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The Moment of Zuke:
Critical Positions and
Pivotal Decisions for
Colle System Players

by David Rudel
author of Zuke 'Em

7 modules written just for Colle System Players. Over 150 practice problems accompany lessons written in Rudel's crystal-clear, inimitable style

Thematic Lessons
on game-changing
decisions Colle Players
frequently face

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	The Black Lion - The Chess Predator's Choice Against Both 1.e4 and 1.d4 by Jerry Van Rekom & Leo Jansen (New In Chess, 2008) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "At the heart of "The Black Lion" is the concept that Black can strongpoint the e5-pawn and go about pushing g7-g5 to initiate operations directly toward the white king. This idea is at least as old as Alekhine, probably older, but never has been a ground for serious testing..."

	Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made by John S. Hilbert and Peter P. Lahde, reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "When I find myself reading – and enjoying – even the footnotes of a book, I know that I’m onto something really good. That “really good” is Hilbert and Lahde’s Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made. Mind you, you have to like American chess in the late 1800s and early 1900s, when the local club was the powerhouse, and a throw-down between rivals such as the Manhattan CC and the Brooklyn CC was serious business..."

	The Greatest Ever Chess Tricks and Traps by GM Gary Lane (Everyman Chess, 2008) reviewed by Rick Kennedy. "Let’s face it. For every Grandmaster who enjoys squeezing a win out of a Petroff Defence or an Exchange Slav, there are a hundred club players who rejoice over snookering someone again with the Blackburne-Shilling Gambit or that old trap in the Englund Gambit..."

	Dangerous Weapons: Flank Openings by IM Richard Palliser, GM Tony Kosten and FM Dr. James Vigus (Everyman Chess, 2008), reviewed by Bill McGeary. "Learning that the "Dangerous Weapons" series was coming out with a "Flank Openings" edition my curiosity and excitement were tempered with a bit of doubt. My feeling has been that Flank Openings are a bit too amorphous to be lumped into categories like the Sicilian or Queens Gambit. Still, I could not contain my eagerness to open the cover when my copy arrived..."

	Playing the Queen's Gambit - A Grandmaster Guide by GM Lars Schandorff (Quality Chess, 2009) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary. "Each of us knows how we would play if we were GM's. Playing our favorite lines with deeply hidden improvements, we catch our opponents out in some big tournament and use a fancy tactic. Yeah, that's how it would go. Well, at least we all think we know how we would play..."

Dangerous Weapons: The Benoni and Benko by Richard Palliser, John Emms, Chris Ward and Gawain Jones (Everyman Chess, 2008), reviewed by NM Bill McGeary

Master the French (DVDs) by GM Susan Polgar, reviewed by Michael Jeffreys

Secrets of Opening Surprises Vol. 10 Edited by Jeroen Bosch (New In Chess, 2009) reviewed by Rick Kennedy

Perpetual Check (Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2009) by Rich Wallace, reviewed by Rick Kennedy

Starting Out: The Modern by GM Nigel Davies (Everyman Chess, 2008) reviewed by NM Bill McGeary

Chess Explained: The French by GM Viacheslav Eingorn and IM Valentin Bogdanov (Gambit, 2008), reviewed by NM Bill McGeary

Secrets of Opening Surprises Vol 9 Edited by Jeroen Bosch (New In Chess, 2008) reviewed by Rick Kennedy

Gary’s Adventures in Chess Country by Igor Sukhin, reviewed by Rick Kennedy

New In Chess Yearbook 87, reviewed by Prof. Nagesh Havanur

Chess Opening Essentials, The Ideas and Plans Behind ALL Chess Openings - Volume 1: The Complete 1.e4, Second Edition by Stefan Djuric, Dimitri Komarov and Claudio Pantaleoni (New In Chess, 2008), reviewed by Rick Kennedy

Chess Explained: The Queen's Gambit Declined by James Rizzitano (Gambit, 2007) reviewed by Rick Kennedy

Play the Semi-Slav by David Vigorito (Quality Chess, 2008), reviewed by Michael Jeffreys

Alice’s World Record by Tim Kennemore, illustrated by Mike Spoor; reviewed by Rick Kennedy

Chess Explained: The c3 Sicilian by IM Sam Collins (Gambit, 2007) reviewed by Michael Jeffreys

Power Play 8 - Knights & Bishops (DVD) by GM Daniel King, reviewed by Michael Jeffreys

Three Queens: Play the Queen’s Gambit by Chris Ward; Starting Out: Queen’s Gambit Accepted by A. Raetsky and M. Chetverik; and Starting Out: Queen’s Gambit Declined by Neil McDonald. Reviewed by Rick Kennedy

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