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Chess - The History of a Game
Catalog Code: B0356IS
Combining first class research with an eye for the apt quotation and illustration, Richard Eales has produced for the chess players and historians alike - a lasting contribution to the literature on the oldest and greatest of all games.
Combining first class research with an eye for the apt quotation and illustration, Richard Eales has produced for the chess players and historians alike - a lasting contribution to the literature on the oldest and greatest of all games.
Chess - The History of a Game
$19.95
Mind Master - Winning Lessons from a Champion's Life
Catalog Code: B0140OB
In Mind Master, Vishy looks back on a lifetime of games played, opponents tackled and circumstances overcome, and draws from its depths significant tools that will help every reader navigate life's challenges.
In Mind Master, Vishy looks back on a lifetime of games played, opponents tackled and circumstances overcome, and draws from its depths significant tools that will help every reader navigate life's challenges.
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Mind Master - Winning Lessons from a Champion's Life
$24.95
Games of the Orient
Catalog Code: B0350IS
This collection includes every known game of the Orient, including many otherwise unknown games. These games have different names in Chinese or Korean than the names by which we know them in the West.
This collection includes every known game of the Orient, including many otherwise unknown games. These games have different names in Chinese or Korean than the names by which we know them in the West.
Games of the Orient
$19.95
Chess Peace
Cartoons by Tony Sullivan
Cartoons by Tony Sullivan
Catalog Code: B0138OB
Illustrated and Written by Tony Sullivan, this collection of cartoons set around the world of Chess Peace explores the dynamics of life played out by chess pieces. The whole family can enjoy these humorous cartoons about the game of chess!
Illustrated and Written by Tony Sullivan, this collection of cartoons set around the world of Chess Peace explores the dynamics of life played out by chess pieces. The whole family can enjoy these humorous cartoons about the game of chess!
Chess Peace
$19.95
US Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess - SEVENTH EDITION
Catalog Code: B0001USCF
This comprehensive rulebook is the only guide sanctioned and compiled by the US Chess Federation, the governing body for chess in the United States. It is designed as a reference for all chess players—but especially tournament chess players—and tournament directors.
This comprehensive rulebook is the only guide sanctioned and compiled by the US Chess Federation, the governing body for chess in the United States. It is designed as a reference for all chess players—but especially tournament chess players—and tournament directors.
US Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess - SEVENTH EDITION
$21.99
Checkmate! The Love Story of Mikhail Tal and Sally Landau
Catalog Code: B0019ER
Sally Landau, born in 1938, Vitebsk, Soviet Union, was Mikhail Tal’s first wife, a highly talented actress and singer. Sally and Misha were married from 1959 to 1970 in a period that encompassed Tal’s two world championship matches with Botvinnik as well as many of his greatest tournament performances.
Sally Landau, born in 1938, Vitebsk, Soviet Union, was Mikhail Tal’s first wife, a highly talented actress and singer. Sally and Misha were married from 1959 to 1970 in a period that encompassed Tal’s two world championship matches with Botvinnik as well as many of his greatest tournament performances.
Checkmate! The Love Story of Mikhail Tal and Sally Landau
$22.95
Paul Felix Schmidt
A Winning Formula
A Winning Formula
Catalog Code: B0002VR
The book includes many photographs of Schmidt, his family and chess contemporaries (The photographs in the German language section are different from those in the English language section), as well as twelve of his best games with annotations in both English and German.
The book includes many photographs of Schmidt, his family and chess contemporaries (The photographs in the German language section are different from those in the English language section), as well as twelve of his best games with annotations in both English and German.
Paul Felix Schmidt
$44.95
Pai Gow for Beginners
Catalog Code: B0344IS
Pai Gow is the biggest gambling game in the world. It is a game played with dice and with 32 Chinese dominoes. Although it is an ancient game, its popularity has greatly increased in recent years and it is now featured in almost every major gambling casino in the world.
Pai Gow is the biggest gambling game in the world. It is a game played with dice and with 32 Chinese dominoes. Although it is an ancient game, its popularity has greatly increased in recent years and it is now featured in almost every major gambling casino in the world.
Pai Gow for Beginners
$19.95
Smyslov on the Couch
Catalog Code: B0014ER
In his third full-length memoir about one of the world’s greatest ever chess players Genna Sosonko portrays a warm picture of the seventh world champion Vasily Smyslov, with whom he spent considerable time over the board, during tournaments and while meeting at each other’s homes.
In his third full-length memoir about one of the world’s greatest ever chess players Genna Sosonko portrays a warm picture of the seventh world champion Vasily Smyslov, with whom he spent considerable time over the board, during tournaments and while meeting at each other’s homes.
Smyslov on the Couch
$22.49
The Grandmaster - Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again
Catalog Code: B0021SS
The first week of November 2016, hundreds descended on the city’s South Street Seaport to watch the World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen and Russia's Sergey Karjakin—what by the time it was over would be front-page news and thought by many the greatest finish in chess history. Author Brin-Jonathan Butler was granted unique access to the two-and-half-week tournament and watched every move. In this book, he captures one of the world’s greatest sportsmen at the height of their powers, and attempts to decipher the secret to that greatness.
The first week of November 2016, hundreds descended on the city’s South Street Seaport to watch the World Chess Championship between Norway's Magnus Carlsen and Russia's Sergey Karjakin—what by the time it was over would be front-page news and thought by many the greatest finish in chess history. Author Brin-Jonathan Butler was granted unique access to the two-and-half-week tournament and watched every move. In this book, he captures one of the world’s greatest sportsmen at the height of their powers, and attempts to decipher the secret to that greatness.
The Grandmaster - Magnus Carlsen and the Match That Made Chess Great Again
$25.95
A Pawn's Journey - Signed by Author Elliott Neff
Transforming Lives One Move At A Time
Transforming Lives One Move At A Time
Catalog Code: B0130OB
In this moving tale based on true stories, you will learn how the game of chess can develop a strategic mind-set and produces the rare ability to graciously handle set-backs.
In this moving tale based on true stories, you will learn how the game of chess can develop a strategic mind-set and produces the rare ability to graciously handle set-backs.
A Pawn's Journey - Signed by Author Elliott Neff
$16.95
Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474
Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474
Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474
Catalog Code: B0328IS
Published in 1474, this is the first book on chess ever published and one of the first books ever published anywhere in Europe on any subject.
Published in 1474, this is the first book on chess ever published and one of the first books ever published anywhere in Europe on any subject.
Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse, 1474
$24.95
The Kaplan-Sheinwold System of Winning Bridge
By Two of the Greatest Champions of our Time
By Two of the Greatest Champions of our Time
Catalog Code: B0322IS
The Kaplan-Sheinwold Bidding System is the most popular bidding system among modern tournament players. It is easy to learn. All you have to do is read this book. You will know everything you need to know to play at and even win bridge tournaments.
The Kaplan-Sheinwold Bidding System is the most popular bidding system among modern tournament players. It is easy to learn. All you have to do is read this book. You will know everything you need to know to play at and even win bridge tournaments.
The Kaplan-Sheinwold System of Winning Bridge
$19.95
A Shortcut to Winning Bridge
With My 100 Most Interesting Bridge Hands
With My 100 Most Interesting Bridge Hands
Catalog Code: B0323IS
This book, from one of the world's leading tournament bridge players and champions, highlights and summarizes the various bidding systems and the most widely used conventions. It gives deft insight into the strategy and psychology of playing Winning Bridge.
This book, from one of the world's leading tournament bridge players and champions, highlights and summarizes the various bidding systems and the most widely used conventions. It gives deft insight into the strategy and psychology of playing Winning Bridge.
A Shortcut to Winning Bridge
$18.95
British Chess
Britain In Pictures
Britain In Pictures
Catalog Code: B0320IS
British Chess is a picture book containing information almost available nowhere else. It has the first chess man, the first chess board, the first chess picture, the first chess diagram.
British Chess is a picture book containing information almost available nowhere else. It has the first chess man, the first chess board, the first chess picture, the first chess diagram.
British Chess
$9.95
Evil-Doer - Half a Century with Viktor Korchnoi
Catalog Code: B0008ER
This book, like Sosonko’s previous masterpiece The Rise and Fall of David Bronstein, contains no games but focuses on Korchnoi’s life, from his early childhood to his final years. Further, it includes many previously unpublished photos from the private collections of Sosonko and the Korchnoi family.
This book, like Sosonko’s previous masterpiece The Rise and Fall of David Bronstein, contains no games but focuses on Korchnoi’s life, from his early childhood to his final years. Further, it includes many previously unpublished photos from the private collections of Sosonko and the Korchnoi family.
Evil-Doer - Half a Century with Viktor Korchnoi
$29.95
Beginner Chess Tactics for Kids
99 Chess Puzzles - With Colorable Images
99 Chess Puzzles - With Colorable Images
Catalog Code: B0127OB
Beginner Chess Tactics for Kids is a workbook containing 99, one-move tactics puzzles covering hanging pieces, forks and pins for kids with a playing level of 1000 or less. Each chapter contains 33 different puzzles with the answers found on the following page in picture form. Also, to be more realistic, the puzzles are approximately a 50/50 mix of "white to play" and "black to play".
Beginner Chess Tactics for Kids is a workbook containing 99, one-move tactics puzzles covering hanging pieces, forks and pins for kids with a playing level of 1000 or less. Each chapter contains 33 different puzzles with the answers found on the following page in picture form. Also, to be more realistic, the puzzles are approximately a 50/50 mix of "white to play" and "black to play".
Beginner Chess Tactics for Kids
$12.95
The Thinkers
Catalog Code: B0142QT
The Thinkers is a visual tribute to the game of chess, showcasing the emotions, exertions and desires of the players, and conveying the mental intensity only chess can command. Included are some of the most iconic portraits of today's stars, as well as emotive shots of ordinary players from all over the world, with photos taken over the last five years in venues such as Mombasa, London, Chennai, Las Vegas, Baku and Sao Paulo.
The Thinkers is a visual tribute to the game of chess, showcasing the emotions, exertions and desires of the players, and conveying the mental intensity only chess can command. Included are some of the most iconic portraits of today's stars, as well as emotive shots of ordinary players from all over the world, with photos taken over the last five years in venues such as Mombasa, London, Chennai, Las Vegas, Baku and Sao Paulo.
The Thinkers
$44.95
Team Tal - An Inside Story
Forward by Alexei Shirov
Forward by Alexei Shirov
Catalog Code: B0001ER
First published in Russian in 2016 and written by Valentin Kirillov – Mikhail Tal’s close friend, sparring partner, team member and second – this book of memoirs describes key events from Tal’s life, portrays his mentors and opponents, and reveals previously unknown facts and funny stories about the Magician of Riga.
First published in Russian in 2016 and written by Valentin Kirillov – Mikhail Tal’s close friend, sparring partner, team member and second – this book of memoirs describes key events from Tal’s life, portrays his mentors and opponents, and reveals previously unknown facts and funny stories about the Magician of Riga.
Team Tal - An Inside Story
$13.95
The Rise and Fall of David Bronstein
With a Foreword by Garry Kasparov
With a Foreword by Garry Kasparov
Catalog Code: B0002ER
First published in Russian in 2014 and written by Genna Sosonko – widely recognized as the number one writer on the history of Soviet chess – this is a truly unique book about the life and destiny of the great chess player David Bronstein (1924-2006).
First published in Russian in 2014 and written by Genna Sosonko – widely recognized as the number one writer on the history of Soviet chess – this is a truly unique book about the life and destiny of the great chess player David Bronstein (1924-2006).
The Rise and Fall of David Bronstein
$27.95
Chess - Easy to Learn, Fun to Play Workbook 3 - The Battle
Catalog Code: B0004DG
Workbook 3 “The Battle” covers lessons 17-28 of the course and provides a variety of tricky tasks to help you train your chess excellence.
Workbook 3 “The Battle” covers lessons 17-28 of the course and provides a variety of tricky tasks to help you train your chess excellence.
Chess - Easy to Learn, Fun to Play Workbook 3 - The Battle
$8.00
Chess - Easy to Learn, Fun to Play Workbook 1 - The Chess Pieces
Catalog Code: B0002DG
Workbook 1 “The Chess Pieces” covers lessons 1-8 of the course and provides a variety of tricky tasks to help you train your chess excellence.
Workbook 1 “The Chess Pieces” covers lessons 1-8 of the course and provides a variety of tricky tasks to help you train your chess excellence.
Chess - Easy to Learn, Fun to Play Workbook 1 - The Chess Pieces
$8.00
Chess - Easy to Learn, Fun to Play
Catalog Code: B0001DG
With this book of little adventures, children will learn to play chess and be effortlessly engaged throughout thanks to the gripping mix of exciting characters and logical challenges.
With this book of little adventures, children will learn to play chess and be effortlessly engaged throughout thanks to the gripping mix of exciting characters and logical challenges.
Chess - Easy to Learn, Fun to Play
$22.00
Chess - Easy to Learn, Fun to Play Workbook 2 - The Rules
Catalog Code: B0003DG
Workbook 2 “The Rules” covers lessons 9-16 of the course and provides a variety of tricky tasks to help you train your chess excellence.
Workbook 2 “The Rules” covers lessons 9-16 of the course and provides a variety of tricky tasks to help you train your chess excellence.
Chess - Easy to Learn, Fun to Play Workbook 2 - The Rules
$8.00
Chess Handbook - Book for Arbiters
Catalog Code: B0022SHV
Imagine that, no matter how good your coach is, he may have never dragged your attention to explaining some simple cases that could arise in a tournament game. Or worse, say you are a chess professional, but failed to study the latest changes on the laws of chess and namely this brought you to a situation where you simply lost your prize money due to the mentioned fact. So, a natural question would be: Who this book is intended for? First and foremost - the chess arbiters, as it is stated on the book cover. Bojovic and Suhartovic, experienced International Arbiters and FIDE lecturers, have tried to handle the matter in such a way that even the beginners may master it, and that at the same time it would be useful to any chess arbiter as well. Since the jobs of arbiters and organizers are inextricably linked, it is considered that also the organizers shall find useful information in it. In addition, it will be useful to all chess players, primarily to professionals.
Imagine that, no matter how good your coach is, he may have never dragged your attention to explaining some simple cases that could arise in a tournament game. Or worse, say you are a chess professional, but failed to study the latest changes on the laws of chess and namely this brought you to a situation where you simply lost your prize money due to the mentioned fact. So, a natural question would be: Who this book is intended for? First and foremost - the chess arbiters, as it is stated on the book cover. Bojovic and Suhartovic, experienced International Arbiters and FIDE lecturers, have tried to handle the matter in such a way that even the beginners may master it, and that at the same time it would be useful to any chess arbiter as well. Since the jobs of arbiters and organizers are inextricably linked, it is considered that also the organizers shall find useful information in it. In addition, it will be useful to all chess players, primarily to professionals.
Chess Handbook - Book for Arbiters
$39.95
The Queen's Gambit - a Chess Novel
Catalog Code: B0309IS
There has never been a top ranked woman chess player. But suppose if an American girl were born with abilities in chess that matched the greatest players. What would happen to her in a highly competitive field dominated by men? Starting from this premise, the author Walter Tevis, who some years ago interested a generation of Americans in straight pool with the book “The Hustler”, has produced a riveting novel that makes chess more exciting than one could have imagined.
There has never been a top ranked woman chess player. But suppose if an American girl were born with abilities in chess that matched the greatest players. What would happen to her in a highly competitive field dominated by men? Starting from this premise, the author Walter Tevis, who some years ago interested a generation of Americans in straight pool with the book “The Hustler”, has produced a riveting novel that makes chess more exciting than one could have imagined.
The Queen's Gambit - a Chess Novel
$19.95
Let's Play Checkers
Catalog Code: B0310IS
This is regarded as one of the best books for the average player ever written. This modern textbook pays particular attention to the many problems confronting the average player. Besides an extensive game collection that shows the best restrictive lines for Black and White (thus reducing study to a minimum) it includes a new method for studying the Mid-Game.
This is regarded as one of the best books for the average player ever written. This modern textbook pays particular attention to the many problems confronting the average player. Besides an extensive game collection that shows the best restrictive lines for Black and White (thus reducing study to a minimum) it includes a new method for studying the Mid-Game.
Let's Play Checkers
$19.95
Just Law
Common-sense answers to frequently asked questions on chess rules, regulations, and policy from players, tournament directors, and organizers
Common-sense answers to frequently asked questions on chess rules, regulations, and policy from players, tournament directors, and organizers
Catalog Code: B0099OB
Get the Just Law scoop on the most popular chess tournament questions from players, tournament directors and organizers. In the book’s Q&A format, Tim Just guides you through a wide range of tournament topics, including details about notation, draws, byes, clocks, prizes, prize funds, ratings, making claims, playing sites, time controls, pairings, tournament management, tournament creation, scholastic chess mysteries, and even more.
Get the Just Law scoop on the most popular chess tournament questions from players, tournament directors and organizers. In the book’s Q&A format, Tim Just guides you through a wide range of tournament topics, including details about notation, draws, byes, clocks, prizes, prize funds, ratings, making claims, playing sites, time controls, pairings, tournament management, tournament creation, scholastic chess mysteries, and even more.
Just Law
$9.95
Yearbook of Chess Wisdom
Catalog Code: B0009EV
In this book the author addresses 366 (one for each day of the year) intriguing chess topics which could be of interest to any chess fan, regardless of the playing level. For example:
IQ and chess skills Talent vs. hard work How many games to play per year? Are women underrated or overrated as compared to men? Rating inflation in chess What does your chess tell about your personality? Playing computers: dos and don’ts Developing your chess memory and visualization How does one prepare for an upcoming tournament? Is 1.e4 really “best by test”?
In this book the author addresses 366 (one for each day of the year) intriguing chess topics which could be of interest to any chess fan, regardless of the playing level. For example:
IQ and chess skills Talent vs. hard work How many games to play per year? Are women underrated or overrated as compared to men? Rating inflation in chess What does your chess tell about your personality? Playing computers: dos and don’ts Developing your chess memory and visualization How does one prepare for an upcoming tournament? Is 1.e4 really “best by test”?
Yearbook of Chess Wisdom
$26.95
Fischer, Kasparov and the Others
The Best of CHESSDON and Much More
The Best of CHESSDON and Much More
Catalog Code: B0300IS
Memoirs of Chess Official, organizer and members of the FIDE Executive Board who participated in many controversial chess events including the matches by Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov for the World Chess Championships. The insider story of these important chess events.
Memoirs of Chess Official, organizer and members of the FIDE Executive Board who participated in many controversial chess events including the matches by Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov for the World Chess Championships. The insider story of these important chess events.
Fischer, Kasparov and the Others
$25.95
Chess in the Eighties
Catalog Code: B0299IS
David Bronstein was a chess grandmaster and one of the strongest players in the world. In this sharp and provocative essay, the authors explain their concern regarding the increasingly sport oriented nature of chess, in which the result is all-important, to the detriment of chess as an art form and as an element of culture.
David Bronstein was a chess grandmaster and one of the strongest players in the world. In this sharp and provocative essay, the authors explain their concern regarding the increasingly sport oriented nature of chess, in which the result is all-important, to the detriment of chess as an art form and as an element of culture.
Chess in the Eighties
$14.95
The Education of a Poker Player
Catalog Code: B0341IS
This is the Bible of Poker, the book that every serious poker player has read and studied.
This is the Bible of Poker, the book that every serious poker player has read and studied.
The Education of a Poker Player
$18.95
Spotlight on Card Play
Catalog Code: B0339IS
This book is designed to turn moderately good bridge players into expert players of the cards, by use of novel and entertaining methods. Spotlight on Card Play can be read just for pleasure; for the many hands in it exemplify what Dr. Paul Stern described as Darvas's 'extra-ordinary gift for discovering unusual features of bridge hands – the beautiful, the queer, the exciting, and even the comical.' Though these hands are again all that, they are this time also turned to the intensely practical purpose of making the reader a better player of the cards.
This book is designed to turn moderately good bridge players into expert players of the cards, by use of novel and entertaining methods. Spotlight on Card Play can be read just for pleasure; for the many hands in it exemplify what Dr. Paul Stern described as Darvas's 'extra-ordinary gift for discovering unusual features of bridge hands – the beautiful, the queer, the exciting, and even the comical.' Though these hands are again all that, they are this time also turned to the intensely practical purpose of making the reader a better player of the cards.
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Spotlight on Card Play
$19.95
How to Be a Winner at Checkers
Basic Rules and Tested Techniques for Winning Play
Basic Rules and Tested Techniques for Winning Play
Catalog Code: B0312IS
The checkers tactics that add up to a winning game - from that shrewd opening to the last triumphant jump - are all revealed in this book by Fred Reinfeld. Mr. Reinfeld shows how the unexpected complexity of checkers makes possible subtle strategies that you can turn to your advantage. With his usual clarity, Mr. Reinfeld demonstrates winning tactical play at each stage of the game.
The checkers tactics that add up to a winning game - from that shrewd opening to the last triumphant jump - are all revealed in this book by Fred Reinfeld. Mr. Reinfeld shows how the unexpected complexity of checkers makes possible subtle strategies that you can turn to your advantage. With his usual clarity, Mr. Reinfeld demonstrates winning tactical play at each stage of the game.
How to Be a Winner at Checkers
$12.95
My Opponent is Eating a Doughnut
Tall Tales, Legends, Gossip, and Rumors From the World of Tournament Chess
Tall Tales, Legends, Gossip, and Rumors From the World of Tournament Chess
Catalog Code: B0098OB
Bobby Fischer is not alone in creating antics away from the chess board. His understudies, the royal game’s masters, players, fans, coaches, parents, tournament officials, and hangers-on, have created their own “tales from the wild side” escapades. This book chronicles those tales. Over the board chess experience takes a back seat to these anecdotes of human interest, human follies and quirky behavior. Lean back and enjoy this peek at human conduct on the sidelines of the chess universe
Bobby Fischer is not alone in creating antics away from the chess board. His understudies, the royal game’s masters, players, fans, coaches, parents, tournament officials, and hangers-on, have created their own “tales from the wild side” escapades. This book chronicles those tales. Over the board chess experience takes a back seat to these anecdotes of human interest, human follies and quirky behavior. Lean back and enjoy this peek at human conduct on the sidelines of the chess universe
My Opponent is Eating a Doughnut
$9.95
CLEARANCE - Finding Bobby Fischer
A Classic Collection, Finally Available Again
A Classic Collection, Finally Available Again
Catalog Code: B0159NIC
Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam’s gripping encounter with the legendary American recluse, a journalist’s dream come true, is the worthy apotheosis of this unique collection of interviews which were first published in New In Chess between 1986 and 1992.
Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam’s gripping encounter with the legendary American recluse, a journalist’s dream come true, is the worthy apotheosis of this unique collection of interviews which were first published in New In Chess between 1986 and 1992.
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CLEARANCE - Finding Bobby Fischer
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Choose from a huge selection of chess books, including a wide variety of topics, players and strategies from The House of Staunton. There is a chess book for nearly every chess move or chess defense you can think of. Looking for a chess book talking about a specific chess player? Browse the many different miscellaneous chess books available. Need to strengthen your opening game? Middle game? Or maybe your end game is lacking. There are chess books covering all of these topics and much more. The purpose of a majority of the chess books available is to serve as guides for beginners and advanced chess players alike, and to address different tactics and strategies to help improve your game. There are also biographical chess books that talk about specific Chess Players such as Magnus Carlsen or Vishwanthan Anand if you are interested in reading about a chess player and their life.
