ChessBase is a personal, stand-alone chess database that has become the standard throughout the world. Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World Champion to the amateur next door. It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the game and wants to know more about it.What you can do with ChessBase: Enter, annotate and save games, including variations, text commentary, spoken comments, embedded ...MORE

In The Portable Chess Coach, Judith Shipman presents a fun but thorough primer to chess. Packed with diagrams and valuable instruction, this is the ideal book for beginners, who want a clear and concise introduction that will keep them interested and entertained. Judith Shipman has been playing tournament chess for over 25 years. She has taught many after-school programs, as well as private ...MORE

Steve Giddins is an author acclaimed for his ability to write in down-to-earth style on fundamental chess topics. In this book he answers the questions that really matter to chess-players. His topics include many basic ideas, including some that have rarely been addressed so directly in chess literature, and thus are often misunderstood by club players. Where appropriate, the answers also address ...MORE

With the Phantom Force chess computer you will enter the 21'st century of computerized chess games with the ultimate chess opponent, the Talking Phantom. The Phantom Force automatically moves chess pieces effortlessly across the board and provides one of the most unique chess playing experience in the world. Match wits with the Phantom Force or simply sit back and watch the Phantom play ...MORE

The Mini Royal Travel Chess Set is an ideal sized folding chess set that features fun styled wooden pieces and a handsome wood board that folds up to hold the pieces. The pieces are held inside the board in a soft plastic mold shaped to the pieces, and the board clasps together tightly. This Chess set is handmade in Poland with top quality workmanship and materials. ...MORE

The Junior Staunton Complete Chess Set features originally styled and beautifully carved wooden pieces and a majestically crafted wood board that folds up to hold the pieces. The pieces are held inside the board in a soft plastic mold shaped to the pieces, and the board clasps together tightly. This Chess set is handmade in Poland with top quality workmanship and materials. ...MORE

Traditionally, chess games have been divided into three stages - opening, middlegame and endgame - and general principles presented for how to handle each stage. All chess-players will be well aware that these principles all too frequently fail to help in their selection of the best move.
 
In this important work, Lars Bo Hansen, grandmaster and professional educator, presents ...MORE

Searching for Bobby Fischer is the best mainstream chess movie ever made. It is a great family film that reinforces positive attributes like dedication, patience, good sportsmanship, but most importantly - perspective. A great movie for young chess players and their parents... or old chess players and their kids!PLOT SUMMARY: Josh Waitzkin is just a typical American boy interested in baseball ...MORE

My best games in the Petroff DefenceWith this DVD on the Russian Defence (Petroff Defence) Alexei Shirov continues the successful and highly praised series of his best games. Since many players look on the Russian Defence with the suspicion that it is a drawish opening, and one which at the same time is both dry and boring, Shirov has in this DVD set himself the specifi c task of countering this ...MORE

The Quality Wood Chessboard is a fantastic chess board for three reasons. #1 - It is extremely affordable! #2 - It is very attractive. And #3 - it is the perfect size for tournament pieces. This is just like our Quality Vinyl Chessboard, but made of wood! It is made in Poland of quality manufacturing with alternating Mahogany and White Birch squares. ...MORE

The Ambassador Decorative Complete Chess Set features beautifully carved traditional chess pieces and an ornately decorated hand carved wood chess board that folds up to hold the pieces. The board clasps together tightly to hold everything in. This Chess set is handmade in Poland with top quality workmanship and materials. ...MORE

The Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 also known as Lasker-Pelikan or Cheliabinsk Variation is one of the most popular and fascinating replies to 1.e4. Right from the beginning, Black is striving for active and dynamic counterplay, and this results in a double-edge struggle for the initiative. In the seventies of the 20th century it was ...MORE