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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.

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Adolf Albin in America
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Adolf Albin in America (Hardcover)
US $43.95 (List Price US $49.95)

Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made
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Albert Beauregard Hodges: The Man Chess Made (Hardcover)
US $59.00 (List Price US $65.00)

Alexander Alekhine, Master of Attack
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Alexander Alekhine, Master of Attack
US $16.95 (List Price US $18.95)

American Grandmaster
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American Grandmaster
US $9.95 (List Price US $24.95)

Amos Burn: A Chess Biography
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Amos Burn: A Chess Biography {Hardcover}
US $89.95 (List Price US $95.00)

Arthur Kaufmann
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Arthur Kaufmann
US $39.95 (List Price US $45.00)


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Averbakh's Selected Games
US $19.95 (List Price US $21.95)

Bobby Fischer for Beginners
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Bobby Fischer for Beginners
US $13.95 (List Price US $16.95)

Bobby Fischer Goes to War
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Bobby Fischer Goes to War
US $11.95 (List Price US $13.95)

Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy
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Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy
US $13.95 (List Price US $15.95)

Breaking Through
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Breaking Through
US $26.95 (List Price US $30.00)

Capablanca
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Capablanca
US $29.95 (List Price US $35.00)

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 $74.95 (List Price US $80.00)

Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes
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Centre-Stage and Behind the Scenes
US $28.95 (List Price US $32.95)

Chess Bitch
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Chess Bitch: Women In The Ultimate Intellectual Sport (Hardcover)
US $19.95 (List Price US $24.00)

Chess Bits and Obits
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Chess Bits and Obits
US $21.95 (List Price US $24.95)

Chess Duels
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Chess Duels: My Games with the World Champions (Hardcover)
US $28.95 (List Price US $35.00)

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

Chess on the Edge
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Chess on the Edge – The Collected Games of Canadian Grandmaster Duncan Suttles, Volume 1
US $33.95 (List Price US $39.95)

Chess on the Edge
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Chess on the Edge – The Collected Games of Canadian Grandmaster Duncan Suttles, Volume 2
US $33.95 (List Price US $39.95)

Chess on the Edge
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Chess on the Edge – The Collected Games of Canadian Grandmaster Duncan Suttles, Volume 3
US $33.95 (List Price US $39.95)

Chess on the Edge
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Chess on the Edge – The Collected Games of Canadian Grandmaster Duncan Suttles, Volumes 1-3
US $95.85 (List Price US $119.85)

Chess: 60 Years on with Caissa and Friends
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Chess: 60 Years on with Caissa and Friends
US $14.00 (List Price US $19.00)

Diary of a Chess Queen
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Diary of a Chess Queen
US $20.95 (List Price US $24.95)

Emanuel Lasker: Second World Chess Champion
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Emanuel Lasker: Second World Chess Champion
US $19.95 (List Price US $24.95)

Endgame
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Endgame (Hardcover)
US $19.95 (List Price US $25.95)

Fire on Board
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Fire on Board: Shirov's Best Games
US $16.95 (List Price US $19.95)

Frank Marshall United States Chess Champion
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Frank Marshall United States Chess Champion (Hardcover)
US $49.95 (List Price US $55.00)

Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 1
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Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 1 {DVD}
US $18.95 (List Price US $22.95)

Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 2
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Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 2 {DVD}
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Garry Kasparov: My Story
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Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 3 {DVD}
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Garry Kasparov: My Story
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Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 4 {DVD}
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Garry Kasparov: My Story
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Garry Kasparov: My Story, Part 5 {DVD}
US $18.95 (List Price US $22.95)

Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games {Volumes 1 & 2}
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Garry Kasparov's Greatest Chess Games, Volumes 1 & 2 (Hardcover)
US $57.95 (List Price US $70.00)

Grandmaster Chess Move by Move
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Grandmaster Chess Move by Move
US $20.95 (List Price US $24.95)


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Hooked on Chess: A Memoir
US $20.95 (List Price US $22.95)

Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster
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Isaac Kashdan, American Chess Grandmaster (Hardcover)
US $59.00 (List Price US $65.00)

James Mason in America
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James Mason in America (Hardcover)
US $43.95 (List Price US $49.95)

Jon Speelman's Best Games
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Jon Speelman's Best Games
US $20.95 (List Price US $23.95)

Jose Raul Capablanca, Third World Chess Champion
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Jose Raul Capablanca, Third World Chess Champion
US $19.95 (List Price US $24.95)

Judit Polgar, Princess of Chess
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Judit Polgar, Princess of Chess
US $20.95 (List Price US $22.95)

Julius Finn
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Julius Finn (Hardcover)
US $43.95 (List Price US $49.95)

Khalifman: Life and Games
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Khalifman: Life and Games
US $20.95 (List Price US $24.95)

Kramnik: My Life and Games
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Kramnik: My Life and Games
US $20.95 (List Price US $24.95)

Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein, Volume 1: Uncrowned King
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Life & Games of Akiva Rubinstein, Volume 1: Uncrowned King
US $24.95 (List Price US $29.95)

Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
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Life and Games of Mikhail Tal
US $23.95 (List Price US $27.95)

Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess
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Marcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess (Hardcover)
US $34.95 (List Price US $45.00)

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

Max Euwe: The Biography
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Max Euwe: The Biography
US $23.95 (List Price US $29.95)

My Life for Chess Vol. 1
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My Life for Chess Vol. 1 {DVD}
US $23.95 (List Price US $27.95)

My Life for Chess Vol. 2
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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 One Hundred Best Games
US $28.95 (List Price US $36.95)

My Path to the Top
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My Path to the Top {DVD}
US $40.95 (List Price US $46.95)

Napier: The Forgotten Chessmaster
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Napier: The Forgotten Chessmaster (Hardcover)
US $32.95 (List Price US $38.00)

Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions
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Pal Benko: My Life, Games and Compositions (Hardcover)
US $39.95 (List Price US $45.00)

Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess
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Paul Morphy: The Pride and Sorrow of Chess
US $17.00 (List Price US $20.00)

Philip Richardson: The Stormy Petrel of Chess
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Philip Richardson: The Stormy Petrel of Chess (Hardcover)
US $29.95 (List Price US $35.95)

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)

Roman's Lab: Vol. 55, A Tribute to Bobby Fischer
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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)

Rudolf Spielmann Master of Invention
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Rudolf Spielmann Master of Invention
US $19.95 (List Price US $21.95)

Samuel Reshevsky: A Compendium of 1768 Chess Games
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Samuel Reshevsky: A Compendium of 1768 Chess Games, with Diagrams, Crosstables, Some Annotations, and Indexes (Hardcover)
US $69.95 (List Price US $75.00)

Searching for Bobby Fischer
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
US $5.95 (List Price US $15.00)

Secret Notes
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Secret Notes
US $29.95 (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 $42.95 (List Price US $48.00)

The Art of Bisguier
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The Art of Bisguier, Selected Games 1961-2003
US $24.95 (List Price US $29.95)

The Chess Assassin's Business Manual
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The Chess Assassin's Business Manual
US $25.95 (List Price US $30.00)

The Chess Biography of Marcel Duchamp
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The Chess Biography of Marcel Duchamp, Vol. One (Hardcover)
US $37.95 (List Price US $43.95)

The Chess Biography of Marcel Duchamp
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The Chess Biography of Marcel Duchamp, Vol. Two (Hardcover)
US $37.95 (List Price US $43.95)

The Life and Games of Frank Ross Anderson
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The Life and Games of Frank Ross Anderson (Hardcover)
US $29.95 (List Price US $35.95)

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)

Thomas Frère and the Brotherhood of Chess
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Thomas Frere and the Brotherhood of Chess (Hardcover)
US $39.00 (List Price US $45.00)

Two Masters from Seattle
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Two Masters from Seattle {CD}
US $12.95 (List Price US $25.95)

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


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Vasily Smyslov: Endgame Virtuoso
US $16.95 (List Price US $19.95)

Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess {2nd edition}
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Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess {2nd edition}
US $19.95 (List Price US $24.95)

Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story - From Greatness to the Gulags
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Vladimirs Petrovs: A Chessplayer's Story - From Greatness to the Gulags
US $21.00 (List Price US $25.00)

Walter Penn Shipley, Philadelphia’s Friend of Chess
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Walter Penn Shipley, Philadelphia’s Friend of Chess (Hardcover)
US $38.95 (List Price US $45.00)

William Steinitz Chess Champion - A Biography of the Bohemian Caesar
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William Steinitz Chess Champion - A Biography of the Bohemian Caesar
US $39.95 (List Price US $45.00)

Wonderboy
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Wonderboy: How Magnus Carlsen became the Youngest Grandmaster in the World
US $22.95 (List Price US $24.95)

World Champion Alekhine
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World Champion Alekhine (CD)
US $25.95 (List Price US $29.95)

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