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Chess is a refreshing pastime for most players, and an all-encompassing obsession for a few. And yet much of chess literature—heavy on notation, low on useful illustrations, frustrating for the beginner—is directed at those already in the know. Knack Chess for Everyone provides an alternative: a clear, understandable, and fun entry into chess that doesn’t ignore the complexities and challenges. Photographs of actual game boards, often paired with a diagram, represent the perspective of the player...

Discover all the various pieces--the king, the queen, the knights, the bishops and the pawns. Find out how the pieces move, the values of the chessmen, how to attack and how to defend, how to capture, how to employ special moves such as castling, how to write the moves down and, crucially, how to give check and deliver checkmate. Learn the numerous tricks and traps that you can set for your unwary opponents and, just as importantly, how to avoid falling into them yourself. Take a journey through...

The opening is reaching its end, and we must make a pivotal decision: what shall our middlegame strategy be? Do we seek an active plan to profit from our strengths and highlight the opponent's weaknesses? Or do we adopt prophylaxis, attending to our own position's shortcomings and hindering the opponent's plans? Alternatively, are there any ready-made plans that we know from other games that can be tailored to fit our position? The authors present 90 'multi-choice' tests where the reader faces this...

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The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book (Paperback)

Unique among books that present problems and their solutions but offer little actual instruction, this books takes the player through the processes of problem solving and analysis and provides advice and instruction that ultimately helps him discover the major flaws embedded in his play.Through this method, the player is led to an understanding of a thought system that will add hundreds of rating points to his chess strength.

It is very unlikely that even seasoned solvers will recognise many of these positions. Emms, by allying his skills with those of powerful computers, has also made every effort to ensure that the solutions are sound, and that there are no unmentioned alternative solutions.

Wrong! Write Your Own Chess Book, Regardless of Your Strength will show how you can do it too. If you have a computer chess program you can trust, you can write a chess book. Are you a beginner? You can publish your club’s history and the games from its annual championships.

After players have become acquainted to basic chess concepts, they can start to work on their strategy with Chess Openings and Endgame Strategies . Chess Openings introduces players to the many ways they can begin a game. There are many ways to start, and some offer strategic advantages over others. Chapters include: opening theory, chess notation, “The Queen’s Raid,” “En Passant,” “The Two Knights Defense,” “The Fork Trick,” “Fried Liver Attack,” “Power of the Pin,” “The Stonewall,” and “Taking...

New in Chess ; ISBN-10: 9056912534 ; ISBN-13: 9789056912536 ; Dimensions (in inches): 9.75 x 0.75 x 6.75 ; Weight (in pounds): 1.30 Contributors

Howard Staunton. The Chess-Player's Handbook . A Popular and Scientific Introduction to the Game of Chess.

divIn this fascinating autobiography professional wrestling and mixed martial arts (MMA) guru Billy Robinson recounts his upbringing amid a family of champion fighters his worldwide travels and his time as a pro-wrestling television star. The memoir fills a crucial gap in the history of catch-as-catch-can wrestling while simultaneously chronicling the subject's life in his own inimitable voice. Starting with Robinson's upbringing in a working-class family in post“World War II England the...

Free Worldwide Delivery : Chess Training Pocket Book : Paperback : Chess Information & Research Center : 9781889323220 : 1889323225 : 02 Jul 2010 : Gathers together the crucial, game-winning knowledge of chess. This title covers various positions that give you an important piece of practical chess knowledge.

The activities in third book in the series are the fun way to reinforce the rules and principles of good chess. Full color cartoon characters, are combined with pages that the young student can color, all designed to help the student understand the rules, principles and even the etiquette of the game of chess.

This fifth installment of "The Tactician's Handbook" turns to pawn combinations. Extreme pawn combinations! The Steeplechase is a foot-race through obstacles, and here Charushin treats us to the spectacle of a lowly pawn surmounting barriers and overcoming pieces, headlong in its tactical dash for the finish line. A high stakes capturing race, a pawn charge under the enemy gauntlet, a forced march to the Queening square - that's the Steeplechase...

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Description Shipping Specs Reviews Wooden Chess Sets You Can Make Book Wooden Chess Sets You Can Make Book by Diana Thompson. With the Wooden Chess Sets You can Make Book you will learn how to make quality wooden chess sets with your scroll saw! There are nine different designs to choose from. You will find complete how to instructions, patterns and instructions for playing board, information on wood, safety, finishing and more! Wooden Chess Sets You Can Make Book Specifications: 66 full...