Playing chess with a group / Playing chess with one child - Christel Minne Paperback - SKU 9789464201895 - 48 pages 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 to build it up step by step. The message is,…
A Pawn's Journey Across the Chessboard - Christel Minne Hardback - SKU 9789464201888 - 56 pages 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 Christel Minne: "A young girl is the main character because by…
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 Ulysses to the Trojans appeared to be a tricky and poisoned gift. The appropriate term for…
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 was capable of running the Soviet Union a good second. Dragoljub Velimirovic posed a real threat to the men from Moscow. Velimirovic was…
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 the mist historically important games, the famous players who chose to fight either side (sometimes…
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 update. The pandemic giving rise to vastly underrated junior and amateur…
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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 control the chaos on the chess…
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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 opponent's mistake. There…
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 and remind us of…
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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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 his many sides and…
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 understanding in the various positions…
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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 the most popular moves…
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• 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 the help of our own practice,…
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