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Mammoth Book of Chess by Graham Burgess is a giant book that’s great for intermediate players. The information is clearly explained and laid out while also being easy to digest. Books For Advanced Players (Above 1800)

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These Books will help you understand how to gain an advantage on the board by developing positions that work for you and against your opponent. Positional theory is one of the more complex and advanced fields of the game, but having a slight edge in position is often times all it takes to take the win.Reinfeld, Fred (1959). The Complete Chess Course. Doubleday & Company, Inc. p.330. ISBN 0385004648.

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There is nothing more heartbreaking than being up a queen and rook vs a king and stalemating your opponent. This turns your hard earned full point into a half of a point (but at least it’s better than 0 points in a tournament). Diagram above:1.Rf7# is the Vukovic Mate. Note the important role of the knight (covering the escape squares e8 and g8). The white pawn on e6 supports the rook, but this task could also be accomplished by any other piece that would defend the rook. In chess, both sides must move a piece on their turn, even if they don’t want to move a piece because it will compromise their position. If one side cannot move a piece on the board at all, then a draw is reached automatically. Chess For Kids: Learn To Play Chess In A Fun And Simple Way by Sam Lemons and Learning Through Activities.The staircase method involves slowly pushing the king to the edge of the board, alternating with queen and queen. From this discussion on a chess.com forum, you will notice that there is a fair amount of confusion about Morphy’s Mate. There are mainly 2 reasons for this confusion: Endgame is often referenced as the most complicated part of the game. These are the best endgame books on Chess that will likely have the most impact on the outcome of your games. The box method involves closing your opponent into a smaller and smaller imaginary box on the board. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess. The book by the man that needs no introduction, the one and only Bobby Fischer. If you’re completely new to chess, Bobby is arguably the best chess player in the history of the game. This is a must read for chess players of any level.

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This means that it can be done, but unless your opponent decides to help you out, it cannot be done. Desert Island Chess Puzzle Omnibus written by very respectable Chess masters Wesley So, Michael Adams, John Nunn, and Graham Burgess. Cozio’s Mate is also known as the Dovetail Mate since the arrangement of the pieces visually resemble a dove’s tail.Diagram above:1.Rd8# is the move that earned the Opera Mate it’s name. Paul Morphy played this game whilst watching an opera show. Mind Master: Winning Lessons From A Champion’s Life written by Viswanathan Anand and Susan Ninan. When a book, or anything Chess related has the name Viswanathan Anand on it, I pay attention. Anand and Ninan talk about lessons they’ve gathered over the years from winning in the game of Chess. Opening Books

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Sixteen years have passed since Sephy Hadley first met Callum McGregor. For Callie Rose, growing up mixed race in a world where bitter prejudice divides Noughts and Crosses has meant she’s an outsider wherever she turns. Seeing a massive list of books that you’ll get too sometime within the next two decades doesn’t help much. So I tried to include only the best books for each section, otherwise it would be easy to add over twenty books for every category. It’s important to know how we select the books that we included in this list, so here’s the criteria we use. In some cases, you can mate your opponent with the help of the opponent’s pieces. An example of this is utilizing a knight to deliver a smother mate. In the diagram showing Stamma's mate (named for Philipp Stamma), White to move wins: [50] 1. Nb4+ Ka1 2. Kc1 a2 3. Nc2#When a stalemate occurs, the game is considered drawn and both players receive half a point (1/2-1/2) Endgames You Must Know: Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player by by Jesus de la Villa. This book is commonly one of the first to be mentioned in talks of Endgame books. 100 Endgames You Must Know focuses on just that, the most common endgame positions and walks you through all of them. A must-read for endgame strategy. Cowsill, Alan; Irvine, Alex; Korte, Steve; Manning, Matt; Wiacek, Win; Wilson, Sven (2016). The DC Comics Encyclopedia: The Definitive Guide to the Characters of the DC Universe. DK Publishing. p.66. ISBN 978-1-4654-5357-0. In many blitz time controls, a kingtake will be allowed, resulting in an immediate loss for the second player. Schiller, Eric (1999), Encyclopedia of Chess Wisdom (1sted.), Cardoza Publishing, ISBN 0-940685-93-0

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