In August 2008 Andres D. Hortillosa entered the New England Masters. It was a brave choice for any 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 . . .
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Chess Exam: Matches against Chess Legends You vs Bobby...
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Best-selling and award-winning author, International Master Igor Khmelnitsky, gathers examples from Bobby Fischer's games that are educational, entertaining, and can be studied without a board.
In each of the examples you will take the seat of Fischer's opponent and be asked to come up with an assessment and a move. Based on your response you are . . .
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Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces (new edition)
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Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces--the new enlarged edition by Igor Stohl--has 62 brilliant games involving the best players in the world, with notes by one of the top annotators.
Igor Stohl has selected these 62 outstanding games from recent years and analyzed them in painstaking depth. Here he presents his findings to chess enthusiasts, who will find the . . .
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Why You Lose At Chess
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Why You Lose at Chess is an updated chess classic that shows how to learn from losses by recognizing the warning signals and by analyzing what went wrong in losing games.
Revised chapters focus on shift from correspondence chess to play based on e-mail and internet; benefits of computer chess, plus analysis of face-off between Kasparov and Deep Blue.
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PawnSacrifice! Winning at Chess the Adventurous Way
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In the Everyman Chess book Pawn Sacrifice! Winning at Chess the Adventurous Way, author Timothy Taylor carries out an in-depth study of this major subject. Pawn sacrifices are incredibly common in chess games, and yet they have been neglected in literature... until now.
Using an abundance of instructive examples, Taylor uncovers the secrets of pawn sacrifices, . . .
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Chess Strategy For Club Players
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Every club player knows the problem: the opening has ended, and now what? First find the right plan, then the good moves will follow!
With Chess Strategy For Club Players, International Master Herman Grooten presents to amateur players a complete and structured course on how to recognize key characteristics in all types of positions and how to make use of those . . .
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Winning Chess MiddlegamesAn Essential Guide to Pawn St...
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Winning Chess Middlegames: An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures, a 260 page paperback chess book by Ivan Sokolov, is published by New In Chess.
Have you ever wondered why grandmasters take only seconds to see what's really going on in a chess position? It's all about structures, as GM Sokolov explains in this groundbreaking chess book.
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Understanding Chess Endgames
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One of the world's foremost chess writers provides everything you need to know about chess endgames! Assuming no specialized endgame knowledge, John Nunn presents 100 key endgame concepts, and explains how they are used to win games or save difficult positions.
He covers all the main types of endgames and typical thinking methods, and so equips readers with . . .
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The Ultimate Chess Strategy Book Vol. 1
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The opening is reaching its end, and we must make a pivotal decision: what shall our middlegame strategy be? Do we seek an active plan to profit from our strengths and highlight the opponent's weaknesses? Or do we adopt prophylaxis, attending to our own position's shortcomings and hindering the opponent's plans? Alternatively, are there any ready-made plans that we . . .
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Outrageous Chess Problems
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Outrageous Chess Problems is published by Sterling Publishers. Author Burt Hochberg says this book is enough to drive experienced chess players to insanity--but wow, will they will enjoy the ride!
Outrageous Chess Problems is outrageous--amazing--and irresistible! These brain-busting chess problems are the devilish inventions of the world's greatest puzzle . . .
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Sharpen Your Chess Tactics in 7 Days
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Sharpen Your Tactics in 7 Days is written by Australian chess champion Gary Lane. He introduced his unique training methods in his best selling book, Improve Your Chess in 7 Days. Now he applies the same quick, effective approach to a book focused on tactics.
Packed with tips and tricks, Sharpen Your Tactics in 7 Days is a no-nonsense style book, which makes it . . .
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Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur
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In Chess Master vs. Chess Amateur, 25 chess games between master and amateur were chosen, arranged, and annotated to help amateurs learn how to avoid a variety of weak strategic and tactical moves and improve their games.
Selected, by World Chess Champion Max Euwe and by Walter Meiden, a typical amateur player, the games point out graphically how the chess master . . .
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Modern Chess Strategy
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You will find that Modern Chess Strategy offers a thorough, systematic analysis of the use of the queen, active king, exchanges, seven different uses of pawns, minority attack, dynamic elements, much more.
In it, author Ludek Pachman analyses 129 great games featuring those of Capablanca, Alekhine, Lasker, Botvinnik, Reshevsky, Bronstein, Smyslov, Spassky, and . . .
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The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess
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The Wisest Things Ever Said About Chess is written by Andrew Soltis and published by Batsford Chess. As a professional journalist and popular chess author, International Master Andrew Soltis is perhaps the best qualified to collect and edit this treasury of chess wisdom through the ages.
With quotations running the gamut from timeless irony (The winner of the game . . .
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Modern Chess: Move by Move
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Leading chess author Colin Crouch selects and explains over 30 sensational games, all from the new millennium. By studying battles between the worlds best players, Crouch examines in detail all the key areas of modern chess.
Powerful attacking and resourceful defending, bloodthirsty tactical battles, profound positional mastery, deep
opening preparation and . . .
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The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps
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This outdtanding chess book from Everyman Chess--The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps by Gary Lane--shows you that there is no easier way to win a game of chess than by luring your opponent into a devious trap.
Similarly, there's nothing worse than being the one on the receiving end. Tricks, traps and swindles lie in wait everywhere, especially so in the . . .
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Chess Strategy by classic chess-great, Edward Lasker
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Chess Strategy is written by chess-icon Edward Lasker. It is one of those must-have books for anyone collecting classic chess instruction books for their chess library, as well as for anyone who wants to improve their chess skills.
Chess Strategy is one of a half-dozen great theoretical works in chess. It shows principles of action above and beyond moves. Is has . . .
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50 Ways to Win at Chess
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50 Ways to Win at Chess, published by Gambit, is a sequel to the hugely successful 50 Essential Chess Lessons, Author Steve Giddins now presents 50 games that each illustrate an important winning method.
50 Ways to Win at Chess is an engaging and highly readable book and is a painless way to build your personal arsenal of techniques and ideas. The games are . . .
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Winning Chess Strategy for Kids
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Winning Chess Trategy for Kids is a fun and comprehensive workbook written for children ages 7 to 13. Full of original material and entertaining artwork, it's the ideal study guide for developing skill at the royal game. Parents and teachers are sure to like it too. The book begins on square one: covering the rules, basic mates, and elementary tactics. It then leads the . . .
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Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking
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Grand master and prolific chess author Neil McDonald explains every single move made in 30 striking tactical or strategical games played over the last quarter century. Each of these games has been carefully chosen for its consistent logical thread, so that the reader will get prime instruction in the art of conceiving appropriate plans and attacks and carrying them out to their . . .
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Simple Chess New Algebraic Edition
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Written by Grandmaster Michael Stean, Simple Chess isolates basic elements and illustrates them through master and grand Master games. It breaks down the mystique of strategy into easy-to-understand ideas. Simple Chess concentrates on the simple positional ideas and strategies that present themselves in popular openings and shows how they might be developed with the aid of sample . . .
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Winning Chess Combinations
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Combinations are the central element in chess; they make the game so magical and captivating. The beautiful point of sacrificing a queen, the strongest piece, in order to checkmate with a lowly pawn brings a smile of joy to all chess lovers. Virtually all chess games possess a combination, either one hidden in the shadows of analysis carefully avoided or one that provides a . . .
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Pawn Power in Chess
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Author Hans Kmoch provides a profoundly original discussion of pawn play in his book, Pawn Power in Chess.
He isolates its elements and elaborates on various aspects, and demonstrates how basic relationships of one or two pawns constitute a winning strategy.
Pawn Power in Chess has a multitude of examples that demonstrate the paramount . . .
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The Art of Planning in Chess: Move by Move
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A follow-up to Neil McDonald's incredibly successful Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking, this insightful book takes a close look at some of the most outstanding games from the last 6 years, commenting on every single move as the game unfolds. This time, however, the emphasis is on planning, and how the players plan their strategy many moves ahead. The author's detailed . . .
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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 game . . .
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101 Chess Opening Traps
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101 chess opening traps, a 112 page paperback chess book, is written by Steve Giddins and published by Gambit Publications.
The only thing more humiliating than losing a game quickly is to lose a game quickly to a known opening trap. On the other hand, the easy point scored by the trapper is a great confidence booster, and allows the winner a good rest before the . . .
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Award-Winning Chess Problems
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Award-Winning Chess Problems by Burt Hochberg presents challenging chess problems that have won top prize in one of the many chess competitions held around the world. The problems in Award-Winning Chess Problems will help hone players' skills so that even beginners can learn to become winners too.
As with all orthodox chess conundrums, the ones collected here . . .
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The Survival Guide to Rook Endings
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The Survival Guide to Rook Endings is an excellent source for this important topic. For all chess-players - from beginners to grandmasters, and whatever their style of play - one thing is certain: rook endings will arise in a great many of their games.Yet it is precisely in this area of the game that many players give away hard-earned points, either through lack of knowledge or . . .
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The Art of Attacking in Chess
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All chess-players love to play a smooth attacking game, flowing from start to finish, and sprinkled with spectacular ideas and sacrifices. However, few can do so regularly, and for most players, their collection of brilliancies missed far outweighs their creative successes.Innate talent plays an important role, but many of the skills needed for attacking chess can be learnt by . . .
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Chess Tactics for Scholastic Players
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Chess Tactics for Scholastic Players is a valuable chess workbook designed to improve the scholastic chess game in a rapid, effective manner. It is authored by International Master and world renowned Chess Coach Dean Ippolito.
Dean's chess teaching skills are highly regarded. He has taught three of the youngest National Champions in history and has taught . . .
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The Black LionThe Chess Predators Choice Against Both ...
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The Black Lion: The Chess Predators Choice Against Both 1.e4 and 1.d4, is an outstanding book written by two Dutch players who developed this system, Leo Jansen and Jerry van Rekom.
More than 85% of all chess games start with either 1.e4 or 1.d4. The Black Lion presents a flexible, logical and sensible way for Black to meet both of these moves.
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Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual--2nd Ed
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Russian International Master Mark Dvoretsky is perhaps the most respected chess instructor in the world today. His latest work, Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, is sure to become a classic on one of the most difficult and subtle phases in chess. It covers all the most important positions required for endgame mastery, from elementary king-and-pawn endings to complex rook or . . .
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101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures
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In 101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures, John Nunn, one of the world's finest writers on chess, presents his selection of brilliant modern games of 25 moves or fewer.
Much can be learned from these sparkling miniatures. Grandmaster John Nunn examines how the loser might have avoided disaster, and explains how the winner managed to punch home his advantage so . . .
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The Reassess Your Chess Workbook--How To Master Chess ...
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In The Reassess Your Chess Workbook--How To Master Chess Imbalances, International Master Jeremy Silman tests a player's strengths and weaknesses with 131 problems that cover openings, tactical and positional middle-games, and endgames.
Unique among books that present problems and their solutions, (but offer little of actual instruction), The Reassess Your . . .
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Winning Chess Strategies--Revised
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Strategy - it's the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his considerable experience in tournament play, International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows you how to apply flexible strategic principles to every part of your game. Using Seirawan's simple and effective planning and analysis techniques, you'll enter each game with . . .
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100 Endgames You Must Know
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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. . . .
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How to Crush Your Chess Opponent
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Simon Williams, one of Britain's most dynamic and aggressive chess-players, has selected his favorite attacking games from the modern era, and annotated them with an infectious zeal that will inspire and instruct. He takes us inside the decision-making process, explaining how each stage in an attacking concept is formed, and shows how top players spot the signs that indicate . . .
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From Middlegame Into Endgame
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Should I simplify to an ending or not? This is one of the hardest practical questions that chess players have to answer in their own games. Grandmaster Mednis, one of the world's leading endgame experts, explains the key positional and psychological factors involved in this decision and how to proceed once a simplification has been carried out. This book will help win your . . .
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Secrets of Chess Defence
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Good defensive abilities earn players a great many half-points and full-points. The climax of the defense is the launching of a devastating counter-attack, a skill at which all the great chess champions have been adept. Of particular interest to club players is Marin's discussion of how to defend against unsound attacks, and the problem of how to parry the attack while . . .
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True Combat Chess: Winning Battles over the Board
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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.
This book is awash with invaluable advice and helpful tips on all stages of the game - opening, middlegame and endgame. Taylor emphasizes the . . .
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Chess Fundamentals--Algebraic
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J.R. Capablanca was a World Chess Champion and one of the greatest players in chess history, yet he wrote very little about the game. Chess Fundamentals, though normally for the beginning player, contains valuable insights that will benefit players at all levels of understanding, including masters. Capablanca explains: Chess Fundamentals is one of the jewels of chess . . .
The player with a positional advantage has a better chance at a direct attack. Positional Chess Handbook: 495 Instructive Positions from Grandmaster Games, shows how to develop a more powerful strategic game.
It is a complete guide by grandmaster Israel Gelfer. Key squares, bad bishops, pawn structures, other examples appear in ascending difficulty, with . . .
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How to Use Computers to Improve Your Chess
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Computers have permeated almost every facet of modern chess, yet few players know how to gain the maximum benefit from working with them. Computers function as playing partners, opening study tools, endgame 'oracles', tactics trainers, sources of information on opponents and searchable game databases. Kongsted provides practical advice on how to use computers in all these . . .
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Winning Chess Explained
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Winning Chess Explained: Zenon Franco has regularly annotated top-level games for more than a quarter of a century. He has drawn upon this vast experience to present 50 hugely instructive games illustrating a wide variety of chess ideas. Key themes are illustrated by several games, so that we gain a well-rounded appreciation of the relevant ideas, and develop foresight that will . . .
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Art of Attack in Chess--Revised Algebraic Edition
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One of the finest chess books ever written, the Art of Attack has been transcribed into algebraic notation for the first time. In this revised edition of the great classic, the author expounds both the basic principles and the most complex forms of attack on the king. A study of this masterpiece will add power and brilliance to any chess enthusiast's play.
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Tarrasch: The Game of Chess--Algebraic Edition
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Dr. Tarrasch begins with the endgamebecause its easier for a novice to deal with a few men than the entire thirty-two. An important and extensive discussion of the middle game follows. Finally, the author deals with openings and offers enlightening comments on many historically important variations. Over 340 diagrams and 12 complete games.A famous chess manual for 75 years, now . . .
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Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
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Learn to think the same way Bobby did. This is the secret. You will be put in increasingly complex situations where you will be required to think and move the way Bobby Fischer did during his amazing career in chess. You'll be a better player after you take Bobby Fischer's Chess Course. It works.
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The Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techn...
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The Complete Book of Chess Strategy, by Jeremy Silman is published by Silman-James Press. An easy-to-understand guide to chess strategy--conceptual planning--is finally here.
This comprehensive guide in dictionary form, the first of its kind, makes all aspects of chess strategy quick, easy, and painlessly accessible to players of all degrees of strength. Each . . .
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Win with the London System
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The London System is a perennial favourite of club players, as it is a very sound and solid system with a real practical sting. The authors of this new book seek to maximize this sting in two principal ways. Firstly, by explaining in detail the typical plans for White, they help readers to make the most of their chances, whether they are based on a kingside attack, queenside . . .
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Forcing Chess MovesThe Key to Better Calculation
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Forcing Chess Moves: The Key to Better Calculation, asks the question, Why is it that your brain so often refuses to consider winning chess tactics?
Every chess fan marvels at the wonderful combinations used by famous masters to win games. How do they find those fantastic moves? Do they have a special vision? And why do computers outwit us tactically?
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Modern Chess Planning
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Good planning is central to good chess. A plan gives meaning to manoeuvres and tactical devices, forming a coherent whole that brings us closer to our goals. The modern understanding of chess planning has evolved considerably since the days of the grand plan, whereby a player might even try to map out the whole course of the game. Nowadays, top-class players appreciate that the . . .
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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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Chess For Zebras
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Jonathan Rowson, author of the highly acclaimed Seven Deadly Chess Sins, investigates three questions important to all chess-players: 1) Why is it so difficult, especially for adult players, to improve?
2) What kinds of mental attitudes are needed to find good moves in different phases of the game?
3) Is White's alleged first-move advantage a myth, and does it make a . . .
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How To Choose A Chess Move
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There are more than 30 moves to choose from in a typical chess position. Yet masters regularly manage to select the best one--and they do it faster, more confidently, and with less calculation than other players. The reason: masters know shortcuts that enable them to think more efficiently. International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis explains these techniques, including how to use . . .
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Advanced Chess Problems and How to Solve Them
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Advanced Chess Problems covers two hundred commonly encountered chess problems. No expert knowledge of the game is necessary. These problems obey explicitly the rules of chess and, if you know the moves of the pieces, solving them will be well within your capabilities. That is not to say they are all easy to solve - they vary. The pleasure of problem chess lies not in the . . .
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My System: 21st Century Edition
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A veritable bible for chess players from beginners to grandmasters - here is an easy to understand edition of a classic. This new algebraic version is packed with 419 diagrams for complete understanding.
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Play the Grunfeld
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The Grunfeld is an exciting and dynamic answer to 1 d4, and has become very popular at all levels of chess. A major reason for this is that it has been a long-time favorite of the worlds strongest-ever chess player, Garry Kasparov, who used it many times in his numerous World Championship battles. The Grunfeld very much relies on the principles of the hyper-modern school of chess: . . .
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Better Chess for Average Players
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Better Chess for Average Players is a clear, straightforward guide by noted expert coaches that takes you through the fundamentals of attacking and positional play, as well as how to approach the endgame.
Crucial processes of assessing positions and choosing moves are examined in depth. It also helps you know how to cope with difficult positions and . . .
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Secrets of Positional Chess
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How can one determine if a piece is weak or strong? Or if a square is weak or strong? These are the principal questions that grandmaster and trainer Drazen Marovic addresses in this important book. By discussing carefully chosen games and positions, Marovic explains how to recognize good and bad features of positions, and how to make use of one's advantages and exploit the . . .
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Chess Praxis
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This book is Grandmaster Aron Nimzowitsch's companion volume to MY SYSTEM. This classic is one of the best selling and most instructive chess books of all time. Thousands of satisfied customers have used this book to improve their understanding of positional chess play.
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Secrets of Practical Chess (Enlarged Edition)
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What is the best way to improve your chess results? Memorizing an opening encyclopaedia, learning endgame theory, solving puzzle positions ... there must be an easier way. How about making the most of your existing talent? In a new and enlarged edition of a highly popular work, John Nunn helps you to do precisely that. Drawing upon more than three decades of experience, he provides . . .
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Grandmaster Secrets: Counter-Attack!
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Superb defensive technique is a hallmark of all great chess-players. With a few deft counterstrokes, they not only deflect what looked like an overwhelming offensive, but also expose the darker side of their opponent's build-up. Is this sheer black magic, or are these skills that ordinary players can develop?
Grandmaster Secrets: Counter-Attack! answers this . . .
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Understanding Pawn Play in Chess
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Chess owes its extraordinary strategic depth to pawns. These humble pieces can take on many roles in the chess struggle. They can be blockers, battering-rams, self-sacrificing heroes, and can even be promoted to the ranks of royalty. This book elucidates the pawn's multi-faceted nature. The author, an experienced grandmaster and trainer, tackles a fundamental chess topic, and . . .
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The Most Valuable Skills in Chess
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Assuming no knowledge of chess beyond the rules, Maurice Ashley guides you on an inspirational journey through the world of chess tactics. He brings the pieces to life by examining their fundamental characteristics, and shows how their powers can be put to use to win pieces or give checkmate - the building-blocks upon which all chess skills are based.
Ashley . . .
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Master Checkmate Strategy
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Master Checkmate Strategy is easy to read and right to the point. In just one reading you will learn how to checkmate opponents using crushing attacks and brilliant sacrifices.
Basic mates--as well as advanced ones--are revealed in this no-nonsense book. Some of the mates detailed are
Each concept is fully explained in easy-to-understand language with . . .
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Blunders and How to Avoid Them: Eliminate Mistakes fro...
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No one likes to make mistakes, but all chess players, even those belonging to the worlds elite, are prone to blundering. How can this problem be eradicated or, at the very least, kept to a minimum? Read this book and find out!
Experienced chess player and writer Angus Dunnington takes a look at why the good, the bad and the indifferent all make errors, from small . . .
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Three for $35 Easy Guide Books From Everyman Publisher...
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You'll never see a price like this again for three outstanding openings books from Everyman Publishing. Just $35 for ALL THREE---a $58.85 value. No backorders.
The Easy Guide series represents a new approach to chess opening books: just enough detail and just enough explanation to enable readers to play an opening with confidence, without months of memorizing . . .
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Chess Training Pocket Book: 300 Most Important Positio...
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The most important and instructive positions over the last 100 years arranged as challenges, with illuminating explanations and solutions. Lev Alburt, Grandmaster of Chess and renowned three-time US chess champion, presents and analyzes the 300 most important game positions an average player should understand and remember to become a chess expert. These most crucial and instructive . . .
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An Introduction to Chess Moves and Tactics Simply Expl...
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Chess Moves And Tactics Simply Explained provides an informal, intermediate introduction which is quite strong in explaining the reasons for moves.
It covers basic material, tactics, important openings, traps, positional play in middle game, end game. It also attempts to isolate patterns and recurrent configurations. This book contains 58 figures and is written by . . .
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Dismantling the Sicilian A Complete Repertoire for Wh...
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The Sicilian Defense is the most widely played chess opening, both at club level and among top grandmasters. Since Black gets dynamic play in almost all variations, black players of all levels will probably continue to play the Sicilian for a long time to come.
It has been difficult for White to obtain any advantage in Sicilian sidelines, and this book therefore . . .
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The Art of Defense In Chess
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The Art of Defense In Chess helps chess players train for a part of chess that is often overlooked. Most players would rather attack than defend, with the result that defensive technique is often the weakest part of their game.
The Art of Defense In Chess, translated by Ken Neat, explains the basics of defensive play and contains many tests for readers to practice . . .
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The King in Jeopardy: The Best Techniques for Attack a...
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The King in Jeopardy is a classic chess book with 251 pages that has been praised by players and teachers alike.
Lev Alburt, Grandmaster of Chess and three-time US chess champion, presents and analyzes the attack and defense of the king, with hundreds of game illustrations, dozens of problems and exercises, and instructive explanations and solutions.
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Improve Your Chess by Learning from the Champions
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In this book Lars Bo Hansen shows how chess understanding has evolved and explains how and why a study of the great champions of the past and present will significantly improve your chess.
Although modern chess is a highly concrete game where calculation is paramount and principles often appear to take a back seat, Hansen argues that the principles have become . . .
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The Rules of Winning Chess
Item #: EV445961
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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 . . .
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The Budapest Fajarowicz, the Past and Future of the Fa...
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The Fajarowicz (1d4Nf6 2c4 e5 3 dxe5 NE4!? Is a remarkable stand-alone defense to White's Queen Pawn opening. Unlike its better-know relative, the Budapest Gambit (3Ng4), Black is not always so concerned about recovering the gambit pawn, but concentrates rather on rapid development and dynamic piece play.