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| Posted by gibo uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 02:03:42 Play online chess |  Subject: Where does everyone buy there chess books? Message: I just by at one of two stores in my country which is only about 1 hours drive away. I had a look at amazon but they dont appear to have that wide a range of books. Is there online chess store that is world wide or has a lot of books as my local store doesn't have all of them. Where do you buy your books from? |
| Posted by myway316 uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 03:59:04 Play online chess | There are several good sites... Message: ...for buying chess books:ebay,the London Chess Centre,ChessCafe,ChessBase/Chess Digest,FredWilsonchess.com(Mostly old and out of print here) |
| Posted by philaretus uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 04:01:09 Play online chess | Embarassment of riches Message: My search engine threw up 526,000 links under the keywords "chess books", so I find your question somewhat puzzling. ——— Vishy Anand: I found Bobby Fischer surprisingly normal and calm — The world chess champion on analysing with the legendary American, being a new dad and his love of Monty Python. Q: How does it feel to be back for the London Chess Classic? It's excellent. I enjoy this tournament immensely. It's a great showcase for chess in Britain and it has the worthy aim of building chess in schools too. Q: So when enthusiastic kids ask how they can become chess masters, what do you tell them? Just keep playing often. Concepts fall into place only when you get them on the board. It's a bit like learning a language; it's nice to read a book, but only when you speak to someone does it all start to fall into place. Q: When you are preparing for major chess tournaments like London how many hours a day do you devote to getting ready? As much as it takes – up to 10 hours if needed – plus another two or three hours during the tournament. Q: And how do you prepare ... |
| Posted by silverwolfwsc uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 06:35:26 Play online chess | Message: froogle.google.com is a good search engine if you want to buy just about anything I usually look at amazon.com, as they have also used books for sale on there a lot of the time, and you can get some of them quite cheap. ——— 8-Year-Old American Wins a World Championship — America has a new world champion, and he is only 8 years old. The new titleholder, Awonder Liang of Wisconsin, tied for first in the under-8 section of the World Youth Chess Championship in Brazil, which ended last weekend. He took the gold medal on tie-breakers. Awonder almost ran away from the field, winning his first seven games before drawing his eighth and then losing in the last round. He was not the only American to medal. In the under-10 section, Ruifeng Li of Texas took the silver, also on tie-breakers. And in the girls’ under-14 group, Sarah Chiang, another Texan, narrowly missed out on the bronze medal when she tied for third. But under the tie-breaker scoring system, she finished fourth. One of ... |
| Posted by buddy2 uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 08:06:57 Play online chess | the best Message: The best ive experienced so far is chesscafe. And the reason is they deliver so fast. I ordered three books from uscf internet and they came one every week. Apparently they weren't in stock. Chesscafe has delivered in 2-3 business days. Amazon is good, they have used books, which has been pointed out, but those used books take weeks to arrive. ——— On Chess: Online games clear so many barriers — At its best, technology enhances our interaction with the world and ourselves. It allows us to transcend physical limitations. For chess players, Internet play can be a godsend. Time, space, age and health restrictions are diminished. It’s fun to go online and play game after game against a series of opponents at varying times and with time limits of your choice. Whether it’s 3 a.m. or one is a shut-in on Tierra del Fuego, or both, it’s possible to summon a willing chess foe from cyberspace. And if you lose, your anonymity can shield you even from the opponent. Online play, therefore, provides a haven for experimentation that isn’t easily available at a chess club. The games, electronically recorded and available for review, offer ... |
| Posted by brobishkin uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 08:30:15 Play online chess | Books... Message: Barnes and Nobles or any other local book stores... And the Bay Area book stores when I'm competing... Bro... ——— Hou Yifan puts Humpy Koneru in her pocket yet again — If chess is ritualised psychological domination, China's Hou Yifan has Humpy Koneru in her pocket. Hou, the world women's chess champion at the age of 17, has just retained her title by defeating her Indian challenger 5.5-2.5 without losing a game. Tirana, Albania was the improbable venue which provided a €200,000 (£172,000) prize fund. The pair are the highest ranked women apart from Hungary's legend Judit Polgar who is in a class of her own and never competes in all-female chess events. On paper it should have been a close match but Hou had already twice eliminated Koneru from the biennial knockout world chess championships. In Tirana the Indian lacked confidence and ... |
| Posted by aggropolis uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 08:41:14 Play online chess | No buy Message: I steal my chessbooks from either the public library or a close bookstore. ——— When Bobby Fischer Played Chess Like Misha Tal — Reckless sacrifices were not his style, but for one day, one game and one moment in 1959 Bobby Fischer threw caution to the wind, went va banque and played like Mikhail Tal. His opponent was the Czech grandmaster Ludek Pachman and the game was played in Santiago de Chile. Tal mesmerized his opponents with a demonic look, quick mind and unsurpassed imagination. Sometimes his combinations were wrong, but it was always fun to watch him find his way through turbulent complications he created on the chess board. In 1956, Tal and Fischer slowly lifted their chess careers and began to fly. Bobby created his "game of the century" against Donald Byrne. Tal won the first seven games at the Student chess olympiad in ... |
| Posted by verticalchess uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 09:04:29 Play online chess | Right Here on Gameknot... Message: If you go to More Options on the main menu and then at the top of the list is 'chess books'. Mike has listed over 200 of the best chess books and each link will take you right to the page at Amazon where you can make the actual purchase. This is most convienent but the other posts are also good ways to search. |
| Posted by tulkos uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 09:07:18 Play online chess | amazon. Message: and alibris, whichever has the book I need cheaper. |
| Posted by furryfunbundle uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 13:51:05 Play online chess | In the UK Message: London Chess Centre (www.chesscenter.com/) offers good choice but over the years I have found their service to be poor (always arrives but always late and they have a poor tracking capbility in my view so cannot tell you where your order is in the queue etc) Better I have found and my number one choice now is British Chess Magazine www.bcmchess.co.uk/ Again, well organised site and, more often than not, my orders arrive next day. Brilliant!! |
| Posted by chess_champion uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 17:30:05 Play online chess | the funny thing is... Message: i have never even touched a chess book:) |
| Posted by badjessie uskidscompute.com 5/30/2003 21:39:11 Play online chess | to aggropolis Message: What are you telling us that you are a thief as well as a cheater? you said you steal your books from library or closed bookstore.where do you steal your chess programs that you cheat with? |
| Posted by clemens uskidscompute.com 5/31/2003 03:49:50 Play online chess | badjessie Message: You will soon find out that aggropolis often says things just to upset people. More often than not, it's better just to ignore him -- though sometimes he does make a good point. But otherwise: Don't feed the troll! :-) |
| Posted by brobishkin uskidscompute.com 5/31/2003 09:47:57 Play online chess | Books... Message: The neat thing about Barnes and Nobles is that they have seats and table to which you can sit and read at... This way you can read your book to see if it's actually one you would like to obtain for your personal library... I am often seen with a few books at a table inside the book store with my chess men set up on my vinyl chess mat... There are many awesome chess books out there in the world today... But unfortunately there are a few bad ones as well... This way I can sort out the bad from the good... One advantage of shopping off line... And one good advantage of shopping at Barnes and Nobles... Bro... |
| Posted by tulkos uskidscompute.com 5/31/2003 10:16:29 Play online chess | Don't shop at Barnes and Nobles!!! Message: Read the books their, see what they are like, etc, But DON"T BUY THEM!! Barnes and Nobles always has the very highest prices! |
| Posted by brobishkin uskidscompute.com 5/31/2003 10:30:07 Play online chess | Hmmm... Message: I have always found Barnes and Nobles prices competitive... Sometimes higher and sometimes lower... In fact I purchased Laszlo Polgar's book on chess "5334 Problems, combinations, and Games" for $4.98... Can you beat that?... Tulkos is either full of rubbish, or the biggest penny pusher alive today... "Very High Prices"?... And how many food stores do you shop at while obtaining your groceries?... Bro... |
| Posted by gibo uskidscompute.com 6/01/2003 02:57:31 Play online chess | Message: i had a look at chesscafe and they have some good fischer books but basically no books on kasparov? |