The Chess Board Execution And Other Stories

Author : GERALD. NATHANSON
Publisher : Austin Macauley
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1398441759

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The Chess Board Execution and Other Stories by GERALD. NATHANSON Pdf

The stories in this book touch upon the author's own life and his sense of humour and wide-ranging interests. 'By the Waters of Stepney Green' is half historical recollection, half romantic dream, while in the often hilarious 'We weren't all fliers', you meet the young author and his escapades as a National Serviceman. 'Gilda', a story set in Burma in World War II, will keep you reading well into the night. 'Gareth' is the story of a young man from orphanage to officer and tells how deep friendship can emerge from enmity, while 'Chess Board Execution' is a story of love, deception and revenge. These stories will appeal to all readers who enjoy a mixture of genres and moods.

Author : Gerald Nathanson
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781398441767

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The Chess Board Execution and Other Stories by Gerald Nathanson Pdf

The stories in this book touch upon the author’s own life and his sense of humour and wide-ranging interests. ‘By the Waters of Stepney Green’ is half historical recollection, half romantic dream. ‘Gilda’, a story set in Burma in World War II, will keep you reading well into the night. ‘Gareth’ is the story of a young man from orphanage to officer and tells how deep friendship can emerge from enmity, while ‘Chess Board Execution’ is a story of love, deception and revenge. These stories will appeal to all readers who enjoy a mixture of genres and moods.

Author : Jorg Hickl
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-11
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056916329

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The Power of Pawns by Jorg Hickl Pdf

'If you want to improve at chess, you must know the characteristics of typical pawn formations. Understanding the pawn structure is a key tool when you are evaluating a position on the board. One simple pawn move can ruin your position or win the game. Post-beginners should know the basic essentials of chess structures and that is what this modern training manual focuses on. Experienced chess teacher Jörg Hickl helps you to: - Assess the strengths and weaknesses of pawn structures - Recognize strategic patterns - Identify how you can improve your position - Develop a plan of action The Power of Pawns provides common sense guidance and Jörg Hickl uses practical examples to explain typical structures, strategies and plans. His tips and exercises are both highly enjoyable and to the point.

Author : Yasser Seirawan
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781781945148

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Winning Chess Combinations by Yasser Seirawan Pdf

Combinations are the central element in chess; they make the game so magical and captivating. The beautiful point of sacrificing a queen, the strongest piece, in order to checkmate with a lowly pawn brings a smile of joy to all chess lovers. Virtually all chess games possess a combination, either one hidden in the shadows of analysis carefully avoided or one that provides a decisive blow. Winning Chess Combinations is a unique work that doesn't merely repeat the wonderfully rich and vast numbers of combinations, asking readers to solve a particular diagrammed position; it is a work that is far more realistic. A combination involves a sacrifice upsetting the balance of forces, but will it work or tragically boomerang? The reader is invited to solve this critical question by identifying the advantages that a specific position holds which might make the combination successful.

Author : Ralph Adams Cram
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4066338075734

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In Kropsberg Keep and Other Stories by Ralph Adams Cram Pdf

In Kropsberk Keep and Other Stories by Ralph Adams Cram is about old Peter Rosskopf looking after two young men who are studying painting in the haunted castle Brixleg. Excerpt: "To the traveler from Innsbrück to Munich, up the lovely valley of the silver Inn, many castles appear, one after another, each on its beetling cliff or gentle hill,--appear and disappear, melting into the dark fir trees that grow so thickly on every side,--Laneck, Lichtwer, Ratholtz, Tratzberg, Matzen, Kropfsberg, gathering close around the entrance to the dark and wonderful Zillerthal."

Author : Songfen Guo
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2008-10-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780231519304

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Running Mother and Other Stories by Songfen Guo Pdf

Guo Songfen's short stories are masterful psychological portraits that play with the echoes of history and the nature of identity. One of the few modernists to truly capture the fallout from such events as the February 28th Incident and the White Terror, Guo Songfen illuminates the quiet core of his characters through a spare and immediate style that is at once a symptom and an allegory of the trauma in which they live. In "Running Mother," a man is torn between his fear of abandonment and his guilt over leaving his family, and therefore his symbolic home, behind. "Moon Seal" follows a woman caught between traditional and modern worlds. In "Wailing Moon," a wife learns a shocking secret after her husband's death, realizing he was never the man she thought him to be. Set in the United States and Taiwan, "Snow Blind" is a multigenerational triptych that portrays the consequences of spiritual malaise, and in "Brightly Shines the Stars Tonight," a general wrestles with issues of memory and self-perception in the final moments before his execution. Guo Songfen's stories play with the hazards of miscommunication, the malevolence of human will, the arbitrary nature of fate, and the burden of historical circumstance. As the general discovers, life is a game of chess, the outcome of which is never certain though it might be logically designed. Showcasing the best of Taiwan's modernist style, these stories are not only an indictment of the human condition but also a powerful comment on the experience of postretrocession Taiwan.

Author : Stefan Zweig
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781590175606

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Chess Story by Stefan Zweig Pdf

Chess Story, also known as The Royal Game, is the Austrian master Stefan Zweig’s final achievement, completed in Brazilian exile and sent off to his American publisher only days before his suicide in 1942. It is the only story in which Zweig looks at Nazism, and he does so with characteristic emphasis on the psychological. Travelers by ship from New York to Buenos Aires find that on board with them is the world champion of chess, an arrogant and unfriendly man. They come together to try their skills against him and are soundly defeated. Then a mysterious passenger steps forward to advise them and their fortunes change. How he came to possess his extraordinary grasp of the game of chess and at what cost lie at the heart of Zweig’s story. This new translation of Chess Story brings out the work’s unusual mixture of high suspense and poignant reflection.

Author : James Oliver Curwood
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664635266

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Back to God's Country and Other Stories by James Oliver Curwood Pdf

"Back to God's Country and Other Stories" by James Oliver Curwood. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : J. M. Baggiani,V. M. Tewell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 21 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0934329079

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The Chess Set and Other Stories by J. M. Baggiani,V. M. Tewell Pdf

Author : Valeri Bronznik
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Games
ISBN : 9789056914738

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Techniques of Positional Play by Valeri Bronznik Pdf

Opening preparation is useful, but understanding the middlegame is much more important. This book, an improved edition of a Russian classic, teaches amateur chess players 45 extremely effective skills in a crystal-clear manner. Quite a few of the ideas presented here will surprise the reader, because they offer solutions for problems the club player is only subconsciously aware. How do you activate your rook pawn? How do you prevent your opponent from opening a file? How do you restrict the efficacy of your opponents pieces? Which rook belongs on the c-, d- or e-file? What is the best way to exchange a piece? How do you castle artificially? In most cases the techniques are easy to understand and memorize. Bronznik and Terekhin do not burden the reader with deep analysis and only present those variations that are really necessary to get the point. There is a special training section at the end of the book where you can test your skills.

Author : James Oliver Curwood
Publisher : The Floating Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781775561613

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Back to God's Country by James Oliver Curwood Pdf

At the height of his literary career, Michigan-born author James Oliver Curwood was reported to be the highest-paid writer in the world. The collection Back to God's Country and Other Stories brings together some of Curwood's most memorable shorter pieces, many of which are set in the rugged wilderness of northwest Canada.

Author : Jonathan Rowson
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2003-12
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1901983854

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Chess for Zebras by Jonathan Rowson Pdf

Jonathan Rowson, author of the highly acclaimed Seven Deadly Chess Sins, investigates three questions important to all chess-players: 1) Why is it so difficult, especially for adult players, to improve? 2) What kinds of mental attitudes are needed to find good moves in different phases of the game? 3) Is White's alleged first-move advantage a myth, and does it make a difference whether you are playing Black or White? In a strikingly original work, Rowson makes use of his academic background in philosophy and psychology to answer these questions in an entertaining and instructive way. This book assists all players in their efforts to improve, and provides fresh insights into the opening and early middlegame. Rowson presents many new ideas on how Black should best combat White's early initiative, and make use of the extra information that he gains as a result of moving second. For instance, he shows that in some cases a situation he calls 'Zugzwang Lite' can arise, where White finds himself lacking any constructive moves. He also takes a close look at the theories of two players who, in differing styles, have specialized in championing Black's cause: Mihai Suba and Andras Adorjan. Readers are also equipped with a 'mental toolkit' that will enable them to handle many typical over-the-board situations with greater success, and avoid a variety of psychological pitfalls. Chess for Zebras offers fresh insights into human idiosyncrasies in all phases of the game. The depth and breadth of this book will therefore help players to appreciate chess at a more profound level, and make steps towards sustained and significant improvement.

Author : Paolo Maurensig
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466896383

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The Luneburg Variation by Paolo Maurensig Pdf

"Not since White Knights of Reykjavik, George Steiner's riveting account of the 1972 world championship match between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer, has a writer demonstrated such stunning insight into the nurturing madness that compels chess play at the master level." - Publishers Weekly At the opening of this amazing fiction from Paolo Maurensig, The Luneburg Variation, a cadaver is discovered, the body of a wealthy businessman from Vienna, apparently a suicide without plausible motivation. Next to the body is a chessboard made of rags with buttons for pieces whose positions on the board may hold the only clue. As the plot of this passionately colored, coolly controlled thriller unfolds, we meet two chess players—one a clever, persecuted Jew, the other a ruthless, persecuting German—who have faced each other many times before and played for stakes that are nothing less than life itself.

Author : Mark Miller
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2015-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781626563957

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Chess Not Checkers by Mark Miller Pdf

As organizations grow in volume and complexity, the demands on leadership change. The same old moves won't cut it any more. In Chess Not Checkers, Mark Miller tells the story of Blake Brown, newly appointed CEO of a company troubled by poor performance and low morale. Nothing Blake learned from his previous roles seems to help him deal with the issues he now faces. The problem, his new mentor points out, is Blake is playing the wrong game. The early days of an organization are like checkers: a quickly played game with mostly interchangeable pieces. Everybody, the leader included, does a little bit of everything; the pace is frenetic. But as the organization expands, you can't just keep jumping from activity to activity. You have to think strategically, plan ahead, and leverage every employee's specific talents—that's chess. Leaders who continue to play checkers when the name of the game is chess lose. On his journey, Blake learns four essential strategies from the game of chess that transform his leadership and his organization. The result: unprecedented performance!

Author : Abigail Wyatt
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781471734304

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Old Soldiers Old Bones and Other Stories by Abigail Wyatt Pdf

Within these pages you will find 22 short stories crammed with characters from history, from myth and legend, and from next door. Abigail Wyatt's imagination will surprise and delight short story lovers everywhere. 'I guess that most people, if they are honest, will admit to having one nasty secret, some action or experience, either from their childhood or a long-ago, lost life, the recollection of which fills them with horror, guilt, or disgust; or, perhaps, makes them blush to the roots of their hair with stomach-churning, toe-curling embarrassment. It's natural to suppress such memories - and, in this, I'm no different to most guys - but sometimes it seems that there's something out there that won't let matters rest. At such times, you could almost swear there's this great universal finger that wag, wag, wags away from one side of the ether to the other and then pokes its nail-bitten end deep in someone's private pie...' From Audi Alterem Partem