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Comprehensive Chess Course Volume II: From Beginner to Tournament Player in 12 Lessons [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Lev Alburt, Roman Pelts
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 Welcome to Volume II, the second level, of our Comprehensive Chess Course. It is aimed at those students who have completed and mastered the lessons in Volume I. In addition to numerous corrections and alterations to this, the third edition, a new chapter has been added, "Moving On to Expert and Master." It addresses the concerns of many readers who want a guide for consolidating the progress made during the study of volumes I and II and concrete suggestions for advancing toward expert and maste... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Lev Alburt
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As the fifth volume in GM Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course, this book demystifies chessboard planning, giving you the practical, game-winning strategic techniques you could spend years gathering on your own. Each idea is explained and illustrated using games carefully chosen for their instructive clarity and power. (Published: 1997)
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Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Sam Palatnik, Lev Alburt
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Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player is the third volume in Grandmaster Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course Series. Endorsed by world champion Garry Kasparov as revealing "the once-secret Russian method of chess training," the first two volumes used only materials that worked well in the former U.S.S.R. Five-time U.S. chess champion GM Larry Evans calls the current book "a highly instructive primer on tactics." It contains hundreds of strikingly beautiful positions arranged by difficulty ... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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Chess Training Pocket Book: 300 Most Important Positions and Ideas [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Lev Alburt
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Chess Training Pocket Book: 300 Most Important Positions & Ideas gives you the maximum results in the minimum amount of time. Each position is distilled from thousands shown to students both in Russia and the US over decades. Each holds something special and important. When you study one of these positions, you can be sure that you are acquiring an important piece of practical chess knowledge. Indeed, the major portion of all practical chess knowledge is represented in this book! It's a small bo... more info>> (Published: 1997)
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Comprehensive Chess Course Volume I: Learn Chess in 12 Lessons [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Lev Alburt, Roman Pelts
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Comprehensive Chess Course is primarily intended to serve as a manual for those teaching chess in schools and colleges and for parents teaching chess to their children or, for that matter, to themselves. From California to New York, this course has been employed successfully in numerous scholastic programs. Since 1986 and through two editions (plus several printings), thousands of players have purchased this course for self-study. And if letters from our readers are any guide, then thousands hav... more info>> (Published: 2001)
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Just the Facts! Winning Endgame Knowledge [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Lev Alburt
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Nothing more clearly separates chess master from chess wannabe than winning endgame play. Accurate opening play can be satisfying, and combinations in the middlegame are exciting. But for most chess players, victory is the real finish line. And the endgame is the last lap of the race. Depending on whether or not you command the necessary endgame knowledge, you can spoil hours of planning, or you can enjoy the victory you've spent the whole game earning. You can even pull yourself out of the stee... more info>> (Published: 2000)
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The King in Jeopardy [Limited MultiFormat: 3 Formats Available]
by Lev Alburt, Sam Palatnik
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The King in Jeopardy: The Best Techniques for Attack and Defense is the highly praised best-selling fourth book in Grandmaster Lev Alburt's six-volume Comprehensive Chess Course. The King in Jeopardy's predecessor, Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player, was acclaimed by legendary former Chess Life Editor Larry Parr as "the best thing ever written for achieving quick improvement in tactical play!" (Published: 1996)
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