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Would you like your own repertoire, saved in a ChessBase format? I can do this for you. The base charge is $75.00 per repertoire, this includes the first two hours of work. After that, it is $25.00 per hour. How much - or how little - do you want in an opening repertoire? It's all up to you.
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the games that GM Larry Christiansen played ... when he won in the 2002
U.S. Championships. Deep analysis!!!
(On a CD/DVD. However, you must have a current version of any ChessBase program.
{CB 9 or 10, Fritz, etc.})
This collection was written NOT only to help you to learn chess, but also to learn the openings as well. (Explanations of many of the ideas.)
This collection is available now for $ 35.00 ... plus shipping and handling. (It is NOT available anywhere else!)
The Ultimate Magnetic Set (A folding, pocket magnetic set.)
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This
small, folding magnetic chess set has just the features you need. It is a pocket size magnetic set
... that folds to the size of a checkbook!
It will then fit comfortably into your shirt pocket! Pieces stay tight and
secure! Price:
$ 7.95 each
(Price as shown does not include shipping or handling!
Florida residents will have to add 71/2 per cent sales tax. I have a few of
these in stock.)
(Title)
C.J.S. Purdy's "Fine Art
of Chess Annotation," (and other
thoughts); Volume One. {Revised
second edition.}
Compiled and edited by Ralph J. Tykodi. ISBN; 1-888710-19-5
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Published by Thinker's Press of Davenport, Iowa. (USA) Copyright © 2004.
Product Description
A collection of annotated games from Purdy's previous publications. The first 25
games are world championship games. The next 25 are grandmasters in conflict
while the last 50 are master-level combat from his friends Down Under.
If you have not read over games the Purdy has annotated, you are in for a
wonderful treat. Who better to analyze games than the world's first
correspondence chess champion?
About the Author
International Master C.J.S. Purdy was born in Australia. Purdy was the
world's first Correspondence Chess Champion. (1950-1953) C.J.S. Purdy was also
the author author of many chess periodicals from the 1930s to the 1970s. {Former}
World Chess Champion, Bobby Fischer, called Purdy simply the best chess
teacher ... ever!
Product details:
Paperback: 152 pages
Publisher: Thinkers' Press; Revised edition (January 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1888710199
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
This is a relatively rare book that is hard to obtain. It is brand-new, and it has no flaws or damage of any kind. Returns not accepted!
Price:
$ 47.95 each
(Price as shown does not include shipping or handling!
Florida residents will have to add 71/2 per cent sales tax.)
Play 1. d4!, by Richard Palliser
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To see a good review of this book, click here.
Product Description
Here is a must-have for all competitive players who prefer to base their game on solid moves rather than speculation, and who want a reliable yet initiative-seeking opening repertoire for White, based on the opening moves 1 d4 followed by 2 c4. Using more than 300 diagrams, an international Grandmaster and regular writer for CHESS magazine analyzes specific main lines and variations to combat Black's possible choices of the King's, Queen's, and Bogoljubow-Indian defenses, as well as the Modern Benoni and Benko Gambit. There are also promising methods against the various Black defenses to the Queen's
Gambit, and commentary on the Dutch and Gruenfeld defenses. An excellent and practical opening guide.
About the Author
Richard Palliser is an international master who has recently been given a special British Chess Federation young player's award for achievement. He writes regularly for CHESS magazine and other periodicals and is noted for his theoretical knowledge and analytical ability.
Product Details
Paperback, (flex-cover): 288 pages
Publisher: B.T. Batsford, Ltd. London (England)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0 7134 8809 3
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 13 ounces
Price:
$ 75.00 each
(Price as shown does not include shipping or handling!
Florida residents will have to add 71/2 per cent sales tax. This is a brand-new,
out of print & hard to obtain book!)
"Super Nezh," Chess Assassin. (IM Rashid Nezhmetdinov) By Alex Pishkin, ICCF Master
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Product Description
Rashid Nezhmetdinov was unlike most chess players. Draws were almost an accident, or at the very least, a necessary evil to
prevent losing a game which had gone awry. Raised in austere circumstances and learning to play checkers as well as he played chess, he became the Russian chess champion five times. His method was: attack...attack...attack. His ferocity became legendary. World champion Mikhail Tal had become his victim so many times that Nezh became one of his trainers!
Nezh was far more than a giant killer, he produced some games of genius-like creativity, such as the one against Polugaevsky in 1958. He could deliberate for the longest periods of time, over a game which appeared lost, only to finally reveal what he knew all along, that the game was his.
Besides his incessant ability to make deep combinations, he was also a purveyor of opening
novelties. His best known line was his 1954 brain-child of creating the
(so-called) Poisoned pawn variation of the Najdorf Sicilian; (used later with great success by World Champion Bobby Fischer). His chess, (being a 1. e4 player);
embodied the Ruy Lopez, the Sicilian Defense, and the King's Indian Defense.
About the Author
From Syktyvkar, Russia came ICCF-IM Alex Pishkin. Known for his exploits at correspondence chess, Pishkin
has several books (Thinkers' press) on Russian players and ex-Soviet masters --
this was his first. The next will be "100 Years of Gladitorial Chess." He had met Nezhmetdinov on several occasions. Unfortunately, Mr. Pishkin died in 1999. May his books
live on!
Product Details
Hardcover: 221 pages
Publisher: Thinkers' Press / Davenport, Iowa
(Copyright © 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0-938650-94-7
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pound
Price:
$ 33.95 each
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Florida residents will have to add 71/2 per cent sales tax. This is a brand-new
book, I have two of these in stock.)
Attacking The King (in the center) by A.J. ("Tony") Gillam
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Product Information:
Your opponent's King is more vulnerable to attack while it remains in the center
of the board, hence the (reason for) early castling
- to remove the King to a safer position. But conditions during the early moves (of
a game) often precludes castling, and proper early development of one's
pieces can provide the strength to take advantage of the weaker King's position.
Here are 141 games illustrating attacks against such a King, with numerous
diagrams to assist in following the attacking moves. The notes clearly explain
the flow of the attack for the developing player. The author emphasizes the
message to enjoy yourself! A quick attack against the opponent's King is a
source of constant enjoyment, and here - in this book - are the ways to
accomplish this. ( - Derived from the back cover.)
Product Details
Paperback: 120 pages
Publisher: Chess Enterprises (January 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0-945470-81-9
Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 0.6 ounces
Price:
$ 22.99 each
(Price as shown does not include shipping or handling!
Florida residents will have to add 71/2 per cent sales tax. This is a brand-new
book, and I have eight of these in stock.)
"Pawn Structure Chess," by GM Andy Soltis
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See my review of this book on Amazon.
Synopsis
Some 250 years ago, the great Philidor wrote, "The pawns are the soul of chess." Although that statement is perhaps the most common cliche in the literature of the game, it is too often misunderstood.
Pawns are usually considered weak because of their limited range of movement. But the pawns' restricted mobility is precisely what makes them so important strategically: they form a semi-permanent structure -- often called a "pawn skeleton" -- that establishes the territorial lines of the coming battle and thus the nature of the battle itself. Understanding how pawns affect strategy is the subject of this important book. In it you will learn:
• how to handle the characteristic pawn structure of each opening "family" and each major variation
• how to recognize the strengths and weaknesses of pawn chains
• when to exchange pawns in the center -- and when not to
• how to cramp your opponent's position and what to do if your opponent cramps yours
• how to create and exploit pawn "holes"... and much, much more, all copiously illustrated by complete games from actual
play.
Biography
Andrew Soltis is a grandmaster and a chess columnist for New York Post and Chess Life. In 1988, he was named chess journalist of the year by the Chess Journalists of America.
Product Details
Pub. Date: November 1995 (Copyright © A. Soltis)
Publisher: Random House Information Group
Format: Paperback, 346 pages.
Chess Series, David McCay
ISBN: 0-812-92529-7
Price:
$ 35.00 each
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