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Scandinavian Defense: A Complete Chess Opening Repertoire Agains 1.e4Zhigen LinThe Scandinavian: A Complete Chess Opening Repertoire Against 1.e4 is a chess ebook targeting the whole range from beginners up to masters. The Scandinavian Defense is favored by a large number of grandmasters and has often been employed as a surprise weapon by a number of high-class players. Indian Grandmaster and World Champion Viswanathan Anand used it against Garry Kasparov in their 1995 PCA World Championship match. Anand managed to equalize out of the opening, but he faltered later on. Perhaps the greatest exponent of the Scandinavian was Australian Grandmaster Ian Rogers, who used it to rock... | ★★★★★ $19 to wish listChess Opening Wizard (COW) | |
Dick's Games of PatienceWilliam B. DickThis was the first widely popular American collection of patience games or solitaire with cards. 1883. Dick and Fitzgerald; 154 pages.
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The Modern Chess Instructor 2Wilhelm SteinitzIn this second part of Steinitz's masterly written work only section 1 appeared. It describes Ponziani's opening and Giuoco Piano. Go here for part 1. 1st edition 1895; 78 pages | $5 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
The Modern Chess Instructor 1Wilhelm SteinitzSteinitz having elevated chess to a science starts out very systematical and explains movement, mode of capture and the value of the various pieces. The bulk of the book is an analysis of six openings: The Ruy Lopez, Double Ruy Lopez, The Scotch Gambit, The Two Knight's Defence, Petroff's Defence and Philidor's Defence. He concludes with all 17 games played in the match Steinitz - Tchigorin, Havana 1889, which was won by Steinitz. Steinitz also started to write part 2. 1st edition 1889; 237 pages. | $9 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
The Wrong LetterWalter S. MastermanThe crime: The Home Secretary Sir James Watson was found shot in the head inside his study which was locked from the inside. There was no apparent way in or out for the murderer to have been able to get into the room to commit the crime, nor a way to escape unnoticed. Further, the housekeeper Mrs. Simmons did not hear any shot which she certainly would have. What is going on here? How was the crime committed and by who? It will be the task of Superintendent Sinclair from Scotland Yard and his amateur sleuth friend Sylvester Collins, a barrister, to unravel the mystery. The inside cover... | $3.99 to wish list | |
Art of Attack in ChessVladimir VukovicOne of the finest chess books ever written, now in the revised algebraic edition. The author expounds both the basic principles and the most complex forms of attack on the king. [Note: This ebook is in ChessBase format. You will need ChessBase, the free version ChessBase Light, or any other chess software which can read the CBV format (Fritz, Shredder, Junior). Remember that ChessBase and ChessBase Light do export to PGN.] 1st edtion 1998 | $12 to wish listChessBase (CBV) | |
The Adventures of Ajeeb - The Wonderful Chess AutomatonunknownFrom an old description: Ajeeb, who recently completed a tour across the United States, meeting all state champions and whose record remains undefeated, is now at the Steel Pier, Atlantic City, meeting all comers at checkers. Ajeeb's wizardry at chess and checkers is world renowned, and its secret mechanism has baffled mankind since 1769, the year in which it was devised. During its career, this marvelous automaton has humbled in chess not only the masters of the world, but the greatest soldier of them all - Napoleon Bonaparte. Ajeeb's mysterious mechanism, its uncanny ability to... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | |
The Play RoomunknownThis is an interesting book with beautifully weird games, stunts, experiments, puzzles and magic, some of which I have not seen described anywhere else.
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After Dinner Tricks and Puzzles with your Seal Brand Coffeeunknown | $10 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Card and Conjuring Tricks and Book of Riddlesunknown
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Games of Skill and ConjuringunknownInstructions for games, magic tricks, model building, giving shows, and more.
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The World's Greatest PuzzlesTimothy HydeTimothy Hyde has been a puzzle fan all his life. For pure enjoyment and challenge there is nothing like a great puzzle. They extend our minds, force us to look at things in different ways and provide a great stimulus for creative and innovative thought. Timothy has been lucky that over the years he has been able to use a range of different puzzles in his own performances, keynote presentations and creative thinking workshops. He has been commissioned in the past to design specific Puzzle Challenges for many companies including KFC & Pizza Hut. He is now making 19 of his favourite puzzles... | ★★★★★ $9.95 to wish list | |
The Great Bridge ConspiracyTerry QuinnThe Great Bridge Conspiracy ebook chronicles the espionage and card playing exploits of Captain Diggery Piper -- a flamboyant expert first created by Terry Quinn for a serial in Games Magazine. Just as Carroll's Through the Looking Glass and Nabokov's The Defense are structured in accordance with the rules and logic of chess, so Quinn has patterned the action of this swift-paced, suspenseful tale on the psychological intricacies of bridge, craftily building a house of cards that tumbles into a surprise ending. 1st edition 1979; 208 pages. | $12 to wish listPDF_facsimile | |
Amazing PuzzlesStephen AblettThis is a puzzle ebook featuring numerous picture riddles and quizzes including Say-What-You-See, name the character parts and Murder Mystery Haiku Riddles. What is a logic picture puzzle? Is it a test of higher intelligence or is it a game of skill and wits to see who's smarter; reader or the writer? This ebook will test all your senses and challenge you to constantly pay attention. If you can always think laterally, you will probably work out some of the tricks and principles that are in play.
1st edition 2015, PDF 32 pages, full color. | $5 to wish list | |
Illustrated Book of Patience GamesProfessor HoffmannLearn 63 fun and stimulating patience games from this book. A deck of cards, a flat surface and you are ready to challenge and entertain yourself. This is a translation from the German book Illustriertes Buch der Patiencen. 5th Edition, Routledge, London, 1904; 123 pages.
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Patience with the JokerProfessor HoffmannVery rare set of original games making use of the Joker card, invented by Angelo John Lewis and published under his stage name. You will find games for one and two players. Goodall, London, 1907; 48 pages.
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The Invisible BulletMax Rittenberg... and four other Magnum, the science consultant, detective stories. Each story has a scientific bend or aspect to it. Magnum is not the typical detective who takes on any interesting case. He only engages when there seems to be a scientific aspect to the case. He doesn't involve himself with the law or right or wrong. His primary interest is to figure out the modus operandi as a scientific consultant. Superbly eccentric, Magnum lives up the Thames at Plumstead Marshes and travels to his laboratories via a high-powered motor launch named "Fifi". He has a brilliant but intensely shy assistant,... | $4.99 to wish list | |
Cranium ConundrumsMax ÖdlundCranium Conundrums is an ebook of 66 logic puzzles with two convenient features, which are rarely found in other books of puzzles: ranked by difficulty, a clue. Difficulty: Every puzzle comes with a difficulty measured in time. It estimates the time an average person would need to solve the puzzle. This is a great way to select which puzzles you want to work on. Of course, the difficulty measure will only be accurate on average. If you are a savvy puzzle solver you will probably find the solution faster. If this is your first book of puzzles you will probably need to schedule a bit more time... | $9.90 to wish list | |
Cranium Conundrums 2Max ÖdlundMore brain teasers ranked by difficulty and with an optional clue to get you a step closer to the solution if you need it. This is volume 2 in Max Ödlund's series of brain teasers and logic puzzles. (Volume 1 is Cranium Conundrums.) Each of the 80 puzzles has a difficulty ranging from 1 = easy to 5 = extremely difficult. Some problems are marked ’s’ for ’silly’. Puzzles in the 1-3 or s category are generally speaking solvable in a few minutes of thinking or a bit of scribbling and drawing on a piece of paper. Should you not find the solution then each puzzle has a clue on the following page. This... | $9.90 to wish list | |
Understanding 1NT ForcingMarty BergenRegardless of your system, 1NT is the likely response to an opening bid in a major. You can acquire the judgment needed to make the right rebids, raises and responses.
1st edition 2002; 48 pages. | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | |
Marty SezMarty BergenThis ebook includes 114 very practical tips on a variety of subjects with practical, easy to digest examples.
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More Points SchmointsMarty BergenThe sequel to the bridge book of the year 1996.
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Secrets to Winning Bridge #2: 2/1 Game ForcingMarty Bergen
PDF 24 pages | ★★★★★ $7.95 to wish list | |
Rubik NotesMark ElsdonFollowing on from the success of his Rubik Remembered DVD, this is Mark’s brand new ebook: Rubik Notes. The Notes contain Mark’s full solution for Rubik’s Cube (His version of the Layer Method, originally devised by Rubik-Guru David Singmaster. You can achieve solve times below one minute with this method.) and are fully colour-illustrated to make learning as direct as possible. The solution is completely self-contained and you don’t need to own the Rubik Remembered DVD or indeed anything else to learn to solve Rubik’s Cube – everything is right here in the Notes. If however... | ★★★★★ $9 to wish list | |
Small Silicone Chess Board (10" x 10")Lybrary.comThis is a 10" x 10" chess board (square size is 1 1/4"). The overall size of the silicone sheet is 10 1/4". There is no alphanumeric notation on the border. (If you do need it simply take a Sharpie and add it yourself.) The primary advantage of this small roll up chess board is mobility. The no-memory-effect silicone material allows you to roll it tightly, fold it, or just squeeze it together anyway you like, and still have the board open flat and stay flat instantly. The problem with vinyl boards is that they tend to roll up by themselves particularly if stored for longer time in a rolled... | ★★★★★ $14.95 to wish list | |
Chess Rules of ThumbLev Alburt & Al LawrenceThis ebook gives you the winning principles of chess in clear, short statements. Three-times U.S. Champion Lev Alburt and World Chess Hall of Fame Curator Al Lawrence have put together three centuries of insights from the masters. Fun to browse or to read from cover-to-cover, it's a book that all chess players, from beginners to grandmasters, will enjoy for a lifetime. Backed up with diagrams and illustrations to help you remember key principles, a glossary of essential chess terms and a rundown on all major openings, Chess Rules of Thumbs will improve your chess play. And it's great fun... | $12 to wish list |