Board, table top and strategy games

Computer Chess deals with the history of computer chess games and the programming of computer chess.

An enthusiastic verve--"e;brio"e; some could say--marked both Ignaz Kolisch's personality and his games.

Three Moves Ahead shows how classic chess strategies address the #1 problem of Information Age executives: how to move quickly in the face of incalculable complexities and unexpected change.

The USSR is famous as the first totalitarian state to promote chess.

The rich history of Egypt has provided famous examples of board games played in antiquity.

The Hedgehog is a thoroughly modern defense where flexibility and understanding trump rote memorization.

THE GAME-CHANGING GUIDE TO SMARTER FINANCIAL DECISIONSThrough vividly illustrated game play, Monopoly, Money, and You shows you how to manage real-life financial challenges using lessons from the iconic board game.

Are you fed up losing at family board game nights?

Ramp up your role-playing game (RPG) and make your character your own with this fun, interactive workbookan essential addition to any player's gaming kit.

The rules of "e;The Greatest Tournament in Chess History,"e; the $20 million Sheldrake Memorial Tournament, a.

Go is a game of strategy in which two players attempt to surround each other's black or white stones.

Improve your chess by studying the greatest games of all time, from Adolf Anderssen's 'Immortal Game' to Anand versus Kramnik 2008, and featuring a foreword by World Champion Vishy Anand.

ATTAIN FOCUS, CLARITY AND PEACE BY CAREFULLY PROCEEDING FROM DOT TO DOT THROUGH THESE INTRICATE PATTERNSAs you progress from one numbered dot to the next, you clear your mind of other thoughts, much like you would during a meditation exercise.

The late Aleksander Wojtkiewicz was one of the most feared players in the U.

The Red Dragon & The West Wind is the perfect introduction to this ancient game of strategy and subterfuge, covering all aspects of the two most common varieties, American and Chinese, along with an overview of other global approaches.

A huge amount was published about chess in the United Kingdom before the First World War.

Emil Kemeny appeared on the American chess scene in 1890, a Hungarian chess player on the Lower East Side who had difficulty with English.

Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des Xiangqi, auch bekannt als Chinesisches Schach.

The 21st century has seen a board game renaissance.

Throughout its hundred-year history, the game Jetan has influenced many writers and game designers.

This reference work continues a comprehensive series chronicling men's chess competitions.

Both an instruction book and an engaging meditation on the joys of chess, this is the final work by one of the most successful chess writers of all time.

Surprising stories behind the games you know and love to play.

Building on the tremendous success of Openings for Amateurs in 2014, Pete Tamburro offers a new collection of practical tips to help club-level and young chessplayers to play the opening on their own terms.

"e;Playing at Chess is the most ancient and the most universal game among men, for its original is beyond the memory of history.

This book portrays British chess life in the nineteenth century through biographical studies of ten players who shaped the modern game.

Whether you're an American Mah Jongg newbie or an intermediate player looking to gain an edge over your opponents, American Mah Jongg for Everyone is the perfect book to help you start practicing your game!

"e;Marilyn Yalom has written the rare book that illuminates something that always has been dimly perceived but never articulated, in this case that that the power of the chess queen reflects the evolution of female power in the western world.

Some board games--like Candy Land, Chutes & Ladders, Clue, Guess Who, The Game of Life, Monopoly, Operation and Payday--have popularity spanning generations.

Learn to take the king like a pro with this essential, easy-to-understand guidebook for chess players everywhere no matter what your skill level!

What's the best way to learn chess?

Move Over, Monopoly!

Do masters methodically cut their way through the branches of a tree of analysis?

But never underestimate the powers of the pawn who can promote into a queen and put a kingdom on, or moving humbly up the board, killing on the side, outpriest the priest, and leave the knight without a horse to ride, and trip the elevated rook to bring it crashing down, and nudge the misanthropic queen into oblivion, and stop before great Caesar's throne, a tiny regicide, and watch a cornered monarch fall, and ponder how he died.

Will memorizing a mountain of related chess positions help you to learn?

Lets Play SHESS is written to inspire and shake up women of all ages and backgrounds to take a chance, learn something new and believe in their abilities.

This inquiry concerns the cultural history of the chess-player.

In the course of a game of chess, questions continually arise that test a player's reasoning skills.

'Erste deutschsprachige Ausgabe eines Klassikers

Die gute Nachricht in Bezug auf Schachendspiele ist, dass Sie nur relativ wenige Endspiele wirklich auswendig kennen müssen.

Irving Chernev's outstanding chess books earn him a high rank among the world's top chess authors.

This is the most complete and thorough biography of Jose Raul Capablanca, one of the greatest players in the history of chess.

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When Bobby Fischer died in January 2008, he left behind a confounding legacy.

Who says that you can't learn from the games of amateurs?

This is the autobiography of chess grandmaster and journalist Andy Soltis, one of the very few grandmasters who had a professional career outside of the game, and a prolific author of chess-related nonfiction.

Back to the future!

Superior introduction to most demanding part of chess.