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Browse inventory of more than 1000 chess titles, and take advantage of low media mail shipping rates in the US. Books are packed carefully, and we don't sell any damaged, used, or returned books as new.

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Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess - Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess - Bobby Fischer
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The all-time classic beginners chess book
Chess Workbook for Children - Bardwick
Chess Workbook for Children - Bardwick
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Many basic chess books are seemingly written for adults but this one is wonderful for youth as young as 6 to 8 years old or as soon as they can read on their own.
Checkmate! My first chess book. - KASPAROV
Checkmate! My first chess book. - KASPAROV
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Learn to play the great game of chess with none other than Gary Kasparov, the World's number one and the most famous figure in chess history as your teacher.
Chess Strategy Workbook: A Blueprint for Developing the Best Plan
Chess Strategy Workbook: A Blueprint for Developing the Best Plan - Bardwick
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Many average chess players struggle to find a solid strategy for chess improvement short of compiling a daunting stack of 20 chess books, and then trying to find time to read them! Chess Strategy Workbook teaches you to be observant and take your time to discover the clues in chess positions, introducing many of the strategies used by chess masters in a way that is fun and easy to understand.
Chess for Dummies 2nd Edition - Eade
Chess for Dummies 2nd Edition - Eade
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Proven tactical tips to strengthen your game.  Your quick and easy guide to the rules, strategies, and etiquette of chess.
Secrets of Chess Training - Artur Yusupov
Secrets of Chess Training - Artur Yusupov, Mark Dvoretsky
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A five-volume series based on courses given to talented young players throughout the world.
Teaching Chess in the 21st Century - Bardwick
Teaching Chess in the 21st Century - Bardwick
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A beginner chess book for teachers, chess club sponsors, or parents with young children. An elementary school teacher can use this book as a textbook to incorporate chess into a math program.
Reassess Your Chess Workbook - Silman
Reassess Your Chess Workbook - Silman
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In this comprehensive workbook, IM Jeremy Silman tests a player's strengths and weaknesses with 131 problems that cover openings, tactical and positional middlegames, and endgames.
How to Reassess Your Chess, Revised ed. - Silman
How to Reassess Your Chess, Revised ed. - Silman
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Truly a modern classic. Step-by-step course to create marked improvement in your game. Revised 4th edition completely rewritten, featuring all new examples. Takes Silman's concept of imbalances to a whole new level. For players rated 1400 to 2100.
Chess is Child's Play - Sherman/Kilpatrick
Chess is Child's Play - Sherman/Kilpatrick
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Chess is Child's Play - Teaching Techniques That Work. For parents to help kids learn chess!
Logical Chess - Move by Move - Chernev
Logical Chess - Move by Move - Chernev
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Every single move explained in depth!
Amateurs Mind 2nd Edition / Expanded - Silman
The Amateur's Mind 2nd Edition / Expanded - Silman
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"The Amateur's Mind is eminently readable and instruction-rich. Jeremy Silman never disappoints those who seriously wish to improve their game." -  Joel Benjamin, International Grandmaster, 1987 U.S. Champion
My Great Predecessors, Part 4 - Kasparov
My Great Predecessors, Part 4 - Kasparov
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Garry Kasparov is the World number one and generally regarded as the greatest chess player of all time. Here is his fourth in a series of titles proving extremely popular.
Art of Attack in Chess - Vukovic
Art of Attack in Chess - Vukovic
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One of the finest chess books ever written, now in the revised algebraic edition. The author expounds both the basic principles and the most complex forms of attack on the king.
My Great Predecessors, Part 1 - Kasparov
My Great Predecessors, Part 1 - Kasparov
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Garry Kasparov analyzes the style and play of the first four recognized champions: Wilhelm Steinitz (1886-1894), Emanuel Lasker (1894-1921), Jose Capablanca (1921-1927) and Alexander Alekhine (1927-1935 and 1937-1946).
Excelling at Combinational Play - Aagaard
Excelling at Combinational Play - Aagaard
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Being able to solve puzzles and combinations is one of the major components of a successful chess player. But how can one improve on such an important skill? How can one acquire combinational vision?
My Great Predecessors, Part 2 - Kasparov
My Great Predecessors, Part 2 - Kasparov
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This magnificent compilation of chess from the mid-20th century forms the basis of the second part of Garry Kasparov's long-awaited definitive history of the World Chess Championship.
Modern Chess: Move by Move - Crouch
Modern Chess: Move by Move - Crouch
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This book reflects the continuing changes in modern chess, and how you can use the lessons learned to great effect in your own games.
My Best Games 1952-2000, Vol 1: White - Kortchnoi
My Best Games 1952-2000, Vol 1: White - Kortchnoi
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This first volume of My Best Games presents Kortchnoi's best games with White, which are particularly noteworthy for his original methods of fighting for the initiative.
Simple Chess - Emms
Simple Chess - mastering the basic principles - Emms
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Chess is an easy game to learn, but a difficult one to master.
Super Nezh - Hardcover - Pishkin
Super Nezh - Hardcover - Pishkin
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Rashid Nezhmetdinov was unlike most chess players. Draws were almost an accident, or at the very least, a necessary evil to prevent losing a game which had gone awry.
Blunders & How to Avoid Them - Dunnington
Blunders and How to Avoid Them - Dunnington
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No one likes to make mistakes, but all chess players, even those belonging to the world's elite, are prone to blundering. How can this problem be eradicated or, at the very least, kept to a minimum?  Read this book and find out!
My Great Predecessors, Part 3 - Kasparov
My Great Predecessors, Part 3 - Kasparov
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Garry Kasparov is the World number one and generally regarded as the greatest chess player of all time. Here is his third in a series of titles proving extremely popular.
The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess - John Emms
The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess : Improve Your Results Now! - Emms
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John Emms reveals the secrets of how to maximize potential and improve results in competitive play.
Chess Secrets: Great Attackers - Crouch
Chess Secrets: Great Attackers - Crouch
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Crouch examines differing approaches and styles, and highlights some crucial themes.
The Rules of Winning Chess - Davies
The Rules of Winning Chess - Davies
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Do you want to approach every game with the confidence you can deal with any situation put in front of you? The Rules of Winning Chess will show you the way.
Dangerous Weapons: The Dutch - Palliser, Williams, Vigus
Dangerous Weapons: The Dutch - Palliser, Williams, Vigus
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Take the road less traveled and concentrate on fresh or little-explored variations.
The Immortal Game: A History of Chess - Shenk
The Immortal Game: A History of Chess - Shenk
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Bestselling author David Shenk chronicles its intriguing saga, from ancient Persia to medieval Europe to the dens of Benjamin Franklin and Norman Schwarzkopf.
Chess Tactics for Champions
Chess Tactics for Champions: A step-by-step guide to using tactics and combinations the Polgar way - Polgar
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Susan Polgar became the first female Grandmaster at age 15and it wasn't luck that got her there. Her use of tactics, combinations, and strategy during her games gave her the critical advantage she needed against her opponents. In Chess Tactics for Champions, Polgar gives insight into the kind of thinking that chess champions rely on while playing the game, specifically the ability to recognize patterns and combinations. With coauthor Paul Truong, Susan Polgar teaches the tactics she learned from her father, Laszlo Polgar, one of the world's best chess coaches.
  • Teaches players how to calculate the effect of a move in order to gain an edge over an opponent
  • For intermediate to advanced chess players of all ages
  • 368 pages
  • April 2006
   
 

Chess Books F.A.Q.

Q: Chess Openings: Would you recommend (or do you sell) a book on opening moves -- both white and black. I had quit playing chess for almost 20 years ... just getting back to it and want to polish my skills. Thank you, Ben

A. With so many books on chess openings you have to narrow it down somehow. If you want to learn opening theory as well as study a few key openings, Seirawan's Winning Chess Openings classic is an easy read. Looking for the what and why of chess openings? Ideas Behind the Chess Openings offers great insight into various openings. Modern Chess Openings is a complete opening reference manual. It covers just about all known openings in depth. If you're serious about studying openings, it's good to have one of these on hand. If you're a low to intermediate player, Improve Your Opening Play will help you deal with every important chess opening and focus on the application of simple principles.
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