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Is the ability to make combinations something you are born with or can it be acquired by practice? Russian chess trainer Livshitz, who has had extensive experience teaching a wide...

Is the ability to make combinations something you are born with or can it be acquired by practice? Russian chess trainer Livshitz, who has had extensive experience teaching a wide...

By concentrating on the basic principles the average player is not only given a working knowledge of the endgame but also a firm foundation on which to further develop his...

There is no better way to improve your tactical ability than by working out winning combinations in positions taken from Grandmaster games. In this final - and most challenging! -...

"Bobby Fischer...The precision and energy that he played with is unmatched in the history of chess." Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion Nearly 30 years since his last chess game, Bobby...

Many players are serious about their chess but become stuck at a certain playing strength. It's rarely a lack of talent or practice or opening knowledge that holds them back....

This is a great book for novice players looking to take their game up two levels. You'll learn the basic checkmating principles and combinations needed to finish off opponents and...

It is in the endgame that the hard-won advantages from earlier play are either converted into a win or dissipated to produce a draw or worse. In Winning Endgames, Tony...

Bruce Pandolfini is one of the most famous chess coaches in the world. 'Solitaire Chess', his monthly column in Chess Life magazine is also one of the most popular chess...

The book titled Planning by the author Neil McDonald. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Lose yourself in the enchanting realm of romantasy with more than 70 pages of activities and 100+ magical stickers! A tribute to the breathtaking romances and epic adventures that have...

This practical, exciting and brilliantly-researched book is the essential reference for card-game players of every level anywhere in the world. The author has collected all the classic and most popular...

Emanuel Lasker was the longest-reigning world champion (1894-1921) and remained one of the world's top 10 players for nearly four decades. He competed against top players such as Capablanca, Rubinstein...

Find the Winning Move contains hundreds of chess positions in which the reader must find the right way to deliver a winner in one, two or more moves. International Master...

The ultimate book to instill in the reader an understanding of the middlegame with an emphasis on tactical alertness. All major opening systems are examined from both the White and...

A companion volume to Mastering Chess Tactics. In this book, the author concentrates on that most satisfying brand of tactics: how to checkmate the opponent's king. Part one outlines the...

By studying the psychology of chess, players at all levels will learn how to maximize their chess strengths.

Paul Keres was a great player in chess history and a contender for the world championship for a third of a century. This work charts the progress of Keres's career...

Two leading grandmasters study a variety of typical practical endgame situations. They provide strategic guidance which is aimed at club and postal players of all levels of experience, either when...

Designed for endgame study enthusiasts and over-the-board players, this book presents a series of self-assessment tests with solutions designed to improve the reader's endgame play and evaluate their strength in...

In this picture-cum-puzzle book, every picture is full of clues which are designed to lead to the whereabouts of Hamilton Hasp, an eccentric millionaire who has disappeared. The drawers of...

The book titled Practical Chess Endings by the author Irving Chernev. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Mastering the Endgame: v. 1: From the Open and Semi-open Games by the author M.I. Shereshevskii. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information...

The book titled Art of Attack in Chess by the author Vladimir Vukovic. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Many people struggle with their powers of recall at some point in their lives, and in this innovative book Dr Gareth Moore has developed a programme of techniques, exercises and...

Why is playing games a universal human instinct? Why did the same games evolve across wildly different civilisations? And how can those games make your life happier, healthier and more...

The book titled Hoyle's Rules of Games: Descriptions of Indoor Games of Skill And by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Most chess opening books are either too detailed or too shallow. Chess Opening Essentials has exactly the right balance and is an accessible primer and a reference book at the...

In this highly-acclaimed series, John Watson helps chess-players achieve a more holistic and insightful view of the openings. He explains not only the ideas and strategies behind specific openings, but...

For many chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a...

For many chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a...

For many chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a...

This new series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages...

The book titled The King's Gambit as White by the author Lou Maser. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A completely revised and updated edition of the classic English language reference on chess openings, first published more than fifty years ago Modern Chess Openings is the best and most...

The Leningrad System is one of the sharpest and most interesting replies to 1 d4, and since this typical set-up is also playable against the flank openings 1 c4 and...

These books are perfect for enthusiastic chess players who are starting out in the game, and who are seeking to understand the basic principles behind these important openings: the Pirc/Modern...

The No. 1 challenger for the world championship title reveals the secrets of the finest of his games, offering clear explanations of grandmaster tactics and strategies from which players of...

It's no secret why the London System is such a popular opening, especially at club level. White's development plan is very easy to learn, and it can be employed against...

The Scotch Game is one of the oldest openings in chess and has a great history, but more recently it was catapulted back into the limelight due to the enterprise...

Until a few years ago, the Petroff was opening that was favored by a few top Grandmasters, including Anatoly Karpov and Artur Yusupov. However, the last few years have seen...

In Magic Made Real, you'll journey to worlds unknown, full of dragons, unicorns, fairies, mermaids, and more, with 96 double-sided pages of intricate designs and imaginative illustrations. Each page invites...

The book titled Nigel Short: World Chess Challenger by the author Raymond Keene, OBE. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Choice of World Champions, not least Karpov and Anand, the Petroff is one of the most solid and popular defences to 1.e4. Here we have a repertoire chess book that...

The accelerated development of the White queen's bishop after 1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5 was for many years considered a bizarre chess opening, practised only by a few individual 'eccentric'...