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Archive 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008
2005
02 Jan Berry, Diamond Dust, International Chess Enterprises, 1991, ISBN 1-879479-00-1, Bill Wall Free DB Books
02 Jan Robertie, Basic Endgame Stratgy: Queens & Rooks, Cardoza Publishing, 1998, ISBN: 0-940685-89-2, Ron Benel Free DB Books
05 Jan Messere, The Potter Memorial, Chess Ltd, 1976, Bill Wall Free DB Books
06 Jan Levy, 1976 US Computer Chess Championship, Computer Science Press, 1977, ISBN 0-914894-04-8, Bill Wall Free DB Books
10 Jan Levy, The Games of Gligoric, World Publishing Company, 1972, ISBN 0-529-04889-2, Bill Wall Free DB Books
10 Jan Schonberg, Grandmasters of Chess, Lippincott Company, 1972, ISBN 0-397-01004-4, Bill Wall Free DB Books
23 Jan McCormick and Soltis, The U.S. Chess Championship, 1845-1985, McFarland, 1986, ISBN 0-89950-056-0, Bill Wall Free DB Books
23 Jan Soltis, The Great Chess Tournaments & Their Stories, Chilton, 1975, ISBN 0-8019-6138-6, Bill Wall Free DB Books
30 Jan Kurt Rattmann, Leonid Stein, Smit Publishing, 1985, ISBN 90.6289.549.2, Bill Wall Free DB Books
06 Feb Spence, Vienna Gambit Tournament 1903, The Chess Player, 1968, Bill Wall Free DB Books
06 Feb Varnusz, Play Anti-Indian Systems, Maxwell Macmillan Chess, 1991, ISBN: 1-85744-015-3, Feike Reitsma Free DB Books
09 Feb Nimzovich, Carlsbad Int.Chess Tournament 1929, Dover Inc, 1981, ISBN: 0 4862 4115 -7, Roberto Gabriel Alvarez Free DB Books
09 Feb Wenman, 100 Chess Gems, Whitehead & Miller, 1945, Bill Wall Free DB Books
09 Feb Wenman, 111 Selected Problems, Whitehead & Miller, 1945. Bill Wall Free DB Books
17 Feb Basman, The Central Attack, Accompanying leaflet to BCA tape 0299, BCA 2002, Feike Reitsma Free DB Books
17 Feb Pachman, Meine 100 besten Partien und meine Probleme, Rau, 1978, ISBN: 3-7919-0175-3, Jo Steinschuld Free DB Books
17 Feb Smith & DeVault, Test Your Opening, Middlegame, and Endgame Play, Vol. 2, Chess Digest, 1994, ISBN: 0-87568-243-X, William Grzesiak Free DB Books
19 Feb Ciaffone & Finegold, Smith-Morra Gambit Finegold Defense, Ciaffone, 2000, ISBN: 0966100735, Michael Alexander, USA Free DB Books
19 Feb Wenman, Gems of the Chess Board, Pitman & Sons, 1945, Bill Wall Free DB Books
20 Feb Bellin & Ponzetto, Mastering the Modern Benoni and the Benko Gambit, Batsford, 1990, ISBN: 0-7134-5717-1, Fargo Tabdi Free DB Books
27 Feb Wenman, 175 Chess Brilliancies, Pitman & Sons, 1948, Bill Wall Free DB Books
06 Mar Capablanca, A Primer of Chess, Harvest/HBJ, 1935 Free DB Books
06 Mar du Mont, 200 Miniature Games of Chess, McKay, 1942 Free DB Books
06 Mar Lasker, Emanuel, Lasker's Manual of Chess, McKay, 1947 Free DB Books
06 Mar Mason, The Principles of Chess in Theory and Practice, McKay, 1946 Free DB Books
06 Mar White, Mansfield, Gamage, Eaton, A Century of Two-Movers, Overbrook Press, 1941 Free DB Books
06 Mar Znosko-Borovsky, Traps on the Chessboard, McKay, 1938 Free DB Books
06 Mar Reca, La Defensa Caro-Kann, Editorial Grabo, 1948, Roberto Alvarez Openings (specific)
06 Mar Fishbein, King & Pawn Endings, American Chess Promotions, 1993, ISBN: 0939298392, Richard Paladino Free DB Books
13 Mar Bellin, The Classical Dutch, B. T. Batsford, London, 1977, ISBN 0 7134 3211 X, Lloyd Landon Openings (specific)
13 Mar Wieteck, 50 mal Matt im 20 Zug, Schwarz-Weiss Verlag, 1985, ISBN 3-923571-25-9, Bill Wall Free DB Books
14 Mar Wincor, Baroque Chess Openings, Boston, Gambit, 1972, ISBN 0-87645-059-1 Bill Wall Free DB Books
28 Mar Wilson & Alberston, 303 Perplexing Chess Puzzles, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc., 2004, ISBN: 1402711468, Johannes Reiter Free DB Books
03 Apr Horowitz, Winning Chess Tactics Illustrated, Cornerstone Library, Inc, 1963, ISBN: 346-12405-0, Jeffrey Mahoney Free DB Books
03 Apr Lane, Find the Winning Move, Batsford, 2004, ISBN: 0 7134 8871 9, Bill Klear Free DB Books
06 Apr Coles, Epic Batles of the Chessboard, Tartan, 1972, Bill Wall Free DB Books
06 Apr Grivas, Chess Training vol. 1, KEDROS, 2004, ISBN: 960-04-2616-3, Evangelos Kontogiannis Free DB Books
06 Apr Koltanowski, Colle System, Chess Enterprises, Inc., Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA, 1978, ISBN: 0-931462-35-5, Jack Clark, USA Free DB Books
06 Apr Pachman, Complete Chess Strategy: Principles of Pawn Play and the Centre (vol. 2), Doubleday & Company, 1976, ISBN: 0385121954, Andrey Smyshlyaev Free DB Books
10 Apr De Santis, Sistema Colle, Ediscere, 2004 Free DB Books
10 Apr Keres, Praktische Endspiele, Kurt Rattmann, 1973, Jo Steinschuld Free DB Books
10 Apr Schiller, Learn From Garry Kasparov's Greatest Games, Cardoza, 2005, ISBN: 1580421466, Richard Bradley Free DB Books
10 Apr Shumilin, Chess Tactics Training, Andreyevsky Flag, Moscow, 1993, ISBN: 5-85-608-019-x, Sumanta Pal Free DB Books
10 Apr Varnusz, Selected Games of Lajos Portisch, Arco, 1979, ISBN 0-668-04722-4, Bill Wall Free DB Books
16 Apr Ellerman, Match Radial International de Ajedrez USA Vs USSR, Septiembre 1945, Editorial Grabo, Hebert Pérez García Free DB Books
16 Apr Marusenko & Peresypkin, Kievskii Mezhdunarodnyi - Kiev 1978, Zdorov'ia, 1980, Hebert Pérez García Free DB Books
16 Apr Soltis, White Opening System Combining Stonewall attack, Colle System, Torre Attack, Chess Digest, 1992, ISBN: O-87568-205-7, Eric Pacini Free DB Books
24 Apr Flesch, Planning in Chess, Batsford, 1983, ISBN: 0713415975, Nicholas Mah Free DB Books
24 Apr Taylor, New York 1985: The Manhattan Chess Club International, Chess Enterprises, 1986, ISBN 931462-62-2, Bill Wall Free DB Books
07 May Bangiev, Developments in the King's Gambit 1980-88, Quadrant Marketing, 1988, Bill Wall Free DB Books
07 May Hall, Opening systems for competitive chess players, Hays Publishing, 1994, ISBN 1-880673-87-8, Feike Reitsma Free DB Books
07 May Hertog & Euwe, Practische Schaaklessen, G.B. Van Goor Zonen - Den Haag, 1937, Feike Reitsma Free DB Books
07 May Pandolfini, Power Mates, Fireside, 1996, ISBN: 0-684-80120-5, Daniel Baich Free DB Books
07 May Schiller, Complete Defense To Queen Pawn Opening, Cardoza Publishing, 1998, ISBN: 0-940685-80-9, Feike Reitsma Free DB Books
22 May Golombek, The Game of Chess, Penguin, 1963, Kai Gauer Free DB Books
22 May Hall, Endgame Challenge!, Hays Publishing, 1995, ISBN 1-880673-98-3, Jack Clark Free DB Books
22 May Heisman, Looking For Trouble, Russell Enterprises Inc., 2003, ISBN: 1-888690-18-6, Anonymous Free DB Books
22 May McDonald, The Sveshnikov Sicilian, Batsford, 2003, ISBN: 0713485817, Arun Free DB Books
06 Jun Durkin, Knightmare - A New Chess Opening, no publisher, 1959, no ISBN number, Erik Jensen, USA Free DB Books
06 Jun Gillam, Better Chess, Chess Enterprises, 1993, ISBN: 0-945470-28-2, Gary Hines, USA Free DB Books
06 Jun Polgar Z, 200 Mattkombinationen. ECON Taschenbuchverlag, 1986, ISBN: 3-612-20179-4, Thomas Drescher, Germany Free DB Books
06 Jun Robertie, Winning Chess Tactics, Cardoza Publishing, 1996, ISBN: 0-940685-63-9, Larry Anderson, USA Free DB Books
06 Jun Soltis, Turning Advantage into Victory in Chess, Mckay Chess Library, 2004, ISBN: 0-8129-3581-0, Rafal Sasiak, Poland Free DB Books
06 Jun Tarrasch, Die Modern Schachpartie, Olms, 2003, ISBN: 3283004544, Joshua Lee, USA Free DB Books
19 Jun Basman, The Creepy Crawly, 1996, self-published Free DB Books
19 Jun Neistadt, Erfolgreich angreifen. Der Damenflügel im Visier, Sportverlag Berlin, 1990, ISBN: 3-328-00343-6, Alex, Germania Free DB Books
19 Jun Schiller, Learn From Bobby Fisher's Greatest Games, Cardoza Publishing, 2004, ISBN: 1-58042-120-2, Jeetendra Jangle, India Free DB Books
19 Jun Seirawan, No Regrets, 1992, ICE (International Chess Enterprises), Alejandro de Diego, Netherlands Free DB Books
19 Jun Steinkohl, Blick nach draussen, Limes, Verlag Wiesbaden, 1948, Bill Wall, USA Free DB Books
10 Jul Davies, The Power Chess Program, Batsford, 1998, ISBN: 0713484152, Kassiem Slamang Free DB Books
10 Jul Levenfish & Smyslov, Rook Endings (part 1), Batsford, 1971, ISBN: 0713403543, Ernest Hong Free DB Books
10 Jul Reinfield, Nimzovich the Hypermodern, McKay, 1948, Chris Reynolds Free DB Books
10 Jul Reitstein, Test Your Chess. 240 Positions from South African games to test your skill, L R Reitstein, 1991, ISBN: 0 620 15772 0, Alan Bester Free DB Books
10 Jul Smith, Sicilian: Theory of the Smith-Morra Gambit in Games, Chess Digest, 1974, Bill Wall Free DB Books
10 Jul Stean, Simple Chess (New Algebraic Edition), Dover Books, 2002, ISBN: 0-486-42420-0, Theron Johnson Free DB Books
10 Jul Wolchok, Uroki schachmatnoj taktiki, (Lektion schachtaktic), Kijew "Zdorow'ja", 1977, Zygmunt Smolorz Free DB Books
12 Aug Collins, An Attacking Repertoire for White, Batsford, 2004, ISBN: 0 7134 8910 3, Jonathan Lonsdale Free DB Books
12 Aug Horowitz & Reinfeld, Chess Traps, Pitfalls, and Swindles, Fireside Chess Library, 1954, ISBN: 0-671-21041-6, Paul Denisowski Free DB Books
12 Aug Levy, Sacrifices in the Sicilian, Batsford, 1977, ISBN: 0 7I34 276I 2, Walter Ravagnati Free DB Books
12 Aug Palliser, Play 1 d4!, Batsford, 2003, ISBN: 0 7134 8809 3, Jonathan Lonsdale Free DB Books
12 Aug Raja Ravi Shekhar, Indian Masters beat Grandmasters, Chess Windows, 1995, ISBN: -, Ek Ullu Free DB Books
12 Aug Reinfeld, An Expert's Guide to Chess Strategy, Melvin Powers, 1976, ISBN: 0-87980-221-9, Darin Sims Free DB Books
12 Aug Sadler, The Slav, The Chess Press, Brighton, 1997, ISBN 1 901259 00 5, Christian Martini Free DB Books
12 Aug Taylor, How to Defeat the Smith-Morra Gambit: 6. ... a6, Chess Enterprises, 1993, ISBN: 0-945470-33-9, Jonathan Lonsdale Free DB Books
12 Aug Walton, The Benko Gambit, Chess Enterprises, 1990, ISBN 0-945470-01-0, Bill Wall Free DB Books
18 Aug Evans, Chess Endgame Quiz, Cardoza Publishing, 2002, ISBN: 1-58042-074-5, Warner White Free DB Books
18 Aug Kaufman, The Chess Advantage in Black and White, Random House Puzzles & Games, 2004, ISBN: 0812935713, Jon Vander Hill Free DB Books
18 Aug Urban, Der Bauer im Schachspiel, Humboldt Taschenbuecher, 1982, ISBN: 3-581-66433-X, Paul Denisowski Free DB Books
18 Aug Wellmuth, The Golden Treasury of Chess, David McKay, 1943, Jim Baldwin, USA Free DB Books
27 Aug Reinfeld, Attack and Counter-attack in chess, B&W, 1954, ISBN: 0060970367, Bahram Javanmard Free DB Books
27 Aug Sutherland & Lommer, 1234 Modern End-Game Studies, Dover, 1968, ISBN: 486-21884-8, Wayne Shultz Free DB Books
27 Aug van Seters, Les Olympiades des Echecs 1927-1974: 100 grandes parties expliquées aux amateurs, Verviers, Belg: MARABOUT ms 258, 1976, Alain Cloutier Free DB Books
29 Dec Saidy, The March of Chess Ideas, McKay Chess Library, 1994, ISBN: 0812922336, Sidney Williamson Free DB Books
29 Dec Bijl, The Second Third and Fourth American Chess Congress, Olms, 1985, ISBN 3-283-00089-1, Bill Wall, USA Free DB Books
29 Dec Bruno, Carpe Diem, Ediscere, 2005, ISBN: 88-88928-14-6, Carlo Mazzoni, Italia Free DB Books
29 Dec Jacobs, Winning With the Benko, Batsford, 1995, ISBN: 0-8050-3908-2, Mahlon Inksetter, Canada Free DB Books
29 Dec Clarke, 100 Soviet Chess Miniatures, Bell, 1963, David Clayton, UK Free DB Books
29 Dec Drüke, Gibbins-Weidenhagen-Gambit II, Schachfirma Fruth, 1996, ISBN: 3-9804896-3-9, Manuel Fruth, Deutschland Free DB Books
29 Dec Euwe, The Development of Chess Style, David McKay, 1968, no ISBN, Joseph Ryan, Canada Free DB Books
29 Dec Evans, What's The Best Move? - A Chess Quiz That Teaches You Openings With No Memorizing of Moves, Simon & Shuster, New York, 1970-1973, ISBN: 0-671-21758-5, Jack Clark, USA Free DB Books
29 Dec McDonald's, Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking, Batsford (September 1, 2004), ISBN: 0713488948, Sidney Williamson Free DB Books
29 Dec Shamkovich, Tactical Chess Training, Hays Publishing, Dallas, 1995, ISBN: 1-880673-10-X, Muayad Ali, England Free DB Books
29 Dec Soltis, The Stonewell Attack, Revised 2nd edition, Chess Digest Inc., 1993, ISBN: 0-87568-165-4, Warner White, USA Free DB Books
29 Dec Timman, Het Smalle Pad, Bert Bakker, 1988, ISBN: 90 351 0566 4, Louk Tazelaar, Netherlands Free DB Books
29 Dec Weteschnik, 100 der schönsten Kombinationen, Blauer Punkt Verlag, 2000, ISBN: 3-9806472-3-4, George Birkas, HUN Free DB Books
29 Dec Wilson & Alberston, 202 Checkmates for Children, Cardoza, 2004, ISBN: 1-58042-141-5, Glenn Wade, USA Free DB Books
29 Dec Wilson & Albertson, 202 Surprising Checkmates, ISBN 0486401677, Dover, Mark Benson Free DB Books

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