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Eight year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the U.S. Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes get higher, her isolation grows more frightening, and...
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Every chess player wants to improve, but with so much advice on offer, the eternal question is: 'How can I study chess without wasting my time and energy?' Davorin Kuljasevic provides the full and ultimate answer, as he presents a structured study approach that has long-term improvement value. He explains how to study and what to study, offers specific advice for the various stages of the game and points out how to integrate all elements in an actionable...
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The riveting #1 international bestselling novel about the quest across centuries by two intrepid women in different eras to reunite the pieces of a powerful, ancient chess set A fabulous, bejeweled chess set that belonged to Charlemagne has been buried in a Pyrenees abbey for a thousand years. As the bloody French Revolution rages in Paris, the nuns dig it up and scatter its pieces across the globe because, when united, the set contains a secret...
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Superior introduction to most demanding part of chess. Basic concepts of middle game play are systematically and logically presented. Every significant idea is illustrated by well-chosen excerpts from master play, including games by Alekhine, Capablanca, Lasker, Reshevsky, Botvinnik, Marshall, Pillsbury, and other prominent players. 80 illustrations.
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This legendary tournament features 210 hotly contested games, many of them masterpieces of the first rank. The first authoritative, English translation from the Russian, this volume was, written by one of the leading competitors. Its perceptive coverage includes games by Smyslov, Keres, Reshevsky, Petrosian, and 11 others. Algebraic notation. 352 diagrams.
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* La edad no es ningún impedimento para aprender a jugar al ajedrez: un juego apasionante que ayuda a desarrollar, incluso en los más pequeños, lógica, estrategia, táctica e intuición. Sin olvidar, naturalmente, las horas de diversión que proporciona.
* A partir de las reglas básicas el manual desvela, mediante innumerables diagramas que explican paso a paso todas las posibles dificultades que pueden aparecer durante una partida, los secretos...
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WINNER: ChessCafe.com 2011 Book of the Year!
Every chess player knows that some moves are harder to see than others. Why is it that, frequently, uncomplicated wins simply do not enter your mind?
Even strong grandmasters suffer from blind spots that obscure some of the best ideas during a game. What is more: often both players fail to see the opportunity that is right in front of their eyes.
Neiman and Afek have researched this problem and
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Cedar Cove series volume 7
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Terri Miller has married chess champion Bobby Polgar, and now lives in a beautiful home with a view of Puget Sound. When Terri senses something is worrying Bobby, he tells her he's protecting his queen--and she feels he's not talking about chess.
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Vowing to avenge the murder of her family, Maria, a young Polish resistance worker imprisoned in Auschwitz, plays chess in exchange for her life, and, in doing so, challenges the man who destroyed her family to one last game that will end in either failure or justice.
A member of the Polish underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Maria Florkowska is captured by the Gestapo and imprisoned in Auschwitz. Her family is sent to their deaths; ...
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Princely Chess is a variant of the game of chess, that introduces a new piece to the game called: Prince. Inheriting a mix of the moves from his parents, the Prince can dismantle classic strategies creating a whole new dimension to the mystical board game. Created at the beginning of the millennium, its author Ben Tolosa publishes this manual to the world in 2013 for you to discover a new, fun, creative and remarkable way to enjoy the most legendary...
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The Caro-Kann is one of the most important and popular responses to 1.e4. World champions Botvinnik, Petrosian, Karpov and Anand have played this reliable chess opening in many of their games. Present-day elite players, such as, Hikaru Nakamura and Fabiano Caruana are, proving that the 'drawish' reputation of the Caro-Kann no longer holds in modern chess.
Victor Bologan presents a complete Caro-Kann repertoire for Black that is much more than just...
13) Endgame Strategy
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In this widely acclaimed chess classic, Russian trainer Mikhail Shereshevsky explains how to master the most important endgame principles. Where other endgame manuals focus on the basics and theoretical endgames, this book teaches the 'big ideas' that will help you find the most promising and most practical moves in any endgame.
Even in endgames, it helps to think schematically instead of trying to calculate every move. To maximize your winning...
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Alexander Alekhine (1892-1946) was the 4th World Champion in the history of chess. In 1927 he defeated Jose Raul Capablanca in a World Championship Match by 18,5-15,5 (the winner was the first to win six games). Apart from a short intermission, in 1935-37 het lost his world title to the Dutchman Max Euwe, Alekhine held his title until his death in 1946.
Alekhine was one of the greatest attacking players and for mere mortals it seemed he could produce...
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Alexey Bezgodov presents an unusual idea for White against the ever popular Caro-Kann Defence. The Russian Grandmaster and chess opening expert advocates a very early deviation, the annoying and little explored 3.f3!?
This move may look unimpressive at first sight, but it considerably complicates life for Caro-Kann players, as it makes Black's main problem bigger: the development of his bishop on c8. Small wonder that an increasing number of strong...
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Giving mate is the ultimate goal of every chess player. Finding that all-decisive combination is immensely satisfying. But how are you supposed to spot a checkmate when you are sitting at the board with the clock ticking?
In this guide International Master Vladimir Barsky teaches the method created by his mentor Viktor Khenkin (1923-2010). It's based on an ingenious classification of the most frequently occurring mating schemes. A wide range of chess...
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Magnus Carlsen (1990) became World Champion in 2013 by winning the World Championship Match against Viswanathan Anand with 6,5 - 3,5. In 2014 Carlsen defended his title by defeating the Indian again (6,5 - 4,5) And in in 2016 Carlsen retained his crown prevailing over Sergey Karjakin. Their match ended in a 6-6 tie, but Carlsen won the rapid tiebreak.
On January 2010 Carlsen became the youngest ever chess player to claim the first spot in the World...
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On March 24, 2005, a small plane with Bobby Fischer on board landed at Reykjavik Airport. The arrival in Iceland of the former World Chess Champion was front-page news all over the world. In a ploy to free him from prison in Japan, the Icelandic Parliament had granted the American Icelandic citizenship. Fischer had been, arrested in Tokyo when the US warrant caught up with him that was, issued after he had violated American sanctions against the former...
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It took AlphaZero only a few hours of self-learning to become the chess player that shocked the world. The artificial intelligence system, created by DeepMind, had been fed nothing but the rules of the Royal Game when it beat the world's strongest chess engine in a prolonged match. The selection of ten games published in December 2017 created a worldwide sensation: how was it possible to play in such a brilliant and risky style and not lose a single...
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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.
This book covers all the tactical themes and typical traps in the main lines of the English, the Dutch and the Reti, as well as a couple of interesting gambits. They are explained in more than 200 carefully selected and...
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