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Are you making the most of your existing chess talent? Do you always perform to the best of your abilities? Do your over-the-board results match up with your understanding of the game? If the answer to any of these questions is 'no' then read on! In The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess Grandmaster and experienced tournament player John Emms reveals the secrets of how to maximise your potential and improve your results in competitive play. Drawing upon years of his own experience, Emms tackles the all-important practical aspects of chess playing: studying your own strengths and weaknesses, and those of prospective opponents, concentration and manner at the chessboard, handling time trouble, tackling cheats, playing for a win or a draw, saving difficult positions, avoiding silly mistakes, building an opening repertoire, using chess computers and software, choosing the right tournaments and much more besides.

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Breaking through is the inside story of the lives of the famous Polgár sisters. The three sisters, born in Hungary, have taken the chess world by storm over the past two decades. All three achieved grandmaster results in their teens and followed up their early promise with astonishing achievements. In 1989 Sofia scored an incredible 8 1/2/9 in a powerful tournament in Rome; in January 1991 Susan became the first ever woman to achieve the male grandmaster title and in December 1991 the youngest, Judit, broke Bobby Fishcher's record to become the youngest grandmaster ever. Between them, Susan and Judit have occupied the world number one ranking slot for the past 21 years. Breaking Through charts the lives of all three sisters and witnesses their development from child prodigies through successes in junior events, Olympiads and finally World Championships. Along the way the sisters revolutionized the public perception of chess and broke gender and age barriers.

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This magnificent volume contains the extraordinary story of the prolonged battle between Bobby Fischer, the lone American genius who is perhaps the most famous chess player of all time, and the long-standing and all-dominating Soviet chess machine. For the first time readers will be able to view virtually all the secret documents on ,'the Fischer problem', many of which have never previously been published. These include papers from the archives of the KGB, the Communist Party Central Committee, the USSR Sports Committee and the Chess Federation. Together with this, there are reports and analysis of Fischer's personality and play, written at the demand of the Soviet authorities by the country's leading Grandmasters, legends such as Mikhail Tal, Tigran Petrosian, Vassily Smyslov, Paul Keres, Victor Korchnoi and Efim Geller.

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What separates a Grandmaster from an International Master? How do the thought processes of a strong club player differ from that of a middling club player? What techniques can an enthusiastic chess player employ when striving to reach the next rung on the ladder? Jacob Aagaard provides the answers to these questions in this fascinating and entertaining new book. The material is based around numerous carefully-selected tests which are offered to a group of players of a very wide range of ages and playing strengths. Once all the participants have attempted the tests, their discoveries, solving methods and difficulties with the exercises are evaluated and compared, and conclusions are drawn. The players are also quizzed about their exercise techniques, ideas and opinions about chess in general. Inside the Chess Mind enters fresh territory in chess literature by providing a thought-provoking insight as to how the chess brains of the great, the good and the improver operate.

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Do you have a child who is interested in chess, but you're not sure how to help? In Survival Guide for Chess Parents, Tanya Jones concentrates on the numerous aspects of being a 'chess parent' and answers the many questions facing those with chess-playing children. There's certainly more to this than meets the eye. Problems are as diverse as 'How can I help in the very early stages?', 'How do I find suitable clubs and tournaments?', 'Should I watch when he or she is playing?' and 'How do I find a good chess coach?' Jones also tackles aspects such as chess and education, plus the ever-increasing role of computers and the Internet. Whether your child is just starting out in the game or is a budding prodigy, this book is essential reading.

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Interested in chess and computers?Then this groundbreaking book is perfect.Whether you are talking about the latestchess playing programs or chess database software, this book answers all of the questions you ever needed to ask. A team of experts, all experienced chess software users, review all the latest software available, highlighting the positives, the negatives and underlining what's value for money and what's not. The experts also provide fundamental answers to all those niggling little technical problems that always seem to arise with chess software. Whether you're looking for a way to defeat your chess computer, whether you wish to prepare thoroughly against an old adversary, or whether you just wish to make the most of your chess software, then this is the book for you.

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Why do so many chess players only draw winning positions, or lose drawing ones? Why do many continually slip into time trouble, despite vowing after every game to move more quickly? How can a player perform like a Grandmaster on one day and a complete novice the next? What's the best way to beat a lower rated player and what gives you the best chance against a higher rated one? In this book International Master Angus Dunnington answers these questions and more as he takes a fresh look at the value of studying psychology in chess. Read this practical guide, eliminate your mistakes, punish your opponents' and improve your results.