Board Games category: 898 books
Chess Secrets: Great Chess Romantics
Learn from Anderssen, Chigorin, Réti, Larsen and Morozevich
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess, such as strategy, attack, defence, opening play, endgames, off-board preparation and mental attitude. In each book the author studies a number of great players who have excelled in such aspects of...
by Frank Erwich
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2016
This training book can help you warm up your chess brain before every game of a classic chess tournament. This collection has enough exercises for ten games: 5 x 10 exercises for White and 5 x 10 for Black. We advise you to prepare for each game with a series of ten exercises. It will take you 20 to...
How To Play Warri
The Caribbean Oware Mancala Game
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2017
Played wordwide, Oware is an international favorite game to play on a Mancala board. This guide to Oware (aka Warri, Ayo, or Aualé) is a comprehensive look at the game. It explores:
the rules; including international variation,
opening moves,
strategies and counting tactics, and
end-game analysis.
The...
Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part 3
1993-2005
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov: Part III is the final volume in a major three-volume series made unique by the fact that it records the greatest chess battles played by the greatest chessplayer of all-time.Kasparov's series of historical volumes have received great critical and public acclaim...
Chess Training for Post-beginners
A Basic Course in Positional Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2014
After you have learned the rules of chess and developed some tactical abilities, how do you go from there? You are now ready to tackle basic issues of strategy, but what is the best way to improve and win more games?Of course, you have to train. But chess training only makes sense if it fits...
A Chess Opening Repertoire for Blitz & Rapid
Sharp, Surprising and Forcing Lines for Black and White
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
In modern chess, faster time controls have become more important than ever. Every day, countless numbers of rated blitz and rapid games are being played in online and over-the-board competitions and championships.
In blitz chess it is important to make the right decisions quickly and almost...
by Craig Pritchett
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
The English is a sophisticated opening which is very popular at all levels of chess: from up-and-coming players to World Champions such as Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik. It has many attractions, including flexibility and diversity: White can play either aggressively or quietly, and positions...
by Eric Schiller
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Based on the powerful Caro-Kann, a favorite weapon of great players, youll learn how to come right out of the gate and defend against 1.d4, the most popular first move in chess. This is a great beginners book because readers need to learn just one strong opening system, and it can be used to combat all...
by Trevor Leggett
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Master the game of Japanese Chess-or shogi with this easy to follow shogi guide.
The game of shogi is a chess-like game of strategy long played in Japan. This book is the ultimate strategy guide on shogi for beginners and experienced players alike. The step-by-step instructions an easy to follow...
A History of Chess
From Chaturanga to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Chess: An Historical Perspective Chess � the �Royal Game†� is an ancient board game, perhaps fifteen hundred years old. There are many legends about how chess came to be. Most of them are folk tales and are far from reality. Arguably more books have been written about chess than...
How To Play Chess
A Beginner's Guide to Learning the Chess Game, Pieces, Board, Rules, & Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2017
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When you read How to Play Chess, you’ll discover a fascinating world of the mind!
This comprehensive and lengthy book explains how all the chess pieces move in simple, easy-to-understand language....
by Phillip Duke
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This book on Chess presents and explains all the most important subjects of Chess Theory, and by most important I mean most fundamental regarding Chess knowledge, and most helpful while playing Chess. Chess knowledge is Chess power, and knowledge of Chess theory wins Chess games. Subjects...
by Bill Robertie
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The world's best backgammon player (and two-time champion) provides easy-to-understand advice on the basics of playing and winning at backgammon. Ten fast-reading chapters show the basics of setting up a board, how to move, the opening strategies and replies, middle and end game tactics, basic probabilities,...
Go Fundamentals
Everything You Need to Know to Play and Win Asian's Most Popular Game of Martial Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Go Fundamentals is the easy-to-follow guidebook explaining the fundamental principles of the ancient Asian game of Go, the oldest game in the world.
Go is a game played by two contestants. The game is played with black and white "stones" on a checkered board. The players are usually...