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Starting Out: Slav & Semi-Slav (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)

Starting Out: Slav & Semi-Slav (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)

by Glenn Flear

In this easy-to-read guide, Grandmaster and openings expert Glenn Flear goes back to basics, studying the essential principles of the Slav and Semi-Slav Defences and their numerous variations. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips, and warnings to guide improving players, while key strategies, ideas, and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated.

Starting Out: the Ruy Lopez (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)

Starting Out: the Ruy Lopez (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)

by John Shaw

In this easy-to-read guide, chess players go back to the basics of the Ruy Lopez, studying the key principles of its many variations.

Starting Out: The Queen's Indian (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)

Starting Out: The Queen's Indian (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)

by John Emms

The Queen's Indian is one of Black's most dependable and respected defences to the queen's pawn opening. It's an established favorite amongst world-class Grandmasters such as Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Michael Adams, and Judit Polgar, not to mention Anatoly Karpov, who has been a loyal Queen's Indian supporter and theory developer for over three decades. Rather than classically occupying the central squares... (more)

Rook EndingsSmyslov Levenfish

Rook Endings

by Smyslov Levenfish

The Fireside Book of ChessIrving ; Reinfeld, Fred Chernve

The Fireside Book of Chess

by Irving ; Reinfeld, Fred Chernve

SCHACHNOVELLEStefan Zweig

SCHACHNOVELLE

by Stefan Zweig

Reuben Fine

by Reuben Fine

by David Shenk

A surprising, charming, and ever-fascinating history of the seemingly simple game that has had a profound effect on societies the world over. Why has one game, alone among the thousands of games invented and played throughout human history, not only survived but thrived within every culture it has touched? What is it about its thirty-two figurative pieces, moving about its sixty-four black and white squares... (more)

The Tao of Wu

by The RZA

A unique book of wisdom and experience that reaches from the most violent slums of New York City to the highest planes of spiritual thought by the RZA, hip-hop's most exalted wise man. The RZA, the Abbot of the Wu-Tang Clan and hip-hop culture's most dynamic genius, imparts the lessons he's learned on the journey that's taken him from the Staten Island projects to international superstar, all along the way a... (more)

Zuke 'Em - The Colle-Zukertort Revolutionized: A chess opening for everyone. Phoenix Attack Edition

Zuke 'Em - The Colle-Zukertort Revolutionized: A chess opening for everyone. Phoenix Attack Edition

by David I Rudel

This is the "Phoenix Attack Edition" of Zuke 'Em: The Colle-Zukertort Revolutionized (ISBN: 1888710357). This new attack promises to be the mainline for the future of the Colle-Zukertort (a.k.a. The Rubinstein Attack). For decades, the chess world has run down the reputation of the C-Z as an unassuming opening, claiming it did not exact the full measure of pain from Black in the quest to equalize. If such is the... (more)

Golden Treasury of ChessI. A Horowitz

Golden Treasury of Chess

by I. A Horowitz

How to think ahead in chess: the methods and techniques of planning your entire gameI. A. Horowitz, Fred Reinfeld

How to think ahead in chess: the methods and techniques of planning your entire game

by I. A. Horowitz, Fred Reinfeld

Chess : 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games

Chess : 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games

by Laszlo Polgar

The biggest book of chess challenges ever--1,120 pages! 5334 fully diagrammed problems, games, and endgames (with easy-to-follow solutions in the back). Includes every known checkmate position. Covers a complete range of levels, from beginning to master. Offers what both serious and casual chess players want most--thousands of absorbing problems with which to hone their skills and have fun.

The Survival Guide to Rook Endings

by John Emms

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 inadequate understanding. Previous books on the subject have been extremely technical and theoretical, and... (more)

Chess Mastery By Question and Answer

by Fred Reinfeld

Better Chess: Usborne Guide ToWATTS L.

Better Chess: Usborne Guide To

by WATTS L.

Chess TacticsPaul Littlewood

Chess Tactics

by Paul Littlewood

History of Chess

by Jerzy Gizycki

Chessmen.FRANK GREYGOOSE

Chessmen.

by Frank Greygoose

Imagination in Chess: How to Think Creatively and Avoid Foolish Mistakes

Imagination in Chess: How to Think Creatively and Avoid Foolish Mistakes

by Paata Gaprindashvili

Any chess player can become better by harnessing the power of imagination. This fresh approach to problem-solving helps players make fewer mistakes and encourages independent and original thought. Even though much has been published on chess tactics, strategy, openings, and endings, few books have focused on training the brain to think and evaluate. The many examples of different moves provided here do just that,... (more)

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by Glenn Flear

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by Smyslov Levenfish

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by Stefan Zweig

by Reuben Fine

by David Shenk

by The RZA

by David I Rudel

by I. A Horowitz

by I. A. Horowitz, Fred Reinfeld

by Laszlo Polgar

by John Emms

by Fred Reinfeld

by WATTS L.

by Paul Littlewood

by Jerzy Gizycki

by Frank Greygoose

by Paata Gaprindashvili