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This book deals with the final phase of a chess game, the one that comes after the opening and the middlegame. But it doesnt take the point of view that the endgame is separate from the other two phases. Rather it argues that the game is an organic whole, and that everything is related, and that what happens earlier can explain what happens later. The book also recognizes that the endgame tends to have special characteristics. Pandolfini offer...

This classic manual was first published over 80 years ago, and has diminished neither in relevance nor significance. Lasker was both a wonderful fighter and a deep thinker, his book is the quintessence of the exceptionally successful experiences he had over many long years, and his thoughts about them. He teaches what he himself considers most important: general principles and methods applicable to any situation. He begins at the most basic le...

When the first volume of Chess Mazes was released, it was an immediate hit with both chess instructors and students. It was a completely new kind of chess puzzle to help develop chessplaying visualization skills. In Chess Mazes 2, author Bruce Alberston has created hundreds more fascinating chess mazes. This book is geared for intermediate and advanced beginners. Designed to keep pace with a students increasing development, the chapters appear...

Chess is by far the most popular board game in the world, perhaps because you become a general who directs an army against your opponent in an exciting battle of wits. This is a blatant attempt to lure you to the royal game. It's based on the very same lessons Pandolfini has given to thousands of beginners, whose questions and problems have shaped it. The format is unique and easy to follow: the fundamentals have been broken down into short, l...

Understand and play the openings in chess much, much better! This book will also help balance your studies of openings, and give you a recipe as to how to obtain better results from your openings and how to best approach a variety of opening situations. The book covers critical concepts, including: My Own Experiences with Openings, Opening Principles, How do I decide which Opening to Choose?, An Introduction to Opening Theory, The Open Game, T...

Modern Ideas in Chess is a series of 45 essays dealing with the evolution of game, its leading players, their ideas and contributions to their respective periods. The chronology starts in the Romantic era of Anders-sen and Morphy, continues through the Classical School of Steinitz, Tarrasch, Lasker, and runs to the dawn of the Hypermodern Revolution, the 70 year stretch from 1852 to 1922. Working in small chunks Rti had to be selective in what...

The Ultimate Fischer Collection! The Chess Publishing Event of the Decade! The years after the Second World War saw international chess dominated by the Soviets Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian and then Spassky held the world crown, treating it as if it were almost an integral part of their countrys heritage. There were occasional flashes of brilliance in the West Reshevsky, Najdorf, and later Larsen but no one really mounted a serious chall...

Arthur Bisguier is a living legend in American chess, having met and defeated some of the greatest players in the world. This is a collection of his best games - annotated by Bisguier himself - from 1961 through 2003. Each game is introduced with an anecdote and brief comment about Arts opponent and combined with many archival photos, makes this one of the great chess game collections ever. Arthur Bisguier has been one of America's most popula...

Historic London 1922 Jos Capablanca was the superstar of chess in 1922 and London was his first serious chess in the 15 months since he had won the championship title from Emanuel Lasker. Capa was the chessplayer whom even non-players could identify. But the tournament signified not only Capas return to the game, it was also something of a revival of international chess after four years of war and four more of recovery. The new world champion ...

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An Historic Clash of Generations! The great international chess tournament at Nottingham, 1936 has taken its place next to other legendary tournaments such as St. Petersburg 1909, London 1922 and New York 1924. It set a record by featuring, for the first time, four men who had held the world championship title Jos Capablanca, Alexander Alekhine, Max Euwe (the then reigning champion) and Emanuel Lasker. The champions were expected to be challen...

Few materials exist to help the classroom teacher who has never played chess or knows only some chess. This manual was designed to address this deficiency. It is written in a manner that allows the teacher to see how to present the material in his or her classroom. This manual will lead a group of beginning students from the rudiments of chess rules to the ability of playing a full game in a competent manner.

Chess in the Fast Lane! Can anyone play a decent game of chess in one minute? Surprisingly, the answer is Yes as this unique book reveals. Bullet chess, where each player has one minute for the entire game, has attracted thousands of followers since it was popularized on the internet a decade ago. In this book the authors discuss the relationship between the position on the board and time on the clock, the techniques and dangers of pre-moving,...

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