Groovystuff Teak Wood Hill Country Chess Table - Medium The Groovystuff Teak Wood Hill Country Chess Table - Medium combines the natural colors and beauty of ancient teak wood with a rustic look to provide exquisite patio furniture which looks great in any contemporary or western setting.

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Winning Chess Traps for Juniors: Tactics in the Opening

In Winning Chess Traps for Juniors, nationally-renowned chess coach Robert M. Snyder takes his Chess for Juniors book a step further by covering sixty-four additional opening traps. . Traps are arranged by opening to help students improve their knowl- edge of the most important openings. . Traps contain important tactical themes designed to improve pattern recognition. . Students are challenged at various points to find the best move. . Written for the beginner to intermediate player-this book is clear and easy to read, though not just for juniors!
Customer Review: Improve both your knowledge of tactics and ideas behind the openings simultaneously!
In General about Trap Books: Books on chess traps should be an excellent way to learn tactics and openings at the same time. This is because you see all of the moves leading up to the actual tactic being employed (unlike books that give a diagram and the tactic starts from there). You can learn important ideas in specific openings also knowing how to avoid traps as well as well as executing them.
“Winning Chess Traps for Juniors”: Has 64 short games with often numerous traps within a single game (unlike numerous other trap books that will create separate traps and use up space for nothing). They are arranged by type of opening (openings can be looked up quickly in the table of contents). The analysis is very accurate (I have computer checked the analysis and wow! Perfect in every respect, unlike some of the other traps and tactic books I have seen that contain faulty analysis). There are a nice variety of openings containing your most common type of traps and tactics. There is an analysis of moves leading up to the trap (unlike numerous trap books I have seen that have most if not all of the analysis when the trap is reached) and where the player went wrong along with the improvement is pointed out. This book fits in well as part of a series by the author with material being consistant (however, you don’t need the author’s other books to get full use of this book as this does just find as a stand-alone book).
Who this book is for: Written is easy to understand language, it is at about a fourth or fifth grade reading level. If you are an adult, don’t let the easy language snub this book - it is perfect for adults! Once you know the very basics of chess (know how the pieces move, and have just been introduced to the ideas behind the openings) this book becomes very useful. However, it contains analysis that an advanced beginner or intermediate player will very extremely useful.
Customer Review: A sick mind wrote this book!
Author Robert Snyder plead guilt to charges of molesting one of his former students! (I also like how he ripped of the title of Chernev’s classic book!)

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INSA Wooden Merchanical Chess Clock Timer A favorite amongst tournament Chess players, the INSA Wooden Mechanical Clock features the beauty and precision of European production. It is housed in a beautiful solid wood case and has the quietest mechanisms available on a mechanical Chess clock. It also features a revolutionary expanded last minute time-scale removes the guess-work and allows you to better manage your remaining time.  You won’t find a more attractive wooden clock at this price ANYWHERE!

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