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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• 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…
• 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…
• 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. • Anyone who takes…
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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, for the sake of your own chess…
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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 tournament book. Many more…
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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 your overall results. Finally, we…
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 book – the 7.Qf3 line.…
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 to…
PRACTICAL ENDGAME BIBLE Boroljub Zlatanovic - The Practical Endgame Bible - Guidelines for the Fundamentals of the Endgame. ISBN 9789464201741 - 455 Pages. 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 the same colored squares as your bishop’s,…
PREVIEW: https: OKELLY-SICILIAN.pdf 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 your…
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 way. That is… until…
Vishnu Warrier – The Chess Bible – Most Instructive Tips, Axioms, One-Liners & Mantras. ISBN 9789464201659 – 384 pages. 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 tricky world? How to get maximum…
PREVIEW: TEASER LATER WORD IK KONINGIN pdf Christel Minne – Later word ik koningin – Prentenboek – ISBN 978946201550 – 56 pagina’s – 35 euro. Christel Minne – Later word ik koningin – Toolbox – ISBN 9789464201635 – schaken met een groep/schaken met één kind – 48 pagina’s – 25 euro.
De geschiedenis van het schaakspel wordt opgenomen terwijl je kennis maakt met de personages. Het prentenboek is zeer uitnodigend met veel grappige en mooie tekeningen. Voor de jongste kleuters kun je het verhaal het beste in je eigen woorden vertellen, maar de oudere kleuters genieten volop van het rijmende verhaal. Elke schaakregel is terug te vinden in een aantrekkelijke tekening.…
Efstratios Grivas – The Anti-Sicilian Bible – A Complete Repertoire for Black – 520 pages. ISBN 9789464201611, Teaser [PDF] - The Anti-Sicilian Bible We must be trained not only in concrete opening moves, but on the middlegame, the endgame and the tactical part of the opening in question. And this is exactly what this book offers: a complete structural think-tank…
Viktor Erdos – The Modernized Arkhangelsk Variation. 408 pages. 9789464201598. Teaser [PDF] - 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 be…
Jan Boekelman – Beat the Dutch Defense – A Killer Weapon against the Dutch Defense. 260 pages. ISBN 9789464201581. Teaser [PDF] - 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 the…
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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 learn…
Boroljub Zlatanovic – The Essence of Chess Strategy – Volume 2 – Pawn Structures – ISBN 9789464201574 - 494 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Essence of Chess Strategy – Volume 2 – Pawn Structures This sentiment can be felt throughout this book, and together with great material, it gives the reader that little extra something, that can’t be described by…
Alessandro Bossi & Claudia Brovelli – The Duel – The Parallel Lives of A.Alekhine & J.R.Capablanca – ISBN 9789464201536 – 308 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Duel – The Parallel Lives of A.Alekhine & J.R.Capablanca The value of this volume lies also in the parts where Bossi and Brovelli, with painstaking accuracy, have quoted both direct impressions of the two…
Ivan Cheparinov - Cheparinov’s 1.d4! Volume 2 – The Slav & Semi-Slav – ISBN 9789464201451 – 480 pages. - €37.00 Teaser [PDF] - Ivan Cheparinov - Cheparinov’s 1.d4! Volume 2 – The Slav & Semi-Slav The Slav encompasses a wide but solid body of theory. Black has plenty of options and finding advantages and practical chances was not easy at…
GM Efstratios Grivas – The Passed Pawn – Power of the Passer - ISBN 9789464201505 – 240 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Passed Pawn – Power of the Passer "A passed pawn must be blockaded, so as to have its power restrained as much as possible. The minor pieces (knight or bishop) are ideal for this purpose, as they can…
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…