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- Boroljub Zlatanovic – The Essence of Chess Strategy – Volume 1 – Strategic Elements – 528 pages – ISBN 9789464201482 Teaser - 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,…
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- Lorin D’Costa – She Plays To Win – Be Inspired by Our Chess Queens – ISBN 9789464201529 - 484 pages Teaser - She Plays To Win – Be Inspired by Our Chess Queens Find your role model. This book contains games from every single female World Champion, as well as young up and comers, top seasoned professionals, streamers,…
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- Herman Grooten – Sleutelconcepten in het Middenspel – Pionnenstructuren – ISBN 9789464201543 – 170 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Sleutelconcepten in het Middenspel – Pionnenstructuren In dit boek zullen we verschillende pionnenstructuren de revue laten passeren. We beginnen met een introductie waarin we een aantal structuren aanstippen en basisbegrippen definiëren. In de hierop volgende hoofdstukken komen we uitgebreid terug op bepaalde…
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- Efstratios Grivas – The Bishop Pair – Power of the Sun – 248 pages – ISBN 9789464201499 Teaser - 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…
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- Daniel Gormally – Pandemic Shark – A Journey Through the World of Chess Improvement – 232 pages – ISBN 9789464201536 Teaser - 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…
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- Alexey Kovalchuk – The Benko Revisited – Volume 1 – ISBN 9789464201468 – 424 pages Alexey Kovalchuk – The Benko Revisited – Volume 2 – ISBN 9789464201475 – 350 pages Teaser – The Benko Revisited – Volume 1 Teaser – The Benko Revisited – Volume 2 Why do I recommend my book to you, dear reader? First 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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- Alexey Kovalchuk – The Benko Revisited – Volume 2 – ISBN 9789464201475 – 350 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Benko Revisited – Volume 2 I am glad to welcome you to the second volume dedicated to the Benko Gambit. This volume examines the most basic lines. It is these lines that can be found most often at the board. We'll…
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- Alexey Kovalchuk – The Benko Revisited – Volume 1 – ISBN 9789464201468 – 424 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Benko Revisited – Volume 1 Why do I recommend my book to you, dear reader? First of all, the lines are all analyzed very deeply. You do not have to turn on the engine and wait for the computer to produce…
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- Boroljub Zlatanovic – Bishop versus Knight – The Eternal Battle with the Other Pieces– Volume 2 - ISBN 9789464201444 – 276 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Bishop versus Knight – The Eternal Battle with the Other Pieces– Volume 2 In his new endgame series, Boroljub Zlatanovic shows a profound understanding of the most common material imbalance in chess: that of the…
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- 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,…
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- 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…
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- Kotronias & Ivanov – Your Jungle Guide to 1.d4! – 1A – Queen’s Gambit Accepted & Minors – Aggressive Enterprise- ISBN 9789464201239 – 320 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Your Jungle Guide to 1.d4! – 1A – Queen’s Gambit Accepted & Minors Grandmasters Kotronias and Ivanov are renowned as leading theoreticians and chess trainers. They offer a unique and world-class repertoire…
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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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- Adrien Demuth - The Modernized Sicilian Kan – ISBN 9789464201383 – 260 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Sicilian Kan "I have always been interested by less theoretical Sicilians. I have been playing the Classical Sicilian for a long time and right before the covid period, I decided to find a new one. The Sicilian Kan came to me as…
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- Jan Boekelman - The Modernized King’s Indian - Averbakh Variation – ISBN 9789464201376 – 400 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized King’s Indian - Averbakh Variation "Above all, the Averbakh is a very rewarding opening. White's piece development follows classical principles. In general, White is not lagging in development. Even without the theoretical knowledge of certain variations, he should be…
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- Milos Pavlovic - The Modernized King’s Indian - Mar del Plata – ISBN 9789464201406 – 243 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized King’s Indian - Mar del Plata "The Mar Del Plata is probably the single most comprehensive variation of the King’s Indian in terms of the volume of possibilities and strategic richness. Even aside from players who wish to…
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- Middlegame, English, Psychology, Strategy
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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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- Efstratios Grivas – The Modernized Grivas Sicilian – ISBN 9789464201390 – 512 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Grivas Sicilian ‘To my mind there is quite a straightforward explanation. In order to profit from the initiative granted by the first move, White has to make use of his opportunity to do something before Black has an equal number of opportunities…
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- Lukasz Jarmula – The Bg5 Najdorf Revisited – Volume 2 – ISBN 9789464201352 – 416 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Bg5 Najdorf Revisited – Volume 2 Do you relish the prospect of setting your opponent awkward problems from the early start of the game? If so, you should just continue reading, for in the Bg5 Najdorf, it’s every man for…
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- Lukasz Jarmula – The Najdorf Bg5 Revisited – Volume 1 – ISBN 9789464201338 – 352 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Najdorf Bg5 Revisited – Volume 1 Do you relish the prospect of setting your opponent awkward problems from the early start of the game? If so, you should just continue reading, for in the Bg5 Najdorf, it’s every man for…
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- Daniel Hausrath – Double Fianchetto – The Ultimate Workbook – ISBN 9789464201345 - 352 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Double Fianchetto – The Ultimate Workbook But let me now explain the idea of this second book. I will show you some 18 games with the more or less current trends in the double fianchetto. These games include some openings like the…
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- Dariusz Swiercz – A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! – Volume 1 – Nimzo-Indian – ISBN 9789464201215 - 352 pages. Teaser [PDF] - A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6! What is the best way to improve your opening knowledge? Memorizing variations? Not really. In the first volume of Dariusz' trilogy,…
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- Milos Pavlovic – The Modernized Open Ruy Lopez – ISBN 9789464201321 - 160 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Open Ruy Lopez The positions arising from the Open Spanish contain ideas so different from the usual Ruy Lopez that I sometimes wonder whether it should really be considered part of it at all. It is an open game with unbalanced…
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- 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…
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- 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…
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- 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…
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- Christian Bauer - The Modernized Alekhine Defense - ISBN 9789464201185 - 543 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Alekhine Defense Building on his ever creative ideas, Christian Bauer found a way to take a fresh look at the current status of the Alekhine Defense. It's clear that Christian has a definite weak spot for Knights. Surely you will appreciate his…
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- 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…
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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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- Herman Grooten - Sleutelconcepten in het Middenspel - 1 - De Egel - ISBN 9789464201260 - 200 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Sleutelconcepten in het Middenspel - 1 - De Egel "De tweede reden om dit boek samen te stellen is dat het egelsysteem voor mij speciaal is. Na mijn eerste kennismaking, raakte ik meteen ‘verknocht’ aan dit loopgravenwerk. Terugtrekken op…
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- 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…
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- Sergio Trigo Urquijo - The Modernized Philidor Defense - ISBN 9789464201208 - 412 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Sergio Trigo Urquijo - The Modernized Philidor Defense “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 the best…
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- Aleksander Rakhmanov - Rakhmanov's Secrets of Opening Preparation - ISBN 9789464201277 - 360 pages. TEASER [PDF] - Rakhmanov's Secrets of Opening Preparation My Style The character of any player is reflected in their game. It also applies to choosing their openings. Therefore, for you to better understand what I'm going to explain in this book, I should describe my style.…
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- Daniel Gormally - The Comfort Zone - Keys to Your Chess Success - ISBN 9789464201222 - 264 pages. TEASER [PDF] - The Comfort Zone - Keys to Your Chess Success I’ve become increasingly convinced of this comfort zone theory to the degree where I’ve started to apply it to chess. To use the same logic, I believe a chess player…
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- Boroljub Zlatanovic - Bishop versus Knight - The Eternal Battle, Vol. 1 - 224 pages - ISBN 9789464201161. Teaser [PDF] - Bishop versus Knight - The Eternal Battle Bishop or knight? An eternal dilemma! The legendary Bobby Fischer would likely vote for the bishop. Other authorities like Nimzowitsch would prefer the knight. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Of…
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- IM's Gerard Welling & Michael Basman - U Cannot Be Serious - Avant-Garde Strategy in Chess - 9789464201147 - 304 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Avant-Garde Strategy in Chess This book is written with the intention to introduce the reader to the creative chess ideas of Michael Basman. He gave up more intense regular tournament chess around the turn of the…
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- Alexander Kalinin & Nicolai Kalinichenko - The Modernized Italian Game for White - ISBN 9789464201079 - 384 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Italian Game for White "To utilize the Giuoco Pianissimo successfully, a club player needs only to master the general ideas of this setup, without overloading their brain with hundreds of variations. At the same time, they find…
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- GM Justin Tan - 1.e4! The Chess Bible - Volume 1 - A Complete Repertoire for White - 464 pages - ISBN 9789464201123. A fully theoretically updated new work, 3 Volumes in total for 2021. Teaser [PDF] - 1.e4! The Chess Bible - Volume 1 - A Complete Repertoire for White "I believe that Black has a wider margin of error in…
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- IM Armin Juhasz - 1.d4! The Chess Bible - Mastering Queen's Pawn Structures - 284 pages - ISBN 9789464201116. A fully theoretically updated new work on how to play these most important Queen's Pawn Structures. Teaser [PDF] - 1.d4! The Chess Bible - Mastering Queen's Pawn Structures This book aims to provide a complete overview of a 1.d4 repertoire against…
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- Dariusz Swiercz – The Modernized Ruy Lopez – Volume 1 – A Complete Repertoire for White – ISBN 9789464201031– 520 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Ruy Lopez – Volume 1 – A Complete Repertoire for White “The Ruy Lopez is such a classic opening that never gets old. Regardless of what you already knew about this opening, there are…
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- Dariusz Swiercz – The Modernized Ruy Lopez – Volume 2 – A Complete Repertoire for White – ISBN 9789464201086 – pages 336. Teaser [PDF] - Dariusz Swiercz – The Modernized Ruy Lopez – Volume 2 – A Complete Repertoire for White This second volume on the Ruy Lopez consists of two parts. In the first part I focus on modern…
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- Herman Grooten – Understanding Before Moving 3.2 – Sicilian Structures (Taimanov – Kan - Richter Rauzer). 424 pages. ISBN 9789464201109. Teaser [PDF] - Herman Grooten – Understanding Before Moving 3.2 – Sicilian Structures (Taimanov – Kan - Richter Rauzer) The first volume dealt with the Najdorf and Scheveningen variations, and it is now time to pay attention to three other…
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- Herman Grooten – Begrijp wat je doet 3.2 – Siciliaanse structuren (Taimanov – Kan - Richter Rauzer). 432 pages. ISBN 9789464201093. Teaser [PDF] - Herman Grooten – Begrijp wat je doet 3.2 – Siciliaanse structuren (Taimanov – Kan - Richter Rauzer) Nadat in het eerste deel de Najdorf- en de Scheveningenvariant aan bod zijn gekomen, is het nu de beurt…
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- Pentala Harikrishna – Beat the French Defense with 3.Nc3 – A Complete Repertoire for White – ISBN 9789492510976 – 456 pages. "The French Defense was my main opening with Black while I was striving towards the GM title at the turn of the century. Quite often, I was able to use it to drag my opponent into a complicated maze…
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- Dariusz Swiercz – The Modernized Ruy Lopez – Volume 1 – A Complete Repertoire for White – ISBN 9789464201031– 520 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Ruy Lopez – Volume 1 – A Complete Repertoire for White “The Ruy Lopez is such a classic opening that never gets old. Regardless of what you already knew about this opening, there are…
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- Ravi Haria – The Modernized Anti-Sicilians – Volume 1 – Rossolimo Variation – ISBN 9789464201055– 520 pages. Teaser [PDF] - The Modernized Anti-Sicilians – Volume 1 – Rossolimo Variation "For too long, Anti-Sicilian rhetoric has centred on the logic of simplicity, geared towards reaching playable positions with easy plans while simultaneously avoiding depths of theory. The danger of this logic…
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- GM Peter Prohaszka – Your Jungle Guide to Chess Tactics – Sharpen your Tactical Skills! – ISBN 9789464201062 – 500 pages. Teaser [PDF] - GM Peter Prohaszka – Your Jungle Guide to Chess Tactics – Sharpen your Tactical Skills! There are two parts to this book. The first 17 chapters elaborate on the most important motifs in practical chess. The…
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- Alexey Kovalchuk – The Modernized Modern Benoni – ISBN 9789464201048 – 280 pages. Teaser [PDF] - Alexey Kovalchuk – The Modernized Modern Benoni "Over time, my attention focused on the Modern Benoni. In this opening, the bishop on g7 is the same icon that is the basis of the King’s Indian, but here it can operate on the whole a1-h8…
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- "The book Improve Your Life by Playing a Game takes us on an exciting journey through a wide range of topics from psychology and explains these topics by putting the reader in the role of a tournament chess player. Gaining a deeper understanding of the mind of a chess player during training, playing and analysing chess games suddenly takes on…
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- "Il y a cent ans, quatre clubs belges ont fondé la Fédération nationale des échecs. Pour célébrer son anniversaire, je voudrais rendre un hommage personnel à la Fédération en ma qualité de vice-président d'Europchess, le club des institutions européennes." ~ Frank Hoffmeister Teaser [PDF] - Frank Hoffmeister - 100 ans d'histoire du jeu d’échecs en Belgique - un hommage personnel…
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- "Neulinge dse königlichen Spiels mögen dies etwas sonderbar finden, aber andere, die täglich das Schach zum Leben erwecken, werden begeistert sein, die belgische Geschichte ihrer Leidenschaft zu entdecken." ~ Günter Delhaes, Präsident des Königlichen Schachbundes Belgien. Teaser [PDF] - Frank Hoffmeister - 100 Jahre Belgische Schachgeschichte eine persönliche Hommage an den königlichen Schachbund Belgien mit 50 Partien *Available from 01/12/2020*
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- "Beginnende schakers zullen hier en daar de wenkbrauwen fronsen. De doorgewinterde schaker zal op bijzondere wijze kunnen genieten van een rijke geschiedenis van het schaken in België." ~ Günter Delhaes, voorzitter van de Koninklijke Belgische Schaakbond. Teaser [PDF] - Frank Hoffmeister - 100 jaar Belgische schaakgeschiedenis een persoonlijk eerbetoon aan de Koninklijke Belgische Schaakbond met 50 partijen *Available from 01/12/2020*
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- "We hope to give the club player something to hold on to, as he really wants the question answered: how to continue if the opponent deviates from the theory?" ~ Herman Grooten Teaser [PDF] - Herman Grooten - Understanding before Moving: Part 1 (Extended Revised 2nd Edition) *Available from 29/11/2020*
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- Our author has provided the most important key elements to practice one of the most difficult decisions: exchange or not! With most competitive games nowadays being played to a finish in a single session, this knowledge may prove invaluable over the board. His brand new coverage is the best tool for anyone looking to improve his insights or can be…
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- Are you struggling with your chess development? While dedicating hours and hours on improving your craft, your rating simply does not want to move upwards? Spending loads of money on chess books and DVDs, but feeling no real improvement at all? No worries – the book that you are holding in your hands might represent a game changer! Teaser [PDF…
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- There is no doubt that the Nimzovich Defense is one of Black’s most inspiring openings after 1.e4. Black strives to unbalance the position by creating new problems for White from move two, giving himself every opportunity to fight for the initiative from the outset. It is no surprise that 1…Nc6 appeals ambitious players who relish a complicated battle. Teaser [PDF]…
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- "The balanced flow of the normal chess calendar was unexpectedly interrupted by a frightening occurrence. Seemingly harmless at first, the coronavirus pandemic overtook more and newer countries by the day and gradually became pretty much the main, and only determining factor in life. The Candidates Tournament was threatened as well. Whether it would be held at all was pretty much…
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- "Their idea in the book is to help players train for tournaments by working on all aspects of the game and looking at problems in a wholesome way. They have a wide variety of topics from a wide variety of players." ~ GM Magesh Panchanathan Teaser [PDF] - E. Moradiabadi & S. Foisor - Sherlock's Method - The Working Tool…
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- Thomas Luther - Thinkers' Chess Academy with GM Thomas Luther - Volume 2: From Tactics to Strategy - Winning Knowledge - 312 pages - ISBN 9789492510891. Teaser [PDF] - 2. Thomas Luther - Thinkers' Chess Academy with GM Thomas Luther - Volume 2: From Tactics to Strategy - Winning Knowledge In this book we will not only show you more tactical motifs,…
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€31.45
Rated 4.83 out of 5
- Yuriy Krykun - A Complete Repertoire for Black after 1.e4-e5! - 280 pages - ISBN 9789492510846. Teaser [PDF] - Yuriy Krykun - A Complete Repertoire for Black after 1.e4-e5! "1.e4 e5 is not just an opening. It is repertoire that represents our game as a whole. It is something players of all styles will enjoy due to the countless possibilities…
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- English, Opening
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€28.30
Rated 4.60 out of 5
- "It just takes some time to become familiar with all the possibilities and ensuing middlegames. But once you finally master the isolated pawn structure, it will serve you well and equip you with a wide selection of tools with which you can outplay your opponent" ~ David Miedema [PDF - TEASER] David Miedema - The Modernized French Defense - Volume…
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- English, Opening
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€26.20
Rated 4.67 out of 5
- "Usually in the Ruy Lopez Black is looking for long, slow games in solid, closed positions. The Marshall flips this on its head and Black tries to accelerate the play and radically change the character of the game at an early stage." ~ Milos Pavlovic [PDF - TEASER] Milos Pavlovic - The Modernized Marshall Attack
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- English, Opening
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€32.50
Rated 4.33 out of 5
- "From the very first move, you are indicating to your opponent (and to the jury deciding on the brilliancy prizes!) that you would like to play an unbalanced position. Then the thrill of the fight courses through your veins and you simply must trust yourself to handle developments better than the other player." ~ Daniel Fernandez Teaser [PDF] - Daniel…
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- Opening, English
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€28.30
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "I got to know Sethu more closely a few years back when we trained together a few times. I found him to be meticulous in his preparation and especially at home in complex positions. These qualities make him perfect for these two Sicilans and I am sure after reading this book, you (the reader) will be ready to confidently explore…
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- Opening, English
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€32.50
Rated 4.80 out of 5
- "At first, you start wondering why Black weakens the d5-square (5…e5) and then step by step you realize the dynamic potential of Black’s opening strategy. The ensuing positions contain a lot of imbalances, which makes it a very attractive opening to play for a win at any level." ~ Robert Ris Teaser [PDF] - Robert Ris - The Modernized Sveshnikov
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- Strategy, English, Psychology
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€35.65
Rated 4.80 out of 5
- "The engine has become the “Holy Cow” to which all chess players now pray regardless of their religious convictions or rating. Far from being a foe or rival it has become an invaluable helper, consultant and the highest of authorities. Since the highest of all oracles is soulless and cynical it is ready to help anyone ignoring opinions and preferences."…
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- Strategy, English, Psychology
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€37.75
Rated 4.90 out of 5
- "This book is not a pure (auto)biography, rather a games collection. It consists mainly of interesting high-class games played by me, including many losses. Most of the games are preceded by accompanying texts, which vary from essays to tournament reports. The title of the book might seem presumptuous, but I wanted to show how I see or experience the competitions…
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- Opening, English
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€31.45
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "It’s all simple: memorize a few lines and then go fight for the initiative from the very beginning" ~ Yaro Zherebukh
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- English, Psychology, Strategy
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€25.00
Rated 4.78 out of 5
- "To be able to raise your level of play you will need to work hard on your chess. This book will arm you with some important chess ideas and skills but, more importantly, you will get into the grandmaster’s mind. I don’t want you to play chess the following way: he attacked me -- I need to move away, I…
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- Opening, English, Strategy
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€32.50
Rated 4.63 out of 5
- To win a game, it is enough to be just a little bit better than your opponent. To make this happen, especially when facing a strong player, you must force your opponent to solve practical problems. You must get them into a position where the cost of a potential mistake is much higher than usual. ~ GM Alexander Ipatov
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- Opening, English
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€33.55
Rated 4.73 out of 5
- "Many games have been played, and theory has evolved since the days of Karpov’s Caro-Kann. As you will see in this book, this opening offers Black many opportunities for dynamic play, despite its solid framework." ~ Francesco Rambaldi
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- Endgame, English, Strategy
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€33.55
Rated 4.50 out of 5
- "The endgame is the moment of truth. It is the phase of the game where we will try to reap the seeds of our effort regardless of whether that is the full point of victory or the half point of the draw. The significance of errors increases in the endgame as the opportunities for correcting them are few." ~ Efstratios…
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- Opening, English, Middlegame, Strategy
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€30.40
Rated 4.50 out of 5
- "This book is definitely not a book full of theoretical lines. Of course, I will give some advice if possible and necessary. But the main purpose is to explain the structures that can result from double fianchettoed positions." ~ Daniel Hausrath
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- English, Tactics
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€31.45
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "This book is written for chess friends who are beginners or hobby players without much experience and who want to improve to lower club level. If you are already somewhat stronger you may not like the idea of learning from scratch. But sometimes going a step back in order to take two steps forwards is a good idea." ~ GM…
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- English, Opening
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€25.15
Rated 4.50 out of 5
- "One thing that (in my opinion) hadn't really been done before is a really thorough look at the Stonewall using modern computer engines (and over a thousand hours of analysis). While the opening is definitely all about understanding, wouldn't you prefer to benefit from some fresh ideas and knowledge of which the best move orders might be, as well as…
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- Psychology, Spanish, Strategy
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€28.30
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "Este libro trata sobre cómo surgen las ideas durante la preparación, sobre lo que sucede tras las cortinas. No tuve conciencia de sus planes hasta que Romain me contó que lo estaba escribiendo. Creo que los entusiastas del ajedrez apreciarán la honestidad de las historias pues nada se ocultó. Espero que lo disfruten." ~ Veselin Topalov
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- German, Middlegame, Strategy
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€31.45
- Im Verlauf des gesamten Buches, verweise ich auf strukturelle Parallelen aus bekannteren Eröffnungen, um zu zeigen, wie Ideen übertragen werden können und wurden. Somit kann der Leser seine Fähigkeit der strukturellen Wiedererkennung trainieren.
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- Psychology, English, Strategy
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€32.50
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- “Together With Mamedyarov” is not a collection of his selected games but it is primarily a study-book. It contains test positions taken from games of the famous Azeri grandmaster with detailed comments on the solutions to the tasks. In this book the solutions have been placed right after a diagram with a test except for the six positions given as a warm-up in the beginning…
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- Tactics, English, Middlegame
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€23.05
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "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
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€40.90
Rated 4.79 out of 5
- "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
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€26.20
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "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
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€33.55
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "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
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€29.40
Rated 4.80 out of 5
- "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
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€26.20
Rated 4.50 out of 5
- "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
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€29.35
Rated 4.67 out of 5
- "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
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€33.55
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "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, Dutch, Strategy
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€29.35
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "Waarom het Siciliaans? Zoals we in ons eerste deel van Begrijp wat je doet hebben gesteld, is er niets mis met 1.e4 e5. Dat is tot de dag van vandaag nog steeds zo. Toch blijkt dat het voor sterke spelers, die met zwart tegen een Elozwakkere moeten spelen, soms heel erg lastig is om er een echte strijd van te…
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- Middlegame, English, Strategy
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€88.45
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "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
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€31.45
Rated 4.78 out of 5
- "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
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€29.40
Rated 4.63 out of 5
- 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
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€34.60
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "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
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€34.60
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- 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
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€33.55
Rated 4.00 out of 5
- 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
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€39.95
Rated 4.67 out of 5
- "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
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€28.30
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- 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
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€30.40
Rated 4.50 out of 5
- "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
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€32.00
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "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
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€31.00
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "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
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€35.00
Rated 5.00 out of 5
- "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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