Analyzes endgame strategies from a variety of chess matches.

By describing every move of thirty-three tournament games, the author illuminates the inner workings of a master's mind and the basic principles of position play (view table of contents)

Product Description: Here are 62 masterly demonstrations of the basic strategies of winning at chess, compiled and annotated by one of the game's most admired and respected writers. Each game offers a classic example of a fundamental problem and its best resolution, described and diagrammed in the clearest possible manner for players of every level of skill...read more

Descriptions of the winning moves are elaborated by commentary and anecdotes

Product Description: An Invitation to Chess is perhaps the most successful chess book ever written, with sales of over 100,000. It is a basic beginners book, starting with the moves of the pieces and rapidly advancing to more complex problems and examples.

Product Description: All classes of players, weak or strong, need the vital information in this book to avoid pitfalls or to catch the unwary napping. Each of the 300 traps discussed in this collection -- introductory explanation, opening moves, diagram of position when trap is sprung, concluding moves to checkmate or win material -- is complete in itself...read more

An anthology of chess stories providing a view of chessboard strategy and famous players with a collection of puzzles and games

300 practical endgame situations, ranging from very simple to masterpieces by Capablanca, Reti, Tarrasch, Lasker, more.

Product Description: Irving Chernev's outstanding chess books earn him a high rank among the world's top chess authors. In this well-annotated text, Mr. Chernev guides his readers to an understanding of the subtleties of combinative play.Step-by-step from the simplest combinations to the most complex, the book explains the intricacies of pins and counter-pins, Knight forks, smothered mates, and other elements of combination play...read more

Illustrated examples progress in difficulty to help individuals develop the ability to recognize potential opportunities and apply effective offensive, middle-game maneuvers