Estudios y finales de Ajedrez / Chess Studies and End Games (Jaque Mate / Checkmate) (Spanish Edition)

Estudios y finales de Ajedrez / Chess Studies and End Games (Jaque Mate / Checkmate) (Spanish Edition)

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The Complete Benoni

The most thorough coverage ever given to this bloodthirsty opening, which set Fischer on his way to the World Championship. Coverage of all the key lines should interest chess enthusiasts at every level.


Intermediate

The Complete Benoni

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Chess Skill in Man and Machine

Chess Skill in Man and Machine

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Inner Game, The

'A remarkable book - perhaps the most intimate portrait of a chess genius ever written . . . The Inner Game has all the compulsion of a good thriller' Robert Harris (author of Fatherland), Spectator 'Lawson does a superb job of evoking tension and narrative in a way that all the coverage at the rime failed to do ... the real flavour of the effort of analysis is captured and the dirty tricks and psychological warfare make good, sensational reading' Bryan Appleyard, Literary Review 'Lawson creates great drama out of his material... the tension is brilliantly sustained. And no, you don't have to be a chess expert or even to have played the game at all to enjoy this book' Simon O'Hagan, Independent on Sunday 'An engrossing study of a rarified world of eccentricity and achievement ... [a] tale of guile and skulduggery: bugged rooms, bribed coaches, tapped telephones, bluff and counterbluff. Much of it reads like a le Carre" novel. . . A closely observed and hugely entertaining portrait of a prodigious British talent' Henry Marten, Sunday Telegraph If Nigel Short is the John Major of chess, Dominic Lawson is the Jeffrey Archer . . . Whether you like Archer or not, you'll love Lawson' Daniel Johnson, The Times 'A riveting narrative' Observer Immensely readable . . . The characters come through very precisely' Stephen Tumim, Daily Telegraph 'Gripping narrative . . . absorbing between-the-synapses account of an epic drama to which [Lawson] had unique access' Anthony Holden, Sunday Times 'Brilliantly written' Guardian Dominic Lawson is the editor of the Spectator. He has been writing about the world of grandmaster chess for over ten years, not just for the Spectator, but also for the Daily and Sunday Telegraph, The Times, the Daily Mail and the Financial Times, where he has a weekly column. He covered the 1993 World Chess Championship for BBC Television.

Inner Game, The

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Chess Strategy #5 Powerful Pawnplay (Chess Strategy Series)

To become a very strong chess player you have to know how to play
your pawns. In this element of the Chess Strategy Series Study we watch as two of the greatest Grandmasters demonstrate the strategic thinking behind their pawn play and show how vital it is to place supporting pieces with precision.
We then examine a ‘cat and mouse’ game where the winner uses the strategy of switching the focus of the attack - and it’s a master class in exploiting the weakness of doubled pawns.
Bobby Fischer shows that losing the exchange to gain a strategic advantage can be enough to win the game and then there are two mighty, one hundred year old clashes between those legends of the game, Frank Marshall and Jose Capablanca.
Here’s a question for you:- As it’s unlikely that a Grandmaster will have beaten another Grandmaster because the loser fell for a simple tactical trick or suffered from a glaring weakness in his
endgame technique or some other aspect of his game, just what is it that separated them?
The answer is likely to be that one of them had a better grasp of the strategic requirements of the positions which arose.
It's the fine points which make the difference between winning and losing at the highest levels of the game.
Frank Marshall loses twice to Jose Capablanca; in the first game because he doesn’t move his pawns and in the second because he does!
In this series we're looking over the shoulders of the Masters as they play their games; it's the best way to improve your own game.

Chess Strategy #5 Powerful Pawnplay (Chess Strategy Series)

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Chess for children, step by step: A new, easy way to learn the game

Simple games teach beginning players how to move each chess piece and what each can do in a game.

Chess for children, step by step: A new, easy way to learn the game

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United States Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, Fifth Edition

The U.S. Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess is the only official rulebook for chess. Serious players at every level as well as chess club teachers, directors, and tournament sponsors should have it on hand during every match. This new edition features the latest rules, including guidelines for the popular game of speed chess, an updated quick rating system, and the latest conventions of governing tournaments. It also contains explanations of every legal move, a guide to calculating lifetime rankings, guidelines for sponsoring and running a tournament, and a lesson on how to read and write chess notation.

United States Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, Fifth Edition

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How to Play Chess Endgames

In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board.

Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions.

Major topics include:
* Basic Principles and Methods
* Activity
* Schematic Thinking
* The Fight for the Initiative
* Prophylaxis and Preventing Counterplay
* The Bishop-Pair in the Endgame
* Domination
* The Art of Defence
* Typical Mistakes
* Rules of Thumb

How to Play Chess Endgames

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How to Win At Chess

In this book Daniel King explains the basic principles of chess to the beginner by means of clear explanation of ten very simple rules, mastery of which will enable the reader to play a better more enjoyable game.

How to Win At Chess

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Winning With the Bishop's Opening (Batsford Chess Library)

Winning With the Bishop's Opening (Batsford Chess Library)

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The Bb5 Sicilian: Detailed Coverage of a Thoroughly Modern System (Everyman Chess)

The Bb5 Sicilian is a logical and practical weapon against Black's most popular defence to 1 e4 and is an excellent choice for White players who are fed up of constantly trying to keep abreast of the latest developments in the Open Sicilian. The early bishop move signals White intention to develop rapidly and it can lead to both wild gambit play and calmer positional waters. Significantly, this opening weapon has the seal of approval from many of today's elite Grandmasters, including Vishy Anand, Mickey Adams and Peter Leko, while Garry Kasparov utilised it successfully in his famous Internet game versus 'the rest of the world'. Now, for the first time in many years, Richard Palliser provides a comprehensive study of the Bb5 Sicilian and its many variations. Using illustrative games, he examines both the crucial main lines and the more unusual tries for White and Black, highlighting tactical and positional ideas as well as move order nuances. A study of this book will allow the reader to play both sides of this opening with confidence. It includes a complete and up-to-date coverage of one of the most important Anti-Sicilian lines, and covers both the Rossolimo and Moscow (3 Bb5+) Variations. It is written by a Bb5 Sicilian expert.

The Bb5 Sicilian: Detailed Coverage of a Thoroughly Modern System (Everyman Chess)

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