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Chess Life (Or Chess Life Kids) Memberships to Suit Your Needs CELEBRATING THE U.S. AMATEUR TEAM EAST, WEST, NORTH, AND SOUTH EVENTS The Spirit of the Teams The Annapolis and West Point teams represent all that is good about the U.S. Amateur Team Events May 2018 | USChess.org The United States’ Largest Chess Specialty Retailer '''%! %!"$#&& BOTVINNIK’S BEST GAMES ‒ 3 VOLUME SERIES CHESS DUELS 1893-1920 By Mikhail Botvinnik By Alexander Alekhine B0001MV - $44.95 In the years before he left Russia, Alekhine develo skill by annotating numerous games, both his own an players, for newspapersw , magazines and tournament Here, for the first time, this complete set of anno is published, making it an invaluable addition to development annd historyy..This is a modern reprint of a c books that has been translated to English. Book is har HOW TO BEAATT THE OPEN GAMES B0004MV - $44.95 B0005MV - $44.95 B0006MV - $44.95 Vol. 1 – 1925-1941 Vol. 2 – 1942-1956 Vol. 3 – 1957-1970 By Sverre Johnson Mikhail Botvinnik’s ‘‘AAnaliticheskie i kriticheskie raboty” is widely considered to B0201GB - $24.95 be one of a classical chess work and one of the best chess books in the world. The Open Games (those beginning 1 e4 e5) are no Each volume contains fully annotated games by Botvinnik with many diagrams, topical than eveerr,, featuring in a high proportion of el list all available tournament’s crosstables that he participated in, Tournament games. This new user-friendly guide offers players of a and match results and an index of openings. These are modern reprints of these a carefully wororkrked-out repertoire , tak ing into acco classical books that have been translated to English. All books are hardcover. wealth of new material. Noted opening writer Sverre J has also taken a critical look at the more tradition SMYLOV’S BEST GAMES OF CHESS Games, where theory is often based on old or obscure By Vasily Smyslov Fully annotated by former CHESS INFORMANT ‒ ISSUE 135 world’’ss chess champion with many diagrams, tournament B0135INF - $39.95 and Match Cross-Tables, Tournament and Match Chess Informant 135 contains hundreds games, ann Results, Indexes of players by strong players, crosstables, tournament and openings. These are separate chapters on combinations, endgames, pr modern reprints of these studies. It includes analysis of particular openings, classical books that have columns of top players on various themes etc. been translated to English. All books are hardcoverr.. B0010MV - $44.95 B0011MV - $44.95 Vol. 1 – 1935-1957 Vol. 2 – 1958-1995 GRANDMASTER PREPPAARAATTION ‒ THINKING INSIDE THE BOX Bc4 AGAINST THE OPEN GAMES By Jacob Aagaard By Alexander Delchev B0144QT - $29.95 B0140EU - $31.95 In “Thinking Inside the Box”, Jacob Aagaard descr chess improvement philosophy, developed over m This book offers a White repertoire against the Open twenty years of thinking about one question: How Games. The reader will find the deep investigation of make better decisions at the chess board? Thinkin the modern treatment of the Italian Games ‒ as Carlsen, the Box is the ultimate self-improvement guide, wr Anand, VVaachier Lagrave, and Kramnik pplay it . It also covers amateurs as well as world-class players. Book is pap the Bishop’s Opening, the Hungarian Defence and other minor lines. GRANDMASTER REPERTOIRE ‒ 1. d4 ‒ KING’S INDIAN AND GRUNFELD ‒ 2A FIRST STEPS ‒ THE SCANDINAAVVIAN By Boris Avrukh By Cyrus Lakdawala B014QT - $29.95 B0476EM - $24.95 When Boris Avrukh released his 1.d4 repertoire The Scandinavian (also known as the Centre Counter in 2008 and 2010, they caused a sensation. VVoolume Defence) occurs when Black meets White’s 1 e4 with the third out of four brand new volumes in which A 1...d5, immediately countering in the centre. White revamps, expands and generally improves upon his pr invariably continues with 2 exd5 when Black can work in every way possible. This chess book prov choose between two systems, both of which are world-class repertoire against the Grünfeld and covered in this book. 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