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How to Win at Chess, Next Level

The Ultimate Guide for Intermediate Play

by Levy Rozman ...

Series series How to Win at Chess
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Take your chess game to the next level with this exciting and approachable guide for intermediate players from YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess).Unlock the secrets to mastering chess and moving beyond the basics to dominate your matches with How to Win at Chess, Next Level. This comprehensive guide for midlevel players (1000–1600 Elo rating) ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Take your chess game to the next level with this exciting and approachable guide for intermediate players from YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess).Unlock the secrets to mastering chess and moving beyond the basics to dominate your matches with How to Win at Chess, Next Level. This comprehensive guide for midlevel players (1000–1600 Elo rating)
... Read more
Combinations

The Heart of Chess

by Irving Chernev ...

Series series Dover Chess
Irving Chernev's outstanding chess books earn him a high rank among the world's top chess authors. In this well-annotated text, Mr. Chernev guides his readers to an understanding of the subtleties of combinative play.Step-by-step from the simplest combinations to the most complex, the book explains the intricacies of pins and counter-pins, Knight forks, smothered mates, and other elements of ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

Irving Chernev's outstanding chess books earn him a high rank among the world's top chess authors. In this well-annotated text, Mr. Chernev guides his readers to an understanding of the subtleties of combinative play.Step-by-step from the simplest combinations to the most complex, the book explains the intricacies of pins and counter-pins, Knight forks, smothered mates, and other elements of
... Read more
How to Increase Your Chess Rating

by Charlz Angel ...

How to Increase Your Chess Rating is a guide that will show you how you can develop your chess skills and increase your rating in chess. Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate player, you can develop your skills by following some direct and practical tips and raise your chess rating. Unlike other books on chess that are filled with diagrams, this manual shares hints and tips that will help ... Read more

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How to Increase Your Chess Rating is a guide that will show you how you can develop your chess skills and increase your rating in chess. Whether you are a beginner or an intermediate player, you can develop your skills by following some direct and practical tips and raise your chess rating. Unlike other books on chess that are filled with diagrams, this manual shares hints and tips that will help
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Go Fundamentals

Everything You Need to Know to Play and Win Asian's Most Popular Game of Martial Strategy

by Shigemi Kishikawa ...

Go Fundamentals is the easy-to-follow guidebook explaining the fundamental principles of the ancient Asian game of Go, the oldest game in the world.Go is a game played by two contestants. The game is played with black and white "stones" on a checkered board. The players are usually classed as strong and weak, based upon degree of knowledge and skill. The stronger player takes the white stones and ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Go Fundamentals is the easy-to-follow guidebook explaining the fundamental principles of the ancient Asian game of Go, the oldest game in the world.Go is a game played by two contestants. The game is played with black and white "stones" on a checkered board. The players are usually classed as strong and weak, based upon degree of knowledge and skill. The stronger player takes the white stones and
... Read more
How to Win at Chess

The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond

by Levy Rozman ...

Series series How to Win at Chess
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Learn chess from International Master and YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) in this refreshing and fun guide for beginner and intermediate players.Clever and informative, How to Win at Chess teaches you everything you need to know about the game, including all the important moves and strategies to start off strong and keep you thinking several ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Learn chess from International Master and YouTube’s top chess teacher Levy Rozman (aka GothamChess) in this refreshing and fun guide for beginner and intermediate players.Clever and informative, How to Win at Chess teaches you everything you need to know about the game, including all the important moves and strategies to start off strong and keep you thinking several
... Read more
Marshall's Best Games of Chess

by Frank J. Marshall ...

Originally entitled "My Fifty Years of Chess", this volume presents an account of the career of Frank J. Marshall, who was a United States Chess Champion between 1909-1936. With autobiographical information and detailed, move-by-move accounts of some of his more notable games, "Marshall's Best Games of Chess" is not to be missed by chess enthusiasts and professional players looking for inspiration ... Read more

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Originally entitled "My Fifty Years of Chess", this volume presents an account of the career of Frank J. Marshall, who was a United States Chess Champion between 1909-1936. With autobiographical information and detailed, move-by-move accounts of some of his more notable games, "Marshall's Best Games of Chess" is not to be missed by chess enthusiasts and professional players looking for inspiration
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Chess Mastery By Question And Answer

by Fred Reinfeld ...

This little book will teach you everything you need to know about how to play chess using the simple, but very effective, question and answer method. It is easy to read, with the generous use of clearly explained diagrams, and ordered in ascending difficulty. An essential addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in playing the game of chess. ... Read more

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This little book will teach you everything you need to know about how to play chess using the simple, but very effective, question and answer method. It is easy to read, with the generous use of clearly explained diagrams, and ordered in ascending difficulty. An essential addition to the bookshelf of anyone interested in playing the game of chess.
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The Chessmaster Checklist

by Andrew Soltis ...

An instructional book about the crucial questions that masters ask themselves before committing to a move – a checklist for all players to ask themselves before making their own moves.Beginners learn to ask themselves the key questions. As they improve, they ask more sophisticated questions: 'What did my opponent's last move allow me to do?", 'Where is his position weakest?", 'Should I take an ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

An instructional book about the crucial questions that masters ask themselves before committing to a move – a checklist for all players to ask themselves before making their own moves.Beginners learn to ask themselves the key questions. As they improve, they ask more sophisticated questions: 'What did my opponent's last move allow me to do?", 'Where is his position weakest?", 'Should I take an
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Chess For Dummies

by James Eade ...

Want to play chess like a champ? Dummies can help.From Netflix's “The Queen’s Gambit” to podcasts, virtual and mobile gaming, and beyond, chess is back in a big way. But, with all those kings, queens, and knights, chess can be a royal pain to grasp. Chess For Dummies is here to help beginners wrap their minds around the rules of the game, make sense of those puzzling pieces, and sharpen their ... Read more

$20.99 CAD

Want to play chess like a champ? Dummies can help.From Netflix's “The Queen’s Gambit” to podcasts, virtual and mobile gaming, and beyond, chess is back in a big way. But, with all those kings, queens, and knights, chess can be a royal pain to grasp. Chess For Dummies is here to help beginners wrap their minds around the rules of the game, make sense of those puzzling pieces, and sharpen their
... Read more
Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part 2:

Kasparov Vs Karpov 1975-1985

by Garry Kasparov ...

The history of sport has seen many great gladiatorial clashes: Ali v Frazier in boxing, McEnroe v Borg in tennis, Prost v Senna in motor racing. None however can quite compare to the intensity of the rivalry between those two great world chess champions: Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. Between 1984 and 1990 they contested an astonishing five World Championship matches consisting of 144 ... Read more

$43.99 CAD

The history of sport has seen many great gladiatorial clashes: Ali v Frazier in boxing, McEnroe v Borg in tennis, Prost v Senna in motor racing. None however can quite compare to the intensity of the rivalry between those two great world chess champions: Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. Between 1984 and 1990 they contested an astonishing five World Championship matches consisting of 144
... Read more
Winning American Mah Jongg Strategies

A Guide for the Novice Player -Learn the "Secrets of Success" to Strategize, Excel and Win at Mah Jongg

by Elaine Sandberg ...

Master the fascinating and rewarding game of American Mahjong with this guide for beginners."Strategies, strategies, strategies! If I only knew more strategies I could win more games!" is the frequent lament of beginning Mahjong players. Following up on the success of her acclaimed book, A Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg, bestselling author Elaine Sandberg's new book offers novice players ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

Master the fascinating and rewarding game of American Mahjong with this guide for beginners."Strategies, strategies, strategies! If I only knew more strategies I could win more games!" is the frequent lament of beginning Mahjong players. Following up on the success of her acclaimed book, A Beginner's Guide to American Mah Jongg, bestselling author Elaine Sandberg's new book offers novice players
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Better Chess for Average Players

by Tim Harding ...

Series series Dover Chess
Designed for the typical amateur player who wants to improve his or her chess skills, this clear, straightforward guide provides the extra knowledge and technique that turns a losing player into a winner.The author, a well-known chess teacher and author of a dozen books on openings, coaches the reader through all the fundamentals of attacking, sacrifices, defense, positional play and choosing a ... Read more

$12.99 CAD

Designed for the typical amateur player who wants to improve his or her chess skills, this clear, straightforward guide provides the extra knowledge and technique that turns a losing player into a winner.The author, a well-known chess teacher and author of a dozen books on openings, coaches the reader through all the fundamentals of attacking, sacrifices, defense, positional play and choosing a
... Read more
All the Wrong Moves

A Memoir About Chess, Love, and Ruining Everything

by Sasha Chapin ...

An enthralling journey into the world of chess--a story of heartbreak, obsession, failure, and the hunger for greatness.Sasha Chapin is a victim of chess. Like countless amateurs before him--Albert Einstein, Humphrey Bogart, and Marcel Duchamp among them--the game has consumed his life and his mind. First captivated by it as a member of his high school chess club, he found his passion rekindled ... Read more

$9.99 CAD

An enthralling journey into the world of chess--a story of heartbreak, obsession, failure, and the hunger for greatness.Sasha Chapin is a victim of chess. Like countless amateurs before him--Albert Einstein, Humphrey Bogart, and Marcel Duchamp among them--the game has consumed his life and his mind. First captivated by it as a member of his high school chess club, he found his passion rekindled
... Read more
A selection of additional Chess Patterns

smothered Mate, illusory Pin, attack to the castled King

by Rodolfo Pardi ...

Series series Chess Manuals
This booklet is about 3 families of patterns: #10 (Smothered Mate) and #52 (Illusory pin) of my book "Fundamental Chess Patterns", and the attack to the castled King. Covering many variants.The main manual did just show 50 patterns, the aim was to fix them in your memory, while here each pattern is shown in different situations, to help the process of identification. So it will take longer to go ... Read more

$4.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

This booklet is about 3 families of patterns: #10 (Smothered Mate) and #52 (Illusory pin) of my book "Fundamental Chess Patterns", and the attack to the castled King. Covering many variants.The main manual did just show 50 patterns, the aim was to fix them in your memory, while here each pattern is shown in different situations, to help the process of identification. So it will take longer to go
... Read more
Interregnum

Inside the Gruelling and Glamorous Battle to Become the Next King of Chess

by Jordan Himelfarb ...

A riveting chronicle of the battle for chess supremacy and the brilliant, eccentric, extremely online grandmasters changing an ancient game.Every elite chess player dreams of becoming world champion, of wearing the wreath and going down in history. Yet for many of today's top grandmasters, that dream long seemed out of reach: Norwegian juggernaut Magnus Carlsen was just too good. So when Carlsen ... Read more

$15.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

A riveting chronicle of the battle for chess supremacy and the brilliant, eccentric, extremely online grandmasters changing an ancient game.Every elite chess player dreams of becoming world champion, of wearing the wreath and going down in history. Yet for many of today's top grandmasters, that dream long seemed out of reach: Norwegian juggernaut Magnus Carlsen was just too good. So when Carlsen
... Read more
The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games

New edn

by Graham Burgess, John Emms, Dr John Nunn ...

Series Book 200 - Mammoth Books
Improve your chess by studying the greatest games of all time, from Adolf Anderssen's 'Immortal Game' to Anand versus Kramnik 2008, and featuring a foreword by World Champion Vishy Anand.The 125 greatest chess games of all time, selected, analysed, re-evaluated and explained by a team of British experts and illustrated with over 1,000 chess diagrams. Join the authors in studying these games, the ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

Improve your chess by studying the greatest games of all time, from Adolf Anderssen's 'Immortal Game' to Anand versus Kramnik 2008, and featuring a foreword by World Champion Vishy Anand.The 125 greatest chess games of all time, selected, analysed, re-evaluated and explained by a team of British experts and illustrated with over 1,000 chess diagrams. Join the authors in studying these games, the
... Read more
How to Swindle in Chess

snatch victory from a losing position

by Andrew Soltis ...

A book by stalwart chess writer on an aspect of chess that is quite common, but little is written about, swindling in chess. In chess, a swindle is a ruse by which a player in a losing position tricks his opponent, and thereby achieves a win or draw instead of the expected loss. Renown chess writers Horowitz and Reinfeld observe that swindles, "though ignored in virtually all chess books", "play ... Read more

$16.99 CAD

A book by stalwart chess writer on an aspect of chess that is quite common, but little is written about, swindling in chess. In chess, a swindle is a ruse by which a player in a losing position tricks his opponent, and thereby achieves a win or draw instead of the expected loss. Renown chess writers Horowitz and Reinfeld observe that swindles, "though ignored in virtually all chess books", "play
... Read more
The Queen of Katwe

A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Rise from an African Slum

by Tim Crothers ...

Phiona Mutesi, is a 15-year-old girl born and raised in a miserable slum called Katwe in Kampala, Uganda. She sleeps in a decrepit mud hut with her mother and four siblings and struggles to find a single meal each day. Phiona has been in and out of school her whole life because her mother cannot afford to send her, so she is only now learning to read and write. Phiona Mutesi is also one of the top ... Read more

$13.99 CAD

Phiona Mutesi, is a 15-year-old girl born and raised in a miserable slum called Katwe in Kampala, Uganda. She sleeps in a decrepit mud hut with her mother and four siblings and struggles to find a single meal each day. Phiona has been in and out of school her whole life because her mother cannot afford to send her, so she is only now learning to read and write. Phiona Mutesi is also one of the top
... Read more
Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess

by Bruce Pandolfini ...

From America’s foremost chess coach and game strategist for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit comes a comprehensive guide covering all aspects of the game, to improve your technique whether you are a newcomer or a longtime fan.One of America's best-known chess masters, Bruce Pandolfini has helped millions learn the intricacies of chess through his acclaimed books and workshops. In this exciting volume, ... Read more

$14.99 CAD

From America’s foremost chess coach and game strategist for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit comes a comprehensive guide covering all aspects of the game, to improve your technique whether you are a newcomer or a longtime fan.One of America's best-known chess masters, Bruce Pandolfini has helped millions learn the intricacies of chess through his acclaimed books and workshops. In this exciting volume,
... Read more
Endgame

Bobby Fischer's Remarkable Rise and Fall - from America's Brightest Prodigy to the Edge of Madness

by Frank Brady ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Who was Bobby Fischer? In this “nuanced perspective of the chess genius” (Los Angeles Times), an acclaimed biographer chronicles his meteoric rise and confounding fall, with an afterword containing newly discovered details about Fischer’s life.Possessing an IQ of 181 and remarkable powers of concentration, Bobby Fischer memorized hundreds of chess books in several ... Read more

$15.99 CAD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Who was Bobby Fischer? In this “nuanced perspective of the chess genius” (Los Angeles Times), an acclaimed biographer chronicles his meteoric rise and confounding fall, with an afterword containing newly discovered details about Fischer’s life.Possessing an IQ of 181 and remarkable powers of concentration, Bobby Fischer memorized hundreds of chess books in several
... Read more
Searching for Bobby Fischer

A Father's Story of Love and Ambition

by Fred Waitzkin ...

The inspiration for the iconic film, this memoir by the father of a prodigy reflects on chess, competition, and childhood.Fred Waitzkin fell in love with chess during the Cold War–era showdown between Russian champion Boris Spassky and young American superstar Bobby Fischer. Twelve years later, Waitzkin's own son, Joshua, discovered chess in Washington Square Park and began displaying the telltale ... Read more

$17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

The inspiration for the iconic film, this memoir by the father of a prodigy reflects on chess, competition, and childhood.Fred Waitzkin fell in love with chess during the Cold War–era showdown between Russian champion Boris Spassky and young American superstar Bobby Fischer. Twelve years later, Waitzkin's own son, Joshua, discovered chess in Washington Square Park and began displaying the telltale
... Read more
Chess

5334 Problems, Combinations and Games

by László Polgár ...

Win at chess with practical instruction from one of the world's leading teachers! With clever strategies for more than 5000 situations and clear diagrams, Chess is for the enthusiastic novice as well as the competitor taking the game to the next level.Chess takes you through more than 5,000 unique instructional situations, many taken from actual matches, including 306 problems for checkmate in one ... Read more

$25.99 CAD

Win at chess with practical instruction from one of the world's leading teachers! With clever strategies for more than 5000 situations and clear diagrams, Chess is for the enthusiastic novice as well as the competitor taking the game to the next level.Chess takes you through more than 5,000 unique instructional situations, many taken from actual matches, including 306 problems for checkmate in one
... Read more
A History of Chess

The Original 1913 Edition

by H. J. R. Murray ...

An epic work that took more than a decade to complete, A History of Chess, originally published in 1913, is a historic undertaking that shattered preconceptions about the game upon publication. Over a century later, Murray’s research and conclusions, in which he argues that chess originated in India, are still widely accepted by most chess historians.Undertaking such a pioneering task, the scope ... Read more

$18.99 CAD

An epic work that took more than a decade to complete, A History of Chess, originally published in 1913, is a historic undertaking that shattered preconceptions about the game upon publication. Over a century later, Murray’s research and conclusions, in which he argues that chess originated in India, are still widely accepted by most chess historians.Undertaking such a pioneering task, the scope
... Read more
Le Guide Des Ouvertures Aux Echecs

Ou comment développer sa connaissance et sa maîtrise des 21 ouvertures les plus célèbres du jeu d'échecs

by Alan Scott ...

Ce livre aborde les ouvertures du jeu d’échecs d’une façon très originale et très efficace. L’époque des livres de 200 pages pour expliquer une seule ouverture est révolue ! Dans cet ouvrage, ce n’est pas moins de 21 ouvertures qui vous sont exposées. Les outils fournis dans ce livre vous permettront d’apprendre et d’expérimenter très facilement les ouvertures les plus répandues. Les variantes et ... Read more

$13.49 CAD

Ce livre aborde les ouvertures du jeu d’échecs d’une façon très originale et très efficace. L’époque des livres de 200 pages pour expliquer une seule ouverture est révolue ! Dans cet ouvrage, ce n’est pas moins de 21 ouvertures qui vous sont exposées. Les outils fournis dans ce livre vous permettront d’apprendre et d’expérimenter très facilement les ouvertures les plus répandues. Les variantes et
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How to Win at Chess, Next Level

Combinations

How to Increase Your Chess Rating

Go Fundamentals

How to Win at Chess

Marshall's Best Games of Chess

Chess Mastery By Question And Answer

The Chessmaster Checklist

Chess For Dummies

Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part 2:

Winning American Mah Jongg Strategies

Better Chess for Average Players

All the Wrong Moves

A selection of additional Chess Patterns

Interregnum

The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games

How to Swindle in Chess

The Queen of Katwe

Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess

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Searching for Bobby Fischer

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