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1	Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps more books like this by Bruce Pandolfini Fireside Chess Library In the first completely instructional book ever written on chess openings, National Master Bruce Pandolfini teaches players how to take charge of the game's crucial opening phase. Of the three traditional phases of chess play -- the opening, the middle-game and the endgame -- the opening is the phase average players confront ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings more books like this by Reuben Fine, Ruben Fine The classic guide to the variations of all openings, revised and in algebraic notation, by the noted American grandmaster. see all copies from $2.27! new only from $9.29! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Beginnings, Middles and Ends more books like this by Nancy Kress By demonstrating effective solutions for potential problems at each stage of story writing, Nancy Kress helps novice authors write stories with a roaring start and a grand finale. She also helps them hook the editor in the first three paragraphs, make and keep a story's "implicit promise", build drama and credibility by controlling prose, and many ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.50! \| first editions
4	How to Win in the Chess Openings more books like this by I. A. Horowitz This book shows you how to gain the initiative in the very first moves, and how to proceed to victory from then on. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The story begins : essays on literature more books like this by Amos Oz In these brilliant and fascinating essays, Amos Oz brings his experience as a novelist, teacher and critic to bear on the different ways in which writers enter into this strange and seductive contract with readers. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
6	How to play the chess openings more books like this by Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky With keen appreciation of the amateur's usual limitations, International Grandmaster Eugene Znosko Borovsky explains the importance of rapid development of the pieces, occupation of the center, the relation of the opening to the general plan of the player, and significance of control of the center. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.93! \| SVS
7	An Opening Repertoire for White more books like this by Raymond Keene This updated edition aims to provide all that an average club player needs to know about the opening as White. One line has been selected against each of Black's possible defences, with all the variations giving scope for originality. The repertoire is based on solid foundations: White opens with 1 d4 and 2 c4, a scheme followed by Kasparov, ... see all copies from $2.31! new only from $90.52! \| first editions
8	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess more books like this by Patrick Wolff Confused by esoteric chess terms like castling, forking, and making Luft? Can't tell whether you've got your opponent in check or checkmate? This book will tell you everything you need to know to become a budding Kasparov, from the names of pieces and their movements to tactics and strategies, from advanced maneuvers to setting up chess ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions
9	The Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z more books like this by Jeremy Silman An easy-to-understand guide to chess strategy -- conceptual planning -- has always been the amateur's dream. This book makes that dream a reality. This comprehensive guide in dictionary form, the first of its kind, makes all aspects of chess strategy quick, easy, and painlessly accessible to players of all degrees of strength. Each strategic ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $13.74! \| first editions \| SVS
10	More Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2 more books like this by Bruce Pandolfini Pandolfini, who will be the commentator for the 1993 World Chess Championships in Los Angeles this fall, illustrates 200 new and effective moves for the challenging first phase of the game, explaining strategies and principles in a clear and understandable way. 200 line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	Complete book of chess openings more books like this by Fred Reinfeld see all copies from $1.99! first editions
12	How to Play Good Opening Moves more books like this by Edmar Mednis This brand-new revision, in modern algebraic notation, is sure to become a classic of chess instruction. It was written for the chess player who needs to understand, not memorize, the chess openings. The three basic principles of the opening are well established and will not change in the foreseeable future. By emphasizing these principles, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.00!
13 view cover	Winning in the Opening: How to Spot and Seize on Your Opponent's Mistakes! more books like this by John Walker This wonderfully presented book explains the importance of basic chess openings principles, how to recognize when an opponent has broken them, and then shows the reader how to capitalize on the opponent's error. Every important theme is explained simply and clearly, and then the reader is tested with a series of "find the right move" combinations ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50!
14 view cover	Unorthodox Chess Openings more books like this by Eric Schiller This exciting guide to all the major unorthodox openings used by chess players, contains more than 1,500 weird, contentious, controversial, unconventional, arrogant, and outright strange opening strategies. From their tricky tactical surprises to their bizarre names, these openings fly in the face of tradition. You'll meet such openings as the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.47! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Openings more books like this by Yasser Seirawan Start every game with confidence The two greatest challenges for beginning chess players are not only to survive the openings phase, but also to choose appropriate attack and defence formations in the process. "Winning Chess Openings" shows players how to do both. In Yasser Seirawan's entertaining, easy-to-follow style, they are shown formations ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $13.50! \| SVS
16 view cover	Mastering the Chess Openings, Volume 1: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Modern Chess Openings more books like this by John Watson For most chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is hard to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically often, once the opening is over, a player won't know what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces are on the squares on which ... see all copies from $21.32! new only from $21.32! \| SVS
17 view cover	Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings more books like this by Eric Schiller This aggressive counterattacking repertoire covers Black opening systems against virtually every opening except for 1.e4 (plus most flank games) based on the exciting and powerful Tarrasch Defense, which helped bring championships to Kasparov and Spassky. Black learns the Classical Tarrasch, Symmetrical Tarrasch, Asymmetrical Tarrasch, Marshall ... see all copies from $2.94! new only from $8.95! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player more books like this by Lev Alburt, Grandmaster, Sam Palatnick Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player is the fifth volume in Grandmaster Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course series. Endorsed by world champion Garry Kasparov as revealing "the once-secret Russian method of chess training". this uses only materials and techniques that worked well in the former USSR. It contains hundreds of strikingly ... see all copies from $3.03! new only from $12.95! \| SVS
19 view cover	Chess Openings for White, Explained: Winning with 1. E4 by Lev Alburt, Grandmaster, Roman Dzindzichashvili, Eugene Perelshteyn This series shows you how to start your chess games as dynamically and accurately as the greatest grandmasters in the world. Three-time US Champion Champion Lev Alburt, famous for his ability to turn aspiring players into masters, teams up with two-time U.S. Champion Roman Dzindzichashvili and young international star Eugene Perelshteyn to give ... see all copies from $17.84! new only from $18.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Nunn's Chess Openings more books like this by John Nunn, Joe Gallagher, John Emms Nunn's Chess Openings is written by a team of experts -- four writers who are acclaimed as outstanding chess writers and experts in their fields. The expert team's collective knowledge and experience covers all openings. Each section is written by a player with expertise in that area, enabling Nunn's Chess Openings to provide the sort of insider ... see all copies from $12.71! new only from $32.07!
21 view cover	World Champion Openings more books like this by Eric Schiller This serious reference work covers the essential opening theory and moves of every major chess opening and variation as played by all the world champions. Reading as much like an encyclopedia of the must-know openings crucial to every chess player's knowledge as a powerful tool showing the insights, concepts and secrets as used by the greatest ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $13.45! \| first editions
22 view cover	Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player more books like this by Sam Palatnik, Grandmaster Third in Grandmaster Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course series. The first two volumes used only materials that worked well in the former U.S.S.R. This book contains hundreds of strikingly beautiful positions arranged by difficulty and designed to sharpen the tactical recognition and vision of experienced players anywhere. Nothing is left to ... see all copies from $8.93! new only from $12.00! \| signed copies \| SVS
23 view cover	Winning Chess Openings more books like this by Yasser Seirawan From the latest book from well-known chess grand master Seirawan, "Winning Chess Openings" shows beginning chess players how to build a safe house for a king; eliminate losses of ten moves or fewer; utilize elements of time, force, space, and pawn structure; plan strategies; apply openings for White used by World Champions; and other technical ... see all copies from $3.88! new only from $15.95!
24 view cover	Modern Chess Openings more books like this by Walter Korn, writer on chess see all copies from $2.00! first editions
25 view cover	The Four Knights more books like this by Jan Pinski The Four Knights has the distinction of being one of the oldest openings in the history of chess. In a king's pawn opening, both players bring out their knights before contemplating further development. Despite its deceptively peaceful appearance, the Four Knights can lead to wild gambit play as well as calmer positional waters. Adherents include ... see all copies from $4.97! new only from $8.40! \| first editions \| SVS

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