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Tragicomedy in the Endgame: Instructive Mistakes of the Masters

Tragicomedy in the Endgame: Instructive Mistakes of the Masters

CP (Association of Chess Professionals) Book of the Year 2012 When it was released in 2003, "Dvoretsky's Endgame Manua"l 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 chessplayers of all levels.   Topics include: The King in the Endgame Pawn play Zugzwang Saving Methods Tactics in the E

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Tal - Botvinnik 1960: Revised and expanded 6th edition.

Tal - Botvinnik 1960: Revised and expanded 6th edition.

One of the greatest books ever written about a world championship match. In 1960 Mikhail Botvinnik was the pillar of 'scientific' chess and the ironwilled champion of the world. The young attacking genius Mihail Tal, the 'Wizard of Riga', put the magic back into the game by defeating Botvinnik with spectacular tactics in one of the most dramatic and celebrated world championship matches of all time. This is Tal's own classic work on the contest. In it he sets the stage and explains every one of the 21 g

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The Art of Bisguier: Selected Games 1961-2003

The Art of Bisguier: Selected Games 1961-2003

Selected as one of the Best Chess Books of 2008 by CHESS Magazine (London) Arthur Bisguier is a living legend in American chess, having met and defeated some of the greatest players in the world. This is a collection of his best games - annotated by Bisguier himself - from 1961 through 2003.  Each game is introduced with an anecdote and brief comment about Arts opponent and combined with many archival photos, makes this one of the great chess game collections ever.    What sets this book apart from ot

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The Art of Checkmate: 21st Century Edition

The Art of Checkmate: 21st Century Edition

One of the Most Instructive Books Ever about Checkmate Tactics! In the early 1950s, two former French champions authored a book that clearly – and quite comprehensively – explained the basic mating patterns in chess. The Art of Checkmate by Georges Renaud and Victor Kahn was destined to be hailed as one of the most instructive chess books ever written. The basic elements of dozens of mating patterns are explored. Each is supported by simple, easy-to-understand examples, with additional exercises offer

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The 3...Qd8 Scandinavian - Simple and Strong: Foreword by Karsten Müller

The 3...Qd8 Scandinavian - Simple and Strong: Foreword by Karsten Müller

Whats Old Is New – and Surprisingly Strong! The worlds oldest opening variation, 3...Qd8 in the Scandinavian Defense, has resurfaced in the last decade to give players at all levels a winning edge. Whether you prefer a sharp tactical game or slower positional maneuvering, the 3...Qd8 Scandinavian provides a genuine alternative for club players and grandmasters seeking to play for a win from the outset. Elite players such as Michael Adams, Josif Dorfman, Kiril Georgiev and Julian Hodgson, among others, h

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The KGB Plays Chess: The Soviet Secret Police and the Fight for the World Chess Crown

The KGB Plays Chess: The Soviet Secret Police and the Fight for the World Chess Crown

The KGB Plays Chess is a unique book. For the first time it opens to us some of the most secret pages of the history of chess. The battles about which you will read in this book are not between chess masters sitting at the chess board, but between the powerful Soviet secret police, known as the KGB, on the one hand, and several brave individuals, on the other.  Their names are famous in the chess world: Viktor Kortschnoi, Boris Spasski, Boris Gulko and Garry Kasparov became subjects of constant pressure

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Amateur's Mind

Amateur's Mind

The Amateur's Mind 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 af a significant gain in strength. Most amateurs possess erroneous thinking processes that remain with them throughout their chess lives. These flaws in their mental armor result in stinging defeats and painful reversals. Books can be bought and studied, lessons can be taken, but in the end these elusive problems always prove to be extremely diffic

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212 Surprising Checkmates

212 Surprising Checkmates

With this instructive manual, players can learn to concentrate on one-, two- and three-move checkmates, focusing on their opponents last moves and keeping alert to new possibilities, rather than getting blinded by previous calculations.   Written by two experienced chess teachers, this volumes first 100 exercises concern checkmates in one move, while the remaining exercises represent game-like positions for checkmates in two and three moves.  All are designed to increase a players skill and speed analy

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Just the Facts!: Winning Endgame Knowledge

Just the Facts!: Winning Endgame Knowledge

Nothing more clearly separates chess master from chess wannabee than winning endgame play, the last lap of the race. Depending on whether or not you command the necessary endgame knowledge, you can spoil hours of planning, or you can enjoy the victory you've spent the whole game earning. You can even extricate yourself from the steely jaws of a "certain" defeat! Winner of the prestigious Chess Journalists of America Book of the Year award for 2000-2001, Just the Facts! boils down all essential endgame

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Looking for Trouble: Recognizing and Meeting Threats in Chess

Looking for Trouble: Recognizing and Meeting Threats in Chess

This book is written to address and underemphasized area of chess training and study, the identification of and reaction to threats.   For beginning and intermediate-level players, the study of tactics is paramount. Almost all tactics books take the approach of providing a position where there is a forced win, checkmate, or draw. However Looking for Trouble – now in a revised and enlarged second edition – takes a different tack. It helps you to recognize threats by providing over 300 highly instructiv

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My First Book of Chess Tactics: Tactics are Tops!

My First Book of Chess Tactics: Tactics are Tops!

My First Book of Chess Tactics is a thorough introduction to this vital aspect of playing winning chess. Tactics are the tricks and techniques you use to surprise and ambush your opponent.  The more you know about tactics, the better youll play the game and the more games you will win.   In My First Book of  Chess Tactics you will: Learn the ideas behind tactical patterns and how to name them See how to focus on a position to find tactical patterns Practice tactics by solving realistic puzzles

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Opening Originals: Strong Sidelines for Club Cats

Opening Originals: Strong Sidelines for Club Cats

Original Opening Ideas: Sound – and Dangerous! Opening Originals focuses on both sound and dangerous opening ideas that have escaped wide notice. In some cases, they are artifacts of the past, too soon discarded and without good reason; in others, they are home-cooking, and may anticipate the future of theoretical developments. In all cases, the authors explanations are concept-based, and little memorization is required. American master Dan Lowinger is an active player, coach and teacher. He i

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Capablanca Jose Raul A Chess Biography

Capablanca Jose Raul A Chess Biography

About the Book This is the most complete and thorough biography of José Raúl Capablanca, one of the greatest players in the history of chess. Beginning with his family background, birth, childhood and introduction to the game in Cuba, it examines his life and play as a young man; follows his evolution as a player and rise to prominence, first as challenger and then world champion; his loss of the title to Alekhine and his efforts to recapture the championship in the last years of his too-short life. What

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Chess Results 1971-1974

Chess Results 1971-1974

A Comprehensive Record with 966 Tournament Crosstables and 148 Match Scores, with Sources This is a continuation of a series of comprehensive chronological reference works listing the results of mens chess competitions all over the world--individual and team matches. The present volume covers 1971 through 1974.  Entries record location and, when available, the group that sponsored the event. First and last names of players are included whenever possible and are standardized for easy reference. Compiled

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The Tactician's Handbook: Revised Expanded by Karsten Müller

The Tactician's Handbook: Revised Expanded by Karsten Müller

Become a Dangerous Tactician! In the late 1990s five books were released, each dedicated to a unique tactical theme, and each with approximately 100 pages. Written by the late Russian correspondence master Victor Charushin, the books were Alekhines Block, Combination Cross, Laskers Combination, Mitrofanovs Deflection, and The Steeplechase. They were very well-received by chessplayers everywhere. And, in fact, Charushin had written two more books in the series, Domination, and Less Common Combination

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