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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mongoose Press 2011
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.124 SUKSukhin, Igor.
Summary: Introduces basic checkmate and how to recognizing when it is imminent.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mongoose Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.1 SUKTevis, Walter S.
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 TEVCapablanca, 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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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1 CAPSukhin, Igor.
Summary: Illustrates ways to achieve checkmate with more complex positions, teaches players to recognize openings, and shows them how to apply basic tactical tools.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mongoose Press 2010
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.1 SUKMacEnulty, David.
Summary: Presents problems and situations to improve tactics and techniques in playing chess, including strategies, forks, pins, and skewers.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Puzzles & Games 2003
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1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Rec MacEnultySukhin, Igor.
Summary: Introduces chess, including how pieces move, how to assess threats and captures, and the power of each piece against an opponent.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Mongoose Press 2010
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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 2022Summary: 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: 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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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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...
Format: three dimensional object
Publisher / Publication Date: Spin Master 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: 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 287Basman, Michael.
Summary: Readers can learn all the rules of chess with annotated photsequences and advice on the game from a top game expert.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK. 2006
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Summary: Introduces the rules and strategies of chess, as well as its history and some of the great players and matches.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Kingfisher 2010
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Summary: Provides background on the game of chess, its different forms, and the U.S. Chess Federation, presents an introduction to the chessboard and playing pieces, explains various strategies and moves, and discusses chess computers, clubs, exhibitions, and recordkeeping.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Adams Media Corp. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1 KURSadler, Matthew
Summary: It took AlphaZero only a few hours of self-learning to become the chess player that shocked the world. The artificial intelligence system, created by DeepMind, had been fed nothing but the rules of the Royal Game when it beat the world's strongest chess engine in a prolonged match. The selection of ten games published in December 2017 created a worldwide sensation: how was it possible to play...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: New in Chess 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1 SADSummary: Susan teaches beginners basic chess knowledge including pieces, points, rules, and moves. Along with her teaching helpers, Champion & King Harold, set a funstage for learning chess.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Susan Polgar & Chessdvds.com 2005
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Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.12 ALBChernev, Irving
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Dover 1960
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1 CHEKidder, Harvey.
Summary: Traces the history of chess, describes the pieces and how they move, and discusses the strategy of the game.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Workman Pub. 1990
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alpha 2003
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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 KEENottingham, 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.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Pub. Co. 1998