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1 comments about Simon & Schuster Super Crostics Book #5 (Simon & Schuster Crostics Series , No 5).

1. Thomas Middleton will always be the absolute best at writing Double Crostics. They are clever, witty and all-engrossing. Unfortunately, these are now out of print. Get them while you can.

1 comments about Crossword Puzzles for Dummies.

1. I am a new fan of crossword puzzles, having finally massed the knowledge to complete them. The puzzles are fun and they make for great group activities. The puzzles seem to focus on a broad range of knowledge covering just about everything you can imagine.

1 comments about Play Stronger Chess by Examining Chess960: Usable Strategies of Fischer Random Chess Discovered.

1. This is a chess book, one that uses chess960 (FRC) as tool to better understand chess. Traditional "chess1" is a subset of chess960. Thus chess1 has revealed to us only a subset of what there is to learn about fundamental chess.
   
   The first World Checkers Championship match was won by Andrew Anderson in 1847. Did you know that in 1900 the Checkers world switched to their version of the same idea as chess960? Checkers156 anybody?!
   
   There is a lot to say about chess when viewed through the lens of chess960. As just one example, the setup attribute named "knight opposition" has never been so clearly identified before as in this book. The one setup reused in traditional "chess1" has the value of "Full" for this attribute, but only 11% of all chess960 setups have that exact same value. The other 89% of setups have something interesting for chess enthusiasts that they have been missing out on.
   
   This book is rather visual as chess books go, containing many tables, charts and graphs. For instance, the section comparing "king fort" designs between chess960 and chess1 is eye-opening.
   
   A companion setup id conversion program is available for download from CastleLong.
   
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   TABLE OF CONTENTS
   
   Introduction
   
   PART 1: Beyond the Board
   1 Terminology and CRAN Notation
   2 The Tyranny of Tradition
   3 Formalizing the Rules of Chess960
   4 Setup Id Numbers
   5 Additional Rules to Consider for Chess960
   6 FEN and Chess960
   
   PART 2: New Chess Principles Discovered
   7 Strategies for the Modified Setup Phase
   8 From Setup Attributes to Opening Moves
   9 Is the Middle Game Really the Same?
   10 Influences on the Endgame
   11 Winning Comparisons
   12 Reviewing Our Broadened Understanding of Chess
   13 Annotated Games
   
   Diagram Classification Answers
   Bibliography

1 comments about The New York Times Toughest Crossword Puzzles, Volume 8 (NY Times).

1. I have over 50 various crossword puzzle books but this series by far is my favorite, I always pick these puzzles before any other when I want to sit down and work a crossword puzzle. The other wonderful thing about them is they are from recently published puzzles (late 1990s). The only problem is, I am almost done with the book, and I'm ready for the next volume--please hurry, Mr. Shortz!

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