Chess Books in Print
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traditional print format. They cover a range of chess information from
biographies to tournaments and all information in between. All purchases come
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 The
Games of Wilhelm Steinitz,
First World Chess Champion
Chess Classic ... $19.95
Softcover: 6x9, 260 pages, algebraic, index, 2nd printing. It is well known that the surest way to improve one's skill at chess is to
carefully play over the games of the great Masters. The greatest Masters, of
course, are the World Champions, and the student is well-advised to select one
from this handful of the best to model his play after. All the better if the
chosen World Champion has provided deep and careful annotations for his best
games to increase our understanding! Click
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Games of Wilhelm Steinitz, First World Chess Champion.
 The Chess Games
of Adolph Anderssen,
Master of Attack
Chess Classic ... $24.95
Softcover: 6x9, 352 pages, 897 games and 80 chess problems, indices. No one has ever played chess like Adolph
Anderssen, nor won as much fame and glory for his charismatic style. Anderssen's
hallmark is the direct (and often spectacular!) Kingside attack. Click
here for more information on The Chess Games
of Adolph Anderssen.
 The
Puzzle King, Sam Loyd's Chess Problems
and Selected Mathematical Puzzles
Chess Classic ... $22.95
Softcover: 7x10, 240 pages, 710 chess problems and 34 mathematical
puzzles, algebraic notation, index. Sam Loyd, the "Puzzle King", is an
authentic American genius. Famous as a composer of chess problems and puzzles of
every kind, his inventive and original posers have amused, perplexed and
delighted people by the millions. Click
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 Hastings
1895, The Centennial Edition
Chess Classic ... $18.95
Softcover: 6x9, 260 pages, 230 games 173 diagrams, algebraic notation,
indices, crosstable. The greatest chess tournament of all time was
held in the summer of 1895 at Hastings. This "Grand International Chess
Congress" attracted the strongest field of players ever assembled, with
Steinitz, Lasker, Tschigorin, Tarrasch and others present.
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 My
System
21st Century Edition
Chess Classic ... $17.50
Print Book, softcover, 419 diagrams, 260 pages. From Grandmaster to beginner, every chessplayer learns more as he reads and
rereads My System. You now can hold in your hands the new algebraic
version of this treasure of positional chess, edited for today's reader and
loaded with 419 diagrams. True chess understanding lies within these pages. This
edition makes the "classic" easier than ever before.
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 Three
Hundred Chess Games
Chess Classic ... $19.95 Softcover: 1999 English Edition, 366 pages, Hays Publishing. Grandmaster Siegbert Tarrasch, in Three Hundred Chess Games takes the
combinational school of
Paul Morphy and
combines it with the positional school founded by
Wilhelm Steinitz. The result is a powerful system of chess play utilized
by the greatest masters since the turn of the twentieth century. Dr. Tarrasch's
system reflects the entire store of knowledge of chess up to the hypermodern
era. Click here to learn
more about Three Hundred Chess Games
 The Game of Chess
Chess Classic ... $17.95
Softcover; 1994 Algebraic Edition, 270 pages, Hays Publishing. While there are many chess manuals available, few have
achieved the lofty stature of The Game of Chess. Fewer still have
been written by a legendary International Grandmaster whose teaching
skills rivaled the chess prowess that enabled him to demolish world-class
opponents at the board. An immediate success upon its first publication,
The Game of Chess has become one of the game's enduring classics,
considered by some critics the finest book ever written on the game of
chess. Click here to
learn more about The Game of Chess
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