Chess Openings Traps Zaps by Pandolfini Bruce (110 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.76.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.69.

Pandolfini, Bruce. Chess openings: traps and zaps. New York: Fireside / Simon and Schuster, 1989, later printing, 243pp., PAPERBACK, cover price $13.00, very good, fresh copy. Fireside Chess Library - In the first completely instructional book ever written on chess openings, National Master Bruce Pandolfini teaches players how to take charge of the game's crucial opening phase. Of the three traditional phases of chess play -- the opening, the middle-game and the endgame -- the opening is the phase average players confront most often. Unfortunately, though, many openings are not completed successfully, partly because until now most opening instruction has consisted of tables of tournament level moves that offer no explanations for the reasons behind them. Consequently, these classical opening patterns can serve as little more than references to the average player. In Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps, Bruce Pandolfini uses his unique "crime and punishment" approach to provide all the previously missing explanation, instruction, practical analyses, and much, much more. The book consists of 202 short "openers" typical of average players, arranged according to the classical opening variations and by level of difficulty. Each example includes: * the name of the overriding tactic * the name of the opening * a scenario that sets up the tactic to be learned * an interpretation that explains why the loser went wrong, how he could have avoided the trap, and what he should have done instead * a review of important principles and useful guidelines to reinforce each lesson. Also included are a glossary of openings that lists all the classical "textbook" variations for comparison and reference and a tactical index. Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps is a powerful, pragmatic entry into a heretofore remote area of chess theory that will have a profound influence on every player's game. 9780671656904 ISBN 0671656902.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. Black and White Diagrams (illustrator). 1st Printing. Textblock is very clean and tight. Covers lightly edge and corner rubbed, otherwise in very good condition. 254p., including index. Size: 8vo - Over 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Paperback.

Paperback. Condition: VeryGood. A copy that may have been read, very minimal wear and tear. May have a remainder mark.

Paperback. Condition: LikeNew. Used Like New, no missing pages, no damage to binding, may have a remainder mark.

reprint softback with stiff wrappers As New octavo 244pp., text ills., appends., index, Algebraic notation.

Softcover. First Edition; Fourth Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. Light bowing on front panel. Foxing on top text block edge. ; Fireside Chess Library; 256 pages.

Softcover. First Edition; Tenth Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. Creasing on rear panel top corner. Light foxing on text block edges. ; Fireside Chess Library; 256 pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 2 volumes. xxiv+244 pages with diagrams and index; 255 pages with diagrams and indices. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5 1/2") bound in original publisher's pictorial wrappers Volume 1 later printing, volume 2 first edition. The opening is one o the most important parts o the chess game. Weaken your pawns by mistake, and they're taken. Attack wildly and haphazardly, and your pieces are picked off. Misuse your queen and it's trapped. Carelessly neglect development, and you're mated. You've scarcely begun, and the game is over. Fortunately, Bruce Pandolfini's book offers drills and skills to help players of all levels avoid these perils and pitfalls. Including over 200 traps and zaps, this work present everyday errors in openings and their immediate refutations. With detailed instruction and his usual precise explanation, Pandolfini teaches the defenses necessary to ward of the toughest opponents. Condition: Remainder mark to heal of volume 2. Light edge wear else very good to fine set.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 3 different books in very good condition with no writing or marking. Ships for one media male price of six dollars. Inside United States it's been taking between 3 to 8 days. See the pictures to get an idea of what these books look like.utv1.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in wraps.

Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Inscribed by the author to the front fly dated 1997. Pictorial paper wraps. Pandolfini, a national master, was the chess consultant to The Queen's Gambit and retruned to consult the Netflix show of the same name. Minor crease to top right corner, but otherwise a nice clean copy without any previous owners' names. 5.75 x 8.5 in.