Russell Enterprises Inc imprint: 102 books
Jose Raul Capablanca
Third World Chess Champion (Chesscafe World Chess Champions Series) (The World Chess Champions Seri
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The name of José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942), the third world champion, is indelibly inscribed in the annals of chess history. Capablanca s technique, intuition, remarkably quick calculation, and sense for elegant combinations made him the paragon of grandmasters during his lifetime. At the peak...
The Hague-Moscow 1948
Match/Tournament for the World Chess Championship
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
At the Crossroads of Chess History On March 24, 1946, the fourth world chess champion, Alexander Alekhine, passed away. He was the first – and still the only – champion to die while holding the title. To select a new champion, a powerful quintuple round-robin was held in The Hague and...
by Savielly Tartakower
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Tartakower’s Legendary Magnum Opus The decade after the First World War was one of exciting change for the royal game. A new wave of dynamic chess was taking shape, led by the young lions Alekhine, Réti, Nimzowitsch, Breyer, Euwe, Tartakower and others. They were successfully asserting their...
The KGB Plays Chess
The Soviet Secret Police and the Fight for the World Chess Crown
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The KGB Plays Chess is a unique book. For the first time it opens to us some of the most secret pages of the history of chess. The battles about which you will read in this book are not between chess masters sitting at the chess board, but between the powerful Soviet secret police, known as the KGB,...
Learn Chess the Right Way
Book 3: Mastering Defensive Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The Polgar Way to Better Chess! Learn Chess the Right Way is a five-volume chess puzzle book series aimed at the novice, beginner and intermediate level player, using the unique methods of the award-winning coach and former world champion Susan Polgar. It introduces the most important checkmate and...
by Carsten Hansen
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
INSTRUCTIVE NAJDORF MINIATURES "An opening book based only on miniatures? Perhaps it sounds odd at first, but it works well in the sharp Najdorf, and even in the more positional Queen's Indian Defense. As usual Carsten's theoretical coverage is thorough, and the books are not repertoire based, but gives...
ChessBase Complete
Chess in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
ChessBase Step-by-Step There’s a general recognition among chess players at all levels that the ChessBase software application is critical for serious chess improvement, but many chess players are intimidated by the software. Now, for the first time, former U.S. correspondence champion Jon...
by Fred Reinfeld
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Reinfeld's Masterpiece How to Play Chess like a Champion is Fred Reinfeld's sequel to his How to be a Winner at Chess and an absolute gem. In it the reader will find an exquisite blending of classic games, stories, insights, and instruction as only Reinfeld can put together. Rarely has an author succeeded...
Looking for Trouble
Recognizing and Meeting Threats in Chess
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Identify and Deal with Threats! This book is written to address and underemphasized area of chess training and study, the identification of and reaction to threats. For beginning and intermediate-level players, the study of tactics is paramount. Almost all tactics books take the approach of providing...
Elements of Positional Evaluation
How the Pieces Get Their Power
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
Which side stands better? How much better? Why? Most chess players rely on loosely knit, unstructured methods to evaluate chess pieces and positions. They learn positional principles which often lead to inaccurate evaluations and faulty decisions about how to proceed. This groundbreaking book by best-selling...
by Bruce Alberston
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The Chess Puzzle for Everyone! A completely new kind of chess puzzle helps you develop the necessary visualization skills to take your game to the next level When the first volume of Chess Mazes was released, it was an immediate hit with both chess instructors and students. It was a completely new...
Learn Chess the Right Way!
Book 1: Must-know Checkmates
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
THE POLGAR WAY TO BETTER CHESS! Learn Chess the Right Way is a five-volume chess puzzle book series aimed at the novice, beginner and intermediate level player, using the unique methods of the award-winning coach and former world champion Susan Polgar. It introduces the most important checkmate and...
Learn Chess the Right Way
Book 2: Winning Material
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
The Polgar Way to Better Chess! Learn Chess the Right Way is a five-volume chess puzzle book series aimed at the novice, beginner and intermediate level player, using the unique methods of the award-winning coach and former world champion Susan Polgar. It introduces the most important checkmate and...
The Scotch Gambit
An Energetic and Aggressive System for White
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2017
Seize the Initiative Right from the Start! Are you bored with slow maneuvering in systems such as the the Italian game with d2-d3 and the anti-Berlin? Do you enjoy confrontation in the center and sharp, tactical play? Alex Fishbein shows how the Scotch Gambit can give you exciting yet sound positions...