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A brain-teasing collection of mental workouts, designed to be solved in 10 minutes. Puzzlers of all skill levels: challenge yourself to tests of word and language savvy!

Combining tried-and-tested word and language puzzles such as crosswords, word ladders, and word searches with a fantastic array of new puzzle types like fit words, pathfinders, and arrow words, 10-Minute Brain Games is an exciting and challenging set of brain teasers that will help readers reboot their powers of concentration and dust off their language skills.

If you are aware of endgame patterns, you spot key moves quicker, analyse and calculate better, and memorize what you have studied more fully. Most of the patterns Jesus de la Villa presents in this new book are from the phase of the game just before a theoretical endgame turns up. Knowing these practical endgame fundamentals will enable you to fully reap the benefits of what you learned in De la Villa's widely acclaimed classic 100 Endgames You Must Know.

Studying patterns only makes sense if you are going to encounter them frequently. De la Villa presents those with the greatest practical importance and explains and illustrates them with carefully selected examples. To show the patterns as clearly as possible, he mainly concentrates on positions in which the sides have just one piece. Presenting positions with more pieces risks blurring the picture and making motifs less straightforward.

The fact that players think in patterns has an important side-effect: their endgame errors tend to repeat themselves. That's why De la Villa has not just included examples from games of elite GM's but also of amateurs. Errors are extremely instructive and working with this book will seriously reduce the number of typical mistakes you are prone to make. The many practical exercises that De la Villa selected will help you improve and retain what you learned.

This special hardcover edition of 100 Endgames You Must Know celebrates the sale of more than 25,000 copies of this modern chess classic. The book's success since its first publication in English in 2008 can be explained by its simplicity, its accessibility and its great instructive value.

If you've never read an endgame book before, this is the one you should start with, said book reviewer GM Matthew Sadler. 'De la Villa does a truly wonderful job of explaining useful endgames in a calm and measured manner that is clear enough for any strength of player to understand while still being interesting for stronger players.' Lots of chess players agree. On Amazon, more than 500 readers left a book review, and 84% awarded the book a maximum of five stars.

The book contains only those endgames that:

-show up frequently

-are easy to learn

-contain ideas that are useful in more difficult positions

Your performance will improve dramatically because this book offers you simple rules with detailed and lively explanations.

De la Villa has since written two other endgame manuals, expanding his teachings of the original '100 Endgames'. For further study, you can now use The 100 Endgames You Must Know Workbook and 100 Endgame Patterns You Must Know.

Baffle your brain in the most delightful way!

Do you like crosswords that are light, easy, and breezy? Then these small, carefree 11x13 puzzles are just what you need. Because they're bite-sized, you can complete each one in a few minutes--while still enjoying a challenge. Perfect for carrying around anywhere, this entertaining collection will test your wits on a variety of fun subjects.

Baffle your brain in the most delightful way!

Do you like crosswords that are light, easy, and breezy? Then these small, carefree 11x13 puzzles are just what you need. Because they're bite-sized, you can complete each one in a few minutes--while still enjoying a challenge. Perfect for carrying around anywhere, this entertaining collection will test your wits on a variety of fun subjects.

Chess is 99% tactics. A tactical pattern is all about immediate threats that produce immediate results. Learning the 100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know will dramatically improve your performance.

This book is the long-awaited middlegame companion to 100 Endgames You Must Know, the all-time bestseller of all chess books published by New In Chess. In three hundred pages, experienced chess trainer Frank Erwich teaches you all the tactical patterns that

- occur most frequently

- are easy to learn

- Explain ideas that are useful in practical games

You will get a huge amount of clear, concise and easy-to-follow chess tactics instruction, ideal for every post-beginner, club player and candidate master who wants to win more games.

The best place to start your tactics training is in the endgame! Chess is 99% tactics - and if you want to win more games, nothing works better than training tactics. Win a piece or find a mate. That will get you results. Since most of the pieces have left the board, endgame tactics have the clarity that enables you to grasp all basics concepts quickly and comprehensively. In the endgame, you can focus on what is important without any distractions by a couple of random pawns and pieces. In 1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners, IM Thomas Willemze does two things at once. He explains all the basic concepts, and provides you with a huge amount of exercises for each theme and each chess piece. Willemze uses all his experience as a coach, and his familiarity with the famous Step Method, to carefully build up your chess knowledge step-by-step. He shows you the strength of all pieces, from the lonely pawn to the almighty queen. And he guides you from the basics to more complex tactics in a highly instructive puzzle rush.

Chess is 99% tactics. This celebrated observation is not only true for beginners, but also for club players (Elo 1500 - 2000). If you want to win more games, nothing works better than training your combination skills. There are two types of books on tactics: those that introduce the concepts followed by some examples, and workbooks that contain lots of exercises. FIDE Master Frank Erwich has done both: he explains all key tactical ideas AND provides an enormous amount of exercises for each different theme. Erwich has created a complete tactics book for ambitious club and tournament players. He teaches you how to reach the next level of identifying weak spots in the position of your opponent, recognizing patterns of combinations, visualizing tricks and calculating effectively. Erwich has also included a new and important element: tests that will improve your defensive skills. 1001 Chess Exercises for Club Players is not a collection of freewheeling puzzles. It serves as a course text book, because only the most didactically productive exercises are featured. Every chapter starts with easy examples, but no worries: the level of difficulty will steadily increase.