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Chess Lists, 2d ed.
Av Andy Soltis
Häftad, 2002
396 kr
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The best, the worst, the shortest, the oddest, the longest, the most deceitful, the most memorable, the most brilliant, the dumbest--of players, games, matches, tournaments, books, ideas, etc. The lists are replete with background detail and exact facts--this second edition of Soltis's classic 1984 …
Voraces 2019
A Chess Novel
Av Andy Soltis
Häftad, 2003
292 kr
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The rules of "The Greatest Tournament in Chess History," the $20 million Sheldrake Memorial Tournament, a.k.a. Los Voraces 2019, are: no seconds, no agents, no computers, no entourages, no pagers, no power palms, no phone calls--no outside contact of any kind--as the fourteen greatest chess players …
United States Chess Championship, 1845-2011, 3d ed.
Av Andy Soltis
Häftad, 2011
517 kr
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This thoroughly updated and revised edition of the highly acclaimed 1986 reference work provides a definitive history of all championship events in the United States through April, 2011. Both the games and the occasions are covered in depth, including biographical details, descriptive settings, …
Mikhail Botvinnik
The Life and Games of a World Chess Champion
Av Andy Soltis
Häftad, 2022
638 kr
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The games of Mikhail Botvinnik, world chess champion from 1948 to 1963, have been studied by players around the world for decades. But little has been written about Botvinnik himself. This book explores his unusual dual career--as a highly regarded scientist as well as the first truly professional …
Understanding the Caro-Kann Defense
Learning a reliable and flexible opening for black
Av Raymond Keene, Andy Soltis m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
265 kr
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Compiled by three grandmasters and two international masters this scholarly treatise explains in depth the thinking behind a defence that has been a favourite of champions such as Capablanca, Botvinnik, Petrosian and Karpov. Even Kasparov has been known to use the Caro Kann on occasion, for example …
Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion
A Biography with 220 Games
Av Andy Soltis
Häftad, 2013
553 kr
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Frank Marshall (1877-1944) reigned as America's chess champion from 1907 through 1936--the longest stint of anyone in history. A colorful character almost always decked out in an ascot and chewing a cigar, his career coincided with many evolutionary changes in competitive chess.Marshall was a …
