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Chess & Checkers: The Ultimate Players Strategy Guides

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"The Ultimate Players Guide For
Chess and Checkers"

Suitable for both the Beginner through to the Advanced Player!
Note: The books are on CD

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The Blue Book of CHESS

Author: Howard Staunton

Teaching the Rudiments of the Game, and Giving an Analysis of
All the Recognized Openings

CONTENTS:

CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTION.

DESCRIPTION OF THE CHESS-BOARD AND MEN. MOVEMENT OF THE PIECES AND PAWNS, THE NOTATION ADOPTED TO DESCRIBE THE MOVES OF THE MEN. TECHNICAL TERMS IN USE AMONG CHESS-PLAYERS. ILLUSTRATIONS OF TECHNICAL TERMS. Perpetual Check. Smothered Mate. ON THE RELATIVE VALUE OF THE CHESS FORCES. THE CHESS CODE.OR, LAWS OF THE GAME. DEFINITIONS OF TERMS USED. THE CHESS-BOARD AND MEN. FIRST MOVE AND COLOUR. CONCESSIONS. ERRORS. CASTLING. EN PASSANT. PROMOTING THE PAWN. CHECK. "J'ADOUBE." PENALTIES. ADJOURNED GAME. DRAWN GAMES. TIME LIMIT. ABANDONING THE GAME. DISTURBANCE. THE UMPIRE. RULES FOR PLAYING THE GAME AT ODDS. GENERAL RULES AND OBSERVATIONS. MAXIMS AND ADVICE FOR AN INEXPERIENCED PLAYER. ON THE SEVERAL OPENINGS OR BEGINNINGS OF GAMES. PRELIMINARY GAME.

CHAPTER II. - THE KING'S KNIGHT'S OPENING

THE DAMIANO GAMBIT. PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE. VARIATION OF THE DEFENCE IN THIS OPENING, ANOTHER VARIATION OF THE DEFENCE, SUMMARY OF THE FOREGOING VARIATIONS IN PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE. ILLUSTRATIVE OF PHILIDOR'S DEFENCE. PETROFF'S DEFENCE. ILLUSTRATIVE OF PETROFF'S DEFENCE. COUNTER GAMBIT IN THE KNIGHT'S OPENING. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE VARIATIONS. THE GIUOCO PIANO. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE GIUOCO PIANO. CAPTAIN EVANS'S GAMBIT. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE EVANS GAMBIT. THE TWO KNIGHTS' DEFENCE. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE TWO KNIGHTS' GAME. THE KNIGHT'S GAME OF RUY LOPEZ. ILLUSTRATIVE OF RUY LOPEZ'S KNIGHT'S GAME THE QUEEN'S PAWN GAME, OR SCOTCH GAMBIT. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE QUEEN'S PAWN GAME OR SCOTCH GAMBIT. THE QUEEN'S BISHOP'S PAWN GAME IN THE KING'S KNIGHT'S OPENING ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE QUEEN'S BISHOP'S PAWN GAME IN THE KING'S KNIGHT'S OPENING.

CHAPTER III. - THE KING'S BISHOP'S OPENING

THE TWO KINGS' BISHOPS' GAME THE ITALIANS' DEFENCE. LEWIS'S COUNTER GAMBIT. MCDONNELL'S DOUBLE GAMBIT. THE LOPEZ GAMBIT ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE PRECEDING ANALYSES. THE KING'S KNIGHT'S DEFENCE IN KING'S BISHOP'S OPENING COUNTER GAMBIT IN THE KING'S BISHOP'S OPENING THE QUEEN'S BISHOP'S PAWN'S DEFENCE IN THE KING'S BISHOP'S OPENING. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE PRECEDING ANALYSES. QUEEN'S BISHOP'S PAWN'S OPENING. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE QUEEN'S BISHOP'S PAWN'S OPENING.

CHAPTER IV. - THE KING'S GAMBIT.

THE KING'S GAMBIT PROPER, OR KING'S KNIGHT'S GAMBIT. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE FOREGOING ANALYSES. THE CUNNINGHAM GAMBIT. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE CUNNINGHAM GAMBIT. THE SALVIO GAMBIT THE COCHRANE GAMBIT. ILLUSTRATING THE SALVIO AND COCHRANE GAMBITS THE MUZIO GAMBIT. KOCH AND GHULAM KASSIM'S ATTACK. MCDONNELL'S ATTACK. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE MUZIO GAMBIT. THE ALLGAIER GAMBIT. THE KING'S ROOK'S PAWN GAMBIT. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE ALLGAIER GAMBIT. THE KING'S BISHOP'S GAMBIT. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE KING'S BISHOP'S GAMBIT. THE GAMBIT DECLINED. ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE KING'S GAMBIT DECLINED.

CHAPTER V. - THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT.

THE SCHWARTZ DEFENCE. THE GAMBIT REFUSED.

CHAPTER VI. - IRREGULAR OPENINGS.

THE FRENCH GAME. THE SICILIAN GAME. THE WING GAMBIT. THE CENTRE COUNTER GAMBIT. THE FIANCHETTO. FRENCH DEFENCE.

CHAPTER VII. - ENDINGS OF GAMES

KING AND QUEEN AGAINST KING. KING AND ROOK AGAINST KING. KING AND TWO BISHOPS AGAINST KING. KING, BISHOP, AND KNIGHT, AGAINST KING. KING AND TWO KNIGHTS AGAINST KING. KING AND PAWN,--KING, BISHOP, AND PAWN,--AND KING, KNIGHT, AND PAWN,--AGAINST KING. QUEEN AGAINST A KNIGHT OR BISHOP. QUEEN AGAINST ROOK. QUEEN AGAINST ROOK AND PAWN. QUEEN AGAINST TWO BISHOPS. QUEEN AGAINST TWO KNIGHTS. QUEEN AGAINST KNIGHT AND BISHOP. QUEEN AGAINST QUEEN AND PAWN. QUEEN AGAINST PAWN. ROOK AGAINST BISHOP. ROOK AGAINST KNIGHT. ROOK AND PAWN AGAINST BISHOP. ROOK AGAINST THREE MINOR PIECES. ROOK AND PAWN AGAINST ROOK. ROOK AGAINST ONE OR MORE PAWNS. ROOK AGAINST TWO ROOKS. ROOK AND BISHOP AGAINST ROOK. ROOK AGAINST ROOK AND KNIGHT. KING AND PAWN AGAINST KING AND PAWN. KING AND TWO PAWNS AGAINST KING AND PAWN. KING AND TWO PAWNS AGAINST KING AND TWO PAWNS. KING AND TWO PAWNS AGAINST KING AND THREE PAWNS. KING AGAINST THREE PASSED PAWNS. KING AND THREE PASSED PAWNS AGAINST KING AND THREE PASSED PAWNS.

CHESS PROBLEMS.

SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS.

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CHECKERS - The Way to Mastership

Complete instructions for the beginner [and] valuable suggestions for the advanced player.

by Edward Lasker

Here you will learn the general principles of strategy, rather than a mere classification of analysed lines of play, which the reader would have to memorize in order to be able to compete with experts.

CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION

The History of Checkers

THE GAME OF CHECKERS

I - THE RULES OF THE GAME

II - ELEMENTARY TACTICS

III - THE FIVE FUNDAMENTAL POSITIONS

THE FIRST POSITION

THE SECOND POSITION

THE CHANGE OF THE MOVE

THE THIRD POSITION

THE FOURTH POSITION

THE FIFTH POSITION

SIXTH POSITION.

IV - GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND ILLUSTRATIVE GAMES

V - PROBLEMS



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