1292-SP-Silman's Complete Endgame Course - Jeremy Silman - (Siles 2007)

1292-SP-Silman's Complete Endgame Course - Jeremy Silman - (Siles 2007) 

Php 660.00 hardcover

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2014-SP-Understanding Chess Middlegames (Nunn,2011)

Php 380.00

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2007-SP-How to Crush Your Chess Opponents (2008)

240.00

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Code:  2007-SP-How to Crush Your Chess Opponents (2008)

Simon Williams, one of Britain's most dynamic and aggressive chess-players, has selected his favourite attacking games from the modern era, and annotated them with an infectious zeal that will inspire and instruct. He takes us inside the decision-making process, explaining how each stage in an attacking concept is formed, and shows how top players spot the signs that indicate it is time to stake everything on an all-out assault. We also get insights into the role of intuition and calculation in both attack and defence.

The players featured in this entertaining collection include: * Judit Polgar * Alexei Shirov * Veselin Topalov * Viswanathan Anand * Vasily Ivanchuk * Peter Svidler * Alexander Grishchuk * Magnus Carlsen *

1264-SP-50 Essential Chess Lessons-Giddins (Gambit 2006)

1264-SP-50 Essential Chess Lessons-Giddins (Gambit 2006)

Php 230.00 hardcover

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2031-SP-Bobby Fischer Rediscovered [Batsford,2003]

2031-SP-Bobby Fischer Rediscovered [Batsford,2003] 

Php 410.00 - hardcover

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2021-SP-Grandmaster Preparation Calculation - Jacob Aagaard [2012]

430.00

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Code: 2021-SP- Grandmaster Preparation Calculation - Aagaard  (2012)    430.00

Grandmaster Preparation: Calculation by Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard is the first in a five book series (position play, strategic play, endgame play and thinking inside the box are the others) designed to give aspiring players without trainers the tools they need on the road to grandmastership. Such aims are ambitious to say the least but Aagaard delivers.

This reviewer remembers when an English language translation of Hort and Jansa’s What’s the Best Move was published in 1980 and what a big deal it was. Previous to that, students of the game had only books on combinations and chess solitaire to go through, but they were nothing like the work by the two Vlastimils. The 230 test positions, all from their own games, were challenging, even with three choices offered. I still remember taking a Greyhound bus from Philadelphia to Boulder, Colorado, in 1981 with IM Walter Morris and the difficulties both of us had finding the correct solutions.

The 75 positions offered in the final chapter (Difficult Positions) of Aagaard’s book are on a different order of magnitude of difficulty from those in What’s the Best Move. Fortunately, students have roughly 375 positions to solve before that to prepare themselves. These positions are arranged around eight chapters that deal with specific themes: candidate moves, combinational vision, prophylaxis comparison, elimination, intermediate moves, imagination and traps.

Each chapter starts with four to five pages of examples accompanied by explanatory prose which builds up to the exercises which are the heart of the book. They are challenging and the time to solve them reflects this. Don’t expect to gobble them down like three move checkmates.

Failing to solve the exercises can still yield benefits if the student tries their hardest. Calculation has detailed solutions that clear up misconceptions.

2030 -SP-Fighting Chess with Magnus Carlsen [2012]

410.00

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Code:  2030-SP-Fighting Chess with Magnus Carlsen [2012]

The strategies of the Norwegian chess grandmaster the Washington Post calls "the Mozart of chess," currently the World Chess Champion.

Now firmly established among the world's elite, the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen has been setting records ever since he embarked on his chess career. He became a grandmaster at the age of just 13, and in 2010 he became the youngest player to be ranked No.1 in the world. This book presents detailed annotations to 64 of Carlsen's best games, together with a description of his career. Also examined are the deficiencies from which he suffered as a young player, and how he overcame these on his way to the top.

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2012-SP-Grandmaster Chess strategy (New in Chess 2011)

350.00

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2012-SP-Grandmaster Chess strategy (New in Chess 2011)

2016-Attack with Black [Gambit, 2012]

2016-Attack with Black [Gambit, 2012]

350.00

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2017-Slay the Sicilian-Taylor [2012]

Slay the Sicilian-Taylor [2012]

410.00

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2020-Greatest 365 Puzzles-From Practical Games of 2012 Part 1

310.00

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2020-Greatest 365 Puzzles-From Practical Games of 2012 Part 1

Greatest 365 Puzzles, Part One is a traditional sort of puzzle book in that it is

simply a collection of puzzles for solving. It contains, unsurprisingly, 365

puzzles, which are arranged in five chapters:

● Easy (109 puzzles)

● Medium (122 puzzles)

● Hard (74 puzzles)

● Tests (50 puzzles)

● Top 10 (10 puzzles)

The puzzles cover a large range of tactical themes and were all culled from

games played during the first quarter of 2012, from events such as Wijk an

Zee, Gibraltar, Aeroflot, and the European Championship.

Csaba Balogh writes that the "highest priority" of his selection was to use "the

practical aspects of the puzzles and take the level of calculation [of the reader]

to a completely new dimension." He notes that he tried to mix three things:

● A lot of fun by solving the puzzles.

● Discover many new tactical ideas.

● Practical use in future games.

2025-What It Takes To Become a Chess Master-Soltis [Batsford, 2012]

340.00

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Code:  2025-What It Takes To Become a Chess Master-Soltis [Batsford, 2012]

The title of What It Takes to Become a Chess Master is about as

straightforward and descriptive of the contents as any chess book you will

find. As Soltis explains, "only two percent of the people who take chess

seriously make master." He claims "the answers aren't mysterious"; however,

his conclusions as to why this is may still surprise you. For instance, he states

that being good in core areas such as tactics and endgames, and having a good

general awareness of principles, may have been enough to get you where you

are, but getting better at them will not necessarily take you further. The same

goes for opening knowledge, memory, overall experience, and calculation,

with Soltis writing that there is "a powerful law of diminishing returns in

chess calculation," because it is very rare to even have to see, say, six or seven

moves ahead.

The material is divided into the following chapters:

● Introduction

● What Matters Most

● Habits

● Little Tactics

● More

● Sense

● Winnability

● Easier

● Comp

● Knowing

● Quiz Answers

2019-The Modern French-A Complete Guide for Black [2012]

2019-The Modern French-A Complete Guide for Black [2012]

Php 490.00 

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2001-SP-64 Things You Need to Know in Chess

280.00

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This is a basic primer for those who know how to play chess and are seeking to improve. Each 'thing' is explained in an easy-to-follow lesson, which is followed by exercises that enable the reader to check that he or she has fully understood the concept. Topics include: the basic checkmates; essential endgame knowledge; tactics and combinations; middlegame themes; typical checkmating patterns; opening play. 

1324-SP-Perfect Your Chess - Volokitin & Gabinksy (Gambit 2007)

PERFECT YOUR CHESS

Book -  290.00 

Andrei Volokitin is one of a rare breed of players: he achieved a ranking in the world's top 20 while still a teenager, playing dynamic and often brilliant chess. Although we cannot all aspire to emulate his achievements, there is much that we can learn from his training methods, his games and his general approach to chess. These topics are the subject of this book, written in collaboration with his trainer.

The core material of the book is 369 positions where the reader is given a task or asked a question. These tasks resemble those that players regularly face over the board, and are especially useful from a training viewpoint. Sometimes we are told we need to find a combination, but often the task is simply to decide on a move. It is for us to determine whether to play quietly or stake everything on a sacrificial attack!

The examples are all from recent years, and so even the most zealous reader of chess literature will have seen few of them previously. Many of the positions are from Volokitin's own games, so we get the 'inside story' on some truly spectacular chess. We are also presented with fine examples from Grabinsky's training files, carefully collected and graded over the years for their instructive merit. The commentaries and detailed solutions explain the key issues in each position, and also convey the authors' philosophy of chess and their love for the game.

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