Franco Zenon – The Chess Scalpel – 32 Master Games Dissected – ISBN 9789464201512 – 288 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Chess Scalpel The idea behind this book is for you to ‘play’ as in a real game, and it is my job to ensure you have a pleasant time while training. I suggest you take at least an hour…
Boroljub Zlatanovic – The Essence of Chess Strategy – Volume 1 – Strategic Elements – 528 pages – ISBN 9789464201482. Teaser [PDF] - The Essence of Chess Strategy – Volume 1 – Strategic Elements How to learn strategy? Can it be learned? It can be, of course. And these volumes are the perfect guide to learn (or, more precisely, to…
Efstratios Grivas – The Bishop Pair – Power of the Sun – 248 pages – ISBN 9789464201499. Teaser [PDF] - The Bishop Pair – Power of the Sun Endgame theory teaches us two fundamental issues: First, how to extract the maximum from a basic theoretical position with little material, where the experts (from practice comprising thousands of games) have reached…
Daniel Gormally – Pandemic Shark – A Journey Through the World of Chess Improvement – 232 pages – ISBN 9789464201536. Teaser [PDF] - Pandemic Shark – A Journey Through the World of Chess Improvement I was once dismissive of the attempts by amateur players to improve. To me it seemed too obvious - you either had it or you hadn’t.…
DANIEL FERNANDEZ – TATA STEEL CHESS TOURNAMENT 2021 – 750 pages – ISBN 9789464201420. Teaser [PDF] - TATA STEEL CHESS TOURNAMENT 2021 Before you is the tournament book of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2021. The event that has been won in sensational fashion by the young Dutch grandmaster Jorden van Foreest. In a tiebreak in the third blitz game,…
CRAIG PRITCHETT – Modern Chess – From Steinitz to the 21st Century – 324 pages – ISBN 9789464201437. Teaser [PDF] - Modern Chess – From Steinitz to the 21st Century ‘I as though traced the evolution of chess thought and repeated its basic steps in my own development … convinced that any player with high ambition should follow such a…
Jan Werle – Unbeatable – ISBN 9789464201413 – 340 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Unbeatable "I realize that this book will not cover all open wounds, nevertheless my aim to write a manual about defense which can help us defenders enduring the hardest difficulties in practice, seems to be achieved. Personally speaking this book helped me as a defender to approach…
Dorsa & Borna Derakhshani – Your Jungle Guide to Unbalancing Your Opponents – ISBN 9789464201314 – 407 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Dorsa & Borna Derakhshani – Your Jungle Guide to Unbalancing Your Opponents "The wonderful journey of selecting, analyzing and commentating on games has been very beneficial to both of us. In this book, we look deeply into some factors…
Alex Colovic – The Sinquefield Chess Generation – Young Guns at Work! – ISBN 9789464201307 – 274 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Alex Colovic – The Sinquefield Chess Generation – Young Guns at Work "To write proper “characteristics”, I had to go over hundreds of games of each player. I wanted to learn what they liked and disliked, how they reacted…
Vladimir Okhotnic – It is Never Too Late to Become a Grandmaster – ISBN 9789464201284 – 320 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Vladimir Okhotnic – It is Never Too Late to Become a Grandmaster “Chess is not for the faint of heart,” Steinitz once said. I agree 100%! Chess players do not need pumped up muscles, they need a stable neuropsychic…
Zenon Franco Ocampos - Miguel Najdorf - El Viejo - Life, Games & Stories - ISBN 9789464201130 - 720 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Miguel Najdorf - El Viejo - Life, Games & Stories How could anyone not remember Najdorf’s sayings, repeated again and again, as entertaining as the first time he said them: “I had a ve-e-ery wise aunt, who…
G.Mohr & A.Mikhalchishin - Forgotten Genius - The Life and Games of Grandmaster Albin Planinc - ISBN 9789464201291 - 407 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Forgotten Genius - The Life and Games of Grandmaster Albin Planinc This fascinating biography of over eighty-five annotated games and stories are being presented by grandmasters Georg Mohr and Adrian Mikhalchishin. It covers Planinc’ entire life…