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WINNING AT CHESS
The Amateur's Mind
Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery
Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery
This book takes the student on a journey through his own mind and returns him to the chess board with a wealth of new-found knowledge and the promise of a significant gain in strength. Most amateurs possess erroneous thinking processes that remain with them throughout their chess lives.
The Amateur's Mind
Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery
Catalog Code: B0003SI
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The System
A World Champion's Approach to Chess
A World Champion's Approach to Chess
Hans Berliner is one of the most successful correspondence chess players of all time, and was utterly dominant in the 5th World Championship. Here, for the first time, he explains the set of principles - The System - that he used to guide him to the right moves. Readers will be astonished by the simplicity and power of Berliner's methods as he takes several major openings and subjects them to System principles, and finds radically new approaches to them.
The System
A World Champion's Approach to Chess
Catalog Code: B0098GB
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Tips for Young Players
In the first half of this book, Sadler concentrates on establishing general principles for the opening, middlegame, and endgame. For instance, the section on the opening discusses the principles of good development, king safety, center occupation, and the initiative. Each section concludes with a summary of the important points and selection of exercises to help you see how much you've internalized before you go on.
Tips for Young Players
Catalog Code: B0259EM
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Chess Exam And Training Guide - Rate Yourself
Rate Yourself and Learn How to Improve!
Rate Yourself and Learn How to Improve!
Would you like to know how good you really are at chess? Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned master, this book will help you to evaluate your current level, identify your weaknesses and get training advice.
Chess Exam And Training Guide - Rate Yourself
Rate Yourself and Learn How to Improve!
Catalog Code: B0001IK
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Modern Chess Analysis
Techniques that have Revolutionized Chess Analysis
Techniques that have Revolutionized Chess Analysis
Chess analysis is nearly as old as the game itself, with many of the pioneering works by the giants of chess history being devoted to the analysis of positions, openings and endings. Personal computers and powerful chess software are having a profound effect on chess analysis and theory - most grandmasters use them extensively. However, this book does far more than explain methods for computer-assisted analysis. Readers will develop a deeper understanding of the strengths and limitations of the human mind, and a greater understanding of many areas of chess while working through the examples that Robin Smith presents.
Modern Chess Analysis
Techniques that have Revolutionized Chess Analysis
Catalog Code: B0093GB
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Understanding Your Chess
Learning from Your Games and Improve Your Results
Learning from Your Games and Improve Your Results
Rizzitano presents lessons from his own experiences that will be most relevant to club and tournament players. He shows how by analyzing their own games, players can gain a greater understanding of their strengths and weaknesses, and he explains they can shape their approach to chess to make the most of their abilities. Major topics include: Developing a reliable and coherent opening repertoire; The importance of understanding opening theory rather than simply memorizing it.
Understanding Your Chess
Learning from Your Games and Improve Your Results
Catalog Code: B0110GB
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How to Play Dynamic Chess
Size the Moment and Take Full Advantage of Your Chances!
Size the Moment and Take Full Advantage of Your Chances!
Chess is fundamentally a dynamic game. Each move changes the situation and the possibilities for both sides. No piece is ever identically as valuable as any other, and their scope changes from move to move. The current generation of supergrandmasters plays unrelentingly dynamic chess, but a great deal of chess literature still deals with chess as if it were a predominantly static game. Much traditional chess teaching is based around rules of thumb that might work well 'on average' or in 'typical' situations, but these rules may not equip players for the specific and sometimes exceptional situations that they face in their games.
How to Play Dynamic Chess
Size the Moment and Take Full Advantage of Your Chances!
Catalog Code: B0123GB
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Rethinking the Chess Pieces
Professionals know that during the course of a game, the value of chess pieces change. And they use this knowledge to decide which pieces to exchange--and when. International grandmaster Andrew Soltis, the author of Bobby Fischer Rediscovered, helps pass this important information on to novices so they can benefit, too.
Rethinking the Chess Pieces
Catalog Code: B0006BT
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How to Choose a Chess Move
There are more than 30 moves you can choose from a typical chess position, yet Masters regularly manage to select the best moves and they do it faster, more confidently and with less calculation than other players. This is because Masters have shortcuts that enable them to think more efficiently. This instructive and practical guide explains these techniques, including: Using specific cues to identify good moves - Streamlining analysis of the consequences of moves - Using both objective and highly subjective criteria to find the right move from any position.
How to Choose a Chess Move
Catalog Code: B0020BT
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Rook vs. 2 Minor Pieces
Many chess players shy away from positions with material imbalances, because they feel insecure in the face of their unclear nature. Traditional chess teaching does not spend much time on understanding such imbalances, but in this original book Esben Lund discusses one of the most common imbalances, where one player has a rook, and the other two minor pieces.
Rook vs. 2 Minor Pieces
Catalog Code: B0023QT
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Grandmaster Chess Move by Move
A Leading Grandmaster Applies the "Move by Move" Approach to his Best Games
A Leading Grandmaster Applies the "Move by Move" Approach to his Best Games
A collection of John Nunn's best games from 1994 to the present day, annotated in detail in the same style as the best-selling Understanding Chess Move by Move. Throughout, the emphasis is on what the reader can learn from each game, so the book is ideal study material for those seeking to progress to a higher level of chess understanding. There is also entertainment in abundance: Nunn has a direct aggressive style, and many of his opponents in these games are ambitious young grandmasters from the generation inspired by Kasparov's dynamic chess.
Grandmaster Chess Move by Move
A Leading Grandmaster Applies the "Move by Move" Approach to his Best Games
Catalog Code: B0099GB
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Chess for Zebras
Making the Most of White and Black
Making the Most of White and Black
In a strikingly original work, Rowson makes use of his academic background in philosophy and psychology to answer these questions in an entertaining and instructive way. This book assists all players in their efforts to improve, and provides fresh insights into the opening and early middlegame.
Chess for Zebras
Making the Most of White and Black
Catalog Code: B0108GB
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Learn From Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games
The Brilliant and Instructive Masterpieces of the World's Greatest Chessplayer
The Brilliant and Instructive Masterpieces of the World's Greatest Chessplayer
Before his recent retirement, Garry Kasparov held the number one position in chess for nearly twenty years. He is considered the greatest player of all time. Now, beginning and intermediate players, ninety percent of the chess playing audience, can benefit from his wisdom.
Learn From Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games
The Brilliant and Instructive Masterpieces of the World's Greatest Chessplayer
Catalog Code: B0009CZ
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The Art of the Checkmate
Learn from 127 games by Tartakower, Janowski, Rubinstein, Blackburne, others, illustrating positional maneuvers leading to these mates. Review quizzes test progress.
The Art of the Checkmate
Catalog Code: B0052DV
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