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Instant chess downloads - electronic chess information that can be downloaded now! ChessCentral carries the latest versions of top chess software programs and bestselling chess ebooks. Convenient and interactive, the bottom line is that chess downloads are fun to use, and of course no shipping costs or VAT charges. Try an e-book classic like Lasker's Common Sense in Chess or Reti's Modern Ideas in Chess; improve your chess endgame or explore a dynamic chess opening. ChessCentral also offers the complete line of Everyman chess ebooks for download.

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  • Starting Out: The French E-Book

    Starting Out: The French Defense - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Everyman

    $19.95
    Starting Out: The French Defense (Download) The French is one of Black's soundest defenses to 1.e4 and is very popular at all levels of chess. Club players enjoy its super-solid structure, while at the top it's played by famous Grandmasters such as...
    SKU:
    ev-24
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run the Reader which can be ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $19.95
  • Starting Out: The Slav & Semi-Slav Defenses - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Starting Out: The Slav & Semi-Slav Defenses - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Everyman

    $19.95
    Starting Out: Slav and Semi-Slav Defenses The very closely linked Slav and Semi-Slav Defenses are two of the most popular and combative openings that Black can play against the Queen's Gambit. They have provided the battleground for thousands of...
    SKU:
    ev-23
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $19.95
  • Starting Out: The Sicilian Najdorf - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Starting Out: The Sicilian Najdorf - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Everyman

    $19.95
    Starting Out: The Sicilian Najdorf (Download) The Sicilian Najdorf is one of Black's sharpest and most popular lines against 1.e4. From the very start Black directs the game into asymmetrical positions in which he or she can play for the win without...
    SKU:
    ev-22
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run the Reader which can be ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $19.95
  • Starting Out: Rook Endgames E-Book (ev-21)

    Starting Out: Rook Endgames - Chess E-Book Download

    Everyman

    $19.95
    Starting Out: Rook Endgames Endgames with Kings, Rooks and pawns are by far the most common type - it is estimated that Rook endgames are reached in nearly one in five of all chess games. Clearly then a firm understanding of Rook...
    SKU:
    ev-21
    $19.95
  • Starting Out: The Queen's Gambit Accepted - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Starting Out: The Queen's Gambit Accepted - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Everyman

    $19.95
    Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Accepted The Queen's Gambit Accepted (QGA) is Black's simplest way of dealing with one of White's most fashionable openings, the Queen's Gambit. Black grabs the gambit pawn and thus refuses to succumb to the passive...
    SKU:
    ev-20
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run the Reader which can be ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $19.95
  • Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part III: 1993-2005 E-book

    Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part 3: 1993-2005

    Everyman

    $31.95
    Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov, Part III: 1993-2005 Garry Kasparov on Garry Kasparov: Part III is the final volume in a major three-volume series made unique by the fact that it records the greatest chess battles played by the greatest chess player...
    SKU:
    ev-191
    $31.95
  • Test Your Chess E-book

    Test Your Chess - Training Puzzles E-book

    Everyman

    $21.95
    Test Your Chess Grandmaster and renowned chess coach Zenón Franco provides a training course designed to help all aspiring players to improve their chess. During each lesson, you are invited to play a 'game' in which you try to find the best...
    SKU:
    ev-190
    $21.95
  • The King's Indian Attack: Move by Move - Chess Opening E-book Download

    The King's Indian Attack: Move by Move - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Everyman

    $21.95
    The King's Indian Attack: Move by Move This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and...
    SKU:
    ev-189
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run the Reader which can be ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $21.95
  • Petrosian: Move by Move E-book

    Petrosian: Move by Move - Chess Biography E-book

    Everyman

    $21.95
    Petrosian: Move by Move Tigran Petrosian was a World Chess Champion and a true legend of the game. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" because of his incredible defensive skills that made him a formidable opponent who was virtually impossible to defeat...
    SKU:
    ev-188
    $21.95
  • Opening Repertoire: The Fianchetto System - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Opening Repertoire: The Fianchetto System - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Everyman

    $21.95
    Opening Repertoire: The Fianchetto SystemWeapons for White against the King's Indian and Grunfeld Grandmaster Damian Lemos presents a repertoire for White against both the King's Indian and Grunfeld defenses. Many players struggle to find suitable...
    SKU:
    ev-187
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run the Reader which can be ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $21.95
  • The Trompowsky Attack: Move by Move - Chess Opening E-book Download

    The Trompowsky Attack: Move by Move - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Everyman

    $21.95
    The Trompowsky Attack: Move by Move This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and...
    SKU:
    ev-186
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run the Reader which can be ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $21.95
  • Play the Accelerated Dragon

    Play the Accelerated Dragon

    Everyman

    $21.95
    Play the Accelerated Dragon The Accelerated Dragon remains one of Black's most popular choices in the Sicilian, and the attractions are obvious. Black's opening strategy is easy to understand, and his pieces are quickly developed on active squares...
    SKU:
    ev-185
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run the Reader which can be ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $21.95
  • The Alekhine Defense: Move by Move - Chess Opening E-book Download

    The Alekhine Defense: Move by Move - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Everyman

    $21.95
    The Alekhine Defense: Move by Move (Download) This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the...
    SKU:
    ev-184
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run the Reader which can be ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $21.95
  • Mastering Endgame Strategy E-Book for Download

    Mastering Endgame Strategy - Chess E-Book Download

    Everyman

    $24.95
    Mastering Endgame Strategy Study brings wisdom. Practice brings perfection.Following his highly acclaimed Mastering Chess Strategy and Mastering Opening Strategy, this book completes a trilogy of strategy books by Grandmaster and renowned chess...
    SKU:
    ev-182
    $24.95
  • Chess Developments: Semi-Slav, 5.Bg5 - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Chess Developments: Semi-Slav, 5.Bg5 - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Everyman

    $21.95
    Chess Developments: Semi-Slav 5.Bg5  Chess Developments provides state-of-the-art openings coverage. Chess Developments focuses on the current trends - concentrating on critical lines, theoretical novelties and powerful new ideas. It offers...
    SKU:
    ev-181
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $21.95
  • The Panov-Botvinnik Attack: Move by Move - Chess Opening E-Book Download

    The Panov-Botvinnik Attack: Move by Move - Chess Opening E-Book Download

    Everyman

    $21.95
    The Panov-Botvinnik Attack: Move by Move (Download)  This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages...
    SKU:
    ev-180
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run the Reader which can be ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $21.95
  • Starting Out: The Closed Sicilian - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Starting Out: The Closed Sicilian - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Everyman

    $19.95
    Starting Out: The Closed Sicilian The Closed Sicilian is an ideal weapon for players who wish for an aggressive way to attack the Sicilian but have neither the time nor the inclination to learn the seemingly endless mountains of opening theory...
    SKU:
    ev-18
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run the Reader which can be ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $19.95
  • The Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Move by Move - Chess Opening E-book Download

    The Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Move by Move - Chess Opening E-book Download

    Everyman

    $21.95
    The Nimzo-Larsen Attack: Move by Move This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and...
    SKU:
    ev-179
    System Requirements::
    Windows 8 & 7, Windows Vista, XP (Service Pack 3) to run ChessBase 6.0 +, Fritz 5+, Junior 7+, Shredder 7+, Hiaracs 7+, or the FREE software ChessBase Reader
    $21.95
  • Magnus Force: How Carlsen beat Kasparov's record, E-book for Download

    Magnus Force: How Carlsen Beat Kasparov's Record

    Everyman

    $19.95
    Magnus Force: How Carlsen Beat Kasparov's Record  In December 2012 Magnus Carlsen won the prestigious London Chess Classic and in doing so he became the highest-rated chess player in the history of the game, beating Garry Kasparov's 13-year-old...
    SKU:
    ev-178
    $19.95

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