A series of chess lessons which take the mystery out of long-term planning in chess. Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player is the fifth volume in Grandmaster Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course series. Endorsed by world champion Garry Kasparov as revealing "the once-secret Russian method of chess training," this uses only materials and techniques that worked well in the former USSR. It contains hundreds of strikingly beautiful positions arranged by difficulty and designed to sharpen tactical recognition and vision. Nothing is left to chance in this work. All materials have already shown their worth in Russian chess instruction.

Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player

Humor & Entertainment

Lev Alburt

Sam Palatnik

Puzzles & Games

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Chess Rules of Thumb gives you the winning principles of chess in clear, short statements. Three-time US Champion Lev Alburt and World Chess Hall of Fame Curator Al Lawrence have put together three centuries of insights from the masters. Fun to browse or to read from cover-to-cover, it's a book that all chess playersfrom beginners to grandmasterslwiull enjoy for a lifetime. Like life, chess has its rules. The difference that your parents probably didn't tell you about chess. <ul>
<li>Never cross the street before looking both ways.</li>
<li>Never discuss portable explosives in the airport security line.</li>
<li>Never overthrow the cut-off man.</li>
<li>Never download email from someone you don't know.</li>
<li>Never take the queen's knight pawn.</li>
</ul> Save hours of head-scratching and uncertainty in your own games and understand why the masters make the moves they do: <ul>
<li>The worst square for a White knight is b.2.</li>
<li>With rook vs. two knights, exchanging queens is worth a pawn.</li>
<li>Never capture the b.2 pawn with the queen.</li>
<li>Rooks united on the seventh are blind pigs.</li>
<li>The winner is the one who commits the next-to-last mistake.</li>
</ul> Backed up with diagrams and illustrations to help you remember key principles, a glossary of essential chess terms and a rundown on all major openings, Chess Rules of Thumb will improve your chess play. And it's great fun to read! <ul><li>Never buy a chess book that isn't fun!</li></ul>

Chess Rules of Thumb

Lawrence, Al

Alburt, Lev

Winner of the prestigious Chess Journalists of America Book of the Year award, this single book boils down all essential endgame wisdom into one you can use to win games for the rest of your life. Nothing more clearly separates chess master from chess wannabe than winning endgame play. For most chess players, victory is the real finish line. And the endgame is the last lap of the race. This revised, updated edition of Just the Facts! brings English readers the once strictly guarded and time-tested Soviet training methods, the key to the 50-year Russian dominance of the chess world. Winning Chess Endgames can take you from beginner to master. Two-color chess illustrations throughout

Just The Facts

Krogius, Nikolay

Albert, Lev

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