Author: Siegbert Tarrasch
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486144550
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Classic introduction offers superb coverage of all aspects, especially Middle Game, combination play. Hundreds of games analyzed. Over 340 diagrams.
The Game of Chess
Author: Siegbert Tarrasch
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486144550
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Classic introduction offers superb coverage of all aspects, especially Middle Game, combination play. Hundreds of games analyzed. Over 340 diagrams.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486144550
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
Classic introduction offers superb coverage of all aspects, especially Middle Game, combination play. Hundreds of games analyzed. Over 340 diagrams.
The Mammoth Book of Chess
Author: Graham Burgess
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1472146190
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
'A terrific work that is particularly suited for those from beginner to club player' JOHN WATSON, The Week in Chess The fully revised and updated award-winning, bestselling, classic chess book by FIDE Master and chess world-record holder, Graham Burgess. Comprehensive and clear, this fully revised and updated fourth edition of Graham Burgess's bestselling chess classic is an invaluable guide to help any player progress to good club level and better. It provides a complete guide to the main chess openings along with hundreds of test positions for players at every level. This new edition includes: Expanded and updated sections on playing online chess and using computers. A complete and detailed guide to all the main chess openings. Hundreds of new training exercises for players of all standards. Courses in tactics, attacking strategy, combinations and endgames. Analysis of some of the greatest games ever played. Information and advice on club, national, and international tournaments. A comprehensive A-Z glossary of chess terminology. Practical advice and information for further study. New sections on endgame studies and problems, with all examples from 2020 or 2021.
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1472146190
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
'A terrific work that is particularly suited for those from beginner to club player' JOHN WATSON, The Week in Chess The fully revised and updated award-winning, bestselling, classic chess book by FIDE Master and chess world-record holder, Graham Burgess. Comprehensive and clear, this fully revised and updated fourth edition of Graham Burgess's bestselling chess classic is an invaluable guide to help any player progress to good club level and better. It provides a complete guide to the main chess openings along with hundreds of test positions for players at every level. This new edition includes: Expanded and updated sections on playing online chess and using computers. A complete and detailed guide to all the main chess openings. Hundreds of new training exercises for players of all standards. Courses in tactics, attacking strategy, combinations and endgames. Analysis of some of the greatest games ever played. Information and advice on club, national, and international tournaments. A comprehensive A-Z glossary of chess terminology. Practical advice and information for further study. New sections on endgame studies and problems, with all examples from 2020 or 2021.
Mastering Positional Chess
Author: Daniel Naroditsky
Publisher: New In Chess
ISBN: 9056915606
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
Mastering Positional Chess is a serious, but entertaining chess instruction book. Daniel started writing it when he realized that his lack of positional understanding was causing him to lose many games.
Publisher: New In Chess
ISBN: 9056915606
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 429
Book Description
Mastering Positional Chess is a serious, but entertaining chess instruction book. Daniel started writing it when he realized that his lack of positional understanding was causing him to lose many games.
Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces
Author: Igor Stohl
Publisher: Gambit Publications
ISBN: 9781906454081
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
62 brilliant games involving the best players in the world, with notes by one of the top annotators. Igor Stohl has selected 62 outstanding games from recent years and analysed them in painstaking depth. Here he presents his findings to chess enthusiasts, who will find the games entertaining and the annotations both instructive and illuminating. Stohl is an outstanding theoretical expert, so the opening phase of each game reads like a lesson in the key strategic aspects of the opening chosen, with a critical survey of modern trends. The middlegame is dissected and the critical decisions subjected to keen scrutiny - we are invited inside Stohl's laboratory to join him in the quest for the truth. The endgame phase, if reached, is handled with similar erudition, with insights into the grandmaster's approach to questions of technique. Following each game there is a discussion of the most important lessons to be learned. The expanded and revised new edition of this award-winning work features 12 new top-level games from the period 2000-2007 annotated in great depth - about 40% new material. There are also corrections to the existing notes and a revised Introduction.
Publisher: Gambit Publications
ISBN: 9781906454081
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
62 brilliant games involving the best players in the world, with notes by one of the top annotators. Igor Stohl has selected 62 outstanding games from recent years and analysed them in painstaking depth. Here he presents his findings to chess enthusiasts, who will find the games entertaining and the annotations both instructive and illuminating. Stohl is an outstanding theoretical expert, so the opening phase of each game reads like a lesson in the key strategic aspects of the opening chosen, with a critical survey of modern trends. The middlegame is dissected and the critical decisions subjected to keen scrutiny - we are invited inside Stohl's laboratory to join him in the quest for the truth. The endgame phase, if reached, is handled with similar erudition, with insights into the grandmaster's approach to questions of technique. Following each game there is a discussion of the most important lessons to be learned. The expanded and revised new edition of this award-winning work features 12 new top-level games from the period 2000-2007 annotated in great depth - about 40% new material. There are also corrections to the existing notes and a revised Introduction.
The Immortal Game
Author: David Shenk
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307387666
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A fresh, engaging look at how 32 carved pieces on a Chess board forever changed our understanding of war, art, science, and the human brain. Chess is the most enduring and universal game in history. Here, bestselling author David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval Europe to the dens of Benjamin Franklin and Norman Schwarzkopf. Along the way, he examines a single legendary game that took place in London in 1851 between two masters of the time, and relays his own attempts to become as skilled as his Polish ancestor Samuel Rosenthal, a nineteenth-century champion. With its blend of cultural history and Shenk’s lively personal narrative, The Immortal Game is a compelling guide for novices and aficionados alike.
Publisher: Anchor
ISBN: 0307387666
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
A fresh, engaging look at how 32 carved pieces on a Chess board forever changed our understanding of war, art, science, and the human brain. Chess is the most enduring and universal game in history. Here, bestselling author David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval Europe to the dens of Benjamin Franklin and Norman Schwarzkopf. Along the way, he examines a single legendary game that took place in London in 1851 between two masters of the time, and relays his own attempts to become as skilled as his Polish ancestor Samuel Rosenthal, a nineteenth-century champion. With its blend of cultural history and Shenk’s lively personal narrative, The Immortal Game is a compelling guide for novices and aficionados alike.
Analysis of the Game of Chess
Author: François Danican Philidor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
A History of Chess
Author: Harold James Ruthven Murray
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
The Art of Chess Analysis
Author: Jan Timman
Publisher: Everyman Chess
ISBN: 9781857441796
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Publisher: Everyman Chess
ISBN: 9781857441796
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
Analysis of the Game of Chess (Classic Reprint)
Author: A. D. Philidor
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527984721
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Excerpt from Analysis of the Game of Chess The Publisher of this edition has thought proper to attach 'to The Analysis Frank: lin's Morals of Chess. Also A Fracti cal Description of the Game, Pieces, Moves, 8m. And the terms made use of in the Game; which, together, will render this book a com plete system of instruction in this interesting, useful, and amusing game. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781527984721
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Excerpt from Analysis of the Game of Chess The Publisher of this edition has thought proper to attach 'to The Analysis Frank: lin's Morals of Chess. Also A Fracti cal Description of the Game, Pieces, Moves, 8m. And the terms made use of in the Game; which, together, will render this book a com plete system of instruction in this interesting, useful, and amusing game. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Chess Story
Author: Stefan Zweig
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590175603
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig’s final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological. Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig’s story. This new translation of Chess Story brings out the work’s unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 1590175603
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig’s final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological. Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig’s story. This new translation of Chess Story brings out the work’s unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection.