The Greater Peoria Chess Foundation Library
You may check one or two books out for up to two weeks and then return the book(s) or request renewal for another two weeks. Please do not write in any of the books, or mark pages. Please leave the book in the same condition for future users. The books may be picked up at Peoria Academy on Tuesdays, Hult on Fridays or the Lakeview Chess club on Monday nights.
E-mail your requests to: leali0@insightbb.com
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TACTICS
Winning Moves by Raymond Keene & Byron Jacobs
Winning Chess Brilliancies by Yasser Seirawan
Chess Tactics for the Tournament Player by GM Sam Palatnik & GM Lev Alburt
Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps by Bruce Pandolfini
Chess Openings: Traps and Zaps 2 by Bruce Pandolfini
OPENINGS
Starting out: The Ruy Lopez by John Shaw
Starting Out: The Queens’s Gambit by John Shaw
Starting out: The Sicilian by John Emms
How to Win in the Chess Opening by I. A. Horowitz
Winning Chess Openings by Yasser Seirawan
Chess Openings the Easy Way by Nick de Firmian
Chess Openings for Juniors by J.N. Walker
The Benko Gambit Byron Jacobs & Andrew Kinsman
Mastering the Opening by Byron Jacobs
Taming the Sicillian by Nigel Davies
Pirc Alert by Lev Alburt & Alex Chernin
Secrets of the Sicillian Dragon by Edwuard Gufeld & Eric Schiller
Complete Defence to King Pawn Openings by Eric Schiller
Ideas behind Modern Chess Openings by Gary Lane
Improving your Opening play by Chris Ward
MIDDLE GAMES
Mastering the Middlegame by Angus Dunnington
Improve Your Middle Game by Andrew Kinsman
END GAMES
Pandolfini’s Endgame Course by Bruce Pandolfini
Chess Endgame Quiz by Larry Evans
Winning Chess Endings by Yasser Seirawan
VARIOUS
Building Up Your Chess by Lev Alburt
Rapid Chess Improvement by Michael De La Maza
The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played by Irving Chernev
A Conplete Book of Chess Strategy by Jeremy Silman
Development of A Chess Master by Eric Schiller
Winning Chess Strategies by Yasser Seirawan
The World Champions Guide to Chess by Susan Polgar
The Chess Players Bible by James Eade
Kasparov and Deep Blue by Bruce Pandolfini
Reassess Your Chess Workbook by Jeremy Silman
Multiple Choice Chess 2 by Graeme Buckley
Everyone’s Chessbook by Dan Heisman
Tips for Young Players by Matthew Sadler
Pandolfini’s Chess Complete by Bruce Pandolfini
Action Chess by C. J. S. Purdy