A fascinating collection of 221 typical errors committed by the world's greatest players challenges you to test your skills by choosing between two moves: the right one, or the one actually played. You will be amazed at how even world champions make errors in critical situations and violate the basic principles of chess. From neglecting development and king safety, misjudging threats, and premature attacks to impulsiveness, snatching pawns, and basic inattention, you get a complete course in ...

In one of the most influential chess books written, readers will learn the most important strategy, tactics and themes that comprise a successful chess game: space, time, force and pawn structure. In a book that has been called the bible for novice to intermediate players, Evans uses actual game examples to illustrate dozens of chess themes. Each is a mini-lesson that illustrates the fundamental concepts of modern chess theory, ones that can be learned in easy, quick sittings. Evans discusses...

Winner Take All by Larry Evans

"Once to Every Man," the novel could explore themes of redemption, second chances, or the universal experiences and challenges faced by individuals. It might revolve around the journey of a protagonist who confronts difficult decisions or pivotal moments in their life, leading to personal growth and transformation.The story could unfold through a series of interconnected events or encounters that shape the protagonist's understanding of themselves and the world around them. Along the way, ...

Then I'll Come Back to You by Larry Evans

Grandmaster and Hall of Fame chess legend Larry Evans, draws upon his vast experience as 5-time USA champion, author of 25 books, and Bobby Fischer's second, to present a fun and challenging new approach for chess players.

With no chess notation, this is a great book for beginning players, especially children.  These easy one and two-move checkmates are not only fun, but also great training tools.  Set up for quick learning, the author presents one hundred basic mating situations in large-sized, easy-to-understand diagrams.  You are asked to solve the mate, and then shown how to solve the problem using plain words.  Both challenging and fun, this practical guide is great for all beginning players.

Fascinating, intriguing, and controversial, the dean of American chess tells the never-before-told machinations and stories of world championship chess and what really goes on behind the scenes of the game at its highest level. If you think that chess and marbles are the only games free from politics, you can scratch that idea. These 9.991 entertaining dispatches from the front deal with the crazy world of chess ranging from politics, Fischermania (and Fischer's paranoid antics), the real dea...

The First - and Sadly the Last - Book by Larry Evans Vienna 1922 is remembered as one of the first great tournaments after World War I. All the stars of the day (Alekhine, Bogoljubow, Grünfeld, Maróczy, Réti, Spielmann, Tarrasch and Tartakover) played except Capablanca and Lasker, but it was Akiba Rubinstein who was to turn in an outstanding success scoring an undefeated 11½ from 14 to finish a point and half ahead of second place Tartakover and two and a half (!) points ahead of Alekhin...

How remunicipalization can be implemented to restructure urban governance.Across North America, Europe, and the Global South, public services such as water and energy that were once privatized have returned to public sector functions—an intriguing new development known as remunicipalization. Unwinding Privatization, edited by Alba Alexander, Larry Bennett, Evan McKenzie, and Michael Pagano, explores the sources, scale, and implications of transferring owne...

The Ultimate Fischer Collection! The Chess Publishing Event of the Decade! The years after the Second World War saw international chess dominated by the Soviets Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian and then Spassky held the world crown, treating it as if it were almost an integral part of their country s heritage. There were occasional flashes of brilliance in the West Reshevsky, Najdorf, and later Larsen but no one really mounted a serious challenge to the Russian hegemony. Then, in the mid...

In the heart of a cold and unforgiving Christmas Eve, Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old man, is visited by three spirits who show him the error of his ways. Through their guidance, Scrooge embarks on a journey of redemption, learning the true meaning of Christmas and the importance of compassion and generosity.