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  • The Sponsor

    Murder at the North Sea Chess Tournament

    by Fred Das, Jeroen Terlingen ...
    For the first time in history, a chess player from North Korea takes part in the North Sea Chess Tournament. She is under pressure to perform, as are her opponents, including a cheating Italian, an Icelandic womaniser, a Tunisian fundamentalist and Dutch talent Christiaan N'Koulou. Inside and outside the arena, the boundaries of the game are sought and transgressed. Even the secret services ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

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  • Chess Books Published by Russell Enterprises

    Selected Excerpts

    by Russell Enterprises ...
    Russell Enterprises has been publishing chess books for over 35 years. Although an individual excerpt is available for each of our current titles (see https://www.russell-enterprises.com/russell-enterprises), we thought combining many of them into one eBook would be helpful and welcomed by chessplayers. The result is an eBook which is the equivalent of almost 250 printed pages containing excerpts ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Gone

    A Girl, a Violin, a Life Unstrung

    by Min Kym ...
    The spellbinding memoir of a violin virtuoso who loses the instrument that had defined her both on stage and off -- and who discovers, beyond the violin, the music of her own voiceHer first violin was tiny, harsh, factory-made; her first piece was “Twinkle Twinkle, Little Star.” But from the very beginning, Min Kym knew that music was the element in which she could swim and dive and soar. At seven ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Selected Brilliancies from Earlier Volumes

    Winning Quickly at Chess Series, #10

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Series Book 10 - Winning Quickly at Chess Series
    WINNING FAST IS FUN!This book is a representation of the previous nine volumes, picking something of the best from each of chapter in the preceding volumes, to give you an opportunity to look through the window and see if those other books are something for you.This is the book where you will see how:Kramnik as Black beat Jobava in only 15 moves.Shirov lost in 13 moves to English Grandmaster Wells ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kramnik-Kasparov, London 2000

    Match for the World Chess Championship

    by Karsten Mueller ...
    Garry Kasparov is considered by many to be the greatest chessplayer ever. Until the turn of the 21 st century, there did not appear to be anyone who could successfully challenge him. However, in October 2000, Kasparov met another Russian, Vladimir Kramnik, in a title match.Sponsored by BrainGames, the match would be 16 games, with the winner being the first to score 8 points. Kasparov would keep ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Sound Bites

    The bendy path of classical music from Ancient Greece to today from your favourite ABC Classic presenter of Weekend Breakfast and bestselling author of Whole Notes & Cadence

    by Ed Le Brocq ...
    Ed Le Brocq invites you to come on a journey with him through a living tradition that spans a millennium - the tradition of Western classical music.Have you ever wondered where our music comes from? How did we arrive here, a place where we can have a hundred musicians on stage executing the wildest rhythms, a singer performing the most heartbreaking of melodies, or a solitary pianist playing an ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The ChessCafe Puzzle Book 1

    Test and Improve Your Tactical Vision

    by Karsten Muller, Susan Polgar ...
    This very instructive book combines clear discussions of tactical themes with over 600 well-chosen positions to test, challenge and teach. Although the classic combinations are not ignored, the emphasis here is on positions from modern tournament practice of the last decade. Tactics is a very important part of the game of chess and conscientious study and application of tactical principles is ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Declassified

    A Low-Key Guide to the High-Strung World of Classical Music

    by Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch ...
    “A refreshingly fun guide” that reads “as if you’re a fly on the wall in conservatory auditions, cutthroat competitions and the obsessive practice routines of professional musicians.” (The New York Times)Arianna Warsaw-Fan Rauch’s life-long fascination with classical music has taken her through Juilliard and into the shiny world of symphony halls and international concert tours. She’s loved ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Carlsen-Anand 2013

    Match for the World Chess Championship

    by Karsten Müller ...
    Magnus Carlsen Becomes World Champion! It was the match that the chess world had been anticipating for several years. Norway’s wunderkind, Magnus Carlsen had qualified as the official challenger for the world chess championship. He was facing the reigning world champion, Viswanathan Anand from India. Would Anand’s enormous match experience and years at the top be enough to stop the young ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • My Nine Lives

    A Memoir of Many Careers in Music

    by Leon Fleisher, Anne Midgette ...
    The stirring memoir of one of the greatest pianists of the postwar era—an inspiring tale of triumph over crippling incapacity that rivals Shine.The pianist Leon Fleisher—whose student–teacher lineage linked him to Beethoven by way of his instructor, Artur Schnabel—displayed an exceptional gift from his earliest years. And then, like the hero of a Greek tragedy, he was struck down in his prime: at ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • If You Only Knew

    Autobiography

    by David Garrett, Leo G. Linder ...
    The only autobiography of „the greatest violinist of his generation“ (Yehudi Menuhin)The road to the pinnacle of violin-playing has not been an easy one for David Garrett. His childhood revolved around discipline and working daily with his father, who fostered his talent and supported him, while also being an ambitious driving force. From the tender age of ten, he was already performing on stage ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • 303 Tricky Chess Tactics

    by Fred Wilson, Bruce Alberston ...
    Both a fascinating challenge and a great training tool, these tricky tactical problems are not only fun to solve, but great for advanced beginners, intermediate, and expert players to use as tools to improve their game.  Tactics are presented in order of difficulty, so that players can advance from simple to complex positions.  Examples from actual games illustrate a wide range of tactics from the ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD