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Esta obra es un práctico estudio, que resultará interesante para los aficionados ajedrecistas, cualquiera que sea su grado de experiencia y conocimientos.
El texto está ilustrado con tableros en color que recogen las partidas más interesantes en las que las diferentes aperturas constituyen elementos fundamentales.
Podrá conocer cuál es la estrategia más correcta en las diferentes aperturas y los problemas que se pueden presentar con cada una.
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Easy Knight Mates teaches you how to mate with a knight very early in a chess game. This makes you more aware of surprising tactical possibilities in chess openings.
You can win games quicker when you know knight mating patterns. This skill will make you harder to beat. You will be more dangerous as a chess player to all your opponents.
Each diagram shows the position where a knight can mate in one move. Since every game must mate with a knight,...
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A fun & tricky ambush weapon for Black against 1.e4? In this book, the authors cover the exciting 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6!? which players like Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Rapport, and other strong players have used with powerful effect to drag White players out of their comfort zones into Black's domain.
The authors are pulling games from many resources, including their own experiments with the opening to illustrate how it is possible to...
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In this book, the authors aim to assist the reader in becoming better at finding combinations, constructing plans, and calculating long, forcing variations. For the purpose of instruction, the material is based on the output of former World Champion Vassily Smyslov (1921-2010), using his endgame compositions from various works and publications as well as several of his practical endgames from games from tournaments and matches throughout his career...
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The charismatic Tony Miles has been much missed since his tragic and premature death in 2001. Regarded as one of England's greatest ever chess players and analysts, he was also one of the wittiest writers on the game. By sheer force of example and ebullient personality, he inspired the 'English chess explosion' after becoming the first UK grandmaster in the mid-70s. This Fascinating collection of over a hundred games and articles, covering Tony's...
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Do you love chess openings? Are you an experienced player who reads English algebraic notation? Want a repertoire to play 200 chess openings from either side? If yes, this is for you. Get it now.
Author Tim Sawyer spent four years compiling this collection of “Chess Opening Repertoire Moves 4” for his use. You can enjoy it too. This fourth edition has grown to 200 opening variations for White and Black. This book revises and replaces the older...
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This 2016 First Edition of “Chess Training Repertoire” by Author Tim Sawyer has 50 variations with one basic plan for White and another for Black in each chess opening.
Do you struggle to pick good moves in your favorite openings? Are there too many choices at the beginning of your games? Ever wish someone would tell you exactly what moves to play? This book helps you solve these problems. Tim Sawyer gives you bite-size amounts. He covers a variety...
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José Raul Capablanca (La Habana, 1888-Nueva York, 1942) fue un Ajedrecista cubano, campeón mundial desde 1921 hasta 1927. Capablanca aprendió a jugar al ajedrez a la edad de cuatro años, observando la técnica de su padre y se convirtió en una leyenda del mundo del ajedrez. Escrito originalmente en inglés con el título de "Chess Fundamentals", por Capablanca, Fundamentos del Ajerez es un tratado de los principios básicos del juego-ciencia,...
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Omnibus edition of volumes 7-9 in the popular Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening series.
Volume 7 covers a variety of Semi-Open Games such as the Pirc, Modern Defense, King's Fianchetto, Alekhine Defense, Scandinavian Defense (Center Counter), Owen's Defense & Nimzowitsch Defense.
Volume 8 covers all openings starting with 1.e4 e5, including the Scotch Game, Italian Game, Evans Gambit, Two Knights, Ruy Lopez, Three & Four Knights, King's...
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WINNING FAST IS FUN!
This book is a collection of games played by the best players in the world in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of brilliant chess tactics, an accumulation of mistakes or blunders.
Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your opening play, opening repertoire, strategies and tactical ability.
The chess opening variations in this volume are all the variations of the Sicilian...
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CHESS OPENINGS
The first moves of a chess game are termed the opening or opening moves. A good chess opening will provide protection of the king, adequate control over an area of the board (particularly the center), create greater movement for the pieces, and open possible opportunities to capture opposing pawns and pieces.
This book, while also explaining some fundamental principles of chess, will focus primarily on these opening sequences.
While...
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This book contains 50 puzzles from the Caro Kann (Gurgendize variation)-it is not a theoretical manual. I have designed this book to be a useful tactics trainer but also to aid with opening preparation-the idea is that you solve the tactics in your expected opening before a game.
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WINNING FAST IS FUN!
This book is a collection of games played by the best players in the world in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of brilliant chess tactics, an accumulation of mistakes or blunders.
Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your opening play, opening repertoire, strategies and tactical ability.
The chess opening variations in this volume are all the variations of the Sicilian...
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Your kids are buzzing bundles of energy, ever eager for new experiences and new challenges. And, one of your toughest jobs as a parent is finding ways to channel kids' energies that promote healthy development, while keeping them entertained. Good news, your job just got a little easier.
Fair weather or foul, My Book of Indoor Games helps you keep the peace and banish bad moods with:
- 180 indoor games for kids
- Games for every occasion, setting...
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CHESS
For generations, the game of chess has been, loved by individuals around the world. It is particularly interesting to know that chess is one of the very few games that does not require the player to be a specific age, or have specific skills, a physique, or even meet a certain fitness level.
As long as you are interested in the game, either for professional reasons or otherwise, you will find significant information within this book to give...
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The Hungarian Dragon (1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Nc6 7.f3 h5!?) is a creative and resourceful way of dealing with White's dangerous Yugoslav Attack to the Sicilian Dragon. With the line's endorsement by the creative Hungarian Grandmaster Richard Rapport in the World Blitz Championships 2021, the line is now receiving the scrutiny of Dragon exponents.
In this book, FIDE Candidate Master and ICCF Senior International Master...
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