Hardback - 380 pages Teaser Forgotten Genius -The Life and Games of Grandmaster D. Velimirovic - Volume 2 - Mohr & Ana I sincerely hope that you, dear readers, will enjoy the wonderful masterpieces you will find in this book. In addition to the authors, some of Drasko’s contemporaries were also involved in the writing, and they immediately…
620 pages - hardback Teaser The Queen’s Gambit Declined - A Dynamic Repertoire for Black - Louis Rodi The history of the Queen's Gambit is connected with the very beginnings of modern chess, the opening being cited in the earliest published books on the science of the game, such as the Göttingen manuscript (1490) and the books of…
Playing chess with a group / Playing chess with one child - Christel Minne Paperback - SKU 9789464201895 - 48 pages Teaser Someday I'll Be a Queen - Toolbox This toolbox full of tips and games accompanies the picture book, Someday I'll Be a Queen, which incorporates all the rules of chess. Teachers, parents, grandparents, and chess coaches learn how…
A Pawn's Journey Across the Chessboard - Christel Minne Hardback - SKU 9789464201888 - 56 pages Teaser Someday I'll Be a Queen – PICTURE BOOK How is this book now different from other chess books for young children? Well, it starts as a fairy tale about a King, a Dragon and a young Girl with a dream. Author…
470 pages - hardback only Teaser The Modernized Trojan Knight 1.Nc3 – Bruno Dieu The idea of the move 1. Nc3 is to confuse the second player, as White plays a supposedly unambitious move to mislead Black. This is why we found the name "Trojan Horse" very appropriate for the move 1. Nc3, just as the gift from…
325 pages - hardback only Teaser The Life and Games of D.Velimirovic - Volume 1 – George Mohr & Ana Velimirovic Dragoljub Velimirovic was a former Yugoslav – Serbian, chess grandmaster whose international career was handicapped by political intrigues and his outspoken temperament. During the heyday of the USSR as the greatest national chess power, the former Yugoslavia…
404 pages - hardback only Teaser DragonMasters - Volume 1 – Andrew Burnett DragonMasters volume 1 charts the history of the most exiting and dangerous opening known to chess - the Dragon Variation of the Sicilian Defense. Unlike almost all other books on the Dragon, the focus is not purely on theoretical development. Instead, the author has combined…
Hardback and paperback - 355 pages Teaser Tournament Battleplan There have been plenty of chess books that have been published which have tried to give practical advice and tips for tournament players, so the genre is hardly new. However given the changes in the chess world over the last few years I feel that we badly need an…
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Teaser: SHARPEN UP YOUR CHESS The clarity, simplicity, and pure instructiveness of this book is striking. The analysis is first rate, the commentary cogent, and the production excellent. The emphasis is on general principles that readers will be able to use in their own games. The key is to always stay ahead of your opponent and know how to…
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Teaser: 365 Endgames The core material of this book has 365 positions. The reader is given a daily task. These tasks resemble those that players face over the board. In this book we have collected typical positions and situations frequently seen. If you master these you can avoid a lot of common mistakes. Or even better, you can exploit your…
Teaser: Illuminating Chess Finally, the epic photo journey of Fred Lucas, clearly one of the best photographers around, got caught into this amazing book. It’s simple unique and has no competitors. Fred Lucas’ photos have the power to connect people across time and distance. His photos capture moments and emotions that transcend language and cultural barriers. They preserve memories…
Teaser: A complete opening repetoire volume 2 A repertoire for Black providing all answers to White’s options. Paced with exciting games, original ideas and analysis. Thorough and up-to-date coverage of one of the most topical openings. Positionally motivated lines, but none the less never forgetting the needed dynamics. Aggressive ideas to tackle head-on white’s solid set-ups.
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Rolf MARTENS TEASER The hardcover book is written with a lot of knowledge about, feeling for and love for the unique chess player Rolf Martens was. Few people in Swedish chess have had such a mythological status as the man of rebellion or resistance. Martens’ life is really made for being documented, and this well-written and well-researched book illustrates…
Teaser Anti Sicilians volume 2 Black is forced to make an immediate decision on move 3 and wait for the right moment to open the position. On top the author created practical difficulties for the Black. Naturally, it is not possible to find an advantage in every variation but Ravi added many detailed explanations to guide plans and aid…
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Teaser French Revisited The French Defense looks to be inexhaustible and there cannot be enough books dedicated to it. This book takes a step in the direction of revitalizing our favorite opening! The authors have decided to set the book in order from the less to the more popular and complex lines. In the case of…
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Teaser: The Exchange Sacrifice Unleashed • Compensation is a chess concept that we only fully understand when we enter the world of serious chess. • The relative value of pieces is perhaps the most difficult chess concept of all to explain. • It is one that every player must feel and believe in and can only be accepted with…
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• The Nimzo-Indian Defense has been one of the most trusted defenses against 1.d4. • It combines fast development with a solid pawn structure, control over the center and great flexibility. • This book supplies an unique repertoire built upon positional principles, offering active piece play and a fight for the initiative. • This ground-breaking and well-structured book presents a…
Teaser: The Nimzo-Indian Bible for White – Volume 1 • The Nimzo-Indian Defense has been one of the most trusted defenses against 1.d4. • It combines fast development with a solid pawn structure, control over the center and great flexibility. • This book supplies an unique repertoire built upon positional principles, offering active piece play and a fight for…
Teaser: BARRY ATTACK • The Barry Attack is a little rebellious but most dynamic opening • It’s one of the fastest ways to outplay your opponent in the opening. • The ‘’super repertoire’’ that always keeps Black under pressure in all variations. • Any reasonable opening set-up can work wonders for White or Black if they know it well. •…
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SCU 0223 Teaser Supreme Chess Understanding The distinction between strategy and tactics is one of the first things any chess player learns about, but have you ever heard about statics and dynamics before? Did you know that nearly every critical decision you take in a game of chess is governed by the rules of the so-called static/dynamic balance? If not,…
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Teaser CARLOS TORRE Here is what has been added to this edition: More accurate and extensive annotations using ChessBase and Stockfish 14. Torre’s own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. Added games to give a more rounded view of Torre. Also the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican Championship…
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TEASER NIMZO BOGO REVISITED The spirit of Indian Defenses is based on flexibility and harmony. Most of the lines are positional, not tactical in character. While playing Black, you have to accept that occasionally you will not equalize, or get surprised or out-prepared. Learning the material from this book should sharply limit the extent of such instances, thus improving…
TEASER TAIMANOV BIBLE REVISED In addition to the basic Taimanov ideas we had to keep, we followed – in an original manner – our two main concepts: ‘almost never play an early …d6’ (Scheveningen-style) and ‘push …h5 whenever you can’ (Paulsen-style). The latest fashion, which we have to mention, did not even exist when we started to write our…
TEASER: PREVIEW TCA 3 Not every reader is ambitious enough or has enough time to work very hard on his chess. That’s quite understandable and nothing to be ashamed of. You can enjoy chess very well without being a strong tournament player. You could just entertain yourself by playing through interesting combinations. In this case don’t try too hard…
PRACTICAL ENDGAME BIBLE Boroljub Zlatanovic - The Practical Endgame Bible - Guidelines for the Fundamentals of the Endgame. ISBN 9789464201741 - 455 Pages. Teaser PRACTICAL ENDGAME BIBLE 061222 There are many books devoted to basic endgames, even from the Middle Ages. Principles of typical endgames (such as keeping the rook behind a passed pawn, not setting pawns on…
Teaser OKELLY-SICILIAN Jan Boekelman – The Modernized O’Kelly Sicilian – ISBN 97894644201666 – 388 pages 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. Try to expand your knowledge in the 3.c3 variation and go beyond the book's content Deepen…
Teaser GERT DEVREESE The interviews in this book span over twenty years, over two decades. For years I went with my recording device to tournaments like Wijk aan Zee, Frankfurt Chess Classic, Hoogeveen... often to interview the interesting player of the moment in some hotel bar or quiet interview room. 31 out of the 35 interviews came about this…
Vishnu Warrier – The Chess Bible – Most Instructive Tips, Axioms, One-Liners & Mantras. ISBN 9789464201659 – 384 pages Teaser: THE CHESS BIBLE As a result, many improve their chess skills very fast and raise hundreds of points in a short time. Yet, many spend years in confusion not being able to improve. What’s the correct approach in this…
Viktor Erdos – The Modernized Arkhangelsk Variation. 408 pages. 9789464201598 Teaser - The Modernized Arkhangelsk Variation My aim with the book was to provide you with a lot of insights into this remarkable variation, The Ark, and to entertain the reader with spectacular, resourceful lines to illustrate the ideas. Thus, I must stress that my book should also…
Jan Boekelman – Beat the Dutch Defense – A Killer Weapon against the Dutch Defense. 260 pages. ISBN 9789464201581 Teaser - Jan Boekelman – Beat the Dutch Defense The Staunton Gambit is a very rewarding opening. White's piece development follows the classical principles of gambit play. White is ahead in development and obtains a fine initiative. Even without…
