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9780226264981 | Univ of Chicago Pr, August 6, 2015, cover price $26.00
Product Description: Nearly all chess games are won by basic tactical methods. This book makes these methods memorable and clear. It's been said that "tactics are 99% of chess." This third volume of the Comprehensive Chess Course teaches you the basic tools of winning chess with instructive and memorable examples...read more
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9781889323275 | Lev Alburt, September 1, 2013, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Nearly all chess games are won by basic tactical methods.
Product Description: This comprehensive chronological reference work lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world--individual and team matches, from 1951 through 1955. Entries record location and, when available, the group that sponsored the event...read more
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9780786448012, titled "Chess Results, 1951-1955: A Comprehensive Record With 1,620 Tournament Crosstables and 144 Match Scores, With Sources" | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, April 1, 2010, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: This comprehensive chronological reference work lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world--individual and team matches, from 1951 through 1955.
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9780786448036, titled "Chess Results, 1956-1960: A Comprehensive Record With 1,390 Tournament Crosstables and 142 Match Scores, With Sources" | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, April 1, 2010, cover price $49.95
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9780786420414 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, November 30, 2004, cover price $55.00
Product Description: We are used to reading about glorious feats by chess masters from the past, but we often are unaware that chess drove some unfortunate ones to nervous breakdowns, asylums, and poorhouses. In contrast, the lives of child prodigies, the wunderkinds of chess, typically have overflowed with success...read more
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9780979148231 | Mongoose Pr, October 1, 2008, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: We are used to reading about glorious feats by chess masters from the past, but we often are unaware that chess drove some unfortunate ones to nervous breakdowns, asylums, and poorhouses.
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9780786438198 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 20, 2008, cover price $49.95
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9780786438204 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 20, 2008, cover price $49.95
'From the famous to the lesser known, both individual and team matches are here. Entries record location and, when available, the group that sponsored the event. Both first and last names of players are included whenever possible and are standardized foreasy reference. Compiled from contemporary sources, this work contains 990 tournament crosstables and 125 match scores'--Provided by publisher.
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9780786427482 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, January 12, 2007, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: 'From the famous to the lesser known, both individual and team matches are here.
'This comprehensive chronological reference lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world. From the famous to the lesser known, both individual and team matches from 1931 through 1935 are remembered here. This work contains 1,065 tournament crosstables and 190 match scores. It is indexed by events and players'--Provided by publisher.
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9780786427239 | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, October 30, 2006, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: 'This comprehensive chronological reference lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world.
'This chronological reference lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world. Entries record location and, when available, the group that sponsored the event. Both first and last names of players are included whenever possible and are standardized for easy reference'--Provided by publisher.
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9780786426423, titled "Chess Results, 1921â1930: A Comprehensive Record With 940 Tournament Crosstables And 210 Match Scores" | McFarland & Co Inc Pub, July 30, 2006, cover price $49.95 | About this edition: 'This chronological reference lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world.
'This comprehensive chronological reference lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world. Both individual and team matches from 1901 through 1920 are listed. Entries record location and, when available, the group that sponsored the event. Compiled from contemporary sources such as newspapers, periodicals, tournament records and match books. It is indexed by events and players'--Provided by publisher.
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9780786423620, titled "Chess Results, 1901â1920: A Comprehensive Record with 860 Tournament Crosstables and 375 Match Scores" | Com edition (McFarland & Co Inc Pub, February 28, 2006), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: 'This comprehensive chronological reference lists the results of men's chess competitions all over the world.
Product Description: The Joint Commission's ethics, rights, and responsibilities standards are troublesome, problematic, and downright difficult to comply with. Compounding that headache, both the JCAHO and CMS have responded to high-profile, end-of-life care events and new ethical challenges by increasing their focus on these areas...read more
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9780080340432, titled "The Test of Time" | Cadogan Books, January 1, 1986, cover price $31.95 | also contains The Test of Time
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9781578396917 | 1 pap/cdr edition (Hcpro Inc, October 30, 2005), cover price $129.00 | About this edition: The Joint Commission's ethics, rights, and responsibilities standards are troublesome, problematic, and downright difficult to comply with.
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9780713472387 | B T Batsford Ltd, December 1, 2002, cover price $21.95
9780805029420 | Henry Holt & Co, September 1, 1993, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: The authors of this book introduce their approach to chess, based on years of successful top-level practical experience.
Provides a play-by-play analysis of his rematch with Deep Blue, which he lost, and discusses improvements in computer chess technology
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9780345408907 | 1 edition (Ballantine Books, September 1, 1997), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Provides a play-by-play analysis of his rematch with Deep Blue, which he lost, and discusses improvements in computer chess technology
Product Description: This edition describes how Gary Kasparov progressed from prodigy to champion and gives details of his recent career from 1988 to 1995. It also affords insight into the thought processes of the man who has been chess World Champion since 1985...read more
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9780805042214 | Henry Holt & Co, September 1, 1995, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: This edition describes how Gary Kasparov progressed from prodigy to champion and gives details of his recent career from 1988 to 1995.
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9785050017222 | Firebird Pubns, June 1, 1992, cover price $9.95
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9780020287018 | Collier Books, June 1, 1991, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Recounts and includes commentary on twelve chess matches involving the best players of all time
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9780812918847 | 1 edition (Times Books, August 1, 1990), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Describes the strategies and analyzes the plays used by the great chess players in recent tournaments
Product Description: Alexander Alekhine held the World Champion title from 1927-1935 and again from 1937 until his death in 1946. His style of play was sharp and aggressive, in direct contrast to the ultra-positional style of his predecessor, Capablanca...read more
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9780713462692 | B T Batsford Ltd, February 1, 1990, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Alexander Alekhine held the World Champion title from 1927-1935 and again from 1937 until his death in 1946.
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9780945806011 | Summit Pub, February 1, 1989, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: First Edition.
Product Description: An analysis of creativity and aesthetics in chess, with examples of decisive openings innovations from creative players. The second half of the book is devoted to the author's own games and these are both entertaining and provide scope for original ideas in the club player's own game...read more
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9780020447115 | Collier Books, September 1, 1988, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: An analysis of creativity and aesthetics in chess, with examples of decisive openings innovations from creative players.
Product Description: It is not always possible to win a game of chess by obtaining an advantage and then logically converting it into a win. In the games of average players the result is often in doubt until the last blunder and the more resourceful player will usually triumph...read more
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9780020537700 | Collier Books, February 1, 1988, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: It is not always possible to win a game of chess by obtaining an advantage and then logically converting it into a win.
Hardcover:
9780080320533 | Macmillan Pub Co, September 1, 1987, cover price $30.95
Paperback:
9780080320540 | Macmillan Pub Co, September 1, 1987, cover price $15.95
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