Board Games category: 898 books
Chess Openings
The Complete Reference
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Chess Openings, the Complete Reference is a complete collection of (almost) all known chess openings with their variations (2014 in total), along with a chess diagram depicting the board after the main line has been played. The purpose of this book is to serve as an all-around reference, both for...
Basic Chess Openings for Kids
Play like a Winner from Move One
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Award-winning author Charles Hertan knows what kids really need to know (and want to know) about getting their pawns and pieces ready for action.Traditional chess opening books concentrate on the variations in different openings. Charles Hertan believes that for beginners and advanced beginners memorizing...
by Dan Heisman
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2016
Safety first! Success in chess begins with asking yourself the basic question, “Is the move that I'm considering a safe one?”The question may sound simple, but answering it is not so simple. National Master and award-winning chess instructor Dan Heisman has carefully selected more than 150 theoretical...
by Adam Bennett
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2013
Go is a strategic board game for two players. Originating in ancient China, the game is popular pursuit all over Asia, and more recently the West. Many enthusiasts regard Go as not simply a game, but as an art. The equipment and method of play are simple, yet beautiful. Many describe it as an intellectual...
The Big Book of World Chess Championships
46 Title Fights - from Steinitz to Carlsen
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2016
Wilhelm Steinitz, the winner of the first official World Chess Championship in 1886, would have rubbed his eyes in disbelieve if he could have seen how popular chess is today.With millions of players all around the world, live internet transmissions of major and minor competitions, and educational programs...
Chess Openings
The Beginner's Cheatsheet
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2016
Chess Openings, the Beginner's Cheatsheet is a quick and handy reference of Chess openings - along with their variations and chess diagrams depicting the board after the main line has been played. The purpose of this book is to serve as an all-around quick reference, both for amateurs and beginners...
by Sabrina Chevannes
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
Chess is experiencing a new wave of popularity in schools, and it's educational too. Organisations like Chess in Schools are promoting it as the perfect way to develop analytical thinking skills, foster the competitive instinct and provide a lot of fun along the way. This cute, character-based book,...
by John Beasley, Timothy Whitworth
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2017
Most strong players appreciate the depth of ideas that come from chess endgame studies, and this updated and revised introduction offers players a series of fascinating scenarios. The endgame study affords both beauty and entertainment, providing the equivalent of a short story in the world of chess.
Authors...
How to Play Go: A Beginners to Expert Guide to Learn The Game of Go
An Instructional Book to Learning the Rules, Go Board, and Art of The Game
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
Discover the Fascinating Eastern Game That’s Lasted for Millennia!
What is Go?
Go is a deceptively simple two-player game, played on square boards of various sizes. According to legend, the Chinese Emperor Yau invented this game to teach his son concentration, balance, and discipline. Over time,...
by Richard Neat
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
Observations from the Kitchen is an autobiographical adventure story that unfolds upon the metaphoric battlefield of a chess board, one The Cook uses to describe his life experiences. Set within the sweatshops of gastronomic kitchens, it is a journey that takes the reader through the frenetic chaos...
Stop, Go, Murder
A Steven Crane Go Mystery
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
Stop, Go, Murder is a story about murder, the game of
Go, and the role of happenstance in shaping our lives.
Introduced here is Steven Crane, a homicide detective
who has come to see his life, including his current case,
as a deceiving game of Go — the ancient board game of
strategy, and his obsession.
...
by Jonathan Hop
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2012
Go is an ancient Chinese strategy game invented over 4,000 years ago and played by millions of people worldwide. It's a two player board game with a few simple rules. You can be up and playing with a partner in under fifteen minutes. Go has a long and rich history and now that it's reached...
Chess Pattern Recognition for Beginners
The Fundamental Guide to Spotting Key Moves in the Middlegame
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2018
One of the most effective ways to improve your chess
Pattern recognition is one of the most important mechanisms of chess improvement. It helps you to quickly grasp the essence of a position on the board and find the most promising continuation.
In his instant classics Improve Your Chess...
The Chess Endgame Study
A Comprehensive Introduction Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2016
The endgame study, like the chess problem, eliminates over-the-board competition to concentrate on an invented endgame position carefully plotted to fox, bewilder, challenge, and otherwise stimulate the solver. Unlike problems, studies do not stipulate the number of moves to the solution; they demand...