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 | Emanuel Lasker: The Life of a Chess Master
by Dr. J. Hannak
Standard biography of perhaps greatest player of all time: childhood, education, matches against Tarrasch, Marshall, other greats. 100 annotated games. Foreword by Albert Einstein.
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 | Epic Battles of the Chessboard
by R. N. Coles
Enjoy and learn from 50 of the greatest games ever played, 1834–1951, featuring a roster of chess immortals: Morphy, Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Botvinnik, others. 99 diagrams. Index of openings.
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 | The Game of Chess
by Siegbert Tarrasch
Classic introduction offers superb coverage of all aspects, especially Middle Game, combination play. Hundreds of games analyzed. Over 340 diagrams.
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 | How Good Is Your Chess?
by Daniel King
Instructive, amusing test-yourself guide by a grandmaster asks readers to predict their opponent's moves and helps improve their game by studying the plans and ideas of the best players.
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 | How Karpov Wins: Second, Enlarged Edition
by Edmar Mednis
Revised, enlarged edition of book focusing on Russian chess master's tactics and strategy against Bronstein, Smyslov, Spassky, Korchnoi, other greats. 100 games analyzed. Over 300 chess diagrams.
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 | How Not to Play Chess
by Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky
The author shows how to avoid playing a hit-or-miss game from move to move and instead develop a general plan of action based on positional analysis. Includes 20 problems from master games.
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 | How to Beat Bobby Fischer
by Edmar Mednis
Examines the rare defeats of a legendary player. 61 losing battles hold valuable lessons for all players, and text-and-diagram analyses offer a fascinating look at strategy, tactics.
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 | How to Play Chess Endings
by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Famous chess teacher clearly explains the principles of chess endings, with special attention to positional play, the conception and execution of a plan, and the recognition of tactical opportunities.
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 | How to Play the Chess Openings
by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
An International Grandmaster focuses on purpose and plan rather than memorization, explaining how to avoid amateur mistakes and classic traps. Requires only knowledge of fundamental rules and ordinary chess notation.
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 | The Immortal Games of Capablanca
by Fred Reinfeld
Superbly annotated treasury contains 113 of the Cuban master's greatest games, including many previously unavailable in book form. Biography of Capablanca, tournament and match record, Index of Openings.
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 | Killer Chess
by Dover
Three great books — Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders, How Good Is Your Chess?, and Why You Lose at Chess — and a travel-sized magnetic chess set.
 WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD–Small parts. Not for children under 3 years.
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 | Lasker's Manual of Chess
by Emanuel Lasker
Combinations, position play, openings, end game, aesthetics of chess, philosophy of struggle, much more. Filled with analyzed games. 308 diagrams.
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 | Mathematics and Chess
by Miodrag Petkovic
99 puzzles built around the chessboard. Arithmetical and probability problems, chessboard recreations, geometrical puzzles, mathematical amusements and games, more. Solutions.
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 | The Middle Game in Chess
by Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Superior introduction to most demanding part of chess. Illustrated by well-chosen excerpts from master play, including games by Alekhine, Capablanca, Lasker, Reshevsky, Botvinnik, Marshall, Pillsbury, and other prominent players. 80 illustrations.
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 | Modern Chess Strategy
by Ludek Pachman
The use of the queen, the active king, exchanges, pawn play, the center, weak squares, more. Often considered the most important book on strategy. 298 diagrams.
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 | Morphy's Games of Chess
by Philip Sergeant
Three hundred games by the greatest player of all time: 54 against such masters as Anderssen, Harrwitz, Mongredien, Bird, Paulsen, and others; 52 of the best blindfold games; 52 games at odds; and 142 in consultation, informally.
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 | The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played
by Irving Chernev
Over 60 masterly demonstrations of basic strategies of winning, featuring games by the greatest chess masters. Compiled, diagramed, annotated by one of chess literature's most brilliant authors. 146 illustrations.
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 | My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937
by Alexander Alekhine
The best games of one of the best players in chess history. 220 games with Alekhine's own accounts. Spans 30 years of tournament play.
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