How Not to Play Chess

How Not to Play Chess
Author: Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 127
Release: 2012-04-27
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486158373

Developing plans of action based on positional analysis: weak and strong squares, control of open lines, pawn structure, more. 20 problems.

The Right Way to Play Chess

The Right Way to Play Chess
Author: David Pritchard
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 139
Release: 2012-03-15
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0716023326

Since its first publication in 1950, The Right Way to Play Chess has taught chess to generations of beginners, taking them to the standard expected of good club players. It gives full details of exactly how to play the game, explains basic theory and includes many examples of play.There are separate chapters on the openings, middle and end games, plus a chapter of master games which illustrate how styles of play have changed over the years. Fully revised and updated by chess expert Richard James, a new chapter shows how to encourage and teach children to play the game.

Chess Not Checkers

Chess Not Checkers
Author: Mark Miller
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2015-04-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1626563950

As organizations grow in volume and complexity, the demands on leadership change. The same old moves won't cut it any more. In Chess Not Checkers, Mark Miller tells the story of Blake Brown, newly appointed CEO of a company troubled by poor performance and low morale. Nothing Blake learned from his previous roles seems to help him deal with the issues he now faces. The problem, his new mentor points out, is Blake is playing the wrong game. The early days of an organization are like checkers: a quickly played game with mostly interchangeable pieces. Everybody, the leader included, does a little bit of everything; the pace is frenetic. But as the organization expands, you can't just keep jumping from activity to activity. You have to think strategically, plan ahead, and leverage every employee's specific talents—that's chess. Leaders who continue to play checkers when the name of the game is chess lose. On his journey, Blake learns four essential strategies from the game of chess that transform his leadership and his organization. The result: unprecedented performance!

The Art of Chess Combination

The Art of Chess Combination
Author: Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2013-12-31
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486147541

This essential work provides modern explanations of principles, varieties, and techniques of combination maneuvers, plus the ideas behind them. Examples from the games of many great players provide illustrations. 200 diagrams.

How to Play the Chess Openings

How to Play the Chess Openings
Author: Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 159
Release: 2012-04-30
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 048615839X

Clear, profound examinations of just what each opening is intended to do and how opponent can counter. Many sample games.

I Play Against Pieces

I Play Against Pieces
Author: Svetozar Gligoric
Publisher: Batsford
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002-10-31
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780713487701

Yugoslav grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric, once rated the strongest European chess player outside of Russia, has pursued a long and distinguished chess career. This highly acclaimed collection of over 100 of his best games, including classic wins against world champions and other top players such as Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Keres, Korchnoi, Larsen, Najdorf, and Reshevsky, now appears for the first time in English.The title of the book 'I Play Against Pieces' reflects Gligoric's thoroughly objective approach to chess, which has always been characterised by great clarity and logic, resulting in a wealth of model games. The fact that these games, replete with instructive tactics and strategies, are classified under openings will particularly benefit readers interested in the study of Queen's Pawn Openings as White and the King's Indian Defence and Ruy Lopez as Black of which Gligoric was a true connoisseur.

The Sicilian

The Sicilian
Author: John Emms
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781857445886

This is an updated and largely expanded edition of the highly acclaimed Starting Out: The Sicilian. John Emms goes back to basics, studying the fundamental principles of the Sicilian and its many variations.

The Middle Game in Chess

The Middle Game in Chess
Author: Eugene Znosko-Borovsky
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2012-07-11
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 0486144542

DIVSuperior introduction to most demanding part of chess. Basic concepts of middle game play are systematically and logically presented. Every significant idea is illustrated by well-chosen excerpts from master play, including games by Alekhine, Capablanca, Lasker, Reshevsky, Botvinnik, Marshall, Pillsbury, and other prominent players. 80 illustrations. /div

Techniques of Positional Play

Techniques of Positional Play
Author: Valeri Bronznik
Publisher: New In Chess
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2014-02-18
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9056914731

Opening preparation is useful, but understanding the middlegame is much more important. This book, an improved edition of a Russian classic, teaches amateur chess players 45 extremely effective skills in a crystal-clear manner. Quite a few of the ideas presented here will surprise the reader, because they offer solutions for problems the club player is only subconsciously aware. How do you activate your rook pawn? How do you prevent your opponent from opening a file? How do you restrict the efficacy of your opponents pieces? Which rook belongs on the c-, d- or e-file? What is the best way to exchange a piece? How do you castle artificially? In most cases the techniques are easy to understand and memorize. Bronznik and Terekhin do not burden the reader with deep analysis and only present those variations that are really necessary to get the point. There is a special training section at the end of the book where you can test your skills. ,

Queen for a Day

Queen for a Day
Author: Lauren Goodkind
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2020-01-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9780578504483

This book takes readers through a complete chess game against Sophia, a girl who has just learned how to move the chess pieces. In the book's game, players are asked to choose among a master level move, a good-okay move, and a third that is just plain bad. The readers await Sophia's next move. With this book, readers will learn to make smart moves in their own real-life chess games, too!