Author: Francis M. Naumann
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780980055627
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Edited by Francis M. Naumann. Text by Francis M. Naumann, Bradley Bailey, Jennifer Shahade.

Author: Ruy López
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
ISBN: 0813232813
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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The Art of the Game of Chess is the first English translation of Fr. Ruy López’s 1561 book about chess, Libro de la invención liberal y arte del juego del ajedrez. López was a priest who served as King Philip II’s confessor and royal advisor. As a connoisseur of chess, King Philip II promoted the game in his court, and it did not take long for López to become known as Spain’s and one of Europe’s greatest chess players. López is widely acclaimed as one of the most influential chess thinkers of all time whose theories of chess are an integral part of how chess is played today. Academics, including historians, linguists, sociologists, and Hispanists, as well as non-academics, especially chess enthusiasts, will appreciate this translation, which opens with a Foreword by Andrew Soltis, who is a Grandmaster and a United States Chess Hall of Fame Inductee, and includes a critical introduction and more than 275 footnotes.

Author: Samuel Reshevsky
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780812934755
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Written by a legendary grandmaster, this book is a,collection of top-level games focusing on,positional elements.

Author: Paul Keres
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486261549
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 258

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Provides information on the middle game, covering such topics as attacking the king, pawn structure, and defense.

Author: Lyudmil Tsvetkov
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781078389655
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 812

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This book contains 50 meticulously analysed games. Each and every move is annotated, with the average length of commentary reaching half a page or so per move. The book will provide you with:- detailed game analysis- enhanced pattern recognition- groundbreaking opening researchIn the ballpark of 10,000 supporting variations back the careful explanations.Add to this the history background, chess lore and abundant humour, and you get the picture.The book that will make any chess player, regardless of his rating, 500 elos stronger. Lol.

Author: Vladimir Vukovic
Publisher: Everyman Chess
ISBN: 9781857444001
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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One of the finest chess books ever written Vukovic expounds both the basic principles and the most complex forms of attack on the king. A study of this masterpiece will add new power and brilliance to any player's game.

Author: Josh Waitzkin
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0743277465
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 291

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An eight-time national chess champion and world champion martial artist shares the lessons he has learned from two very different competitive arenas, identifying key principles about learning and performance that readers can apply to their life goals. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

Author: Pimpin' Ken
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0578157136
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 219

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The Art of Human Chess: A Study Guide to Winning is a masterpiece. Its intended purpose is to teach the science of winning, giving the ordinary person on the streets and the person fresh out of college a chance to compete with the ruthless sharks in today's marketplace. This book is for those who choose to win in all walks of life. To buy it is to invest in your future and guarantee yourself an edge on your competitors, making you the ultimate human chess player.

Author: Jan Timman
Publisher: Everyman Chess
ISBN: 9781857441796
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 205

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Author: Samuel Reshevsky
Publisher: Ishi Press
ISBN: 9784871874595
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 350

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Samuel Reshevsky is the ideal person to write a book on positional play because that was exactly the way he played: positionally. Reshevsky preferred to crush his opponents slowly, like a python, rather than to win with a blaze of tactics. Reshevsky was capable of great tactics, but felt it easier and more secure just to win by the slow build-up, gaining small advantages and then waiting for the opponent to throw himself on the sword with a brash counter-attack. The disadvantage is this takes a long time and most of the games in this book are long, but that makes them more instructive. A game won by sharp tactics does not teach much, unless that exact tactic arises again. The slow build-up that Reshevsky specialized in can be repeated again and again to bring home the point every time. Reshevsky goes through positional values, such as open files, avoidance of doubled pawns, consequences of weak pawns, bad bishops, unsupported pawn chains, blockade vs. breakthrough, using minority attacks, passed pawns in the middle game and rooks behind passed pawns. In each of these cases, he uses a top level grandmaster game to illustrate it, showing how the greatest players use these motifs to win their games at the highest levels.