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Encyclopaedia of Chess Middlegames • Combinations (1980)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by chesskom at June 11, 2018
Encyclopaedia of Chess Middlegames • Combinations (1980)

Encyclopaedia of Chess Middlegames • Combinations
by Nikolai Krogius, A. Livsic, Bruno Parma, Mark Tajmanov
Language: Croatian, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish
Chess Informant | Beograd 1980 | First Edition | PDF, 356 pages | 9.78 MB

This is a classical book on chess combinations, very popular with budding chess players. The classification of the problems into different tactics helps in developing clarity of thought.
Bxh7: Master both sides of chess' most useful piece sacrifice in 5 easy lessons and 116 exercises

David I Rudel, "Bxh7: Master both sides of chess' most useful piece sacrifice in 5 easy lessons and 116 exercises"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 1888710373 | PDF | pages: 179 | 6.8 mb
Sheida Gharachedaghi & Mohammad Reza Aslani - Chess of the Wind (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Sheida Gharachedaghi & Mohammad Reza Aslani - Chess of the Wind (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Front Cover | Time - 32:33 minutes | 586 MB
Soundtrack, World, Experimental | Label: Mississippi Records, Official Digital Download

The lost soundtrack to “Chess of the Wind,” Iran’s 1976 queer-gothic-class-horror masterpiece, restored by the director and released for the first time. Not for the faint of heart!!!!

Timman's Selected Games: Chess the Adventurous Way  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by tot167 at March 10, 2011
Timman's Selected Games: Chess the Adventurous Way

Jan Timman, "Timman's Selected Games: Chess the Adventurous Way"
Cadogan Books | 1996 | ISBN: 1857441214 | 256 pages | Djvu | 6,5 MB

101 Chess Opening Surprises (repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by MoneyRich at March 13, 2015
101 Chess Opening Surprises (repost)

101 Chess Opening Surprises (Gambit chess) by Graham Burgess
English | Mar 1, 1998 | ISBN: 1901983021 | 128 Pages | DJVU | 4 MB

Most chess players are fed a set of dogmatic rules about how the opening must be played. The result: stereotyped, unimaginative play. The opening surprises in this book land like bombshells in the apparent calm of standard openings and disorientate your opponents as they grapple with original problems.

Chess: The Search for Mona Lisa  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by DZ123 at Dec. 11, 2022
Chess: The Search for Mona Lisa

Eduard Gufeld, "Chess: The Search for Mona Lisa"
English | 2001 | ISBN: 0713484772 | PDF | pages: 256 | 6.6 mb

Chess Moves on Old News  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by Tamaar at July 20, 2018
Chess Moves on Old News

Chess Moves on Old News
by wayne jasmin
English | EPUB | 2.7 MB

Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders (Repost)  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by insetes at Aug. 17, 2018
Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders (Repost)

Danger in Chess: How to Avoid Making Blunders By Amatzia Avni
2011 | 128 Pages | ISBN: 0486424219 | PDF | 6 MB

Imagination in Chess: How To Think Creatively And Avoid Foolish Mistakes  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by IrGens at April 25, 2025
Imagination in Chess: How To Think Creatively And Avoid Foolish Mistakes

Imagination in Chess: How To Think Creatively And Avoid Foolish Mistakes by Paata Gaprindashvili
English | February 28, 2004 | ISBN: 0713488913, 9781849946094 | True EPUB | 288 pages | 53.8 MB

Clinch it!: How to Convert an Advantage into a Win in Chess  eBooks & eLearning

Posted by First1 at Jan. 30, 2019
Clinch it!: How to Convert an Advantage into a Win in Chess

Clinch it!: How to Convert an Advantage into a Win in Chess by Cyrus Lakdawala
English | December 1st, 2018 | ISBN: 905691801X | 256 pages | EPUB | 17.61 MB

How good are you at bringing in the full point when you hold a clear advantage or are just plain winning? Pondering this question may well evoke some painful memories. Perhaps the single greatest frustration for club-level chess players is that time and again they see wins turn into draws or even losses. The reasons for messing up a winning position are by no means just technical. And the rest is a matter of technique? Not likely, in the real world.