Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition
Logical Chess: Move By Move: Every Move Explained New Algebraic Edition
"The novice who plays through Logical Chess can learn an ocean of basic chess wisdom."—Leonard Barden, Engilsh chess master and broadcaster “Entertains . . . as it reinforces strategic lessons gleaned from chess titans. Illustrates effective middle-game plans.”—Library Journal Having learned the basic moves, how exactly should a player improve? In this popular classic, the author explains 33 complete games, in detail, move by move, including the reason for each one. Playing through these games and explanations gives real insight into the power of the pieces and how to post them most effectively.
- ASIN: 0713484640
- ISBN: 0713484640
- Brand: US Chess Federation
- Manufacturer: Batsford
Chess Openings for White, Explained: Winning with 1.e4, Second Revised and Updated Edition
Chess Openings for White, Explained: Winning with 1.e4, Second Revised and Updated Edition
“A must for every chess player!”―Anatoly Karpov, 12th World Chess Champion Every chess player needs a set of openings he can trust. Use Bobby Fischer’s favorite first move, 1. e2-e4, to begin your games as White―and know the ideas and moves that follow, no matter how Black defends! White moves first in chess and can, if he’s well prepared, immediately put the pressure on Black. In this highly praised volume, three leading grandmasters logically explain a system of carefully selected and interrelated openings, covering all responses by Black! You also get a an informative review of every opening from White’s point of view, even ones not part of the book’s recommended repertoire. This book, together with its companion volume, Chess Openings for Black, Explained (available separately), gives you the most thorough explanation of chess opening ideas available. More than 1,700 diagrams let you study many positions without using a chess set. This second edition is completely updated with the newest games and ideas. 1700 b/w chess diagrams
- ASIN: 1889323209
- ISBN: 9781889323206
- Brand: The House of Staunton
- Manufacturer: Chess Information & Research Institute
Chess Openings Theory and Practice
Chess Openings Theory and Practice
“Speaking for myself and for players of my strength, Chess Openings: Theory and Practice is the greatest aid I have ever seen for preparing for a tournament. Speaking for all other players, the book is a "must." Current thinking on all important lines is meticulously presented, offering myriad, clear-cut ideas a completely new and effective arsenal of weapons. “-Samuel Reshevsky, United States Open Champion”. Chess Openings Theory and Practice is a remarkable book, unequaled by any book of that era or since. It is not a mere openings book with long columns of moves followed at the end by punctuation marks such as + -- or =. It presents opening ideas and games, often including the first game where each opening was played, plus the history of the opening, the names of famous players who played this opening and the ideas and plans on which the opening is based. It provides "idea variations". These are variations that may not actually occur in actual practice, but are what you would play if given the chance. No other book does that, at least not in English and not to this extent.
- ASIN: 4871879631
- ISBN: 4871879631
- Brand: The House of Staunton
- Manufacturer: Ishi Press
Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z
Complete Book of Chess Strategy: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z
This comprehensive guide, in dictionary form, makes all aspects of chess strategy quick, easy, and painlessly accessible to players of all degrees of strength. Each strategic concept is listed alphabetically and followed by a clear, easy-to-absorb explanation accompanied by examples of how this strategy is used in practice.
- ASIN: 1890085014
- ISBN: 1890085014
- Brand: The House of Staunton
- Manufacturer: Siles Pr
Chess Openings for Kids
Chess Openings for Kids
For chess-players of all ages and abilities, it is vital to get off to a good start. This simple guide provides all the tips and ideas needed to play purposefully from move one. That's because these 50 Mighty Openings are the very ones used by chess masters and grandmasters to outwit opponents time and again. This book teaches the names and starting moves of all the main chess openings, and explains the basic ideas. Beginners will learn how to position their pieces for maximum impact. More experienced players will discover some remarkable tactical and strategic themes that are vital for chess mastery. Throughout the book, numerous devastating opening traps are highlighted. You will have fun posing difficult problems for your opponent - whether a friend, a chess-club rival or your Dad! Chess Openings for Kids makes learning the chess openings fun. Playing these powerful openings helps develop an understanding of how the pieces work together. Soon you will be able to play strong moves in any opening position, and approach every game with confidence - and success.
- ASIN: 1906454264
- ISBN: 9781906454265
- Brand: The House of Staunton
- Manufacturer: Gambit Publications
Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide
Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide
Mauricio Flores Rios provides an in-depth study of the 28 most common structures in chess practice. In Chess Structures: A Grandmaster Guide you will find:Carefully selected model games showing each structure’s main plans and ideasStrategic patterns to observe and typical pitfalls to avoid50 positional exercises with detailed solutions
- ASIN: 1784830003
- ISBN: 1784830003
- Brand: Quality Chess
- Manufacturer: Quality Chess
My System (Chess Classics)
My System (Chess Classics)
My System is at the top of a very short list of chess classics. Nimzowitsch’s ideas have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. Most chess masters will at some point have studied Nimzowitsch’s work, and not to have read My System is by many regarded as a shocking gap in a chess player’s education.The problem for an English-speaking audience has been that My System was written in German more than eighty years ago. The commonly-used contemporary translations have sounded dated for some time, and were always questionable: the translators frequently toned down many passages, fearing Nimzowitsch’s biting wit would be too controversial.This edition uses a brand-new translation that recreates the author’s original intentions. For the first time an English-speaking audience can appreciate the true nature of a famous chess book.
- ASIN: 9197600539
- ISBN: 9197600539
- Brand: The House of Staunton
- Manufacturer: Quality Chess
Chess Strategy Workbook: A Blueprint for Developing the Best Plan
Chess Strategy Workbook: A Blueprint for Developing the Best Plan
Chess Strategy Workbook teaches you to be observant and take your time to discover the clues in chess positions, introducing many of the strategies used by chess masters in a way that is fun and easy to understand.Learn how to use the different types of chess advantages (king safety, material, piece activity, and pawn structure) to correctly evaluate the position in order to select the best move. Basic strategies for the opening, middlegame, and endgame are covered in detail as well as pitfalls to avoid and how to think during the game.Two hundred problems with a comprehensive answer key are given at two skill levels: Basset Hound (novice to intermediate) and Chess Detective (intermediate to advanced).
- ASIN: 0976196220
- ISBN: 0976196220
- Brand: The House of Staunton
- Manufacturer: Chess Detective Press
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess: The Russian Chess School 2.0 - Opening and Middlegame
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess: The Russian Chess School 2.0 - Opening and Middlegame
Russia boasts a long and rich tradition in chess education. The government recognizes the importance of chess and the existing programmes are constantly refined and updated. Russian chess teachers and trainers are simply the best in the world.The Complete Manual of Positional Chess is the latest and most comprehensive product of this Russia striving for perfection. This handbook, probably the most thorough grounding in the history of teaching chess, was recently created for chess teachers at the DYSS, the special sports school for young talents in Russia.Konstantin Sakaev and Konstantin Landa present a complete set of instructions and tips for trainers and self-improvers. It teaches you not only how to enhance your fundamental knowledge and technical skills, but also how to work on your physical and psychological conditioning. You are handed basic and advanced tools to improve in a wide array of areas: quick development and fighting for the centre in the opening, calculating cleanly and taking decisions in the middlegame, tackling your fear of disturbing the material balance, and how to restrict the role the chess computer plays in your life. If you complete Sakaev and Landa's course you will be able to assess virtually any position you are confronted with. With its all-encompassing approach this ground-breaking book allows everyone to reap the fruits of the long tradition of instructive excellence in Russia.
- ASIN: 9056916823
- ISBN: 9789056916824
- Brand: The House of Staunton
- Manufacturer: New In Chess,Csi
Capablanca's Best Chess Endings: 60 Complete Games
Capablanca's Best Chess Endings: 60 Complete Games
Chess endings have an immediacy lacking in chess endgame or chess problems: endings are not theoretical or composed, but actual board positions, the point in every game when the superfluous falls away, leaving only the essential. José Raúl Capablanca (1888–1942) had no need for isolated artistic theory or compositions — he composed and created chess art as he played. All of his genius — intuitive, tactical, strategic, logical — all of his art shines clearest in his endings, as he himself was proud to declare, advising others to study them carefully. "In order to improve your game," he said, "you must study the endgame before anything else; for whereas the endings can be studied and mastered by themselves, the middle game and the opening must be studied in relation to the endgame."The best way to follow Capablanca's advice is through this — the only book devoted to his great endings, 60 complete games emphasizing the grand finale but annotated throughout.Irving Chernev communicates in his notes the mystery and wonder as well as the delight in discovering again and again the original, fertile mind of chess's greatest born player. "Virtuoso," "exquisite," "profound," "inspired," "elegant," and "fiendish ingenuity" describe match and tournament games and endings against Alekhine, Steiner, Marshall, Nimzowitsch, Lasker, Réti, and others, the best in the contemporary chess world. Capablanca's eleventh game in the 1901 Cuban championship (which he won, aged 12) "surpasses any accomplishment by such other prodigies as Morphy, Reshevsky, and Fischer." From age 12 through the last game in the book (nearly four decades later against Reshevsky at Nottingham, 1936), Capablanca fashions endgames in tense tournament atmosphere that seem like delicate, precise instruments dreamt at leisure.Here then is the essence of Capablanca, analyzed for the instruction of players and the pleasure of chess connoisseurs. Included are indexes of openings, themes in the endings, and o... [Read More]
- UPC: 800759242498
- ASIN: 0486242498
- ISBN: 0486242498
- Brand: The House of Staunton
- Manufacturer: Dover Publications