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Good chess positions don't win games - good moves do. In the middlegame is where the mastery of good chess moves shines. But you must also play with a positive, realistic plan because the initiative goes to the side that can devise one. These middlegame books will guide you with plan development and move mastery that will lead you to that win!

In the World of Tactics
by Grandmaster Anatoly Lein

$14.95  Usually ships within 24 hours
Softcover:  6x9, 112 pages, figurine algebraic, 230+ diagrams

See today's top-rated Grandmasters (including the World Champion!) conjure their tactical wizardry at "crunch time," in the toughest elite tournaments of 1997. Click here for more information on In the World of Tactics.

Middlegame Strategy, With the Carlsbad Pawn Structure
by National Master Robert Leininger

$17.50  Usually ships within 24 hours
Softcover:  6x9, 160 pages, figurine algebraic, 235 games, player, opening and theme indices.

Today we know that understanding the pawn structure is vital when choosing a plan of action for the middlegame. Let Middlegame Strategy take the guesswork out of planning in chess. Click here for more information on Middlegame Strategy, With the Carlsbad Pawn Structure.

Alekhine's Block,
The Tactician's Handbook, Volume 1
by ICCF International Master Victor Charushin

$11.95  Usually ships within 24 hours
Softcover:  6x9, 96 pages, figurine algebraic, 164 games (plus 32 fragments and study positions), 197 diagrams, player and opening indices

Alekhine's Block is a powerful weapon in the armory of chess warfare, a spectacular tactic of positioning a piece directly in front of the enemy King's castled position! Click here for more information on Alekhine's Block.

Combination Cross,
The Tactician's Handbook, Volume 2
by ICCF International Master Victor Charushin

$11.95  Usually ships within 24 hours
Softcover: 6x9, 96 pages, figurine algebraic, 130 games and 45 study positions, player and opening indices, over 150 diagrams

A remarkable study of pins - but not just any pin! Here we have double and triple pins, pins intersecting and counter-pinning, pins multiplied and compounded and pinned down in the crossfire until...Combination Cross! Click here for more information on Combination Cross. 

Mitrofanov's Deflection,
The Tactician's Handbook, Volume 3
by ICCF International Master Victor Charushin

$13.50  Usually ships within 24 hours
Softcover:  6x9, 96 pages, figurine algebraic, 67 games and fragments, 139 compositions, player and composer indices.

Here we have his detailed examination of deflections, the "drawing away" of an attacking piece onto an inconvenient square. The sacrifice is marvelous to behold: a piece is given away for nothing, and also with check! Click here for more information on Mitrofanov's Deflection.  

Lasker's Combination, The Tactician's Handbook, Volume 4
by ICCF International Master Victor Charushin

$15.95  Usually ships within 24 hours
Softcover:  6x9, 109 pages, figurine algebraic, 160 games and fragments, player indices.

Lasker's Combination is the sacrifice of both Bishops, a destructive assault upon the enemy King's castled position. This stunning double sacrifice is simply another technique, an element of tactical play - and one that can be mastered!  Click here for more information on Lasker's Combination. 

The Steeplechase,
The Tactician's Handbook, Volume 5
by ICCF International Master Victor Charushin

$15.95  Usually ships within 24 hours
Softcover:  6x9, 128 pages, figurine algebraic, 263 games, players index

The Steeplechase is a foot-race through obstacles, and here Charushin treats us to the spectacle of a lowly pawn surmounting barriers and overcoming pieces, headlong in its tactical dash for the finish line. Click here for more information on The Steeplechase. 

Intensive Course
Tactics
by George Renko

$28.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD-ROM Software

This CD contains well over 4,000 tactical positions with training questions, categorized in more than 120 databases according to the author's newly developed theme classification. Learn more about Intensive Course Tactics

Intensive Course
Tactics 2
by George Renko

$28.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD-ROM Software

With almost 3,000 training positions and more than 6,300 training questions to be solved, the latest CD by George Renko is not short on weight. The theme of the exercises are: forced variations. These are known to be an important characteristic of combinations. Click here to learn more about Intensive Course Tactics

Squares Strategy
Volume 1

 $23.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD-ROM Software

The Bangiev way of thinking is a strategy based on squares. This means that before every move, the piece set-up is checked out against quite specific pre-defined criteria. The method does not develop your memory, but rather your thought processes: you learn to understand the logic of the game by means of a few rules. Click here to learn more about Squares Strategy

Strategy and Tactics
$27.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM. Other Software REQUIRED

Strategy and Tactics by Peter Wells addresses advanced players. It contains an introduction and five lectures which deal with purely practical subjects: the calculation of variations and how errors arise. These are important themes where a grandmaster trainer is able to draw on his rich and varied experience and provide chess students with valuable tips. There are five more lectures on positional chess. Click here for Strategy and Tactics.

Attacking Chess Volume 1
$27.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM. Other Software REQUIRED

Attacking chess – not only an important subject, but also a very important one. Jacob Aagaard has chosen a very beautiful example for his introduction, which illustrates important factors required for a successful attack. This is followed by 10 more files in Chess Media Format; these constitute an entertaining and instructive introduction to the art of conducting an attack. Click here for Attacking Chess Volume 1

Attacking Chess Volume 2
$27.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
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Attacking chess – not only an important subject, but also a very important one. For the second part of his work on attacks, Jacob Aagaard has selected more instructive examples which he has analyzed and presented on video. There are 12 files in Chess Media Format; these show typical attacking methods. In total there are more than three hours of top class video training on the CD. Click here for Attacking Chess Volume 2

Deadly Threats
by George Renko

$26.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

Before you can win a chess game (preferably by delivering mate!) you first have to threaten something. And "threats" are the subject of George Renko’s remarkable new CD. This exciting disk contains more than 2,500 selected tactical positions - the sheer amount of material offered here is enormous. Click here to learn more.

School of Elementary Tactics
by ChessBase

$24.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

School of Elementary Tactics is a great way to begin the winning road to mastering chess tactics. This tactical training software consists of two distinct databases for your comprehensive training. The first database has chess tactics coach Martin Weteschnik presenting a a complete course in the theories of tactics. The second database takes the theories you just mastered and combines them with the advantages of a modern database program to hone your tactical skills. Click here to learn more about School for Elementary Tactics software program.

CT-ART 3.0 Chess Tactics
by GM Maxim Blokh

$26.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

This program is the 3rd revised and expanded edition of the ever popular Chess Tactics Art by the Russian GM of Correspondence chess, Maxim Blokh. The material was chosen for a wide variety of player strengths from 1600 ELO to 2300 ELO. The level of difficulty of the examples is for beginner and intermediate strength chess players, but even masters will find themselves challenged by the hardest ones. Click here to learn more about CT-ART3.0 software program.

Chess Workouts,
Vol 1: Tactical Thinking
by Food for Thought

$16.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

Tactical Thinking will introduce you to the basic tactical concepts with an interactive book designed to get you to recognize strategic and tactical opportunities. From pins to forks and skewers, undermining to overworking, discovering to trapping, basic tactical thinking is clearly defined and demonstrated via interactive puzzles. Simple text explanations and minimal reliance on chess notation make it a perfect learning tool for early students. Over 300 one-step puzzles cement basic knowledge through practice around important themes. Click here to learn more about Chess Workouts chess training software program.

Chess Workouts,
Vol 2: Checkmate Thinking
by Food for Thought

$16.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

Apply the tactical thinking lessons you have learned to the ultimate goal -- delivering checkmate! Over 200 interactive checkmate problems for novices that illustrate basic chess thinking principles and let you learn for yourself how to apply tactical thinking to real-life chess positions. This interactive book emphasizes checkmate through pattern recognition, teaching novices how to gain mate by executing basic attack plans with various combinations of pieces. Click here to learn more about Chess Workouts chess training software program.

Chess Workouts
Vol 5: More Tactical Thinking
by Food for Thought

$16.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

Internationally acclaimed player, coach and teacher Grandmaster Miron Sher joins David MacEnulty as coauthor of our second volume on Tactics and Strategy. Here we pick up where Volume 1, Tactical Thinking^©, left off, as we examine the use of all the important chess tactics in much more complex positions. More Tactical Thinking^© aims at intermediate players, as we show them how to launch attacks over several moves and gain material or positional advantage via the use of various tactical ploys. Over 300 puzzles with solutions in two or more moves, this is for intermediate level scholastic players. Learn more about Chess Workouts.

Chess Workouts
Vol 6: More Checkmate Thinking
by Food for Thought

$16.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

Internationally acclaimed player, coach and teacher Grandmaster Miron Sher joins David MacEnulty as coauthor of our second volume on Checkmate strategy. This picks up where Volume 2, Checkmate Thinking, left off. Using the same techniques of checkmate pattern recognition and attacks organized by piece combinations, players learn to recognize and execute their checkmate opportunities in more difficult situations. Over 300 mate in two, three or more move positions are used to teach intermediate players how to create, launch and execute checkmate attacks. Learn more about Chess Workouts.

Chess Strategy
by GM Alexander Kalinin

$29.00 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

Designed by Russian chess coach GM Alexander Kalinin to help you master strategy and positional play. STRATEGY 2.0 is a significantly expanded version of the original Strategy, containing not only more exercises but also many new lessons not present in the first edition. This feature rich chess program presents 1,800 instructive positions with 18 of the most important strategic themes. Click here to learn more about Chess Strategies chess software program

The Basic Principles
of Strategy, Volume 1
by Alexey Bartashnikov

$24.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

A comprehensive introduction to the secrets of chess strategy. With 68 extensively annotated games this volume of the Basic Principles of Chess Strategy shows how to successfully treat the opening and middlegame. Everything about fast piece development, safety of the King and fighting for the center. Learn more about The Basic Principles of Strategy, Volume 1.

The Basic Principles
of Strategy Volume 2
by Alexey Bartashnikov

$24.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

A comprehensive introduction to the secrets of chess strategy. With 68 extensively annotated games this volume of the Basic Principles of Chess Strategy shows how to successfully treat the opening and middlegame. Everything about fast piece development, safety of the King and fighting for the center. Learn more about The Basic Principles of Strategy, Volume 2.

The Basic Principles
of Strategy Volume 3
by Alexey Bartashnikov

$24.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

With this third and last part of his course, Alexey Bartashnikov concludes his treatment on middlegame strategy and deals with the decisive features of the endgame, in 20 chapters with 74 extensively annotated games. The author starts pointing out how to effectively realize a spatial, material or positional advantage. Learn more about The Basic Principles of Strategy, Volume 3.

Killer Moves
by George Renko

$24.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

If you occupy yourself with chess - i.e. study games, variations, endgames etc. - you store a lot of pictures in your memory, consciously or subconsciously. The more of these you can retrieve during a game, the better you play. Of course, there are also a number of additional factors determining the successful realization of this theory in practice. Still, the learning of pictures and motifs is the essential thing for having success in chess. Learn more about Killer Moves.

Isolated Queen Pawn
by Reinhold Ripperger

$24.95 Usually ships within 24 hours
CD ROM no other software required

There are countless openings and lines to a position with an isolated Queen’s pawn. This is a type of position you just can’t avoid, so you have to know how to play it. Reinhold Ripperger presents the basic IQP techniques and maneuvers, demonstrating strengths and weakness of the isolani in many classical games. Learn more about Isolated Queen Pawn.

Eine Reise
uber das Schachbrett, Systematisches Lehrbuch der Kombinationen
by Klause Trautmann

$29.95  Usually ships within 24 hours
Hardcover:  319 pages, figurine algebraic, index of themes, German text. Schachverlag Kania

Combinations in chess receive complete treatment in this systematic handbook. The 595 choice examples are classified according to 120 memorable categories (double check, zugzwang, etc.), and illustrated with plenty of commentary and analysis. Click here for more information on Eine Reise. 

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