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It is well known that the surest way to improve one's skill at chess is to carefully play over the games of the great Masters. Their chess games show the strategy and tactics that lead to winning play. The student is well-advised to select one from this handful of the best to model his play after. These chess books and e-books will are the key to your chess success.

The Collected Works of Wilhelm Steinitz
edited by Sid Pickard

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CD-Rom, 3 e-books, 1071games, Magazine collection, theme keys, photos and more.

Here is your chance to discover the first World Chess Champion in his own words! This breakthrough CD-Rom showcases only writings by Steinitz himself, literally thousands of pages by the most successful match player in history. The founder of modern chess, the inventor of scientific analysis - and now you can meet the "Great Theorist" in a way never possible before! Click here to learn more about The Collected Works of Wilhelm Steinitz.

 

Viktor Kortchnoi chess biography on DVDFritz6 add to cartViktor Kortchnoi
My Life for Chess

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Viktor Kortchnoi is doubtlessly one of the most electrifying personalities of the chess world. Still playing successful and attractive chess, the 73-year-old former double world championship finalist is also famous for his candid language. Kortchnoi was never one for mincing his words. Learn more about Viktor Kortchnoi.

 

Viktor Kortchnoi Chess Biography on DVDFritz6 add to cartViktor Kortchnoi
My Life for Chess Vol. 2

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Volume 2 features about four hours of “Kortchnoi live”. The great chess legend portraits the second part of his eventful career, presenting among other things his games against Kasparov (1986), Spassky (1989) and Short (1990) in his typical gripping style. Embedded in the game commentaries are many details of Kortchnoi’s biography. Learn more about Viktor Kortchnoi.

 

WONDERBOY
How Magnus Carlsen became the Youngest Grandmaster in the World
by Simen Agdestein

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Softcover, 6x9, 199 pages, figurine algebraic, index

Wonderboy is the fairy-tale-like story of Magnus Carlsen’s rise and the story-teller could not have been better qualified. For the past four years Simen Agdestein has trained Magnus, repeatedly pinching himself in amazement at his pupil’s lightning progress. Click here to learn more about Wonderboy.

 

Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess
by Joseph Blackburne

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E-Book: Annotated games, theme keys, text documents, and photos. For use with ChessBase or CB Light

Joseph Henry Blackburne met and defeated the top players in chess history, including Anderssen, Steinitz, and Tschigorin. Known as the "Black Death", Blackburne’s game was wide open and highly tactical. This aggressive attacking style ranked him among the world’s elite during a career lasting over 50 years, and made him a favorite personality on the 19th century chess scene. Click here to learn more about Mr. Blackburne's Games at Chess.

 

The Chess Machine:
Jose Raul Capablanca
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by Tim Sawyer &
Sid Pickard

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CD-Rom, 3 e-books, 1214 games, 16 text documents, theme keys, photos and more.

No chess player's education is complete without reference to the games and works of Jose Raul Capablanca. Known as "The Chess Machine", the third World Chess Champion played with precision and iron logic. Handsome and debonair, his rapid rate of play gained him star status with his adoring public who dubbed him "The Chess Machine". Click her to learn more about The Chess Machine

 

Wilhelm Steinitz Chess BookThe Games of Wilhelm Steinitz,
First World Chess Champion
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annotated by Wilhelm Steinitz

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Softcover, 6x9, 260 pages, figurine algebraic, index, 2nd printing

It is well known that the surest way to improve one's skill at chess is to carefully play over the games of the great Masters. The greatest Masters, of course, are the World Champions, and the student is well-advised to select one from this handful of the best to model his play after. All the better if the chosen World Champion has provided deep and careful annotations for his best games to increase our understanding! Click here for more information about The Games of Wilhelm Steinitz, First World Chess Champion.

   

Mprphy's Games of Chess Chess E-BookMorphy's Games of Chess
by Philip W. SergeantChess book Biographies add to cart

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E-book:  Annotated games, theme keys, text documents, and photos. For use with ChessBase or CB Light

For many players, their first chess book. Certainly in the 85 years since its appearance this classic has inspired thousands to take up our royal game, with its timeless story of fame and tragedy. Click here for more details about Morphy's Games of Chess

   

Adolph Anderseen Chess BookThe Chess Games of Adolph Anderssen, Master of AttackChess book Biographies add to cart
by F.I.D.E. Master Ron Burnett

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Softcover:  6x9, 352 pages, 897 games and 80 chess problems, indices

No one has ever played chess like Adolph Anderssen, nor won as much fame and glory for his charismatic style. Anderssen's hallmark is the direct (and often spectacular!) Kingside attack. Click here for more information about The Chess Games of Adolph Anderssen, Master of Attack.

   

randmaster Efim Bogoljubow, Famous Grandmasters Chess BookGrandmaster Efim Bogoljubow, Famous GrandmastersChess book Biographies add to cart
by ICCF IM Victor Charushin

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CD-Rom:  1247 games (over 625 annotated), 40 + photographs, complete biography and crosstables. For use with ChessBase or CB Light

For over three decades Efim Bogoljubow dominated the world of chess, along with his rival Alekhine. A powerful player and a powerful story, all on one feature-loaded CD! Click here for more information about Grandmaster Efim Bogoljubow, Famous Grandmasters.  

   

The Puzzle King Chess bookThe Puzzle King,
Sam Loyd's Chess Problems
and Selected Mathematical Puzzles

Edited by Sid PickardChess book Biographies add to cart

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Softcover:  7x10, 240 pages, 710 chess problems and 34 mathematical puzzles, algebraic notation, index

Sam Loyd, the Puzzle King, is an authentic American genius. Famous as a composer of chess problems and puzzles of every kind, his inventive and original posers have amused, perplexed and delighted people by the millions. Click here for more information about The Puzzle King, Sam Loyd's Chess Problems and Selected Mathematical Puzzles.

 

My Chess Career
by J. R. Capablanca

$12.95 Download Now!
E-Book: 35 annotated games, autobiography, photos. For use with ChessBase 7+, Fritz 6+ , ChessBase Reader or CB Light.

The 3rd World Chess Champion's own account of his chess career, from the earliest days through the Hastings "Victory Congress" in 1919. Capablanca has divided his development as a chess master into distinct phases, each illustrated by selected games, in which his powers have emerged ever more refined. Here is your chance to sit ringside as the greatest natural talent in chess history prepares for the ultimate fight. Click here to learn more about My Chess Career E-Book.

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