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Monthly Specials
January 2009


Competition Special

How to Get the Edge
against the Grünfeld

For the January Competition Special, we are pleased to offer How to Get the Edge against the Grünfeld, by Konstantin Sakaev for the incredible USCF member price of $9.95! – a savings of $17.00!

The author uses complete games to illustrate contemporary ideas in a system forged by Bronstein and Geller and used with deadly precision by Spassky. Sakaev is a leading theoretician and his analyses offer a unique insight into the theory of the Grünfeld.


Scholastic Special

Chess School 3
More Advanced
Combinations

For the January Scholastic Special, we are pleased to offer a great book to improve your tactical skills: Chess School 3 – More Advanced Combinations for the incredible USCF member price of $9.95 – a savings of $15.00!

From many years of experience in teaching young players and observing the successful work of trainers, it has been found that an essential training exercise for improvement in the calculation of variations is the solving of specially selected positions.

These Specials of the Month are good from January 1-January 31, 2009. Orders may be placed online, by mail or by phone. These Specials of the Month may be withdrawn at any time and are good only while supplies last.

New Additions to the
USCFSales.com
Online Catalog

1/1: January Competition Special
1/1: January Scholastic Special
12/31: January $9.95 Sale
12/24: Kaissiber 33
12/16: ChessBase Magazine #127 (DVD)
12/14: Power Play 8: Knights and Bishops (DVD)
12/13: New In Chess Magazine, 2008/8
12/12: Mega Database 2009 (DVD)
12/12: Big Database 2009 (DVD)
12/6: 606 Puzzles for Chess Nuts
12/5: Susan Polgar's Winning Chess the Easy Way, Vols. 11-13, Master the French (3 DVDs)
12/5: Susan Polgar's Winning Chess the Easy Way, Vol. 13, Master the French, Part 3 (DVD)
12/5: Susan Polgar's Winning Chess the Easy Way, Vol. 12, Master the French, Part 2 (DVD)
12/5: Susan Polgar's Winning Chess the Easy Way, Vol. 11, Master the French, Part 1 (DVD)

Book Review
December 31
Nimzowitsch’s
“My System” Part 1

by Roman Dzindzichashvili

The Skittles Room
December 31
Buckle’s Chess
References

by Captain Hugh
A. Kennedy

Endgame Study #624
January 3
F. Dedrle
1926

From the Archives
December 30
The Openings at New York
1924, Part One

by Tim Harding

Video Spotlight
January 3
Interview with
Alex Dunne


Columns

Chess Mazes
Bruce Alberston
January 3

New Stories about
Old Chess Players

Jeremy Spinrad
December 27

Dutch Treat
Hans Ree
December 24

The Q & A Way
Bruce Pandolfini
December 24

The ChessBase Cafe
Steve Lopez
December 24

Over the Horizons
Stefan Bücker
December 24

Informant@
ChessCafe.com

December 20

Endgame Corner
Karsten Müller
December 17

Novice Nook
Dan Heisman
December 17

An Arbiter's Notebook
Geurt Gijssen
December 17

ChessOK Cafe
Dadi Jonsson
December 13

The Instructor
Mark Dvoretsky
December 10

The Kibitzer
Tim Harding
December 10

El Café del Ajedrez en Español
Juan Santa
December 10

Scholastic Chess
Steve Goldberg
December 10

Inside Chess
Yasser Seirawan
December 6

Checkpoint
Carsten Hansen
December 3

Opening Lanes
Gary Lane
December 3

Susan Polgar
on Chess

Susan Polgar
December 3


 

January 6

S. Marjanovic 1955
Karen Movsziszian 1963
Weaver Adams 1963
Hermann Helms 1963
Petr Haba 1965
Artyom Timofeev 1985

Here & There
December 31 - January 6

Book Notes
Our January $9.95 Sale is a great way to experience big savings on some great books. We have no less than nine volumes of Chess Informant discounted more than $26.00 and a dozen other best selling titles all available for just $9.95! Also, be sure to check out our Clearance & One-of-a-Kind items.

On Susan Polgar’s three-part DVD series Master the French, Susan share her experiences and exciting battles from the first opening she ever learned. With a total running time of more than five hours, she shows you the key to learning the French Defense, the pawn strategies, the tactical motifs and the basic plans.

Dzindzisms
Roman Dzindzichashvili is certainly a colorful personality, and, as evidenced by his DVD Roman’s Lab: Volume 26, Nimzowitsch’s “My System” Part 1, he can well be called the Yogi Berra of chess. Dzindzi takes a fresh look at Nimzowitsch’s classic, often with informative results. Read the full review here.

Alex Dunne
FM Alex Dunne gives advice to aspiring scholastic chess players about what attitude and approach is needed to become a stronger player. Now in the Video Spotlight.

Reference Library
Henry Buckle’s commonplace book testifies to the extensive reading, and large research of its gifted compiler. The Skittles Room this week presents “Buckle’s Chess References,” an excerpt from Waifs and Strays, Chiefly from the Chessboard by Captain Hugh A. Kennedy.

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