Jon Speelman is one of the most successful British chess-players of all time, and is renowned for the creativity of his play and his remarkable calculating ability. He is also an extremely experienced writer and chess coach. His personal selection of chess puzzles will infuriate, entertain, test and instruct chess-players of all levels..Themed sections include:
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303 Tricky Chess Puzzles
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303 Tricky Chess Puzzles is a carefully selected, entertaining, and instructive collection of tactical chess puzzles.
The authors, who are both veteran professional chess instructors, have collected or created 303 typical game situations. Finding the right answer will bring about a forced checkmate or a winning material superiority.
This book is . . .
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303 More Tricky Chess Puzzles
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A carefully selected entertaining and instructive collection of tactical chess puzzles. The authors-both veteran professional chess instructors-have collected or created 303 additional game situations, to go with the situations featured in the original 303 Tricky Chess Puzzles. Finding the right answer will bring about a forced checkmate or a winning material superiority. Divided . . .
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606 Puzzles For Chess Nuts
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606 Puzzles for Chess Nuts is written by Fred Wilson & Bruce Alberston. 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 606 puzzles re-creates that world, putting the reader into a realistic . . .
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Winning Chess Puzzles for Kids--Volume 1
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Winning Chess Puzzles for Kids is the perfect introduction to basic chess tactics for children ages 7 to 13. Full of imaginative drawings, this fun and instructive workbook combines standard chess problems with a variety of insightful chess-related puzzles.
The main part of the book consists of exercise sheets with more than 1,000 positions, covering mates . . .
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John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book (New Enlarged Editi...
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John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book is a new and enlarged edition published by Gambit.
Most chess puzzle books put you in an artificial situation: you are told a combination exists, what the theme is and what you are required to achieve. John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book is different. In a real game, a player may sometimes need to find a combination. On the other . . .
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Winning Chess Puzzles for Kids Volume Two
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Winning Chess Puzzles for Kids: Volume Two Is a fun and instructive work book for children ages 7 to 13. Full of imaginative drawings, it combines standard chess problems with a variety of insightful chess-related puzzles. Slightly more advanced thatn Volume 1, its aim is to further develop a student's tactical skills.
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365 Ways to Checkmate
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365 Ways To Checkmate is a 160 page paperback chess book written by Grandmaster Joe Gallagher and comes from Gambit Publication.
Joe Gallagher provides 365 checkmate puzzles to help readers sharpen their skills. In each position, the task is to find a way to force a clear-cut win. The theme is always checkmate--either the enemy king perishes, or can only be saved . . .
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Giant Chess Puzzle Book
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Tactical skills are paramount in chess. More than anything else, a player's ability to find tactical solutions determines how successful he is over-the-board. No endgame scheme, opening idea or strategic plan, however brilliant a concept it may be, is of any value unless it is accurately calculated and implemented.
The best way to develop tactical skills is to . . .
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Chess Mazes
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A completely new kind of chess puzzle helps you develop the necessary skills to take your game to the next level!
If you are one who often loses games by hanging pieces or missing mates, then this is the book for you. To master Chess Mazes, you have to exert better control and command of the full potential of all the pieces and you have to visualize their movements . . .
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The Gambit Book of Instructive Chess Puzzles
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Solving tactical puzzles is one of the most effective ways to improve your chess. The Gambit Book of Instructive Chess Puzzles provides 300 exercises, with instructive points highlighted in the solutions.There is something here for everyone, from beginner to experienced players. The puzzles in the first two chapters are based on a clear-cut tactic or checkmate. The endgame . . .