This collection includes every known game of the Orient, including many otherwise unknown games. These games have different names in Chinese or Korean than the names by which we know them in the West.

Antichess (Losing Chess, Giveaway Chess), in which capturing is compulsory and you try to give away all your men, has been a favorite chess relaxation ever since its first recorded appearance in 1876. Most of us play it solely for fun, a purpose to which...

The Kaplan-Sheinwold Bidding System is the most popular bidding system among modern tournament players. Among the advantages are everybody knows it so you do not have to make out a long bidding card. You can just write “Kaplan-Sheinwold” on...

As one of the nation's leading tournament players and champions, Alfred “Freddy” Sheinwold's star has literally skyrocketed in the last few years. He is the author of six best-selling books on bridge and co-author, with Edgar Kaplan, of...

This is regarded as one of the best books for the average player ever written. This modern textbook pays particular attention to the many problems confronting the average player. Besides an extensive game collection that shows the best restrictive lines...

This is the Bible of Poker, the book that every serious poker player has read and studied. Walter Browne, chess grandmaster and professional poker player, read and studied this book. Herbert O. Yardley, whose training in, and mastery of, the subtleties...

The checkers tactics that add up to a winning game - from that shrewd opening to the last triumphant jump - are all revealed in this book by Fred Reinfeld. Mr. Reinfeld shows how the unexpected complexity of checkers makes possible subtle strategies that...

Book Description   In this unique book, the authors, both only amateur Go players themselves, develop the mathematical techniques for solving late-stage endgame problems that can stump top-ranking professionals. As a typical game of Go approaches...

Book Description This is a reprint of a book published in 1883 and 1884. There have been at least a dozen editions of this book but we believe that the 1883 edition was the first edition. This book has been reprinted many, many times. I have reprinted...

Book Description Undoubtedly the best book written on this subject. The author sweeps away the generalities and gives fifty concrete examples of how to play difficult casts. Each problem is shown in a diagram and the reader can decide how to move the...

Book Description Skat and Sheepshead are card games popular in Germany but not as well known in the United States. They are trick-taking games, bearing some similarities to bridge. Bridge players sometimes play these games as a pass-time. Both games are...

Book Description Contract Bridge Blue Book is, without doubt, the most famous book on the Game of Contract Bridge ever written. It is a landmark work, mentioned in every book on the history of bridge. As a result of the success of this work, the...

Publisher: ISHI Press Author: Ken Uston Year of Publication: 2011 (2nd) Pages: 219 Notation Type: Notationless (NO) Book Description This book, "Ken Uston on Blackjack", is primarily concerned with the legal efforts Ken made to stop the casinos from...

Book Description This is the most talked-about book on the Blackjack scene. This book has sold more copies since it's initial release than any other gaming book. Prior to this new edition there was no foolproof way to learn how to play Blackjack...

Book Description This is a reprint of the famous book, "The Big Player", mentioned on the History Channel and news reports showing how a team of blackjack players made millions of dollars at the expense of Las Vegas Casinos. The original book accurately...

Book Description Million Dollar Blackjack is the second of several books written by Ken Uston on Blackjack. You may wonder why he needed to write several books on the same subject. Was he like a chess grandmaster who publishes accurate analysis but who...

Book Description This book is a collection of famous or historic bridge hands played by some of the best or most famous players in the world at that time. It is not intended to be a book of basic instruction. The authors are masters at both chess and...

Book Description Five Weeks to Winning Bridge is the book most frequently recommended and most often read by beginning bridge players. It is divided into 35 chapters, one for each day of the week over a seven week period. Each chapter is about 15 pages...

  Publisher: Ishi Press Author: Goro Sakata Year of Publication: 2009 (2nd) Pages: 164 Notation Type: Notationless (NO)   Book Description Renju, as the game is known in Japanese or Lianzhu in Chinese, is a...

Publisher: Ishi Press Author: Sam Sloan Year of Publication: 2009 (2nd) Pages: 338 Notation Type: Notationless (NO)Book Introduction:Go is the easiest game in the world to learn, but the hardest game in the world to master. This book is intended for...

  Publisher: Ishi Press Author: Aono TeruichiYear of Publication: 2009(2nd) Pages: 320 Notation Type: Notationless (NO)   Book Description Shogi is the Japanese variety of chess. It is the most popular board...

  Publisher: Ishi Press Author: Louis WatsonYear of Publication: 2008(2nd) Pages: 516 Notation Type: Notationless (NO)   Book Description This is THE BOOK that every strong bridge player in the world has studied. Louis H. WATSON,...

  Publisher: Ishi Press Author: Sakata Eio Year of Publication: 2007 (3rd) Pages: 175 Notation Type: Notationless (NO)   Book Introduction: This book, "Modern Joseki and Fuseki, Vol. 1", was Sakata's first book published in...

  Publisher: Ishi Press Author: Sakata Eio Year of Publication: 2007 Pages: 354 Notation Type: Notationless (NO)   Book Description Sakata Eio is regarded as one of the strongest go players of the 20th century. Sakata Eio was born...

Publisher: Ishi Press Author: Sakata Eio Year of Publication: 2007 (2nd) Pages: 154 Notation Type: Notationless (NO)Book Introduction:This book, "The Middle Game of Go" or "Chubansen", first published in 1971, was Sakata's third book published in...

  Publisher: Ishi Press Author: Sam SloanYear of Publication: 2006(2nd) Pages: 192 Notation Type: Notationless (NO)   Book Description When you think of chess, you probably think of the strategy game played...