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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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.124 SUK

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Summary: 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 THR

Capablanca, 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 CAP

Stilton, Geronimo

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 STI

Sukhin, 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 SUK

Sukhin, 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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.1 SUK

MacEnulty, 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

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT Rec MacEnulty

Sukhin, 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

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.1 SUK

Tevis, 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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Summary: 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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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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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 HOW

Summary: 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

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE PAW

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PAW

Hoffman, Paul

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2007

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1 HOF

Cohen, 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.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2004

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 781.66 COH

Gerber, 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

Copies Available at Interlochen

1 available in JT Audio Books, Call number: JT PA Fiction Gerber 2022

Summary: 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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Alburt, Lev.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.12 ALB

Chernev, Irving

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Dover 1960

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1 CHE

Divinsky, N. J.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 1991

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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 794.103 DIV

Keene, 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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Martin, 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

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC MAR

Nottingham, 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

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 794.12 NOT

Snyder, Robert M.

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Summary: Introduces the pieces, rules, opening moves, and basic strategy of chess.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: D. McKay 1991

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 794.1 SNY

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