Chess - Crowood Sports Guides is the perfect tool for anyone wanting to improve their performance, from beginners learning the basic skills to more experienced participants working on advanced techniques. Standard chess rules and basic notation is covered as well as how to use each piece effectively; tactics and strategy; how to plan for success; the three phases - openings, middlegames and endgames; advanced techniques - analysing a position, opening repertoires, when to sacrifice, key en...

With a foreword by Dr John Nunn, Grandmaster and four times Olypic gold medallist'The Mammoth Book of Chess is a cracker . . . nobody will fail to find something new here'British Chess MagazineWINNER OF THE BRITISH CHESS FEDERATION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, 1997Comprehensive, up to date and clear, this latest edition of Graham Burgess's chess classic is an invaluable guide to help even less experienced players to progr...

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, he presents a complete overview of the entire game and its ...

Lasker's Manual of Chess" is one of the greatest chess books ever written. The fact that it was first published over 80 years ago has diminished neither its relevance nor significance in today's modern chess world. Lasker was both a wonderful fighter and a deep thinker; his book is the quintessence of the exceptionally successful experiences he had over many long years and his thoughts about them. He teaches what he himself considers most important: general principles and methods a...

Garry Kasparov has held the number one position in chess for almost twenty years. He is considered the greatest player of all time. Now, beginning and intermediate players - 90% of the chess playing audience - can benefit from his wisdom. Packed with diagrams and easy-to-understand pointers showing what Kasparov was thinking and how players can apply these concepts and strategies to their own games, this great learning tool borrows from the grace and power of Kasparov's greatest games.

The English Opening, from the Flank Games group, was developed by Howard Staunton. In this opening, white avoids or delays the occupation of the centre with Pawns. Once considered a minor diversion, the English is now one of the main openings and all modern world champions have played it. One of the most famous world champions, Anatoly Karpov, brings his sharp eye and extensive experience to bear in this concise introduction to the opening. Like the previous volumes from Karpov on the Caro...

The Basics of Chess Strategy While there are many books about how to improve your chess tactics, instructive books about chess strategy, particularly for players of less than master strength, are few and far between. In the latest entry in the widely acclaimed Back to Basics Chess Series, international grandmaster and popular author Valeri Beim explains the basics of strategic concepts in chess. His topics include: - Piece Development - The Center - Principle of two weaknesses - Pawn struct...

Chess Openings Can Be Simple! Because of the sheer volume of variations, possible transpositions and ever-changing theory, chess openings can be overwhelming � even intimidating. This book is an introduction to understanding and playing chess openings. The author, Danish Master Carsten Hansen, stresses opening play based on comprehending opening principles as well as useful, fundamental knowledge. With an overview of all the most important opening variations, examples of good and bad ope...

How to become better at the chess game and to win against the chess computers of top level. This chess game e-book contains all the chess game rules with the technical and tactical considerations, and full of diagrams in order to illustrate the chess game rules; also, guess 100 checkmate tests with diagrams (5 moves or less) + 100 quick winning chess of 23 moves or less + 47 winning chess in playing the sicilian + 320 winning chess (160 with the black pieces). In order to win against the c...

Unlock the more straightforward side of The Royal Game with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Royal Game by Stefan Zweig which tackles the themes of insanity and passion, as well as the reality of the Second World War, metaphorically through a chess tournament. The story has been adapted for film and stage, as both an opera and a play. Zweig was, during his time, the most translated ...

Which side stands better? How much better? Why? Most chess players rely on loosely knit, unstructured methods to evaluate chess pieces and positions. They learn positional principles which often lead to inaccurate evaluations and faulty decisions about how to proceed. This groundbreaking book by best-selling chess author Dan Heisman addresses the evaluation and understanding of how static features affect the value of the pieces in a given position. Emphasis is placed on the static evaluation ...

How to win 809 chess against the chess computers of top level. Full description of these 809 winning chess, with the pictures of the pieces and all the chess game rules are included in this e-book of chess. Among these 809 chess, there are 381 winning chess in playing with de black pieces and 428 winning chess with the white pieces. Replay these 809 winning chess and you will understand that reality !If you have not a Kobo's reader, download epub file reader (freeware) for windows ...