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2020-09-17

75 Chess Problems
by John Thursby

Free eBook: this electronic version of John Thursby's 1883 work, now in the public domain, has been converted to algebraic notation. All problems have been computer checked.

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200 Chess Problems
by Frank Healey

Originally published in 1866, this public domain collection of 200 chess problems, has been computer checked and converted to algebraic by Anders Thulin. Many of these problems were prize winners in various composition competitions.

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700 Chess Problems
by Mrs. W.J. Baird

Free eBook: 700 Chess Problems Selected From the Compositions of Mrs. W.J. Baird. Originally published in 1902, now reproduced in electronic form and converted to algebraic notation by Anders Thulin. All problems have been computer checked. This program is in the public domain. In zipped pdf format.

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777 Chess Miniatures in Three
Collected and Arranged by E. Wallis

This public domain collection of chess problems, has been computer checked and converted to algebraic by Anders Thulin.

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American Chess Nuts
A Collection of Problems by Composers of the Western World
Edited by E.B. Cook, W.R. Henry, and C.A. Gilberg

627 pages of chess problems, studies and compositions. "The most appropriate prelude to an opening of the NUTS, seems to be an account of how these leaves have grown and borne their fruit. In February, 1859, the writer received a very interesting anonymous letter, calculated to excite the desire of becoming better acquainted with its author. "I do not know," said the unknown, "whether you are a collector of Chess Curiosities. I hope you are not. And yet, I inconsistently enclose title and specimen pages of a Chess book that was neither printed nor published, and of which the only copy is to be found in my Chess library..." From Mr. Henry's memoranda, it appears that—" The first American problem was published in the Spirit of the Times, March 1, 1845,—a Self-Mate in four moves, by C. H. S. [Stanley,] who was originally an Englishman...The first Chess diagram printed in America, setting forth a four-move mate by Mr. J. Knous, was given as No. 15 of the Spirit, then in its second year—previous to which time problems were verbally written out..." First published in New York, 1868, we offer it as a zipped PDF file. This book is now in the Public Domain.

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Canadian Chess Problems
by C.F. Stubbs

206 Chess Puzzles, taken from actual games as well as compositions. Originally published in 1890, now reproduced in electronic form and converted to algebraic notation by Anders Thulin. Solutions starting on page 59 of 63 pages. This program is in the public domain.

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The Chess Euclid; A Collection of Two
Hundred Chess Problems and End-Games
Composed by Joseph Kling

Josef Kling (March 19, 1811 – December 1, 1876) was a German chess master and chess composer. In 1851 he wrote Chess Studies with Bernhard Horwitz (Wikipedia). Kling, along with Horwitz, also edited the magazine Chess Player from 1851-3. Published in London in 1849, this book is now in the Public Domain.

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Chess Problems Made Easy
How to Solve - How to Compose
by T. Taverner

T. TAVERNER, Chess Editor, “Daily News”. With 250 illustrations by the author & famous composers. This is an Electronic Edition prepared by Anders Thulin, Malmö · 2005-04-30. "Assuming that the reader is a lover of Chess and that his inclination turns towards problems, of which he seeks to acquire a working knowledge, our aim is the elementary one of setting him in the way of constructing and solving them. The two processes are allied. In learning how a problem is created the student is bound to perceive how he may best approach the solution of others; in disentangling the complexities produced by good composers he acquires a constructive knowledge and ability of his own."

CONTENTS
Chapter I Technical Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
II More Terms Illustrated . . . . . . . . 10
III On Solving. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
IV On Composing . . . . . . . . . . . 18
V Composing a Simple Theme Problem . 21
VI Study on the Half-Pin . . . . . . . . 24
VII A More Difficult Theme . . . . . . . 27
VIII Examples of the Same Theme. . . . . 30
IX Pins and Interferences . . . . . . . . 32
X Composing a Three Mover . . . . . . 36
XI A Sacrifical Three-er . . . . . . . . . 38
XII A Set of Three Move Brilliants. . . . . 41
XIII Remarkable Positions . . . . . . . . 45
XIV Self-Mates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
XV Notes on Selected Positions . . . . . 49
XVI More Notes and Comments . . . . . 52
Problems by the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Selected Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

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Crumbs From the Chess-Board
A Selection From the Problems
Composed by Charles A. Gilberg

This public domain download, first published in 1890, has been converted to electronic format with algebraic notation by Anders Thulin. Problems have been computer checked and errata noted.

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English Chess Problems
Edited by James Pierce and W. Timbrell Pierce (1876)

Free eBook: English Chess Problems, Edited by James Pierce and W. Timbrell Pierce, originally published in 1876, now reproduced in electronic form and converted to algebraic notation by Anders Thulin. This program is in the public domain.

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Globe Problem and Solution
Tourney No. 2
First Published by C.F. Stubbs

This public domain download, first published in 1888, has been converted to electronic format with algebraic notation by Anders Thulin. Problems start on page 13.

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Problem Solving Tourney (1888)
by C.F. Stubbs

Free eBook: Problem Solving Tourney (1888) 78kb zipped pdf file. 100 mate-in-two problems, converted to algebraic notation and pdf format by Anders Thulin, following the original published in 1888 by C.F. Stubbs.

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The Two-Move Chess Problem
by Benjamin Glover Laws

Originally published in London, 1890. "Strictly, a Chess Problem may be defined as a proposition requiring the discovery of some concealed chess truth..." This title is divided into the following sections: The Old Masters (and this back in 1890!), Classes of Problems, Definitions, Beauty or Merit of Solution, Construction, Difficulty of Solution, and Selected Problems. This work is now in the Public Domain; we make it available in zipped PDF format.

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2020-06-24

The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time (Graham Burgess) PDF - English - 223 Pages - 11.8 MB

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This book contains a comprehensive collection of the shortest decisive games in chess history. It is an indispensable guide to the pitfalls and traps that lurk in every opening system. An ability to punish errors in the opening is an essential aspect of modern opening play. All too often players fail to seize their chances to win a crisp miniature game. The thousands of games featured in this book show how to detect the opponent's errors and take maximum advantage. The text includes an outstanding and comprehensive collection of games won in 13 moves or fewer, as well as explanations of the errors made and how to avoid them. This indispensable volume will help sharpen your killer instinct! FIDE Master Graham Burgess is a highly accomplished and versatile writer on chess, whose 'Mammoth Book of Chess' won the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award in 1997. He holds the world record for marathon blitz chess-playing.

2018-04-30

The noble game of chess;
by Stamma, Philip, active 1737

Publication date 1745

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2018-04-28

Chess fundamentals by Capablanca, José Raúl, 1888-1942

This book is of course a classic in chess literature. Although written in archaic style using symbols no longer in general use, it is a good way for students of chess to see where so many of our principles came from. It is in this book that capablanca lays out the fundamental principle of openings that he who controls the center is in a better position to attack. It is not a book to read from cover to cover but one to page through to find little gems on which to linger.

Jose Capablanca's classic instructional manual Chess Fundamentals first appeared in 1921, the year he defeated Emanuel Lasker for the world championship title. This handbook is packed with timeless advice on different aspects of practical play and illustrated by Capablanca's own games.

Topics covered include first principles, planning, the initiative, endgame strategy, and much more. After capturing the world championship, Jose Capablanca was for a time regarded as practically invincible. However, after his upset defeat by Alexander Alekhine in 1927, Capablanca was never able to obtain a revenge match for the world title, though he remained one of the leading players during the 1930s

Publication date 1921

Contributor University of California Libraries

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2018-04-27

Publication date 1850
Publisher London, C. J. Skeet
Book from the collections of New York Public Library
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These sketches were first published, years since, in various magazines and journals and are now presented in a volume, as a partial retrospect of the dark days that are gone; when the march of Chess was in its infancy.

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The Chess Player's Chronicle, founded by Howard Staunton and extant from 1841–56 and 1859–62, was the world's first successful English-language magazine devoted exclusively to chess. Various unrelated but identically or similarly named publications were published until 1902.

Page from Chess Player's Chronicle in a style of descriptive notation
The earliest chess magazine in any language was the French Le Palamède, published in 1836-39 and 1842-47. In 1837 George Walker introduced an English-language magazine, the Philidorian, that was devoted to "chess and other scientific games". Only six issues of it were published, and it "expired in May, 1838".

The Chess Player's Chronicle became the first successful English-language chess magazine. In 1840 or 1841 Staunton bought the fortnightly magazine The British Miscellany and Chess Player's Chronicle. In 1841 it became the Chess Player's Chronicle. In 1843, the Chess Player's Chronicle became a shilling monthly magazine.

Staunton "made the inclusion of a large number of games by himself and other leading players of the day a special feature" of the magazine. He also used the magazine as a forum for attacking others. For example, in an early issue, he included the following in "Notices to Correspondents":

A Barrister, Temple.—Calls our attention to the ridiculous alteration of the Laws of Chess, by G. Walker, in his New Treatise on Chess, and asks, "Is it possible such absurdities are sanctioned by the London Chess Club?" The only sanction give to Walker's puerilities by the Committee is to laugh at them. His books on Chess are no authority except among the lowest class of players.

Staunton was the owner and editor of the magazine until the early 1850s, when he sold it to R.B. Brien. O'Brien became editor of the magazine, but was unable to continue its success and discontinued it in 1856 because of financial losses and his own illness. It reappeared in 1859 under the editorship of Ignatz Kolisch, Zytogorski, and Josef Kling, but survived only until July 1862.

Thereafter, a number of magazines appeared with the same or similar name (such as Chess Players' Chronicle) appeared. Arthur Skipworth, assisted by William Wayte and Charles Ranken, wrote The Chess Players' Quarterly Chronicle, which was published in York from February 1868 to December 1871. Skipworth, who had left Bilsdale for Tetford Rectory, and John Wisker became the editors of the new The Chess Players' Chronicle in February 1872. Johann Löwenthal began writing for it in 1873. The magazine ran until 1875.

In January 1876, it was succeeded by The Chess Player's Chronicle, whose editor-in-chief was J. Jenkin of Helensburgh. Its editorial staff consisted of Jenkin, Skipworth, Ranken, Wayte, and Andrew Hunter of Glasgow. Billed as a "monthly record of provincial chess", it was published at Glasgow, costing sixpence. Its short run under Jenkin's editorship was marked by xenophobia. The February issue stated that the West End Club had "cleared away the disturbing foreign element which whilom infected the Divan" and referring to Wilhelm Steinitz as "the hot-headed little Austrian". Its third and last issue was published in March.

The magazine reappeared in January 1877. It was now under Ranken's editorship, assisted by J. Crum, G. B. Fraser, Skipworth, and Wayte. The first issue apologized for "certain offensive statements and insinuations, seriously affecting the honour of some eminent players", and explained that some members of the present editorial staff had only contributed games and other inoffensive material to it in 1875. Ranken continued to edit the magazine until September 1880. In 1881, the title was enlarged to The Chess Player's Chronicle, and Journal of Indoor and Outdoor Sports, and "the magazine's importance in the chess world was no longer the same".

None of these magazines compared in quality with what Staunton had achieved, and the success of the British Chess Magazine, by the turn of the century a superb magazine, put an end to the title in 1902.

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2018-01-20

Every time a world chess championship concludes, we see a flurry of books and web pages with annotations, computer analysis and background information. Most of them are written by grandmasters and very strong players. Some contain detailed analysis and some have only superficial comments.

While in-depth reports from grandmasters who attended the championship in person (like Raymond Keene’s book on Karpov–Korchnoi and Karpov–Kasparov matches) are valuable with anecdotes, psychological notes and insider information, I always felt that a grandmaster is an overkill to annotate world championship games. Even an amateur player, with sufficient theoretical knowledge and patience, can analyze and annotate a grandmaster game. That is the motivation behind this book.

In 2008, I published a Malayalam blog post with a brief analysis of the Anand–Kramnik match. While the 2010 match was in progress, I had discussed the games with a few of my friends using Google buzz. Some people found my analysis good and suggested to compile that effort as book. This is the result of that work.

Even though I was never better than a state-level player in India and class A level (USCF rating 1800-2000) in the United states, I believe my 18 years of over-the-board tournament experience and 7 years of correspondence chess experience make me qualified to understand the games between Anand and Topalov in the world championship match 2010.

I hope this book will be useful to chess lovers. Please let me know your comments about this book.

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2017-08-29

Chess: The Right Way to Play Chess and Win - Chess Tactics, Chess Openings and Chess Strategies Kindle Edition by Brett Alexander (Author)

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Do you love tactics and strategy? Are you fascinated by chess? Do you want to win big and improve your rating?

Enjoy Chess and Enjoy a New Level of Mastery! Updated and Expand 2nd Edition

Do you love tactics and strategy? Are you fascinated by chess? Do you want to win big and improve your rating?

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If so, this Expanded 2nd Edition of Brett Alexander’s Chess: The Right Way to Play Chess and Win – Chess Tactics, Chess Openings and Chess Strategies is the book for you. No matter what your opponent does, you’ll be ready. This book helps you correctly identify and play the different types of chess scenarios you will encounter:

Open Games

Semi-Open Games

and Closed Games

What is the difference between strategy and tactics? How should you plan your attacks and defenses?

In Chess: The Right Way to Play Chess and Win – Chess Tactics, Chess Openings and Chess Strategies, Brett Alexander explains how you can formulate strategies and employ tactics. You’ll have a thorough understanding of all facets of the game after absorbing his game-winning advice!

How do you strengthen your gameplay once you learn the basics? What can you do to beat even the toughest opponents?

If you’re an advanced player (or aspire to become one), this Special 2nd Edition of Chess: The Right Way to Play Chess and Win – Chess Tactics, Chess Openings and Chess Strategies is the book you’ve been looking for. Brett shares his wisdom on a number of advanced chess concepts:

Pawn Majorities

Converting Advantages into Wins

Mating Motifs

Defensive Thinking

and much more!
Don’t waste any more time losing games and getting frustrated. Read Chess: The Right Way to Play Chess and Win – Chess Tactics, Chess Openings and Chess Strategies and start winning more games - TODAY!

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2017-08-23

The ChessCafe Puzzle Books! We are pleased to offer excerpts from three of the most popular chess books available today. They are The ChessCafe Puzzle Books 1 and 2 by German grandmaster Karsten Müller and Book 3, also by Müller, and in cooperation with Dutch international master Merijn van Delft. All three books are available in both traditional, hard copy and electronic editions. The original books are published in figurine algebraic notation, with Informant-style evaluation symbols. For this Puzzle Sampler, we have converted the notation to simple English algebraic and replaced the Informant-style evaluation symbols with text.

The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 1 combines clear discussions of tactical themes with over 600 well-chosen positions to test, challenge and teach. Although the classic combinations are not ignored, the great emphasis is on positions from modern tournament practice of the last decade. From CCPB1, four puzzles with different tactical themes (please note that the actual numbering of the puzzles has been changed for this Kindle edition). It is Black to move in Puzzles 1 and 2, White to move and Puzzles 3 and 4. Solutions are immediately after the four puzzles. The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 2 takes on the more difficult and less tangible aspect of positional play. As most chess instructors and players know, it is much more difficult to teach and learn strategic concepts than tactics. The author not only presents puzzles to solve, but also presents examples of different strategic ideas. Here is an excerpt from the section about Outposts. One of the most important skills a chessplayer needs is the ability to defend a position that is under siege. In the third volume in the highly acclaimed, best-selling ChessCafe Puzzle Book series, international grandmaster Karsten MÃ¼ller, along with international master Merijn van Delft, examines and expounds upon the vital defensive concepts and techniques used to repulse enemy attacks. From CCPB3, three puzzles with different themes (please note that the actual numbering of the puzzles has been changed for this Kindle edition). It is Black to move in all three puzzles. Solutions are immediately after the three puzzles.

2017-08-20

The British Chess Magazine, Volumen 4_ Publisher Trubner & Company, 1884

Publisher Trubner & co.

Collection americana

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Book from the collections of New York Public Library

Language English

Pages 484 pages

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2017-08-18

The Rules of Chess Kindle Edition by Bruce Pandolfini

Chess is one of the most challenging - and enjoyable - games that has ever been played. It has a history that goes back over a thousand years, and there is some evidence that perhaps it is even older than that. The Rules of Chess is a free book, in electronic format, that will teach young and old how to play the “Royal Game." Written by one of the great instructors of the modern era, Bruce Pandolfini, it is in fact a small excerpt from his extremely popular book Let’s Play Chess (2nd edition). After the material is presented, there is a section listing and describing the chess books published by Russell Enterprises, Inc. which are also available in electronic format. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy The Rules of Chess by Bruce

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Publication Date: September 11, 2013
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The noble game of chess;
by Stamma, Philip, active 1737