Chess: A Guide for the Club Player
by Julian Simpole and Julian Hardinge
Often chess literature for amateur enthusiasts is written by experts who are remote from the concerns, fears and realistic aspirations of club players. Whether they are members of physical organisations or, increasingly, subscribers to clubs of the virtual variety on the Internet, these readers need instruction which neither talks down to them, nor aims above their heads, with reams of telephone directory move print-outs. Such an audience is now numbered globally in hundreds of millions. They ar...
Das Grossmeister-Turnier New York 1924 (Bibliothek Caissa)
by Aleksander Kurt M Aljechin Richter Euwe
160 Easy Checkmates in One Move for Kids, Part 2 (Chess Puzzles for Kids)
by Andon Rangelov
The It's Just Lunch Guide to Dating in San Francisco (It's Just Lunch Guide to Dating)
by Andrea McGinty, Nancy Kirsch, and Alana Beyer
The Modern Defence is a sharp and energetic opening favoured by ambitious players who like to counterattack with Black. Right from the beginning Black plays very much in a hypermodern fashion, conceding space and allowing White to create an imposing centre. However, the idea is to later launch a counterattack to plot its downfall, with the powerful bishop fianchetto being Black's major player. When this strategy works, the Modern can be a devastating weapon. And, as the successes of world-class...
Compendio de Combinaciones de Ajedrez Para Aficionados
by Sergio Consuegra Guzman
This book portrays British chess life in the nineteenth century through biographical studies of ten players who shaped the modern game. From Captain Evans, inventor of the famous gambit, to Isidor Gunsberg, England's first challenger for the world championship, personal narratives are blended with game annotations to reassess players' achievements and character. The author has combined deep reading in primary sources with genealogical research to reveal new facts and correct previous misundersta...
