Written by a Grand Master, this guide isolates basic elements and illustrates them through Master and Grand Master games, breaking down the mystique of strategy into easy-to-understand ideas. More than a lesson in fundamentals, it illustrates the value of acquiring small, permanent advantages and sa[...]

Both a fascinating challenge and a great training tool, these tricky tactical problems are not only fun to solve, but great for advanced beginners, intermediate, and expert players to use as tools to improve their game. Tactics are presented in order of difficulty, so that players can advance from s[...]

A carefully selected entertaining and instructive collection of tactical chess puzzles. The authors-both veteran professional chess instructors-have collected or created 303 typical game situations. Finding the right answer will bring about a forced checkmate or a winning material superiority. Divid[...]

An anthology of critical texts and interviews with the fascinating American conceptual artist Fred Wilson, who describes himself as of "African, Native American, European and Amerindian" descent. Recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant, Wilson's subject is social justice and his medium is m[...]

Deliver the Coup de Gr ce With this instructive manual, players can learn to concentrate on one-, two- and three-move checkmates, focusing on their opponents' last moves and keeping alert to new possibilities, rather than getting blinded by previous calculations.Written by two experienced chess teac[...]