Pachman's Decisive Games
Author: Luděk Pachman
Publisher: Pitman Publishing
Published: 1975-01-01
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780273318125
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Decisive Games in Chess History
Author: Lud?k Pachman
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1987-04-01
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9780486253237
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInternational Grandmaster analyzes key games in 65 of the most important matches of the last 100 years. Extensive diagrams and indices.
Modern Chess Strategy
Author: Ludek Pachman
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2012-04-26
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 0486135705
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Alexander Alekhine's Best Games
Author: Alexander Alekhine
Publisher: Batsford Books
Published: 2011-12-23
Total Pages: 550
ISBN-13: 1849940517
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'Alekhine's games and writings inspired me from an early age...I fell inlove with the rich complexity of his ideas at the chessboard... I hope readers of this book will feel similarly inspired by Alekhine's masterpieces.' From the foreword by Garry Kasparov Alexahnder Alekhine captivated the chess world with his dazzling combatitive play. His genius has been a strong influence on every great player since, none more so than Garry Kasparov. This book contains a selection of the very best of Alekhine's annotation of his own games, converted to algebraic by John Nunn. These games span his career from the early encounters with Lasker, Tarrasch and Rubenstein, through his world title battles, to his meetings with the new generation of players who were to dominate chess in the 1950s.
Chess Rivals of the 19th Century
Author: Tony Cullen
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2020-12-04
Total Pages: 477
ISBN-13: 1476639248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMany historical chess books focus on individual 19th century masters and tournaments yet little is written covering the full scope of competitive chess through the era. This volume provides a comprehensive overview, with more than a third of the 300 annotated games analyzed by past masters and checked by powerful engines. Players such as Max Lange and Cochrane, known to the chess public only by the name given to a fierce attack or gambit, are brought to life. Fifty masters are each given their own chapter, with brief biographies, results and anecdotes and an endgame section for most chapters.
Mikhail Botvinnik
Author: Andy Soltis
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2013-12-07
Total Pages: 283
ISBN-13: 1476613583
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe games of Mikhail Botvinnik, world chess champion from 1948 to 1963, have been studied by players around the world for decades. But little has been written about Botvinnik himself. This book explores his unusual dual career--as a highly regarded scientist as well as the first truly professional chess player--as well as his complex relations with Soviet leaders, including Josef Stalin, his bitter rivalries, and his doomed effort to create the perfect chess-playing computer program. The book has more than 85 games, 127 diagrams, twelve photographs, a chronology of his life and career, a bibliography, an index of openings, an index of opponents, and a general index.
Learn Chess from the Greats
Author: Peter J. Tamburro
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2016-11-16
Total Pages: 598
ISBN-13: 9780486413730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKInvaluable instructions for chess players at all levels includes elementary ideas for immediate practical use; how to attack, featuring tactics of Fischer, Keres, Alekhine, and other masters; challenging chess problems; and 60 complete games by Blackburne, Marshall, Spielmann, Tartakower, and other immortals.
Alekhine: Move by Move
Author: Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Published:
Total Pages: 466
ISBN-13: 1781943192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlexander Alekhine was a two-time World Chess Champion and is widely regarded to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. During his best years he dominated tournaments, and in 1927 he defeated his great rival José Raúl Capablanca to win the world title. Alekhine was renowned both for his fierce competitive nature and his dazzling combinative play. He had a phenomenal ability to unleash combinations even from seemingly harmless positions, and he is undeniably one of the best attackers the game has ever seen. In this book, FIDE Master Steve Giddins invites you to join him in a study of his favourite Alekhine games, and shows us how we can all learn and improve our chess by examining Alekhine’s masterpieces. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge. Learn from the games of a chess legendImportant ideas absorbed by continued practiceUtilizes an ideal approach to chess study
One Hundred Selected Games
Author: Mikhail Botvinnik
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1960-01-01
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9780486206202
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWorld champion who dominated chess in the 1940s and '50s selects and annotates his own best games to 1946. 221 diagrams.
101 Questions on How to Play Chess
Author: Fred Wilson
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9780486282732
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA chess expert has distilled an enormous amount of information into an easy-to-follow, question-and-answer format that not only explains the most basic rules and essentials of play, but also offers advice on opening, combinations, middle- and end-game strategies, notation, castling, and other topics. Over 100 carefully chosen diagrams and illustrations.
