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1000 TN!!

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Aleksander Matanovic (Ed)
The best theoretical novelties
From 1971 to 2011 the Chess Informant jury has voted on the top ten theoretical novelties from each volume. 1000 TN!! includes the 1000 best theoretical novelties from Chess Informants 11 through to 110 and provides a window to the greatest chess opening ideas of the last 40 years. To keep you up-to-date 1000 TN!! also adds the latest word on theory in each TN.
The book includes the complete games featuring TNs, with the original annotations (often by the Grandmasters involved) and updated theory, together with indexes of players, ECO opening codes, ECO reference and annotators.
Also included are the voting table from each volume and photos of many of the winners.
Published 2012, softback, 638 pages.
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100 BEST CHESS GAMES OF THE 20TH CENTURY, RANKED

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Andy Soltis
Soltis has tackled the difficult question of "What does best mean?" by establishing five criteria (aesthetic quality, originality, level of opposition, accuracy and depth) against which to judge the games. From an initial pool of 7000 games these 100 have been awarded marks based on the criteria mentioned. All the game scores are included in full with annotations and diagrams. A brief introduction to each game offers anecdotal and biographical information on the players involved. Also included are chapters on "Near Misses" and "The Most Overrated Games". Beautifully bound with indexes of players and openings.
pub. 2000, softback, 265 pages.

107 GREAT CHESS BATTLES

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Dr. A Alekhine
Over 100 games played between 1939 and 1945 annotated by one of the greatest chess players and writers of all time. The games are arranged according to opening and feature such players as Reshevsky, Capablanca, Keres, Najdorf and, of course, Alekhine.
pub. 1992, softback, descriptive, 256 pages.

500 MASTER GAMES OF CHESS

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Savielly Tartakower
This is a tremendous collection of 500 games ranging over 150 years of play featuring many classic masterpieces and players from Anderssen and Morphy to Euwe and Botvinnik. Tartakower's annotations are witty, extensive, to-the-point and full of anecdotal information. The games are arranged according to opening and cover the whole range from open to closed games. The book includes extensive contents and index sections. Originally published as three separate books, now bound into one volume. In English descriptive notation (1.P-K4 etc.)
pub. 1975, softback, descriptive, 675 pages.

ART OF CHESS ANALYSIS

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Jan Timman
A classic of it's kind in which GM Jan Timman analyses 24 top level games in tremendous depth. Timman analysed these games as part of his preparation for gaining the GM title It is well known that in-depth study of a few games is more beneficial than a brief scan through thousands.
pub. 1997, softback, 207 pages.

ART OF GIVING MATE

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Attila Schneider
This posthumously published book by the late Hungarian GM Attila Schneider is a collection of entertaining games featuring beautiful and characteristic checkmates given by the different pieces. In addition to the author's own idiosyncratic annotations he has interspersed the book with quotes from various authors, philosophers and playwrights, making for a highly original read.
Published 2003, softback, 200 pages.

BEST OF THE BEST 1000

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Aleksandar Matanovic (Ed)
In each issue of Chess Informant the editorial board and a jury of leading Grandmasters chose the ten best games from each volume, and from among them, a golden winner for each volume. These 1000 games, 10 each from Chess Informants 1-100, have been compiled in this book to provide a unique collection of some of the best chess games played from 1966 to 2007. Each game comes with languageless annotations, often by the winner, and there are diagrams througout the book. There are indexes of players' names and of jury members.
Published 2008, softback, 558 pages.

BEST OF THE BEST 1001-1100

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Aleksandar Matanovic (Ed)
This follow up to Best of the Best 1000 includes the hundred best games of volumes 101-110, ten from each volume, spanning a period of four years (2007-2011). These games have been methodically selected and strictly evaluated by such esteemed grandmasters as A.Beliavsky, L.Christiansen, M.Gurevich, Mi.Marin, A.Mikhalchishin, Z.Ribli, J.Speelman, former women’s World Champion Xie Jun and the President of Chess Informant, A.Matanovic. The games include spectacular victories by World Champion V.Anand, former World Champions V.Kramnik and V.Topalov, the strongest ever female chess player J.Polgar, as well as other top players such as V.Ivanchuk, A.Volokitin, V.Akopian, L.Dominguez, R.Ponomariov and A.Shirov.
Published 2011, softback, 104 pages.

CHESS: 60 YEARS ON WITH CAISSA AND FRIENDS

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Alan Phillips
British amateur player Alan Phillips has enjoyed a "career" of over 60 years playing chess. His competitive high point was finishing joint first in the 1954 British Championship and thus gaining a place on the England team at the 1956 Moscow Olympiad. For this book he has selected 200 of his favourite games, featuring himself and his contemporaries, spanning the period from 1938 to 2000. The cream of British chess are represented here including Alexander, Milner-Barry, Golombek, Penrose, Hartston etc. Phillips has added his own light annotations and included 20 pages of photographs of people he has known. Includes indexes of players and openings. A nicely produced memento of post-war English chess.
Published 2003, softback, 144 pages.

CHESS ANALYST

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Jon Edwards
10th U.S. Correspondence Champion Jon Edwards presents a collection of his games stretching over a decade which culminated in him winning his title. All the games are annotated with wit & humour, conveying the experiences of a top CC player.
pub. 1998, softback, algebraic, 154 pages.

CHESS BRILLIANCY

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Iakov Damsky
This entertaining romp through the history of chess brilliancy prize games takes a critical look at over 200 masterpieces spanning many decades. Computer analysis has been used to show that, sometimes, all this brilliance wasn't strictly necessary even if it is greatly entertaining. Chapter 1 looks at Brilliancy and it's Myth, whilst chapters 2 and 4 re-examine some great games from the past. The main part of the book comprises many stunning games taken from the Informator "Best Game" award which are voted for by an international panel. Many of these have annotations by the winners. An inspirational work by Russian chess player and journalist Iakov Damsky.
Published 2002, softback, 224 pages.

CHESS CAFE: OPEN FROM 2 TO 10 MOVES

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Attila Schneider
A collection of about 300 games of 10 moves or less arranged into chapters by tactical motif and accompanied by the zany comments of Hungarian GM Schneider. Mainly for entertainment but some sneaky opening traps are encountered along the way.
pub. 2000, softback, 160 pages.

CHESS CHAMPIONS OF THE NEW MILLENIUM

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Lubomir Ftacnik, Danny Kopec & Walter Browne
In this collaboration between three highly experienced authors, the eighteen best chess players of the world in the 21st century are presented to the reader. A separate chapter on each player includes four deeply annotated games and an illuminating pen portrait. These players are: Anand, Kramnik, Topalov, Morozevich, Svidler, Mamedyarov, Shirov, Leko, Ivanchuk, Aronian (the top 10 January 2008) the stars likely to dominate in the next decade, Karjakin, Carlsen, Radjabov, Wang Yue, Ponomariov and Grischuk, the best female player ever, Judith Polgar, as well as World Championship finalist and comeback kid, American star Gata Kamsky. The book is exceptionally well presented with a large number of both colour and b/w photographs of the players throughout.
Lubomir Ftacnik is a Slovakian Grandmaster and famous chess author. Danny Kopec is an American International Master and the author of several excellent books on chess. Walter Browne is an American Grandmaster with many years at the highest level of international chess.
Published 2009, softback 453 pages.

CHESS MASTER VS CHESS AMATEUR

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Max Euwe & Walter Meiden
This book contains 25 games played between a master and amateurs of varying skill, chosen, arranged and annotated by ex World Champion Max Euwe and Walter Meiden, a typical amateur. The result is a series of instructive examples of how a master differs in thinking and play from the ordinary player. A classic of chess instruction.
Published 1994, softback, descriptive notation, 347 pages.

C J PURDY'S FINE ART OF CHESS ANNOTATION VOL. 2

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C J S Purdy
Purdy became widely known as a brilliant chess annotator and teacher through his writings in the Australian magazine Chess World in the 1950s. Now his articles are being re-issued in algebraic notation. This volume contains games from world championships, international events and Australian events but really it is the notes rather than the games which are important as Purdy explains the reasons behind the moves and ideas of top players. Finally there are 13 articles written by Purdy on understanding some important aspects of chess thinking and strategy.
Published 2001, softback. 252 pages.

GARRY KASPAROV ON MY GREAT PREDECESSORS (PART ONE)

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Garry Kasparov
This magnificent compilation of chess forms the basis of the first part of Garry Kasparov's definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Kasparov, who is (almost) universally acclaimed as the greatest chessplayer ever, subjects the play of his predecessors to a rigorous analysis in the 148 games included in this book. Part one features the play of champions Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-1894), Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921), Jose Capablanca (1921-1927) and Alexander Alekhine (1927-1935 and 1937-1946) as well as looking at "Chess Before Steinitz" Kasparov also finds space to show some games of unsuccessful pretenders to the title such as Chigorin, Rubinstein, Reti, Marshall, Nimzowitsch and Tarrasch. He places each champion in their historical and cultural context as well as explaining how their individual style advanced the development of the game as a whole.
Published 2003, hardback, 464 pages.

GARRY KASPAROV ON MY GREAT PREDECESSORS (PART TWO)

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Garry Kasparov
The battle for the World Chess Championship has witnessed numerous titanic struggles, which have engaged the interest not only of chess enthusiasts but also of the public at large. The chessboard is the ultimate mental battleground and the world champions themselves are supreme intellectual gladiators.
This magnificent compilation of play from the early days of chess forms the basis of the second part of Garry Kasparov's definitive history of the World Chess Championship. Garry Kasparov, who is universally acclaimed as the greatest chess player ever, subjects the play of his early predecessors to a rigorous analysis.
This volume features the play of champions Max Euwe (1935-1937), Mikhail Botvinnik (1946-1957, 1958-1961 and 1961-1963), Vassily Smyslov (1957-1958), and Mikhail Tal (1960-1961)
However, this book is more than just a compilation of play of the early greats of chess. Kasparov's biographies of the early champions places them in a fascinating historical, political and cultural context. Kasparov explains how each champion brought his own distinctive style to the chessboard and enriched the theory of the game with new ideas.
All these games have been thoroughly reassessed with the aid of modern software technology and the new light this sheds on these classic masterpieces is fascinating.
Garry Kasparov is generally regarded as the greatest chess player ever. He was the thirteenth World Champion, holding the title between 1985 and 2000. His tournament record is second to none, featuring numerous wins in the world's major events, often by substantial margins. Over the last few years, Kasparov has taken first prize in ten consecutive major international events.
Published 2003, hardback, 480 pages.

GARRY KASPAROV ON MY GREAT PREDECESSORS (PART THREE)

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Garry Kasparov
Volume three in the series examines the play of former World Champions Tigran Petrosian (1963-69) and Boris Spassky (1969-72). Garry Kasparov has subjected the games of these two of his predecessors to a rigorous analysis, often overturning previously held opinions about some of their most famous creations. He also explains how each of these champions impressed their own style on world chess and he puts their achievements into the cultural and political context of their time. Contains in depth analysis by the player many believe to be the strongest of all time! A worthy continuation of this excellent series.
Published 2004, hardback, 332 pages.

GARRY KASPAROV ON FISCHER: MY GREAT PREDECESSORS (PART FOUR)

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Garry Kasparov
In this book, a must for all serious chessplayers, Garry Kasparov analyses in-depth over 50 of Bobby Fischer's greatest games and assesses the legacy of this great American genius. The author is the world number one and, by common consent, the greatest player ever. The subject of the book is the only American to have become world champion and is probably the greatest natural talent the world has ever seen. In the first part of the book Kasparov also analyses the games of other Westerners who challenged the Soviet domination of chess: Samuel Reshevsky, Miguel Najdorf and Bent Larsen. In each case the games are put into their historical context and their importance to the player's career explained. Recently new light has been shed on Fischer's background and the political repercussions of his rise to fame by the release of documents from both the ex Soviet Union and FBI files and this is reflected in the biographical material included here. The book is both an outstanding contribution to chess history and a wonderful collection of games annotated by one of the World's greatest ever players. Contains 107 games in all.
Published 2004, hardback, 496 pages.

GARRY KASPAROV ON MY GREAT PREDECESSORS (PART FIVE)

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Garry Kasparov
This book, the fifth in Garry Kasparov's magnificent history of the World Chess Championship, catalogues the "post-Fischer" period in the 1970's and early 1980's This period was dominated by Anatoly Karpov (world champion from 1975-1985) and his three-time challenger, Viktor Korchnoi. Anatoly Karpov gained the right to challenge Bobby Fischer for the world title by winning through the Candidates series in 1974. As is well known, Fischer refused to defend the title and in 1975 Karpov became champion by default. Although he did not have to contest a Championship match to gain the title, Karpov proved that he was a worthy champion by winning virtually every major tournament over the next decade. In this book, a must for all serious chessplayers, Kasparov analyses, in depth Karpov's greatest games and assesses the legacy of this great Russian genius. Also under the microscope are the games of Viktor Korchnoi, who was at his peak during this period and twice challenged Karpov for his world title.
Published 2006, hardback, 480 pages.

GARRY KASPAROV ON MODERN CHESS: KASPAROV vs KARPOV 1975-1985

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Garry Kasparov
The history of sport has seen many great clashes but few have rivalled the intensity of the struggle between those two great world chess champions: Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. Between 1984 and 1990 they contested an astonishing five World Championship matches consisting of 144 individual encounters. This volume concentrates on the first two of those matches:
* The epic 1984-85 contest which was lasted six months before being controversially halted (without result) by the then President of FIDE Florencio Campomanes.
* The 1985 match when Kasparov won the nail-biting final game to take the title and become - at the age of 22 - the youngest ever world champion.
These games have been annotated before by Kasparov in his books on the matches but, with the aid of computer analysis and greater maturity and experience, his current comments are a more accurate account both of the games and the political atmosphere at the time.

Published 2008, hardback, 424 pages.
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GARRY KASPAROV ON MODERN CHESS: KASPAROV vs KARPOV 1986-1987

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Garry Kasparov
Volume three of the "Kasparov on Modern Chess" series lives up to the high standard set by previous volumes with ex World Champion Garry Kasparov providing in-depth annotations to all the games from his third and fourth World Championship matches (London/Leningrad 1986 and Seville 1987) against Anatoly Karpov. In addition, he offers his detailed views on the political intrigue which accompanied all the K-K clashes; both players having their supporters in the Soviet chess hierarchy. The year in-between these two titanic matches saw the formation of the Grandmasters' Association (GMA), as a result of disputes between the World's leading Grandmasters and the International Chess Federation (FIDE). Kasparov was instrumental in the founding of the GMA and describes the background to it's formation and the response of FIDE.
Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are unquestionably the protagonists who featured in the greatest ever chess rivalry. Between 1984 and 1990 they contested five long matches for the World Championship. All of these matches were tremendously hard fought and produced chess of a high level.
In this volume Garry Kasparov (World Champion between 1985 and 2000 and generally regarded as the greatest player ever) analyses in-depth the clashes from 1986 and 1987, giving his opinion on the background to the matches as well as the games themselves.
Published 2009, hardback, 432 pages.
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GREAT SHORT GAMES OF THE CHESS MASTERS

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Fred Reinfeld
Includes eighty of the most exemplary short games in the history of chess annotated by the author and with diagrams throughout. All the greats from Tarrasch to Tal are represented in this celebration of tactical play. In descriptive notation.
Published 1996(61) softback, descriptive notation, 221 pages.

INSTRUCTIVE MODERN CHESS MASTERPIECES (New edition)

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Igor Stohl
Grandmaster Igor Stohl has selected 62 outstanding games from recent years and analysed them in painstaking depth. Here he presents his findings to chess enthusiasts, who will find the games entertaining and the annotations both instructive and illuminating. Stohl is an outstanding theoretical expert, so the opening phase of each game reads like a lesson in the key strategic aspects of the opening chosen, with a critical survey of modern trends. The middlegame is dissected and the critical decisions subjected to keen scrutiny - we are invited inside Stohl's laboratory to join him in the quest for the truth. The endgame phase, if reached, is handled with similar erudition, with insights into the grandmaster's approach to questions of technique. Following each game there is a discussion of the most important lessons to be learned.
The expanded and revised new edition of this award-winning work features 12 new top-level games from the period 2000-2007 annotated in great depth - about 15% new material. There are also corrections to the existing notes and a revised Introduction.
Igor Stohl is a well-known grandmaster from Slovakia. He plays in several national leagues and is a noted opening theoretician. His thorough annotations frequently appear in Ceskoslovensky Sach, Informator and ChessBase Magazine. The first edition of Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces won the United States Chess Federation Cramer Award for Best Book.
Published 2009, softback, 448 pages.
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MAMMOTH BOOK OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CHESS GAMES

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Graham Burgess, John Nunn & John Emms
This title includes 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 - whatever your current standard. Instructive points at the end of each game highlight the lessons to be learned. Highlights include: Adolf Anderssen's 'Immortal' and 'Evergreen' games; Bobby Fischer's 'Game of the Century'; Boris Spassky's James Bond' Mating Combination; Nigel Short's 'Sadistic King March'; Deep Blue's historic first win over Garry Kasparov; Kasparov's flash of genius against Topalov; and, Indian wizard Anand's bamboozling of the Russian champion Kramnik. Learn how to attack, keep the initiative, and defend and counterattack. Learn about logical opening play, endgame strategy, psychological warfare, and how the great players think.
Published 2010, softback, 704 pages.

MODERN CHESS: MOVE BY MOVE

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Colin Crouch
Leading chess author Colin Crouch selects and explains over 30 sensational games, all from the new millennium. By studying battles between the world’s best players, Crouch examines in detail all the key areas of modern chess. Powerful attacking and resourceful defending, bloodthirsty tactical battles, profound positional mastery, deep opening preparation and superb endgame play are all in evidence here, while Crouch also explores the ever-increasing role of computers and the way human imagination can work in harness with them.
There is something for everyone in this book: aspiring players will benefit greatly from the clear explanations of the fundamentals, while stronger players will gain considerably from Crouch’s deep insight and analysis in more complex positions. This book reflects the continuing changes in modern chess, and how you can use the lessons learned to great effect in your own games.
*Over 30 brilliant games of chess, annotated move by move
*Learn from Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Topalov and other greats
*Covers all aspects of modern chess
Dr Colin Crouch is an International Master, an extremely experienced tournament player and a highly regarded chess writer.
Published 2010, softback, 415 pages.
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MOST INSTRUCTIVE GAMES OF CHESS EVER PLAYED

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Irving Chernev
Sixty two of the greatest games of all time annotated by one of the game's most popular writers. Each game is a masterpiece of some aspect of chess strategy from rook endings to middlegame pawn play and crushing attacks. Almost every move is explained by the author in a way comprehensible to readers of all standards and the book features players such as Steinitz, Petrosian, Tarrasch & Botvinnik showing how to turn theory into practice and win beautiful games. All the games featured were played between 1873 and 1961 and the book is in English descriptive notation (1.P-K4 etc.)
Published 1992 (orig 1965), softback, 279 pages.

ON THE ATTACK

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Jan Timman
This book is an opportunity to see the attacking style of some of the world's leading and most active players. GM Jan Timman annotates three games each from eleven attacking players including Topalov, Shirov, Anand, Kasparov, Karpov and Short. The games were played in the last 25 years and offer an insight into the way top Grandmasters build up an attack against tough opposition. In addition to the complete games Timman has also annotated 33 game fragments which he found noteworthy for their brilliance, originality and modern attacking ideas. This is a nice game collection containing some spectacular chess. Jan Timman is a Dutch Grandmaster, former World Championship candidate and Editor-in-chief of New in Chess Magazine.
Published 2006, softback, 235 pages.
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RAMPANT CHESS

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Geoff Chandler & Keith Ruxton
In this celebration of Scottish chess, thirteen Scottish Masters have each selected five of their most entertaining and important games for inclusion. Geoff Chandler and Keith Ruxton have then added their own humorous, original and, allegedly, instructive comments to make up a unique game collection featuring the talents of, amongst others, Jonathan Rowson, Jacob Aagaard, John Shaw, Paul Motwani and Colin McNab.
Published 2008, softback, 200 pages.

THINKERS' CHESS

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Stephan Gerzadowicz
The author, a correspondence chess master, annotates 26 readers' games sent to him. The players range from Grandmasters to club players and the games are arranged according to five themes: Development, Exchanging, Pawn Play, Endings and Attacks. Gerzadowicz's entertaining and instructive notes and the range of openings covered make this a valuable source of ideas for aspiring players.
Published 1995, softback, 157 pages.

TRUE LIES IN CHESS

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Lluis Comas Fabrego
Very few chess books are able to make an original contribution about the strategic aspect of chess, but that is the aim of this remarkable book. The established dogmas of chess are rarely questioned despite the clear evolution in the style of top class chess. Grandmaster Lluis Comas Fabrego takes on the challenging task of separating the truth from the lies in traditional advice on how to play better chess. By taking an irreverent look at the supposed absolute truths of chess, Comas Fabrego judges the validity of established rules and strategic concepts. Accompanied by many practical examples and good advice, readers learn how to reduce the complexity of chess to the essential features of each position, and so improve their play. Chapters include: Do Not Trust the Classics, Middlegame Motifs, How are Opening Novelties Born? and The Opening According to Me! The author is a grandmaster and twice Spanish Champion.
Published 2007, softback, 165 pages.

WINNING CHESS BRILLIANCIES

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Yasser Seirawan
This book by International Grand Master Yasser Seirawan provides a move-by-move account of the best chess games of the last 25 years, played by the world’s foremost chess competitors. With an authoritative voice that is by turns poetic and analytical, Seirawan serves as host of a fascinating excursion of the most brilliant chess game, providing highlights into and explanations of each and every move.
Seirawan begins each game with a description of the historical atmosphere of the chess world - and sometimes the world at large - at the time the game was played. When he delves into the game itself, he starts with the reasoning behind the opening moves. From there he provides both a play-by-play description of the game and an analytical commentary, all the while examining the moves in terms of place development and possible tactical and strategic opportunities. Along the way, a handful of the players are profiled in biographies.
In WINNING CHESS BRILLIANCIES you’ll get a taste of the most dazzling chess combinations devious strategies, and downright cruel blows as world champions risk it all! This book is truly a celebration of the sport of chess.
Published 2003, softback, 267 pages.

WINNING CHESS BRILLIANCIES

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This book by International Grand Master Yasser Seirawan provides a move-by-move account of the best chess games of the last 25 years, played by the world’s foremost chess competitors. With an authoritative voice that is by turns poetic and analytical, Seirawan serves as host of a fascinating excursion of the most brilliant chess game, providing highlights into and explanations of each and every move.
Seirawan begins each game with a description of the historical atmosphere of the chess world - and sometimes the world at large - at the time the game was played. When he delves into the game itself, he starts with the reasoning behind the opening moves. From there he provides both a play-by-play description of the game and an analytical commentary, all the while examining the moves in terms of place development and possible tactical and strategic opportunities. Along the way, a handful of the players are profiled in biographies.
In WINNING CHESS BRILLIANCIES you’ll get a taste of the most dazzling chess combinations devious strategies, and downright cruel blows as world champions risk it all! This book is truly a celebration of the sport of chess.
Published 1995, softback, 266 pages.

WINNING CHESS EXPLAINED

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Zenon Franco
Zenon Franco has regularly annotated top-level games for more than a quarter of a century. He has drawn upon this vast experience to present 50 hugely instructive games illustrating a wide variety of chess ideas. Key themes are illustrated by several games, so that we gain a well-rounded appreciation of the relevant ideas, and develop foresight that will enable us to make the right decisions at the board by anticipating problems before they arise. Topics include: Pawn Sacrifice, Exchange Sacrifice, The Art of Manoeuvring, The Second Weakness, Permanent vs. Temporary Advantages, Regrouping, 'Strange' Exchanges, Denying the Opponent Squares, and The Central Breakthrough.
Zenon Franco is a grandmaster from Paraguay who now lives in Spain. He is an experienced chess trainer, his most notable pupil being Paco Vallejo, now one of the world's top grandmasters, whom he taught from 1995 to 1999.
Published 2006, softback, 191 pages.

WINNING THE WON GAME

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Danny Kopec & Lubomir Ftacnik
Mr. Paul M. Albert, Jr. has been donating over $2000 per year to the most brilliantly played at both the Women's and Men's United States Championships for over 20 years. This book presents, describes and illustrates the most significant examples, with emphasis on what can be learned from them in terms of winning a won game. This book aims to enable chessplayers to better recognize their positional advantages and the ways in which these can be used in order to bring them closer to victory. Contains 64 annotated games from U.S. Championships dated between 1984 and 2003.
Published 2004, softback, 208 pages.