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  The Eight

  by Katherine Neville

  Computer expert Cat Velis is heading for a job to Algeria. Before she goes, a mysterious fortune teller warns her of danger, and an antique dealer asks her to search for pieces to a valuable chess set that has been missing for years...In the South of France in 1790 two convent girls hide valuable pieces of a chess set all over the world, because the game that can be played with them is too powerful....
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  The Eight: Book 2

  The Fire

  by Katherine Neville

  Katherine Neville’s groundbreaking novel, The Eight, dazzled audiences more than twenty years ago and set the literary stage for the epic thriller. A quest for a mystical chess service that once belonged to Charlemagne, it spans two centuries and three continents, and intertwines historic and modern plots, archaeological treasure hunts, esoteric riddles, and puzzles encrypted with clues from the ancient past. Now... (more)
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  Cómo la vida imita al ajedrez (How life imitates chess)

  by Garry Kasparov

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  Schach spielend leicht kombinieren : Training

  by Alexander Koblenz

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  Ajedrez para jóvenes

  by William T. McLeod,Ronald Mongredien

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  Endgame

  Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall—From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness

  by Frank Brady

  " Rich in detail and insight . Endgame is sympathetic and human, but not at all naive. I admire Brady's resolve, and I consider this book essential reading in the effort to understand Bobby Fischer and his place in our world." --David Shenk, author of The Immortal Game and The Genius in All of Us   “Fascinating…filled with hope, Cold War intrigue, the fulfillment of genius, and an explosive fall from... (more)
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  Tratado general de Ajedrez: Book 1

  TRATADO GENERAL DE AJEDREZ Tomo 1

  by Roberto G. Grau

  Paperback: El tratado General de Ajedrez de Roberto G. Grau constituye una obra ya clásica para el aprendizaje de esta disciplina por sus virtudes didácticas, su lenguaje claro y conciso.
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  Peón aislado

  Ensayos sobre ajedrez

  by Luis Ignacio Helguera

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  Maquina De Ajedrez, La

  by Robert Lohr

  En el siglo XVIII la nobleza del imperio austríaco queda deslumbrada por una máquina capaz de pensar y jugar al ajedrez. ¿Invento genial o estafa? En el palacio de Schónbrunn tiene lugar la presentación de un insólito invento: un autómata que juega al ajedrez.El sorprendente artefacto. que tiene la apariencia externa de un gran turco de penetrantes ojos azules. guarda en sus entrañas un misterio que guía sus manos... (more)
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  The Flanders Panel

  by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

  A fifteenth-century painting by a Flemish master is about to be auctioned when Julia, a young art restorer, discovers a peculiar inscription hidden in a corner: Who killed the knight? In the painting, the Duke of Flanders and his knight are locked in a game of chess, and a dark lady lurks mysteriously in the background. Julia is determined to solve the five-hundred-year-old murder, but as she begins to look for... (more)
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  One Hundred Years of Solitude

  by Gabriel García Márquez

  One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career. The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. It is a rich and brilliant chronicle of life and death, and the tragicomedy of humankind.... (more)