During a career spanning more than 50 years, J.H. Blackburne (1841-1924) won the British Chess Championship and several international tournaments, at his peak becoming one of the world's top three chess masters. A professional player who derived his livelihood from annual tours of chess clubs in England and other countries, entertaining and teaching amateur players, he astonished his contemporaries by the ease with which he played the game without sight of the chessboard. At 21, he set a world record for such exhibitions, competing against 12 club players simultaneously, and he continued to perform "blindfold" into his sixties. 
This first comprehensive biography of Britain's greatest chess player of the 19th and early 20th centuries presents more than 1,000 of Blackburne's games chronologically, including all his surviving games from serious competition, annotated in varying detail. Many are masterpieces containing beautiful combinations and instructive endgame play. Blackburne's unusual family and social background are fully explored.

Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography

Biographies & Memoirs

Tim Harding

Historical

McFarland

All chess players dream of playing a perfect game, full of precisely worked-out, spectacular combinations. This is a near-impossible task in the tournament hall, with the clock ticking, which is one reason why many players prefer to play by post, telephone, fax or e-mail. Here is the ideal introduction to the almost blunder-free world of correspondence chess. All aspects of correspondence chess are covered, by an experienced international competitor: what openings to play, how to prepare for correspondence games, how to avoid clerical errors, and how to get started in the first place.

Winning at Correspondence Chess (Batsford Chess Library)

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

Henry Holt Co.

This edition is a good guide to show the players the ideas in one of the most classic, solid openings against the Classic White's King's pawn setup. All the important variations are covered in Harding's classic style.

Philidor's defense: A Re-Appraisal

Chess Digest

Chess Mail 2004 Softcover 272 pp. "...a treasure trove that should be on the bookshelf of every chess enthusiast. It contains everything that is great about chess: good stories, peppered with excellent play, amazing tactics, flawless positional performances, superb endgame technique, gross blunders and much, much more.The games are pure enjoyment, and that is how Harding suggests you regard them. First play entirely through them while reading the main comments then save the study of the supporting analysis and opening theory for later. All in all, this is a book that I will return to for inspiration and entertainment, and I am delighted to give my sincerest recommendation to anybody looking for a great chess book."-reviewer Carsten Hansen in Chess Cafe

50 Golden Chess Games: More Masterpieces of Correspondence Chess

CHESS MAIL LTD.

The Write Move: An Anthology of the Best Writing on Correspondence Chess

'Spiritual intelligence' is the innate ability that all children have in finding greater wonder and purpose in their lives. Natural curiosity, a sense of playfulness and fun, the urge to question these are the resources that all children possess and can use to explore more deeply who they are and what their existence can mean to them. A Moon On Water is intended as a workbook of practical ideas and activities for use in schools that can be applied in a range of contexts across the curriculum; as a basis for philosophical enquiry, for exploring feelings and enhancing emotional resourcefulness, for adding the dimension of values to the subjects and knowledge that children study. In short this book seeks to show children how to connect who they are with what they do, with why they are here. This book contains stores, activities, music and wroksheets mixed and matched to create your own lessons. It also includes two CDs-an audio CD with stories from the book with accompanying music, and a resource CD-ROM which contains printable resources for classroom activities--all designed to enhance the learning process

A Moon on Water: Activities, Games and Stories for Developing Children's Spiritual Intelligence

Education & Teaching

Steve Bowkett

Trisha Lee

Roy Leighton

Schools & Teaching

Crown House Publishing

You Talk, I'll Listen

A revised edition of a chess title, last published in 1976, which provides coverage of the opening move known as the Evans Gambit, which Garry Kasparov used in 1995 to defeat Anand and Piket.

Play the Evans Gambit

Bernard Cafferty

Cadogan Chess

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