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Arthur Kaufmann
A Chess Biography, 1872-1938
(Engels , Gebonden)
| Levertijd: | 12 tot 15 werkdagen |
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| Prijs: | € 46,95 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
This biography explores the life and chess career of Arthur Kaufmann, an early 20th century Romanian-born grandmaster-level player. A contemporary of luminaries such as Capablanca, Réti, Schlechter, Spielmann and Tartakower, Kaufmann remained an enigma despite his high level play. Through an analysi... Lees verder
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Emil Kemeny
A Life In Chess
(Engels )
| Levertijd: | 5 tot 15 werkdagen |
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| Prijs: | € 51,95 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
Emil Kemeny appeared on the American chess scene in 1890, a Hungarian chess player on the Lower East Side who had difficulty with English. Within a decade he was considered one of the country's finest chess players and writers. he dominated chess in both Philadelphia an chicago, where he lived betwe... Lees verder
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Khalifman
My Life And Games
(Engels )
| Levertijd: | 3 tot 4 werkdagen |
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| Prijs: | € 21,75 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
The 199 World Championship in Las Vegas produced a surprise winner - after a month-long battle, the Russian Grandmaster Alexander Khalifman emerged from this gruelling knock-out event to become the 14th FIDE World Champion. Alexander Khalifman has been competing in the higher echelons of world chess... Lees verder
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Kramnik
My Life And Games
(Engels )
| Levertijd: | 3 tot 4 werkdagen |
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| Prijs: | € 24,30 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
This book describes his life and chess career, beginning with his unusual childhood. It features more then 50 of his best games, deeply annotated. Lees verder
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How Life Imitates Chess
(Engels , Gebonden)
| Beschikbaar: | Niet meer in voorraad |
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| Prijs: | € 26,80 (onder voorbehoud) |
| Genre: | Biografie |
''In this book, chess is a teacher, and I aim to show it is a great one''.
Here Grandmaster and World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov shares the powerful secrets of strategy he has learned from dominating the world's most intellectually challenging game - lessons about mastering the strategic and e... Lees verder
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Arkell's Odyssey
the autobiography of a chess grandmaster
(Engels )
| Beschikbaar: | Niet meer in voorraad |
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| Prijs: | € 32,20 (onder voorbehoud) |
| Genre: | Biografie |
Keith Arkell is one of Britain's busiest and best-known chess Grandmasters, (320 standard-play tournaments won to date) and having recently reached his half-century was prompted to take a backward look and reflect on how he got to where he is today.
This is the resulting book, in which he details h... Lees verder
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Pal Benko
My Life, Games & Compositions
(Engels , Gebonden)
| Beschikbaar: | In herdruk |
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| Prijs: | € 54,60 (onder voorbehoud) |
| Genre: | Biografie |
THE AMAZING BUT TRUE HISTORY OF AN HUNGARIAN AMERICAN SURVIVOR - OFF AND AT THE BOARD
Six years in the making, this book by Pal Benko and Jeremy Silman is now available. With an opening survey by John Watson, a foreword by Susan Polgar, 138 deeply annotated games, 100 B&W photos, 300 compositions... Lees verder
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Garry Kasparov On My Great Predecessors
(Engels , Gebonden)
| Levertijd: | 3 tot 4 werkdagen |
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| Prijs: | € 38,10 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
PART V
In this book, a must for all serious chessplayers, Garry Kasparov deeply analyses the greatest games of two players who's rivalry is legendary and he assesses the legacy of these chess geniuses.
The fifth volume in Kasparov's magnificent history of the World Chess Championship focuses ... Lees verder
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Garry Kasparov On My Great Predecessors
Fischer
(Engels , Gebonden)
| Levertijd: | 3 tot 4 werkdagen |
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| Prijs: | € 38,10 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
Full title: 'Garry Kasparov on Fischer: My Great Predecessors Part 4'.
Van Stockum: "Schitterend!
Een van de beste schaakboeken ooit. De treurnis over de onverkrijgbaarheid van 'My Sixty Memorable Games' is voorbij."
This book brings together the two greatest names in the history of chess. Th... Lees verder
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Gary Kasparov On My Great Predecessors
A Modern History of the Development of Chess in Three Volums : From Euwe to Tal
(Engels , Gebonden)
| Levertijd: | 3 tot 4 werkdagen |
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| Prijs: | € 38,10 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
Part two features the play of champions Max Euwe (1935-1937) Mikhail Botvinnik (1946-1957, 1958-1961 and 1961-1963), Vassily Smyslov (1957-1958) and Mikhail Tal (1960-1961).
These books are more than just a compilation of the games of these champions. Kasparov's biographies place them in a fascin... Lees verder
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Reuben Fine
A Comprehensive Record Of An American Chess Career, 1929-1951
(Engels , Gebonden)
| Levertijd: | 12 tot 15 werkdagen |
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| Prijs: | € 84,35 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
Dit boek over de Amerikaans grootmeester Reuben Fine is zeer de moeite waard! Het schetst zijn schaakloopbaan vanaf 1929 tot 1951. Fine werd geboren op 11 oktober 1914 en tot grootmeester benoemd in 1950. Hij was verscheidene malen open-Amerikaans kampioen, o.a. in 1932, 1933, 1934 (gedeeld met Resh... Lees verder
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Averbakh's Selected Games
(Engels , Paperback, 01-09-1998)
| Levertijd: | onbekend |
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| Prijs: | € 17,55 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
Yuri Averbakh is a distinguished Russian GM, who has enjoyed a long and varied career as a top-class player, endgame theoretician, judge of chess composition, writer, editor and arbiter. Here we see the artist at work, for he has selected the most interesting and instructive games from this wealth o... Lees verder
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Super Nezh
Chess Assassin
(Engels , Paperback, 01-11-1985)
| Levertijd: | onbekend |
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| Prijs: | € 36,60 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
Rashid Nezhmetdinov was unlike most chess players. Draws were almost an accident, or at the very least, a necessary evil to prevent losing a game which had gone awry. His method was: ATTACK...ATTACK...ATTACK. His Tartar ferocity became legendary. World champion Mikhail Tal had become his victim so m... Lees verder
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Life And Games Of Mikhail Tal
(Engels )
| Levertijd: | 3 tot 4 werkdagen |
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| Prijs: | € 23,05 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
Mikhail Tal, the 'Magican from Riga' was the greatest attacking world champion of them all, and this enchanting autobiography chronicles his extraordinary career with charm and humor. Dazzling games are interspersed throughout with anecdotes and witty self-interviews, and in typically objective fash... Lees verder
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Carlsen's Assault On The Throne
(Engels , Gebonden)
| Levertijd: | 12 tot 15 werkdagen |
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| Prijs: | € 30,45 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
In 2013 chess returned to world headlines. The energetic Norwegian prodigy Magnus Carlsen was front page news and his fans were not disappointed: the World Number 1 won the World Championship.
Carlsen’s Assault on the Throne gives an inside view of Carlsen’s dramatic journey: from one of eight ch... Lees verder
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Tony Miles - England's Chess Gladiator
(Engels )
| Beschikbaar: | Printing on demand |
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| Prijs: | € 21,75 (onder voorbehoud) |
| Genre: | Biografie |
Tony Miles was a phenomenon in English chess. From an early age it was apparent that he had no respect whatsoever for the vaunted Soviet School of chess and held their grandmasters in scant esteem. At the very start of his career victories came in quick succession against such renowned opposition as... Lees verder
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Tragic Life And Short Chess Career Of James A. Leonard, 1841-1862
(Engels , Gebonden)
| Levertijd: | onbekend |
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| Prijs: | € 39,95 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
The chess historian is a free agent who may go wherever he pleases, constrained only by the wish, and need, to present something fresh. If his specialty is biography, for instance, he may choose to focus on a well-known master, but will the delve deeply, going far beyond the well-trodden path. Alter... Lees verder
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Frank Marshall, United States Chess Champion
A Biography With 220 Games
(Engels , Gebonden)
| Levertijd: | onbekend |
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| Prijs: | € 53,65 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
Frank Marshall (1877–1944) reigned as America’s chess champion from 1907 through 1936—the longest stint of anyone in history. A colorful character almost always decked out in an ascot and chewing a cigar, his career coincided with many evolutionary changes in competitive chess.
Marshall was a mas... Lees verder
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Complete Games of Alekhine Vol. 1
(Engels , Gebonden)
| Levertijd: | onbekend |
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| Prijs: | € 24,00 |
| Genre: | Biografie |
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE
Alekhine's Biography 1892-1921
Chapter 1: Alekhine's origin and family
Chapter 2: Alekhine's school years
Chapter 3: The war whirlwind
Chapter 4: Alekhine and leon trotsky (legend of a life and death game)
Chapter 5: Adieu, Russia!
PART TWO
Chess beginnings
Chapte... Lees verder