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  • How Good Are You at Backgammon?

    50 Challenging Situations for You to Rate Your Ability with the Experts

    by Nicolaos S. Tzannes, Basil Tzannes ...
    If you already play backgammon, don't you sometimes wonder how good you really are? Well, this book is your chance to really find out.The 50 situations presented here, cover most of the aspects of the game, from initial moves to bearing off strategies. Each problem is graded on the basis of 5 points for the optimum play and some partial credit for sub-optimum but adequate ones, if such exist.If ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

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  • Priority Thinking - A Guide To Quick And Accurate Decision-Making At The Backgammon Board

    by Grant Hoffman ...
    In the age of bots and robotic learning, this book is a breath of fresh air, focusing on powerful principles that guide you through the complications of any position and quickly lead you to the correct move. Priority Thinking is the key to finding the solution and everything flows from that.This book tackles situations with a unique approach and provides a sound structure for quick and accurate ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Backgammon For Serious Players

    by Bill Robertie ...
    If youre a backgammon player looking to take your game to the next level, this powerful book, from the worlds best player, will show you how to do it! Youll learn the all-important opening strategies and replies, middle, end and back game techniques, tournament strategies, advanced doubling cube play, and fascinating strategy moves. Includes basic backgammon probabilities and odds, unusual plays, ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Backgammon For Winners

    by Bill Robertie ...
    The world's best backgammon player (and two-time champion) provides easy-to-understand advice on the basics of playing and winning at backgammon. Ten fast-reading chapters show the basics of setting up a board, how to move, the opening strategies and replies, middle and end game tactics, basic probabilities, plus back game and doubling strategy. Two sample games are included with move-by-move ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Backgammon For Dummies

    by Chris Bray ...
    A comprehensive and fun guide to Backgammon!Backgammon is one of the oldest games in the world, the origins of which date back some 5000 years – and it's still going strong. It enjoyed a huge resurgence in the 1970s, and then again in the 1990s with the popularity of the Internet, where millions of people play tournaments online every day.Today, backgammon's following in the UK is huge, with a ... Read more

    $11.00 USD

  • Pawn Structure Chess

    by Andrew Soltis ...
    Every chess player needs to know how to handle his pawns. Pawns form the 'playing fields' of chess games, a semi-permanent 'structure' that can determine whether a player wins or loses. This comprehensive guide to pawn structure teaches the reader where pieces are best placed, which pawns should be advanced further or exchanged, and why certain structures are good and others disastrous. This ... Read more

    $14.79 USD

  • Japanese Chess

    The Game of Shogi

    by Trevor Leggett ...
    Learn and master the fascinating game of Japanese Chess or "Shogi" with this expert guide and Chess set.Japanese Chess: The Game of Shogi is the ultimate strategy guidebook for players of any skill level to improve their game and winning strategies. Played by millions around the world, Shogi is the uniquely Japanese variant of chess. It is the only version in which an opponent's captured piece can ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Platonov's Chess Academy

    by Sam Palatnik, Lev Alburt ...
    This book has two purposes. First, the authors would like to honor their great friend and mentor by memorializing his works and teachings. Second, we believe that Platonov’s principles, methods, and ideas—and unique approach—are still applicable today, and can greatly enhance the understanding of our readers. It is our obligation and pleasure to pass on the knowledge Igor kindly shared with us to ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Tenth Kisei Title Match

    Kobayashi Koichi vs. Cho Chikun, 1986

    by John Power ...
    Series series Kisei Title Matches
    The six games of the Tenth Kisei Title Match between Kobayashi Koichi and Cho Chikun, extensively commented, as originally appearing in Go World #344. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • United States Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, Sixth Edition

    by U.S. Chess Federation ...
    Series series Chess
    This comprehensive rulebook is the only guide sanctioned and compiled by the U.S. Chess Federation (USCF), the governing body for chess in the United States. It is designed to be a useful reference for all chess players, especially tournament directors and chess club teachers.THIS NEW EDITION FEATURES THE LATEST RULES GOVERNING CHESS, INCLUDING:• Guidelines for Internet chess and speed chess• ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 1: Indian Defenses

    Winning Quickly at Chess Series, #1

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Series Book 1 - Winning Quickly at Chess Series
    Winning Fast is Fun!Everybody wants to win fast, preferably straight out of the chess opening. This book is a collection of games played by top players in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of blunders, an accumulation of mistakes or brilliant chess tactics.Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your opening play, opening repertoire, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Book of Mah Jong

    An Illustrated Guide

    by Amy Lo ...
    Master the exhilarating game of Mahjong with this introductory guide.Said to have originated in the court of the Emperor of Wu, for centuries Mahjong remained a diversion exclusively for the royal class of China. Mahjong has been called "the game of a hundred intelligences." When played by experts it can be fast and subtle-even difficult to follow. Author Amy Lo, with the help and consultation of ... Read more

    $13.09 USD