Marvelous Modern Miniatures

Author : Carsten Hansen
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 1997 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2020-11-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781949859232

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Marvelous Modern Miniatures by Carsten Hansen Pdf

50% Tactics – 50% Opening Book – 100% Enjoyment! Enter the world of chess miniatures where games are decided in 20 moves or less! Marvelous Modern Miniatures features the largest collection of miniatures chess games played in the last half-century. Over 500 pages of cut and thrust! Although every player is rated at least 2100, the overwhelming majority are strong masters or grandmasters. You will follow them as they do battle with tactical fireworks raging around them. The surprising depth of the annotations (each one of the 2,020 games has meaningful comments) turns this book into a virtual course on tactics. Looking for traps and pitfalls in your favorite openings? You’ll probably find them here. Marvelous Modern Miniatures will improve your tactical skills and alertness and sharpen your opening play. As a bonus, the entire collection is immensely enjoyable!

Author : Russell Enterprises
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-12-20
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781949859508

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Chess Books Published by Russell Enterprises by Russell Enterprises Pdf

Russell Enterprises has been publishing chess books for over 35 years. Although an individual excerpt is available for each of our current titles (see https://www.russell-enterprises.com/russell-enterprises), we thought combining many of them into one eBook would be helpful and welcomed by chessplayers. The result is an eBook which is the equivalent of almost 250 printed pages containing excerpts from 20 REI titles. Each excerpt has the book’s table of contents, introduction, foreword and a selection from the book. We want to thank our readers for their support over the years. We hope you enjoy Chess Books Published by Russell Enterprises: Selected Excerpts.

Author : Diane Elizabeth Kelleher
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2023-05-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9798823008044

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Sense, Sensibility and Sensation: the Marvelous Miniatures and Perfect Pastels of Laura Coombs Hills by Diane Elizabeth Kelleher Pdf

Innovative and yet traditional, Laura Coombs Hills (1859-1952) was renowned for both her miniatures on ivory and, later, her pastels of flowers. “Queen of Miniature Painters”, “...a veritable John Singer Sargent of miniature painting” and “Dean of Flower Pastels” were merely some of the many accolades ascribed to this New England artist. However, Hills’ accomplishments and contributions to America’s art historical culture entailed so much more. Sense, Sensibility and Sensation: The Marvelous Miniatures and Perfect Pastels of Laura Coombs Hills, America’s Lyrical Impressionist was conceived and written as an atypical art history book to better explore Hills’ many contributions to American culture, with a view toward a broader understanding of Hill’s ethos. Beyond the presentation of her unique, biographical history as an independent, woman-entrepreneur, this book explores Hill’s role in perpetuating a sense of individualism associated more closely with the concepts of home, hearth, and honor of the nineteenth century than the psychological anomie associated with the Modernism of the twentieth, - her own time. In addition, on the pages of this book will be found relevant discussions regarding Hills’ ties to Sense, Sensibility and Sensation, that is, to the idea of individualism associated with nineteenth century miniatures and Walt Whitman’s celebration of America; the notion of beauty associated with Contemplative Romanticism espoused by Edmund Burke; the sentiments of the “Romance poets” (Lord Byron and Percy B. Shelley); as well as the nineteenth century color theories of Michel Chevreul favored by the Impressionists. Moreover, notions of “democratic empiricism”, “aesthetic lyricism”, and Hills’ passion for “symphonic colors” – are all contributory factors which help to identity Laura Coombs Hills as what I have termed “America’s Lyrical Impressionist”.

Author : Carsten Hansen
Publisher : CarstenChess
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9788793812451

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The Carlsen Variation - A New Anti-Sicilian by Carsten Hansen Pdf

Rattle your opponents from the get-go! How do you change the Sicilian Defense in your favor? The Sicilian Defense (1.e4 c5) contains countless variations and sub-variations that have been discussed in detail at all levels of play for many years. Even "small" specialized systems have been covered in exhaustive detail in book after book. That is why this book is unique, The Carlsen Variation, which arises after 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4, has never previously been covered in detail before. The variation was uncorked by World Champion Magnus Carlsen in 2018 and has since been played by several other top grandmasters such as Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, and several others. Yet despite this attention, the theory of the variation is largely unexplored and this book aims to set this discrepancy straight. Main lines are established and carefully analyzed with hundreds of new ideas and improvements suggested along the way. For the reader, this book is an excellent resource to get the opponent out of their opponent's "book" into our book. Time to have some fun in the Sicilian - enjoy!

Author : Carsten Hansen,Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : CarstenChess
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9788793812321

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The Smyslov Workbook by Carsten Hansen,Cyrus Lakdawala Pdf

In this book, the authors aim to assist the reader in becoming better at finding combinations, constructing plans, and calculating long, forcing variations. For the purpose of instruction, the material is based on the output of former World Champion Vassily Smyslov (1921-2010), using his endgame compositions from various works and publications as well as several of his practical endgames from games from tournaments and matches throughout his career against players such as Mikhail Botvinnik, Paul Keres, Bent Larsen, Efim Geller, Tigran Petrosian, and several other world-class players

Author : Carsten Hansen,Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : CarstenChess
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-13
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9788793812666

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Magnus Carlsen's Norwegian Rat by Carsten Hansen,Cyrus Lakdawala Pdf

A fun & tricky ambush weapon for Black against 1.e4? In this book, the authors cover the exciting 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Nf6!? which players like Magnus Carlsen, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Richard Rapport, and other strong players have used with powerful effect to drag White players out of their comfort zones into Black's domain. The authors are pulling games from many resources, including their own experiments with the opening to illustrate how it is possible to beat titled players right out of the opening by shocking White's system and beliefs.

Author : George W. Shannon,Pat Torlen
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Mosaics
ISBN : 1895569729

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Marvelous Mosaics for Home & Garden by George W. Shannon,Pat Torlen Pdf

Choose from a range of extraordinary mosaic techniques and materials for making 20 exceptional decorative items. Use silicone to apply art glass onto a translucent background for a uniquely shimmering look. Incorporate natural and found objects like fossils and bottles washed up on shore and polished by the sea. Projects include a table adorned with rocks and glass, a mirrored tray, a 3-D decanter, and more.

Author : Melinda Coss,Duncan Grant,Vanessa Bell,Roger Eliot Fry
Publisher : Hutchinson
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1992-01-01
Category : Bloomsbury group
ISBN : 0091770351

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Bloomsbury Needlepoint by Melinda Coss,Duncan Grant,Vanessa Bell,Roger Eliot Fry Pdf

Author : Frisco Del Rosario
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781412039062

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A First Book of Morphy by Frisco Del Rosario Pdf

A First Book of Morphy aims to illustrate the teachings of three great chessplayers with games played by the first American chess champion, Paul Morphy. The book presents more than 60 of Morphy's brilliant and instructive games in demonstration of basic chess principles written by grandmasters Reuben Fine and Cecil Purdy.

Author : Ruby Lal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2005-09-22
Category : History
ISBN : 0521850223

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Domesticity and Power in the Early Mughal World by Ruby Lal Pdf

This 2005 book looks at domestic life and the place of women in the Mughal court of the sixteenth century.

Author : Frank V. Chambers,E. V. Wenzell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1362 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Photography
ISBN : UCAL:B2862087

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The Camera by Frank V. Chambers,E. V. Wenzell Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1192 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Booksellers and bookselling
ISBN : MINN:319510005689951

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American Bookseller by Anonim Pdf

Author : Leonard Barden,Wolfgang Heidenfeld
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Games
ISBN : 0486235416

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Modern Chess Miniatures by Leonard Barden,Wolfgang Heidenfeld Pdf

Author : Sally J. Smith
Publisher : Cool Springs Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780760354834

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Fairy Houses by Sally J. Smith Pdf

Learn how to craft breathtaking fairy homes exclusively from elements found in nature, step by step, from master fairy house architect Sally J. Smith—photos of dozens of her magical miniature creations provide abundant inspiration for crafters and fantasy fanciers interested in a creative challenge. Imagine a fairy home that has dragonfly wings as stained-glass windows, twigs for window frames, birch bark for walls, and dried mushrooms for shingles—with Fairy Houses, you can create one in your own garden. Browse gorgeous photographs of fairy houses in nature, then: Design your home following the outlined steps Gather tools and materials Create magical fairy house components, including intricately detailed doors and windows Put it all together to create your own unique fairy house Add lighting and interiors Add finishing touches, like a bark roof covering or a stone pathway The final chapter gives step-by-step photo instructions on how to construct two different fairy homes. Both an inspiring gallery of art and a practical how-to guide, Fairy Houses will open new doors of creativity for you as you are transported to the magical realm where fairies live.

Author : Marianne Malone
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-02-23
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780375893247

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The Sixty-Eight Rooms by Marianne Malone Pdf

Almost everybody who has grown up in Chicago knows about the Thorne Rooms. Housed in the Children’s Galleries of the Chicago Art Institute, they are a collection of 68 exquisitely crafted miniature rooms made in the 1930s by Mrs. James Ward Thorne. Each of the 68 rooms is designed in the style of a different historic period, and every detail is perfect, from the knobs on the doors to the candles in the candlesticks. Some might even say, the rooms are magic. Imagine—what if you discovered a key that allowed you to shrink so that you were small enough to sneak inside and explore the rooms’ secrets? What if you discovered that others had done so before you? And that someone had left something important behind? Fans of Chasing Vermeer, The Doll People, and From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler will be swept up in the magic of this exciting art adventure!