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Chess Rules of Thumb (Paperback): Lev Alburt, Al Lawrence Chess Rules of Thumb (Paperback)
Lev Alburt, Al Lawrence
R522 Discovery Miles 5 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Chess Rules of Thumb" gives you the winning principles of chess in clear, short statements. Three-time US Champion Lev Alburt and World Chess Hall of Fame Curator Al Lawrence have put together three centuries of insights from the masters. Fun to browse or to read from cover-to-cover, it's a book that all chess playersfrom beginners to grandmasterslwiull enjoy for a lifetime. Like life, chess has its rules. The difference that your parents probably didn't tell you about chess. "Never cross the street before looking both ways." "Never discuss portable explosives in the airport security line." "Never overthrow the cut-off man." "Never download email from someone you don't know." "Never take the queen's knight pawn." Save hours of head-scratching and uncertainty in your own games and understand why the masters make the moves they do: "The worst square for a White knight is b.2." "With rook vs. two knights, exchanging queens is worth a pawn." "Never capture the b.2 pawn with the queen." "Rooks united on the seventh are blind pigs." "The winner is the one who commits the next-to-last mistake." Backed up with diagrams and illustrations to help you remember key principles, a glossary of essential chess terms and a rundown on all major openings, "Chess Rules of Thumb" will improve your chess play. And it's great fun to read "Never buy a chess book that isn't fun "

Trompowsky Attack & London System - New Ideas, Dynamic Strategies and Powerful Weapons (Paperback): Viktor Moskalenko Trompowsky Attack & London System - New Ideas, Dynamic Strategies and Powerful Weapons (Paperback)
Viktor Moskalenko
R688 Discovery Miles 6 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Paperback, 2nd Revised Edition): Andrew Soltis Bobby Fischer Rediscovered (Paperback, 2nd Revised Edition)
Andrew Soltis
R520 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R47 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

"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 Fischer's fame continues to grow. Appearing in Hollywood movies, documentaries and best-selling books, his life and career are as fascinating as they ever were and his games continue to generate discussion. Indeed, with each new generation of computer, stunning discoveries are made about moves that have been debated by grandmasters for decades. International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis played Fischer and also reported, as a journalist, on the American's legendary career. He is the author of many books, including Pawn Structure Chess, 365 Chess Master Lessons and What it Takes to Become a Chess Master.

Capablanca - My Chess Career, Chess Fundamentals & A Primer of Chess (Paperback): Jose Capablanca Capablanca - My Chess Career, Chess Fundamentals & A Primer of Chess (Paperback)
Jose Capablanca
R776 R670 Discovery Miles 6 700 Save R106 (14%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Brought together for the first time in one volume are three books by the titan of chess, Jose Capablanca. ----- One of the greatest chess prodigies of all time, he evolved the most perfect chess technique seen on a chessboard. A former World champion, and one of the most successful tournament players in the history of the game, Capablanca's uncanny position judgment empowered him to produce games that were masterful pieces of position play, and that culminated often in combinations of startling brilliancy. ----- My Chess Career. Written one year before he became chess champion of the world, this book relives in Capablanca's own words 35 of his greatest games and those events of his life relevant to his chess career. The seminal work of the Cuban genius who repeated the exploits of Morphy, suddenly bursting onto the European scene and annihilating the great masters who had hitherto dominated the international arena. This book captures the magic of Capablanca's early victory at San Sebastian 1911 and his second place - bowing only to Lasker - at St Petersburg 1914. ----- Chess Fundamentals.Capablanca's classic instructional manual first appeared in 1921, the year he defeated Emanuel Lasker for the world championship title. This handbook is packed with timeless advice on different aspects of practical play and illustrated by Capablanca's own games. ----- A Primer of Chess. Capablanca's introduction to chess is an ideal first chess book for players of all ages. In systematic fashion, Capablanca lucidly explains the rules and basic principles of this fascinating game, and illustrates these with a wide range of practical examples. ----- After capturing the world championship in in 1921, Capablanca was for a time regarded as practically invincible. Although he surprisingly lost his title to Alexander Alekhine in 1927, Capablanca remained a leading player until his death in New York in 1942.

Improve Your Chess x 3 - Opening Play, Middlegame Play, Endgame Play (Paperback): Andrew Kinsman, Glenn Flear, Chris Ward Improve Your Chess x 3 - Opening Play, Middlegame Play, Endgame Play (Paperback)
Andrew Kinsman, Glenn Flear, Chris Ward
R636 R568 Discovery Miles 5 680 Save R68 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

These three titles, brought together for the first time in one volume, explain the important ideas behind every major opening, provide an understanding of the middlegame to the aspiring player and tips to all players wishing to improve their endgame play.Chris Ward unravels the secrets of the Sicilian, the mysteries of the Modern and the fundamentals of the French. He emphasises the need to understand the key elements of each opening rather than simply memorise a series of complicated variations which leave you stranded if the opponent varies from the expected route. ----- Andrew Kinsman uses examples from practical play to develop tactical and positional skills and awareness to enable you to make the most of your opportunities in the middlegame. ------ Glenn Flear explains the fundamental principles which must be mastered in the endgame. Taking examples from his own games and those of other players, he shows how drawn positions can be converted into victories and lost positions saved at the last moment.- ---- * Deals with every important opening --- * Explains the basic ideas of tactical and positional play --- * Provides numerous exercises for readers to test themselves --- * Explains the important principles of every type of ending --- * Easy step-by-step guide to better endgame play --- * Revolutionary layout to help readers absorb key ideas ---

Schachtaktik Richtig Berechnen (German, Paperback): Valeri Beim Schachtaktik Richtig Berechnen (German, Paperback)
Valeri Beim
R461 Discovery Miles 4 610 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual (Paperback, 5th Revised ed.): Mark Dvoretsky Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual (Paperback, 5th Revised ed.)
Mark Dvoretsky; Foreword by Vladimir Kramnik; As told to Karsten Ma1/4ller
R911 R795 Discovery Miles 7 950 Save R116 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

When it appeared in 2003, the first edition of Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual was immediately recognized by novice and master alike as one of the best books ever published on the endgame. The enlarged and revised fifth edition is better than ever!

Here is what Vladimir Kramnik, the 14th World Champion, had to say in his foreword to the fifth edition:

"I consider Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual an absolute must for every chess professional, and no less important even for a club player… I always recommend this book… I consider it to be one of the very best chess books published in recent times and I am very pleased with the new enhanced edition…"

German grandmaster Karsten Muller, widely recognized as one of the best endgame theoreticians in the world today, has carefully updated the fifth edition with the help of American grandmaster Alex Fishbein. The incredible instructional value of the exercises has been preserved, and the blue text used in the first four editions has been replaced with text with a light grey background.

Das Internationale Problemturnier des Deutschen Schachbundes, Nurnberg 1883 (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2021 ed.): No... Das Internationale Problemturnier des Deutschen Schachbundes, Nurnberg 1883 (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2021 ed.)
No Contributor
R3,466 Discovery Miles 34 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Geheimnisse Moderner Schacheroeffnungen Band 1, Band 1 (German, Paperback): John Watson Geheimnisse Moderner Schacheroeffnungen Band 1, Band 1 (German, Paperback)
John Watson
R594 Discovery Miles 5 940 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Pirc in Black and White - Detailed Coverage of an Enterprising Chess Opening (Paperback): James Vigus The Pirc in Black and White - Detailed Coverage of an Enterprising Chess Opening (Paperback)
James Vigus
R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Pirc is an ambitious counter-attacking response to White's most popular opening move, 1 e4. Black's philosophy is based around allowing White to build a large and impressive-looking pawn centre, only to plot its downfall by attacking it with pieces or timely pawn strikes. When it works, the results can be spectacular, but of course this method of play carries with it some danger; if Black is not careful he runs the risk of simply being swamped in the centre. Such a provocative approach has found favour with a line of uncompromising Grandmasters including former Soviet Champion Alexander Beliavsky and Mikhail Gurevich.
In this book James Vigus provides an up-to-date appraisal of the Pirc and its many variations. Using illustrative games, he examines the traditional main lines, the fashionable alternatives and the tricky sidelines, while outlining the typical tactical and positional ideas for both White and Black. A study of this book will allow the reader to begin playing the Pirc with confidence in his or her own games.
*Essential coverage of a dynamic opening
*Written by a Pirc expert
*Ideal for club and tournament players
FIDE Master James Vigus is a former British Junior Champion. He's a regular book reviewer and contributor to "British Chess Magazine" and was editor of "Dragon" (Cambridge University Chess Magazine). This is his first book for Everyman Chess. Outside of chess, he's completing a PhD in English Literature at Cambridge.

Soviet Middlegame Technique (Paperback): Peter Romanovsky Soviet Middlegame Technique (Paperback)
Peter Romanovsky
R559 Discovery Miles 5 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Many of the classics of Soviet chess literature have struggled to see the light of day, but none more so than Soviet Middlegame Technique by Peter Romanovsky. The original version of this famous guide to the middlegame was published in 1929 when Romanovsky was Soviet Champion. Romanovsky later decided to update and improve his work. As he finished his work in 1942, World War II was underway and Romanovsky was trapped in the notorious siege of Leningrad. The author barely survived and his manuscript was lost. Romanovsky was undeterred and finally recreated his improved book in 1960. His writing was later translated into English and published in two titles -- one on Planning and the other on Combinations. In this fresh translation we have included both works to create the ultimate version of a classic of Soviet chess literature.

A Course in Chess Tactics (Paperback): Dejan Bojkov, Vladimir Georgiev A Course in Chess Tactics (Paperback)
Dejan Bojkov, Vladimir Georgiev
R459 Discovery Miles 4 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Damas Espanolas - La Partida. Tomo V (Spanish, Hardcover): Govert Westerveld Damas Espanolas - La Partida. Tomo V (Spanish, Hardcover)
Govert Westerveld
R1,076 Discovery Miles 10 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Stein - Move by Move (Paperback): Thomas Engquvist Stein - Move by Move (Paperback)
Thomas Engquvist
R641 R572 Discovery Miles 5 720 Save R69 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Leonid Stein was a three-time Soviet Chess Champion and one of the World's strongest players during his career, which was tragically cut short at its peak by his premature death in 1973. Stein was a fierce competitor who defeated virtually all of his closest rivals and enjoyed excellent results even against World Champions. Stein possessed a unique creative attacking style, and his legacy includes a number of wonderful attacking games. In this book, International Master Thomas Engqvist invites readers to join him in a study of his favorite Stein games, and shows how we can all improve by learning from Stein's masterpieces. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge.

Alekhine - Move by Move (Paperback): Steve Giddins Alekhine - Move by Move (Paperback)
Steve Giddins
R559 R506 Discovery Miles 5 060 Save R53 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Alexander Alekhine was a two-time World Chess Champion and is widely regarded to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. During his best years he dominated tournaments, and in 1927 he defeated his great rival Jose Raul Capablanca to win the world title. Alekhine was renowned both for his fierce competitive nature and his dazzling combinative play. He had a phenomenal ability to unleash combinations even from seemingly harmless positions, and he is undeniably one of the best attackers the game has ever seen. In this book, FIDE Master Steve Giddins invites you to join him in a study of his favorite Alekhine games, and shows us how we can all learn and improve our chess by examining Alekhine's masterpieces. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge. *Learn from the games of a chess legend *Important ideas absorbed by continued practice *Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study

The Queen's Gambit - Dazzle Your Opponents! (Paperback): Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear, Chris Ward The Queen's Gambit - Dazzle Your Opponents! (Paperback)
Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear, Chris Ward
R452 R409 Discovery Miles 4 090 Save R43 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Are you tired of playing the same old openings time and time again? Fed up with constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to play something new and inspiring, but cannot decide between the numerous options available? Don't despair - help is on hand! In "Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit", opening experts Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear and Chris Ward team up to investigate one of the most popular openings in chess history, but in a revolutionary way. They concentrate on little-explored and fun-to-play variations of the Queen's Gambit, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover! "Dangerous Weapons" is an exciting series of opening books which supply the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting ideas to revitalize his or her opening repertoire. Many of the carefully chosen weapons are innovative, visually shocking, incredibly tricky, or have been unfairly discarded; they are guaranteed to throw even your most experienced opponent off balance. It features large array of opening weapons for both White and Black. It explains The Queen's Gambit in a completely new light. It is ideal for ambitious and adventurous players.

Schacheroffnungen fur Kids Ubungsbuch (German, Hardcover): Graham Burgess Schacheroffnungen fur Kids Ubungsbuch (German, Hardcover)
Graham Burgess
R445 Discovery Miles 4 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Great Games by Chess Legends, Volume 2 (Paperback): Neil McDonald, Colin Crouch Great Games by Chess Legends, Volume 2 (Paperback)
Neil McDonald, Colin Crouch
R631 R563 Discovery Miles 5 630 Save R68 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Two books from the Chess Secrets series brought together in one volume. Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess: strategy, attack, classical play, opening play, endgames and preparation. In each book the author chooses and deeply studies a number of great players from chess history who have excelled in a particular field of the game and undeniably influenced those who have followed. Chess Secrets: Heroes of Classical Chess: Learn from Carlsen, Anand, Fischer, Smyslov and Rubinstein by Craig Pritchett. In Heroes of Classical Chess, Craig Pritchett selects five great players whose style exemplifies classically direct, clear, energetic, tough, ambitious yet fundamentally correct chess playing attributes. Pritchett studies the major contributions they have made, compares their differing styles and discusses the critical influences they have had on the development of chess, on their peers and on all our games. Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy: Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch by Neil McDonald. The chess world has been blessed with some wonderful strategists, innovators of the game with their instructive play and profound teachings. In The Giants of Strategy, Neil McDonald chooses his selection of the most prominent ones and highlights the major contributions they have made. He examines their differing approaches and styles, and from Nimzowitsch to Kramnik, how they followed in each other's footsteps. A careful study of this book will help you to understand and improve in one of the most crucial elements of the game.

Opening Repertoire - The Open Games with Black (Paperback): Martin Lokander Opening Repertoire - The Open Games with Black (Paperback)
Martin Lokander
R627 R558 Discovery Miles 5 580 Save R69 (11%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

1...e5 enjoys an excellent reputation as a reliable defense against White's most popular opening choice, 1 e4. However, anyone who is primed to face the Ruy Lopez must also be prepared to face a number of White alternatives. This collection of variations make up the Open Games and include not only popular choices such as the Italian Game, Scotch Game, Bishop's Opening, King's Gambit, Vienna Game and Four Knights, but also many tricky sidelines and some wild and wacky gambits. Many of these might not be theoretically strong but can be both daunting and dangerous for the uninformed player. In this book, FIDE Master Martin Lokander tackles all these lines head on and presents a practical repertoire for Black in the Open Games. This book tells you everything you need to know about facing the Open Games when White avoids the Ruy Lopez. *Essential reading for 1...e5 players *Every opening bar the Ruy Lopez is covered *Packed with new ideas and critical analysis

Board Games: Throughout The History And Multidimensional Spaces (Hardcover): Jorma Kyppo Board Games: Throughout The History And Multidimensional Spaces (Hardcover)
Jorma Kyppo
R3,280 Discovery Miles 32 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this richly illustrated book, Dr Jorma Kyppoe explores the history of board games dating back to Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China. He provides a description of the evolution and various interpretations of chess. Furthermore, the book offers the study of the old Celtic and Viking board games and the old Hawaiian board game Konane, as well as a new hypothesis about the interpretation of the famous Cretan Phaistos Disk. Descriptions of several chess variations, including some highlights of the game theory and tiling in different dimensions, are followed by a multidimensional symmetrical n-person strategy game model, based on chess. Final chapter (Concluding remarks) offers the new generalizations of the Euler-Poincare's Characteristic, Pi and Fibonacci sequence.

Playing the Ragozin (Paperback): Richard Pert Playing the Ragozin (Paperback)
Richard Pert
R703 R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Save R36 (5%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Opening Repertoire: Queen's Gambit Declined - Tarrasch (Paperback): Cyrus Lakdawala Opening Repertoire: Queen's Gambit Declined - Tarrasch (Paperback)
Cyrus Lakdawala
R589 R528 Discovery Miles 5 280 Save R61 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The Tarrasch Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined is a fierce counter-attacking line arising after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5. In this variation Black gains free and easy piece play but in return usually has to accept the structural weakness of an Isolated Queen's Pawn (IQP). In the early development of chess theory this line was somewhat frowned upon due to the vulnerability of the IQP. However, Siegbert Tarrasch, after whom the opening is named, famously declared that, "he who fears an Isolated Queen's Pawn should give up chess". The Tarrasch has had many powerful adherents over the years including the legendary Garry Kasparov who made much use of it in the early part of his career. In this book Cyrus Lakdawala guides the reader through the complexities of the Tarrasch and carves out a repertoire for Black, based on a modern treatment popularised by the Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov. He examines all aspects of this highly complex opening and provides the reader with well-researched, fresh, and innovative analysis. Each annotated game has valuable lessons on how to play the opening and contains instructive commentary on typical middlegame plans. * A complete repertoire for Black to counter 1 d4. * The question and answer approach provides an excellent study method.

Play the King's Indian - A Complete Repertoire for Black in This Most Dynamic of Openings (Paperback): Joe Gallagher Play the King's Indian - A Complete Repertoire for Black in This Most Dynamic of Openings (Paperback)
Joe Gallagher
R516 R457 Discovery Miles 4 570 Save R59 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The King's Indian has always been one of the sharpest, most complex and popular openings that Black can play; it still provides the setting for many encounters at the elite level of Grandmaster chess. Straight from the start, Black fights for the initiative and in many variations, while White pursues material gains, it is Black who has the psychological advantage of trying checkmate the opponent's king.
Despite its many advantages, some prospective King's Indian players are put off by the seemingly endless amount of theory one is supposed to learn. In Play the King's Indian, however, Grandmaster and life-long King's Indian devotee Joe Gallagher has produced a comprehensive and yet workable black repertoire against all of White's most dangerous possibilities.
*Written by a renowned King's Indian expert
*Includes up-to-date theory on a fascinating opening
*Covers all of White's replies

SCRABBLE (TM) Puzzles - Book 1 (Paperback): Collins Scrabble SCRABBLE (TM) Puzzles - Book 1 (Paperback)
Collins Scrabble
R240 R214 Discovery Miles 2 140 Save R26 (11%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The ideal gift for all word gamers! A bumper book of more than 250 puzzles for word game lovers. Based on techniques required for Scrabble, these challenges have been designed to put your word power to the ultimate test. All words used are from the official Scrabble word list, so you learn as you play. Suitable for the whole family. In this collection of word puzzles you will find: Word Slider - move tiles in the grid to create multiple words Scrabble (TM) Word - a variation of Wordle, solve the anagram from the clues given Seven Letters - solve the given clues to find the hidden 7-letter word Scrabble (TM) Score - try and make the maximum score from a given rack of tiles Wordsearch - ideal for word training Anagram Challenges - unscramble the letters from the racks Give me a clue - fill in the blank tiles to match the definition Word Wheel - find as many words as you can with a given length Scrabble (TM) Soup - find the highest-scoring word you can in the grid of letters Word Ladder - get from the top of the ladder to the bottom by exchanging one letter at a time Star Letter - find the word that can be formed using every letter once and the star letter twice Consonant Crosswords - complete the crossword, where all the vowels have already been placed (c)2022 Mattel. SCRABBLE (TM) and SCRABBLE tiles, including S1 tiles, are trademarks of Mattel

Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter: The Dark Judges (Game): Martin Wallace Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter: The Dark Judges (Game)
Martin Wallace; Illustrated by Bobby Jackson, Brian Bolland
R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The barrier between worlds has shattered. Now, the Dark Judges have returned to exact judgement on Mega-City One. The city is guilty. The crime is life. The sentence is death. The Dark Judges can be played as a team in any game of Helter Skelter, or one player can face off against them in a solo game. Requires a copy of Judge Dredd: Helter Skelter to play. Number of players: 1-4 Ages: 14+ Playing time: 30-60 minutes Components: 4 miniatures, 5 oversized cards, 39 playing cards, tokens

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