected and the critical decisions subjected to keen scrutiny - we are invited inside Stohl's laboratory to join him in the quest for the truth. The endgame phase, if reached, is handled with similar erudition, with insights into the grandmaster's approach to questions of technique.
Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces
A New Edition of a Winner of the USCF Award for Best Book
Catalog Code: B0116GB
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Learn from Bobby Fischer's Greatest Games
Instructive Masterpieces of America's Greatest Chessplayer
Instructive Masterpieces of America's Greatest Chessplayer
This is the first book about the great American chess champion Bobby Fischer that is written for novice and beginning players, ninety percent of the chess playing audience, and is focused on the lessons one can learn from his games.
Learn from Bobby Fischer's Greatest Games
Instructive Masterpieces of America's Greatest Chessplayer
Catalog Code: B0010CZ
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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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Secrets of Positional Play
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 4
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 4
The main theme of Volume 4 is "prophylaxis", a concept first expounded by Nimzowitsch and one which has been brilliantly developed by Mark Dvoretsky and his pupils. The art of positional play is explained in terms of planning, maneuvering, the study of typical positions, and deep strategy in grandmaster games.
Secrets of Positional Play
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 4
Catalog Code: B0015OE
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Fundamentos Del Ajedrez - SPANISH EDITION
Tratado de los principios basicos del juego-ciencia, expuestos con notable precision y claridad, y desarrollados y aplicados en una serie de partidas comentadas por el propio campeon.Fundamentos del Ajedrez se publico por primera vez hace trece anos. Desde entonces han aparecidos numerosos articulos bajo el titulo, por lo general, de "teoria hipermoderna del ajedrez".
Fundamentos Del Ajedrez - SPANISH EDITION
Catalog Code: B0018IS
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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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Staunton's Chess-Player's Handbook
The name "Staunton" has become so closely associated with chess that the words have become virtually synonymous. All modern tournament chess games are required to be played with Staunton chess pieces. The First International Chess Tournament, London 1851, was organized by Staunton. The leading distributor of chess books and equipment in the USA has taken the name "House of Staunton".
Staunton's Chess-Player's Handbook
Catalog Code: B0076IS
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Secrets of Creative Thinking
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 5
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 5
In this final volume of the series, the authors deal with various creative aspects, such as the calculation of variations and the development of intuition. It also explores the psychology of taking decisions, both when attacking and when defending.
Secrets of Creative Thinking
Dvoretsky School of Future Champions - VOLUME 5
Catalog Code: B0016OE
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The Improving Chess Thinker
he Improving Chess Thinker provides representative thought processes from all classes of chess players, highlights the differences between these levels, and provides insight to help players raise their thinking process to the next level.
The Improving Chess Thinker
Catalog Code: B0043EU
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Rules of Winning Chess
Some players seem to be naturally gifted at chess. Almost effortlessly they seem to know what to do in every position. They recognize the best squares for their pieces; they know whether to seize the initiative with a bold attack or play quietly; whether to trade pieces or avoid exchanges; how to exploit opponents' weaknesses while minimizing the effect of their own - they make it look all too easy!
Rules of Winning Chess
Catalog Code: B0287EM
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Improve Your Chess At Any Age
In August 2008 Andres D. Hortillosa entered the New England Masters. It was a brave choice for an unrated player to compete in such a tough event, but it proved to be an inspired decision; he exceeded all expectations and was rewarded with a FIDE international rating of 2199. This, however, was no overnight success; it was the result of systematic work. How did he achieve such outstanding improvement? The answer lies in this book.
Improve Your Chess At Any Age
Catalog Code: B0291EM
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Modern Chess - Move by Move
A Step-By-Step Guide to Brilliant Chess
A Step-By-Step Guide to Brilliant Chess
Leading chess author Colin Crouch selects and explains over 30 sensational games, all from the new millennium. By studying battles between the world's best players, Crouch examines in detail all the key areas of modern chess
Modern Chess - Move by Move
A Step-By-Step Guide to Brilliant Chess
Catalog Code: B0286EM
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EBOOK - Modern Chess - Move by Move
A Step-By-Step Guide to Brilliant Chess
A Step-By-Step Guide to Brilliant Chess
Leading chess author Colin Crouch selects and explains over 30 sensational games, all from the new millennium. By studying battles between the world's best players, Crouch examines in detail all the key areas of modern chess
EBOOK - Modern Chess - Move by Move
A Step-By-Step Guide to Brilliant Chess
Catalog Code: E-B0286EM
Our Price: $19.95
