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IA208

Chess Exam & Training: Tactics

The original best-selling Chess Exam and Training Guide had rave reviews from readers and experts alike. In this sequel, the focus is exclusively on Tactics. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned master, this book will help you to evaluate your current level, identify your weaknesses and get training advice. It includes:

  • 60 diagrams & 120 total questions of various difficulty.
  • Comprehensive answers include diagrams for easy reading away from the chessboard.
  • Distribution of answers, percentiles and other statistical reports by rating group from unrated to 2400+.
  • Match yourself against players of all levels, up to grandmaster and see how you stack up.
  • Results evaluated and Rating assigned overall & by 29 distinct categories.
  • Comprehensive reports on each of the categories with examples, training recommendations and book/materials suggestions.

    Item ID IA208
    Our price $ 23.95

     

  • IA207

    Chess Exam & Training Guide

    You will find: - 100 diagrams & 200 total questions of various difficulty. - Comprehensive answers includes diagrams for easy reading away from the chessboard. - Distributions of answers, percentiles and other statistical reports by rating group from unrated to 2400+. Match yourself against players of all levels, up to grandmaster and see how you stock up. - Results evaluated and Rating assigned overall & by 12 distinct categories: Opening, Middlegame, Endgame, Attack, Defense, Counterattack, Tactics, Strategy, Calculations, Standard Positions (Endgame), Sacrifices, Recognizing Threats. - Comprehensive reports on each of the categories with examples, training recommendations and book/materials suggestions.

    Item ID IA207
    Our price $ 27.95

     

    H-DGT5

    DGT North American Digital Clock

    The brand-new DGT North American clock uses 10 built-in algorithms to give a complete range of timing choices,* plus elegant design to satisfy the most demanding chess player. Even multi-period delay settings are easy! Quick-set options permit instant set-up. Manual programming options are fast and intuitive and are automatically stored in memory. Of course our new digital timer is a superb chess clock, but it also times any two-person board game—like go, shogi, checkers, and Scrabble©. All the bells and whistles, together with DGT’s reputation for quality and accuracy! Regular: $54.95 Sale: $49.95 Buy 2 or more for $44.95 each

    Item ID H-DGT5
    Our price $ 49.95

     

    G-1034

    Wood Set 10" x 10" mag. with Drawers

    Magnetic wooden chess set with drawers containing individual slots for each piece allow ease of movement and storage. Play chess in the plane, train or automobile. King 5.5cm, squares 2.5cm. Rounded edges of board decreases chance of damage.

    Item ID G-1034
    Our price $ 79.95

     

    CH-6201

    Travel Magnetic Set Aluminum

    The Aluminum Magnetic Travel Chess Set is both very compact and very playable. Featureing button closure to secure your game. When opened the aluminum magnetic chess set features a 7.44" x 6.5" chess board. The 1/2" round chess pieces are easy to identify and move. The board is an excellent learning set that will fit in any pocket. Pieces won't slide or fall once placed and the pieces move easily, even for children. These make great club and student chess prizes and giveaways!

    6.5" x 3.75" x 0.5" folded 7.44" x 6.5" aluminum chessboard 1/2" round magnetic chess pieces Button closure to secure your game

    Item ID CH-6201
    Our price $ 17.95

     

    G-900

    Chess 9'' round magnetic Moon Drawer

    This innovative travel chess set measures 9 inches diameter with the drawers folded in. It's called 'Moon Drawers' - you can see why. The drawers come out of the sides - the engineering for this set is superb. The pieces also have good form, attention has been given to detail in the carving. A wonderful gift to encourage someone to start the game of Kings.

    Item ID G-900
    Our price $ 39.95

     

    G-1032

    Chess Set Magnetic 12x12

    Magnetic folding wooden chess set with individual slots underneath for each piece allow ease of movement and storage. Play chess in the plane, train or automobile. King 6cm, squares 3cm. Rounded edges of board decreases chance of damage.

    Item ID G-1032
    Our price $ 99.95

     

    G-918

    Wood Chess Set 18`` Weighted Pieces

    Solid wooden set with folding board containing individual slots for the pieces. Pieces weighted to give more stability. Easy travelling set. King 9.5cm, squares 5cm. Extra queen supplied for each side in event of pawn promotions.

    Item ID G-918
    Our price $ 149.95

     

    AU-87842

    Chess board walnut 5.5cm

    Each square is 5.5cm, while entire board measures 52cm.

    Item ID AU-87842
    Our price $ 59.95

     

    GT-8

    Chess Set India with Metal Pieces

    Dark brown inlaid wood set with unweighted metal chess pieces. Set also has a built-in storage compartment for easy cleanup and storage.

  • Board size: 12" x 12"
  • King height: 2.5"

    Item ID GT-8
    Our price $ 99.95

     

  • FN-495

    Wood Deluxe Gaming Table - Poker, Blackj

    Item ID FN-495
    Our price $ 495.00

     

    HN-5889

    Mah Jongg with racks Travel

    Includes: 4 plastic racks (no money holders), 166 thin white tiles, chips, dice, bettor, instruction booklet. The case has snap closures.

    Approximate case size: 19" x 6 1/2" x 2 1/2"

    Approximate tile size: 7/8" wide x 1 3/16" tall x 1/8" thick

    Rack length: 16"

    Weighs 4.6 lbs.

    Great to have when traveling.

    Item ID HN-5889
    Our price $ 69.99

     

    HS-626

    Backgammon Comp. Pecari

    Hector Saxe is known world-wide as one of the greatest creators of backgammon sets. This set has:

  • Faux alligator skin exterior
  • Felt interior
  • Brass clasp
  • Playing surface: 37cm x 52cm
  • Checkers: 44mm diameter and 10mm thickness
  • Two immitation leather cups
  • Four dice and doubling cube
  • Slipcover to protect the set
  • Comes in: black, red, beige and yellow
  • Made in France

    Item ID HS-626
    Our price $ 599.99

     

  • GL-355

    Hunt & Seek Young Expert (Bil)

    The aim of the game is to locate objects hidden in the magnificently illustrated game boards. Those who love challenges may also try to locate the ten additional objects hidden in each of the game boards.

    Language: Bilingual

    Our Recommended Age: 2 - 4 years

    Item ID GL-355
    Our price $ 14.99

     

    LR-201

    Ticket to Ride Europa 1912 (bil)

    The Ticket to Ride Europa 1912 expansion for the Ticket to Ride series includes 101 Destination Tickets - the 46 original tickets, plus 55 new ones that enable 3 new variants to the Ticket to Ride Europe map: Europe Expanded, which adds 19 new routes to the original 46; Big Cities of Europe, with tickets to 9 major European cities; and Mega Europe, which uses all the new routes as well as the 46 original Destination Tickets.

    This expansion also introduces Warehouses & Depots - new game rules and pieces that create an additional strategic layer and can be played with any of the Ticket to Ride maps. Wooden Train Depots are placed on cities selected by each player. Throughout the game, each player's Warehouse will accumulate Train cards and those who have the foresight, clever timing, or just plain good fortune to build a route to a Depot can make off with a fistful of Train cards. Depot placement and skillful Warehouse tactics become a key part of a winning Ticket to Ride strategy!

    Item ID LR-201
    Our price $ 26.99

     

    AL-19

    Blokus

    Develops logic and spacial perception while kids learn to be tactical. Players take turns placing pieces on their board, each starting from their corner. Each new piece must touch at least one other piece of the same color, but only at the corners! The goal is to get rid of all your pieces. The game ends when all players are blocked from laying down any more of their pieces. The player with the least remaining area is the winner. Includes one gameboard with 400 squares, 84 game pieces in four bright translucent colors, and an instruction guide.

    • Manufacturer: Educational Insights
    • Designer: Bernard Tavitian
    • Number of Players: 2 - 4
    • Time to Play: 20 - 30 minutes
    • Ages: 5+

    Item ID AL-19
    Our price $ 29.99

     

    CO-991

    Brain Boost Visual Logic Book

    Train your brain and boost you IQ! Whether you want to do a quick ten minutes of mental stimulation or a full cerebral workout, then this is the puzzle book for you.

    The puzzles are sorted into chapter according to how long we reckon it will take you to solve them, easy ones at the front - harder ones towards the back.

    You can either dip into the book whenever the mood takes, or you can take up the ultimate test of your mental agility. See if you can beat the clock to score the maximum possible points in each chapter.

    Item ID CO-991
    Our price $ 9.99

     

    FX-3

    WereWolves (Eng)

    Card game, 8-18 players, ages 10+ As night falls, close your eyes and be very quiet. The Werewolves of Millers Hollow may take you tonight if you aren't careful. Based on the Stalinist-era Russian game known as Spies or Mafia, The Werewolves of Millers Hollow is a great party game for both roleplaying crowds and murder mystery folk.

    Item ID FX-3
    Our price $ 14.99

     

    FX-100

    Fantasy (Fr)

    Item ID FX-100
    Our price $ 14.99

     

    FX-200

    Jungle Smart (Eng)

    Jungle Smart is a game of quick thinking and visual logic. Players compete to be the first to find the correct sequence of moves that will have 3 animals go from a given starting position to a new target position.

    The player who shouts out loud the right sequence of moves wins the round. The winner of the game is the player who wins the most rounds, out of 24. Can also be played alone. Funny, quick, smart!

    Item ID FX-200
    Our price $ 29.99

     

    GL-360

    Nature Enjeux Monde

    Item ID GL-360
    Our price $ 24.99

     

    GL-3401

    Hunt & Seek Worldwide

    English/French. This game of observation allows children to develop their visual acuity and concentration.

    The aim of the game is to locate objects hidden in the magnificently illustrated game boards. Those who love challenges may also try to locate the ten additional objects hidden in each of the game boards.

    Item ID GL-3401
    Our price $ 14.99

     

    GL-302

    First Hunt & Seek

    My First Hunt and Seek encourages young children to discover the world around them by stimulating their senses of observation and concentration. Children must attempt to locate object hidden in the game boards presenting activities with which they are familiar in daily life: daycare, the park, the schoolyard, the bedroom, the grocery store and the kitchen. Creative tots can also have fun discovering geometrics shapes of different colours. An exciting game of fun, discovery and laughter.

    Item ID GL-302
    Our price $ 14.99

     

    FS-53

    Dungeoneer (Fr)

    Item ID FS-53
    Our price $ 39.99

     

    GL-370

    Hunt & Seek France (Bil)

    English/French/Italian/German. Hunt and Seek™ Edition France invites players to tour France and learn about eight major tourist attractions of this European country. Like the other games in the series, this game develops a child’s reactions, sense of observation, visual acuity and concentration. The names of the items written in 4 languages allow children to learn the basics of reading a second language.

    The aim of the game is to find 50 objects hidden in the beautifully illustrated game boards.

    Item ID GL-370
    Our price $ 15.99

     

    GL-380

    Évolution(Bil)

    Evolution draws players into an adventure that will test their perception, deductive reasoning skills and speed.

    The aim of the game is to find object in game boards at different stages of evolution or transformation that relate to cards chosen at random. What will the pig become and what was it before it became a pig? How will it finish up and what would it look like if it was a mutant?

    Item ID GL-380
    Our price $ 19.99

     

    GL-4002

    Lettro (Bil)

    This deck of cards can be an interesting tool for therapeutic activities involving seriation of colors and letters, creation of words, etc. Use this with all your residents with cognitive disfuntion or use it with your other residents as a fun card game. It is a very easy strategy card game involving letters of the alphabet. The highest card wins the hand and the player with most hands wins.

    Item ID GL-4002
    Our price $ 13.99

     

    HN-3809

    Backgammon 9" Magnetic

  • 9" Magnetic Case for Travel or Storage
  • Casino Quality Dice, Cups and Movers
  • Sewn Pips on Cloth Playing Field

    Item ID HN-3809
    Our price $ 19.99

     

  • AU-29250

    Puzzle 2000 Wolves

    2000 pc puzzle. Somewhat Gothic scene. A solver's delight.

    Item ID AU-29250
    Our price $ 49.99

     

    GT-11

    Go Folding Set

    For those on the "go" anytime, any place. This folding go set makes travel a breeze. Anyone on the "go" has "go"t to have this item!

    Item ID GT-11
    Our price $ 59.99

     

    LR-1202

    Ligretto Red (Bil)

    Ligretto is a fast-moving game, where you must get rid of your Ligretto stacks as quickly as you can to be the winner. You must have fast hands and quick thinking, as the need for speed is key in this colour-stacking card game! All players play at the same time, so there's no time to lose!

    Add different coloured decks together for a lightning-fast game for up to 12 players!

    Item ID LR-1202
    Our price $ 14.99

     

    LR-1600

    Order of Stick Dungeon of Dorukan

    Why just read about foolish and incompetent adventurers when you can be one yourself?

    Dive head first into the world of the inexplicably popular fantasy gaming webcomic. Take on the role of one of the six daring adventurers as you explore each room of the mysterious Dungeon of Dorukan in this hilarious satire of the fantasy genre. But beware, for the evil undead sorcerer Xykon awaits you at the bottom of the dungeon, and he has nothing better to do than focus on wiping the floor with your sorry butt.

    Based on the popular web-comic, Order of the Stick.

    Item ID LR-1600
    Our price $ 49.99

     

    LR-2

    Kingsburg to Force a Real

    The expansion is composed by five "modules". One or more modules can be added to the game in order to customize it to your liking (or to have a slightly different challenge each time).

    They are:

  • two extra rows of buildings
  • seven "alternative rows" of buildings (each replacing one of the seven standard ones; each player gets two of these during setup and thus has a slightly different board than the others to manage)
  • more than twenty Characters (each one with a special ability; every player gets one of them and enjoys his/her special power for the whole game)
  • more than twenty events (they are shuffled and one is revealed at the start of each year, producing a special effect for that year only, which may be helpful, neutral or detrimental, but it's always applied to all players)
  • an alternative (deterministic) way to handle wintry reinforcements (rather than the die, each player gets six tokens numbered 0, 1, 1, 2, 3 and 4 during setup; at the beginning of each Winter you use and discard a token to get that many extra soldiers from the King).

    Item ID LR-2
    Our price $ 39.99

     

  • WS-3051

    Rollover Rover

    Laugh Out Loud Rollover Pets -- Rollover Rover

    You can't help but laugh along with the LOL Rollover Pets. They roll around back and forth on the floor laughing hysterically. Get them laughing with a wave of your hand (motion activated). Uses 3 "AA" size batteries (not included). For ages 5 and Up.

    Item ID WS-3051
    Our price $ 19.99

     

    AU-81321

    Bridge Wallet 1-8

    Come in black only.

    Item ID AU-81321
    Our price $ 19.99

     

    DW-86

    Bicycle Bridge Cards

    This is a single deck of bridge size playing cards. These cards are available in red and blue backs.

    Item ID DW-86
    Our price $ 4.99

     

    O-890

    Fritz 12 DVD (Eng)

    Fritz is the world’s most popular chess program, developed by ChessBase, “the world's leading chess software company” (Washington Post). Whether you are a beginner, club player or professional – Fritz has everything that chess players could want: automatically adjusting playing strength, handicap and coaching functions, explanation of positions, coloured danger warnings, openings statistics, automatic game analysis, trainings modules for openings, tactics, endgames, and a database of one million games. Fritz continues to fascinate the chess world. It has beaten a reigning World Champion in the battle of man vs machine, and it has worked with World Champions as a clever training partner (Garry Kasparov: “I regularly analyse with Fritz”) which will entertain you with fresh and humorous verbal comments.

    NEW: FRITZ is now even faster. The completely redesigned ergonomic interface gives you instant access to all the most important functions. This means more comfort and clearer controls. Never before has it been so easy and fast to play with Fritz.

    FRITZ prepares you for serious encounters over the chessboard. Have you ever trained with a human grandmaster? Fritz provides you with twelve hours of video lessons for every level of play. Enjoy the instructive analysis of master games, the discussion of clever openings traps, deadly combinations to solve. The video material introduces you to world class grandmasters like Alexei Shirov, Rustam Kasimdzhanov, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, even chess legend Garry Kasparov. And if you cannot play chess Fritz will teach you the rules of the games – within an hour you will be playing your first game of chess.

    FRITZ helps you to find friends. It includes a full year’s subscription to Playchess.com, the world’s biggest chess server. Every day you have thousands of players logged into this virtual chess club. You will always find an opponent that matches your playing strength. Or you can simply watch top tournaments and the games of world-class grandmasters played live on the server.

    NEW: FRITZ gives you Premium Membership to Playchess. Without further costs or obligations you will be able to listen to the audio commentary during major events, you can receive live training, play in simultaneous exhibitions against top GMs, watch the TV ChessBase shows and play in league tournaments.

    Item ID O-890
    Our price $ 79.95

     

    O-884

    Roman's Lab 76:

    Part 1:

    Black defensive system beginning with:

    1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 Bxc3+! 5.bxc3 f5

    Roman with the help of Rybka has revitalized a forgotten opening which he made famous by winning countless games. The opening first appeared on Roman's Forum series vol.32 which is still a good reference.

    Roman has made significant improvements for this complete two part opening repetorire. This opening is easy to learn and understand and is a great surprise weapon that your opponent will have trouble meeting. Roman taught GM Lev Alburt this opening right before a tournament in which the latter scored 2.5 out of 3 with black and as a result finished first.

    About GM Roman Dzindzihashvili:

  • Former two-time U.S. Champion & Russian Champion
  • Former World Open winner
  • Writer & Teacher
  • Former Chess Coach & Trainer for World Champions Gary Kasparov & Anatoly Karpov

    Item ID O-884
    Our price $ 24.95

     

  • O-891

    Sicilian Bb5 (Shirov) DVD

    The Rossolimo Variation of the Sicilian Defence (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5) is always an excellent choice with White if you want to avoid the deeply analysed main lines of the Open Sicilian (3.d4), in which the analysis frequently goes deep into the middlegame or sometimes even into the endgame. For that reason the move 3.Bb5 has a firm place in the repertoire of many grandmasters where it is welcome above all as an anti-Sveshnikov weapon. Instead of getting involved in a theoretical duel, White logically aims for strategically complex positions, e.g. by exchanging on c6 and at the cost of the bishop pair while degrading Black’s pawn structure (doubled pawns c6/c5). This results in positions in which positional understanding is more important than knowledge of specific variations - meaning that only players who are aware of the general plans and typical piece manoeuvres will be able to find their way through them.

    Alexei Shirov provides you with the requisite understanding of the subtleties of these positions, by annotating extensively his most important games in this variation. During his career he has played the 3.Bb5 system with both colours and he shares with you on this DVD his valuable experience in the form of video lessons which take up a total running time of more than seven hours.

    Alexei Shirov was born in Riga just like world champion Mihail Tal, and also his playing style reminds many chess fans of the young Tal. In the beginning of the 90s, a comet-like rise brought the young Latvian to the world top within the shortest of time. Being no older than 22 years, he already had an Elo rating of nearly 2750 and belonged to the absolute elite. Since then Shirov has been one of the best players in the world, delighting all chess fans with original and amazing ideas on the board.

    System Requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard.

    Item ID O-891
    Our price $ 49.95

     

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