300 diagrammed positions, subdivided into situations of mate in one, two, or three moves, introduce you to a vast array of checkmate situations. For study, as entertainment during leisure moments or travel (you need no board), this book will help end your games with a brilliant touch.
Mastering Chess: A Course in 21 Lessons by Danny Kopec, G. Chandler, C. Morrison, N. Davies, I. D. Mullen This manual focuses on the major topics relevant to every game: combinations, analysis, formulation of a plan, opening a play, and endgame technique. Each of these aspects is explored in four lessons.
Counter Gambits by T. D. Harding Expert analysis of such topics as dynamic counterplay, counter-gambits in open games, Black sacrifices in the half-open games, counters to the Queen's Gambit, and Indian counter-gambits. 67 fully annotated games.
Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy (Revised Edition) by Frank Brady Revealing biography chronicles the chess champion's brilliant play, controversial behavior, private life, and more. 90 games. 26 photographs. Diagrams.
How Not to Play Chess by Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky Developing plans of action based on positional analysis: weak and strong squares, control of open lines, pawn structure, more. 20 problems.
Common Sense in Chess by Dr. Emanuel Lasker Dr. Lasker's original text on opening play, attack, defense, and endgame, with analyses of games by Morphy, Steinitz, Tarrasch, and Dr. Lasker himself.
