Books by Larry Evans
A Super-Sneaky, Double-Crossing, Up, Down, Round & Round Maze Book
by Klutz Editors, Larry Evans, Barry Evans
Twenty-five endlessly reusable mazes to trace with your fingertip. Featuring the work of the most talented illustrators we could find from around the world, each maze stands on its own as a work of art.
Comes With: a plastic maze hopper
Create wonderful things Be good Have fun
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How Good Is Your Chess?
by Larry Evans
Grandmaster and Hall of Fame chess legend Larry Evans, draws upon his vast experience as 5-time USA champion, author of 25 books, and Bobby Fischer's second, to present a fun and challenging new approach for chess players.
Readers test their skills against 100 fascinating positions from actual games and must choose the best move among three choices. Each correct answer earns the reader 25 points; no points are given for incorrect choices. At the end of the series, players can calculate their own rating, be it absolute beginner or even grandmaster! In the solutions section, Evans carefully explains the proper thinking a player must employ to approach the position and why both alternatives are inferior. Readers not only find their true chess level, but get a complete course in exactly where they can go wrong.
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New Ideas in Chess
by Larry Evans
One of the most famous chess strategy classics, updated and revised with modern algebraic notation.
In one of the most influential chess books written, readers will learn the most important strategy, tactics and themes that comprise a successful chess game: space, time, force and pawn structure. In a book that has been called the “bible for novice to intermediate players,” Evans uses actual game examples to illustrate dozens of chess themes. Each is a mini-lesson that illustrates the fundamental concepts of modern chess theory, ones that can be learned in easy, quick sittings. Evans discusses space (mobility, the center, controlling unoccupied squares, stability.), time (development, gambits, pins, tactics), force (relative values, sacrifices), and pawn structure (passed, connected, isolated and backward pawns), showing players how to weave these concepts together for a stronger and winning chess game. Features 200 diagrams and, for the first time, chess notation in modern algebraic notation making the book accessible to a new generation of chess players who couldn’t read the antiquated notation of the original.
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100 Easy Checkmates (1)
by Larry Evans
Both challenging and fun, these great one- and two-move checkmates are perfect for children and beginning players.
This great book for beginning players and even children presents easy one and two move checkmates that are not only challenging and lots of fun but great training tools. Set up for quick learning, Grandmaster Evans presents 100 basics mating situations in large-sized, easy-to-understand diagrams—no chess notation is used at all! The reader is asked to solve the mate, and then shown how to solve the problem using plain words.
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10 Most Common Chess Mistakes
by Larry Evans
This fascinating collection of 221 errors, misplays, oversights, and outright blunders shows the price that great players pay for violating basic chess principles and how they can avoid these mistakes in their own game.
A fascinating collection of 221 typical errors committed by the world's greatest players challenges you to test your skills by choosing between two moves: the right one, or the one actually played. You will be amazed at how even world champions make errors in critical situations and violate the basic principles of chess. From neglecting development and king safety, misjudging threats, and premature attacks to impulsiveness, snatching pawns, and basic inattention, you get a complete course in exactly what not to do.
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