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Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster 2 by Viva Media

Learn to Play Chess with Fritz and Chesster 2 by Viva Media

Learn To Play Chess 2 brings back Fritz, Bianca and Chesster for an all-new chess adventure! Rescue Chesster from... more

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    • Posted:Jul-21-2008
    • my eight year old is now a chess master
    • I taught my son the basics of chess at 5 and he totally took to it, but I'm not a particularly good player, so I couldn't help him improve his game. So we bought him this software and it did just...
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    • Posted:Mar-31-2008
    • Great program, however
    • this is a great product, my kids (5 and 7) love it. They have learned a lot from it. All the positives and negatives about F and C from other reviews are spot on.

      The only thing I...
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    • Posted:Aug-03-2007
    • Absolutely Terrible
    • This is, without a doubt, by far, the worse software I have ever seen. Perhaps the software had a malfunction, but there was no help key, and no means by which to go from window to another. After...
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NOVICA Plywood   Krishna Plays Chess

NOVICA Plywood Krishna Plays Chess

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Crocodile & Turtle Playing Chess

Crocodile & Turtle Playing Chess

Crocodile & Turtle Playing Chess. These unlikely companions are hungry for a little healthy competition! To play up... more

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Play Better Chess

Play Better Chess

Kids from 6 to 16 who have learned the basics by working their way through the authors' Start Playing Chess, are now... more

Play Better Chess

Play Better Chess

Kids from 6 to 16--once you've worked your way through the author's Start Playing Chess, you're ready to focus on the... more

Beginner's Guide to Playing Chess (Usborne Chess Guides)

Beginner's Guide to Playing Chess (Usborne Chess Guides)

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How Computers Play Chess

How Computers Play Chess

It now appears possible - even likely - that within a few decades and within certain specialized domains, the... more

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Play the Sicilian Kan: A Dynamic and Flexible Repertoire for Black

Play the Sicilian Kan: A Dynamic and Flexible Repertoire for Black

The Kan is an ideal choice against 1 e4, as it is one of the easiest variations of the Sicilian to learn and play.... more

Play Chess Combinations and Sacrifices

Play Chess Combinations and Sacrifices

How often have you seen, in magazines and newspapers, brilliant games in which victory has been brought about through... more

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    • Posted:Jul-08-2002
    • One of my favorites...
    • I bought this book almost a decade ago and thoroughly enjoy the storytelling and examples Levy uses to instruct.

      When Levy has you play through the Russian North Pole vs. South Pole game (played...

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    • Posted:Oct-15-1998
    • An over-priced reprint of an older book
    • I actually like this book -- I paid for my copy while in London in 1992. I was going to be on a plane for several hours and was looking for some puzzles to solve on the way home. Published in...
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The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played (Chess)

The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played (Chess)

Sixty-two masterly demonstrations of the basic strategies of winning at chess, featuring games by the greatest chess... more

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    • Posted:Jul-26-2009
    • Not all that instructive
    • I play chess on-line, and generally put up a pretty good fight but lose in the end. I have been on the lookout for books that would help me improve my game. I am seldom able to learn much from...
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    • Posted:Sep-09-2008
    • Good Fundamental Analysis of Top Level Play
    • If you are seeking to improve your tactical and positional play in chess, there is perhaps no better method than learning from the games of the masters. Irving Chernev, well known as one of the...
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101 Questions on How to Play Chess (Dover Game & Puzzle Activity Books)

101 Questions on How to Play Chess (Dover Game & Puzzle Activity Books)

Chess expert helps beginning players grasp essentials of playing chess to win. Over 100 diagrams. more

Advanced Chess: Rules, Skills, Tactics and Strategic Play

Advanced Chess: Rules, Skills, Tactics and Strategic Play

This expertly written book will teach the intermediate chess player to embrace the tactics and strategy needed to... more

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Play the Catalan

Play the Catalan

The Catalan is a sophisticated and wide-ranging opening system which is popular at all levels of chess. In recent... more

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    • Play the Catalan
    • Nigel Davies is one of the more prolific and outstanding British chess authors and teachers. His ability to clearly communicate a variety of chess concepts in print and in video has made him an...
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Play Winning Chess

Play Winning Chess

An introduction to the moves, strategies, and philosophy of chess, with clear explanations of the games fundamentals,... more

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    • Posted:Jan-26-2009
    • Improved my game almost instantly
    • Recently I purchased a new laptop, it came with 'Chess Titans' computer chess game. My chess background is basically; I know how the chess pieces move. I started playing 'Chess Titian' and was able...
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    • Posted:Oct-16-2006
    • Not his best work
    • This is probably the last Introduction type chess book I will read. I picked this book up mainly to start off on his series of books, but I felt that after reading this book, it really fell short...
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    • Posted:Apr-04-1997
    • Do Not Buy This Book
    • If you are even wondering whether to buy this book, I can tell that you must be a beginner at chess. I can also tell you another thing: Do not. I too am a beginner and was baited and reeled in by...
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Playing the Queen's Gambit: A Grandmaster Guide

Playing the Queen's Gambit: A Grandmaster Guide

The power of the Queen's Gambit is beyond question, even though it allows some serious defences - the Slav and... more

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How to Play Against 1 e4

How to Play Against 1 e4

It?s not easy finding a good opening to play against 1 e4, especially if you don?t have endless time available to... more

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How Fischer Plays Chess

How Fischer Plays Chess

A study and analysis of the games of Bobby Fischer, the greatest chess player the world has ever known more

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How To Play Dynamic Chess

How To Play Dynamic Chess

Chess is fundamentally a dynamic game. Each move changes the situation and the possibilities for both sides. No piece... more

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    How To Play Dynamic Chess

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    • Posted:Jan-03-2009
    • Good insights on the nature of the "initiative"
    • How to Play Dynamic Chess is an important book for serious students of chess. I have been a USCF expert for about 20 years and have over 300 chess books in my library (!) -- most of these books...
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The Giants of Power Play: Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy (Chess Secrets)

The Giants of Power Play: Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein,...

"Chess Secrets" is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess: strategy,... more

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Play 1.b3: The Nimzo-Larsen Attack: a Friend for Life

Play 1.b3: The Nimzo-Larsen Attack: a Friend for Life

The popularity of the Nimzo-Larsen Attack is largely based on its surprise value, but in fact 1.b3 is one of White?s... more

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The Right Way to Play Chess

The Right Way to Play Chess

With remarkable ease and clarity, D. Brine Pritchard explains the modern and internationally approved method of chess... more

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    The Right Way to Play Chess

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    • Posted:Dec-12-2006
    • This Book Makes Novice Improve!!!
    • I read few chess books but hardly to understand and comprehend so my games so terrible. I picked-up this book last month then i learn right material winning combinations which read some of this...
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Beginning Chess Play, 2nd Edition

Beginning Chess Play, 2nd Edition

Targeted for beginning and novice players, this step-by-step approach uses more than 100 actual chess diagrams to... more

How Not to Play Chess

How Not to Play Chess

Developing plans of action based on positional analysis: weak and strong squares, control of open lines, pawn... more

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    How Not to Play Chess

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    • Posted:May-18-2008
    • Not a primer, but for a less experienced player.
    • This book was the first chess book I ever read as well as the one I've read the most. Every few years I get another copy and read over it again carefully. (I have to get another copy every time...
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    • Posted:Apr-17-2005
    • Quality read, but nothing mandatory
    • Znosko-Borovsky's "How not to Play Chess" is much different than its title suggests. One immediately assumes that this will be a book of tactical gaffes and poor move choices in a one-move type...
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How to Play the Chess Openings

How to Play the Chess Openings

With keen appreciation of the amateur's usual limitations, International Grandmaster Eugene Znosko Borovsky explains... more

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    How to Play the Chess Openings

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    • Posted:Jan-10-2002
    • In Descriptive Notation
    • An excellent book which is not out-dated and for the price an absolute steal. Though some older opening books can be criticized as a tad bit out-date most can still be used today to learn the...
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    • Posted:May-04-1999
    • Teaches the openings to be even, not to win
    • The author shows a game and in the same game there are 600 variations. Very difficult to play thru.

      As well, the author will gave an example of an opening and after 10 moves claim - both sides...

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Understanding Pawn Play in Chess

Understanding Pawn Play in Chess

Chess owes its extraordinary strategic depth to pawns. These humble pieces can take on many roles in the chess... more

Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess

Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess

This book tackles fundamental questions such as: 'How should pawns be used to fight for the centre?' and 'How does... more

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    Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess

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    • Posted:Nov-23-2006
    • Great sequel on pawn play
    • Like this author's "Understanding Pawn Play in Chess", this book is a great addition to the library of any serious player wanting to improve his or her game.
      This book examines pawn structures...
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Play the French (Cad0gan Chess Series)

Play the French (Cad0gan Chess Series)

After the immense success of the first two editions, the chess world has been anticipating the next instalment with... more

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    • Posted:Mar-28-2008
    • Excellent book!
    • I purchased this book more as a way to confront the French with White. As I began to read through the book I started to change my notions of the French and picked it up as one of my main weapons...
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    • Posted:Jul-01-2004
    • The previous edition was better...
    • IM Watson did a lot of good for my opening and helped me to repair the lines against the Tarrasch variation, get over my irritation when facing the exchange variation, understand better how to...
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    • Posted:Aug-02-2002
    • The most biased opening book I have ever seen.
    • After hearing all the raves about this book, I have been sorely disappointed in it, for two reasons. First, the production value of Cadogan/Everyman is completely shoddy. This book falls apart on...
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Play the French, 3rd (Cadogan Chess Books)

Play the French, 3rd (Cadogan Chess Books)

After the immense success of the first two editions, the chess world has been anticipating the next instalment with... more

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    • Posted:Mar-28-2008
    • Excellent book!
    • I purchased this book more as a way to confront the French with White. As I began to read through the book I started to change my notions of the French and picked it up as one of my main weapons...
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    • Posted:Jul-01-2004
    • The previous edition was better...
    • IM Watson did a lot of good for my opening and helped me to repair the lines against the Tarrasch variation, get over my irritation when facing the exchange variation, understand better how to...
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    • Posted:Aug-02-2002
    • The most biased opening book I have ever seen.
    • After hearing all the raves about this book, I have been sorely disappointed in it, for two reasons. First, the production value of Cadogan/Everyman is completely shoddy. This book falls apart on...
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School of Chess Excellence 2: Tactical Play

School of Chess Excellence 2: Tactical Play

In this second book in his School of Chess Excellence series, Mark Dvoretsky looks at combinations and tactical... more

Strategic Play: School of Chess Excellence 3

Strategic Play: School of Chess Excellence 3

This third volume in Mark Dvoretsky?s School of Chess Excellence series is devoted to questions of strategy aimed at... more

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