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In Chess Yearbook 66 £15 / $22.50 New In Chess Yearbooks have become an important addition to any aspiring chess players book shelves, and so we always look forward to the latest offering. The sixty-sixth edition sees all of the usual features - Sosonko's Corner, the New In Chess Forum, Book reviews by Glenn Flear - as well as 36 detailed surveys on openings including the Sicilian Najdorf, Caro-Kann Advance, French Winawer, Nizmo and Kings Indians. |
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Winning Chess Yasser Seirawan £12.99 / $14.95 'When most people learn to play chess, they usually memorise the movements of the pieces and then spend years pummelling away at each other with little rhyme and even less reason. Though I will show you how each piece leaps around, what it likes to do on holidays, the real purpose of this book is to teach you to understand the four major principles of my Seirawan method: force, time, space and pawn structure. Each is easy to understand and each is a weapon that will enable you to defeat most anyone you challenge to a game' - Y.Seirawan 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 hints. |
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Winning
Chess Strategies Yasser Seirawan £14.99 / $19.95 A complete overview of proven chess principles that teaches you how to deploy your pieces using the right moves at the right time to build small advantages into effective, long-range strategies. |
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Winning
Chess Tactics Yasser Seirawan £14.99 / $19.95 The essential guide to the use of tactics, the hand-to-hand fighting that takes advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush an opponent and change the course of a game in a single move. |
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Shirov's
One Hundred Wins Sergei Soloviov. New Chess Stars £17.99/$26.95 The style of Alexei Shirov can be called a "professional chess romanticism". It is the style of a player who believes in his fortunate star, in the triumph of his ideas and principles, of a player who is always ready to launch a challenge against logic on the board. Features interviews, photos & well annotated games. |
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Chinese
School of Chess Liu Wenzhe £ 16.99/$25.95 This important work reveals the unique approach, training methods and secrets of the Chinese School of Chess. Based on the 'Art of Thinking', it has given Chinese players a distinct style from their western counterparts and helped them become major players on the world chess scene. |
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2010:
Chess Oddities Alex Dunne £ 14.95/$18.95 Journey into the weirder side of chess with maestro Alex Dunne. Instructive games and quick crushes are brought together with unusual facts and bizarrities. |
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Play
the Classical Dutch Simon Williams £12.99/$18.95 In this book, one of the most enthusiastic adherents of the Classical Dutch explains the workings of his favourite opening, and provides Black with a complete repertoire against 1 d4. Few opponents will be ready to take on the Classical Dutch, since it has received little attention in chess literature in recent decades. Simon Williams shows how Black can obtain counter-chances against each of White's main options. He also provides recommendations against all of White's alternative approaches against the Dutch, including a variety of sharp possibilities after 1 d4 f5. |
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How
to Build Your Chess Opening Repertoire Steve Giddins £13.99/$19.95 In this book, the first to focus on these issues, Steve Giddins provides common-sense guidance on one of the perennial problems facing chess-players. He tackles questions such as: whether to play main lines, offbeat openings or 'universal' systems; how to avoid being 'move-ordered'; how to use computers; if and when to depart from or change your repertoire. Giddins argues that from novice to grandmaster, a player's basic task when choosing a repertoire is the same: he needs to select openings that suit his playing style and that he can play with confidence. The repertoire should not require more memory work and study than he is capable of, or has time for. The book is rounded off with a look at the use of 'role models' and an investigation of the repertoires of leading players past and present. |
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Kings
Indian and Grunfeld: Fianchetto Lines Lasha Janjgava £14.99/$19.99 By calmly fianchettoing his king's bishop in reply to the King's Indian and Grünfeld, White seeks to draw the sting from these dynamic defences and exert positional pressure throughout the middlegame. By refusing to create a massive pawn-centre, he offers Black no target for counterplay. Some of the lines become very sharp, especially if Black makes an all-out attempt to generate counterplay and provokes White into hand-to-hand fighting. These lines in particular call for accurate, detailed analysis, and Janjgava provides this in abundance. |
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Walter
Penn Shipley John S. Hilbert £34.95/$45 Walter Penn Shipley stands, along with Herman Helms and very few others, as one of the most important men in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century chess development in the United States. A talented player, and a very respected member of the chess fraternity, Shipley ranks high among those who have given all they could to the game. |
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Curse
of Kirsan Sarah Hurst £14.95/$19.95 Chess can be an obsession that takes over your life, whether you are a wood-pushing novice or a superstar grandmaster. British journalist Sarah Hurst was infected with chess fever at the age of 20 and spent seven years exploring the mysterious world of the amateur and professional player. In pursuit of interviews she slid down an icy hill in Hastings to catch a Chinese women’s world champion, chased Garry Kasparov around London, chatted cheerfully with a manic depressive in Budapest, and roamed the Russian steppe with Kalmyk Buddhists. Read about some of the dark sides to chess as Hurst perceives it, and enjoy some thoroughly entertaining chess writing. |
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Colle
Plays the Colle System Adam Harvey £11.95/$14.95 This book contains 116 games played by Eduard Colle in which he used the Colle System, or variations deviating from the opening in an attempt to avoid the Colle. The games are arranged so that it can be utilised as an opening study manual. Many brilliancies are included, as well as games where Colle was not at his best, useful to students wishing examples of good and bad play in the variation. |
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Modern
Endgame Practice Beliavsky & Mikhalchishin £14.99/$19.95 The quality of endgame play by chess players has deteriorated in recent years - as faster time limits and a general neglect of serious study takes its toll. By identifying mistakes made by grandmasters in tournament play, the authors show players - at all levels - the need for correct technique. Included in this practical guide to endgame play are chapters on: * realising an advantage * shameful mistakes * clever drawing devices * the difficulties of defence * bishop against knight * the connection of the opening and the endgame * the role of computers A very thorough book which is guaranteed to improve the readers technique in this tricky area of the game. |
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New
York 1940 Hilbert £25.99/$37 Another thoroughly researched book from Caissa Editions, Hilbert covers the 1940 US Chess Championships. The first Championship to be held under the auspices of the United States Chess Federation, the book details not only the finals of the Mens and Womens Championships, but also the preliminary events. Intriguing for chess players, but also insightful for those who don't play and merely want to gain an insight into the players and events involved in what is now simply known as New York 1940. |
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In Chess Yearbook 65 £15/$22.50 Another yearbook sees a fine selection of games and openings commented on by some of the world's leading chess players. Anand, Kramnik, Leko, Dautov and Z. Almasi are amongst this issue's contributors. Peter Leko finds new resources in the Sveshnikov Sicilian, Alexander Beliavsky dusts off some old Slav lines, and there are all the usual columns such as 'Forum' and 'Sosonko's Corner'. |
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Silver
Queen Maria Ivanka £16.99/$21.95 Maria Ivanka is considered to be one of the finest female players to have graced the chess scene. Born in Hungary (a country which has a fine pedigree in women's chess) Ivanka's career was a highly successful one. Representing her country at Olympiads, winning the Hungarian Championship nine times, and qualifying for six Interzonals show her achievements at the board. In this open and honest set of memoirs, you can learn not only of these successes, but also about her life away from the board. Highly recommended. |
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Starting
Out: The French Byron Jacobs £12.99/$16.95 The French is one of Black's soundest defences to 1 e4 and is very popular at all levels of chess. Club players enjoy it's super solid structure, while at the top adherents include famous grandmasters such as Anand and Morozevich. In this user-friendly book, IM Byron Jacobs examines the basic principles behind the French and its numerous variations. |
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The
Critical Moment Iossif Dorfman £12.99/$19.90 In his popular first book 'The Method in Chess', Dorfman introduced to the reader a small but complete set of criteria that are essential in properly evaluating positions. In 'The Critical Moment' he puts his theories to the test in the most demanding of position: the critical turning points in games, where decisions can not be delayed and games won or lost. |
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Ideas
Behind the Modern Chess Openings Gary Lane £14.99/$19.95 A repertoire of easy to learn openings based on 1 d4. There's no need to spend hours worrying about the latest moves because all of these openings are sound lines with a modern twist, making them ideal low-maintenance weapons. Recommended lines include the Barry Attack, the London System and even the Englund Gambit. |
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Informator
85 £20.95/$32 Chess Informant 85 brings together a thoroughly refined selection of 492 annotated games and 471 game fragments from the events held between June 1st, 2002 and September 30st, 2002 along with the trademark sections. The following events are covered: Moscow (rapid), Malmö, Batumi, León (advanced chess), Dutch Championships, Paris (rapid), Belfort, Kaskády, Qingdao, Esbjerg, Dortmund, J. Timman - A. Naiditsch (match), China - USA, Biel, R. Ponomariov - Anand (rapid-match), French Championships, San Francisco, Schweiz - Deutschland, Russia - Rest of the World (rapid), Kallithea, etc. As usual, contributors are the world's best players: G. Kasparov, Anand, M. Adams, Lékó, R. Ponomariov, Bareev, Ivanchuk and many others. |
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Informator
85 £20.95/$32 Chess Informant 85 brings together a thoroughly refined selection of 492 annotated games and 471 game fragments from the events held between June 1st, 2002 and September 30st, 2002 along with the trademark sections. The following events are covered: Moscow (rapid), Malmö, Batumi, León (advanced chess), Dutch Championships, Paris (rapid), Belfort, Kaskády, Qingdao, Esbjerg, Dortmund, J. Timman - A. Naiditsch (match), China - USA, Biel, R. Ponomariov - Anand (rapid-match), French Championships, San Francisco, Schweiz - Deutschland, Russia - Rest of the World (rapid), Kallithea, etc. As usual, contributors are the world's best players: G. Kasparov, Anand, M. Adams, Lékó, R. Ponomariov, Bareev, Ivanchuk and many others. |
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Understanding the Leningrad Dutch Valeri Beim £14.99/$21.95 The Leningrad System of the Dutch is an interesting hybrid of the Dutch and the Kings Indian. For many years, it was viewed with some suspicion in view of the slight positional weaknesses created in Black's position. However in the 1980s dynamic new approaches were introduced by such players as Sergei Dolmatov, Evgeny Bareev, Mikhail Gurevich and especially Vladimir Malaniuk. A good understanding of the themes of the Leningrad is at the least as important as detailed knowledge of its theory. Beim has a wealth of experience with the Leningrad Dutch is an accomplished trainer, so is ideally qualified to guide the reader through the twists and turns of this remarkable opening. |
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The Cambridge Springs Krzysztof Panczyk & Jacek Ilczuk £13.99/$18.95 The Cambridge Springs is a popular defence to the Queen's Gambit that takes its name from the famous tournament in 1904 during which it was tested in a number of games. Since then it has become firmly established as a club-player's favourite, since Black sets a number of traps and can generate a very quick initiative if White fails to respond precisely. Several world champions have used the Cambridge Springs, most notably Alekhine and Smyslov, while Kasparov has played it on occasion, including a sensationally quick victory over Karpov in 1985. It currently has a good theoretical reputation and is frequently played at grandmaster level. |
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Bobby Fischer: From Genius to Chess Legend Eduard Gufeld £15.99 To many Bobby Fischer is the name of chess. Remembered for his epic match in 1972 with Soviet World Champion Boris Spassky at a time where the Cold War was at it's height, the American has always been for many chess' great enigma. In this book from Gufeld, who was assisted by the likes of GM Wolfgang Unzicker, the games, traits, and personality of Fischer are examined, with some interesting conclusions. It's lucid reading style makes this an enjoyable way to acquaint yourself with one of the all time greats. |
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Multiple Choice Chess 2 Graeme Buckley £14.99/$19.95 Using instructive chess games, International Master Graeme Buckley repeatedly poses the question 'what would you do here?' The reader is invited to step into the Grandmaster's shoes, work out all the relevant plans and tactics, and select one of the four possible choices. A scoring system has been devised which can assess your playing strength according to the answers that you give. |
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Taming the Sicilian Nigel Davies £14.99/$19.95 The Sicilian Defence is Black's most ambitious and popular defence to 1 e4. Finding a suitable weapon against it has taxed many a player's brain. Should White play the main lines and attempt to find a profitable route through the labyrinth of theory, or instead head for the more tranquil waters of the various Anti-Sicilians on offer? Grandmaster Nigel Davies, in this refreshing book on what has become of difficult choice for many a White player, proposes the answer lies somewhere in between. Advocating a system of taking the Open Sicilian head-on, but then fianchettoing the king's bishop, Davies provides us with an easy-to-use system for White which can renew our confidence after 1 e4 c5. |
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Batsford Chess Puzzles Leonard Barden £14.99/$19.95 For nearly half a century Leonard Barden has delighted readers of his newspaper columns with his chess puzzles, taken from both world of chess composition and practical play. Here he presents the best of these - 300 brain teasers designed for all levels of player and classified under such themes as Novice Corner, Knockouts in one, Checkmates in two, Practical Opening tips, Learn from the Champions and more. |
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Die Katalanische Eroffnung (The Catalan Opening) Raetsky/Tschetwerik £13.99/$18.95 A new 208 page German language book on the Catalan (characterised by d4, c4, Nf3, g3 & Bg2). For those who can read German, this is a gem of a book, with some of the most comprehensive analysis on the Catalan. Even if your German is non-existant, the analysis and games themselves are simple to follow, still making this book a useful addition to your chess library. |
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Die Tschigorin Verteidigung (The Chigorin Defence) Valeri Bronznik £15.99/$24.95 In depth German language book on the Chigorin ( 1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6), a favourite of the adventurous Alexander Morozevich. With over 300 pages of analysis, this is the most complete review of this opening to date. |
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I Play Against Pieces Svetozar Gligoric £15.99/$23.95 Yugoslav grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric, once rated the strongest European chess player outisde Russia, has pursued a long and distinguished chess career. This highly acclaimed collection of 130 of his best games, including classic wins against world champions and other top players such as Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Fischer, Keres, Korchnoi, Larsen and Najdorf, now appears for the first time in English. |
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Chess Billiancy Lakov Damsky £16.99/$21.95 What do we understand by brilliancy in chess? The author delves back into history to examine how this concept has developed, before presenting a dazzling array of brilliant games from the past few decades - the prize-winners as selected by grandmaster panels for each issue of the Yugoslav Chess Informator between 1968 and 1998, all of which have been subjected to a critical, computer-based analysis. |
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The Nimzo-Indian: 4 e3 Carsten Hansen £16.99/$23.95 Ever since Nimzowitsch introduced his flexible, dynamic defence to the queen's pawn, debate has raged over White's best reply. Many variations have been in and out of fashion, but one line in particular has proved an enduring weapon - the sound and solid 4 e3 line, known as the Rubinstein Variation. The 4 e3 Nimzo is extraordinarily rich in strategy. All manner of different central pawn-structures can arise, such as the blocked centre characteristic of the Hübner Variation and a variety of IQP positions. Moreover, in some lines the central tension persists well into the middlegame. The 4 e3 Nimzo provides a stern test of both players' understanding of chess, and so is an ideal choice for those who are looking to win as either colour. |
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An Opening Repertoire for White according to Kramnik
- Volume 5 Alexander Khalifman £14.99/$22.95 The fifth and final book in this popular series lays out a repertoire against the Queens Gambit Declined. Differing from the other four books in that it only deals with one opening, the amount of material on offer is still staggering, reflecting the popularity of the Queens Gambit Declined throughout the years. With extensive analysis of critical lines by former FIDE Champion GM Alexander Khalifman, this is sure to be another useful addition to any book collection. |
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Concise Chess Openings Neil McDonald £11.99/$15.95 Learning new chess openings can be an arduous task, even for seasoned players, never mind those with less experience. Finding the right openings to suit your style can be a very time-consuming task. In Concise Chess Openings, Grandmaster Neil McDonald provides the reader with a reliable and up-to-date reference work. On every single opening the reader is likely to face, there's enough information to play the variations with confidence, but not too much so as to drown the reader with waves of theory. |
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New in Chess Yearbook 64 £15/$22.50 The chess players guide to opening news, NIC 64 sees the usual high quality analysis on a wide selection of topical opening lines. Contributors include Kramnik, Shirov, Ponomariov, Kasparov, Timman and Grischuk. The essential reference to ensure you are on the cutting edge of current theory. |
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Behind Deep Blue Feng-Hsiung Hsu £19.95/$27.95 Feng-hsiung Hsu, who masterminded Kasparov's match play defeat by a computer, tells his story. A nerdy book might be expected, delving into arcane topics (computer chip design, programming, chess), but instead we have something more like "Indiana Jones and the Holy Grail". No specialist knowledge is demanded. The author's adventures with phantom queens, etc. are fascinating. His will-to-win matched that of the legendary Kasparov. |
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Learn From Your Chess Mistakes Chris Baker £14.99/$22.95 Most players want to put the experience of defeat behind them as quickly as possible, but there is no better way to improve your game than by analysing you lost games to find out what went wrong, ensuring that you don't make the same mistake again. |
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The Complete Sveshnikov Sicilian Yuri Yakovich £15.99/£22.95 The Sveshnikov Sicilian is one of the most uncompromising lines of the Sicilian Defence. Black accepts an apparently loose pawn-structure in return for a great deal of piece activity. Decades of experience have shown that it is far from easy for White to neutralise Black's active play, and the Sveshnikov is now firmly established as a favourite weapon for players who wish to win games as Black. |
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Sicilian Kan John Emms £14.99/$19.95 The Sicilian Kan is one of the most flexible and easy to play variations of the entire Sicilian complex. In contrast to opening monsters such as the infamous Dragon and Najdorf Variations, Black players are not forced to memorise massive chunks of opening theory. Success in the Sicilian Kan is more dependent on uunderstanding certain principles and a system of development. Another point in its favour is that even more experienced white players are flummoxed by Black's elastic approach. Recently the Kan has received a seal of approval, with both Kasparov and Kramnik employing it in the last couple of years. |
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Classical Dutch Jan Pinski £14.99/$19.95 The Classical Dutch is an ambitious and underrated defence to queen’s pawn openings. With his first few moves Black creates an asymmetrical pawn structure which unbalances the position from a very early stage, allowing both white and black players to fight for the initiative. Now, for the first time in recent history, International Master Jan Pinski delves into the secrets of the Classical Dutch, studying both the positional motives and tactical nuances for both sides. Pinski deals with the theoretical main lines as well as the crafty side variations, updating the reader on all the new important wrinkles. |
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Understanding the Sacrifice Angus Dunnington £14.99/$19.95 Every chess player adores the thrill of the sacrifice, whether this part of a checkmating attack, a defensive measure or simply an attempt to confuse the opponent. But every sacrifice has a time and a place, and a correct use of sacrifices is a skill possessed by only a precious few. Now you can add yourself to that list! In this ground-breaking book, Angus Dunnington acquaints the reader with key aspects of all kinds of chess sacrifices, including the queen sacrifice, sacrifices in the endgames and the psychology attached to the sacrifce. Read this book and sacrifice with confidence. |
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Starting Out: Queen's Gambit John Shaw £12.99/$16.95 The Queen's Gambit Declined is one of the most popular and fundamental chess openings of all time and has been the battleground for countless world-class encounters throughout the history of chess. In this easy to read book IM John Shaw revisits the basic principles behind the Queen's Gambit and it's many variations. Ideal for people wanting to include the Queens Gambit in their repertoire, or for those who want to brush up on what they already play. |
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Starting Out: Caro - Kann Joe Gallagher £12.99/$16.95 The Caro-Kann Defence has a well-deserved and established reputation as an incredibly solid and, at the same time, dynamic defence to 1 e4. The Caro-Kann appeals to all types of players, but is especially useful to black players who prefer a sound platform on which to build and who are resourceful in both defence and counter-attack. Star players who enjoy using the Caro-Kann include Vishy Anand, Michael Adams and the legendary Anatoly Karpov. In this easy-to-read guide, Grandmaster Joe Gallagher goes back to the basics of the Caro-Kann, studying the key principles of its many variations. Throughout the book there is an abundance of notes, tips, warnings and exercises to help the improving player, while important strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated. |
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The Steinitz Papers ed. by Kurt Landsberger £44.95/$55 Long known as one of the greatest chess masters of the nineteenth century, William Steinitz is recognized as the first world champion. More exactly (and thanks to the efforts of the author of this book) he has been officially acknowledged as the first American world chess champion. Luckily for chess scholars, many letters and postcards survive written by Steinitz and his associates, friends and foes. After years of research, numerous personal contacts with people on three continents, and unflagging efforts to acquire any and all known letters to and from Steinitz, the author here presents in their own words a remarkable account of Steinitz and his contemporaries in the chess world of over a century ago. Notable personalities that write or are written about include Lasker, Pillsbury, Zukertort, Bird, Blackburne, Janowski, Tschigorin and Winawer. |
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School of Chess Excellence Volume 3 - Strategic
Play Mark Dvoretsky £18/$25 This third volume in Mark Dvoretsky's course is devoted to questions of strategy, and is aimed at improving the reader's positional understanding. The author also examines a number of positions that lay on the boundary between the middlegame and the endgame. As in the other books of the series, he uses examples from his own games and those of this pupils, together with original analyses of episodes from other player's games. |
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