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Teaching Chess, Step by Step: Book 2: Exercises (Teaching Chess, Step by Step) by Igor Khmelnitsky Synopsis This book is designed to be a companion of Book 1, Teaching Chess Step by Step Teachers Manual. It contains a series of exercises designed to reinforce the knowledge that children gain from the teachers presentations in the classroom. The exercises were... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper 
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The Improving Chess Thinker by Dan Heisman Synopsis When a club player decides he wants to raise his rating, he typically looks to improve his middlegame or endgame understanding. Often, however, the true secret to improvement lies not in studying additional chess material but in learning a more powerful... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Trade Paper
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Secrets of Creative Thinking: School of Future Champions 5 (Progress in Chess) by Mark Dvoretsky Synopsis The world's top trainer, Mark Dvoretsky, and one of his best-known pupils, grandmaster Artur Yusupov, present a five-volume series based on courses given to talented young players throughout the world. The books contain contributions by other leading... (read more) Your price: $39.95 New - Trade Paper
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Chess for Dummies 1ST Edition by James Eade Publisher Comments 'Your quick and easy guide to the rules, strategies, and etiquette of chess Make the right moves! Features over 350 chess diagrams Tried and true tips for avoiding chess tricks and traps Kings, queens, knights — you may think chess would be a royal... (read more) List Price $21.99 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Art of Checkmate by Georges Renaud Publisher Comments Thorough classification of 23 mating situations, including Legal's pseudo-sacrifice, the double check, smothered mate, Greco's mate, the Corridor mate, many others. Learn from 127 games by Tartakower, Janowski, Rubinstein, Blackburne, others... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played (Chess) by Irving Chernev Publisher Comments 62 masterly demonstrations of the basic strategies of winning, featuring games by the greatest chess masters — Capablanca, Tarrasch, Fischer, Alekhine, Lasker, others. Each game offers a classic example of a fundamental problem and its best... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your price: $5.95 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. <BR>Illustrated... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $13.50 Used - Hardcover
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The Art of Learning: A Journey in the Pursuit of Excellence 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 $25.00 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Complete Idiots Guide To Chess 3RD Edition by Patrick Wolff Publisher Comments Don't make a move without it. Written by a U.S. Chess Champion, International Chess Grandmaster, and longtime instructor, this book includes information for both novice and expert, including over 400 illustrated chessboards and photos; over 20 pages of... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Karpov - Korchnoi 1978 by Raymond Keene Publisher Comments The 1978 world chess championship in the Philippines was the most riotous of modern times. Pitting the soviet defector Korchnoi against the golden boy of the soviet establishment - Karpov - the players were not just content to hammer each other over the... (read more) Your price: $28.95 New - Trade Paper
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500 Master Games of Chess by S Tartakower Publisher Comments Vast collection of great chess games from 1798-1938, with much hard-to-find material. Fully annotated, arranged by opening for easier study. 150 years of master play!... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $6.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Why You Lose At Chess 2ND Edition by T D Harding Publisher Comments How to learn from losses by recognizing warning signals, analyzing what went wrong. Focus on play based on e-mail and internet; computer chess, plus analysis of face-off between Kasparov and Deep Blue.... (read more) List Price $7.95 Your price: $4.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Immortal Game: A History of Chess by David Shenk Publisher Comments In his wide-ranging and ever-fascinating examination of chess, Shenk gleefully unearths the hidden history of a game that seems so simple yet contains infinity.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Chess Artist: Genius, Obsession, and the World's Oldest Game by J C Hallman Publisher Comments In the tiny Russian province of Kalmykia, obsession with chess has reached new heights. Its leader, a charismatic and eccentric millionaire/ex — car salesman named Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, is a former chess prodigy and the most recent president of FIDE... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Grandmaster Repertoire 2: 1.D4 Volume Two (Grandmaster Repertoire) by Boris Avrukh Synopsis Grandmaster Repertoire is a new series of high quality chess books based on the main lines, written by strong grandmasters. The aim is to provide the reader with a complete repertoire at a level good enough for elite tournaments, and certainly also for... (read more) Available January 2010 Your price: $34.95 New - Trade Paper 
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The Art of Chess Combination by Eugene Znosko-borovsky Publisher Comments Modern explanation of principles, varieties, techniques and ideas behind them, illustrated with many examples from great players. 200 diagrams.<BR>... (read more) Your price: $9.95 New - Trade Paper
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Endgame Workshop: Principles for the Practical Player (Pandolfini Chess Library) by Bruce Pandolfini Synopsis This book deals with the final phase of a chess game, the one that comes after the opening and the middlegame. But it doesnt take the point of view that the endgame is separate from the other two phases. Rather it argues that the game is an organic whole,... (read more) Your price: $19.95 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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Chess Tactics for Champions: A Step-By-Step Guide to Using Tactics and Combinations the Polgar Way by Susan Polgar Publisher Comments Susan Polgar became the first female Grandmaster at age 15—and it wasn't luck that got her there. Her use of tactics, combinations, and strategy during her games gave her the critical advantage she needed against her opponents. In Chess Tactics for... (read more) Your price: $17.95 New - Trade Paper
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Standard Chess Openings, 2nd Edition by Eric Schiller Publisher Comments The new definitive standard on opening play, this comprehensive guide covers every important chess opening and variation ever played and currently in vogue - more than three thousand opening strategies! Differing from books that rely exclusively on... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.75 Used - Trade Paper
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