Hardback - 490 pages Teaser The Scandinavian Defense Revisited – A Cold-Blooded Counter to 1.e4! – Thomas Engqvist The Scandinavian Defense has several strong assets that make it appealing, especially for players who like clarity and active counterplay: Immediate Central Challenge: With 1...d5, Black directly contests White’s central control from the first move, disrupting typical e4-based plans. Simplified…
Hardback - 340 pages Teaser A Practical Opening Repertoire for White – Volume 1 - Battling the French & Caro Kann - Alexey Kovalchuk Challenge the French Defense with the Exchange Variation Simplify the position early Maintain central tension Use piece activity to exploit symmetrical structures Create imbalances Take on the Caro-Kann with 2.c4! Disrupt Black’s typical plans…
Hardback - 208 pages Teaser The Modernized Petrov’s Defense - Milos Pavlovic A Solid and Reliable Opening: The Petrov’s Defense The Petrov’s Defense (also known as the Russian Defense) is an underrated gem in classical chess, offering solid play and excellent counterattacking opportunities. While it might not enjoy the same spotlight as the Ruy Lopez or Sicilian Defense,…
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Hardback - 176 pages Teaser The Modernized Semi-Slav The Semi-Slav Defense transcends its classification as a mere defensive response to 1.d4. It embodies a dynamic and multifaceted system that offers Black not only solidity in defense but also active counterplay and strategic flexibility. Here's why the Semi-Slav is more than just a defense: Rather than passively defending, the…
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401 pages - paperback Revised updated edition of the English edition from 2021 but only available in Spanish. Teaser La Defensa Philidor Modernizada “Pawns are the soul of chess.” We have all heard this phrase more than once in our chess life and we owe it to the great French player François-André Danican, so-called Philidor, considered one of…
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V.Kotronias & M.Ivanov – Your Jungle Guide to 1.d4 1B – Queen’s Gambit Accepted - Agressive Enterprise - ISBN 9789464201246 – 480 pages Teaser [PDF] - Your Jungle Guide to 1.d4 1B – Queen’s Gambit Accepted - Agressive Enterprise What you are holding in your hands is the natural follow up of Volume 1 where some “lesser” openings…
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Robert Ris – Beat the Anti-Sicilians – ISBN 9789464201369 – 248 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Beat the Anti-Sicilians When I decided to write The Modernized Sveshnikov (June 2020) I knew that I was basically committing myself to covering the Anti-Sicilians in a separate book as well. After all, what’s a book on the Sveshnikov alone worth when your opponents decide…
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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…
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Herman Grooten - Key Concepts of Chess - 1 - The Hedgehog - ISBN 9789464201253 - 200 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Key Concepts of Chess - 1 - The Hedgehog "The second reason for putting this book together is that the hedgehog system is special to me. After my first introduction, I immediately became "hooked" on this trench work. Attempting…
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"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