Author: László Jakobetz
Publisher: SCB Distributors
ISBN: 1949859940
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 753
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The Patriarch of Hungarian Chess Ask any chessplayer today if they recognize the name “Maróczy” and you will probably get a reply that it describes a pawn configuration designed to limit black pawn levers. While technically correct, such a reply would overlook the life and legacy of one of the great grandmasters, organizers, and arbiters in chess history. Géza Maróczy was the first Hungarian world-class grandmaster. In the most comprehensive biography of him ever written, Hungarian chess historian László Jakobetz traces Maróczy’s life from the earliest years, his maturing to an elite player and his significant contributions to the royal game. This remarkable book has over 180 annotated games, supplemented by hundreds of rare archival photographs. Also included are Maróczy’s complete tournament and match records, along with crosstables, from Budapest 1892 to his final tournament in the Netherlands in 1947. Until now, very few books worthy of Géza Maróczy’s influence and chess legacy have been published worldwide. Therefore, I am delighted that this comprehensive biography presents to chess-loving readers the exceptional personalities and chess events of past eras, along with many interesting lessons and insights for the present generation. – from the foreword by Lajos Portisch Most players are familiar with modern Hungarian grandmasters such as Judit Polgár and Péter Lékó, but it was the great patriarch of Hungarian chess Géza Maróczy who paved the way for them.
Author: Jeremy Freeman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780989457705
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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Prepare for battle, Chess Warriors! Learn how use the most dangerous weapons in chess. Chess Tactics is loaded with hundreds of 3D puzzles covering all of the major tactics of chess. This book's lively layout and easy-to-follow explanation make learning fun and effortless. Beginners will quickly catch up, keep up, and conquer the competition. Best of all, they'll have a blast doing it! What's inside? 500 fun puzzles Each puzzle presented in 2D and 3D Simple instruction Coverage of all major tactics. Who's it for? Kids! Beginners who know the rules of chess and want to win more battles.
Author: Dr. Danny McDermott
Publisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 1525520989
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 109
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There are two ways to be starving. One is to be lacking food. The other is to go without love, respect, recognition, support, and someone to care for and challenge you. When Danny McDermott came to Harriet Tubman School in Chicago as a teacher in 1994, he encountered children who were hungry for all these things. Coming from a background of teaching in privileged schools, he felt at a loss as to how to reach the students in his inner-city sixth-grade class. That is, until he reached into his own life for something that had made a difference—chess. Supported by his principal, but ridiculed by other staff, McDermott headed to Kmart to buy 30 $3 chess sets, and the “Peaceful Warrior” chess program was born. What happened next, was miraculous. McDermott’s classroom, students, and ultimately the whole school and community were transformed. We Are Starving is the inspirational, real-life story of how a teacher transformed Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Chicago from being “just another inner-city school” to the home of a champion chess program that produced a kindergarten chess team that placed fourth in the nation and a sixth-grade team that won the Chicago city chess title three years in a row.
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ISBN: 9780998118000
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Author: Michael Abron
Publisher: Covenant Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1644682958
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 149
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The Chess Traveler and Pioneer by Michael Abron __________________________________
Author: Carl S Portman
Publisher: eBook Partnership
ISBN: 183978301X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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'Funny and brutal. A big-hearted book, I enjoyed it.' Stuart Conquest, Grandmaster'Carl is gifted as both a natural entertainer and storyteller. Although this memoir is primarily about chess, the tales in it are filled with a frank and refreshing honesty that will literally have your heart racing with adventure.'Jovanka Houska, International Master'Chess Crusader' is an absolutely fascinating memoir, and most emphatically not only a book for chess players. It reveals how chess is a metaphor for life, and how skills honed at the chess board can be applied in many real-life situations. This compelling chronicle takes you from Birmingham to Moscow, and plunges you into the life of an author with a remarkable original mind, while also highlighting the hazards of stealing a half-cooked sausage from a deranged German.It's a lively, enthralling account of a colourful life dominated by the black and white squares of the chessboard, and their relation to the wider issues of a troubled childhood and the challenges of work, women, love and loss. It's a tale of adversity, but also of achievement and new friendships and experiences.
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 404
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Author: Richard Osgood
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0752495461
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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A tale of the 'poor bloody infantry' and what we glean of their lot from prehistory right through to World War I. This book compares the life of the soldier across time and cultures. It includes the great battles of medieval Europe.
Author: John Ayrton Paris
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 532
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Author: Various
Publisher: Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1621154793
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Warren Publishing's outlet for everything fantastic, sinister, and otherworldly travels through the early '70s at light speed! This excursion features the work of comic-book luminaries Ernie Colón, Mike Ploog, and Dave Cockrum, as well as fan-favorite Eerie creators Doug Moench, Don Glut, Tom Sutton, Sanjulian, Esteban Maroto, and Steve Skeates. * Eerie Archives Volume 8 collects issues #37-#41 of the original Eerie magazine series.
