Cardoza Publishiing: 155 books

Take large diagrams, straightforward instruction and helpful tips and quizzesand what do you have? The winning formula for a quick and easy way for novice players to improve their chess game today. Play Better Chess Today is perfect for players who have learned the basics and are ready to take their...

The world's best backgammon player (and two-time champion) provides easy-to-understand advice on the basics of playing and winning at backgammon. Ten fast-reading chapters show the basics of setting up a board, how to move, the opening strategies and replies, middle and end game tactics, basic probabilities,...

The first book about the great AMerican chess champion Bobby Fischer written for the average player-90% of the chess playing audience- Schiller focuses on the lessons players can learn from his games. Packed with diagrams and easy-to-understand pointers showing what fischer was thinking and how players...

Targeted for beginning and novice players, this step-by-step approach uses more than a hundred actual chess diagrams to bring out the excitement of chess and show you an easy method of learning and playing. You learn the basic principles of opening, middle and end game strategies, development and pawn...

Newly formatted and updated!Fourteen chapters illustrate the explanations and thinking behind every tactical concept. Learn to use pins, single and double forks, double attacks, skewers, discovered and double checks, multiple threats and other crushing tactics to gain an immediate edge. Each concept...

Great for beginners who want to get better and intermediate players who love challenges, readers learn the most fundamental and tricky chess opening trapsand the correct way to play mistake-free openingshow to pull them off or to avoid them! This book combines openings instruction with the fundamental...

In one of the most influential chess books written, readers will learn the most important strategy, tactics and themes that comprise a successful chess game: space, time, force and pawn structure. In a book that has been called the bible for novice to intermediate players, Evans uses actual game examples...

Grandmaster and Hall of Fame chess legend Larry Evans, draws upon his vast experience as 5-time USA champion, author of 25 books, and Bobby Fischer's second, to present a fun and challenging new approach for chess players.

Lee's classic describes the importance of comparing opposing teams and analyzing statistical trends, including freak occurrences. Covers strategies for beginning baseball handicappers and more experienced bettors. How to bet teams on a streak, peaking teams, the effect of home stands, betting on doubleheaders...

In a book that has stood the test of time, Weiss includes almost two dozen sections for the somewhat advanced player looking to sharpen his or her skills. He discusses areas like the importance of box position; when greyhounds drop in class; the importance of the corner call; the break; the time factor;...

This quick-reading strategy guide by Barry Shulman, one of pokerÕs most influential and powerful figures, a two-time gold bracelet winner and owner of Card Player, shows readers how to play and win at Texas hold'em, no matter what their skill level. The fifty-two tipsÑreally fundamental playing conceptsÑare...

In a concise and easy-to-understand style, Warren shows beginning and intermediate Omaha players how to win from the first time they play. Youll learn the rules, betting and blind structure, why you should play Omaha, the advantages of Omaha over Texas Holdem, glossary, reading the board, basic strategies,...

This new edition of the rarest and most influential blackjack book in the history of the game brings together the most famous contributors in the game. Privately published in 1957 in an extremely limited quantity, this was the first book ever to print the correct winning strategies for the game of blackjack....

This easy-to-read step-by-step guide gives you all the information needed to win at bridge. From the rules of play, correct bidding techniques and scoring standards, to an in-depth look at opening bids and responses, youll learn how to make bridge a more fun and challenging game. Examples and sample hands are provided throughout so that you get immediately comfortable with the game.