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We have tried to offer some guidelines to help you select Instructional books and software. The rating of a Novice player would be in the 1000-1400 range. It assumes that the moves and basic objective of the game is understood. Please note that these are only guidelines. Since assigning a specific category to many books and software programs is not an exact science, there are many that appear in more than one category. Should you have any questions, please feel free to give ChessCafe.com a call at 1-877-91-CHESS.
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365 Ways to Checkmate
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365 Ways to Checkmate
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50 Essential Chess Lessons
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50 Essential Chess Lessons
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50 Ways to Win at Chess
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606 Puzzles for Chess Nuts
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Action Chess
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Action Chess: Purdy's 24 Hours Opening Repertoire
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Amateur's Mind
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Back to Basics: Fundamentals
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Back to Basics: Fundamentals
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Basics of Winning Chess {DVD}
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Check and Mate {CD}
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Chess Combat Simulator
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Chess Exam: Matches against Chess Legends
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Chess Exam: Matches against Chess Legends, You vs. Bobby Fischer
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Chess for Tigers
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Chess for Tigers
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Chess in 10 Easy Lessons
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Chess Instructor 2009
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Chess Mazes
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Chess Mazes 2
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Chess Mentor 3, BASIC Edition {CD}
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Chess Mentor 3, COMPREHENSIVE Edition {CD}
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Chess Mentor 3, DELUXE Edition {CD}
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Chess Mentor 3, SCHOLASTIC Edition {CD}
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Chess Player's Bible
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Chess Psychology
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Chess Rules of Thumb
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Chess Rules of Thumb
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Chess School 3 – Manual of Chess Combinations
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Chess Secrets: Great Attackers
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Chess Secrets: Great Attackers
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Heroes of Classical Chess
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Chess Secrets: Heroes of Classical Chess
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Chess Success: Planning after the Opening
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Chess Success: Planning after the Opening
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Chess Target Practice
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Chess Target Practice
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Chess Tips for the Improving Player
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Chess Tips for the Improving Player
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Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking
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Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking
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Common Sense in Chess
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Devious Chess: How to Bend the Rules and Win
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Devious Chess: How to Bend the Rules and Win
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Foxy Openings Volume 73: Learn Chess 1-2-3 Series – Learn the Middlegame {DVD}
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Fritz Technique Trainer 2 {CD}
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Grandmaster Secrets: Winning Quickly at Chess
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Grandmaster's Mind
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How to Choose a Chess Move
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How to Choose a Chess Move
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How to Play the Middle Game in Chess
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How to Play the Middle Game in Chess
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Improve Your Chess at Any Age
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Improve Your Chess at Any Age
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Improve Your Chess in 7 Days
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Improve Your Chess in 7 Days
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Improve Your Chess Now
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Improve Your Chess Now
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Improve Your Chess
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Improve Your Chess: By Learning from the Champions
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Lasker's Manual of Chess
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Learn Chess from the Greats
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Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course, Vol. 1-7
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Lev Alburt's Comprehensive Chess Course, Vol. 1-7 (7 books)
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Mastering Positional Chess
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Mastering Positional Chess
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Mastering the Chess Openings, Volume 1
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Mensa Guide to Chess
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Modern Chess Move by Move
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Modern Chess Move by Move
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Modern Chess Planning
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Multiple Choice Chess I
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Multiple Choice Chess II
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On the Attack !!
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One Move at a Time
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Open Files
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Open Files
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Pandolfini’s Chess Challenges
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Pandolfini's Ultimate Guide to Chess
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Power of Exchange
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Power of Exchange {DVD}
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Power of Planning
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Power of Planning {DVD}
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Power Play 05: Pawns {DVD}
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Power Play 06: Pawns, Pieces & Plans {DVD}
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Power Play 07: Improve your Pieces {DVD}
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Power Play 07: Improve your Pieces {DVD}
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Power Play 08: Knights and Bishops {DVD}
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Power Play 9
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Power Play 09: Major Pieces vs. Minor Pieces {DVD}
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Roman's Lab: Vol. 51, Building Powerful Attacks by Learning Piece Coordination {DVD}
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Roman's Lab: Vol. 53, Improve Your Ability to Calculate Variations {DVD}
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Roman's Lab: Vol. 54, Capitalizing on Your Opponent’s Weakness Created in the Game {DVD}
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Roman's Lab: Vol. 62
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Roman's Lab: Vol. 62, Russian School of Chess, Part I
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Roman's Lab: Vol. 63, Russian School of Chess, Part II
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Russian School of Chess
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Roman's Lab: Vol. 64, Russian School of Chess, Part III
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Silman's Complete Endgame Course: From Beginner to Master
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Simple Chess
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Simple Chess {Emms}
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Solitaire Chess
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Square One
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Starting Out: Defensive Play
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Strategy, Step by Step
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Strategy, Step by Step {DVD}
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Teaching Chess in the 21st Century
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Test Your Chess {CD}
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Test Your Chess with Daniel King
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Test, Evaluate and Improve Your Chess {CD}
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