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Chess Tactics
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$26.00
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Chess Strategy
$29.00
Designed by GM Alexander Kalinin to
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King's Pawn An excellent chess opening move, and one that has
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General The Pirc Defence
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Alekhine Defence
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Complete coverage of the aggressive
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The Smith-Morra
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The Alekhine
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The Alekhine
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Scotch 4...Qh4
The Steinitz Variation
by Senior Master John Hall
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Softcover: 6x9, 104 pages, algebraic
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After 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 (the Scotch
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The Traxler
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Scandinavian Defense
"The Specialist" CD
series
by Tim Sawyer
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The Ultimate Tarrasch Defense
Printed Books by Eric Schiller
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Grob's Attack
by Tim Sawyer
$14.95
E-Book: 10 Surveys, text documents, 11
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Books by Subject Good chess positions don't win games - good moves
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Beginners
Biographies In the World of Tactics
Tournaments by Grandmaster Anatoly
General Lein
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With the Carlsbad Pawn
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by National Master Robert Leininger
$17.50 Usually ships within 24 hours
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Alekhine's Block,
The Tactician's
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by ICCF International Master Victor
Charushin
$11.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
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algebraic, 164 games (plus 32 fragments and study
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Alekhine's Block is a powerful weapon in the armory of
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Combination Cross,
The Tactician's
Handbook, Volume 2
by ICCF International Master Victor
Charushin
$11.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
Softcover: 6x9, 96 pages, figurine algebraic,
130 games and 45 study positions, player and opening
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A remarkable study of pins - but not just any pin! Here
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Mitrofanov's Deflection,
The Tactician's
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by ICCF International Master Victor
Charushin
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Softcover: 6x9, 96 pages, figurine
algebraic, 67 games and fragments, 139 compositions,
player and composer indices.
Here we have his detailed examination of deflections,
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Lasker's Combination,
The Tactician's
Handbook, Volume 4
by ICCF International Master Victor
Charushin
$15.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
Softcover: 6x9, 109 pages, figurine algebraic, 160
games and fragments, player indices.
Lasker=s Combination is the sacrifice of both Bishops,
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The Steeplechase,
The Tactician's
Handbook, Volume 5
by ICCF International Master Victor
Charushin
$15.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
Softcover: 6x9, 128 pages, figurine
algebraic, 263 games, players index
The Steeplechase is a foot-race through obstacles, and
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Eine Reise
uber das Schachbrett,
Systematisches Lehrbuch der
Kombinationen
by Klause Trautmann
$29.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
Hardcover: 319 pages, figurine algebraic, index of
themes, German text. Schachverlag Kania
Combinations in chess receive complete treatment in
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Hastings 1895,
The Centennial Edition
edited by Sid Pickard
$18.95 Usually ships in 24 hours
Softcover: 6x9, 260 pages, 230 games 173
diagrams, algebraic notation, indices,
crosstable
The greatest chess tournament of all time was held in
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King's Pawn else! We are sure you will find something interesting
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Various
Middlegame Modern Ideas in Chess
Endgame by Richard Reti
Beginners
Biographies $14.95 Download Now!
Tournaments E-book: 40 annotated games and
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Common Sense in Chess
by Emanuel Lasker
$14.95 Download Now!
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Lasker's Common Sense in Chess has always been one
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by H.E. Bird
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A Federation Enterprise
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CD-Rom: 2.74 Million games, .cbh
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Welcome to the largest, most
comprehensive collection of chess games anywhere.
From the year 1516 through December 2001, StarBase
2.74 delivers a mind-numbing 2,740,993 games of
chess. Click here for more information on
StarBase 2.74.
Startling Correspondence
Chess Miniatures
by Tim Harding
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Softcover: 128 pages, including player and
opening indices
This collection of 100 entertaining and
instructive short games contains a wealth of opening
tricks and middlegame tactics played by e-mail or post.
Click here for more information on Startling
Correspondence Chess Miniatures.
Chess Café
by Attila Schneider
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Softcover: Index, 160 pages, Caissa Kft.
Here's a book for chess players with a sense
of humor! Subtitled "Open from 2 to 10
Moves", this café serves up games no longer than 10
moves - fantastic games, illustrating mishaps & tricks &
traps with witty quips throughout! Click here for
more information on Chess Café.
Grundlagen des
modernen
Eroffnungsspiels
by Aleksej Suetin
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Hardcover: 255 pages, index of players &
openings, German algebraic and text. Schachverlag
Kania.
Grandmaster Aleksej Suetin teaches opening play in
this well organized single-volume survey. Not a
compendium (like E.C.O. or M.C.O.), Suetin instead
offers guidelines and advice, grouped around annotated
games. Click here for more information on
Grundlagen des modernen Eroffnungsspiels.
Middlegame Strategy,
With the Carlsbad Pawn Structure
by National Master Robert Leininger
$17.50
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Softcover: 6x9, 160 pages, figurine
algebraic, 235 games, player, opening and
theme indices.
Today we know that understanding the pawn structure
is vital when choosing a plan of action for the
middlegame. Let Middlegame Strategy take the
guesswork out of planning in chess. Click here for
more information on Middlegame Strategy, With
the Carlsbad Pawn Structure.
Alekhine Defence
by L. Krizsany & S. Videki
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Morra Gambit
by Jozsef Palkovi
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The latest from Caissa Kft., and a serious
"must have" for students of the mighty
Smith-Morra Gambit! Palkovi covers all
variations in a massive 330 pages, with the latest
games and suggestions for both sides. Click here for
more information on the Morra Gambit.
Chess Café
by Attila Schneider
$16.95
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Softcover: index, 160 pages, Caissa Kft.
Here's a book for chess players with a sense
of humor! Subtitled "Open from 2 to 10 Moves", this
café serves up games no longer than 10 moves -
fantastic games, illustrating mishaps & tricks & traps
with witty quips throughout! Click here for more
information on Chess Café.
StarBase 2.74
A Federation Enterprise
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CD-Rom: 2.74 Million games, .cbh
format
Welcome to the largest, most comprehensive collection
of chess games anywhere. From the year 1516 through
December 2001, StarBase 2.74 delivers a
mind-numbing 2,740,993 games of chess. Click here
for more information on StarBase 2.74 - A
Federation Enterprise.
The Complete Queen's Gambit
by Franco Pezzi
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CD-Rom: 75,000+ games, annotated
games, photos, music and more.
A new series from Franco Pezzi, the author of
Gambitingly!. Never before has there been this much
material on the Queen's Gambit. This CD contains
hundreds of annotated and analyzed games, thousands
of selected games and many opening books all in
English, German and Italian. Click here to learn
more on The Complete Queen's Gambit.
Chess Workouts,
Vol 1: Tactical
Thinking
by Food for Thought Software, Inc
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Introduce the basic tactical concepts with an interactive book
designed to get players to recognize strategic and tactical
opportunities. From pins to forks and skewers, undermining to
overworking, discovering to trapping, basic tactical thinking is
clearly defined and demonstrated via interactive puzzles. Simple
text explanations and minimal reliance on chess notation make it
a perfect learning tool for early students. Over 300 one-step
puzzles cement basic knowledge via practice around important
themes. Click here to learn more about Chess
Workouts chess training software program.
Chess Workouts,
Vol 2: Checkmate
Thinking
by Food for Thought Software, Inc
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Apply the tactical thinking lessons learned above to the ultimate
goal - delivering checkmate! Over 200 interactive checkmate
problems for early players that illustrate basic chess thinking
principles and let players learn for themselves how to apply
tactical thinking to real-life scenarios. This book emphasizes
checkmate through pattern recognition, teaching early players
how to gain mate by executing basic attack plans with various
combinations of pieces. Click here to learn more about
Chess Workouts chess training software program.
Chess Workouts,
Vol 3: Endgame
Thinking
by Food for Thought Software, Inc
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It may all come down to this, and here's where beginners have
the most trouble. A course on tactics at the end of the game,
where clear thinking and careful play are of the utmost
importance as players seek to preserve an advantage or
overcome a deficit. Learn the tactics of pawn promotion and the
rules that let you create a winning position - or prevent your
opponent from gaining one! Square of the Pawn, Key Squares,
Key Positions, Outflanking, Triangulation, Blocked Pawns, Rook
Endings, and Shouldering are just some of the many critical
endgame topics covered through in-depth lessons and
interactive exercises. This is a thorough and fascinating book,
for player's who have mastered the basics of Volumes 1 and 2.
Recommended for fourth grade and up. Click here to learn
more about Chess Workouts chess training
software program.
Chess Workouts,
Vol 4: Opening
Thinking
by Food for Thought Software, Inc
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The same interactive format as the titles above, exploring how
to think from the very beginning of the game. Covering the
common openings and variants, with traps, zaps and more.
Opening play is taught not by memorizing endless series of
moves and positions, but via lessons and interactive positions
that emphasize our Eleven Opening Principles. From 'Control the
Center' to 'King Safety', 'Advance with Threat' to 'Respond to all
Threats' (and many more!), it's knowing the ideas behind the
moves that teach players what the best moves are! Like Volume
3, this is an extremely in-depth book aimed at players who have
mastered Volumes 1 and 2. Recommended for fourth grade and
up. Click here to learn more about Chess Workouts
chess training software program
Chess Software
Chess Playing Chess E-Books for
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Chess Handhelds
Books by Subject ChessCentral is pleased to introduce chess e-books, electronic
Chess Openings chess books that can be downloaded now! E-books are like
King's Pawn regular paper books...only better! Convenient, portable,
Queen's Pawn interactive - the bottom line is that e-books are FUN to use.
Various Employing the latest in ChessBase technology, these books are
Middlegame a far cry from the simple databases of old. Now opening
Endgame manuals, tournament books, even past classics can be
Beginners presented with fully integrated text and graphics. No more
Biographies fumbling to find a page or setting up the board - everything's a
Tournaments click away! All you need to enjoy your e-book is Chessbase 6.0
General
& higher, Junior 7, Fritz 5 & higher or the FREE software
Books by Format Chessbase Light which can be downloaded by clicking here. If
Printed Books you would like more in-depth information about chess e-books
Chess Books on CD click here.
Chess E-Books
Chess Download Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess
Chess Videos Joseph Blackburne
Chess Equipment
$19.95 Download Now!
Chess Sets
Chess Boards
E-Book: Annotated games, theme keys, text
documents, and photos. For use with ChessBase or
Chess & Beyond
CB Light. 1.28MB
Software
eClassics Joseph Henry Blackburne met and defeated the top players in chess
history, including Anderssen, Steinitz, and Tschigorin. Known as the
"Black Death", Blackburne’s game was wide open and highly tactical. This
aggressive attacking style ranked him among the world’s elite during
a career lasting over 50 years, and made him a favorite
personality on the 19th century chess scene. Click here to learn
more about Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess.
Katachess
by Mousepad
$14.95
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KataChess is a system of basic chess
positioning and movement exercises much like in
karate or judo. KataChess focuses on pattern
recognition by using a unique point and click interface.
This is a serious training system for chess players who
want to quickly and easily improve their game. Click
here to learn more about KataChess chess
software for download.
ChessTeacher
by FM Bill Jordan
$9.95
Download Now!
ChessTeacher teaches the rules of
chess for the absolute beginner. Rules include the
moves of the pieces, check and checkmate, castling, en
passant, promotion, tournament rules etc. Click here
to learn more about ChessTeacher chess software
for download.
The ChessCentral Data
Library
Get focused with our new series of on-target databases
ready for immediate download! The ChessCentral Data
Library is for the specialist who needs a comprehensive
source of games for his chosen opening or variation.
Tired of wondering if the "other guy" knows something
you don't? Look no further - here you will find the
largest collection of relevant games assembled
anywhere, along with an Introduction to help orient
new-comers to the opening. Most importantly, each
database comes with its own specially constructed
Opening Key - a powerful tool that lets you pinpoint the
critical variations and see at a glance which games
require detailed study.
Each entry in the ChessCentral Data Library contains a
staggering number of games, usually double that of the
typical "Mega" CD. And we're talking squeaky clean:
besides the usual "kill doubles" drill, these databases
were sorted by move order and visually scanned for
those hard-to-get duplicates. The Players Index has
been unified, and we even tried to standardize the
Tournament Index! So don't worry - you're getting far
more than a simple merging of other
databases...you're getting the best game collection
available. The ChessCentral Data Library offers a sure
foundation for anyone wishing to take up the opening
in question.
We believe the ChessCentral Data Library is perfect for
any tournament player preparing to use these
openings. Sure, owning a book or two is good, but
nothing can replace actually seeing thousands of
complete games played out on the chess board! A few
hours spent here will be quickly repaid by points on the
crosstable. So enjoy...and happy hunting with the
ChessCentral Data Library!
The Goring Gambit
(C44) Covers 1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3
(both accepted and
declined), along with the $8.95
Danish Gambit, 1.e4 e5
2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Bc4 cxb2 5.Bxb2.
Includes 7,119 games, introductory text,
and special Opening Key - 350
classification positions! Complete through
7-1-2002. $8.95
The Smith-Morra
Gambit Accepted (B21)
Covers 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4
3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 with $9.95
7,742 games. Includes
introductory text and
special Opening Key - 426 classification
positions! Complete through 9-15-2001.
$9.95
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eClassics
When the Martians land outside London at the turn of the 20th century, no one
knows whether the human race will survive! This classic science fiction novel has
been a bestseller for decades, and now you can enjoy the best-known H.G. Wells
thriller with its original artwork - and more! Fans and new readers alike will
appreciate the deeply researched Appendix, with links to the best sites available.
You can even hear the original soundtrack of the Orson Welles War of the Worlds
broadcast that terrified a nation! Click here for more details on War of the
Worlds.