Sunday, November 4, 2012

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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Saturday, November 3, 2012

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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Friday, November 2, 2012

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

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




Php 410.00 - hardcover



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Thursday, November 1, 2012

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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