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Chess has a history like no other game. It literally spans all cultural, national and political boundaries. During the height of the cold war, there was no disagreement between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.A about chess. It was a great game.
Chess developed from the realm of kings and was a metaphor for war. The game started in India some 2500 years ago, traveled across Asia and into all parts of Europe, then sailed to the new world, where it kept...
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Le système de Londres est un système d'ouverture qui a gagné une popularité notable aussi bien parmi les grands maîtres que parmi les joueurs amateurs ces dernières années. Il existe plusieurs raisons principales à cette situation. La plus importante est probablement que, avec le soutien des programmes informatiques, la théorie des ouvertures est aujourd'hui incroyablement profonde, et les joueurs cherchent des moyens d'échapper à de longues...
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Cómo ganar al ajedrez te enseña todo lo que necesitas saber sobre el juego, incluidos los movimientos y estrategias más importantes para empezar con fuerza y seguir pensando varios pasos por delante.
Con el humor y el estilo característicos de Rozman-que le han hecho famoso entre millones de aficionados-, la primera parte de esta guía única introduce a los jugadores principiantes (0-800 ELO) en las cuatro áreas clave a tener en cuenta al jugar...
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Chess players! Are you having trouble facing 1.e4? Is your Spanish too sticky and your Sicilian too sickly? Wrongfoot White with the Nimzowitsch Defence. Correspondence Chess Master and experienced author Marek Soszynski analyses 1.e4 Nc6 in detail, including sidelines and novelties, to give you a complete deviant repertoire against White's most popular first move.
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Sammy Reshevsky was a child prodigy who became a World Chess Championship contender. In this book, Correspondence Chess Master Marek Soszynski discusses Reshevsky's playing style, annotates 20 of his games (9 of them not in Gordon's Compendium) and adds contemporary newspaper accounts and other reports to give a full and frank picture of the ruthless American Grandmaster.
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Chess would consecrate a match to select its best player called the World Chess Championship. It would begin with Steinitz and last for ages down to the present time. Here in this book, we will discuss this epic title, its match, and also the grandmaster star Fabiano Caruana. Here we will explore chess for the meaning of its best player, highest title, and greatest institution to the grandeur of the game.
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Ready to catch your chess opponents off guard and leave them hopping for the right moves? Discover the ribbiting 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4 Bullfrog Gambit, a daring twist that transforms a classic d4-opening into an electrifying e4-style challenge. Correspondence Chess Master and experienced author Marek Soszynski presents analysis and annotated games so that this audacious opening might leapfrog you to victory on the chessboard with your opponents croaking for...
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The ideas & plans behind all chess openings.
Volume 3 of an accessible primer and reference book about chess openings. Provides a solid foundation to build your opening repertoire on. Explains what you should be trying to achieve, with clear indications for further study.
Comprehensive: covers all main variations likely to arise
Easy-to-use: important moves and key positions are highlighted in colour
Long-lasting: it doesn't outdate because...
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Henry (Harry) Nelson Pillsbury is one of the strongest players to have never received the title of "World Champion". Captivating with his extraordinary memory and blind multi-table displays, he soon became one of the strongest players of his era, although he started chess at a relatively late age. Pillsbury, whose entire career lasted a total of eleven years, is, according to many commentators, the 3rd strongest ever.He was an American player who...
11) Dragón Siciliano
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La variante Dragón de la Defensa Siciliana es una apertura extremadamente instructiva y emocionante debido a las ricas posibilidades tácticas e ideas posicionales que incorpora. Los juegos a menudo están en un filo de navaja para ambos oponentes, y una ligera desviación de la teoría o un error aparentemente insignificante puede resultar en una pérdida inmediata de la partida.Hay ciertas razones por las cuales el autor prefiere escribir un libro...
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Westminster, 1184-- in the court of King Henry, playful competition is about to turn into something far more serious. Young courtier Fulke FitzWarin would not be an obvious companion for Prince John, but the boy from the Welsh Marches is there as a reward for his family's loyalty to the crown. The FitzWarins are as proud as they are true, and when Fulke is accused by John of cheating during a game of chess, he cannot help but respond. Thus begins...
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Jose Raul Capablanca (Havana, 1888 - New York, 1942) was a Cuban chess player who became the World Chess Champion from 1921 to 1927. Capablanca learned to play chess at the age of four by observing his father's technique, and he became a legend in the world of chess. Originally written in English with the title "Chess Fundamentals" by Capablanca, is a treatise on the basic principles of the game, presented with remarkable precision and clarity, and...
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Daniel Johnson -- journalist, editor, scholar, and chess enthusiast who once played Garry Kasparov to a draw in a simultaneous exhibition -- is the perfect guide to one of history's most remarkable periods, when chess matches were front-page news and captured the world's imagination.
The Cold War played out in many areas: geopolitical alliances, military coalitions, cat-and-mouse espionage, the arms race, proxy wars -- and chess. An essential pastime...
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Now a completely New Edition, december 2023, based on analysis with the latest top neural network (Nnue) engines!Structure changed, and most variations brought up to date with an proprietary,computer generated opening database of more thantwo million positions. The result, this E-book, is the only opening book most chess players will ever need.More in depth description: In the 'royal game' of chess, an understanding of all the phases of the game,...
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Whether you're an American Mah Jongg newbie or an intermediate player looking to gain an edge over your opponents, American Mah Jongg for Everyone is the perfect book to help you start practicing your game! Experienced international Mah Jongg instructors Gregg Swain and Toby Salk walk you through the basics of American Mah Jongg-introducing readers to the tiles, rituals, history, rules and winning strategies of the game. Using the humor, warmth and...
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A little book of life advice drawing on the timeless wisdom of chess from Maurice Ashley, the first African American Chess Grandmaster.
At age thirty-three, Maurice Ashley became the first African American to attain the rank of International Grand Master of Chess. Since that historic moment, he has brought his love of the game to a wide audience as an educator, innovator, and motivational speaker.
In “Move by Move”, Ashley guides readers through...
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