ELO: 1400–1600
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Mastering Positional Sacrifices
Merijn van Delft
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ELO: 1600–2000
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Shaun Taulbut
ELO: 1900–2200+
1 review
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Daniel Naroditsky
ELO: 1600–1800
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Improve your positional chess
Carsten Hansen
ELO: 2000–2200+
2 reviews
Dynamic Decision Making in Chess
Boris Gelfand
ELO: 1400–1800
0 reviews
Opening Simulator, King's Indian Defence
Esben Lund, Andreas Skytte Hagen
ELO: 1800–2200+
0 reviews
Playing the Petroff
Swapnil Dhopade
ELO: 2000–2200+
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Kotronias on the King's Indian, Volume 5, Sämisch & the Rest
Vassilios Kotronias
ELO: 0–2200+
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Puzzles against the clock
ELO: 1600–1800
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Mating the Castled King
Daniel Gormally
ELO: 1600–2000
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The Survival Guide to Rook Endings
John Emms
ELO: 1800–2200+
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Korchnoi and his Chess Grandchildren
Vladimir Barsky
ELO: 1600–1800
1 review
Let Me Ask You, Do You Know...?
Nikola Karaklajic
ELO: -800 - 2200+
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ELO: 2000–2200
1 review
Squeezing the Gambits: The Benko, Budapest, Albin and Blumenfeld
Kiril Georgiev
ELO: 1800–2000
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James Vigus
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Chess Skill: Elements, Measurement, Records, Trends, Learning Curves, Scientific Research, and Computer Enhancement
Howard, Robert W.
ELO: 1600–2200+
0 reviews
Universal Chess Training
Wojciech Moranda
ELO: 1800–2200+
0 reviews
Mastering basic rook endgames
Adrian Mikhalchishin
ELO: 1800–2200+
0 reviews
Mastering Essential Rook Endgames
Adrian Mikhalchishin
ELO: 1800–2200+
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Mastering Minor Piece Endgames. Part 2
Csaba Balogh, Adrian Mikhalchishin
ELO: 1800–2200+
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Mastering Minor Piece Endgames. Part 1
Csaba Balogh, Adrian Mikhalchishin
ELO: 1900–2200+
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Mastering Typical Rook Endgames
Adrian Mikhalchishin
ELO: 1900–2200+
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Csaba Balogh, Adrian Mikhalchishin
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