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Written by Barry Hymer and Peter Wells, Chess Improvement: It's all in the mindset is an engaging and instructive guide that sets out how the application of growth mindset principles can accelerate chess improvement.

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

Back to the future!

Alexey Bezgodov presents an unusual idea for White against the ever popular Caro-Kann Defence.

Experienced grandmaster Sergey Kasparov presents a surprising way to combat The Sicilian Defence, Black's most popular choice against 1.

What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Anderssons Positional MasterpiecesOne of the most effective ways to improve your chess is to take a world class-player as your example.

Most chess opening books are either too detailed or too shallow.

Every club player knows the problem: the opening has ended, and now what?

After you have learned the rules of chess and developed some tactical abilities, how do you go from there?

Grandmaster Larry Kaufman presents a very effective way for White to disrupt the plans and demolish the position of players on the black side of the popular Grunfeld Defence.

On March 24, 2005, a small plane with Bobby Fischer on board landed at Reykjavik Airport.

No matter how unconventional, irrational or even crazy an opening is, sooner or later every chess player will have to face it.

Aron Nimzowitsch (1886 1935) was the most influential chess thinker of the 20th century.

Opening preparation is useful, but understanding the middlegame is much more important.

The Sicilian Defence is Black's most popular reply to 1.

In 1972 Bobby Fischer famously beat Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union in Reykjavik to win the world title.

Everything you always wanted to know about world chess champion Bobby Fischer, complete with easily accessible examples of his chess playing style, in one compact and very readable volume.

Playing blitz is one of the great joys in every chess player's life.

lThe sacrifice is one of the most beautiful, rewarding and complex aspects of chess.

';Chuky, you're a genius.

As a respected trainer who became a world-class chess grandmaster after leaving Leningrad and moving to Holland in 1972, Genna Sosonko observes the golden age Soviet chess from a privileged dual perspective.

If only real life were like a book on chess tactics!

In this richly illustrated book, Dr Jorma Kyppo explores the history of board games dating back to Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India and China.

More often than any other calls in bridge, redoubles produce confusion.

The Berlin Defence has been a highly popular opening in top level chess ever since Vladimir Kramnik famously used it in the 2000 World Championship match to wrest the title from Garry Kasparov.

When a chess master finds a winning strategic idea it is seldom by accident.

Pattern recognition is one of the most important mechanisms of chess improvement.

A power move, explains experienced chess teacher Charles Hertan, is a winning master tactic that requires thinking ahead.

Mikhail Tal was one of the greatest geniuses of chess history.

The English Opening (1.

Alexey Bezgodov provides a complete chess opening repertoire for Black against 1.

The Stories and the Games: Alekhine Euwe Botvinnik Smyslov Tal - Petrosian Spassky Fischer - Karpov KasparovFor many years Jan Timman was one of the best chess players in the world.

Russia boasts a long and rich tradition in chess education, and Russian chess teachers and trainers are simply the best in the world.

The back catalogue of New In Chess magazine is a fabulous source of chess instruction.

A Complete, Solid and Flexible Chess Opening Repertoire for Black & White with the King's FianchettoWhen experienced chess teacher Emmanuel Neiman learned that some of his pupils hesitated to play in competitions for fear of being crushed in the opening, he wanted to help.

Award-winning author Charles Hertan has written a lively and user-friendly chess primer for kids and other beginners.

What goes on in some of the sharpest minds on earth?

';Bobby Fischer gets up, tall, overweight, and slightly clumsy.

The ideas & plans behind all chess openings.

The ideas & plans behind ALL chess openings!

Chess Opening Essentials is an accessible primer and a reference book at the same time.

Viktor Moskalenko is one of the leading chess instructors in the world.

Although his career lasted barely ten years, Gyula Breyer (1893-1921) was a highly successful and imaginative chess player.

Award-winning author Charles Hertan knows what kids really need to know (and want to know) about mobilizing their pawns and pieces.

Bent Larsen (1935-2010) was one of the greatest fighters chess has ever seen.

In 1988, his autobiography ?

Beginners of all ages will win more games after studying this easy-to-follow book.

Books on chess exercises are usually about tactics.

Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games is a unique edited collection that explores the interplay of heritage, memory, identity and history within postcolonial board games and their surrounding paratexts.

Heritage, Memory and Identity in Postcolonial Board Games is a unique edited collection that explores the interplay of heritage, memory, identity and history within postcolonial board games and their surrounding paratexts.