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The Moment of Zuke:
Critical Positions and
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by David Rudel
author of Zuke 'Em

7 modules written just for Colle System Players. Over 150 practice problems accompany lessons written in Rudel's crystal-clear, inimitable style

Thematic Lessons
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Recent Reviews

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	(11/24) *1.b4 Theory and Practice of the Sokolsky Opening*, by Jerzy Konikowski and Marek Soszynski, reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "Past books on 1.b4 have been either digests of annotated games or compilations of material thrown together to represent the current state of the opening. "Theory and Practice" adopts a compendium approach, 315 full pages of material, while including ideas, fresh analysis and conclusions...This book is in many ways overdue. A fresh view of much of the material helps to renew the energy that lovers of 1.b4 have for the opening as well as contesting the notion that it is a bad opening..."

	Starting Out: d-pawn Attacks - the Colle-Zukertort, Barry and 150 Attacks by IM Richard Palliser (Everyman Chess, 2008) reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "With the recent attention to the Colle-Zukertort Opening^* it was interesting to open International Master Richard Palliser’s Starting Out: d-pawn Attacks and see that about 70% of his book was devoted to the same opening...Palliser has already written Starting Out: The Colle for Everyman. The difference between the two Colles?..."

	Secrets of Practical Chess: New Enlarged Edition by GM John Nunn, reviewed by Zhigen Lin. "Secrets of Practical Chess (New Enlarged Edition) is a new expanded edition of a marvelous book by Grandmaster John Nunn (2602, FIDE ratings January 2009) originally written back in 1998. This new book contains approximately 45% new material than the previous edition. The section on chess computers or "using a computer" is broadened to include much more advice on using computers for opening preparation..."

	Build Up Your Chess with Artur Yusupov 2 - Beyond the Basics by Artur Yusupov (Quality Chess, 2008) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "One of the things that makes chess so appealing is that there always seems to be something new to discover... I have been playing for many years and still find new vistas in the game from which to draw energy. One such vista presented itself through Build Up Your Chess with Artur Yusupov 2: Beyond the Basics, by Artur Yusupov..."

	THREE MOVES AHEAD: What Chess Can Teach You About Business - Even If You’ve Never Played, by Bob Rice, reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "Hedge funds and speed chess? Three Moves Ahead is the intersection of Rice’s business savvy and chess enthusiasm. As he told me in an email interview, 'I really believe that only a limited knowledge of the way players think, and a few basic chess stratagems, will improve the average executive’s “game” at the office'..."

	Mastering the Chess Openings Volume 3, Understanding the English Opening and Related Structures by IM John Watson (Gambit, 2008) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "In chess the great authors are players who have been able to articulate what or how they think, or should think, at the board. Readers gain an insight into the intricacies of play as well as establishing a confidence in their own understanding. To me John Watson is such a writer..."

	Play the Sicilian Kan - A Dynamic and Flexible Repertoire for Black by GM Johan Hellsten (Everyman Chess, 2008) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "Hellsten was impressed by the Kan immediately because decisions of strategy and manoeuver were the core of the variation instead of analytical depth. This sounds like a great find for any player looking to have a defense to 1.e4 that provides winning opportunities as well as a solid base...Play the Sicilian Kan is a repertoire book, focusing on the variations after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6..."

	The Black Lion - The Chess Predator's Choice Against Both 1.e4 and 1.d4 by Jerry Van Rekom & Leo Jansen (New In Chess, 2008) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "At the heart of "The Black Lion" is the concept that Black can strongpoint the e5-pawn and go about pushing g7-g5 to initiate operations directly toward the white king. This idea is at least as old as Alekhine, probably older, but never has been a ground for serious testing..."

	Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made by John S. Hilbert and Peter P. Lahde, reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "When I find myself reading – and enjoying – even the footnotes of a book, I know that I’m onto something really good. That “really good” is Hilbert and Lahde’s Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made. Mind you, you have to like American chess in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when the local club was the powerhouse, and a throw-down between rivals such as the Manhattan CC and the Brooklyn CC was serious business..."

	The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps by GM Gary Lane (Everyman Chess, 2008) reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "Let’s face it. For every Grandmaster who enjoys squeezing a win out of a Petroff Defence or an Exchange Slav, there are a hundred club players who rejoice over snookering someone again with the Blackburne-Shilling Gambit or that old trap in the Englund Gambit..."

	Dangerous Weapons: Flank Openings by IM Richard Palliser, GM Tony Kosten and FM Dr. James Vigus (Everyman Chess, 2008), reviewed by Bill McGeary. "Learning that the "Dangerous Weapons" series was coming out with a "Flank Openings" edition my curiosity and excitement were tempered with a bit of doubt. My feeling has been that Flank Openings are a bit too amorphous to be lumped into categories like the Sicilian or Queens Gambit. Still, I could not contain my eagerness to open the cover when my copy arrived..."

	Playing the Queen's Gambit - A Grandmaster Guide by GM Lars Schandorff (Quality Chess, 2009) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "Each of us knows how we would play if we were GM's. Playing our favorite lines with deeply hidden improvements, we catch our opponents out in some big tournament and use a fancy tactic. Yeah, that's how it would go. Well, at least we all think we know how we would play..."

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