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- Tactics, English, Middlegame
Chess Calculation Training for Kids and Club Players – Level 1 – Checkmating
- €21.95
- "Most tactics and training books are good for boosting your calculation ability, but they do not teach you how to calculate. This is the difference I want to make with my own books, by arranging the exercises in different categories so that the thinking process more closely resembles the one we have during a game." ~ GM Romain Edouard Teaser…
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- Middlegame, English, Strategy
Fundamental Chess Strategy in 100 Games
- €38.95
- "The focus should be on understanding strategical concepts, principles and underlying logic. Fashionable opening lines will be forgotten (or re-evaluated) sooner or later, but understanding cannot be lost, and can be only upgraded. It is sad to see some players that are well equipped with opening lines, who are unable to realise a big positional advantage in an endgame. So,…
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- English, Opening, Strategy
Cheparinov’s 1.d4! – Vol.1 – King’s Indian & Grünfeld
- €24.95
- "In this first volume of Cheparinov’s 1.d4! readers will find my own way of working on openings, and the way I analyze. Many of the lines and conclusions in this book are based not only on computer evaluation, but also on the practical point of view. Of course all the lines have been deeply analyzed by strong engines, and although…
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- Opening, English, Strategy
Understanding before Moving 3.1: Sicilian Structures – The Najdorf and Scheveningen
- €31.95
- "But I am writing for an audience that, by and large, is not interested in chess as a memory contest. So I’m not going to offer you lots of novelties and dense variation trees. On the contrary. The approach is to take the reader into the seemingly impenetrable labyrinth of variations without flinching, but then to base my comments on…
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- English, Opening, Strategy
The Modernized Delayed Benoni
- €28.00
- "In my opinion, the Delayed Benoni is a kind of mystery for White also, since it has not been covered deeply enough in chess publications. So I think that this work could be useful for White players, too." ~ Ivan Ivanisevic
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- Opening, English, Strategy
The Modernized Berlin Wall Defense
- €24.95
- "The Berlin Defense is an opening system Priyadharshan Kannappan is very familiar with, and I am very confident that his knowledge will be invaluable to anyone who wants to master this incredibly solid opening." ~ Susan Polgar **Available from 19/11/2019**
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- Opening, English, Strategy
The Modernized Scotch Game – A Complete Repertoire for White and Black
- €27.95
- "Credit can mostly be given to Kasparov for reviving this old opening, but there are many others who have contributed to exploring new ideas and forging new paths. A lot of discoveries have been made by some young grandmasters who don’t shy away from analysing deep tactical solutions with the aid of the silicon beast." ~ Milos Pavlovic
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- Opening, English, Strategy
The Richter Rauzer Reborn, The Kozul Variation
- €31.95
- "The fact that this opening has become part of a standard repertoire against 1.e4 for many top players such as Rapport, Dubov, Li Chao, Korobov, Gupta, Vovk etc . speaks for itself about the quality and the fascination of the variation and also about the many possibilities it offers. It’s hard to pinpoint the real reasons for this popularity, but…
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- Middlegame, English, Strategy
Chess Middlegame Strategies, Vol. 1, 2 & 3 (bundle)
- Original price was: €83.40.€58.39Current price is: €58.39.
- "In the first volume I have annotated 37 games representing different aspects (chapters) of ‘chess middlegame strategies’. In the second volume of my “Chess Middlegame Strategies” series I have decided to focus on this connection between the opening and the middlegame. In the third volume I have taken strategic themes from specific openings and combined these with standard strategies such…
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- Strategy, English, Middlegame
Chess Middlegame Strategies, Vol. 3
- €29.95
- "My aim in this book, as well as its two predecessors, is not only to help you improve your middlegame understanding but to give you new and different ideas/concepts to employ in your own play." ~ Ivan Sokolov
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- Endgame, English, Strategy
Improve Your Practical Play in the Endgame
- €28.00
- The book before you engages the reader in useful calculations all the while expanding the player’s perception and confidence in a phase of the game where computer theory and preparation are of little value. ~ Alexander Hart
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- Psychology, English, Strategy
Gata Kamsky – Chess Gamer, Vol 2: Return 2004-2013
- €32.95
- "Clearly there were some triumphs and failures during this period of my chess career, but ultimately I feel that I have left a certain mark on the generation from which the world’s current top players have emerged." ~ Gata Kamsky
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- Opening, English, Strategy
The Modernized Dutch Defense
- €32.95
- Do you prefer to avoid symmetrical games against white's 1. d4? And do sharp and complex positions not frighten you? If the answer is yes, the Modernized Dutch Defense might be a worthy surprise weapon to add to your opening repertoire!
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- Strategy, Endgame, English, Middlegame, Psychology
The Royal Chess Couple in Action
- €31.95
- Hans Böhm & Yochanan Afek - The Royal Chess Couple in Action. ISBN 9789492510570. 384 pages. "The Royal Chess Couple is a combined attempt to introduce the various traits of the most significant piece with the most powerful piece on the chessboard." ~ Yochanan Afek Teaser [PDF] - The Royal Chess Couple in Action
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- English, Middlegame, Strategy
Understanding Maroczy Structures
- €27.95
- "Geza Maroczy left a strange legacy: the discovery that certain pawn formations can impose a near decisive cramp on one's opponent."
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- Psychology, English
Kings of the Chessboard
- €26.95
- Paul van der Sterren - Kings of the Chessboard, 264 pages - ISBN 9789492510532. Teaser [PDF] - Paul van der Sterren - Kings of the Chessboard "This book is about the greatest chess players who ever lived, who dominated their era and were looked upon as World Champions even at a time when this term, this very concept, did not…
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- Middlegame, English, Psychology, Strategy
Say No To Chess Principles!
- €28.95
- "A lot of the topics listed demand a very straightforward type of thinking or approach. However it also happens that chess players often discover significant resources which formally exist outside the typical rules of chess. Those who know how to break all the rules and work around those specific guidelines reach the very top." ~ Evgeny Bareev
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- Strategy, English, Psychology
Coaching the Chess Stars
- €29.95
- "Many of the chess players who appear in these pages are still young; their whole life, including their sports career, lies ahead. That is why I tried to avoid purely personal details and did not reveal any professional secrets. I hope that these players, like me, will be curious to reflect on their own achievements and mistakes, and to take…
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- Opening, English
The Modernized French Defense
- €28.95
- "Here we are, together on this page, both interested in the French Defence with 3.Nc3 Bb4." ~ David Miedema
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- Psychology, English, Strategy
Gata Kamsky – Chess Gamer, Vol 1: The Awakening 1989-1996
- €32.95
- "What you are going to find in this first volume is a selection of my most memorable battles on the chessboard during the first of two different periods. It covers the time from my arrival in the USA as an up-and-coming young talent in early 1989, acquiring the freedom to play in any open tournament in the world and quickly…
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- Opening, English, Psychology, Strategy
Unconventional Approaches to Modern Chess, Volume 1: Rare Ideas for Black
- €30.85
- "This book is about the practical approach to the game of chess. It shaped me as a player and now I would like to share my philosophy with you. My objective is to combat several generally accepted misconceptions, such as a) only studying opening theory will make you a better player, b) one should always follow the first or second…
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- Psychology, English, Middlegame
My Magic Years with Topalov
- €29.80
- "If he thinks an idea will work over the board, the notion of risk is irrelevant to him. He wants to be on the attack and believes an objectively inferior position isn’t necessarily bad if his opponent needs to find several difficult defensive moves. “If that’s the only move for my opponent, let’s enter the line and see if he…
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- Psychology, English, Strategy
Learn from Michal Krasenkow
- €31.90
- "During my chess career I have played almost 4000 classical games, a good deal of them against grandmasters, including world's top players, a number of which I managed to defeat. A lot of these games are interesting and instructive, and studying them will definitely help any player to get new expertise, learn new ideas and therefore improve their chess skill."~…
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- Tactics, English
The Tactics Bible
- €32.90
- "The key to each pattern is the status of the squares surrounding the king: which ones are obstructed, which are potential flight squares that can be controlled with the available pieces. Players are advised to know these patterns forwards, backwards and upside down!" ~ Efstratios Grivas
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- Middlegame, English, Strategy
Understanding before Moving: Part 2
- €36.00
- “In my view the average club player will be more pleased with an opening book in which a profusion of ideas is offered. If this is also structured, you can hope that the readers will acquire the necessary understanding of standard positions.” ~ Herman Grooten
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- Opening, English, Strategy
The Chigorin Bible
- €29.80
- "The current trend, developed in recent years, is for Black to capture on d4 with his e-pawn, aiming for Benoni-type pawn structure positions which lead to rather double-edged positions." ~ Ivan Sokolov
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- Opening, English
The Modernized Reti
- €31.90
- "Contrary to what critical pessimists might say, the Reti opening is an ambitious weapon for White. By avoiding the main theoretical debates, White tries to reach an unbalanced position from an early stage of the game, with many different plans available." ~ Adrien Demuth
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- Psychology, English, Strategy
Together with the Candidates
- €29.80
- "Together with the Candidates you should think over the crucial positions, feel the fighting tension and, the most important thing, try to make the right decisions" ~Alexey Kuzmin
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- Opening, English
The Hyper Accelerated Dragon, Extended New Edition
- €29.35
- The Hyper Accelerated Dragon is recommended for all players that are eager to enter critical lines in this exciting Sicilian Opening!
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- Opening, English
The Modernized Najdorf
- €29.80
- "Learning the Najdorf will help all players to understand Sicilians in a better way. Different aspects of chess such as defence, attack and sacrifice, positional themes and tactical storms, can be found in this book." ~ Milos Pavlovic
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