Play Winning Chess (Seirawan Yasser)(Paperback)

Play Winning Chess (Seirawan Yasser)(Paperback)

Play Winning Chess is an introduction to the moves, strategies and philosophy of chess, with clear explanations of the games, fundamental and instructive examples, question-and-answer sections, sample games and psychological

Winning Chess Combinations (Seirawan Yasser)(Paperback)

Combinations are the central element in chess; they make the game so magical and captivating. The beautiful point of sacrificing a queen, the strongest piece, in order to checkmate with a lowly pawn brings a smile of joy to all chess lovers. Virtually all chess games possess a combination, either

Endings (Seirawan Yasser)(Paperback)

Winning Chess Endings teaches endgame strategies in an exciting new way--by putting the player in the middle of the action with firsthand stories taken directly from famous matches. Pull up a chair and watch the world's most exciting chess endings. Then become an endgame master Winning Chess

Winning Chess Tactics, revised edition (Seirawan Yasser)(Paperback)

Learn sure-fire tactics and combinations from one of the worlds top chess players. Attack? Defend? Swap pieces? Tactics are the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush your opponent and quite possiblychange the course of a game in a single move. Why

Winning Chess Strategies, revised edition (Seirawan Yasser)(Paperback)

Readers will gain the advantage over their opponents with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the world's top chess players! Strategy--it's the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his considerable experience in tournament play, International Grandmaster

Brilliancies (Seirawan Yasser)(Paperback)

This book by International Grand Master Yasser Seirawan provides a move-by-move account of the best chess games of the last 25 years, played by the world's foremost chess competitors. With an authoritative voice that is by turns poetic and analytical, Seirawan serves as host of a fascinating

Openings (Seirawan Yasser)(Paperback)

Start every game with confidence! The two greatest challenges for beginning chess players are not only to survive the openings phase, but also to choose appropriate attack and defense formations in the process. Winning Chess Openings shows you how to do both. In Yasser Seirawan's entertaining,

My System: Winning Chess Strategies (Nimzowitsch Aron)(Paperback)

Nimzowitschs ideas about how to play better chess have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. It is commonly agreed that almost every chess master in the world has studied Nimzowitschs

Winning Chess: How to Perfect Your Attacking Play (Chernev Irving)(Paperback)

Winning Chess is a classic, beloved for more than 40 years. This updated edition, now in algebraic format, remains as lively, conversational, and appealing as ever. Written by two extremely popular chess authors, it's aimed at advanced beginners and intermediates eager to take their game to a new

1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations (Reinfeld Fred)(Paperback)

Enhance Your Tactical Weapons 1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combination is the companion volume to Reinfeld's 1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate. Of course each book can be taken on its own, but together they make a wonderful collection, and cover the full range of tactical chess. And they are

Chess Rules of Thumb (Alburt Lev)(Paperback)

Chess Rules of Thumb gives you the winning principles of chess in clear, short statements. Three-time US Champion Lev Alburt and World Chess Hall of Fame Curator Al Lawrence have put together three centuries of insights from the masters. Fun to browse or to read from cover-to-cover, it's a book

Chess Openings for White, Explained: Winning with 1.e4 (Alburt Lev)(Paperback)

Simple Checkmates (Gillam A. J.)(Paperback)

Here is the classic guide to winning chess for beginners. Recommended by chess coaches the world over, it presents a wide range of specific chess positions and asks the reader to find the next move or series of moves that lead to checkmate -- with two diagrams per page and the answers spelled out

A Guide to Chess Improvement: The Best of Novice Nook (Heisman Dan)(Paperback)

A Guide to Chess Improvement features the very best of Dan Heisman s multi-award winning chess column Novice Nook, which has run for the past ten years at the popular website ChessCafe.com. This book is full of valuable instruction, insight and practical advice on a wide range of key subjects:

Small Steps 2 Success: Mastering Passed Pawn Play (Shankland Sam)(Paperback)

Pawn play is a fundamental aspect of chess strategy, yet often neglected in chess literature. In this, his second book on pawn play, Super-GM Sam Shankland sheds light on the vital topic of Passed Pawns.Passed pawns - whether connected, lone or protected - are common occurrences in middlegames and

Chess: Problems, Play & Personalities (Martin Barry)(Paperback)

Five years of insights from the chess pages of London's KCW Today

Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player (Alburt Lev)(Paperback)

Chess strategy is the long-term planning at the heart of winning chess. Each important idea is clearly explained using games carefully chosen for their instructive clarity and power. This is the fifth but stand-alone volume of the Comprehensive Chess Course, the series that brings readers of

Chess for Dummies (Eade James)(Paperback)

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

The Complete Chess Course: From Beginning to Winning Chess (Reinfeld Fred)(Paperback)

Generations of chess players have grown up on Fred Reinfeld's books. He has a way of reducing the most intricate, complicated combinations to their basic components. After Reinfeld explains a combination, it makes sense. Reinfeld not only taught us how to play the game well, but also implanted in

Learn Chess the Right Way: Book 5: Finding Winning Moves! (Polgar Susan)(Paperback)

Right Way to Play Chess (Pritchard David)(Paperback / softback)

The perfect introduction to the game of

Chess Logic in Practice (Kislik Erik)(Paperback)

Chess-players understand that it is vital to play logically, but often lack the methods needed to do so. In this book, renowned trainer Erik Kislik presents a wide range of specific concepts that will help them succeed. These include positional techniques, thinking methods, and modes of play to

The Art of Attacking Chess (Franco Zenon)(Paperback)

All chess-players love to play a smooth attacking game, flowing from start to finish, and sprinkled with spectacular ideas and sacrifices. However, few can do so regularly, and for most players, their collection of brilliancies missed far outweighs their creative successes. Innate talent plays an

how and when to break the rules in chess (McDonald Neil)(Paperback)

How and when to break the rules in chess. Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, Play Unconventional Chess and Win by Noam A. Manellla and Zeev Zohar and Break the Rules A Modern Look at Chess Strategy by Neil McDonald, brought together in one volume. The computer has changed the way top