Board Games category: 898 books
Chess Progress
from beginner to winner
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
THE ideal chess book for the beginnerTHE ideal chess book for the improving playerTHE ideal chess book for the teacherAbsolute beginners can learn everything they need to know in order to play chess competitively. More experienced players will encounter deeper concepts...
Attacking Chess for Club Players
Improve Your Skills to Overpower Your Opponent
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
Every chess player loves to attack the enemy King. Your goal is clear, your thinking is concrete, your creativity is flowing and direct victory is just around the corner. Few things in life are better than successfully conducting a blistering attack on your opponent’s King!But how good are you actually...
by Donald Boone
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2013
Down through the centuries, every chess player has had personalities that became known to their opponents over time. Their abilities at the chess board might be that of a highly aggressiveness player, or it might be someone who appeared to be only a passive opponent. Still, in most cases, something...
by John Cox
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
No opening in recent times has captured the imagination of the chess public more than the Sicilian Sveshnikov. Initially popularized in the 1970s, the Sveshnikov has exploded onto the chess scene at the highest levels and is now regarded by many experts as one of Black's most promising answers to...
by Antonio Otero Estevez
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Through Superchess we sought to develop a more active and dynamic game from the opening and defense provides an aggressive style of play which makes possible a big difference in the end still difficult to engage, is composed of a combination of composition, starting and problems that makes it a unique...
One Move at a Time
How to Play and Win at Chess and Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Learn to play chess the fun and easy way while you learn what it takes to be successful in life. One Move at a Time reveals twenty proven ways to succeed at the game of kings—or at anything else you desire. It uses kid- and teen-friendly language to teach you fun, simple ways to memorize how the...
Recognizing Your Opponent's Resources
Developing Preventive Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
“Know Thy Enemy†Sun Tsu, The Art of War Understanding what your opponent is planning to do or trying to accomplish is one of the core skills required to take your game to the next level. Viktor Kortchnoi once wrote, Well, if you do not check what your opponent is doing, you will end up...
Advance Chess
: A Pre-Dawn to the Age of Superlative Bionic Robotic Intelligence Capabilities
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Reminiscing through the quiet contemplations in the corners of my mind, like the gentle meandering streams of viscous channel flow, with its ever so fluid twists, turns and churns, along the seemingly endless river banks, where the streams erode the land, I cannot help but find my true self, in an...
The Magic of Chess Tactics
A Training Book for Advanced Players
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
Chess is 99% tactics. So to be a good chess player, you have to spend a lot of your training time on tactics. Although basic tactics are explained in a number good books, complicated tactics the kind that separate tournament winners from the pack require intuition, imagination and precision. The Magic...
Princely Chess
A Chess Variation Manual
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2013
Princely Chess is a variant of the game of chess, that introduces a new piece to the game called: Prince. Inheriting a mix of the moves from his parents, the Prince can dismantle classic strategies creating a whole new dimension to the mystical board game. Created at the beginning of the millennium,...
by Edwin Turnage
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2018
This book is a guide for players learning the board game Diplomacy. The first chapter provides general guidance on sound play. Each of the following seven chapters give the player proven early strategy options for each Great Power, a list of moves, and advice you what to say to the other players in the game.
Once Upon a Game
My precarious career as a games inventor
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2013
How do you get an idea for a game? What’s involved in developing it and making an initial prototype? How important is play-testing, and whom do you involve in that process? What are the tips for writing rules? How do you go about trying to get your idea onto the marketplace? What are the important...
by David Pritchard
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012
Since its first publication in 1950, The Right Way to Play Chess has taught chess to generations of beginners, taking them to the standard expected of good club players.
It gives full details of exactly how to play the game, explains basic theory and includes many examples of play.There are...
Winning Quickly at Chess: Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 2: 1 d4 d5
Winning Quickly at Chess Series, #2
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
WIN FAST!
This book is the second book in a series of nine covering ultra-miniatures, i.e. games of 15 moves or less, played by players rated 2350 or above. In this first volume you will see both former and future world champions lose games within those parameters.
The openings cover...