Chess category: 725 books
Great Moves
Learning Chess Through History
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
What’s the best way to learn chess? Great Moves: Learning Chess Through History blends the intricacies of chess play with the game’s compelling and colorful history, putting real people at the 64 squares.Tracing the development of chess from its origins in ancient India, the authors take the student...
by Emanuel Lasker
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Emanuel Lasker was probably the greatest chess player of modern times. Certainly no man has ever held the world championship longer — 28 years — or kept his powers so long. In his sixties, Lasker began what amounted to a fresh career in chess by playing his first serious game in ten years, and...
by Graham Burgess, John Emms, John Nunn
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010
The 125 greatest chess games of all time, selected, analysed, re-evaluated and explained by a team of British experts and illustrated with over 1,000 chess diagrams. Join the authors in studying these games, the cream of two centuries of international chess, and develop your own chess-playing skills...
Idiot's Guides: Chess, 3rd Edition
Idiot-Proof Instructions for Learning the Rules of This Classic Game of Kings
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2005
Written by a U.S. Chess Champion, International Chess Grandmaster, and longtime instructor, this book includes information for both novice and expert, including over 400 illustrated chessboards and photos; over 20 pages of detailed answer key notes; a completely new chapter on new evidence about chess...
by J. Schmidt
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Chess Openings by Example - Scandinavian Defense, is a collection of notable chess games - carefully selected and edited - complete with lots of chess diagrams so as to follow every game step-by-step. All games are accompanied with the standard algebraic notation, along with position evaluations following...
by J. Schmidt
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Chess Openings by Example - English Opening, is a collection of notable chess games - carefully selected and edited - complete with lots of chess diagrams so as to follow every game step-by-step. All games are accompanied with the standard algebraic notation, along with position evaluations following...
Tactics in the Chess Opening 3
French Defence and other half-open games
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
TACTICS, TRICKS AND TRAPS! For casual players and club players.
Every chess player loves to win early in the game with a deadly combination or a cunning trap. On the other hand, nobody wants to be tricked by his opponent before the game has really started.
The chess opening is a minefield....
My System & Chess Praxis
His Landmark Classics in One Edition
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2016
In My System, he expounded his theories of prophylaxis, blockade and much more, while providing ground-breaking insights in pawn structures. In the sequel Chess Praxis, Nimzowitsch demonstrated how he had successfully tested his theories in his games.
Without reading Nimzowitsch your chess education...
by Cyrus Lakdawala
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Jose Raul Capablanca is a chess legend, world champion and quite simply one of the greatest players in the history of the game. His achievements and seemingly effortless style of play won many admirers, and his legacy includes a treasure of instructive games. Studying Capablancas play is a must for...
The Process of Decision Making in Chess
Volume 2 - Goals and Plans
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Long-awaited, the second volume of "The Process of Decision Making in Chess" acts as a natural yet independent sequel. It teaches a very practical and applicable approach to decision making in chess - for you who have already read volume 1, it will serve as a guide for the practical application of the...
Power Chess for Kids
Learn How to Think Ahead and Become One of the Best Players in Your School
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
A power move, explains experienced chess teacher Charles Hertan, is a winning master tactic that requires thinking ahead. To become one of the best chess players in your school you need to be able to think just 1,5 moves ahead, and this book teaches the four basic tricks do so. You will learn how...
by Johan Hellsten
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Grandmaster Johan Hellsten is convinced that mastering chess strategy - just like chess tactics - requires practice, practice and yet more practice!This outstanding book is a product of his many years' work as a full-time chess teacher, and is specifically designed as part of a structured training...
My First Chess Opening Repertoire for Black
A Ready-to-go Package for Ambitious Beginners
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2017
Every chess player needs to decide which openings he or she is going to play. But where do you start? The risk of drowning in the turbulent sea of chess opening theory is only too real for beginning amateurs.Often your goals and ambitions will be misguided. If you are trying to win in 20 moves, copy...
by J. Schmidt
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2016
Chess Openings by Example - Nimzo-Indian, is a collection of notable chess games - carefully selected and edited - complete with lots of chess diagrams so as to follow every game step-by-step. All games are accompanied with the standard algebraic notation, along with position evaluations following...