Sukhin, Igor.
Summary: Illustrates how to achieve two-move checkmates, showing how to consider possible defenses by an opponent, visualize upcoming moves, and sacrifice pieces in order to win.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mongoose Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.124 SUKSummary: A captivating 4-part series examining the remarkable impact of chess on culture, art, science and sport. Take an exhilarating journey across a wide range of times and places touching on cultural history, chess variants, art, literature, AI, psychology, gender issues, education, social empowerment, prison reform, and more to find out what makes the game so unique. The films offer an experience...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC THRCapablanca, José Raúl.
Summary: 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Cadogan Chess 1994
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Summary: Illustrates ways to achieve checkmate with more complex positions, teaches players to recognize openings, and shows them how to apply basic tactical tools.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mongoose Press 2010
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Summary: Presents problems and situations to improve tactics and techniques in playing chess, including strategies, forks, pins, and skewers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Puzzles & Games 2003
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Summary: Introduces chess, including how pieces move, how to assess threats and captures, and the power of each piece against an opponent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mongoose Press 2010
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Summary: "Geronimo and friends have to get to the bottom of a crown jewel of a case! Checkmate, cheese-lovers, er, we mean chess-lovers. For once, all is quiet in New Mouse City, so Geronimo Stilton, Editor-in-Chief of The Rodents Gazette can report on an incredible chess match-up. On one side, Gary Goudov, world-renowned chess champion, and on the other side, a super chess-playing computer! But after...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 STISukhin, Igor.
Summary: Introduces basic checkmate and how to recognizing when it is imminent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mongoose Press 2010
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Summary: Eight-year-old orphan Beth Harmon is quiet, sullen, and by all appearances unremarkable. That is, until she plays her first game of chess. Her senses grow sharper, her thinking clearer, and for the first time in her life she feels herself fully in control. By the age of sixteen, she's competing for the US Open championship. But as Beth hones her skills on the professional circuit, the stakes...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TEVSummary: Story Time Chess is a board game that teaches chess to young children using silly stories, vibrant illustrations, custom chess pieces, and a unique chess board. The stories and supporting materials communicate the rules of chess to children ages 3 and up in a way that makes learning chess simple and fun. Best of all, no chess experience is required for parents or children to learn.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Thinking Cup Learning 2021
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 46Summary: The set can help teach beginners or novices the different chess moves. It unique notation system will enhance enjoyment, too.
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Spin Master Ltd 2021
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1 available in STEM Kits, Call number: J STEM KIT 287Summary: Classic Strategy Games Set: A magical games line inspired by the oldest toy store in the United States. Every piece has been specially designed with the FAO Schwarz seal of approval and an elegant touch of the FAO Schwarz brand. With this beautiful wood game collection, you can enjoy three classic games in one convenient package. Includes Chess; the king of all board game, Checkers; a simple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spin Master 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Learn chess from an international master and renowned teacher in these intensively illustrated, easy-to-understand lessons for players at all levels. Jeremy Silman is an International Master and a world-class chess teacher, writer, and player who has won the U.S. Open, The National Open, and the American Open.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1 HOWSummary: In a gripping true story set during the height of the Cold War, American chess prodigy Bobby Fischer finds himself caught between two superpowers when he challenges the Soviet Empire. It chronicles Fischer's terrifying struggles with genius and madness, and the rise and fall of a kid from Brooklyn who captured the imagination of the world.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PAWCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PAWHoffman, Paul
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1 HOFCohen, Rich.
Contents: Today you are a man, go get me a drink -- Jew Street -- They call it the blues, but it makes you want to dance -- 2120 South Michigan -- The kids dig it, but the kids are sick -- The record man pays for our sins.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 COHGerber, Alyson
Summary: From the author of the critically acclaimed Braced comes a story of a girl caught between her love of chess and her ADHD. Clea can't control her thoughts. She knows she has to do her homework, but she gets distracted. She knows she can't just say whatever thought comes into her head, but sometimes she can't help herself. Other kids are starting to notice. When Clea fails one too many tests, her...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Findaway World, LLC 2022
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1 available in JT Audio Books, Call number: JT PA Fiction Gerber 2022Keene, Raymond D.
Summary: Provides instruction in the basics of playing chess, using illustrated explanations, diagrams, stories, and quotations, as well as examples of elementary games and strategies.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bright Sky Press 2001
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.1 KEEMartin, Charles
Summary: "Seth--a small town journalist raised by foster parents--is assigned to write about a young boy found in a ditch after a car and train collision. As he works to discover the boy's identity, he also finds the story of his own history and the father who gave up everything to get him back"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2019
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MARNottingham, Ted.
Summary: Presents a series of chess puzzles organized around the pieces involved, covering knight, rook, bishop, and queen moves, forks, pins, and sacrifices, and surveying some of the game's grandmasters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1998
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.12 NOTSnyder, Robert M.
Summary: Introduces the pieces, rules, opening moves, and basic strategy of chess.
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Publisher / Publication Date: D. McKay 1991
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Chess Records was located on the south side of Chicago. In 1947, it began recording blues music with Muddy Waters and Little Walter. This eventually gave birth to rock and roll in 1955 with Chuck Berry. Record producer, Leonard Chess has an ear for this different type of music and believes he can cash in by signing up new talent such as songwriter, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, and Etta James....
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA CADCrothers, Tim.
Summary: The astonishing true story of Phiona Mutesi, a teenager from the slums of Kampala, Uganda, who, inspired by an unlikely mentor, a war refugee turned missionary, becomes an international chess champion.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, inc. 2016