This fun and challenging book features two hundred challenges in the multiple choice format that has proved so popular for chess-playing readers and fans of the deam of American chess, Larry Evans. Grandmaster and Hall of Fame chess legend Larry Evans, draws upon his vast experience as 5-time USA champion, author of 25 books, and Bobby Fischer`s second, to present a fun and instructive book featuring two hundred challenges in the multiple choice format that has proved so popular for chess-playing readers and fans of the legendary Grandmaster. These instructive, elegant and entertaining endgame positions will not only challenge and entertain readers, but will also teach them how to win games while trying to find the best move of the three choices presented. The problems are divided into various sections, such as king and pawn endings, minor piece endings, queen endings, and rook and pawn endings, so that players can concentrate on areas for either training and learning processes—or just flat out fun. Endgame study is so important to players, but with challenges such as these, it's not work, but fun. What is the best move? Take the plunge and find out!

John Nunn presents 250 challenging positions where your task is to find a cunning way to win or draw. In many cases the odds against success seem overwhelming, yet by using all the tactical resources in the position it is possible to achieve the goal. The studies were subjected to a rigorous checking procedure, during which thousands of unsatisfactory positions were weeded out. The 250 studies finally selected represent some of the finest creations of composers such as Kasparian, Troitsky, Pogosiants, Mitrofanov, Chéron and Réti. Nunn's detailed solutions contain many points and clarifications that have hitherto gone unmentioned, so readers will rarely be left to wonder whether their intended solution really did work. In an over-the-board game, the ability to use the pieces in harmony is paramount, and those players who can exploit every resource in a position are those who become champions. While the focus in this book is on tactics, readers will also develop a greater understanding of many important endgame topics, such as fortresses, stalemate defences, the opposition and zugzwang.

This challenging book features two hundred challenges in the multiple choice format that has proved so popular for chess-playing readers. These instructive, elegant and entertaining positions will not only challenge and entertain you, but will also teach you how to improve your endgame while trying to find the best move of the three choices presented. The problems are divided into various sections, such as king and pawn endings, minor piece endings, queen endings, and rook and pawn endings, so that players can concentrate on areas for either training and learning processes, or just flat out fun. Endgame study is so important to players, but with challenges such as these, it's not work, but fun. What is the best move? Take the plunge and find out! 304 pages

It's up to you to determine how to take the King in a given number of moves. Find Pawn, Rook and Pawn, Queen, Queen and Pawn, Bishop and Pawn, and minor piece endings to help you practice for the real thing. You'll be lured into playing games that are full of challenges, and if you're stumped, the solutions appear in the back!

Any man in the street knows how to increase his physical strength, but among most chess players confusion reigns when it comes to improving their playing strength. Axel Smith's training methods have guided his friends, teammates and pupils to grandmaster norms and titles. Hard work will be required, but Axel Smith knows how you can Pump Up Your Rating.Every area of chess is covered - opening preparation, through middlegame play, to endgame technique. Smith delves into both the technical and psychological sides of chess, and shows how best to practise and improve.

Combinations are the central element in chess; they make the game so magical and captivating. The beautiful point of sacrificing a queen, the strongest piece, in order to checkmate with a lowly pawn brings a smile of joy to all chess lovers. Virtually all chess games possess a combination, either one hidden in the shadows of analysis carefully avoided or one that provides a decisive blow. Winning Chess Combinations is a unique work that doesn't merely repeat the wonderfully rich and vast numbers of combinations, asking readers to solve a particular diagrammed position; it is a work that is far more realistic. A combination involves a sacrifice upsetting the balance of forces, but will it work or tragically boomerang? The reader is invited to solve this critical question by identifying the advantages that a specific position holds which might make the combination successful.