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List Of Chess Books (A–F)
This is a list of chess books that are used as references in articles related to chess. The list is organized by alphabetical order of the author's surname, then the author's first name, then the year of publication, then the alphabetical order of title. As a general rule, only the original edition should be listed except when different editions bring additional encyclopedic value. Examples of exceptions include: * When various editions are different enough to be considered as nearly a different book, for example for opening encyclopedias when each edition is completely revised and has even different authors (example: ''Modern Chess Openings''). * When the book is too old to have an ID (ISBN number, OCLC number, ...) that makes it easy for the reader to find it. In that case, both the first and the last edition can be indicated (example: ''My 60 Memorable Games''). Authors with five books or more have a sub-section title on their own, to increase the usability of the table of cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to distinguish it from related games, such as xiangqi (Chinese chess) and shogi (Japanese chess). The recorded history of chess goes back at least to the emergence of a similar game, chaturanga, in seventh-century India. The rules of chess as we know them today emerged in Europe at the end of the 15th century, with standardization and universal acceptance by the end of the 19th century. Today, chess is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide. Chess is an abstract strategy game that involves no hidden information and no use of dice or cards. It is played on a chessboard with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. At the start, each player controls sixteen pieces: one king, one queen, two rooks, t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Aplin
Nick Aplin (born 7 March 1952) is a Senior Lecturer at the Physical Education and Sports Science Academic Group (PESS) at the National Institute of Education (NIE). In 1971 he studied at Loughborough College for his degree in physical education (PE). He graduated in 1976. In 1984 Nick Aplin studied a master's degree at Loughborough. In late 1985 he became a lecturer at the College of Physical Education in SIngapore. He completed a PhD in 1999. Nick Aplin's first book, ''To the Finishing Line'', was published in 2002. It was a set of biographical impressions of the first three Singaporean women Olympians: Tang Pui Wah, Mary Klass and Janet Jesudason. In 2009 he published ''Perspectives on Physical Education and Sports Science in Singapore.'' Alongside Tibor Károlyi, Aplin wrote a series of chess books. ''Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov'' was ''Guardian Guardian usually refers to: * Legal guardian, a person with the authority and duty to care for the interests of another * ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Beliavsky
Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky (, ua, Олександр Генріхович Бєлявський, sl, Aleksander Henrikovič Beljavski; also romanized ''Belyavsky''; born December 17, 1953) is a Soviet, Ukrainian and Slovenian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1975. He is also a chess coach and in 2004 was awarded the title of FIDE Senior Trainer. Beliavsky was born in Lviv, USSR, now Ukraine. He now lives in Slovenia and has been playing for its national team since 1996. Career Beliavsky won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1973 and the USSR Chess Championship four times (in 1974, 1980, 1987 and 1990). In the 1982–84 World Chess Championship cycle, he qualified for the Candidates Tournament, losing to eventual winner Garry Kasparov in the quarterfinals of the 1983 Candidates matches. Beliavsky played on the top board for the USSR team that won the gold medal in the 1984 Chess Olympiad. Beliavsky was a mainstay at international ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Bauer
Christian Bauer (born 11 January 1977) is a French chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster and author. He is a three-time French Chess Championship, French Chess Champion (1996, 2012, 2015). In 2005 he won the 2nd Calvia Chess Festival. In 2009, came first at Vicente Bonil ahead of 21 GMs and 33 titled players. In 2010, he tied for 1st–7th with Alexander Riazantsev (chess player), Alexander Riazantsev, Vitali Golod, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Leonid Kritz, Sébastien Feller, Sébastien Mazé in the 43rd Biel chess tournament, Biel Chess Festival. Books * * * * References External links * 1977 births Living people People from Forbach Chess grandmasters French chess players French chess writers French male non-fiction writers Sportspeople from Moselle (department) {{france-chess-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Basman
Michael John Basman (16 March 1946 – 26 October 2022) was an English chess player, chess author and International Master. He was awarded the International Master title in 1980. Basman was a prolific writer, who made many contributions to the field of chess openings, and was particularly known for frequently choosing bizarre or rarely played openings in his own games, including the St. George Defence (with which English Grandmaster Tony Miles once famously defeated the then World Champion Anatoly Karpov), the Grob (for Black and White) and also The Creepy Crawly, which is a3, then h3 followed by a quick c4. Possibly his greatest tournament success was when he tied for first place in the British Chess Championship tournament of 1973, although he lost the play-off match with William Hartston. In 1975 England contested a match over ten boards against France in Luton. Basman played Board One, ahead of future super Grandmasters John Nunn and Jon Speelman. Basman created the prest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Bardwick
Todd Bardwick (born 1963) is an American author, chess teacher, and US National Chess Master from Denver, Colorado. He was recognized by the United States Chess Federation with the highest lifetime title for a chess teacher, Professional Chess Coach (Level V), for his lifetime work running the Rocky Mountain Chess Camp through the Denver Chess Academy continuously since 1995. Publications * ''Teaching Chess in the 21st Century'' (2004), a training guide for school teachers and chess club sponsors, incorporating standards developed by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. * * ''Chess Workbook for Children'' (2006), a children's introduction to chess which parallels the chapters of ''Teaching Chess in the 21st Century''. The workbook has been translated and sold in Russia, Korea, and the Czech Republic. * * ''Chess Strategy Workbook'' (2010). It was also translated and sold in Russia. * * From 2002 to 2017, Bardwick wrote "The Chess Detective" column for ''Chess Life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonard Barden
Leonard William Barden (born 20 August 1929, in Croydon, London) is an English chess master, writer, broadcaster, journalist, organizer and promoter. The son of a dustman, he was educated at Whitgift School, South Croydon, and Balliol College, Oxford, where he read modern history. He learned to play chess at age 13 while in a school shelter during a World War II German air raid. Within a few years he became one of the country's leading juniors.Anne Sunnucks, ''The Encyclopaedia of Chess'', St. Martin's Press, 1970, p. 20. He represented England in four Chess Olympiads. Barden played a major role in the rise of English chess from the 1970s. He is a chess columnist for various newspapers. His column in London's ''Evening Standard'' is the world's longest-running daily chess column by the same author. Early life Barden was born on 20 August 1929. His father ran a business which collapsed during the Great Depression and eventually found employment as a dustman. Leonard attended Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corvina Verlag
Corvina is an Italian wine grape variety that is sometimes also referred to as Corvina Veronese or Cruina. The total global wine-growing area in 2010 was , all of which is grown in the Veneto region of northeast Italy, except for planted in Argentina. Corvina is used with several other grapes to create the light red regional wines Bardolino and Valpolicella that have a mild fruity flavor with hints of almond. These blends include Corvinone, Rondinella, and Molinara, and Rossignola for the latter wine. It is also used for the production of Amarone and Recioto. Wines Corvina produces light to medium body wines with a light crimson coloring. The grapes' naturally high acidity can make the wine somewhat tart with a slight, bitter almond note. The finish is sometimes marked with sour-cherry notes. In some regions of Valpolicella, producers are using barrel aging to add more structure and complexity to the wine. The small berries of Corvina are low in tannins and color extract but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuri Balashov
Yuri Sergeyevich Balashov (russian: Ю́рий Серге́евич Балашо́в; born 12 March 1949) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1973. Chess career Born in Shadrinsk, Balashov was awarded the grandmaster title in 1973. Balashov was champion of Moscow in 1970 and runner-up to Anatoly Karpov in the 1976 USSR Championship. In 1977, he won Lithuanian Championship. He tied for first place at Lone Pine 1977 and at Wijk aan Zee 1982. In 2014, he won the Senior Tournament at the Moscow Open and tied with Anatoly Vaisser, Viktor Kupreichuk and Herman Claudius van Riemsdijk for first in the World Senior Championship in the 65+ section. Balashov took the silver medal on tiebreak. In the 2018 edition he tied with Vlastimil Jansa for first and again took silver on tiebreak. Balashov represented the USSR in several team events. He played on the second board for the USSR team at the 1971, 1972, and 1974 World Student Team Champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boris Avrukh
Boris Leonidovich Avrukh ( he, בוריס ליאונידוביץ' אברוך; russian: Борис Леонидович Аврух; born 10 February 1978 in Karaganda, Soviet Union) is an Israeli chess grandmaster. He was the World Under-12 champion in 1990. Chess career Boris Avrukh has played for Israel six times in Chess Olympiads. * In 1998, at second reserve board at the 33rd Chess Olympiad in Elista (+7 –1 =2); * In 2000, at third board at the 34th Chess Olympiad in Istanbul (+5 –2 =4); * In 2002, at first reserve board at the 35th Chess Olympiad in Bled (+3 –3 =3); * In 2004, at fourth board at the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià (+5 –0 =5); * In 2006, at fourth board at the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+6 –1 =3). * In 2008, at second/third boards at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden (+2 –2 =4). He won individual gold medal at Elista 1998 and bronze medal at Turin 2006. He won a team silver medal at Dresden 2008. In 1999, he tied for 5-6th with Alexander Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitaly Chekhover
Vitaly Alexandrovich Chekhover (also spelled Tschechower or Czechower, pronounced "chekh a VYAIR") (russian: Вита́лий Алекса́ндрович Чехове́р) (December 22, 1908 – February 11, 1965) was a Soviet chess player and chess composer. He was also a pianist. Composing career In the beginning of his career as an endgame study composer, Chekhover often revised traditional studies of other authors. He strove to bring them into a more sparse and economical form, often with fewer pieces – hence focusing on the actual problem itself, rather than the position on the board. Later he found his own style and composed a number of original, independent chess studies and problems. Starting 1936, Chekhover published more than 160 endgame studies. He is considered a prominent specialist on knight endgames, and has written several books on the subject; either alone, or with coauthors such as Russian grandmaster Yuri Averbakh. Between 1947 and 1965 he participa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
