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Looking to brush up on your chess skills and learn how the pros do it? You’ll need to grab one of these chess books and study a bit first

Opening theory has come a long way, from the ECO codes to the current digital, multimedia publications. The ChessBase Opening Encyclopaedia is more than a compilation of writings on opening variations. It also has opening videos, tutorials, databases and games, annotated and unannotated. For who is it intended? For everyone who wants to learn.

Handbook and Yearbook During its long life, Descent has produced a variety of handbooks and one yearbook, offering cavers a ready source of information about clubs, groups and the sport of caving. The magazine typically contained a questionnaire that club secretaries were asked to fill in and return, and this was the main source of data that was collated along with information supplied by the regional and national bodies. The first Descent Handbook for Cavers ...

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The Descent Cavers' Handbook and Yearbook

About Wild Places Descent and us Wild Places Publishing specialises in caving-related publications and was formed with book publication in mind. Its growth has, however, been closely linked with perhaps the best known of its publications, Descent magazine. Descent was launched as a small-format magazine in January 1969, price 2/6 (12.5p). Its first editor and publisher was Bruce Bedford – you can read the story of those early years in Descent (210) – under ...