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212 Surprising Checkmates
by Fred Wilson & Bruce Alberston
Table of Contents and Introduction

1001 Brilliant Ways to Checkmate
by Fred Reinfeld
Table of Contents, Introduction an Excerpt

3...Qd8 Scandinavian: Simple & Strong
by Dan Lowinger
Table of Contents, Introduction an Excerpt
Analytical Update, August 2014

1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations
by Fred Reinfeld
Table of Contents, Introduction an Excerpt

2021 International Chess Calendar
Excerpt

Alexander Alekhine: Fourth World Chess Champion
by Isaak & Vladimir Linder
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

The Art of Checkmate
by Georges Renaud & Victor Kahn
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

The Art of Sacrifice in Chess
by Rudolf Spielmann
Revised and expanded by Karsten Mueller

Table of Contents, Authors Introductons and Excerpt

Attack & Counterattack in Chess
by Fred Reinfeld
Table of Contents and Excerpt

Back to Basics: Strategy
by Valeri Beim
Table of Contents, Author's Preface and Excerpt

Back to Basics: Tactics
by Dan Heisman
Table of Contents, Introduction

The Bishop: Danger on the Diagonal
by Sergey Kasparov
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Bobby Fischer
The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion

by Karsten Mueller
Table of Contents and Excerpt

Bullet Chess: One Minute to Mate
by Hikaru Nakamura & Bruce Harper
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

The Chameleon Variation
Confronting the Sicilian on Your Own Terms

by Carsten Hansen
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

Checkmate
Bobby Fischer's Boys' Life Columns

by Bobby Fischer
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

Chess Analytics: Training with a Grandmaster
by Efstratios Grivas
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

Chess Lessons: Solving Problems and Avoiding Mistakes
by Mark Dvoretsky
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

The Chess Puzzle Book 2
by Karsten Mueller
Table of Contents, Introduction, Foreword and Excerpt

The Chess Puzzle Book 4
by Karsten Mueller & Alex Markgraf
Table of Contents, Introduction, Foreword and Excerpt

Chess Movies 1: Quick Tricks
by Bruce Pandolfini
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Chess Movies 2: The Means and Ends
by Bruce Pandolfini
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Chess Tests
by Mark Dvoretsky
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

ChessBase Complete: Chess in the Digital Age
by Jon R. Edwards
Table of Contents, Foreword, Introduction, and Excerpt

ChessBase Complete 2019 Supplement|
by Jon R. Edwards
Table of Contents, Foreword, Introduction, Excerpt

The Club Player’s Modern Guide to Gambits
by Nikolai Kalinichenko
Table of Contents, Introduction, Excerpt

The Complete Chess Course: From Beginning to Winning Chess!
by Fred Reinfeld
Table of Contents, Foreword, Introduction, and Excerpt

The Doeberl Cup: Fifty Years of Australian Chess History
by Bill Egan
Over 6,000 games in pgn format

Doubled Pawns - A Practical Guide
by Sergey Kasparov
Table of Contents, Introduction, and Excerpt

Draw! The Art of the Half-Point in Chess
by Leonid Verkhovsky
Table of Contents, Foreword, and Excerpt

Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual
by Mark Dvoretsky, Second Edition
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual
by Mark Dvoretsky, Fifth Edition revised by Karsten Mueller
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt
Article about the Fifth Edition, Chess Life August 2020

Emanuel Lasker: A Reader
Edited by Taylor Kingston
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

The Exchange Sacrifice: A Practical Guide
by Sergey Kasparov
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Fight 1.d4 with the Tarrasch!: A Complete Black Repertoire vs. 1.d4
by Vassilios Kotronias
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

For Friends & Colleagues, Volume 1 - Profession: Chess Coach
by Mark Dvoretsky
Table of Contents, Introduction, Preface and Excerpt

For Friends & Colleagues, Volume 2 - Reflections on My Proffession
by Mark Dvoretsky
Table of Contents, Introduction, Preface and Excerpt

French Defense: The Solid Rubinstein Variation
by Hannes Langrock
Table of Contents, Introduction

The Hague-Moscow 1948: Match/Tournament for the World Chess Championship
by Max Euwe
Table of Contents, Excerpt
Computer-Assisted Supplement

A History of Chess: From Chaturanga to the Present Day
by Yuri Averbakh (Foreword by Garry Kasparov)
Table of Contents, Introduction, Foreword and From the Author

How to Beat Your Kids at Chess
by David MacEnulty
Table of Contents and Introduction

How to Be a Winner at Chess
by Fred Reinfeld
Table of Contents and Excerpt

How to Play Chess like a Champion
by Fred Reinfeld
Table of Contents and Excerpt

The Human Comedy of Chess
by Hans Ree
Foreword, Preface and Excerpt

The Hypermodern Game of Chess
by Savielly Tartakower
Table of Contents, Foreword, Introduction, Excerpt

The King’s Indian According to Tigran Petrosian
by Igor Yanvarjov
Table of Contents, From the Author, Excerpt

The Knight: The Cunning Cavalry
by Sergey Kasparov
Table of Contents, Introduction, Excerpt

Lasker's Manual of Chess
by Emanuel Lasker
Table of Contents, Foreword, Excerpt

Learn Chess the Right Way - Book 1: Must-know Checkmates
by Susan Polgar
Table of Contents, Introduction, Excerpt

Learn Chess the Right Way - Book 2: Winning Material
by Susan Polgar
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Learn Chess the Right Way - Book 3: Mastering Defensive Technique
by Susan Polgar
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Learn Chess the Right Way - Book 4: Sacrifice to Win!
by Susan Polgar
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

 

Learn Chess the Right Way - Book 5: Finding Winning Moves
by Susan Polgar
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

A Legend on the Road: Bobby Fischer's 1964 Simul Tour
by John Donaldson
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Let's Play Chess: A Step-by-Step Guide for New Players
by Bruce Pandolfini
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

The Life and Games of Akiva Rubinstein
Volume 1: Uncrowned King

by John Donaldson & Nikolay Minev
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

The Life and Games of Akiva Rubinstein
Volume 2, The Later Years

by John Donaldson & Nikolay Minev
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Looking for Trouble
by Dan Heisman, Second Edition
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

The Magic of Chess Tactics 2
by Claus Dieter Meyer and Karsten Mueller
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Man vs. Machine
Challenging Human Supremacy at Chess

by Jonathan Schaeffer and Karsten Mueller
Table of Contents, Forward and Excerpt
Most games, without annotations, PGN

Maneuvering: The Art of Piece Play
by Mark Dvoretsky
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Marvelous Modern Miniatures: 2020 Games in 20 Moves or Less
by Carsten Hansen
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

Mastering Mates 1: 1,111 One-move Mates
by Jon Edwards
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt
Complete PGN Game Scores

Mastering Mates 2: 1,111 Two-move, Three-move and Four-move Mates
by Jon Edwards
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt
Complete PGN Game Scores

Max Euwe - Fifth World Chess Champion
by Isaak and Vladimir Linder
Table of Contents, Foreword, and Excerpt

Mikhail Botvinnik - Sixth World Champion
by Isaak and Vladimir Liner
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

The Modern Chess Instructor
by Wilhelm Steinitz
Table of Contents, Foreword, Preface, and Excerpt

The Modern Spanish: Breyer and Zaitsev Systems
by Vassilios Kotronias
Table of Contents, Foreword, Introduction and Excerpt

Music and Chess: Apollo Meets Caissa
by Achilleas Zographos
Table of Contents, Introduction, and Excerpt

My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937
by Alexander Alekhine
Table of Contents, Editor's Preface, and Excerpt

My Best Games of Chess, 1908-1937
Computer-Assisted Supplement

My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954
by Savielly Tartakower
Table of Contents, Editor's Preface, and Excerpt

My Best Games of Chess, 1905-1954
Computer-Assisted Supplement

My Chess
by Hans Ree
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

My First Book of Chess Tactics
by David MacEnulty
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

The Morra Gambit: A Dynamic Weapon against the Sicilian
by Hannes Langrock, Second Edition
Table of Contents and Introduction

Najdorf x Najdorf
by Liliana Najdorf, Foreword and Annotated Games by Jan Timman
Table of Contents, Prologue and Excerpt

New York 1924
by Alexander Alekhine
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt
Computer-Assisted Supplement

New York 1927
by Alexander Alekhine
Table of Contents and Excerpt
Computer-Assisted Supplement

Opening Originals: Strong Sidelines for Club Cats
by Daniel Lowinger
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Profession: ChessPlayer - Grandmaster at Work
by Vladimir Tukmakov
Table of Contents, From the Author and Excerpt 

Reaching the Top?! - A Guide to Playing Master-Level Chess
by Peter Kurzdorfer
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

Recognizing Your Opponent's Resources: Developing Preventive Thinking
by Mark Dvoretsky
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

Reinfeld on the Endgame
by Fred Reinfeld
Table of Contents and Excerpt

Sabotaging the Sicilian, French and Caro-Kann Defenses with 2.b3
by Jerzy Konikowski & Marek Soszynski
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Sacking the Citadel
by Jon Edwards
Table of Contents and Excerpt

The Scotch Gambit: An Energetic and Aggressive System for White
by Alex Fishbein
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

The Self-Deceptions of Our Enemies
by Emanuel Lasker

Sicilian Defense - Chelyabinsk Variation: Its Past, Present and Future
by Gennadi Timoshchenko
Table of Contents, Introduction, Excerpt

St. Petersburg 1909 by Emanuel Lasker
Computer-Assisted Supplement

The Tactician's Handbook
by Victor Charushin, Revised by Karsten Mueller
Table of Contents, Preface, Foreword and Excerpt

Teaching Chess Step-by-Step Book 1
by Igor Khmelnitsky, Michael Khodarkovsky and Michael Zadorozny
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Teaching Chess Step-by-Step Book 2
by Igor Khmelnitsky, Michael Khodarkovsky and Michael Zadorozny
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Teaching Chess Step-by-Step Book 3
by Igor Khmelnitsky, Michael Khodarkovsky and Michael Zadorozny
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Tragicomedy in the Endgame: Instructive Mistakes of the Masters
by Mark Dvoretsky
Table of Contents, Foreword, Introduction and Excerpt

Understanding Minor Piece Endgames
by Karsten Muller & Yakov Konoval
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

Vienna 1922
by Larry Evans
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

Why You Lose at Chess
by Fred Reinfeld
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Wilhelm Steinitz - First World Chess Champion
by Isaak and Vladimir Linder
Table of Contents, Foreword and Excerpt

A World Champion's Guide to Chess
by Susan Polgar
Table of Contents, Introduction and Excerpt

Zurich 1953: 15 Contenders for the World Chess Championship
by Miguel Najdorf
Table of Contents, Introduction, Foreword and Excerpt

Zurich 1953
Computer-Assisted Supplement

The 2012 Russell Enterprises Holiday Quiz
Answers & Winners

The 2015 Russell Enterprises Holiday Quiz
Answers & Winners