World Champion Tactics

World Champion Tactics
Author: Leonid Shamkovich
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-11
Genre: Chess
ISBN: 9781580420051

"The definitive guide to the concepts and secrets of chess tactics as played by the world champions"--Cover.

Danny the Champion of the World

Danny the Champion of the World
Author: Roald Dahl
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2007-08-16
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1101652977

Can Danny and his father outsmart the villainous Mr. Hazell? Danny has a life any boy would love—his home is a gypsy caravan, he's the youngest master car mechanic around, and his best friend is his dad, who never runs out of wonderful stories to tell. But one night Danny discovers a shocking secret that his father has kept hidden for years. Soon Danny finds himself the mastermind behind the most incredible plot ever attempted against nasty Victor Hazell, a wealthy landowner with a bad attitude. Can they pull it off? If so, Danny will truly be the champion of the world.

World Champion Material

World Champion Material
Author:
Publisher: Hillcrest Publishing Group
Total Pages: 137
Release: 2007-09
Genre:
ISBN: 1934248428

Amanda Ryan lives to be with horses. She has taken lessons from her beloved riding instructor Kate Brown at Lakeview Stables, an American Saddlebred farm in Missouri, for as long as she can remember. Amanda can't imagine a life without riding and showing. When she receives a special horse, Storm, she is full of anticipation and excitement for what the future may hold. But when Amanda learns that Storm's true identity is uncertain and that his history is possibly marked by criminal dealings, her world is turned upside down. World Champion Material is a suspenseful and engaging read for anyone who loves horses--and for those who simply enjoy a good story well-told.

A World Champion's Guide to Chess

A World Champion's Guide to Chess
Author: Susan Polgar
Publisher: SCB Distributors
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2015-11-16
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 1941270336

Winning Chess the Polgar Way! In A World Champion’s Guide to Chess, Women’s World Champion Susan Polgar’s exclusive training methods will have you playing winning chess! Topics include Chess Essentials, Tactics, Strategy, Pattern Recognition, Endgames, Chess Etiquette, Advice for Parents & Coaches and much more! SUSAN POLGAR is a winner of four Women’s World Championships and the top-ranked woman chess player in the United States. She became the #1 woman player in the world at 15 and remained in the top 3 for over 20 years. In 2013, she received the U.S. Coach of the Year Award and the following year, she was named the Chess Trainer of the Year by the International Chess Federation (FIDE). She thus became the first person in history to be accorded both honors. Under her guidance, SPICE chess teams at both Texas Tech University and Webster University have won a combined five consecutive National Division I Collegiate Chess Championships. PAUL TRUONG is winner of eleven national titles, a prolific chess trainer, and award-winning chess author. He was also captain and manager of the historic 2004 US Women’s Olympiad team which won two gold and two silver medals, as well as the coach of the five-time national champion SPICE chess teams. [The following text will appear in online descriptions, along with the text above, but not on the back cover]: The best-selling A World Champion’s Guide to Chess is available again!!

Table Tennis

Table Tennis
Author: Bernd-Ulrich Gross
Publisher: Meyer & Meyer Verlag
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2011
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1841263249

Werner Schlager stands for a successful individual and self confident player. That is exactly what he wants to get across in his interviews: individuality, determination, endurance and the belief in yourself. Table Tennis- Tips from a World ChampionA" is a practical training book for successful table tennis. The aim is not to copy Werner Schlager as a player but to use his tips to find your own way to use them successfully. Numerous picture series explain technique and tactic. This book is meant to encourage individuality in technique and game. All in all this is a differentA" table tennis teaching book for players and coaches who are keen to progress further

The World Champion of Staying Awake

The World Champion of Staying Awake
Author: Sean Taylor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2012
Genre: Sleep
ISBN: 9781406338348

At bedtime, Stella must find a way to make her toys fall asleep before she can go to sleep.

The World Champions I Knew

The World Champions I Knew
Author: Genna Sosonko
Publisher: New In Chess
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2014-06-06
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9056914847

Genna Sosonko lived the first 29 years of his life in Leningrad. He emigrated to Holland in 1972 and was one of the strongest grandmasters in the world. His bestselling book, Russian Silhouettes, was shortlisted for the world’s premier chess book award, the British Chess Federation Book of the Year.

World Champion Combinations

World Champion Combinations
Author: Raymond Keene
Publisher: Cardoza
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1998-06-01
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780940685772

Learn the insights, concepts and moves of the greatest combinations ever by the greatest players of all time. From Alekhine to Morphy, from Fischer to Kasparov, the incredible combinations and brilliant sacrifices of thirteen World Champions are collected here in the most insightful combinations book ever written. Packed with fascinating stratagems, fifty annotated games, and great practical advice for your own play. Following the lead and brilliance of the champions, take your game to the next level. 264 pages

The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book

The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book
Author: John M. Collins
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2013-03-26
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607743884

A collection of easy-to-fold paper airplane designs and innovative theories of flight, including the author's Guinness World Record-breaking airplane. Features 16 tear-out model planes. Will YOU be the next to break the WORLD RECORD? Anything is possible with The New World Champion Paper Airplane Book, the newest collection of designs and theories of flight from John M. Collins, the man behind the Guinness World Record–breaking distance plane. Featuring twenty-two unique airplane designs with step-by-step instructional photos, plus tear-out models printed on regulation-weight paper stock, this entertaining and informative guide promises hours of flying fun. Take your paper airplane–making to the next level with features such as: · Instructions for folding “Suzanne,” the plane that shattered the previous world record by flying an unprecedented 226 feet, 10 inches, and garnered more than three million views on YouTube · Four “Follow Foil” aircraft that can stay aloft for minutes at a time · A pioneering cambered-wing plane · A primer on flight theory, and how it applies to paper airplanes · Tips for improving the accuracy and distance of your throws · The adjusting technique that helped break the record · And more!