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In this section you will find biographical  and auto-biographical works highlighting the careers of the some of the best and most famous players who have ever played the royal game.

 
Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made
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Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made (Hardcover)
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American Grandmaster
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American Grandmaster
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Averbakh's Selected Games
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Best of Chess Informant – Garry Kasparov {CD}
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Best of Chess Informant: Anatoly Karpov
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Best of Chess Informant: Anatoly Karpov {CD}
US $29.95 (List Price US $34.95)

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Best of Chess Informant: Vladimir Kramnik {CD}
US $29.95 (List Price US $34.95)
Bobby Fischer Goes to War
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Bobby Fischer Goes to War
US $11.95 (List Price US $13.95)

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Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy
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Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion
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Bobby Fischer: The Career and Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion (softcover)
US $28.95 (List Price US $39.95)
My 60 Memorable Games
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Bobby Fischer's My 60 Memorable Games
US $19.95 (List Price US $22.95)
Boris Spassky: Master of Initiative
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Boris Spassky: Master of Initiative
US $16.95 (List Price US $21.95)

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Breaking Through
US $26.95 (List Price US $30.00)
Capablanca
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Capablanca (Hardcover)
US $50.95 (List Price US $55.00)
Carl Schlechter! The Life and Times of the Austrian Chess Wizard
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Carl Schlechter! The Life and Times of the Austrian Chess Wizard (Hardcover)
US $59.95 (List Price US $65.00)

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Chess for Success
US $11.95 (List Price US $14.00)

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Chess on the Edge – The Collected Games of Canadian Grandmaster Duncan Suttles, Volume 1
US $36.95 (List Price US $39.95)

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Chess on the Edge – The Collected Games of Canadian Grandmaster Duncan Suttles, Volume 2
US $36.95 (List Price US $39.95)

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Chess on the Edge – The Collected Games of Canadian Grandmaster Duncan Suttles, Volume 3
US $36.95 (List Price US $39.95)

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Chess on the Edge – The Collected Games of Canadian Grandmaster Duncan Suttles, Volumes 1-3
US $108.95 (List Price US $114.95)

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Endgame Virtuoso Anatoly Karpov
US $26.95 (List Price US $28.95)

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Fire on Board: Shirov's Best Games
US $17.95 (List Price US $19.95)

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Fire on Board: Shirov's Best Games Part 2: 1997-2004
US $22.95 (List Price US $24.95)
Frank Marshall United States Chess Champion
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Frank Marshall United States Chess Champion (Hardcover)
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Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 1 {DVD}
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Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 2 {DVD}
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Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 3 {DVD}
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Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 4 {DVD}
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Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 5 {DVD}
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Garry Kasparov: My Story, Parts 1-5 {5 DVDs}
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Grandmaster Efim Bogoljubow {CD}
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Great Players' Game Collections: Emanuel Lasker {CD}
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Great Players’ Game Collections – Alexander Alekhine {CD}
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Harry Nelson Pillsbury, American Chess Champion {damaged}
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Hooked on Chess: A Memoir
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Jon Speelman's Best Games
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Judit Polgar, Princess of Chess
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Kasparov’s Fighting Chess 1993-1998
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Khalifman: Life and Games
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Kings of New York
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Kramnik: My Life and Games
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Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein, Volume 1: Uncrowned King
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Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
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Magic of Mikhail Tal
US $21.95 (List Price US $23.95)
Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess
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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess
US $38.95 (List Price US $45.00)

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Masterpieces of Attack: The Brilliant Games of GM Marcel Sisniega Campbell
US $14.95 (List Price US $19.95)

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Max Euwe: The Biography
US $27.95 (List Price US $29.95)

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Mikhail Tal, Tactical Genius
US $16.95 (List Price US $18.95)

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My Best Games, Vol. 1: Games with White
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My Life for Chess Vol. 1 {DVD}
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My Life for Chess Vol. 2 {DVD}
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My One Hundred Best Games
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My Path to the Top {DVD}
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Napier: The Forgotten Chessmaster
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Napier: The Forgotten Chessmaster (Hardcover)
US $34.95 (List Price US $38.00)
Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions
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Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions (Hardcover)
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Paul Keres: Quest for Perfection
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Petrosian vs. the Elite
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Pillsbury the Extraordinary
US $9.95 (List Price US $14.95)
Reuben Fine: A Comprehensive Record of an American Chess Career, 1929–1951
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Reuben Fine: A Comprehensive Record of an American Chess Career, 1929–1951 (Hardcover)
US $69.95 (List Price US $75.00)

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Roman's Lab: Vol. 55, A Tribute to Bobby Fischer, Parts 1 & 2 {DVD}
US $18.95 (List Price US $22.95)

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Rudolf Spielmann Master of Invention
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
US $12.95 (List Price US $15.00)

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Secret Notes
US $32.95 (List Price US $35.00)
Shady Side
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Shady Side: The Life and Crimes of Norman Tweed Whitaker Chess Master (Hardcover)
US $44.95 (List Price US $48.00)

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Smyslov's Best Games Volume II: 1958-1995
US $36.95 (List Price US $39.95)
Steinitz Papers
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Steinitz Papers: Letters and Documents of the First World Chess Champion (Hardcover)
US $50.95 (List Price US $55.00)

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The Art of Bisguier, Selected Games 1961-2003
US $24.95 (List Price US $29.95)
The Tragic Life and Short Chess Career of James A. Leonard, 1841-1862
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The Tragic Life and Short Chess Career of James A. Leonard, 1841-1862 (Hardcover)
US $34.95 (List Price US $39.95)
Two Masters from Seattle
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Two Masters from Seattle {CD}
US $22.95 (List Price US $25.95)

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Uncompromising Chess
US $16.95 (List Price US $18.95)

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Vasily Smyslov: Endgame Virtuoso
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Victor Bologan: Selected Games 1985-2004
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Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess {2nd edition}
US $22.95 (List Price US $24.95)

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Viswanathan Anand: My Career, Vol. 1
US $44.95 (List Price US $47.95)

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Viswanathan Anand: My Career, Vol. 2
US $44.95 (List Price US $47.95)
Walter Penn Shipley, Philadelphia’s Friend of Chess
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Walter Penn Shipley, Philadelphia’s Friend of Chess (Hardcover)
US $40.95 (List Price US $45.00)

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William Steinitz Chess Champion - A Biography of the Bohemian Caesar
US $36.95 (List Price US $39.95)

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Women Chess Stars: American Chess Princess {DVD}
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Women Chess Stars: Krushing Attacks Part 1 & 2 {DVD}
US $18.95 (List Price US $24.95)
Wonderboy
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Wonderboy - How Magnus Carlsen became the Youngest Grandmaster in the World
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World Champion at the Third Attempt
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