General Interest Chess Books
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Chess books of general interest contain a rich assortment of books, e-books,
and CDs some found no else! We are sure you will find something interesting and
entertaining.
 Understanding Chess Strategy
General Chess ... $26.95
CD-Rom: Multimedia E-book. Strategy is the most fundamental part of chess. Strategy means systematic
action on the basis of an understanding of the game, implementing a plan aimed
at weakening and – in the end – destroying the opponent’s position.
This remarkable multimedia e-book covers chess strategy from open files to
isolated pawns, with all the advantages of a multimedia book such as
searching for words, adding personal notes, bookmarking, printing, analyzing
the position with a chess engine, etc.
Click here to learn more
 Logical Chess
Move by Move
General Chess ... $21.95
Print Book, softcover, 256 pages. Once you have learned the basic moves, how exactly should you improve? In
this much loved classic, Irving Chernev explains 33 complete games in detail,
telling the reader the reason for every single move. When you play through these
games and explanations you will get a real insight into the power of the pieces
and how to post them most effectively.
Click here to learn more.
 Three
Hundred Chess Games
General Chess ... $19.95
Softcover: 1999 English Edition, 366 pages, Hays Publishing. Grandmaster Siegbert Tarrasch, in Three Hundred Chess Games takes the
combinational school of
Paul Morphy and
combines it with the positional school founded by
Wilhelm Steinitz. The result is a powerful system of chess play utilized
by the greatest masters since the turn of the twentieth century. Dr. Tarrasch's
system reflects the entire store of knowledge of chess up to the hypermodern
era. Click here to learn
more about Three Hundred Chess Games.
 The Game of Chess
General Chess ... $17.95
Softcover: 1994 Algebraic Edition, 270 pages, Hays Publishing. While there are many chess manuals available, few have
achieved the lofty stature of The Game of Chess. Fewer still have
been written by a legendary International Grandmaster whose teaching
skills rivaled the chess prowess that enabled him to demolish world-class
opponents at the board. An immediate success upon its first publication, The Game of Chess has become one of the game's enduring classics,
considered by some critics the finest book ever written on the game of
chess. Click here to
learn more about The Game of Chess
 The
Gambitingly Way
General Chess ... $39.95
CD-Rom: Over 137,000 games. A new CD from Franco Pezzi about Gambits - 3 books in one. Over
137,000 gambit games: you get the King's Gambit (more than 14,300 games), 1.d4
Gambits (more than 52,200 games), and 1.e4 Gambits (more than 70,300 games). Click here for more information on
The Gambitingly Way.
 StarBase
4.56
A Federation Enterprise
General Chess ... $29.95
CD-Rom: 4.56 million games, .cbh format. Welcome to the largest, most comprehensive collection of chess games
anywhere. From the year 1516 through December 2004, StarBase 4.56 delivers
a mind-numbing 4,565,629 games of chess. Click here for more information on StarBase
4.56 - A Federation Enterprise.
 Startling
Correspondence
Chess Miniatures
General Chess ... $18.00
Softcover: 128 pages, including player and opening indices. This collection of 100 entertaining and instructive short games
contains a wealth of opening tricks and middlegame tactics played by e-mail or
post. Click here for
more information on Startling
Correspondence Chess Miniatures.
 Grundlagen
des
modernen Eroffnungsspiels
General Chess ... $22.95
Hardcover: 255 pages, index of players & openings, German algebraic and
text. Schachverlag Kania. Grandmaster Aleksej Suetin teaches opening play
in this well organized single-volume survey. Not a compendium (like E.C.O. or
M.C.O.), Suetin instead offers guidelines and advice, grouped around annotated
games. Click here for more
information on
Grundlagen
des modernen Eroffnungsspiels.
 Der 3. Versuch -
Mein Weg zum
Fernschach-Weltmeister
General Chess ... $29.95
Print Book, Hard Cover, 239 pages. The 12th world correspondence champion analyzes 59 of his best
games. Very in-depth, with lots of insight into top level correspondence chess. The author’s approach to top-level postal play in German text. Excellent
work. Click here to learn more.
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