Vishy Anand - World Chess Champion - Life and Games by Vishy Anand; John Nunn
Category: Sport
Anand has been one of the world's top players for more than two decades, and cemented his place in the all-time hall of fame by winning the unified World Championship in 2007, and successfully defending his title against Kramnik and Topalov. But it's not just his results that make Anand special. His sty ...Show more
How to Beat Your Dad at Chess by Murray Chandler
Category: Sport | Series: Gambit chess
This is a chess book for everyone, from eight to eighty, beginner to master. In a clear, easy-to-follow format it explains how the best way to beat a stronger opponent in the opening stage of the game. Delightful and instructive games of famous players are used to show the 50 most effective opening trap ...Show more
Chess Logic in Practice by Erik Kislik
Category: Sport
Chess-players understand that it is vital to play logically, but often lack the methods needed to do so. In this book, renowned trainer Erik Kislik presents a wide range of specific concepts that will help them succeed. These include positional techniques, thinking methods, and modes of play to adopt wh ...Show more
How Chess Games Are Won and Lost by Lars Bo Hansen
Category: Sport
Traditionally, chess games have been divided into three stages - opening, middlegame and endgame - and general principles presented for how to handle each stage. All chess-players will be well aware that these principles all too frequently fail to help in their selection of the best move. In this import ...Show more
Ross Taylor: Black & White by Paul Thomas
Category: Sport
When an athlete with an exceptional record of achievement and longevity comes to the end of their career, the numbers can speak for themselves.Ross Taylor has scored the most runs, made the most centuries and taken the most catches by a New Zealander in international cricket. He's the first New Zealand ...Show more
Modern New Zealand Cricket Greats - From Stephen Fleming to Kane Williamson by Dylan Cleaver
Category: Sport
New Zealanders have just lived through a Golden Age of Cricket. That's not a sentence many brought up with a love of the great game in the 1990s thought they would read as the national side took the gains made in the 1980s - mostly though the deeds of the great Sir Richard Hadlee and the burgeoning tal ...Show more