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| Title: Amateur's Mind |
| Sub-title: Turning Chess Misconceptions into Chess Mastery -- 2nd Edition |
| By (author): Jeremy Silman |
| ISBN10-13: 1890085022 : 9781890085025 |
| This book takes the student on a journey through his own mind and returns him to the chess board with a wealth of new-found knowledge and the promise of a significant gain in strength. Most amateurs possess erroneous thinking processes that remain with them throughout their chess lives. These flaws in their mental armour result in stinging defeats and painful reversals. Books can be bought and studied, lessons can be taken -- but in the end, these elusive problems always prove to be extremely difficult to eradicate. Seeking a solution to this dilemma, the author wrote down the thoughts of his students while they played actual games, analysed them, and catalogued the most common misconceptions that arose. This second edition greatly expands on the information contained in the popular first edition. |
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Pages: 443
Size: 155x235mm
Illustrations: illus
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| Published: Siles Press (US) - October 1999 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Chess |
| List Price: 20.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 360 |
| Title: 1 of: 10 |
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| Title: Bobby Fischer and His World |
| By (author): John Donaldson |
| ISBN10-13: 1890085197 : 9781890085193 |
| IM Donaldson examines Fischers life and career from his days as a child prodigy through the height of his World Championship triumph and into his tumultuous final years. Donaldsons meticulous research has uncovered previously lost games and a wealth of unknown material about Fischer -- ranging from his close friendships with players and supporters to his acrimonious relationships with organisers, journalists, lawyers, and publishers. Bobby Fischer and His World is brought to life through a potpourri of first-hand accounts, interviews, letters, and articles by and about the colourful characters that inhabited Fischers world. Unifying this wide-ranging tale are over 100 photos and illustrations and 99 newly annotated games. This is the story of Fischer the man and the player, shedding new light on the riddle of the most famous chessplayer in history. International Master John Donaldson is a player, a chess journalist and historian, and a thirteen-time United States World Chess Olympiad coach (his 2016 team won gold). |
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“John Donaldson is a triple threat in chess—at least. There are lots of books on “enigmatic” Fischer’s famous games, with little else, other than his birth data. Genius was born and hardly grew up before smashing upon the world and challenging an empire, then developing paranoia. But how and why? Donaldson gives us fresh info and insight into a life that took place in a context of relationships worth exploring. Like his fellow top historians from Russia, the Linders, he shines a light on his subject’s associates too. And several of the games you may see for the first time. An indispensable addition to Fischeriana.” —International Master Anthony Saidy
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“An elaborate and exhaustive portrait of Bobby Fischer, unique in chess literature. John Donaldson, a brilliant researcher, painstakingly traces Fischer’s steps and includes stories, games and interviews previously unpublished. A must read! A masterpiece.” —Grandmaster Lubos Kavalek
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“Historian and researcher par excellence, John Donaldson, brings us the final word on the enigmatic American genius
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“The best and most comprehensive work that I have seen about the chess legend Bobby Fischer. While I read numerous other books about the American chess genius, as well as I knew him personally, reading this book I still learned new things about his life. This work is a perfect balance between historical research, rare photos, instructive chess games and much more, in an easy to read style.” —Grandmaster Susan Polgar
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“In the early 1970’s, Fischer reached the apex of his power, crushing aside all rivals to become America’s first world champion. The media and even the non-chess-playing public took to him the way fans at the Apollo Theater loved James Brown. In this book, acclaimed author IM John Donaldson breaks completely new ground, focusing on the mercurial relationships between Fischer and his contemporaries, as well as a fresh look at Fischer’s immense contributions to our game. Filled with numerous photos and previously undisclosed biographical information, it also covers his games in great depth. This may be the most important book on Bobby’s life, ever written.” —International Master Cyrus Lakdawala
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Pages: 645
Size: 255x180mm
Illustrations: 100 photos & illus
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| Published: Siles Press (US) - November 2020 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Biography: general : Encyclopaedias & reference works : Chess |
| List Price: 30.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 55 |
| Title: 2 of: 10 |
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| Title: Complete Book of Chess Strategy |
| Sub-title: Grandmaster Techniques from A to Z |
| By (author): Jeremy Silman |
| ISBN10-13: 1890085014 : 9781890085018 |
| An easy-to-understand guide to chess strategy -- conceptual planning -- has always been the amateur's dream. This book makes that dream a reality. This comprehensive guide in dictionary form, the first of its kind, makes all aspects of chess strategy quick, easy, and painlessly accessible to players of all degrees of strength. Each strategic concept is listed alphabetically and followed by a clear, easy-to-absorb explanation accompanied by examples of how this strategy is used in practice. Such great World Champions as Steinitz, Capablanca, Petrosian, Fischer, and Karpov have used these strategies in virtually all of their games. Now you can arm yourself with their weapons. As you incorporate these weapons into your own play, they will enrich your appreciation of the game and lead you to one beautiful victory after another. |
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Pages: 350
Size: 150x230mm
Illustrations: illus
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| Published: Siles Press (US) - October 1998 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Chess |
| List Price: 19.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 445 |
| Title: 3 of: 10 |
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| Title: Divorce |
| Sub-title: Making the Break |
| By (author): David Bell |
| ISBN10-13: 1890085065 : 9781890085063 |
| This book carefully and compassionately tours the divorce process from the very first considerations one has when contemplating divorce through getting back on one's feet once the divorce is completed. Along the way, the reader is advised about ways of controlling anger and not demonising the divorcing partner; putting the concerns of children first; avoiding destructive, warring attitudes; equitably dealing with child custody matters; choosing a divorce forum (mediation or litigation); finding good, honourable legal representation; working with judges and accountants; and putting personal lives back together after the trauma of divorce. A thorough yet tidy handbook made up of many small sections that can be easily digested during a time a crisis, when one's mental attention may not be at its most acute, the book will guide both husbands and wives to a dissolution of marriage that is as peaceable and constructive as possible. |
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Pages: 297
Size: 175x230mm
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| Published: Siles Press (US) - June 2002 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Separation & divorce |
| List Price: 18.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 20 |
| Title: 4 of: 10 |
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| Title: How to Reassess Your Chess |
| Sub-title: Chess Mastery Through Imbalances |
| Edition Statement: 4th Edition |
| By (author): Jeremy Silman |
| ISBN10-13: 1890085138 : 9781890085131 |
| How to Reassess Your Chess has long been considered a modern classic. Now, this fourth and final edition -- completely rewritten and featuring all new examples -- takes Silmans ground-breaking concept of imbalances to a whole new level. Designed for players in the 1400 to 2100 rating range and for teachers looking for a ready-made chess curriculum, the author shares a mind-expanding journey that takes the reader through imbalance-basics, ensures that every detail of all the imbalances are mastered, and leaves the player/lover of chess with something he always wanted but never believed he could achieve: a master-level positional foundation. A section on practical chess psychology (titled Psychological Meanderings) presents never-before-published ideas on psychological processes that hinder players of all levels, and gives easy-to-follow advice and techniques that will help anyone overcome these ubiquitous mental/emotional failings. Hundreds of games brought to life by instruction-rich prose, and stories that offer humour while highlighting various lessons, vividly illustrate all the books topics in a manner thats both personal and fun. If the positional masterpieces of the chess legends have always been a mystery to you, if chess strategy has always been an unsolvable enigma, if you find yourself a positional pawn rather than a positional master, then How to Reassess Your Chess, 4th edition will prove to be a life-changing experience. |
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“The Rolls Royce of instructive chess books—more chess players have improved by reading How to Reassess Your Chess than any other book.” —John Watson, International Master and author of over 30 chess books
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“It seems crazy for Silman to do a complete “reassessment” of his groundbreaking work, but the all-new 4th edition is better than ever! This book is a must for all players serious about improving their game.” —Joel Benjamin, International Grandmaster, three-time U.S. Chess Champion, and author
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“A whole chess generation grew up with How to Reassess Your Chess. This magnificent new edition will delight teachers, those who want to improvetheir game, and those who dreamed of new material on Silman’s imbalance-concept.” —Yasser Seirawan, International Grandmaster, four-time U.S. Chess Champion, and author
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“This tour de force by Jeremy Silman is a book every chess player should have. It is in a class of its own. I believe it is the best instructional book that has ever been written. Mr. Silman combines technical prowess with his mature insight into the human mind to bring us an exposition that reaches beyond the chessboard to an invaluable understanding of how we can overcome our self-defeating patterns in chess and life.Read this book now and feel its depth and power.” —Daniel Doen Silberberg, Zen teacher (White Plum Lineage) and author of Wonderland: The Zen of Alice
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“Brilliant chess instruction, practicality, psychological acuity, wit and sheer entertainment. Even spiritual wisdom! Silman has written a chess book like no other. Does it get any better than this?”
—Mahamandaleshwar Swami Shankarananda, USCF Master, head of Shiva Ashram (Melbourne, Australia), and author of the bestselling Happy for No Good Reason and other books on meditation and spirituality
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Pages: 658
Size: 255x180mm
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| Published: Siles Press (US) - October 2010 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Chess |
| List Price: 30.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 420 |
| Title: 5 of: 10 |
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| Title: Pay or Play |
| By (author): Jon Boorstin |
| ISBN10-13: 1890085049 : 9781890085049 |
| Now in its first paperback edition, this is a wickedly funny satire of the Hollywood film industry and its peculiar marriage of vision and ambition that breeds great accomplishment -- and humiliating catastrophe. |
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Pages: 278
Size: 150x230mm
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| Published: Siles Press (US) - December 1999 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Films, cinema : Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| List Price: 13.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 9 |
| Title: 6 of: 10 |
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| Title: Reassess Your Chess Workbook |
| Sub-title: How to Master Chess Imbalances |
| By (author): Jeremy Silman |
| ISBN10-13: 1890085057 : 9781890085056 |
| International Chess Master Jeremy Silman tests a player's strengths and weaknesses with 131 problems that cover openings, middlegames (both positional and tactical), and endgames. As a player completes a problem, he or she may then turn to consult Silman's lengthy answer to the problem, which is always detailed yet never dry. Through this process of problem solving, analysis and advice, a player is led to discover the major flaws imbedded in his or her play. Through this same process, a player is also led to an understanding of Silman's system of thinking about the game, and how it differs from many other systems of chess thinking. |
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Pages: 400
Size: 155x230mm
Illustrations: illus
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| Published: Siles Press (US) - December 2000 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Chess |
| List Price: 20.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 81 |
| Title: 7 of: 10 |
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| Title: Silman's Chess Odyssey |
| Sub-title: Cracked Grandmaster Tales, Legendary Players, and Instruction and Musings |
| By (author): Jeremy Silman |
| ISBN10-13: 1890085243 : 9781890085247 |
| From the bestselling author of How to Reassess Your Chess and Silmans Complete Endgame Course comes a new offering. Part instructional, part history, and part memoir, International Master Jeremy Silman pays homage to the game he loves. Chess is a strategic battle, a struggle for power and dominance. It can become an obsession, or can simply be a game to be enjoyed. When played at its highest level it is an art form. In Chess Odyssey Silman touches on all these aspects of the game. Starting on the light side with behind-the-scenes tales of tournament life, Silmans Chess Odyssey then takes a serious turn to history, and profiles the life and careers of eleven legendary players (Adolf Anderssen, Ignatz Kolisch, Johannes Zukertort, Siegbert Tarrasch, Wilhelm Steinitz, Emanuel Lasker, Frank Marshall, Rudolf Spielmann, Alexander Alekhine, Salo Flohr, Efim Geller) including over 275 games with diagrams and analysis. In the third part of this 540 page tome Silman, writes of criminals who were also talented chess players, discusses an odd series of game at a historic interzonal tournament, and memorializes some friends. Known as one of the premiere instructional chess writers and teachers, part four concentrates on just that and includes a smattering of material on openings, imbalances, tactics, chess psychology, and FAQ. |
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“I’ve long given up on favorite titles—now I think in terms of favorite chess authors: Bronstein, Fischer, Larsen, Nunn, Silman and Tal are my top six. Clear. From which, Silman gets first on my entertainment scale. Jeremy delivers unvarnished first-hand stories featuring great dollops of hilarity. If there is a chance for Jeremy to stick a foot into own mouth, he will choose both feet! I love it! And so will you! J’s Chess Odyssey is yet another marvelous insight into the wonderful world of chess.” —Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan, four-time U.S. Chess Champion”
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“Chess Odyssey is a kaleidoscope of entertaining chess characters and stories. Silman gives us everything from historical drama and outrageous tales to classic games and loads of instructive tips ranging from psychology to strategy to tactics. A great read!” —International Master John Watson
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“As an old sidekick of Jeremy's, I know that he is as entertaining in person as in his writings on chess, which made him a best-seller. Here is history and instruction with the unique Silman slant. Chess should not be a dry study. Smile while you learn.” — International Master Anthony Saidy
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Pages: 550
Size: 254x178mm
Illustrations: b/w illus
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| Published: Siles Press (US) - May 2022 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Chess |
| List Price: 36.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 15 |
| Title: 8 of: 10 |
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| Title: Silmans Complete Endgame Course |
| Sub-title: From Beginner to Master |
| By (author): Jeremy Silman |
| ISBN10-13: 1890085103 : 9781890085100 |
| For over 100 years, the world's leading chess players and teachers have told their students to study the endgame. Now, for the first time, a revolutionary, richly instructive endgame book has been designed for players of all levels. This is the one and only endgame book you'll need as you move up the ladder from beginner to tournament player and master. Designed to "speak" to a player in a very personal way, Silman's book teaches the student everything he or she needs to know at his or her current rating level, and builds on that knowledge for each subsequent phase of the player's development. Starting at the beginner's level, all basic mates are clearly and painstakingly explained. After that, the critical building blocks that form the endgame foundation for all tournament hopefuls and experienced tournament competitors are explored in detail. Finally, advanced endgame secrets, based on concepts rather than memorization, are presented in a way that makes them easy to master. The basic keys to a well-rounded endgame education -- Opposition, the Lucena and Philidor Positions, Cat and Mouse, Trebuchet, Fox in the Chicken Coup, Triangulation, Building a Box, Square of a Pawn, Outflanking, the Principle of Two Weaknesses -- are vital. But equally important is creating a love of the endgame, which is addressed at the end of the book with a look at chess tactics, minor piece domination, and a discussion of the five greatest endgame players of all time -- all things that every fan of chess at every level can enjoy. If you have found the endgame to be a mystery, if you have found that your confidence plummets once you reach an endgame, if you have searched for an instructive endgame book that will turn your weakest link -- your endgame -- into your personal field of power, your search is over. The book is the key to a world of essential ideas, startling beauty, and stunning creativity. |
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Pages: 528
Size: 254x178mm
Illustrations: b/w illus
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| Published: Siles Press (US) - July 2008 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Chess |
| List Price: 25.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 588 |
| Title: 9 of: 10 |
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| Title: The Way of Salt |
| Sub-title: Sumo and the Culture of Japan |
| By (author): Ash Warren |
| ISBN10-13: 1890085235 : 9781890085230 |
| The objective in sumo, Japans national sport, is simple: Push one's opponent out of the ring or make him touch the ground with anything other than the soles of his feet. This is accomplished by wrestlers who weigh over 350 pounds, clad only in loincloths, during a bout that can end in just seconds.Sumo, which dates back over 2,000 years, was first performed at Shintō shrines to entertain the gods and as a prayer for a good harvest. So, to fully appreciate and enjoy the sport one needs an understanding of Japans ancient culture, people, and the Shintō religion. In The Way of Salt Ash Warren takes us on an exploration of Japanese society and history as seen through the lens of sumo.Ash Warren is an author, teacher, and translator who has lectured and written about Japanese culture for decades and has a teaching license in the Japanese Tea Ceremony. Ash, who has lived in Japan since 1992, currently resides with his family in Tokyo. |
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Pages: 188
Size: 229x152mm
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| Published: Siles Press (US) - January 2023 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Wrestling |
| List Price: 20.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 96 |
| Title: 10 of: 10 |
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