Playing the French (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

Playing the French (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

The French Defense is one of the most solid and strategically rich responses to 1.e4. Many chess opening lines have been analyzed to death by computer, but the French is relatively resistant to this growing trend, as the characteristic blocked pawn centre leads to situations where a player with

Grandmaster Preparation: Attack & Defence (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

Jacob Aagaard presents the main properties of how to attack and defend in chess. By carving dynamic chess into separate areas of ability, he gives the reader a clear way to expand his understanding of this vital part of the game

Excelling at Chess (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

Some players become good at chess, some very good, while others excel at the game. In this book Jacob Aagaard identifies the key factors that separate the very strong players from the rest. In Excelling at Chess, he includes chapters on when to calculate, how to evaluate positions, how to study

Grandmaster Versus Amateur (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

A multinational array of top grandmasters explain the difference in thinking between professional and amateur chess players, and how the amateur can bridge the gap. It usually takes at least a decade of sustained effort for even the most talented player to reach the grandmaster level -- this book

Attacking Manual (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

Attacking Manuals 1 & 2 comprise the first thorough examination of the nature of dynamics in chess, and the principles explained in this book are relevant to every chess game played. In lively no-nonsense language, Aagaard explains how the best players in the world attack. The rules of attack (the

The Grunfeld (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

These books are perfect for enthusiastic chess players who are starting out in the game, and who are seeking to understand the basic principles behind these important openings: the Pirc/Modern and the Grunfeld. These 2 books are written in a user-friendly style with an abundance of notes, tips and

Excelling at Positional Chess (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

Positional chess remains a mystery to many and yet an understanding of the finer points of the game so often makes the difference between two equally matched players. Improve your positional play and you will see chess in a totally new dimension In this unique book, International Master Jacob

Dutch Stonewall (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

The Stonewall is an ideal choice for those players who are keen to avoid the reams of theory that surround more popular openings such as the Kings Indian and Nimzo-Indian Defences. With the Stonewall Black stakes an immediate claim in the centre and lays the foundations for a potentially dangerous

Excelling at Technical Chess (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

'And the rest is a matter of technique' is an annoyingly common phrase used in chess literature. The implication from the author is that the task of converting a typically winning position into a full point or converting a drawing position into half-a-point is relatively straightforward. However,

Excelling at Chess Calculation (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

There are many differing opinions among the top players in the world of chess, but there is one thing upon which World Champions, Grandmasters, and other experts all agree: the art of chess calculation is the absolute key to the success of a player. Master this discipline and chess players can

Excelling at Chess Volume 1. Technical and Positional (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

Brought together in one volume are two of Jacob Aagaard's great books- Excelling at Technical Chess and Excelling at Positional Chess. 'And the rest is a matter of technique' is an annoyingly common phrase used in chess literature. The implication from the author is that the task of converting a

Grandmaster Repertoire 10: The Tarrasch Defence (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

The Tarrasch Defense arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3. c3 c5 and leads to wildly complex and dynamic play. With deep analysis and countless novelties, Ntirlis and Aagaard have revived the coolest classical chess opening for use by grandmasters and amateurs in the 21st century. - Expert guidance on an

Grandmaster Preparation: Positional Play (Aagaard Jacob)(Paperback)

Have there been times during a game when you have tried to calculate like mad, but can find no rhyme or reason to your lines? Have you ever felt that the computer's suggestions in your post-mortem analysis make no sense to you? Ever felt like the man with a hammer, suspecting that the world may not

Edexcel A Level French Grammar Practice Book (Jacob Servane)(Paperback / softback)

Complete month-by-month revision programme for AS and

Erebos (Poznanski Ursula)(Paperback / softback)

Are you playing the game ... or is the game playing

The Letters of Jacob Burckhardt (Burckhardt Jacob)(Paperback)

As a rule, an author's correspondence possesses only a secondary interest, but Jacob Burckhardt's letters are of primary interest to students of history because of the nature of the man and of his major writings. Judgments on History and Historians, for example, consists not of Burckhardt's own

Playing the Palace (Rudnick Paul)(Paperback)

The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy (Burckhardt Jacob)(Paperback)

For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world in which flourishing individualism and the competition for fame radically transformed science, the arts, and politics. In this landmark work he depicts

The Greeks and Greek Civilization (Burckhardt Jacob)(Paperback)

In 1872, Jacob Burckhardt, one of the preeminent historians of classical and Renaissance culture, presented this revolutionary work, which portrays ancient Greek culture as an aristocratic world based on a ruthless competition for honor, a competition that led, in turn, to a tyranous state with

Playing Dirty (Black Helen)(Paperback)

Playing Dirty is the third book in the Liberty Chapman series about a high flying lawyer with a murky past, perfect for fans of Martina Cole and Roberta Kray. 'Gripping and gritty, this book will keep you hooked from the first page to the last' Roberta Kray'The Leeds setting is every bit as gritty

On Playing the Flute (Quantz Johann Joachim)(Paperback / softback)

Johann Joachim Quantz's On Playing the Flute has long been recognized as one of the primary sources of information about eighteenth-century performance

Stability Ball Exercises (Aagaard Marina)(Paperback)

The most comprehensive compilation of stability ball exercises available. Over 450 exercises with the stability ball, also know as the Swiss ball or strength ball. Plus even more variations. Efficient one-on-one, partner and group exercises at all levels, for beginners, intermediate and advanced

Grimm's Fairy Tales (Grimm Jacob)(Paperback)

Early in the nineteenth century, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm compiled a collection of stories to preserve the folklore of their native Germany. Forty-three of them -- fairy tales, some deliciously dark, that have bewitched readers for generations -- are gathered here. Translated into more than 150

How the Other Half Lives (Riis Jacob)(Paperback)

Jacob Riis was one of the very few men who photographed the slums of New York at the turn of the twentieth century, when as many as 300,000 people per square mile were crowded into the tenements of New York's Lower East Side. The filth and degradation made the area a hell for the immigrants forced