Jose Raul Capablanca (Havana, 1888 - New York, 1942) was a Cuban chess player who became the World Chess Champion from 1921 to 1927. Capablanca learned to play chess at the age of four by observing his father's technique, and he became a legend in the world of chess. Originally written in English with the title "Chess Fundamentals" by Capablanca, is a treatise on the basic principles of the game, presented with remarkable precision and clarity, and...

More than 30 new cases of intrigue that can be solved individually or in groups. I propose you a game that will enthral you and your friends or family. It all starts with the reading of a statement like this: A man gets out of bed. He is dressed in a very elegant suit and is also wearing his shoes. Half asleep, he looks at himself in the mirror, touches his clothes, sees a picture of his whole family, and runs like crazy and jumps off his...

Nerding Out About Gaming covers the wonderfully nerdy world of gaming: from boardgames to videogames. This 45th Parallel hi-lo series includes considerate vocabulary and high-interest content. Activities for further learning Author/Illustrator biography Glossary of key words Index Informative sidebars Table of contents The Nerd Culture hi-lo series covers popular topics in the nerd community: DIY, fantasy, gaming, Japanese popular culture, role-playing,...

"How we should think about board games, and what do they do to us as we play them?" Writer and critic Eric Thurm digs deep into his own experience as a board game enthusiast to explore the emotional and social rules that games create and reveal, telling a series of stories about a pastime that is also about relationships. From the outdated gender roles in Life and Mystery Date to the cutthroat, capitalist priorities of Monopoly and its socialist...

A game of cooperation. The players try to build the brick house to keep the 3 little pigs safe before the wolf catches them and puts them in the cooking pot!

With the second book of the series, we continue with the systems from where we left off. As I said in the first book, are you bored with the known diamond systems or do you have difficulty in applying them? Here are systems outside of the usual systems. Learning pool systems has never been so easy and fun. No need to memorize confusing formulas or individual points for each system. Systems that are explained in a very understandable way and that you...

Hola, está diseñado especialmente para aquellos que están comenzando o van a empezar a familiarizarse con los sistemas del billar. El contenido del libro explica detalladamente el uso general de los sistemas con imágenes. Con las explicaciones de posición detalladas, conocerás mejor los sistemas. Si ya estás utilizando un sistema pero tienes algunas deficiencias, puedes resolverlo con esta serie de libros. El libro explica los sistemas de manera...

Hello and welcome to the second book of the 3 Cushion billiards Hybrid systems series. Do you find it difficult to apply the systems you know? Are you tired of memorizing separate formulas for each system? Or are you looking for different and easy to implement billiard systems? Hybrid systems can give you all of these. A single formula used in almost all systems, simple system scores, the easiest system you will ever see in terms of calculation and...

The Life-Changing Magic of Chess isa beginner's guide to the strategy game for children, with secrets from Grandmaster Maurice Ashley. Discover why the world's first Black Grandmaster Maurice Ashley thinks that chess is one of the best skills in life. Follow him on a journey from Jamaica to New York to the world stage where he has taught thousands of young people the life philosophies of the game. Part biography, part skills and fully oozing...

By matching the tiles end-to-end, players build a continuous network of rivers, roads and rails. "Build a world of rivers, roads and rails! Each card has to connect perfectly to the next to create an intricate network for transportation. Plan ahead, from pathways and be the first to use up all your cards to win the game. Includes three different game variations!"--Ravensburger website.