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421) How to play chess
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,...
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Series
Language
English
Description
A little book of life advice drawing on the timeless wisdom of chess from Maurice Ashley, the first African American Chess Grandmaster.
At age thirty-three, Maurice Ashley became the first African American to attain the rank of International Grand Master of Chess. Since that historic moment, he has brought his love of the game to a wide audience as an educator, innovator, and motivational speaker.
In “Move by Move”, Ashley guides readers through...
Author
Language
English
Description
In the tradition of The Dangerous Book for Boys, a visually dazzling compendium of practical knowledge, fascinating trivia, and worldly wisdom for young boys-designed as a charming and informal full-color family scrapbook treasured by generations of one family at their Adirondack summer camp.
On a late summer afternoon, while rustling around in his family's Adirondack cabin, a boy named Charlie Whistler finds a dusty cloth-bound scrapbook. It is...
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Language
English
Description
Whether you want to improve your performance at your monthly poker game with your friends or supplement your income by playing frequently online, understanding poker math is the next step.
Inside, you'll discover a simplified explanation of complicated subjects like game theory optimum, ideal ranges, flat betting, and more, and real-life examples to help you comprehend where and when you'd utilize the approach.
While the subjects presented here...
Author
Publisher
Chess Information and Research Center
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Second revised edition.
Language
English
Description
"This right-to-the-point book by one of the game's foremost teacher-writing teams uses a breakthrough approach to teach chess fast! Chess for the Gifted & Busy also provides the most time-efficient review of important techniques for chess veterans, even masters. You choose the level you want to achieve. Want to go from absolute beginner to neighborhood champ? Complete Level I in an afternoon, play some practice games and you'll quickly be saying "checkmate"!...
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