It has long been recognised that Britain has declined relatively to other countries, although there are differences of view both on the beginning of the decline and its causes. The author pinpoints two causes: first, a technological inferiority which has resulted in the country's exporting goods of poorer quality and importing goods of higher quality; secondly, the tendency for an upward pressure on incomes, from a society of political equals where each individual has expectations of a level of income reasonably comparable with others. The claims of different groups are easily accommodated in a semi-monopolistic industrial structure and are passed on in higher prices. Keynes recognised the latter problem of cost-push; but his intellectual revolution was not accompanied by a change of institutions, which continued to act in accordance with an earlier tradition. The present Government has reached a false diagnosis in ascribing the country's problems to too much money. It has therefore worsened the situation and weakened such hopes as there were of improvement.

Product Description: Opening preparation is useful, but understanding the middlegame is much more important. This book, an improved edition of a Russian classic, teaches amateur chess players 45 extremely effective skills in a crystal-clear manner.Quite a few of the ideas presented here will surprise the reader, because they offer solutions for problems the club player is only subconsciously aware...read more

Presents a collection of instructional situations and chess moves.

A guide to chess for players having a basic knowledge of the game, covers aspects of strategy and tactics designed to improve chess skills

Product Description: Ivan Sokolov, a famous grandmaster who has beaten world champions like Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand, has written a lucid guide on how to win chess middlegames, by addressing an almost universally ignored but extremely important topic: pawn structures...read more

Product Description: Chess College is an exciting new series of chess books to take intermediate players to new levels of chess understanding. New ideas are introduced and immediately illustrated by a number of entertaining and instructive examples, many drawn from the author’s own practice...read more

Presents a brief, simplified retelling of the episode in Treasure Island during which Jim Hawkins gives Squire Tralawney a packet left behind by a sea captain staying at Jim's parents' inn, and which pirates are trying to find. Original.

Product Description: Combinations are the central element in chess; they make the game so magical and captivating. The beautiful point of sacrificing a queen, the strongest piece, in order to checkmate with a lowly pawn brings a smile of joy to all chess lovers...read more

Product Description: Book by Schiller, Eric, Keene, Raymond, Shamkovich, Leonid

Middle Game in Chess [Dec 12, 1979] Fine, Reuben

This is the fourth in the series of phenomenally successful training manuals by the world's leading trainer and his star pupil. By instilling players with an understanding of persistent positional features, they stress the features of positional play most relevant to the practical struggle, assuring over-the-board success.Beginner

Product Description: Lord Hardinge of Penshurst (1921-1997) was a publisher, mostly of crime fiction. He was a keen and expert salmon fisherman for over 50 years.This edition of the fishing classic is a reprint of the original, with additional drawings and a new introduction.

Product Description: In the same lucid style as the first two volumes in this series, Practical Opening Tips and Practical Endgame Tips (also published by Cadogan), Mednis provides a wealth of common-sense advice that will benefit players of all standards...read more

Product Description: Written by the world's most prolific chess-writing team, World Champion Combinations shows how the greatest players in the history of chess have displayed their tactical prowess at the chessboard. Readers will see how the most brilliant minds of all time employ all of the weapons in the grandmaster arsenal to reduce their opponents to rubble! 200+ diagrams...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Book by Hodgson, Julian

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