The Carton-Pierre Staunton Series Chess Set, Casket, & Board Combination

The Carton-Pierre Staunton Series Chess Set, Casket, & Board CombinationTHE CHESSMEN Marvels of grace, balance, beauty and simplicity This is THE classic set that established a worldwide standard used since the mid 19th C. Study the King's crown and Queen's coronet, details of bishops and rooks, knights modeled after marble stallion heads from the Parthenon, on down to the diminutive pawn. Admire the simple, yet elegant contours. Well weighted. Shaped to hold, to touch, to admire To be gazed at in unwavering and total

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Training Guide 1000 to 1200 - Run Time: 00:09:40

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Grandmaster Joel Benjamin introduces all seventeen World Chess Champions and describes their historical significance He shows what is important about their style of play and what you can learn from them

* The pscyhological basis of mistakes - how to avoid them and provoke them from your opponent

Each of them illustrates typical plans and methods in the main variations of King's Indian defense and Gruenfeld defense

achieving a high performance score

Anish serves up his super-GM lines and clearly explains the ideas and strategies behind the moves

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25'' individual squares and rounded corners

8 Alexander Finkel Queen's Fianchetto in the Alekhine 60

* Explanation of thinking behind each move