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Frank Marshall's watchwords were brilliancy and attack! For decades he was the leading USA grandmaster and he succeeded in scalping most of the world's elite during that time. Noted as a successful tournament rather than match player,...

Leonid Stein's brilliant chess career, cut tragically short in 1973, included overwhelming victories against the world's leading grandmasters, Stein not only stormed to an incredible total of three first prizes (out of four attempts) in...

Richard Reti was a formidable over the board grandmaster as shown by his victories at the splendid tournaments of Kaschau 1918, Gothenburg 1920 and Teplitz Schonau 1922. His victims included Capablanca, Alekhine and Nimzowitsch, while his elegant...

Cafferty covers the career of the brilliantly aggressive and stunningly speculative Soviet Grandmaster Boris Spassky through where he conquers Petrosian, on to the celebrated match of the century against the mercurial Bobby Fischer. Contains the very...

In 1981 - World Champion now for 6 years - Anatoly Karpov had reached the height of his powers. He was a master of sharp modern opening systems, thought swiftly and acted decisively. His play was virtually error free. Facing this juggernaut the veteran...

Jose Capablanca was a phenomenon who burst onto the chess world and took top prize in the first ever elite tournament in which he participated. This was at San Sebastian - otherwise known as Donostia - in the Basque country of Spain in 1911. Capablanca's...

A companion to Reshevsky's Best Games: Volume 1, this book contains numerous rich masterpieces from Reshevsky's middle years with wins against Botvinnik, Keres and Fischer. Most games are furnished with Reshevsky's own lucid explanations,...

Compiled by three grandmasters and two international masters this scholarly treatise explains in depth the thinking behind a defence that has been a favourite of champions such as Capablanca, Botvinnik, Petrosian and Karpov. Even Kasparov has been known...

Emanuel Lasker held the World Chess Championship for a record period from 1894-1921. During this time he dominated his contemporaries in elite events such as St Petersburg 1896, London 1899, Paris 1900 and St Petersburg again in 1914. He won numerous...

Although 9-letter words are harder to make in a Scrabble game, they can be made in the early stages of a Scrabble game when the board is fairly sparse. Two existing tiles on the Scrabble game board are necessary to ,are a 9-letter word with the 7 tiles...

Advanced Holdem Volume 2 is the continuation of Advanced Holdem Volume 1. Volume 2 brings you even more of the necessary concepts for being successful in no-limit holdem cash games and tournaments. This book includes example hands and situations, as well...

A job where the casino actually hires people to play poker! Is this the dream job of every gambler? Or, is it one of the greatest scams ever invented? After much agony, an average guy decides to take the job! Follow his journey as he delves into the...

This antique book contains a detailed treatise on the use of mathematics and statistics as a technique for strategy in chess and card games. A fascinating text full of interesting tips and thorough analyses of the theory behind the practical application...

""Guida Elementare Per Apprendere Il Giuoco Degli Scacchi"" ����� un libro del 1889 scritto da Amerigo Seghieri. Questo manuale fornisce una guida completa e dettagliata per imparare a giocare a scacchi, partendo dalle basi e arrivando a tecniche...

50 unique behavioral, situational, and preference questions to get mouthwatering conversations started.Discover more about yourself, relationships, and friendships. Great for social gatherings or house parties, and a good book to take on a road trip to...

Whist Nuggets: Being Certain Whistographs, Historical, Critical, and Humorous is a delightful collection of essays, poems, and other writings about the game of whist. The book includes humorous anecdotes, historical background information, and critical...

First published in 1814, this book offers a collection of rules and descriptions for a variety of card games and other diversions popular in eighteenth-century England. The author, Edmond Hoyle, was a renowned game expert and his work set the standard...

This book is a collection of entertaining true stories and educational explanations from a winning poker player which offers an interesting insight into the world of poker for both players and non-players.

The 2007 Video Game Price Guide has been completely updated with the newest pricing information for home console systems. It contains values for over 13,000 different games and pieces of hardware. The book covers 48 video game systems which span from the...

This book includes 160 simple mate-in-one chess puzzles with solutions (all in form of diagrams). The book is suitable for both children and beginners. Please bear in mind that these are self-study activities, thus you must understand all of the...

Richard Réti (1889-1929) was both a master player and a superb endgame composer. He was also a prominent member of the hyper-modern school and author of two of the greatest chess books ever written, Masters of the Chessboard and Modern Ideas in Chess...

"First restrain, then blockade, finally destroy!" was the war cry of the celebrated 1920s writer and World Chess Championship aspirant Aron Nimzowitsch. Subsequently eclipsed by his classic My System, this pioneering work (The Blockade) has now been...

What is chess??? Many people think it’s a game for fun, while the truth is it’s a mind sport a not a body one. It’s even regarded as a science, and that’s true also, otherwise it wasn’t to be taught at schools in many...

A compelling and powerful true story of two brave men whose lives became intertwined in 1992. From the bloody jungles of Viet Nam, to the shores of Passamaquoddy Bay, to the chambers of the United States Supreme Court and to the inner rooms of...

De Witt's American Chess Manual is a comprehensive guide to the game of chess, written by Henry Chadwick and originally published in 1880. The book covers all aspects of the game, from basic rules and strategies to advanced techniques and tactics. It...

This volume provides a detailed history of the Liverpool Chess Club, one of the oldest and most prestigious chess clubs in England. Written by one of its active members in the late 19th century, the book includes a wealth of information about the club's...

Ein äußerst nützliches und lehrreiches Buch für Schachspieler allen Niveaus. Der Autor präsentiert hundert Endspielstellungen, die das Verständnis des Spiels verbessern und dabei helfen, siegreich aus solchen Situationen hervorzugehen. Die Endspiele sind...

Ce livre de problèmes d'échecs fait appel à votre logique pour résoudre des scénarios imaginatifs créés par des auteurs catalans contemporains. Chaque scénario est accompagné d'une solution et peut être résolu en environ 3 à 4 coups. Parfait pour les...

Die neueste Ausgabe der Deutschen Schachzeitung enthält die neuesten Schachnachrichten, Analysen von Turnieren und Schachstrategien. Eine unverzichtbare Lektüre für jeden Schachspieler, vom Anfänger bis zum erfahrenen Veteranen.This work has been...

Ce livre propose une variété de jeux de cartes, avec un accent particulier sur le piquet.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public...

Ce livre propose une explication du jeu des cartes sous un angle moral.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United...

A guide to the cross-opening strategy in draughts, one of the most popular board games in the world. Includes detailed analysis of gameplay and provides practical tips for starting a successful game.This work has been selected by scholars as being...

Cady's guide to popular dice and domino games provides easy-to-follow instructions for beginners and helpful strategies for more advanced players. With clear illustrations and diagrams, and a conversational tone, Cady makes these classic games accessible...

The Killing Table’s unique original contents reach beyond the basic fundamentals of playing the game of bid whist. Coverage includes the history, bidding techniques, philosophy, organizing card hands, pre-bidding thought process, etiquette, and trash...

Behind The Stare is a book geared for mid-level players seeking to improve their game and their bottom line. The concepts introduced are universal in nature and can be applied to all forms of poker.A poker game elicits an enormous number of behaviors in...

The late Terence Reese introduced the instructional 'over-the-shoulder' style of writing in his classic bridge book Play These Hands With Me. In this wry homage to the master, Mark Horton leads the reader through a logical line of play on each...

In this book, learning to recognize and appreciate threat cards plays a central role as you begin to understand how squeeze play operates. It won't be long before you can look at a layout and begin to imagine how the East-West cards will need to lie in...

A fascinating collection of the 'best of the best', selected by one of the world's top bridge writers. Taken from nearly a hundred years of bridge history, these deals will provide any bridge player with hours of fascinating reading. Each of...

In any Swiss Teams or IMP Pairs tournament, you will soon enough find yourself facing opponents who are frequent or consistent winners. How is it that when you earn your chance to challenge them, more of the IMP swings seem to go their way than...

In the earlier days of bridge, a direct cue bid of the opponent's opening bid was traditionally played as a 'strong cue bid', a hand too strong for an ordinary take-out double, and forcing to game. A typical hand was any 4-4-4-1 hand with 18 - 19+ HCP. ...

If you have never heard about poker, then you must be wondering..."What's the big deal?"Poker is an sport out there which is purely based on skill...That over 100 million people are interested in...These people gather offline and online and play this...

A huge amount was published about chess in the United Kingdom before the First World War. The growing popularity of chess in Victorian Britain was reflected in an increasingly competitive market of books and periodicals aimed at players from beginner...

Published in 1950, this vintage handbook instructs the reader in 150 variations of the classic game of Solitaire. It is illustrated with diagrams throughout and features simple instructions, making it a wonderful addition to the avid Solitaire player's...

This book contains a catalogue of one hundred variants of the game 'solitaire'. Complete with descriptions of their laws and helpful illustrations explaining how they are played, this text constitutes a definitive guide on solitaire games and is not to...