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Chess Books of General Interest

Chess books of general interest contain a rich assortment of themes, from chess problems to chess classics like The Game of Chess by Tarrasch. Here you are sure to find chess books in print that are both interesting and entertaining - everything from chess biographies to chess tournament books. Enjoy!
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Chess Games of Adolph Anderssen
Chess Games of Adolph Anderssen
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No one has ever played chess like Adolph Anderssen played it, nor won as much fame and glory for his charismatic style. Anderssen's hallmark is the direct (and often spectacular!) Kingside attack, executed always with aggressive optimism, resourcefulness and daring.
Chess for Tigers
Chess for Tigers
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Chess for Tigers can turn players into Tigers who will make the most of their playing strength, take advantage of their opponent’s weaknesses, steer the game into positions that favor their style of play, and improve their odds of winning against stronger players, and avoid making silly mistakes.
Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion
Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion
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Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion. Every game of this great player is annotated and analyzed in this amazing volume! Nearly 1,000 are presented with Grandmaster commentary!
Lasker’s Manual of Chess Book
Lasker’s Manual of Chess Book
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Lasker’s Manual of Chess is one of the greatest chess books ever written. The fact that it was first published almost 85 years ago has diminished neither its relevance nor significance in today’s modern chess world.
How to Think in Chess Book
How to Think in Chess Book
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How to Think in Chess teaches you practical ways of thinking to win. You'll see how to assess your thought processes during play and how to reorganize them in practice. You'll get exercises to increase your thinking skills.
Chess Words of Wisdom Book
Chess Words of Wisdom Book
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Chess Words of Wisdom quotes, paraphrases and summarizes the teachings of hundreds of experts, masters, IMs, GMs and eve a few scientists, scholars and generals. Essentially, all of the wisdom from thes important sources is in this one book! Chess Words of Wisdom is a digest of hundreds of years of chess knowledge from the greatest chess minds in history.
Breaking Through - Polgar Sisters
Breaking Through - Polgar Sisters
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Readers will share the thoughts and feelings of the Polgar sisters as they experience their major triumphs and disappointments, as Susan discusses their most joyous moments and biggest heartbreaks.
The Soviet Championships
The Soviet Championships
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The famous Soviet Championships, run annually from 1920 to 1991, were truly extraordinary events. Every top Soviet Grandmaster, including Botvinnik, Tal, Kasparov, Spassky, Petrosian, and Karpov, participated regularly, and the best games have gone down in history. This fine, hardcover book gives a complete record of the results of the Championships (by Bernard Cafferty), while the superb selection of annotated games has been specially provided by the famous Russian Grandmaster Mark Taimanov.
Power Chess for Kids
Power Chess for Kids
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Experienced chess trainer Charles Hertan will show you how to become a very dangerous chess player! You will learn how to weed out silly chess moves and just consider a few important moves. You will learn how to start seeing great chess moves you never thought possible!
How to Choose a Chess Move
How to Choose a Chess Move
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How to Choose a Chess Move - A classic, now available in modern algebraic notation for the first time! Few books have had as much impact on chess literature as this: the first edition sold out within months.
Der 3. Versuch
Der 3. Versuch
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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
Bobby Fischer - Complete Games
Bobby Fischer - Complete Games
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A first hand look at the games of the man recognized as the greatest chess player of all times. Bobby Fischer's genius raised the entire world's consciousness of chess and paved the way for multi-million dollar prize funds.
Chess Praxis: The Praxis of My System
Chess Praxis
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Chess Praxis is the fullest exposition of Nimzowitsch's new analysis and theories, and it is beyond question one of the dozen most important books ever written on chess.
Winning Chess Tactics for Juniors
Winning Chess Tactics for Juniors
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In our modern era in which many chess opening and middlegame positions are guided by sophisticated stratagems, the iron fist of tactical blows is still inevitably the final arbiter of the result.
Chess School 1b
Chess School 1b
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You should try to solve all the exercises without using a board. During one lesson it is recommended that you try to solve between 6 and 30 positions.
Chess School 1a
Chess School 1a

his book is intended for young chess players who are taking their very first steps in chess. Chess is a battle of minds in which the player who wins is the one who is more clever, more knowledgeable and more clever.
Eine Reise uber das Schachbrett Systematisches Lehrbuch der Kombinationen
Eine Reise
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Combinations in chess receive complete treatment in this systematic handbook.
Hastings 1895
Hastings 1895
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The greatest chess tournament of all time was held in the summer of 1895, at the ancient Saxon stronghold of Hastings. This "Grand International Chess Congress" attracted the strongest field of players ever assembled, with Steinitz, Lasker, Tschigorin, Tarrasch and Blackburne all present.
Startling Correspondence Chess Miniatures
Startling Correspondence Chess Miniatures
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This collection of 100 entertaining and instructive short games contains a wealth of opening tricks and middle-game tactics played by email or post. All the games in the book end within 25 moves, the standard definition for a miniature game.
Learn Chess A Complete Course
Learn Chess: A Complete Course
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Learn Chess: A Complete Course provides everything you need to know to get started in chess. The first part is devoted to first principles, explaining the rules and basic strategies, whilst the second develops a thorough understanding of the various winning methods, and includes a systematic study of openings, an introduction to attacking techniques, and a guide to fundamental endgame themes.