Chess
Chess

Author: László Polgár

Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal

Published: 2013-12-16

Total Pages: 5892

ISBN-13: 160376335X

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Win at chess with practical instruction from one of the world's leading teachers! With clever strategies for more than 5000 situations and clear diagrams, Chess is for the enthusiastic novice as well as the competitor taking the game to the next level. Chess takes you through more than 5,000 unique instructional situations, many taken from actual matches, including 306 problems for checkmate in one move, 3,412 mates in two moves, 744 mates in three moves, 144 simple endgames, and 128 tournament game combinations. Organized by problem type, each combination, or game is keyed to an easy-to-follow solution at the back of the book.. More than 6,000 illustrations make it easy to see the possibilities regardless of where your pieces are on the board. The book also includes the basic rules of the game and an international bibliography. Chess is the ultimate book on winning the game.

The Big Craptic Quizbook
The Big Craptic Quizbook

Author: Pippa Taylor

Publisher: Random House

Published: 2023-10-19

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 1529910137

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Over 1,000 new Craptic brainteasers, for fans of the popular long-running Saturday morning quiz on The Chris Moyles Show. This joyously addictive book is sure to irritate, exasperate and hook in all of your pals. A Craptic, for anybody not yet acquainted, is a series of dodgy word clues that when merged and said out loud creates a name or phrase. *breathe out in despair * holy man with hair ring * moo-er * waterhole* (sigh-monk-cow-well) Now for the first time, you can unscramble Craptic clues that lead to movies, TV shows, bands, books, comedians and movie stars. There's oh-so-much fun ahead with this craptastic range of new categories to play anytime, anywhere and with anyone. Be warned though, Pippa has found some very dubious ways to get you to the right answer... Are you ready for some seriously silly laughs? Put yourself to the Craptic test. *** 'Pippa's Craptics are addictive. Once you start playing you'll be saying "just one more" for ages!' - Chris Moyles "I didn't think it was possible, but this book is even crapper than the last one' - Chris Tarrant 'I think this book is absolutely excellent. Having said that the author is my wife and she is currently watching me write this' - Toby Tarrant

Timman's Triumphs
Timman's Triumphs

Author: Jan Timman

Publisher: New In Chess

Published: 2020-09-05

Total Pages: 650

ISBN-13: 9056919180

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Jan Timman is one of the greatest chess players never to win the world title. For many years ‘the Best of the West' belonged to the chess elite, collecting some splendid super tournament victories. Three times Timman was a Candidate for the World Championship and his peak in the world rankings was second place, in 1982. For this definitive collection, Timman has revisited his career and subjected his finest efforts to fresh analysis supported by modern technology. The result is startling and fascinating. From the games that he chose for his Timman's Selected Games (1994, also published as Chess the Adventurous Way), only 10(!) made the cut. Some games that he had been proud of turned out to be flawed, others that he remembered as messy were actually well played. Timman's Triumphs includes wins against greats such as Karpov, Kasparov, Kortchnoi, Smyslov, Tal, Spassky, Bronstein, Larsen and Topalov. The annotations are in the author's trademark lucid style, that happy mix of colourful background information and sharp, crystal-clear explanations. Once again Jan Timman shows that he is not only one of the best players the game has seen, but also as one of the best analysts and writers.

Brown's General Knowledge Quiz Book US Edition
Brown's General Knowledge Quiz Book US Edition

Author: Lewis Pearce

Publisher: Brown's Publishing

Published: 2018-07-10

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13:

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Over 2000 Questions Volume 1 in our 'General Knowledge Quiz Book' series contains 150 pot luck quizzes and 2250 questions. In this series, the questions are pot luck and not categorised by subject matter. We believe this makes each and every quiz suitable for everyone. Easy to Follow Layout In the eBook version, there is a link directly to the answers on each quiz. This makes it easy and convenient to move between the questions and answers Diverse Topics and Difficult Levels Brown's General Knowledge series is family friendly and contains questions across all topics and difficulty levels. Pick up and play at home or in the office, or take the e-book copy with you on long journeys. There's always time for one more quiz! US Edition This book contains questions on all subject matter, although some questions have been tailored to a US audience in regards to history, culture and entertainment. The UK Edition is also currently available. Published in 2018 Also available in paperback

Kings, Commoners and Knaves
Kings, Commoners and Knaves

Author: Edward Winter

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13:

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A cornucopia of games, positions, biographies, mysteries, howlers, reviews, quotations, etc., featuring a cast of hundreds from the chess world of today and yesteryear -- the champions and the under-achievers; the scholars and the bunglers; the saints and the sinners. Every page provides fascinating, little-known material from an author who is prepared to name names.

A Civil War Round Table Quiz Book
A Civil War Round Table Quiz Book

Author: Dave Smith

Publisher: Potomac Books, Inc.

Published: 2013-07-31

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1612345808

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Pit your knowledge of the War Between the States against your friends' and family's claims to expertise with A Civil War Round Table Quiz Book. The book features 117 different quizzes, the subjects ranging from the infamous Dred Scott case to the final surrender at Appomattox Court House. Each quiz has a theme, and the themes have been selected to cover myriad subjects and to lead readers into the lesser-known aspects of the war that they might not otherwise explore. The Hartford (Connecticut) Civil War Round Table even used these quizzes as a key component of their meetings. Civil War experts and general history fans alike will enjoy challenging their friends and rivals with the fun and interesting trivia found in A Civil War Round Table Quiz Book. The extensive knowledge that readers will learn from this book will amaze and befuddle even the most stalwart Civil War aficionado.