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The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings by Reuben Fine Publisher Comments Not a list of moves, but simple and logical explanations of opening systems.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Complete Chess Course by Fred Reinfeld Publisher Comments Combining eight volumes into one, the mostacomprehensive book on chess ever published. Fromaopening gambit to endgame, this home-study chess courseais the classic in theafield. Illustrated... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Art of Learning: an Inner Journey To Optimal Performance (08 Edition) by Josh Waitzkin Publisher Comments Josh Waitzkin knows what it means to be at the top of his game. A public figure since winning his first National Chess Championship at the age of nine, Waitzkin was catapulted into a media whirlwind as a teenager when his father's book Searching for... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors: Part 1 by Garry Kasparov Publisher Comments The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions... (read more) Your price: $45.00 New - Hardcover
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Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824-1987 by T. D. Harding Publisher Comments Exploring a bygone aspect of intellectual sport, this book details the history of British and Irish correspondence chess from the first formal match between Edinburgh and London in 1824 well into the 1980s, the most successful period in British... (read more) Your price: $58.95 New - Trade Paper
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Starting Out: The Sicilian (Starting Out) by John Emms Publisher Comments In this easy-to-read book Grandmaster John Emms goes back to basics studying the fundamental principles of the Sicilian Defence and its many variations Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes tips warnings and exercises to help the... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Triangle System: Noteboom, Marshall Gambit and Other Semi-Slav Triangle Lines by Ruslan Scherbakov Publisher Comments Grandmaster Ruslan Scherbakov presents an opening system for Black based on the Semi-Slav Triangle - an ambitious way to fight the ever-popular Queens Gambit. Blacks weapons include the Noteboom Variation - a dynamic counterattack which takes White out... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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What It Takes to Become a Chess Master by Andrew Soltis Publisher Comments Chess players sometimes wonder if they have what it takes to become a chess master. International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis answers their questions: How much talent does it take, what do you need to know, how much do you have to practice, which... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Football and Chess: Tactics Strategy Beauty by Adam Wells Synopsis Why are football and chess 'beautiful games'? Do top football coaches read the pitch as a chess player reads the board? What is the connection between Jose Mourinho's defensive cunning and Grandmaster Wilhelm Steinitz's 'principles of defence'? The... (read more) Your price: $19.25 New - Trade Paper
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Simple Chess by Michael Stean Publisher Comments Written by a young Grand Master, this introduction to chess strategy is aimed primarily at players for whom a game plan is utterly enigmatic. By isolating the basic elements and illustrating them through a selection of Master and Grand Master games... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Art of the Middle Game by Paul Keres Publisher Comments Superb guide to neglected area of chess. Two formidable grandmasters cover attacking the king, defense, importance of pawn structure, analysis, much more. Authoritative introduction by Harry Golombek. Belongs in the library of every serious chess... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Tal-Botvinnik 1960 by Mikhail Tal Publisher Comments In 1960 Mikhail Botvinnik was the pillar of "scientific" -- chess and the iron-willed champion of the world. The young attacking genius Mikhail Tal, the "Wizard of Riga", put the magic back into the game by defeating Botvinnik with spectacular tactics in... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Play the Najdorf Sicilian by James Rizzitano Publisher Comments The Najdorf Sicilian has a unique place amongst chess openings: for several decades it has been regarded by the top grandmasters as the best way for Black to play soundly for a win against 1 e4. It was a particular favourite of World Champions Bobby... (read more) Your price: $22.95 New - Trade Paper
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School of Chess Excellence 4 by Marc Dvoretsky Publisher Comments The fourth in Mark Dvoretsky's School of Chess Excellence series, this book analyzes opening problems that players may face in any game. As always, there are numerous examples to help illustrate the best choices to make for chess success.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $32.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy (Revised Edition) by Frank Brady Publisher Comments Revealing biography of the controversial chess champion, written by a chess player who knew Fischer since the latter was 11. It chronicles Fischer's tumultuous public and private lives, including an analysis of 90 games that trace his rise to... (read more) List Price $8.95 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Chess Fundamentals by Jose Capablanca Publisher Comments Jose Capablanca's classic instructional manual 'Chess Fundamentals' first appeared in 1921, the year he defeated Emanuel Lasker for the world championship title. This handbook is packed with timeless advice on different aspects of practical play and... (read more) Your price: $15.95 New - Trade Paper
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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 Publisher Comments Endgame is acclaimed biographer Frank Brady’s decades-in-the-making tracing of the meteoric ascent—and confounding descent—of enigmatic genius Bobby Fischer. Only Brady, who met Fischer when the prodigy was only 10 and shared with... (read more) List Price $25.99 Your price: $17.95 Used - Hardcover
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Smart Chip from St. Petersburg: And Other Tales of a Bygone Chess Era by Genna Sosonko Publisher Comments Genna Sosonko continues his chess chronicles. Fascinating portraits of players, as well as personal essays on the psychology of the game. No games, no diagrams, many photographs.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $16.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Vishy Anand: World Chess Champion: Life and Games by Vishy Anand Synopsis Anand has been one of the world's top players for more than two decades, and cemented his place in the all-time hall of fame by winning the unified World Championship in 2007, and successfully defending his title against Kramnik and Topalov. But it's not... (read more) Your price: $29.95 New - Trade Paper
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Kasparov's Fighting Chess 1993-1998 (Batsford Chess Books) by Tibor Karolyi Publisher Comments Garry Kasparov has dominated the world of competitive chess longer than any other world champion. What better time than now, on the eve of his retirement, to celebrate his unprecedented achievements? The period 1993-1998, covered in this volume... (read more) Your price: $21.50 New - Trade Paper
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