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The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings
The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings
by Reuben Fine
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Not a list of moves, but simple and logical explanations of opening systems.... (read more)

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Complete Chess Course
Complete Chess Course
by Fred Reinfeld
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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)

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Art of Learning: an Inner Journey To Optimal Performance (08 Edition)
Art of Learning: an Inner Journey To Optimal Performance (08 Edition)
by Josh Waitzkin
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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)

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Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors: Part 1
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors: Part 1
by Garry Kasparov
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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)

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Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824-1987
Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824-1987
by T. D. Harding
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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)

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Starting Out: The Sicilian (Starting Out)
Starting Out: The Sicilian (Starting Out)
by John Emms
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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)

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The Triangle System: Noteboom, Marshall Gambit and Other Semi-Slav Triangle Lines
The Triangle System: Noteboom, Marshall Gambit and Other Semi-Slav Triangle Lines
by Ruslan Scherbakov
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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)

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What It Takes to Become a Chess Master
What It Takes to Become a Chess Master
by Andrew Soltis
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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)

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Football and Chess: Tactics Strategy Beauty
Football and Chess: Tactics Strategy Beauty
by Adam Wells
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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)

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Simple Chess
Simple Chess
by Michael Stean
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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)

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The Art of the Middle Game
The Art of the Middle Game
by Paul Keres
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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)

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Tal-Botvinnik 1960
Tal-Botvinnik 1960
by Mikhail Tal
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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)

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Play the Najdorf Sicilian
Play the Najdorf Sicilian
by James Rizzitano
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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)

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School of Chess Excellence 4
School of Chess Excellence 4
by Marc Dvoretsky
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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)

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Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy (Revised Edition)
Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy (Revised Edition)
by Frank Brady
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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)

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Chess Fundamentals
Chess Fundamentals
by Jose Capablanca
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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)

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Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
Endgame: Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - From America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness
by Frank Brady
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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)

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Smart Chip from St. Petersburg: And Other Tales of a Bygone Chess Era
Smart Chip from St. Petersburg: And Other Tales of a Bygone Chess Era
by Genna Sosonko
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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)

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Vishy Anand: World Chess Champion: Life and Games
Vishy Anand: World Chess Champion: Life and Games
by Vishy Anand
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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)

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Kasparov's Fighting Chess 1993-1998 (Batsford Chess Books)
Kasparov's Fighting Chess 1993-1998 (Batsford Chess Books)
by Tibor Karolyi
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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)

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