Loyd S. The puzzle king

Коллектив авторов, Beograd, Chess Informant, 2006. - 675 с. Третий том "Энциклопедии шахматных дебютов", выпуск которых начался в Югославии в 1974 г. издательством "Шахматного Информатора". Дебюты разбиты на пять групп, обозначенных как «A, B, C, D, E». Каждая группа (которой отведен отдельный том) делится на сто подгрупп, с индексами с 00 до 99. Комментарии и оценки позиций сделаны с использованием специальной символики, впервые примененной в...

L. : Gambit, 2004.— 176 p. Chess is fundamentally a dynamic game. Each move changes the situation and the possibilities for both sides. No piece is ever identically as valuable as any other, and their scope changes from move to move. The current generation of supergrandmasters plays unrelentingly dynamic chess, but a great deal of chess literature still deals with chess as if it were a predominantly static game. Much traditional chess teaching i...

L. : Herbert Jenkins Ltd., 1966.— 132 p. The Importance of the Endgame King and Pawn Endings Value of the Pieces Pawn Positions Middlegame Combinations Bishop vs. Knight Endings A Rook and Pawn Ending The Ruy Lopez Endgame Masters A Steiner — Capablanca Game

Wiley Publishing, 2010.— xviii, 366 This book is designed to help you become a better chess player in several ways: First, it contains a great deal of information and advice on how to play chess. You can also find in these pages information about how to talk about chess, which, to many players, is at least as important as knowing how to play. (Part of the fun of chess is the social element involved in discussing other people’s games — called kib...

Wiley Publishing, 2005.— xviii, 366 This book is designed to help you become a better chess player in several ways: First, it contains a great deal of information and advice on how to play chess. You can also find in these pages information about how to talk about chess, which, to many players, is at least as important as knowing how to play. (Part of the fun of chess is the social element involved in discussing other people’s games — called kib...

N.Y. : Wiley, 2007.— 304 p. Chess is a mental game, but you don't have to strain your brain to learn the basics—not with this guide that shows you how to play. Teach Yourself Visually Chess covers how to set up the board, how each piece moves, opening strategies and variations, attacking themes and common sacrifices, and more. Photos of the board let you see strategies in action. For hands-on practice, you can even set up your board and make you...

EVERYMAN, 2010. - 322 pages. 'Open Games' refer to a myriad of openings arising after the ever-popular 1 e4 e5: the Italian Game, the Scotch, The Two Knights Defence, the King's Gambit, the Evans Gambit, the Bishop's Opening, the Four Knights, the Petroff and much more besides. In this book, Glenn Flear goes back to basics, introducing the key moves and ideas, and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them - something that has often been n...

Gambit Publications, 2004. - 208 Pages. Tactics based on checkmate ideas against the enemy king decide a large proportion of chess games, so it is vital to be alert to these possibilities when they occur. Joe Gallagher provides 365 checkmate puzzles to help readers sharpen their skills. In each position, the task is to find a way to force a clear-cut win. The theme is always checkmate: either the enemy king perishes, or can only be saved at a de...

ISHI PRESS, 2009. - 194 pages. Traditional chess openings emphasize control of the center. Flank Openings are opening systems first developed by such players as Reti and Nimzowitsch in which the player of the white pieces concedes control of the center to Black, but then seeks to undermine the center and cause it to collapse with attacks from the sides. Grandmaster Raymond Keene explains the concepts and ideas behind these chess opening systems....