Jon Speelman's Best Games

Jon Speelman's Best Games
Author: Jon Speelman
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
Total Pages: 240
Release: 1997
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9780713464771

Renowned as a great fighter, analyst, and highly original player, world championship candidate Jon Speelman annotates the best of his games from his career to date. Speelman's strategies provide entertainment and instruction in abundance. Intermediate

Jon Speelman's Best Games

Jon Speelman's Best Games
Author: Jon Speelman
Publisher: Batsford Books
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2014-11-12
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1849942331

Mind-bending analysis and instructive comment from a man who has participated in world chess at the very highest levels. World championship candidate and three-times British Champion Jon Speelman annotates the best of his games. He is renowned as a great fighter and analyst, and a highly original player. This book provides entertainment and instruction in abudance.

Jon Speelman's Chess Puzzle Book

Jon Speelman's Chess Puzzle Book
Author: Jon Speelman
Publisher: Gambit Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Chess problems
ISBN: 9781904600961

Jon Speelman is one of the most successful British chess-players of all time, and is renowned for the creativity of his play and his remarkable calculating ability. He is also an extremely experienced writer and chess coach. His personal selection of chess puzzles will infuriate, entertain, test and instruct chess-players of all levels. Themed sections include: * Finger Exercises * Stalemate * The Skewer * The Pin * Pawn Promotion * Line Opening and Closing * Loose Pieces * Mating Attacks * The Back Rank * Knight Forks

Vishy Anand - My Best Games of Chess

Vishy Anand - My Best Games of Chess
Author: Viswanathan Anand
Publisher: Gambit Publications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Chess
ISBN: 9781901983548

Crystal-clear explanations of grandmaster tactics and strategies from which players of all abilities can learn.

Fire on Board

Fire on Board
Author: Alexei Shirov
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1997
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9781857441505

In this book, the young Latvian star Alexei Shirov explains his best games and reveals the style of play that has made him one of the most feared attacking players in the world.

From Beginner to Expert in 40 Lessons

From Beginner to Expert in 40 Lessons
Author: Alexander Kostyev
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Total Pages: 172
Release: 1984
Genre: Chess
ISBN:

This is designed to take the beginner through all aspects of the game and bring him up to the standard of a strong club player. By means of 40 carefully selected lessons the author provides a course which can either form the curriculum for a school club or be used by adults for self-instruction.

Batsford Chess Endings

Batsford Chess Endings
Author: Jon Speelman
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Limited
Total Pages: 448
Release: 1993
Genre: Chess
ISBN: 9780713444209

The endgame is the final phase of a game of chess, in which very little material is left on the board and the weaknesses forced earlier in the game can be exploited. Theory, while not changing as rapidly as in the openings, is no less important, and many games are won or lost because one player knew the winning plan and the other didn't.

Garry Kasparov's Fighting Chess

Garry Kasparov's Fighting Chess
Author: Garry Kasparov
Publisher: Owl Books
Total Pages: 310
Release: 1995
Genre: Games
ISBN: 9780805042214

This edition describes how Gary Kasparov progressed from prodigy to champion and gives details of his recent career from 1988 to 1995. It also affords insight into the thought processes of the man who has been chess World Champion since 1985. Many of the game notes are Kasparov's own.