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  • Back to Basics: Tactics

    by Dan Heisman ...
    Chess Tactics Can Be Fun!This book is an introduction to the various kinds of basic chess tactics. With instructional material, examples, and problems of all types, the subject of chess tactics is covered comprehensively. There are approximately 500 examples ranging from too easy to very difficult! Tactics are usually why most people find chess fun! This book will greatly enhanceyour enjoyment ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • World's Most Instructive Amateur Game Book

    by Dan Heisman ...
    Who says that you can’t learn from the games of amateurs? Renowned chess instructor and writer Dan Heisman presents thirty games by intermediate-level players, each one offering a rich variety of lessons in practical competitive play for all chess enthusiasts.The catalog of errors runs the gamut from taking too much (or too little!) time to think, to shoddy calculation, cutting off analysis too ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Everyone's Second Chess Book

    by Dan Heisman ...
    You’ve just read a chess beginners’ manual and learned the rules of the game, some simple tactics, maybe a few opening moves. What’s next for the ambitious player? Everyone’s Second Chess Book, of course!Acclaimed chess teacher Dan Heisman equips the not-quite-novice with the practical tools and knowledge needed to get started in competitive play: how to develop board vision; what to do when you ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Can I Take It?

    An Introduction to the Counting Tactic in Chess

    by Laura Smith, Dan Heisman ...
    You've learned the rules of chess and how the pieces move. Now what? You take your opponent's pieces, that's what! But as you may have experienced in your games, taking the wrong pieces - or taking with the wrong piece - can backfire horribly. That's where this course comes in. Can I take it? A Beginner's Guide to Capturing in Chess teaches you the most basic skills of chess tactics and strategy. ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Elements of Positional Evaluation

    How the Pieces Get Their Power

    by Dan Heisman ...
    Which side stands better? How much better? Why? Most chess players rely on loosely knit, unstructured methods to evaluate chess pieces and positions. They learn positional principles which often lead to inaccurate evaluations and faulty decisions about how to proceed. This groundbreaking book by best-selling chess author Dan Heisman addresses the evaluation and understanding of how static features ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Looking for Trouble

    Recognizing and Meeting Threats in Chess

    by Dan Heisman ...
    This book is written to address an underemphasized area of chess training and study, the identification of and reaction to--threats. For beginner and intermediate-level players, the study of tactics is paramount. Almost all tactics books take the approach of providing a position where there is a forced win, checkmate or draw. However, Looking for Trouble takes a different tack. This book helps ... Read more

    $6.79 USD

  • The Improving Chess Thinker

    Revised and Expanded

    by Dan Heisman ...
    Chessplayers wishing to improve their performance typically seek to deepen their middlegame understanding or to increase their endgame knowledge. Often, however, the real key to improvement lies not in learning additional ideas and positions, but in developing a more effective thinking process at the board.In The Improving Chess Thinker, acclaimed chess instructor Dan Heisman compares how ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Improving Annotator

    From Beginner to Master

    by Dan Heisman ...
    Annotating your own games can help you to play better chess. By examining the choices you made during the game and how they turned out you can pinpoint the flaws in your thinking process so that you can work on them. Chess master, author, and renowned teacher Dan Heisman shows you the whys and the hows of annotating your games. Using entertaining clashes from four decades of tournament play, ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Looking for Trouble

    Recognizing and Meeting Threats in Chess

    by Dan Heisman ...
    Identify and Deal with Threats! This book is written to address and underemphasized area of chess training and study, the identification of and reaction to threats. For beginning and intermediate-level players, the study of tactics is paramount. Almost all tactics books take the approach of providing a position where there is a forced win, checkmate, or draw. However Looking for Trouble – now ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Is Your Move Safe?

    by Dan Heisman ...
    Safety first! Success in chess begins with asking yourself the basic question, “Is the move that I’m considering a safe one?”The question may sound simple, but answering it is not so simple. National Master and award-winning chess instructor Dan Heisman has carefully selected more than 150 theoretical and tournament positions to show how a move may look safe but isn’t, or how it can appear risky ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking

    From the First Move to the Last

    by Neil McDonald ...
    Chess is the art that expresses the science of logic. Mikhail BotvinnikGrandmaster Neil McDonald explains every single move made by White and Black in 30 striking tactical or strategical games played over the last quarter century.These games have been carefully chosen for their consistent logical thread, thereby providing the reader with prime instruction in the art of conceiving appropriate plans ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Think Like a Grandmaster

    by A.A. Kotov ...
    This is a well-established training manual which encourages the average player to understand how a grandmaster thinks, and even more important, how he works. Kotov tackles fundamental issues such as knowing how and when to analyze, the tree of analysis, a selection of candidate moves and the factors of success. ... Read more

    $12.99 USD