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Four years ago I started playing videopoker.

Frustrated with studying endgames that never seem to occur in your own games?

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.

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

As late as 1950, many chess clubs in America excluded women.

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

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

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

Drawing on new research, this biography of William Steinitz (1836-1900), the first World Chess Champion, covers his early life and career, with a fully-sourced collection of his known games until he left London in 1882.

A crucial decision spared chess Grandmaster David Bronstein almost certain death at the hands of the Nazis--one fateful move cost him the world championship.

Focusing on the recovery of chess in Spain and Europe after World War II, this book traces the development of the International Chess Tournaments in Gijon from 1944 to 1965.

Despite the advent and explosion of videogames, boardgames--from fast-paced party games to intensely strategic titles--have in recent years become more numerous and more diverse in terms of genre, ethos and content.

Many historical chess books focus on individual 19th century masters and tournaments yet little is written covering the full scope of competitive chess through the era.

This book describes the intense rivalry--and collaboration--of the four players who created the golden era when USSR chess players dominated the world.

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

During his first years in America, William Henry Krause Pollock participated in some of the most important American chess events of the 19th century.

The International Chess Federation or FIDE (from the French Federation Internationale des Echecs) was founded in Paris in 1924 but only from 1950 began to award international titles.

With more than 400 illustrations, and detailed maps, this immense and deeply researched account of the history of chess covers not only the modern international game, derived from Persian and Arab roots, but a broad spectrum of variants going back 1500 years, some of which are still played in various parts of the world.

This comprehensive reference work presents detailed bibliographical information about chess publications--books, bulletins and programs--covering competitions held around the world from 1971 through 2010.

During a career spanning more than 50 years, J.

This continuation of a series of comprehensive chronological reference works lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world--individual and team matches.

This continuation of a series of comprehensive chronological reference works lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world--individual and team matches.

This continuation of a series of comprehensive chronological reference works lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world--individual and team matches.

Samuel Lipschutz was born in Hungary in 1863 and emigrated to New York in 1880.

One of the greatest chess legends of all time, Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935), is best known for founding the Hypermodernism school of chess, which emerged after World War I to challenge the chess ideologies of traditional central European masters.

The best, the worst, the shortest, the oddest, the longest, the most deceitful, the most memorable, the most brilliant, the dumbest--of players, games, matches, tournaments, books, ideas, etc.

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

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

The games of Mikhail Botvinnik, world chess champion from 1948 to 1963, have been studied by players around the world for decades.

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

This collection of games, most of them annotated, features the United States Chess Federation's premiere invitational tournament--the Absolute Championship.

This is a continuation of a series of comprehensive chronological reference works listing the results of men's chess competitions all over the world--individual and team matches.

This is a continuation of a series of comprehensive chronological reference works listing the results of men's chess competitions all over the world--individual and team matches.

This is a continuation of a series of comprehensive chronological reference works listing the results of men's chess competitions all over the world--individual and team matches.

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

Bridge is one of the few games you dont have to play for money to enjoy.

Why is there a twelve on the cover of this blackjack book instead of the usual twenty-one?

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

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

Unlike chess or backgammon, tabletop wargames have no single, accepted set of rules.

Unlike chess or backgammon, tabletop wargames have no single, accepted set of rules.

An authoritative reference guide to building wargaming campaigns, featuring a full set of campaign rules, tips on creating maps, and more.

An authoritative reference guide to building wargaming campaigns, featuring a full set of campaign rules, tips on creating maps, and more.

This is one of the first titles in an exciting new series of guides for wargamers.

Billions of you have watched their videos and millions of you have followed them on social media.

'No matter how eloquently a dog may bark, he cannot tell you that his parents were poor but honest.

THIS BOOK IS A MUST-HAVE FOR: staycationing, holidaying, hen or stag dos, parties, office fun, quiet days in.

Dive deep into the history of the world's most popular fantasy RPG livestream with the cast of Critical Role in this definitive guide featuring never-before-seen illustrations and photos.

A ground-breaking approach to history where YOU choose the fate of WWII - perfect for readers of Bletchley Park Brainteasers and The GCHQ Puzzle Book.

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