Chess

In this authoritative reissue of one of the most important chess books ever written, the great Bobby Fischer takes the reader move by move through 60 of his most instructive and entertaining games, including the astounding ?Game of the Century,? played when he was only 15 years old! The controversial alterations that were made to Bobby Fischer?s wo...

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...

How to Reassess Your Chess has long been considered a modern classic. This 4th edition takes Silman's groundbreaking concept of imbalances to a whole new level. Designed for players in the 1400 to 2100 rating range and for teachers looking for a readymade chess curriculum, the author shares a mindexpanding journey that takes the reader through im...

Winning Chess Strategy for Kids is a fun and comprehensive chess course written for children 7 to 13 years old. Full of original material and entertaining artwork, it's a perfect guide for learning 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...

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"One of the few books?which, at a glance, one can recognize as an immortal." ? Chess. The proper use of pawns ? of paramount importance in chess strategy ? sometimes even puzzles experienced players. This profoundly original and stimulating book by an International Master and prolific chess writer offers superb instruction in pawn play by isolating...

The Fourth Edition of a Modern Classic When you are serious about improving your endgame skills, it is time for Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual. Perhaps the best known and most respected instructor of world class chessplayers, Mark Dvoretsky has produced a comprehensive work on the endgame that will reward players of all strengths. For those ready to im...

THE SEVENTH EDITION OF TAL S CLASSIC WORK Mikhail Tal s splendid account of his world championship match victory is one of the masterpieces of the golden age of annotation before insights and feelings and flashes of genius were reduced to mere moves and Informant symbols. This is simply the best book written about a world championship match by a co...

This is a new and improved edition of an alltime classic! The good news about endgames is that there are relatively few endings you should know by heart and that once you know these endings, that's it. Your knowledge never goes out of date! The bad news is that, all the same, the endgame technique of most players is deficient. Modern timecontrols...

The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators.These magnificent compilations of chess form the...

An investigation of the main reasons why chess players sometimes go astray the seven deadly chess sins: Drifting (losing the plot); Perfectionism (leading to time trouble); Egoism (overestimating your chances); Failure to spot the critical moment; Deafness (failure to listen to intuition); Dogmatism (failure to think creatively or dynamically); a...

Jonathan Rowson, author of the highly acclaimed Seven Deadly Chess Sins, investigates three questions important to all chessplayers:1) Why is it so difficult, especially for Adult, players, to improve2) What kinds of mental attitudes are needed to find good moves in different phases of the game3) Is White's alleged firstmove advantage a myth, an...

"The novice who plays through Logical Chess can learn an ocean of basic chess wisdom."?Leonard Barden, English chess master and broadcaster ?Entertains . . . as it reinforces strategic lessons gleaned from chess titans. Illustrates effective middlegame plans.?? Library Journal Having learned the basic moves, how exactly should a player improve In...

For over 100 years, the world's leading chess players and teachers have told their students to study the endgame. This book teaches the students what they need to know at their current rating level, and builds on that knowledge for each subsequent phase of the player's development....

Every competitive chess player needs to decide which openings he wants to play. Selecting a set of moves to employ, with either white or black, against each likely countermove by your opponent is a daunting challenge that takes a lot of time and effort. Grandmaster and former senior world champion Larry Kaufman provides a readytogo repertoire for...

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 chessrelated puzzles. The main part of the book consists of exercise sheets with more than 1000 positions, coverin...

Win at chess with practical instruction from one of the world's leading teachers! With clever strategies for more than 5000 situations and clear diagrams, Chess is for the enthusiastic novice as well as the competitor taking the game to the next level.Chess takes you through more than 5,000 unique instructional situations, many taken from actual ma...

This book takes the student on a journey through his own mind and returns him to the chess board with a wealth of newfound knowledge and the promise of a significant gain in strength. Most amateurs possess erroneous thinking processes that remain with them throughout their chess lives. These flaws in their mental armour result in stinging defeats ...

This book is essentially a teaching machine. The way a teaching machine works is: It asks you a question. If you give the right answer, it goes on to the next question. If you give the wrong answer, it tells you why the answer is wrong and tells you to go back and try again. This is called "programmed learning". The real authors were experts and au...

The threetimes World Chess Solving Champion distils the most useful middlegame concepts and knowledge into 100 lessons that everyone can understand.Following on from his successful Understanding Chess Endgames, John Nunn turns his attention to the middlegame the phase of the chess battle where most games are decided, yet the one that has receive...

Start every game with confidence!The two greatest challenges for beginning chess players are not only to survive the openings phase, but also to choose appropriate attack and defence formations in the process. Winning Chess Openings shows players how to do both. In Yasser Seirawan's entertaining, easytofollow style, they are shown formations that...

Winning Chess Puzzles For Kids Volume 2 is a fun and instructive workbook for children ages 7 to 13. Full of imaginative drawings, it combines standard chess problems with a variety of insightful chessrelated puzzles. Slightly more advanced than Volume 1, its aim is to further develop a student s tactical skills. The main part of the book consists...

Provides knowledge on all chess openings, explains the basic plans and ideas for both black and white, and provides pointers for those who want to explore further. This work gives readers the ability to choose the openings that suit their style and taste, as well as the opportunity to test and review their established repertoire....

In Dynamic Decision Making in Chess former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand continues his investigation into decisionmaking at the top level, discussing some of his best games as well as his worst slips, giving the reader a unique insight into the mind of a worldclass grandmaster....

Mikhail Tal, the 'magician from Riga' was the greatest attacking World Champion of them all, and this enchanting autobiography chronicles his extraordinary career with charm and humor....

In a major event in chess publishing, two German endgame experts have produced a masterly onevolume encyclopaedia that covers all major endgames.This is the first truly modern onevolume endgame encyclopaedia. It makes full use of endgame tablebases and analytical engines that access these tablebases; where previous authors could only make educate...

Identify and Deal with Threats! This book is written to address and underemphasized area of chess training and study, the identification of and reaction to threats. For beginning and intermediatelevel players, the study of tactics is paramount. Almost all tactics books take the approach of providing a position where there is a forced win, checkmat...

Positional Decision Making in Chess offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster. In his efforts to explain his way of thinking, Boris Gelfand focuses on such topics as the squeeze, space advantage, the transformation of pawn structures and the transformation of advantages. Based on examples from his own games and those of his hero, Akiba ...

Have there been times during a game when you have calculated a position for half an hour, only to find out that most of what you were thinking about was of little use If you have not, maybe the only way to improve your calculation is to upgrade your processor. But if you are human, then this book will offer you practical advice and an effective tr...

As a respected trainer who became a worldclass chess grandmaster after leaving Leningrad and moving to Holland in 1972, Genna Sosonko observes the golden age Soviet chess from a privileged dual perspective. Combining an insider's nostalgia with the detachment of a critical observer, he has produced unforgettable portraits of the heroes of this byg...

Attacking Manuals 1 & 2 comprise the first thorough examination of the nature of dynamics in chess, and the principles explained in this book are relevant to every chess game played. In lively nononsense language, Aagaard explains how the best players in the world attack. The rules of attack (the exploitation of a dynamic advantage) are explained ...

A charming book that will teach children the intriguing game of chess....

The perfect survival guide to the chess openings All openings covered Detailed verbal explanations of plans for both sides Uptodate and featuring many tips and recommendations Insights into the 'character' of each opening Written by one of the world's foremost opening expertsThe first moves of a chess game define the nature of the whole st...

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. It is ...

The Key Concepts of Chess Endings In 2003 when it was released, Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual became an instant classic. Now the chess instructor extraordinaire offers an introduction to the fascinating world of chess endings. This book is designed to highlight the key concepts of the most common chess endgames and will prove quite instructive to ches...

A children's stepbystep visual guide to the rules, skills and strategies of chessby International Master and renowned chess tutor Michael Basman.From the history of chess and the aim of the game to essential tactics and taking it even farther in clubs, tournaments, and championships, Chess for Kids covers it all. Before explaining techniques, t...

An introduction to the moves, strategies, and philosophy of chess, with clear explanations of the games fundamentals, instructive examples, questionandanswer sections, sample games, and psychological hints....

A famous chess manual for 75 years, now reedited for the modern chess player. Dr. Tarrasch was one of the world's strongest players in the late 19th century and this manual teaches chess from the novice level to Class A / Expert strength players. It fully covers, tactics, endings, and opening play. A must for every serious chess player....

Get a taste of the most dazzling chess combinations, devious strategies, and downright cruel blows as world champions throw caution to the wind and risk it all! Readers will delight as the author takes these aweinspiring and controversial games and makes them enjoyable and easy to understand....

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"Basic Chess Endings," written by International Grandmaster Reuben Fine, is the most authoritative reference on the endgame. Serious students of the game find the work unmatched in its depth and range. Now, Grandmaster Pal Benko has revised this classic with the latest innovations in the endgame and adapted the book to algebraic notation. The resul...

This chess puzzle superchallenge contains 100 fun positions to solve, ranging from encouragingly easy to mindnumbingly hard. Using an innovative format, every puzzle is preceded by an instructive example, illustrating an important pattern.Each puzzle has been graded to suit a wide range of chess abilities. Beginners or younger readers will enjoy ...

Chess enthusiasts of all ages and levels will find this book an instructive delight. In a simple, easytounderstand format it explains how to bamboozle your chess opponents using commonly occurring tactical motifs. The illustrative positions, all taken from real games, show the 50 Tricky Tactics that experienced chess masters use to win their game...

This comprehensive guide, in dictionary form, makes all aspects of chess strategy quick, easy, and painlessly accessible to players of all degrees of strength. Each strategic concept is listed alphabetically and followed by a clear, easytoabsorb explanation accompanied by examples of how this strategy is used in practice....

The legendary chess players that Genna Sosonko brings to life in this new collection of his acclaimed writing have one thing in common: Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal and Petrosian, they were all world champions. Sosonko's riveting portrait of Mikhail Tal, the inimitable Magician from Riga who to this day mesmerizes chess fans ...