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The Book Shoppe at ChesSphere.com was created to help you find exactly the help you need, whether it's a simple introdction to the game of chess or the right book, video or software to help you improve as a player and enjoy the game more. Use the Book Shoppe categories above to narrow your search to just the kind of items you are looking for.
If you don't know what you're looking for, especially if you're just starting out, be sure to see our guide Ten Essential Books for the Novice Player. Here you will find a step by step reading guide designed to take you on a path from beginner to an intermediate level player. While this guide has been designed for those who are new, or reasonably new to the game of chess, those with a bit more experience can still find this guide useful by finding how far their own knowledge puts them along this path.
Finally, see our list of Favorite Selections below for a quick peek at the most poplular, most recommended and most essential items from the Book Shoppe.
Favorite Selections:
Chess for Dummies 2nd Edition - Eade - $7.00
Our #1 choice for your first book of chess, and we offer it at a price that's hard to beat! The classic introductory guide--over 250,000 copies sold--now revised with over 25 percent new content. For novice players, the complexities of chess can sometimes seem overwhelming, but you don't have to be a genius to play competitive chess. This fun and easy guide takes the intimidation out of the game, explaining the rules and lingo, demystifying popular openings and strategies, and showing players move by move how to push an opponent toward checkmate. Copiously illustrated throughout with chessboard diagrams, this is just what people need to get started with chess or take their play to the next level.
Winning Chess Tactics 4th Ed - Seirawan - $17.96
Once you have mastered the basics of chess, masterig chess tactics is the most effective way to improve. Yasser Seirawan's "Winning Chess Tactics" is the definitive introduction to this critical field of chess skill. Why play in a fog, only hoping that your opponent will blunder when this celebrated author and International Grandmaster can show you how to put the tactics of the world's chess legends to work for you. We cosider this a "must read" for any developing chess player.
Fritz 12 Chess Software for PC - $ 55.00
Fritz 12 is the world's most popular chess program. Whether you are a beginner, club player or professional, Fritz has everything that chess players want: automatically adjusting playing strength, handicap and coaching functions, explanation of positions, colored 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.Fritz is now even faster.
Fritz & Chesster, Part 1 (CD) - $39.95
Fritz & Chesster is great for kids ages 8 and up. It will engage youngsters and teach chess in a fun and exciting way! Keep the attention of kids with an effective chess learning program that other parents and chess teachers actually recommend. If you want to stay away from rote learning and reading you need this program! It's actually fun for kids while helping them learn chess.Use your wits, learn to think ahead, have fun and excitement AND learn a whole lot about chess: this great chess adventure has all of this and more in store for you! Together with Prince Fritz and his cousin Bianca learn how to play chess, then test and increase your knowledge in a whole range of exciting games and situations.
This is part one of the "Fritz & Chesster" series.
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