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Easy Knight Mates teaches you how to mate with a knight very early in a chess game. This makes you more aware of surprising tactical possibilities in chess openings.
You can win games quicker when you know knight mating patterns. This skill will make you harder to beat. You will be more dangerous as a chess player to all your opponents.
Each diagram shows the position where a knight can mate in one move. Since every game must mate with a knight,...
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Jose Raul Capablanca (Havana, 1888 - New York, 1942) was a Cuban chess player who became the World Chess Champion from 1921 to 1927. Capablanca learned to play chess at the age of four by observing his father's technique, and he became a legend in the world of chess. Originally written in English with the title "Chess Fundamentals" by Capablanca, is a treatise on the basic principles of the game, presented with remarkable precision and clarity, and...
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In this book, the authors aim to assist the reader in becoming better at finding combinations, constructing plans, and calculating long, forcing variations. For the purpose of instruction, the material is based on the output of former World Champion Vassily Smyslov (1921-2010), using his endgame compositions from various works and publications as well as several of his practical endgames from games from tournaments and matches throughout his career...
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This book contains 50 puzzles from the Dutch Defence (Leningrad)-it is not a theoretical manual. I have designed this book to be a useful tactics trainer but also to aid with opening preparation-the idea is that you solve the tactics in your expected opening before a game.
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Omnibus edition of volumes 1-3 in the popular Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening series.
Volume 1 covers all of the Indian Defenses: Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, King's Indian, Gruenfeld Indian, and the Bogo-Indian as well as the Catalan Opening, and Blumenfeld Gambit .Volume 2 covers all openings starting with 1.d, 4, d5, including the Queen's Gambit and Slav Defense as well as many popular specialty lines. Volume 3 covers all Flank Openings,...
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Tired of being recommended to study chess tactics but the tactics in the books do not look anything like what could arise in the openings you play? So am I! Well, here is the answer: opening specific tactical exercises split up by variation from actual games.
In this book, you will face hundreds of tactical positions, not only combinations but positions with tactical elements for you to solve and familiarize yourself with. This will help you be extra...
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José Raul Capablanca (La Habana, 1888-Nueva York, 1942) fue un Ajedrecista cubano, campeón mundial desde 1921 hasta 1927. Capablanca aprendió a jugar al ajedrez a la edad de cuatro años, observando la técnica de su padre y se convirtió en una leyenda del mundo del ajedrez. Escrito originalmente en inglés con el título de "Chess Fundamentals", por Capablanca, Fundamentos del Ajerez es un tratado de los principios básicos del juego-ciencia,...
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This 2016 First Edition of “Chess Training Repertoire” by Author Tim Sawyer has 50 variations with one basic plan for White and another for Black in each chess opening.
Do you struggle to pick good moves in your favorite openings? Are there too many choices at the beginning of your games? Ever wish someone would tell you exactly what moves to play? This book helps you solve these problems. Tim Sawyer gives you bite-size amounts. He covers a variety...
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Omnibus edition of volumes 7-9 in the popular Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening series.
Volume 7 covers a variety of Semi-Open Games such as the Pirc, Modern Defense, King's Fianchetto, Alekhine Defense, Scandinavian Defense (Center Counter), Owen's Defense & Nimzowitsch Defense.
Volume 8 covers all openings starting with 1.e4 e5, including the Scotch Game, Italian Game, Evans Gambit, Two Knights, Ruy Lopez, Three & Four Knights, King's...
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Get ready to rattle your opponents from the get-go! Opening Hacker Files is a new series created for players who are interested in playing interesting chess, fun openings and have good results without having to learn endless amounts of opening theory Carlsen Variation? In 2018, World Champion Magnus Carlsen unveiled a new Anti-Sicilian to beat Polish top grandmaster Radoslaw Wojtasczek: 1.e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 followed by b2-b3...
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Esta obra es un práctico estudio, que resultará interesante para los aficionados ajedrecistas, cualquiera que sea su grado de experiencia y conocimientos.
El texto está ilustrado con tableros en color que recogen las partidas más interesantes en las que las diferentes aperturas constituyen elementos fundamentales.
Podrá conocer cuál es la estrategia más correcta en las diferentes aperturas y los problemas que se pueden presentar con cada una.
Aprenderá...
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This is a well-established training manual which encourages the average player to understand how a grandmaster thinks, and even more important, how he works. Kotov tackles fundamental issues such as knowing how and when to analyze, the tree of analysis, a selection of candidate moves and the factors of success.
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Your kids are buzzing bundles of energy, ever eager for new experiences and new challenges. And, one of your toughest jobs as a parent is finding ways to channel kids' energies that promote healthy development, while keeping them entertained. Good news, your job just got a little easier.
Fair weather or foul, My Book of Indoor Games helps you keep the peace and banish bad moods with:
- 180 indoor games for kids
- Games for every occasion, setting...
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Every chessplayer who aspires to achieve chess mastery must learn the techniques for winning a won game. It is the perennial problem which confronts players at all levels of play. This book will enable chessplayers to better recognize their positional advantages and the ways in which these can be used in order to bring them closer to victory. It also provides many instructive examples of using this knowledge to reach a faster and more spectacular...
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WINNING FAST IS FUN!
This book is a collection of games played by the best players in the world in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of brilliant chess tactics, an accumulation of mistakes or blunders. Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your opening play, opening repertoire, strategies, and tactical ability.
The chess opening variations in this volume are all the variations of the Caro-Kann...
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This book aims to serve as a beginner's guide to playing Chess. Inside, you will learn everything you need to know to become a proficient Chess player.
This book begins with the basics, such as the rules, what movements each Chess piece is allowed to make, and how Chess notation works.
After that, you will learn about the three different stages of a chess match, as well as specific and proven strategies you can implement in...
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WINNING FAST IS FUN!
This book is a collection of games played by the best players in the world in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of brilliant chess tactics, an accumulation of mistakes or blunders.
Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your opening play, opening repertoire, strategies and tactical ability.
The chess opening variations in this volume are all the variations of the Sicilian...
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