The Chess Mysteries of Sherlock Holmes


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Join Holmes and Watson as they examine interrupted games to deduce prior moves. A series of increasingly complex chess mysteries culminates in a double murder perpetrated by Professor Moriarty. The master sleuth instructs his companion (and us) in the intricacies of retrograde analysis; readers need only a knowledge of how the pieces move.




Hoyle's Games Modernized


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Chess Endings for Beginners


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Originally published early 1900s. A well illustrated and informative book dealing with the various ways to end a game of chess. Contents Include: Pawn Endings - Miscellaneous Endings - Solutions etc. Many of the earliest games books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing many of these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.




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Half-hours with Morphy


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