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NEW CHESS BOOKS
A QUICK GUIDE

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g0066 101 CHESS ENDGAME TIPS - GIDDINS

g0041 50 ESSENTIAL CHESS LESSONS - GIDDINS

y7053 ANTHOLOGY OF CHESS COMBINATIONS (3rd Ed)

c9735 ANTOANETA STEFANOVA

r9033 BACK TO BASICS: TACTICS - HEISMAN

g0048 BEATING THE FIANCHETTO DEFENCES

p4428 BEATING THE KING'S INDIAN AND GRUNFELD

q0043 BEATING THE OPEN GAMES - MARIN

p4429 BEATING UNUSUAL CHESS OPENINGS - PALLISER

p4402 BIRD'S OPENING - TAYLOR

BOB WADE: TRIBUTE TO A CHESS MASTER i3552 BOB WADE: TRIBUTE TO A CHESS MASTER

p4425 BORIS SPASSKY: MASTER OF INITIATIVE

s2178 BOTVINNIK'S SECRET GAMES - TIMMAN

b9011 CARO-KANN DEFENCE: PANOV ATTACK - KARPOV

p4390 CATASTROPHE IN THE OPENING - PLASKETT

q0055 CHALLENGING THE NIMZO-INDIAN - VIGORITO

t1005 CHESS BITS AND OBITS - PURDY

i7611 CHESS EXAM AND TRAINING GUIDE: TACTICS

g0071 CHESS EXPLAINED: THE c3 SICILIAN

g0081 CHESS EXPLAINED: THE MERAN SEMI SLAV

g0049 CHESS EXPLAINED: THE QUEEN'S INDIAN - WELLS

g0062 CHESS EXPLAINED: THE TAIMANOV SYSTEM - RIZZITANO

q0045 CHESS FOR KIDS AND PARENTS - BRUNTHALER

b8988 CHESS FOR TIGERS - WEBB

g8385 CHESS FOR ZEBRAS - ROWSON

yin98 CHESS INFORMANT 98 A MATANOVIC (Ed)

n1203 CHESS OPENING ESSENTIALS: VOLUME 1 THE COMPLETE 1.e4

c2311 CHESS OPENINGS FOR WHITE EXPLAINED - ALBURT & DZINDZICHASHVILI

n1200 CHIGORIN DEFENCE ACCORDING TO MOROZEVICH

t5082 C.J.S. PURDY'S FINE ART OF CHESS ANNOTATION VOL. 4

b1680 CLASSIFIED ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF CHESS VARIANTS

p4435 DANGEROUS WEAPONS: THE FRENCH

p4423 DANGEROUS WEAPONS: THE SICILIAN

p4424 DANGEROUS WEAPONS: THE NIMZO-INDIAN

p4399 DEALING WITH d4 DEVIATIONS - COX

p4419 DISCOVERING CHESS OPENINGS: BUILDING OPENING SKILLS FROM BASIC PRINCIPLES

n1202 ENDGAME VIRTUOSO ANATOLY KARPOV

x8248 EXPERTS GUIDE TO THE 7.Bc4 GRUENFELD - SAKAEV

p4391 FRENCH ADVANCE - COLLINS

g0040 FRENCH: ADVANCE AND OTHER LINES

g8349 FRENCH: TARRASCH VARIATION

p4516 GAMBITEER 1 - DAVIES

p4422 GARRY KASPAROV ON MODERN CHESS: REVOLUTION IN THE 70's

p4404 GARRY KASPAROV ON MY GREAT PREDECESSORS (PART FIVE)

o2903 HARRY NELSON PILLSBURY

g0050 HOW TO CALCULATE CHESS TACTICS - BEIM

b8979 HOW TO CHOOSE A CHESS MOVE - SOLTIS

n1171 J H DONNER - THE KING

b8890 JUDIT POLGAR: THE PRINCESS OF CHESS - T KAROLYI

b9010 KARPOV'S CARO-KANN: ADVANCE AND GAMBIT SYSTEMS

k9229 KNIGHT ON THE LEFT: 1.Nc3 - KEILHACK

q2432 LEARN FROM THE LEGENDS - MARIN

g0069 MASTERING THE CHESS OPENINGS: VOL. 2

g0068 MODERN CHESS PLANNING

r9032 MODERN MORRA GAMBIT: A DYNAMIC WEAPON AGAINST THE SICILIAN

n1188 MY DAILY EXERCISE VOL. 1: FROM BEGINNER TO CLUB PLAYER

x8255 MY ONE HUNDRED BEST GAMES - DREEV

q0053 MY SYSTEM - NIMZOWITSCH

n1206 NEW IN CHESS YEARBOOK 83 G SOSONKO (Ed)

x8254 OPENING FOR WHITE ACCORDING TO ANAND: VOL. 9 - KHALIFMAN

x8246 OPENING FOR WHITE ACCORDING TO ANAND: VOL. 7 - KHALIFMAN

x8253 OPENING FOR WHITE ACCORDING TO ANAND: VOL. 8 - KHALIFMAN

x8249 OPENING FOR WHITE ACCORDING TO KRAMNIK: 1.Nf3 (BOOK 1a)

x8250 OPENING FOR WHITE ACCORDING TO KRAMNIK: 1.Nf3 (BOOK 1b)

g0082 PERFECT YOUR CHESS - VOLOKITIN A & GRABINSKY V

b9049 PETROSIAN VS THE ELITE - KEENE & SIMPOLE

c4815 PHILIDOR - A SECRET WEAPON - SEEL

p4436 PHILIDOR FILES - BAUER

p4432 PIRC IN BLACK AND WHITE - VIGUS

p4522 PLAY 1..Nc6! - WISNEWSKI

p4434 PLAY THE CARO-KANN - HOUSKA

p4521 PLAY THE GRUNFELD - DEMBO

p4427 PLAY THE RUY LOPEZ - GREET

p4411 PLAY THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT - WARD

q2444 PRACTICAL CHESS DEFENCE - AAGAARD

o901L QUARTERLY FOR CHESS HISTORY VOL.12

p4406 RUDOLPH SPIELMANN MASTER OF INVENTION

g0067 RUY LOPEZ A GUIDE FOR BLACK

x8245 SAFEST SICILIAN - DELCHEV & SEMKOV

q0052 SAN LUIS 2005 - GERSHON & NOR

t1030 SEARCH FOR CHESS PERFECTION 2 - PURDY

L0464 SECRET NOTES - BRONSTEIN

g0044 SECRETS OF CHESS ENDGAME STRATEGY - BO HANSEN

n1204 SECRETS OF OPENING SURPRISES VOL. 7 - BOSCH

n1193 SECRETS OF OPENING SURPRISES VOL. 6 - BOSCH

g0070 SECRETS OF PRACTICAL CHESS - NUNN

x8256 SHARPEST SICILIAN - GEORGIEV & KOLEV

s8510 SILMAN'S COMPLETE ENDGAME COURSE

q0050 SPANISH REPERTOIRE FOR BLACK - MARIN

p4416 STARTING OUT: 1.e4! - MCDONALD

p4418 STARTING OUT: CHESS TACTICS & CHECKMATES

p4414 STARTING OUT: CLOSED SICILIAN - PALLISER

p4417 STARTING OUT 1.d4 - COX

p4415 STARTING OUT: QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED

p4426 STARTING OUT: QUEEN'S GAMBIT DECLINED

p4413 STARTING OUT: SICILIAN SCHEVENINGEN - PRITCHETT

p4431 STARTING OUT: SICILIAN SVESHNIKOV - COX

p4527 STARTING OUT: THE COLLE - PALLISER

p4412 SURVIVAL GUIDE TO COMPETITIVE CHESS

q2435 SVESHNIKOV RELOADED - ROGOZENKO

n1172 TACTICS IN THE CHESS OPENING VOL. 4

n1201 TACTICS IN THE CHESS OPENING VOL. 5

s2176 TONY MILES: ENGLAND'S CHESS GLADIATOR

b9051 TRANSPO TRICKS IN CHESS - SOLTIS

q2442 UNDERSTANDING CHESS TACTICS - WETESCHNIK

g0031 UNDERSTANDING THE KING'S INDIAN - GOLUBEV

n1168 VAN PERLO'S ENDGAME TACTICS

b8983 WHY LASKER MATTERS

g0035 WIN WITH THE LONDON SYSTEM - JOHNSEN S & KOVACEVIC V

p4420 WINNING CHESS COMBINATIONS - SEIRAWAN

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