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The Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z

The Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z more books like this

by Jeremy Silman (Introduction by)

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 ...

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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Chess

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 ...

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The ideas behind the chess openings : algebraic edition

The ideas behind the chess openings : algebraic edition more books like this

by Reuben Fine

The novice chess player faces a huge hurdle when confronted with the quantity of theory available on the openings. Reuben Fine explains the essential concepts and plans for each opening, so that the beginner can learn and understand the openings without being confused by a host of variations. Reuben Fine is an American Grandmaster, several times ...

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How to Win in the Chess Openings

How to Win in the Chess Openings more books like this

by Israel A Horowitz

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Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps

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 ...

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Winning Chess Openings

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 ...

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Beginnings, Middles and Ends

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 ...

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The King's Indian Defence: Mar del Plata Variation

The King's Indian Defence: Mar del Plata Variation more books like this

by Svetozar Gligoric

Yugoslav Grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric is firmly established as one of the great pioneers of the King's Indian strategy and tactics. The variation he introduced in a tournament at Mar del Plata, Argentina, fifty years ago, is characterised by fierce attacks by the opposing sides - White on the queenside and Black on the castled king - making for ...

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How to Play Good Opening Moves

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 ...

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The Bishop's Opening Explained

The Bishop's Opening Explained more books like this

by Professor Gary Lane, I.M

The Bishop's Opening allows White to dictate the pattern of play from as early as the second move. It is ideal for club and tournament players as it leads to positions in which a successful outcome depends on knowledge of the important ideas for both sides. The key plans and strategies are explained to make it easy for those who have limited time ...

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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.

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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 ...

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Son of It Was a Dark and Stormy Night more books like this

by Scott Rice

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The Slav more books like this

by Matthew Sadler, Mathew Sadler

A new title aimed at club and tournament chess players which explains how to apply the Slav Defence. Draws upon model games to highlight basic theoretical elements, practical strategies, and tactics used, as well as recent alternative variations.

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An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player more books like this

by Raymond Keene, David Levy

The average club or tournament player has little time for an exhaustive study of opening theory, but does need to obtain a satisfactory middle-game position. This work is intended to provide all he needs to know to reach interesting and sharp positions which offer good prospects for the imaginative player. The authors give one line against each ...

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The French defence more books like this

by Svetozar Gligoric, Wolfgang Uhlmann

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Modern Chess Openings: MC0-15 more books like this

by Nick De Firmian

"Modern Chess Openings" is the best and most trusted tool for serious chess players on the market. First published over a half-century ago, this is a completely revised and updated edition of the book that has been the standard English language reference on chess openings. An invaluable resource for club and tournament players, it now includes ...

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Chess Openings: Theory & Practice more books like this

by Israel A Horowitz

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Idea Behind Chess Opng more books like this

by Reuben Fine

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From the Opening Into the Endgame more books like this

by Edmar Mednis

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Mastering the Sicilian more books like this

by Danny Kopec

The Sicilian Defence is arguably the most important of all chess openings. This text explains it in terms of typical plans and themes, rather than diving into dense reference material. The reader can grasp typical pawn structures and ideas before progressing to more advanced theory.

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First Paragraphs: Inspired Openings for Writers and Readers more books like this

by Donald Newlove

Newlove marries his own style as a novelist with the first paragraphs of his favorite novels and short stories to create a book of inspiration for writers who need a jump start and readers who want a rush. From Twain, Melville and Hemingway to Mailer, Welty and Bellow, the author quotes and then re-figures some of the great openings in literature.

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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 ...

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The Winning Way: The How What and Why of Opening Strategems more books like this

by Bruce Pandolfini

In this text, Bruce Pandolfini draws on his long experience coaching chess champions to offer a goal-oriented approach to improving one's game. Pandolfini breaks his course into 10 separate lessons, delineating 150 individual tasks, and covering topics such as when to use pieces in combination.

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Gambit Opening Repertoire for Black more books like this

by Eric Schiller

For players that like exciting no-holds-barred chess, this versatile gambit repertoire shows Black how to take charge with aggressive attacking defenses against any orthodox first White opening move: 1.e4, 1.d4 and 1.c4. Learn the Scandinavian Gambit against 1.e4, the Schara Gambit and Queen's Gambit Declined variations against 1.d4, and some ...

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