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300 Checkmate Chess Puzzles With Four Moves - Winning Chess Exercises (Paperback): Andon Rangelov 300 Checkmate Chess Puzzles With Four Moves - Winning Chess Exercises (Paperback)
Andon Rangelov
R228 Discovery Miles 2 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Complete Guide to Practical Play (Paperback): John Emms, Volker Schleputz A Complete Guide to Practical Play (Paperback)
John Emms, Volker Schleputz
R793 R693 Discovery Miles 6 930 Save R100 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Experts agree that regularly solving tactical exercises is a vital component of chess training. However, it's also widely acknowledged that there is one major drawback to traditional chess puzzles - students know for sure that there is a genuine tactic in the position waiting to be found, whereas during a real game there is no such guarantee! In this workbook, Volker Schleputz and Grandmaster John Emms offer a unique framework to practise chess tactics independent of themes, difficulty and - most crucially - even the definite existence of an actual tactic in a given position. Analysing carefully selected games, from beginner through to club and tournament level, the reader assumes the role of a tactics detective, searching for mistakes and missed opportunities by both sides without the help of a chess engine. ------ Are you making the most of your chess talent? Do you always perform to the best of your ability? Do your results match up with your understanding of the game? If the answer to any of these questions is 'no' then read on!In The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess, Grandmaster and experienced tournament player John Emms reveals the secrets of how to maximize your potential and improve your results. Drawing upon his own over-the-board experiences, Emms tackles the all-important aspects of practical play: concentration and behaviour at the chessboard; playing for a win or a draw; winning good positions and saving difficult ones; handling time trouble; avoiding silly mistakes; understanding your strengths and weaknesses; building an opening repertoire; using chess computers and software; preparing for opponents; understanding and utilizing the finer points of the rules; and much more besides. Read this book and play every game with the confidence that you really can give it your best shot.

Chess For Adult Beginners (Paperback): Alex Cherniack Chess For Adult Beginners (Paperback)
Alex Cherniack
R594 R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Save R102 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
400 Easy Checkmates in One Move for Beginners, Part 3 (Paperback): Andon Rangelov 400 Easy Checkmates in One Move for Beginners, Part 3 (Paperback)
Andon Rangelov
R292 Discovery Miles 2 920 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Soviet Chess School - Play Basic Chess like International Grandmaster Alexey Suetin (Paperback): John C Murray Soviet Chess School - Play Basic Chess like International Grandmaster Alexey Suetin (Paperback)
John C Murray
R205 Discovery Miles 2 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Starting Out: Benoni Systems (Paperback): Alexander Raetsky, Maxim Chetverik Starting Out: Benoni Systems (Paperback)
Alexander Raetsky, Maxim Chetverik
R494 R380 Discovery Miles 3 800 Save R114 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ideal for those wanting to understand the basics of Benoni Systems. This book is a study of all the crucial Benoni systems apart from the Modern Benoni. It presents diverse and practical options against the queen's pawn opening for dynamic, tactical players and solid, positional players alike. Included are such daring defenses as the controversial Blumenfeld Counter-Gambit and the Benko Gambit, a favorite with uncompromising Grandmasters such as Veselin Topalov and Vassily Ivanchuk. On the other hand, Black also has the opportunity to adopt solid, respectable defenses such as the Czech Benoni and the Schmid Benoni. Whether Black likes to sacrifice and take the initiative, or whether he prefers to play in a more restrained manner, there is something here for all types of players.
In this user-friendly book, opening theoreticians Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik go back to basics, studying the fundamental principles of the Benoni Systems and its many variations. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips, and warnings to help improving players, while key strategies, ideas, and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated.
User-friendly design to help readers absorb ideas
Concentrates on the key principles of Benoni systems
Ideal for improving players

Kotronias on the King's Indian Volume II - Mar Del Planta I (Paperback): Vassilios Kotronias Kotronias on the King's Indian Volume II - Mar Del Planta I (Paperback)
Vassilios Kotronias
R605 R530 Discovery Miles 5 300 Save R75 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Opening Repertoire: The Sicilian Najdorf (Paperback): John Doknjas, Joshua Doknjas Opening Repertoire: The Sicilian Najdorf (Paperback)
John Doknjas, Joshua Doknjas
R774 R675 Discovery Miles 6 750 Save R99 (13%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Najdorf is that very rare thing - an opening for Black that is highly aggressive but is also recognised as being objectively sound. In this book, FIDE Master John Doknjas and National Master Joshua Doknjas navigate through the main lines of the Najdorf and provide 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 middle-game plans. With thorough variations and explanations on pawn structures and piece placement, this book provides insight to both strong masters and less experienced players alike. ----- The format is ideal for the chessplayer keen to improve their game. While reading you are continually challenged to answer probing questions - a method that greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of chess 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 study chess while providing the best possible chance to retain what has been learnt.

160 Chess Puzzles in Two Moves, Part 5 (Paperback): Charles Morphy 160 Chess Puzzles in Two Moves, Part 5 (Paperback)
Charles Morphy
R229 Discovery Miles 2 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
500 Chess Puzzles in Two Moves, Part 3 (Paperback): Charles Morphy 500 Chess Puzzles in Two Moves, Part 3 (Paperback)
Charles Morphy
R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
160 Chess Exercises for Beginners and Intermediate Players in Two Moves, Part 3 (Paperback): Andon Rangelov 160 Chess Exercises for Beginners and Intermediate Players in Two Moves, Part 3 (Paperback)
Andon Rangelov
R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
160 Easy Checkmates in One Move for Kids, Part 3 (Paperback): Andon Rangelov 160 Easy Checkmates in One Move for Kids, Part 3 (Paperback)
Andon Rangelov
R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
180 Checkmates Chess Puzzles in Two Moves, Part 5 (Paperback): Andon Rangelov 180 Checkmates Chess Puzzles in Two Moves, Part 5 (Paperback)
Andon Rangelov
R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
180 Checkmates in Two Moves, Solutions in Diagrams Part 3 (Paperback): Charles Morphy 180 Checkmates in Two Moves, Solutions in Diagrams Part 3 (Paperback)
Charles Morphy
R213 Discovery Miles 2 130 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
160 Chess Exercises for Beginners and Intermediate Players in Two Moves, Part 1 (Paperback): Andon Rangelov 160 Chess Exercises for Beginners and Intermediate Players in Two Moves, Part 1 (Paperback)
Andon Rangelov
R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Great Games by Chess Legends, Volume 3 (Paperback): Craig Pritchett Great Games by Chess Legends, Volume 3 (Paperback)
Craig Pritchett
R630 R557 Discovery Miles 5 570 Save R73 (12%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess, such as strategy, attack, defence, opening play, endgames, off-board preparation and mental attitude. In each book the author chooses and deeply studies a number of great players who have excelled in such aspects of the game, greatly influenced their peers and inspired all of us. ----- In Giants of Innovation, Craig Pritchett selects five chess legends whose play exemplifies outstandingly innovative attributes. Wilhelm Steinitz established the essential ground-rules for modern positional chess. Emanuel Lasker pioneered a new kind of total all-out battling chess. Mikhail Botvinnik taught us how to prepare and successfully play an entire range of complex modern opening systems. Viktor Korchnoi set particularly high standards in the art of defence and counter-attack. Vassily Ivanchuk, a modern byword for ingenuity and surprise, excels by constant creation. ----- n Great Chess Romantics, Craig Pritchett selects five players, whose chess artistry expresses a deeply personal commitment to the discovery and revelation of great new truths and beauty on the chessboard. Anderssen defined romanticism's inherently dramatic and correct combinational core. Chigorin championed this essence in splendid opposition to an emerging new classical consensus. Reti revealed the extraordinary power of new flank openings. Larsen confounded the overly sober, scientific Soviet schoolI at innumerable turns. In the computer age, Morozevich constantly discovers new depths to chess, while simply oozing exquisite strokes in his best games.

Short Gems - Anderssen (Paperback): Lyudmil Tsvetkov Short Gems - Anderssen (Paperback)
Lyudmil Tsvetkov
R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
500 Checkmate Chess Puzzles in One Move, Part 3 (Paperback): Charles Morphy 500 Checkmate Chess Puzzles in One Move, Part 3 (Paperback)
Charles Morphy
R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
240 Checkmate Chess Puzzles in One Move (Paperback): Charles Morphy 240 Checkmate Chess Puzzles in One Move (Paperback)
Charles Morphy
R215 Discovery Miles 2 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
500 Checkmate Chess Puzzles in One Move, Part 9 (Paperback): Charles Morphy 500 Checkmate Chess Puzzles in One Move, Part 9 (Paperback)
Charles Morphy
R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
160 Easy Checkmates in One Move for Kids, Part 4 (Paperback): Andon Rangelov 160 Easy Checkmates in One Move for Kids, Part 4 (Paperback)
Andon Rangelov
R246 Discovery Miles 2 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
500 Easy Checkmates in One Move for Kids, Part 7 (Paperback): Charles Morphy 500 Easy Checkmates in One Move for Kids, Part 7 (Paperback)
Charles Morphy
R241 Discovery Miles 2 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
500 Easy Checkmates in One Move for Kids, Part 4 (Paperback): Charles Morphy 500 Easy Checkmates in One Move for Kids, Part 4 (Paperback)
Charles Morphy
R217 Discovery Miles 2 170 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
500 Difficult Chess Puzzles with Multiple Moves, Part 6 (Paperback): Charles Morphy 500 Difficult Chess Puzzles with Multiple Moves, Part 6 (Paperback)
Charles Morphy
R245 Discovery Miles 2 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
500 Difficult Chess Puzzles with Multiple Moves, Part 5 (Paperback): Charles Morphy 500 Difficult Chess Puzzles with Multiple Moves, Part 5 (Paperback)
Charles Morphy
R245 Discovery Miles 2 450 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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