In its 2nd edition this book retains the basic idea of inspiring plaers to do independent work. Revised from the quick sellout 1988 edition, and greatly expanded, it offers 520 complete and instructive games with an additional 203 complete games included in the comments. There are: more than 1,000 forgotten ideas, suggestions, and improvements of theoretical book lines. The suggestions, practically speaking, are potentially new ideas for more independent analysis.

French Defense 2, New and Forgotten Ideas

Minev, Nikolay

Thomkers Press

This book is a celebration of the fighting spirit of one of the finest players to ever represent the Americas - the late Argentine Grandmaster Miguel Najdorf. 202 games are presented where Najdorf plays the King's Indian Defense, an opening which he successfully championed throughout his career. The games demonstrate his fine tactical and positional skills, and his deep understanding of the structures typical of the opening.

Miguel Najdorf: King of the King's Indian defense

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Minev, NikolaiÌ

Crafts & Hobbies

lulu.com

Grandmaster Tony Miles became EnglandÕs first Grandmaster, and led the way for a generation of strong English players to follow. On the board, Miles was an innovator. He tried to be original in every game. Some of his ideas appear ÒcrazyÓ but on further examination prove to instead be deeply considered and profoundly original. But what made him most exceptional as a player was an extraordinary determination and will to win. This book is a collection of fifty games in which Miles' victory comes in 24 moves or less. Some of these games are gems. All are worthy to be seen.

Tony Miles: Fifty Great Short Games

The two Rook sacrifice is one of the most thrilling themes in chess. And when it works, it's triumph of mind over matter. When it doesn't, at least the game is over quickly! The authors have painstakingly researched the chess archives to find examples of these classic double-rook sacrifices. Starting with the Immortal Game, the authors systematically show the situations necessary for this sacrifice. Algebraic notation, 112 pages. (I.C.E., 1991).\nAmazon.com Review\nYasser Seirawan, in introducing the double rook sacrifice, urges readers to "lose yourself in fantasy" as playing this scenario is akin to entering "a dream world, a world of fantasy where [the player] may come out a magician." Certainly it's a daring approach, requiring the player to give up more than a queen's worth of value. But Seirawan and coauthor Nikolay Minev have collected 136 games--far more than the 20-some that usually appear when the double-rook sacrifice is discussed--that beautifully illustrate where and why the tactic may work so dramatically, as well as where and why it may end in disaster.

Take My Rooks

Humor & Entertainment

Seirawan, Yasser

Puzzles & Games

Intl Chess Enterprises

King's Indian Defense: Tactics, Ideas, Exercises

Used. Very Good conditions. May have soft reading marks and name of the previous owner.

Akiba Rubinstein: Uncrowned King

Sports & Outdoors

Donaldson, John

Miscellaneous

Akiba Rubinstein Uncrowned King

Chronicles the second half of this great Polish Grandmaster's life. This volume contains 513 chess games and game fragments from the later years of this tragic feature. Starting in 1921 where the previous volume, Uncrowned King, leaves off The Later Years contains many hidden treasures that have not seen the light of day for more than 50 years. Algebraic notation, 306+ pages. (I.C.E., 1995).

Akiba Rubinstein: The Later Years

Biographies & Memoirs

Reference & Collections

From the preface: "This is a book about new and revised ideas in that most popular of openings--the Sicilian Defense...The ideas in this book were introduced into world tournament practice in the decade 1986-95 and were unnoticed or are in their infancy. From thousands of options at disposal, here are 250...my choices were not random. My profound desire is to inspire players on all levels to do independent work, a vital necessity for opening preparation in out time... Ideas...appear to be considerable improvements or merely interesting, provocative, or even clearly bad. Don't stop there... Starting out, you don't know which one of the new continuations is good and which is bad. Keep an open mind!... Don't accept without reservation the assessments as a startting point for your own investigations and your own conclusions.... Try to be objective in your analysis. If you have a close, trustworthy chess friend, share these analyses with him or her. The criticism of second pair of eyes is necessary to avoid mistakes and disappointments.... Most of the games in this book are very entertaining. Improve your tactical skill by finding the right continuation in the positions shown in the diagrams."

Sicilian Defense in the Last Decade

S1 Editrice

Mastering Tactical Ideas

International Chess Enterprise

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