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Top Sellers in our Shop Book Notes Exploring a bygone aspect of intellectual sport, Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824-1987 book details the history of British and Irish correspondence chess from the first formal match between Edinburgh and London in 1824 well into the 1980s, the most successful period in British correspondence chess. It traces the development of postal chess, including the growth of regional and national chess associations after World War I; the dawn of game-changing technologies such as the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and fax machines; the earliest transatlantic matches between the U.S. and the U.K.; the founding of the International Correspondence Chess Association in 1945; and the breaking of the Soviet monopoly on the world team championship in 1982. Do you need to freshen up your chess openings? Stun your opponents with new and exciting ideas! In Dangerous Weapons: The Caro-Kann (Ebook), three opening specialists team up and take a contemporary look at the Caro-Kann. Instead of analysing the well-trodden main lines they concentrate on fresh or little-explored variations, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colors. We are pleased to offer ChessCafe.com customers the opportunity to receive an extra 25% discount on The Quality Chess Puzzle Book! Simply add The Quality Chess Puzzle Book to your cart, and during the checkout process, enter the coupon code "puzzle25" (without the quotes) to receive an extra 25% discount!! This offer expires November 23, 2010 or while supplies last. Weekly Puzzle Quote of the Week Black to Move/Solution Below Learning to do what you do not like is not so simple. Peter Romanovsky Reviews in Brief The Smith-Morra Gambit by Lawrence Trent The Smith-Morra Gambit DVD by IM Lawrence Trent is a terrific production. Trent speaks in an unhurried and clear manner, and his assessments are succinct and easy to understand. This communication style is very consistent throughout the lectures and helps make the contents accessible to intermediate-level players and beyond. His approach was also quite efficient. When authors on opening lectures cover entire games, descending into a labyrinth of variations that do not offer educative connections to the opening, middlegame, and endgame themes, these can quickly become video filler. Trent keeps it simple by only discussing games up to when he has illustrated the desired points, and then moves on to another example.  Trent does not hype lines with overly optimistic assessments. One will often hear him summarizing a line by saying that all three results are possible or that more practical tests are needed. This struck me as honest and balanced, making the product valuable to players on both sides of the Smith-Morra Gambit. Black's defenses are well organized, ranging from inferior to superior, and the analysis seemed objective. There is a host of new ideas and novelties, and the production abounds in piece and pawn sacrifices presented as typical in the various defenses.  In conclusion, if you are looking for a theoretical win for White in the Smith-Morra Gambit, you won't find it here, or probably elsewhere. However, if you seek spirited suggestions, practical advice, and greater understanding of this opening, then this is the ideal product. Trent's organizational approach to the lectures made the ideas and tactical motifs very accessible and easy to remember, and I appreciated his honest approach to the material.     Read the full review here. 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