David Eddings
Volume One: Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit For the first time in one magical volume-the three exciting novels of David Eddings's epic heroic fantasy THE TAMULI Danger stalks Queen Ehlana's realm. Peasants whisper of the ... [... more]
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Knight's Gambit
 An enjoyable minor work: Despite the fact that I have a degree in literature, I've never been a Faulkner worshiper. His technique, while admittedly masterful, is something I often find to be self-conscious and distracting. That said, Knight's Gambit is [... more]
CDN$17.00
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Fred Reinfeld
Combining eight volumes into one, the mostacomprehensive book on chess ever published. Fromaopening gambit to endgame, this home-study chess courseais the classic in theafield. Read This Book And Learn How To Enjoy One Of The Most Fascinating ... [... more]
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The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black
Excellent repertoire book for QGD: Getting Janjgava's two books, on the Petroff and now this one on the QGD and Catalan, has been a revelation for me. Yes, the book is heavy on variations, and a bit light on explanations. But it is ideally suited for the [... more]
CDN$22.02
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SPQR I: The King's Gambit
Flimsy stuff: This series is pretty lightweight. You don't feel that you've visited ancient Rome -- the city doesn't come alive, the people do not behave as we expect, e.g. Milo, Cicero, Cato, to behave. The scenary feels like cardboard, and it is hard [... more]
CDN$18.50
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Ghattens Gambit 01 Sunderlies Seeking
Wonderfuld book and worthy successor to "The Ghatti's Tale": A must read for anyone who enjoyed "The Ghatti's Tale" trilogy or someone looking for something new and different. Starting sixteen years after "Exiles' Return", [... more]
CDN$8.99
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Play the Evans Gambit
One of the Great Openings: I've always enjoyed going over games in this opening and i finally was able to obtain a copy (this is the only book on the subject available from what i can tell). There's quite a bit of information here with 15 chapters and [... more]
CDN$34.95
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Gambit Guide to the Torre Attack
Wonderful: Typically wonderful GAMBIT opening work, that benefits from the excellent writing and insights of Graham Burgess. He is such a good writer, that I play lines just because he wrote a book on them! (the Taimanov Sicilian is another example). [... more]
CDN$30.05
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Queens Gambit
Review for Queens Gambit: In my opinion Queens Gambit was not as bad as most of the readers say. Although Pharesa disappointed me during the story with her foolishness towards her husband and not being strong until right when the story is about to end. [... more]
CDN$10.99
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Queen's Gambit Declined
The Best: Matthew Sadler is a great author, with a tremendous sens of humour and fantastic ability for teaching. His books are full of useful comments, well strucured with only the top players games to illustrate the principles. You cannot regret this [... more]
CDN$31.95
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The Turkish Gambit: A Novel
Who is tricking whom?: "Gambit", literally "tricking somebody" is usually applied to military operations or chess strategies. In order to achieve the ultimate win some losses have to be accepted along the way. Both contexts fit here [... more]
CDN$32.95
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Gambit Play: Sacrificing in the Opening
Interesting book on Gambit play: Gambit Play by Angus Dunnington is an interesting book. The author has several game selections that illustrate the use of gambits for; Time, Open lines, The Initiative, Outposts, Distruption and Structure. Many of the [... more]
CDN$31.95
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