This book captures the uniqueness of the festival in 160 pages. It tells the stories of the winners, the amateurs and their favourite restaurants. Dozens of pictures highlight how photogenic the event is. And, of course, the book includes magnificent chess games annotated by the winners. Wijk aan Zee and the Tata Steel Chess Tournament bring out the best...
For this book, grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin has talked to dozens of people, enabling him to give a complete picture of Vyzhmanavin’s life. The result is a mix of fascinating chess, wonderful anecdotes, and some heartbreaking episodes. The stories are complemented by the memories of Vyzmanavin’s ex-wife Lyudmila.
Over two decades of working as a coach has confirmed my opinion that endgames are the biggest problem for young players. Today, in the computer era with a lot of information easily provided, youngsters all over the world rather play blitz, or solve some tactical puzzles in a manner that is “the faster the better” (or even spend time on some other chess...
Dans ce roman puissant, porté par deux héroïnes exceptionnelles, Bernard Werber ajoute l’art de la stratégie à ses thèmes de prédilection pour nous entraîner dans une aventure contemporaine fascinante et visionnaire.
This revised and expanded edition, published two years after Bronstein passed away, contains a lot of new material and two moving In Memoriams, one by Bronstein’s widow Tatiana Boleslavskaya and one by his co-author and friend Tom Fürstenberg.
Sergei Tiviakov gives you all the answers in this first volume of his highly instructive series on chess strategy. 'Tivi' is famous for his deep chess knowledge and rock-solid positional play. He has gathered a rich collection of strategic lessons he has been teaching worldwide, drawing mainly from his personal experience. The examples and exercises will...
American Chess Magazine n° 30 (Décembre 2022). Revue spécialisée en anglais sur le jeu d'échecs.
Dans ce livre, James Rizzitano relève un vrai défi : vous offrir un répertoire à la fois digeste, correct et dynamique basé sur le plus populaire des premiers coups, 1.e4.
American Chess Magazine n° 24 (Décembre 2021). Revue spécialisée en anglais sur le jeu d'échecs.
The King’s Indian Defense, and the Mar del Plata variation in particular, has played a huge role throughout my entire chess career. I started doing extensive analysis of the ensuing rich positions from a very young age. I believe what lured me to it was that it is an outlier among well-established openings in the sense that it gives Black a chance to...
The Anthology of Miniature Endgame Studies is the biggest selection of composed endings with up to seven pieces on the board, created by the world’s best composers throughout the past 150 years. The carefully selected studies are categorized into thematic chapters. The game-like positions highlight the power and typical qualities of each piece alone and...
CD de l'Informateur des échecs n°154 : Eclipse. Include traditional sections: games, combinations, endings, Tournament reviews, the best game from the preceding volume and the most important theoretical novelty from the preceding volume.
L'Informateur des échecs n°154 : Eclipse. Include traditional sections: games, combinations, endings, Tournament reviews, the best game from the preceding volume and the most important theoretical novelty from the preceding volume.
The Nimzo and Bogo are most popular openings and for a reason. If you are looking for strategic and refined positional ways to enter these positions, look no further, this next book of Lukasz will show you the way... You will look forward playing the black side whatever set-up White chooses !
In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal’s most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician himself in a variety of sources, many of which have been translated into English for the very first time here.
Analyzing the Chess Mind is an exploration of psychology in chess. Psychology affects the chess moves we make, as the authors entertainingly illustrate in expertly annotated examples, but our personal chess psychology is not fixed. We can improve our chess psychology, and the authors show how.
Ce livre écrit par un grand pédagogue vous permettra d'acquérir toutes les bases dont vous aurez vraiment besoin pour vous en sortir.
New In Chess Magazine 2022 numéro 8 : Fischer Random ! Magazine en anglais sur l'actualité du monde du jeu d'échecs.
The Pawn Study Composer’s Manual by Mikhail Zinar. New edition updated and edited by Sergei Tkachenko. Hard Cover Version.
The Pawn Study Composer’s Manual by Mikhail Zinar. New edition updated and edited by Sergei Tkachenko.
Livre 1000 Tactical Examples. This tactics book by FIDE Senior Trainer Grandmaster Jakov Geller teaches the reader how to create mate threats and execute them using a mixture of combination techniques.
This is the second part of Ivkov’s “Chess Parallels” volume 2, the last book of his extraordinary career of chess player and analyst.
A Solid and Straightforward chess opening repertoire for black. Looking for an easy-to-learn yet super-solid repertoire for Black against everything, which doesn’t require endless memorization of sharp theoretical lines?
ChessBase Magazine 210 (Décembre 2022). ChessBase Magazine is the most comprehensive and most sophisticated chess magazine there is. World class players analyze their brilliancies and explain the ideas behind the moves to you, opening specialists present the latest trends in opening theory and offer exciting ideas for your repertoire. Master trainers in...
Cet ouvrage, en vingt-cinq petits chapitres qui sont autant de leçons pédagogiques, se révélera particulièrement profitable à tout joueur pour améliorer son propre niveau aux échecs : ici, nulle théorie abstraite concernant les finales, mais avant tout des réflexions concrètes et pratiques présentées par le sixième champion du monde. Bref : tout ce qu'un...
Don’t try too hard to solve the Advanced Lessons or Master Class exercises. Have a look to make yourself familiar with the position, than look at the solution and enjoy the surprising combinations. You won’t learn as much as you would by racking your brain to crack the hard nuts. But some knowledge and experience will certainly rub off and increase your...
Jan Boekelman has produced you with a playable repertoire out of a somewhat sideline Opening, which nobody dared to touch to make it into an entire repertoire.
The Hidden laws go one level deeper than the basic laws on piece development, king safety or material balance. The Hidden Laws will uncover elements such as space, the quality of a pawn structure, and a doubled pawn's strength or weakness. Maatman will answer questions like: Are backward pawns the worst in chess? What is the value of a space advantage?...
Volume 1 is optimized for chess players with an Elo rating between 1800 and 2100 but is useful for anyone between 1600 and 2300. Volumes 2 and 3 will serve the needs of beginners and more advanced club players.
Ce livre présente non seulement la théorie des variantes qui constituent le répertoire choisi contre la Sicilienne, mais aussi d’abondantes explications sur les milieux de parties (et parfois même les finales) qui en découlent : c’est une véritable école des échecs !
Le livre s’articule autour de 30 leçons. Chacune comporte une partie modèle, dont l’étude constituera une excellente base à votre préparation – au point que contre la plupart des joueurs de club, vous n’aurez pas besoin d’en savoir plus.
No other chess tournament has such a long and rich history as the annual gathering 'in between the years' at the English seaside resort of Hastings. Countless chess players, professionals, and amateurs alike have celebrated Christmas and welcomed the New Year in Hastings while battling it out on the chessboard.
In 1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Beginners, IM Thomas Willemze does two things at once. He explains all the basic concepts, and provides you with a huge amount of exercises for each theme and each chess piece. Willemze uses all his experience as a coach, and his familiarity with the famous Step Method, to carefully build up your chess knowledge...
With his first book, Move First, Think Later, International Master Willy Hendriks caused a minor revolution in the general view on chess improvement. His second book, On the Origin of Good Moves, presented a refreshing new outlook on chess history. In The Ink War, Hendriks once again offers his unique perspective in a well-researched story that continues...
With his first book, Move First, Think Later, International Master Willy Hendriks caused a minor revolution in the general view on chess improvement. His second book, On the Origin of Good Moves, presented a refreshing new outlook on chess history. In The Ink War, Hendriks once again offers his unique perspective in a well-researched story that continues...
Learn from Bent Larsen is a labour of love by award-winning author Mihail Marin. This project was originally planned as one chapter in a book about several players, but as ever more gems emerged, it became clear that Bent Larsen deserved a book of his own.
Think Like a Super-GM is a unique collaboration combining the chess insights of an elite grandmaster with a scientific investigation into thinking at the chess board. This book offers a unique opportunity for readers to not only solve the puzzles, but also compare their thinking to that of club players, strong amateurs, IMs, GMs and Michael Adams himself.
Ce magnifique et insolite ouvrage s'adresse à tous les passionnés de dessin, de jeu d'échecs et d'histoire. Frédéric Pierrat, qui a eu accès à un grand nombre de collections privées et publiques, vous invite à un passionnant voyage à travers le temps et l'espace pour vous faire découvrir comment les hommes ont façonné les pièces et les échiquiers du plus...
In this book, Cyrus Lakdawala explains the mechanisms commonly used in squeeze plays. Using examples from the world’s greatest strategic masters he unpicks the secrets of the squeeze.
The Killer Dutch Rebooted is a swash-buckling opening that favors the brave and fearless chess player. A dangerous system where Black can easily whip up a deadly kingside attack. It includes latest updates on Dutch theory and plans against all major variations and sidelines.
We get to watch a brilliant young man in the early stages of putting himself together. Rudolf Spielmann was a chess genius wrestling not only with chess theory and chess players over the board. He had to put up with much nonsense and, most importantly, figure out who he was as a player. He would truly peak in the 1920s with some superb tournament...
American Chess Magazine n° 29 (octobre 2022). Revue spécialisée en anglais sur le jeu d'échecs, édition spéciale sur les accusations de tricherie envers Hans Niemann. At the end of September, World Champion Magnus Carlsen openly accused 19-year-old American GM Hans Niemann of cheating, a sensational charge which has developed into one of the biggest-ever...
American-Czech Grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek (1943-2021) was a three-time US Chess Champion and one of the best chess writers of the last decades. He reached millions of chess fans with his much-acclaimed columns in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post.
New In Chess Magazine 2022 numéro 7 : Thz Carlsen-Niemann Scandal ! Magazine en anglais sur l'actualité du monde du jeu d'échecs.
Vishnu isn’t an ordinary person; his methods of improvement aren’t ordinary, and neither is he as a coach. When he won the Chicago Open, despite being 60th out of 116 in the starting list, many people were surprised. But they wouldn’t be if they saw how smart and interesting his system of chess improvement is. Vishnu proved that his methods work and how...
In this book you will find a great number of intriguing anecdotes casting a new light on some of the greatest chess players of all time, and some lesser known heroes of our bellowed game. Also, this book can serve you as an inspiration to investigate a bit deeper in the areas of strategy, planning and tactics learning chess in the “good, old way”...
Informateur des échecs n°153 : Grandeur en version CD.
L'Informateur des échecs n°153 : Grandeur vous rapporte le meilleur du monde du jeu d'échecs.