Jon Speelman's Chess Puzzle Book
Jon Speelman's Chess Puzzle Book

Author: Jon Speelman

Publisher: Gambit Publications

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781904600961

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Jon Speelman is one of the most successful British chess-players of all time, and is renowned for the creativity of his play and his remarkable calculating ability. He is also an extremely experienced writer and chess coach. His personal selection of chess puzzles will infuriate, entertain, test and instruct chess-players of all levels. Themed sections include: * Finger Exercises * Stalemate * The Skewer * The Pin * Pawn Promotion * Line Opening and Closing * Loose Pieces * Mating Attacks * The Back Rank * Knight Forks

Jon Speelman's Best Games
Jon Speelman's Best Games

Author: Jon Speelman

Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780713464771

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Renowned as a great fighter, analyst, and highly original player, world championship candidate Jon Speelman annotates the best of his games from his career to date. Speelman's strategies provide entertainment and instruction in abundance. Intermediate

The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book
The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book

Author: John Emms

Publisher: Gambit Publications

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 239

ISBN-13: 9781901983340

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This book provides a wealth of puzzle positions to test just about every facet of your tactical skills. The puzzles in this book have been selected by analysing games new and old in search of original puzzle positions. It is very unlikely that even seasoned solvers will recognise many of these positions. Emms, by allying his skills with those of powerful computers, has also made every effort to ensure that the solutions are sound, and that there are no unmentioned alternative solutions. The book begins with 100 relatively easy positions suitable for novices, and ends with 100 extremely tough puzzles, which provide a mind-bending challenge even for top-class players. There are 1001 puzzles in all.

John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book
John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book

Author: John Nunn

Publisher: Gambit Publications

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13:

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Most chess puzzle books put you in an artificial situation: you are told a combination exists, what the theme is and what you are required to achieve. This one is different. In a real game, a player may sometimes need to find a combination. On the other hand he may have to reject a tactical idea and simply find a good positional move. His task is to find the right move, whatever it may be. The 300 puzzles in this book put you precisely in that situation. Spectacular ideas abound in these positions, but it is for you to decide whether to go in for them, or whether you would be falling into a trap. If you need them, there are hints to help you on your way. The book ends with a series of tests to measure your skills against those of other players. For this new edition, John Nunn, a top-class grandmaster and a solving world champion, has added 50 new puzzles (with hints and detailed solutions) to test your skills to the full. For ease of following, extra diagrams have been added to the solutions throughout. Overall the book is 60 per cent bigger than the first edition.

Garry Kasparov's Fighting Chess
Garry Kasparov's Fighting Chess

Author: Garry Kasparov

Publisher: Owl Books

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9780805042214

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This edition describes how Gary Kasparov progressed from prodigy to champion and gives details of his recent career from 1988 to 1995. It also affords insight into the thought processes of the man who has been chess World Champion since 1985. Many of the game notes are Kasparov's own.

Analysing the Endgame
Analysing the Endgame

Author: Jon Speelman

Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13: 9780713460643

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Original insights into the endgame by Britain's leading expert.

Tactics Time 2
Tactics Time 2

Author: Tim Brennan

Publisher: New In Chess,Csi

Published: 2015-02-07

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789056915377

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Tactics Time 2 presents 1001 fresh and instructive positions that Tim and Anthea have assembled from real amateur chess games, leaving you able to spot relatively simple patterns like a knight fork, an overloaded piece or a weak back rank.

From Beginner to Expert in 40 Lessons
From Beginner to Expert in 40 Lessons

Author: Alexander Kostyev

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

Published: 1984

Total Pages: 172

ISBN-13:

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This is designed to take the beginner through all aspects of the game and bring him up to the standard of a strong club player. By means of 40 carefully selected lessons the author provides a course which can either form the curriculum for a school club or be used by adults for self-instruction.

Batsford Chess Endings
Batsford Chess Endings

Author: Jon Speelman

Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780713444209

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The endgame is the final phase of a game of chess, in which very little material is left on the board and the weaknesses forced earlier in the game can be exploited. Theory, while not changing as rapidly as in the openings, is no less important, and many games are won or lost because one player knew the winning plan and the other didn't.