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2) Check & mate
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After chess led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory Greenleaf's focus is a dead-end job that keeps the lights on for her mother and sisters. When she plays in a charity tournament and wipes the board with current world champion Nolan Sawyer, the victory opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes. Mallory struggles to keep her family separated from the game, but she soon realizes that the games aren't only on the board. The...
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Language
English
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Description
Want to play chess like a champ? Dummies can help.
From Netflix's "The Queen's Gambit" to podcasts, virtual and mobile gaming, and beyond, chess is back in a big way. But, with all those kings, queens, and knights, chess can be a royal pain to grasp. Chess For Dummies is here to help beginners wrap their minds around the rules of the game, make sense of those puzzling pieces, and sharpen their chess strategy such that even
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Publisher
New In Chess
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Chess has the rare quality that children love it despite the fact that it is good for them. Playing chess is just like life: you have to make plans, take decisions, be creative, deal with challenges, handle disappointments, interact with others and evaluate your actions. Psychologist and chess teacher Karel van Delft has spent a large part of his life studying the benefits of chess in education. In this guide he provides access to the underlying scientific...
Author
Publisher
Gambit Publications
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
This chess puzzle super-challenge contains 100 fun positions to solve, ranging from encouragingly easy to mind-numbingly hard. Using an innovative format, every puzzle is preceded by an instructive example, illustrating an important pattern.
Publisher
DK/Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Whether you're a complete beginner or a more experienced player looking to improve your game, this step-by-step guide will help you play like a champion. Plan your moves with amazing 3-D illustrations. Discover tactics and strategies that will add firepower to your attack and strengthen your defense. Learn tips and techniques to improve your skills and solve the toughest of chess challenges. Includes practice chessboard and press-out pieces, so you...
14) Chess strategy
Author
Publisher
Dover Publications
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
One of a half-dozen great theoretical works in chess, shows principles of action above and beyond moves. Acclaimed by Capablanca, Keres, and other greats.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
2003, Colorado: Alexandra Solarin is summoned home to her family's ancestral Rocky Mountain hideaway for her mother's birthday. Thirty years ago, her parents, Cat Velis and Alexander Solarin, believed that they had scattered the pieces of the Montglane Service around the world, burying with them the secrets of the power that comes with possessing it. But Alexandra arrives to find that her mother is missing and that a series of strategically placed...
17) Chess
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Series
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Which member of the Piece Patrol is the most powerful? Can you tell a pin from a fork? Who is the greatest chess player of all time? Basher's Chess has the answers to these questions and more. Get to know the major players on the chessboard and find out the different moves they make to try and capture King. See how a game of chess unfolds from Opening to Endgame and pick up some top tips and strategies along the way. Meet the world's greatest chess...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"Packed with chess basics, strategy, and the coolest tips and tricks, this unique, interactive workbook is the perfect introduction for kids (and even adults) to the fascinating world of chess -- a game that has become more popular than ever before!"--
Author
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Vowing to avenge the murder of her family, Maria, a young Polish resistance worker imprisoned in Auschwitz, plays chess in exchange for her life, and, in doing so, challenges the man who destroyed her family to one last game that will end in either failure or justice.
A member of the Polish underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, Maria Florkowska is captured by the Gestapo and imprisoned in Auschwitz. Her family is sent to their deaths; she...
Author
Series
Cedar Cove series volume 7
Publisher
MIRA Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Teri Polgar is settling into her new house on Puget Sound with her new husband, chess champion Bobby Polgar, when a bizarre series of events begins to worry Teri, and cause her husband to risk everything to save her.
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