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Tactics and calculation

  • Rating: 1400
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Chess book review, Think like a Grandmaster, Alexander Kotov
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  • Rating: 1800
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, GM Preparation: Calculation, Jacob Aagaard
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  • Rating: 1600
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, The Hidden Laws of Chess Volume 2, Mastering Dynamics, Nick Maatman
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  • Rating: -800
  • - 1200
Chess book review, London 2.Bf4 Tactics, Tim Sawyer
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  • Rating: 2000
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, Recognizing Your Opponent's Resources, Mark Dvoretsky
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  • Rating: 1000
  • - 1600
Chess book review, Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna, Emmanuel Neiman
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  • Rating: 1000
  • - 1600
Chess book review, A Modern Guide to Checkmating Patterns, Vladimir Barsky
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2000
Chess book review, Strike Like Judit!, Charles Hertan
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2200
Chess book review, Forcing Chess Moves - New and Extended Edition, Charles Hertan
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  • Rating: -800
  • - 1400
Chess book review, Everyone's First Chess Workbook, Peter Giannatos
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Positional play

  • Rating: 1600
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, GM Preparation: Positional Play, Jacob Aagaard
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  • Rating: 1800
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Chess book review, The Hidden Laws of Chess, Nick Maatman
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2000
Chess book review, Improve your positional chess, Carsten Hansen
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  • Rating: 1200
  • - 2000
Chess book review, Mastering Positional Chess, Daniel Naroditsky
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2000
Chess book review, Techniques of Positional Play, Valeri Bronznik
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  • Rating: 1200
  • - 1800
Chess book review, Mastering Positional Sacrifices, Merijn van Delft
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  • Rating: 1800
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Chess book review, Positional Decision Making in Chess, Boris Gelfand
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2200
Chess book review, The Complete Manual of Positional Chess (Volume 1), Konstantin Sakaev
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  • Rating: 1600
  • - 2200
Chess book review, The Complete Manual of Positional Chess (Volume 2), Konstantin Sakaev
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  • Rating: 1200
  • - 1800
Chess book review, The Power of Pawns, Jörg Hickl
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Strategy

  • Rating: 2000
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, Lessons on Uncompromising Play, David Navara
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  • Rating: 1800
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Chess book review, GM Preparation: Attack and Defense, Jacob Aagaard
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  • Rating: 1600
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Chess book review, GM Preparation: Strategic Play, Jacob Aagaard
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  • Rating: 1200
  • - 2000
Chess book review, Secrets of Attacking chess, Mihail Marin
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  • Rating: 1400
  • - 2200
Chess book review, Zlotnik's Middlegame Manual, Boris Zlotnik
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  • Rating: 1800
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, Supreme Chess Understanding, Wojciech Moranda
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  • Rating: 1600
  • - 2200+
Chess book review, Attacking Manual 2, Jacob Aagaard
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  • Rating: 2000
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Chess book review, Practical Chess Defence, Jacob Aagaard
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  • Rating: 1600
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Chess book review, Attacking Manual 1, Jacob Aagaard
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  • Rating: 2000
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Chess book review, Dynamic Decision Making in Chess, Boris Gelfand
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