Author: Alain Campbell White
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Sam Loyd and His Chess Problems
Author: Alain Campbell White
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
Classic Chess Problems by Pioneer Composers
Author: Kenneth Samuel Howard
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486225224
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
155 problems, solutions. Loyd, White, Klett, Shinkman, Havel, other lesser-known but brilliant composers.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486225224
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 127
Book Description
155 problems, solutions. Loyd, White, Klett, Shinkman, Havel, other lesser-known but brilliant composers.
Mathematical Puzzles
Author: Sam Loyd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematical recreations
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematical recreations
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
My Best Mathematical and Logic Puzzles
Author: Martin Gardner
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486320324
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles, including such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Solutions included.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486320324
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The noted expert selects 70 of his favorite "short" puzzles, including such mind-bogglers as The Returning Explorer, The Mutilated Chessboard, Scrambled Box Tops, and dozens more involving logic and basic math. Solutions included.
Sam Loyd's Book of Tangrams
Author: Sam Loyd
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486454245
Category : Tangrams
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This classic by a famed puzzle expert features 700 tangrams and solutions, plus a charming satirical commentary on the puzzle's origins, its religious significance, and its relationship to mathematics.
Publisher: Dover Publications
ISBN: 9780486454245
Category : Tangrams
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This classic by a famed puzzle expert features 700 tangrams and solutions, plus a charming satirical commentary on the puzzle's origins, its religious significance, and its relationship to mathematics.
Mathematics and Chess
Author: Miodrag Petkovi?
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486294322
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
99 puzzles built around the chessboard. Arithmetical and probability problems, chessboard recreations, geometrical puzzles, mathematical amusements and games, more. Solutions.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486294322
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
99 puzzles built around the chessboard. Arithmetical and probability problems, chessboard recreations, geometrical puzzles, mathematical amusements and games, more. Solutions.
Chess Strategy
Author: Sam Loyd
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes
Author: Raymond M. Smullyan
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486482014
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Join Holmes and Watson as they examine interrupted games to deduce prior moves. A series of increasingly complex chess mysteries culminates in a double murder perpetrated by Professor Moriarty. The master sleuth instructs his companion (and us) in the intricacies of retrograde analysis; readers need only a knowledge of how the pieces move.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486482014
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Join Holmes and Watson as they examine interrupted games to deduce prior moves. A series of increasingly complex chess mysteries culminates in a double murder perpetrated by Professor Moriarty. The master sleuth instructs his companion (and us) in the intricacies of retrograde analysis; readers need only a knowledge of how the pieces move.
Rewire Your Chess Brain
Author: Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781945698
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
In this book the author assembles the problems and studies that are most effective to improve tactical ability. A player who works their way through this book will undoubtedly see improvements in their own play.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781781945698
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 528
Book Description
In this book the author assembles the problems and studies that are most effective to improve tactical ability. A player who works their way through this book will undoubtedly see improvements in their own play.
The Puzzle Instinct
Author: Marcel Danesi
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253217080
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"Humans are the only animals who create and solve puzzles--for the sheer pleasure of it--and there is no obvious genetic reason why we would do this. Marcel Danesi explores the psychology of puzzles and puzzling, with scores of classic examples. His pioneering book is both entertaining and enlightening." --Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, The New York Times "... Puzzle fanatics will enjoy the many riddles, illusions, cryptograms and other mind-benders offered for analysis." --Psychology Today "... a bristlingly clear... always intriguing survey of the history and rationale of puzzles.... A] splendid study...." --Knight Ridder Newspapers
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253217080
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"Humans are the only animals who create and solve puzzles--for the sheer pleasure of it--and there is no obvious genetic reason why we would do this. Marcel Danesi explores the psychology of puzzles and puzzling, with scores of classic examples. His pioneering book is both entertaining and enlightening." --Will Shortz, Crossword Editor, The New York Times "... Puzzle fanatics will enjoy the many riddles, illusions, cryptograms and other mind-benders offered for analysis." --Psychology Today "... a bristlingly clear... always intriguing survey of the history and rationale of puzzles.... A] splendid study...." --Knight Ridder Newspapers