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

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

In many ways, the Najdorf Sicilian is the ideal defense against 1.

You've just read a chess beginners' manual and learned the rules of the game, some simple tactics, maybe a few opening moves.

You have limited time to devote to chess study, and most of that goes to reviewing your openings to move 25, with all their sidelines.

Cowering in the middlegame, towering in the endgame: chess theory teaches that the king needs protection from enemy pieces until the ending, when finally it can come out from hiding to decisive effect.

What's the best way to learn chess?

You're booked up on your openings and know the Philidor and Lucena positions hands down, but how to convert all that theoretical knowledge into points against flesh-and-blood opponents?

What's the best way to start learning a new opening?

Safety first!

Chess is Childs Play is a book written by parents, for parents.

What's the best way to teach chess to children?

';I had a fantastic position, but I couldn't figure out what to do next!

Had enough of the same old queen's pawn openings?

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

How did Jonathan Hawkins manage to go from being an average tournament competitor to a player on the brink of clinching the Grandmaster title?

Don't have the time to study opening theory, or to figure out where you're going wrong with your games?

The Grunfeld is one of the most topical openings in modern chess practice.

Chessplayers wishing to improve their performance typically seek to deepen their middlegame understanding or to increase their endgame knowledge.

Professional grandmasters study the latest wrinkles of their favorite openings.

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

Back to the future!

If you play chess for blood, it makes sense to learn the violent tactics that feature in the openings that you play.

If you play chess for blood, it makes sense to learn the violent tactics that feature in the openings that you play.

If you play chess for blood, it makes sense to learn the violent tactics that feature in the openings that you play.

Annotating your own games can help you to play better chess.

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

Jose Raul Capablanca is renowned for his exquisite positional play and flawless endgame technique.

Campamento de ajedrez representa un sistema novedoso de entrenamiento para el ajedrecista principiante, así como para los padres y los monitores que lo enseñan.

Campamento de ajedrez representa un sistema novedoso de entrenamiento para el ajedrecista principiante, así como para los padres y los monitores que lo enseñan.

Campamento de ajedrez representa un sistema novedoso de entrenamiento para el ajedrecista principiante, así como para los padres y los monitores que lo enseñan.

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them.

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them.

For centuries, chess has been the world's most popular board game.

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

Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess is the only full-length biography of Paul Morphy, the antebellum chess prodigy who launched United States participation in international chess and is still generally acknowledged as the greatest American chess player of all time.

Strategies and examples for beating a superior opponent in chess.

Becoming a Grandmaster is the ultimate aim for serious chess players, but whatever your chess abilities, this book will take you to the next level.

This book contains 71 deeply annotated chess victories of Tigran Petrosian (World Champion from 1963 to 1969) against the leading players of his day, some of which are in print for the first time.

* Written by bestselling poker author Lou Krieger Tips for every kind of poker situation: at home, online and attournament Covers Texas Hold 'Em, the world's most popular type of poker Part of successful bestselling 52 Great Tips seriesA leading poker guru gives you the essential tips to win at Texas Hold 'Em pokerat any time, whether at home, at a tournament or playing online.

Master chess psychologist Amatzia Avni outlines a new approach to playing chess - be tricksy about your game, bend the rules where possible and always come out on top!

Alexander Kotov's trilogy, of which this is the second volume and now available in digital format for the first time, marks a landmark in chess literature.

It's a fact of chess life that if you want to win, you have to put a bit of study in.

No time to study but want to win more chess games?

Always wanted to play backgammon but haven't much time to learn?

Poker has never been more popular.

In chess, a transposition is a known position reached by a different move order than usual - a less obvious way of getting to somewhere you want to go, leading to confusion for your opponent.