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PRE-ORDER - Think Like A Machine - HARDCOVER
Catalog Code: B0172QT
In positions taken almost exclusively from modern tournament play, the authors present jaw-dropping continuations which humans struggle to find, not due to lower human computing power, due to conceptual and perceptual limitations. In this book these “crazy” moves are analysed and categorized. If you want to expand your chess imagination, understanding and intuition, Think Like a Machine is the book is for you.
In positions taken almost exclusively from modern tournament play, the authors present jaw-dropping continuations which humans struggle to find, not due to lower human computing power, due to conceptual and perceptual limitations. In this book these “crazy” moves are analysed and categorized. If you want to expand your chess imagination, understanding and intuition, Think Like a Machine is the book is for you.
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$34.95
PRE-ORDER - The Berlin Defence - A Novel
Catalog Code: B0030ER
A tale told with dark humour of love and loss, hopes dashed and regained, it is a window into a world of tactics, psychological warfare and the balance of fate and opportunity, while asking fundamental questions about life’s purpose and moral choices.
A tale told with dark humour of love and loss, hopes dashed and regained, it is a window into a world of tactics, psychological warfare and the balance of fate and opportunity, while asking fundamental questions about life’s purpose and moral choices.
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PRE-ORDER - The Berlin Defence - A Novel
$14.95
The Match of the Century - USSR vs the World
Catalog Code: B0028SHV
On the 50th anniversary of that great event in the Serbian capital, we invite the reader to take a step back to those years and to re-live the match as it was experienced at the time, in the words of its participants and some of the leading journalists of the day...
On the 50th anniversary of that great event in the Serbian capital, we invite the reader to take a step back to those years and to re-live the match as it was experienced at the time, in the words of its participants and some of the leading journalists of the day...
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The Match of the Century - USSR vs the World
$31.95
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
My Fifty Years of Chess
A Magnificent Collection of 140 Brilliant Games
A Magnificent Collection of 140 Brilliant Games
Catalog Code: B0355IS
Known for an aggressive style and an ability to get out of trouble that earned him the nickname "the Great Swindler", Marshall recorded both high finishes and disappointing results in elite tournaments. His best result came at Cambridge Springs 1904 where he finished two points ahead of Lasker and David Janowski. This helped him find backing for the Lasker-Marshall World Championship Match in 1907.
Known for an aggressive style and an ability to get out of trouble that earned him the nickname "the Great Swindler", Marshall recorded both high finishes and disappointing results in elite tournaments. His best result came at Cambridge Springs 1904 where he finished two points ahead of Lasker and David Janowski. This helped him find backing for the Lasker-Marshall World Championship Match in 1907.
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My Fifty Years of Chess
$19.95
Grandmaster Ivan Bukavshin - A Chess Prodigy's Career in 64 Games
Catalog Code: B0024ER
This book, by his friend and coach Grandmaster Jakov Geller, takes a detailed look at Ivan’s life and career in 50 deeply annotated games and 14 fragments. Apart from Jakov, 20 other guest grandmasters annotate games in this book, including super GMs Dubov, Alexander Morozevich, Vladislav Artemiev, Vladimir Fedoseev, Maxim Matlakov, and Evgeny Alekseev. The list of Ivan’s opponents in these games includes Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Vladimir Fedoseev, Ernesto Inkariev, Richard Rapport, and Dmitry Andreikin.
This book, by his friend and coach Grandmaster Jakov Geller, takes a detailed look at Ivan’s life and career in 50 deeply annotated games and 14 fragments. Apart from Jakov, 20 other guest grandmasters annotate games in this book, including super GMs Dubov, Alexander Morozevich, Vladislav Artemiev, Vladimir Fedoseev, Maxim Matlakov, and Evgeny Alekseev. The list of Ivan’s opponents in these games includes Peter Svidler, Alexander Morozevich, Vladimir Fedoseev, Ernesto Inkariev, Richard Rapport, and Dmitry Andreikin.
Grandmaster Ivan Bukavshin - A Chess Prodigy's Career in 64 Games
$16.95
Mitchell's Guide to the Game of Chess
A Complete Course of Instruction for Beginners
A Complete Course of Instruction for Beginners
Catalog Code: B0354IS
Included are deeply annotated games by Alekhine, Capablanca, Emanuel Lasker, Euwe, Botvinnik, Fine, Reshevsky. Nimzovitch, Kashdan, Horowitz and Marshall played mostly from 1937 to 1940.
Included are deeply annotated games by Alekhine, Capablanca, Emanuel Lasker, Euwe, Botvinnik, Fine, Reshevsky. Nimzovitch, Kashdan, Horowitz and Marshall played mostly from 1937 to 1940.
Mitchell's Guide to the Game of Chess
$12.95
How and When to Break the Rules in Chess
Catalog Code: B0522EM
Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, Play Unconventional Chess and Win by Noam A. Manellla and Zeev Zohar and Break the Rules! A Modern Look at Chess Strategy by Neil McDonald, brought together in one volume.
Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, Play Unconventional Chess and Win by Noam A. Manellla and Zeev Zohar and Break the Rules! A Modern Look at Chess Strategy by Neil McDonald, brought together in one volume.
How and When to Break the Rules in Chess
$29.95
My Seven Chess Prodigies
Catalog Code: B0353IS
This book is about seven of the greatest American chess players, including World Champion Bobby Fischer. John Collins knew them all when they were boys, before they became masters, and was their tutor, mentor and friend. In this book he tells the fascinating story of their chess development and explains the methods by which he guided them to success.
This book is about seven of the greatest American chess players, including World Champion Bobby Fischer. John Collins knew them all when they were boys, before they became masters, and was their tutor, mentor and friend. In this book he tells the fascinating story of their chess development and explains the methods by which he guided them to success.
My Seven Chess Prodigies
$24.95
Old Wine In New Bottles
Catalog Code: B0027SHV
I actually launch an invitation to examine the games of the classics, featuring ideas thought over only by human brains, and by no means less deep than those used today. We all use computer assistance when preparing or writing, but at the chess board we are all alone with our opponent, so educating our mind to work along the classical values is essential.It is virtually impossible to write a "complete" chess course, as the general themes and examples to each of them are practically inexhaustible. But I hope that after studying the book the reader will feel enriched, technically and aesthetically.
I actually launch an invitation to examine the games of the classics, featuring ideas thought over only by human brains, and by no means less deep than those used today. We all use computer assistance when preparing or writing, but at the chess board we are all alone with our opponent, so educating our mind to work along the classical values is essential.It is virtually impossible to write a "complete" chess course, as the general themes and examples to each of them are practically inexhaustible. But I hope that after studying the book the reader will feel enriched, technically and aesthetically.
Old Wine In New Bottles
$34.95
Attacking with g2-g4
The Modern Way to Get the Upper Hand in Chess
The Modern Way to Get the Upper Hand in Chess
Catalog Code: B0226NIC
With lots of instructive examples, Kryakvin explains the ins and outs of the attack on the g-file: the typical ways to gain tempo and keep the momentum, and the manoeuvres that will maximize your opponent’s problems. After working with this book you will be fully equipped to use this modern battering ram to define the battlefield. You will have fun and win games!
With lots of instructive examples, Kryakvin explains the ins and outs of the attack on the g-file: the typical ways to gain tempo and keep the momentum, and the manoeuvres that will maximize your opponent’s problems. After working with this book you will be fully equipped to use this modern battering ram to define the battlefield. You will have fun and win games!
Attacking with g2-g4
$24.95
Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters
Catalog Code: B0351IS
In this book, Lasker provides mini-biographies for many masters who otherwise would not be remembered today. He shows how he learned from them and this enabled him to increase his chess strength.
In this book, Lasker provides mini-biographies for many masters who otherwise would not be remembered today. He shows how he learned from them and this enabled him to increase his chess strength.
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Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters
$25.95
The Power of Tactics - Volume 2
Become A Tactical Wizard
Become A Tactical Wizard
Catalog Code: B0061EV
Become a Tactical Wizard is the second book in the series The Power of Tactics. In this second volume, the authors continue to develop their ideas from the first book — Tactics According to Smyslov — where they explain that in chess there are four main tactical elements (check, pin, double attack and unprotected pieces).
Become a Tactical Wizard is the second book in the series The Power of Tactics. In this second volume, the authors continue to develop their ideas from the first book — Tactics According to Smyslov — where they explain that in chess there are four main tactical elements (check, pin, double attack and unprotected pieces).
The Power of Tactics - Volume 2
$27.50
500 Combinations To Train Yourself
Catalog Code: B0139OB
Alain Benlolo - trainer of the French Chess Federation - offers a large choice of combinations for the greater part extracted from games played in competitions by leading grand-masters.
Alain Benlolo - trainer of the French Chess Federation - offers a large choice of combinations for the greater part extracted from games played in competitions by leading grand-masters.
500 Combinations To Train Yourself
$24.95
Fight 1. d4 With The Tarrasch
A Complete Black Repertoire vs. 1. d4
A Complete Black Repertoire vs. 1. d4
Catalog Code: B0124RE
This book is exceptional! Tarrasch exponents have been blessed in the past years with some excellent works, and this book continues this happy trend. It is both a detailed reference manual and a source of inspiration. For example, in the main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.dxc5, I was intrigued to see such interesting analysis of the unusual gambit line 9...d4 as well as the main line 9...Bxc5.
This book is exceptional! Tarrasch exponents have been blessed in the past years with some excellent works, and this book continues this happy trend. It is both a detailed reference manual and a source of inspiration. For example, in the main line 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.dxc5, I was intrigued to see such interesting analysis of the unusual gambit line 9...d4 as well as the main line 9...Bxc5.
Fight 1. d4 With The Tarrasch
$29.95
Intermediate Puzzles
50 Mate in Two Chess Puzzles for Intermediate Players
50 Mate in Two Chess Puzzles for Intermediate Players
Catalog Code: B0137OB
This book contains 50 mate in two puzzles for the intermediate-level chess player. As you work through the book, you’ll not only be looking for your best moves to solve the problems, but also to give your opponent their best moves in response.
This book contains 50 mate in two puzzles for the intermediate-level chess player. As you work through the book, you’ll not only be looking for your best moves to solve the problems, but also to give your opponent their best moves in response.
Intermediate Puzzles
$4.95
Daily Chess Training - Chess Tactics - Vol. 2
Catalog Code: B0017CH
In the present book, you will be challenged 404 times but unlike most tactics puzzle books you don't know what your objective is: do I need to find a mate, find an opportunity skewer or pin a piece, use a tactical turn to gain a positional advantage and how far do I need to calculate?These questions are you are faced with when you play your own games and therefore this book tries to replicate this position.
In the present book, you will be challenged 404 times but unlike most tactics puzzle books you don't know what your objective is: do I need to find a mate, find an opportunity skewer or pin a piece, use a tactical turn to gain a positional advantage and how far do I need to calculate?These questions are you are faced with when you play your own games and therefore this book tries to replicate this position.
Daily Chess Training - Chess Tactics - Vol. 2
$21.95
Jose Raul Capablanca - Great Chess Combinations
Catalog Code: B0018RCH
This book is a collection of the best combinations played by Jose Raul Capablanca in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points - 1 to 4 - given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.
This book is a collection of the best combinations played by Jose Raul Capablanca in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points - 1 to 4 - given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.
Jose Raul Capablanca - Great Chess Combinations
$9.95
The Manual of Chess Combinations - Vol. 1a
Catalog Code: B0008RCH
The book is a new edition of a bestseller by an experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. Over 200,000 copies of his books were sold in the Soviet Union in the late 1980's! This book is intended for beginners, both children and adults. The themes are: Mate in one, Mate in two, Win a queen, Win a rook, Win a piece, etc. The book designed for chess players with ELO 900-1200 points. Includes more than 700 tactical problems classified according to themes and difficulty.
The book is a new edition of a bestseller by an experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. Over 200,000 copies of his books were sold in the Soviet Union in the late 1980's! This book is intended for beginners, both children and adults. The themes are: Mate in one, Mate in two, Win a queen, Win a rook, Win a piece, etc. The book designed for chess players with ELO 900-1200 points. Includes more than 700 tactical problems classified according to themes and difficulty.
The Manual of Chess Combinations - Vol. 1a
$19.95
600 Combinations
Catalog Code: B0003RCH
The book is intended for general education and sports schools, universities, chess teams of non-school institutions, as well as for self-education.
The book is intended for general education and sports schools, universities, chess teams of non-school institutions, as well as for self-education.
600 Combinations
$10.95
Alexander Alekhine - Great Chess Combinations
Catalog Code: B0019RCH
This book is a collection of the best combinations played by Alexander Alekhine in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points - 1 to 4 - given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.
This book is a collection of the best combinations played by Alexander Alekhine in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points - 1 to 4 - given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.
Alexander Alekhine - Great Chess Combinations
$14.95
Chess Concepts and Coloring Book for Kids
Catalog Code: B0136OB
Learn basic chess concepts and color some of the most popular chess illustrations from the Chess Detective Workbook series. This book contains fifty basic chess lessons designed to assist beginner level chess players.
Learn basic chess concepts and color some of the most popular chess illustrations from the Chess Detective Workbook series. This book contains fifty basic chess lessons designed to assist beginner level chess players.
Chess Concepts and Coloring Book for Kids
$14.95
Chess Tests
Catalog Code: B0123RE
Chess Tests offers chessplayers material of very high quality for working on various themes, from training combinative vision to techniques of realizing advantages. The author recommends using those materials for in-depth work in the directions mentioned in the book. If you follow this advice, then this volume will become a valuable addition to your chess studies and will help you reinforce skills and knowledge you have already obtained.
Chess Tests offers chessplayers material of very high quality for working on various themes, from training combinative vision to techniques of realizing advantages. The author recommends using those materials for in-depth work in the directions mentioned in the book. If you follow this advice, then this volume will become a valuable addition to your chess studies and will help you reinforce skills and knowledge you have already obtained.
Chess Tests
$24.95
Dynamic Play In The World Champions Masterpieces
Catalog Code: B0026SHV
In this book I collected 40 games of the World Champions which should depict their usage of the dynamic play in the most accessible manner. You will be able to examine how they treated all the dynamic aspects of chess throughout their careers, and how much their ideas contributed to development and evolution of chess technique.
In this book I collected 40 games of the World Champions which should depict their usage of the dynamic play in the most accessible manner. You will be able to examine how they treated all the dynamic aspects of chess throughout their careers, and how much their ideas contributed to development and evolution of chess technique.
Dynamic Play In The World Champions Masterpieces
$32.95
Chess Evolution 2
Beyond the Basics - Revised Edition
Beyond the Basics - Revised Edition
Catalog Code: B0159QT
The course is structured in three series with three levels. The Fundamentals level is the easiest one, Beyond the Basics is more challenging, and Mastery is quite difficult, even for stronger players. The various topics – Tactics, Strategy, Positional Play, Endgames, Calculating Variations, and Openings are spread evenly across the nine volumes, giving readers the chance to improve every area as they work through the books.
The course is structured in three series with three levels. The Fundamentals level is the easiest one, Beyond the Basics is more challenging, and Mastery is quite difficult, even for stronger players. The various topics – Tactics, Strategy, Positional Play, Endgames, Calculating Variations, and Openings are spread evenly across the nine volumes, giving readers the chance to improve every area as they work through the books.
Chess Evolution 2
$29.95
Chess & Checkers - The Way to Mastership
Catalog Code: B0348IS
Edward Lasker was an expert and authority on many games, not only chess and checkers but also go, the Oriental game he introduced to the United States. General strategic principles rather than analyses requiring memorizing are stressed throughout the book, so that even a beginner or a player of moderate experience can understand the discussion. This method of teaching is unquestionably the most interesting and effective, because it makes the student think for himself.
Edward Lasker was an expert and authority on many games, not only chess and checkers but also go, the Oriental game he introduced to the United States. General strategic principles rather than analyses requiring memorizing are stressed throughout the book, so that even a beginner or a player of moderate experience can understand the discussion. This method of teaching is unquestionably the most interesting and effective, because it makes the student think for himself.
Chess & Checkers - The Way to Mastership
$19.95
TV Chess
Catalog Code: B0346IS
The book consists of games, chess positions, anecdotes and interesting stories about chess and chess players. Many of the games and problems cannot be found from any other source.
The book consists of games, chess positions, anecdotes and interesting stories about chess and chess players. Many of the games and problems cannot be found from any other source.
TV Chess
$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
The Chess GPS - Volume 2
Your Move, Your Choice
Your Move, Your Choice
Catalog Code: B0135OB
The Chess GPS 2 invites you to delve into the set of requirements declared when choosing a chess move. A fairly common coaching mistake, according to the authors, is recommending that students concentrate on finding the "best," "strongest" move during the game.
The Chess GPS 2 invites you to delve into the set of requirements declared when choosing a chess move. A fairly common coaching mistake, according to the authors, is recommending that students concentrate on finding the "best," "strongest" move during the game.
The Chess GPS - Volume 2
$22.95
Basic Chess Endings
Catalog Code: B0335IS
The most important endgames to study and learn are King and Pawn Endgames and Rook and Pawn Endgames. Knowing rook and pawn endgames is like having money in a savings account, as they come up all the time. Be sure to take time and learn all the rook and pawn against rook endgames.
The most important endgames to study and learn are King and Pawn Endgames and Rook and Pawn Endgames. Knowing rook and pawn endgames is like having money in a savings account, as they come up all the time. Be sure to take time and learn all the rook and pawn against rook endgames.
Basic Chess Endings
$21.95
Modern Chess Strategy
With an Appendix on Go, the Oriental Strategic Game
With an Appendix on Go, the Oriental Strategic Game
Catalog Code: B0336IS
Modern Chess Strategy is a book about the strategies in modern chess by author Edward Lasker with introductions by Richard Bozukich and Sam Sloan. It also includes a special appendix on the game of Go - A Japanese variation of chess which will keep you as addicted to it as the game of chess.
Modern Chess Strategy is a book about the strategies in modern chess by author Edward Lasker with introductions by Richard Bozukich and Sam Sloan. It also includes a special appendix on the game of Go - A Japanese variation of chess which will keep you as addicted to it as the game of chess.
Modern Chess Strategy
$25.95
The Ultimate Guide to Antichess
Catalog Code: B0025SHV
The aim of this book is to give Antichess players a high-quality opening analysis. It is designed as an opening encyclopedia, or at least as my playing repertoire.
The aim of this book is to give Antichess players a high-quality opening analysis. It is designed as an opening encyclopedia, or at least as my playing repertoire.
The Ultimate Guide to Antichess
$48.95
The Manual of Chess Combinations - Vol. 2
Catalog Code: B0010RCH
The book is intended for the instruction of children by teachers or parents, and is aimed at quite a lengthy teaching period, beginning with the very rudiments of the game. For each of use the present edition has been divided into two volumes, to which significant corrections and additions have been made. The book will be extremely useful, both for independent work, and for study in schools or in clubs.
The book is intended for the instruction of children by teachers or parents, and is aimed at quite a lengthy teaching period, beginning with the very rudiments of the game. For each of use the present edition has been divided into two volumes, to which significant corrections and additions have been made. The book will be extremely useful, both for independent work, and for study in schools or in clubs.
The Manual of Chess Combinations - Vol. 2
$26.95
The Manual of Chess Combinations - Vol. 1
Catalog Code: B0007RCH
The book is intended for the instruction of children by teachers or parents, and is aimed at quite a lengthy teaching period, beginning with the very rudiments of the game. For each of use the present edition has been divided into two volumes, to which significant corrections and additions have been made. The book will be extremely useful, both for independent work, and for study in schools or in clubs.
The book is intended for the instruction of children by teachers or parents, and is aimed at quite a lengthy teaching period, beginning with the very rudiments of the game. For each of use the present edition has been divided into two volumes, to which significant corrections and additions have been made. The book will be extremely useful, both for independent work, and for study in schools or in clubs.
The Manual of Chess Combinations - Vol. 1
$26.95
Vladimir Kramnik - Great Chess Combinations
Catalog Code: B0015RCH
This book is a collection of the best combinations played by Vladimir Kramnik in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points - 1 to 4 - given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.
This book is a collection of the best combinations played by Vladimir Kramnik in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points - 1 to 4 - given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.
Vladimir Kramnik - Great Chess Combinations
$9.95
Manual of Chess Combinations - Vol. III
Catalog Code: B0027RCH
The examples taken from this book have been used when studying by pupils at special junior clubs, many of whom have become prize–winners in Russian, European and World Championships for boys and girls, in both individual and team events. 750 best tactical positions, grouped according to their topics. Intended for chess players with ELO 2000 – 2400.
The examples taken from this book have been used when studying by pupils at special junior clubs, many of whom have become prize–winners in Russian, European and World Championships for boys and girls, in both individual and team events. 750 best tactical positions, grouped according to their topics. Intended for chess players with ELO 2000 – 2400.
Manual of Chess Combinations - Vol. III
$22.95
