Random House
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess - $14.95
Written by Bobby Fischer, Stuart Margulies and Don Mosenfelder
Paperback,
352 pages
Chess for Success - $27.95
Written by Maurice Ashley
“It’s a great message of hope, that chess can be one piece of the puzzle to help our young people shine. It’s what we all want for our kids.” —Will Smith
“Chess improves strategic thinking, attention span, patience, camaraderie,
and sportsmanship. Maurice Ashley is not only an International Grandmaster as
a chess player but also as a teacher and activist.” —Wynton Marsalis
“Maurice Ashley has been like a brother to me since I was twelve years old. I
know the man, I know the competitor, I know the artist, and I know the teacher.
There is no better source for the abundance of educational potential bubbling
from the game of chess. Read this book!” —Josh Waitzkin, International Chess
Master and subject of the book and film Searching for Bobby Fischer.
MAURICE ASHLEY was named 2003 Grandmaster of the Year by the U.S. Chess Federation. He has been profiled by such publications as the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and USA Weekend. He lives with his family in Queens, New York.
The Chess Kid's Book of Checkmate - $21.95
Written by David MacEnulty Foreword by Bruce Pandolfini
Trade Paperback, 208 pages
The latest in the McKay Chess Library for Kids
Checkmate is the ultimate goal of chess. In The Chess Kid’s Book of Checkmate,
chess teacher David MacEnulty teaches the rules of checkmate to players between
the ages of 6 and 10. The big idea in The Chess Kid’s Book of Checkmate
is that many checkmates fall into well-known patterns. The player who remembers
common checkmate patterns will have an advantage over the one who doesn’t.
Step-by-step, with more than 100 diagrams, The Chess Kid’s Book of Checkmate
reveals:
·How to train the brain to recognize basic checkmate patterns
·Special circumstances involving checkmate with one piece acting alone
·How to come up with your own checkmate patterns
David MacEnulty is a chess teacher and coach. Students on his teams have
won over 200 trophies a year, including first place team trophies in the New
York City Scholastic Championships for six consecutive years. The author lives
in the Bronx, NY.
The Chess Kid's Book of the King and Pawn Endgame - $19.95
Written by David MacEnulty
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Every player encounters the king and pawn endgame, the most common finish to a
chess match. In The Chess Kid's Book of the King and Pawn Endgame,
MacEnulty shows advanced beginner and intermediate players the most important
positions and combinations of this tricky ending, including the ideas of key
squares and outflanking. Targeting at 8-14-year-olds, this guide will challenge
students to become better and more thoughtful chess players.
DAVID MACENULTY is the Director of Program Development at New York City's
Chess-in-the-Schools program. Children on his teams have won over 200 individual
and team trophies a year for six straight years. MacEnulty is also author of the
Chess Workout Series for the Chess Club Manager software.
The Chess Kid's Book of Tactics - $21.95
Written by David MacEnulty
Format:
In chess, tactics are the tricks and techniques players use to get a quick
advantage over their opponents. David MacEnulty, a coach in New York City's
award-winning Chess-in-the-Schools program, teaches students how to develop a
tactical mindset. In The Chess Kid's Book of Tactics, he instructs
6-10-year-old players in how to recognize the basic chess patterns and how to
apply those patterns to understand-and win-the game.
DAVID MACENULTY is the Director of Program Development at New York City's
Chess-in-the-Schools program. Children on his teams have won over 200 individual
and team trophies a year for six straight years. MacEnulty is also author of the
Chess Workout Series for the Chess Club Manager software.
Complete Chess Course - $55.95
Written by Fred Reinfeld
Format:
Combining eight volumes into one, the mostacomprehensive book on chess ever
published. Fromaopening gambit to endgame, this home-study chess courseais the
classic in theafield.
Illustrated throughout
How to be a Winner at Chess - $29.95
Written by Fred Reinfeld
Format:
Read This Book And
Learn How To Enjoy One Of The Most Fascinating Games In The World
How, to Be a Winner at Chess is the result of twenty years' experience and
study: and it is something unique in chess books -- an amusing, easily read, and
even more easily understood book for the vast majority of "in-between" players,
those who have been checkmated too many times or who have been bogged down in
the innumerable rules of various experts.
Fred Reinfeld gives you twelve basic, simple rules for winning play. All the
types of checkmates, the relative importance of the chess pieces, and simple,
effective strategies are discussed succinctly. And there are three important
chapters on the three strongest moves -- the check, the capturing threat, and
the pawn promotion. Reinfeld always emphasizes practice over theory; he gives
you the rules and demonstrates exactly how you should use them.
For those who don't know the rules or who might have forgotten them, there is a
chapter with all the basic rules and moves, and a brief resume of the system of
chess notation.
King Power in Chess, Revised Edition - $37.95
Written by Edmar Mednis
Format:
A Brand-New
Revision of a Chess Classic
Indispensable to all serious chess players, King Power in Chess, Revised
Edition is the most comprehensive resource available on the tactical use of
the King piece. Novice players use the King only in the endgame; savvy players
know how to use the King in the opening and middlegame as well. Reformatted and
updated, this long-awaited revision of King Power in Chess belongs on the
bookshelf of every intermediate to advanced student of the game.
• An international bestseller among chess books
• Reformatted in modern algebraic notation
• Revised and updated text with 100-plus diagrams
Edmar Mednis
is an International Grandmaster. He is the author of How to Play Good Opening
Moves and other chess books.
More Unbeatable Chess for Juniors - $29.95
Format:
In More
Unbeatable Chess for Juniors, nationally-renowned chess coach Robert M.
Snyder guides you through even more games played by himself and the world’s
chess champions and teaches you how to learn from them. Every move is
accompanied by a clear and concise explanation to help you understand the play
and improve your own game.
• A collection of 24 new chess games for advanced junior high and high school
students
• Games played by many of the world’s best chess players, including Garry
Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov, and Mikhail Tal
• Clear step-by-step direction
•Includes a focused and detailed analysis of the openings
Robert M. Snyder, National Chess Master, is a highly regarded chess
educator whose teams have won the National Chess Championships 10 times. His
students have won first place 36 times (a national record) as individuals in
champion sections at the National Scholastic Championships. He has introduced
chess to more than 170,000 elementary and junior high school students. In 1983,
he founded the Chess for Juniors club, now based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He
is also the author of the bestselling Chess for Juniors, Unbeatable
Chess Lessons for Juniors, and Winning Chess Tournaments for Juniors.
Solitaire Chess - $31.95
Written by Bruce Pandolfini
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Turning Advantage into Victory in Chess - $35.95
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Emmanuel Lasker, one
of the greatest chess players in history, once said, "The hardest game to win is
a won game." How to Turn an Advantage into Victory is for the player who
wins in the middlegame but doesn't know the right moves to pull off a victory.
Learn how to overcome the most common -- and most challenging -- situation in
every chess game.
Andew Soltis,
an international grandmaster and award-winning chess journalist, writes a column
for the New York Post and Chess Life magazine. He is the author of
more than 30 books on chess.
Winning Chess Tournaments for Juniors - $29.95
Written by Robert M. Snyder
Format:
Learn What it
Takes to Win a Chess Tournament
Robert M. Snyder is one of America’s top chess trainers for young players and
the coach of many first-place tournament players. In Winning Chess
Tournaments for Juniors, he reveals the secrets of his students’ success. In
addition to providing preparatory advice and tactical lessons for
champions-in-training, Snyder outlines winning games of chess champions and
includes profiles of individual players. Winning Chess Tournaments for
Juniors covers:
§ Tips for training and conditioning before tournaments
§ Tournament rules and how to make the most of them
§ The psychology of competition
§ Key opening and endgame strategies
§ Exercises in pattern recognition
Robert M. Snyder,
National Chess Master, is a highly-regarded chess educator whose teams have won
the National Scholastic Championships ten times. His students have won first
place 35 times (a national record) as individuals in championship sections at
the National Scholastic Championships. He has introduced chess to more than
160,000 elementary and junior high school students. In 1983, he founded the
Chess for Juniors club, now based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He is also the
author of the bestselling Chess for Juniors and Unbeatable Chess
Lessons for Juniors.
A World
Champion's Guide to Chess - $35.95
Step-by-step
instructions for winning chess the Polgar way
Written by Susan Polgar and Paul Truong
Format:
Learn to Win at
Chess from World Champion Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar, 4-time World Chess Champion, became a living legend by
following the methods taught by her father, Laszlo Polgar, the famous Hungarian
chess coach. In A World Champion's Guide to Chess, Susan reveals these
masterful tactics and techniques to players of all ages. With coauthor Paul
Truong, an 11-time National Champion, she begins with the basics of
understanding how the pieces move and leads the reader through checkmate and
defense, pawn promotion, and opening and endgame patterns. Accompanying the
lessons are personal glimpses into Susan's famous career, including her story of
becoming the first female Grandmaster, the highest title in chess.
Susan Polgar
is the current World Champion in Women's Chess and the top ranked woman chess
player in the United States. As the number-one woman chess player in the world
at age 15, Susan bridged the gender gap in chess by becoming the first woman to
win the US Open Blitz Championship in 2003 and the first woman to ever earn the
title of Grandmaster.
Paul Truong is an 11-time National Champion and is the captain and
business manager of the 2004 U.S. Women's Olympiad Team.
New prices for 2005
Art Defence in Chess $29.95
Best Lessons of a Chess Coach $32.95
Inner Game of Chess $33.95