1000 Best Short Games of Chess + Winning Chess: How To See Three Moves Ahead [B2016]

1955 HCDJ & 1948 PB, both clean with amazingly little wear. Irving Chernev (1900-1981) was an American chess player and prolific chess author. He was born in Pryluky, Ukraine and emigrated to the United States in 1905. Chernev was a national master-strength player and was devoted to chess. He wrote that he "probably read more about chess, and played more games than any man in history." Chernev's deep love for the game is obvious to any reader of his books.

1000 Best Shor Games: Here, each introduced with a brief, pungent or witty commentary, are 1,000 of the sweetest sugar-coated pills in all chess literature.

From Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "A classic, must have for every Chess book collection. This is a great tactics trainer. You will see many of tactical themes over and over, which helps develop your pattern recognition. I use these games for my kids' chess classes."; "An old favorite I bought for my son. We both like the swift punishment of idle play, and this is a fine collection of master-class players being caught off guard."; "A GOLD MINE of chess information. Just what I needed to show my pupils how experts start and finish games of chess."

Winning Chess: Sharing their phenomenal knowledge of chess, Chernev and Reinfeld teach readers how the proper use of combination play is the secret to winning the game. Winning Chess not only tells you, but graphically and forcefully shows how to recognize the elements of winning tactical combinations and how to apply them to actual game positions. Each chapter of this guide constitutes a unique lesson in attacking play that can be applied directly to the game, putting readers well on the way to playing and winning chess.

From Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "This is one of my all time favorite chess books. It is a tactical primer, and even though countless dozens of such books have been written since, this still remains one of the very best. It covers all of the basic tactical motifs, such as pins, skewers, N forks, weak back ranks, and overworked pieces. The examples are well chosen, and all seem to come from practical play, with no esoteric studies. The level of difficulty is really ideal, with many basic and easy problems and a nice selection of more difficult ones thrown in. But what really sets this book apart is its literary merit. It is written with wit, charm and includes a large number of literary quotes that you just rarely find in chess books any more."