Neuheiten Schachbücher

Mit Bauernopfern zum Erfolg – Lerne, klein zu verlieren und groß zu gewinnen

Ein Bauer ist die kleinste materielle Einheit im Schach – doch ein gut durchdachtes Bauernopfer kann gewaltige Vorteile bringen. Dennoch zögern viele Spieler, solche Chancen zu ergreifen, wenn die Folgen unklar erscheinen.

Mehrwert aus dem Mehrbauern – Sam Shanklands Leitfaden zum Sieg mit Materialvorteil

Einen Bauern zu gewinnen, gehört zu den häufigsten Ereignissen in einer Schachpartie. Doch viele Spieler wissen danach nicht weiter – außer dem vagen Plan „Figuren tauschen und ins Endspiel gehen“. Großmeister Sam Shankland kennt den besseren Weg – und nach der Lektüre dieses Buches wirst du es auch.

Dan Heisman unterrichtet seit über 50 Jahren Schach – und das seit 1996 sogar hauptberuflich. Er weiß daher ganz genau, welche Ratschläge Spielern wirklich dabei helfen, sich zu verbessern. Dieses Buch ist die Essenz seiner jahrzehntelangen Erfahrung.

Verbessere deine Verteidigung im Schach – mit „Mastering Chess Defence“ von Großmeister Johan Hellsten

Jeder Schachspieler weiß, wie wichtig es ist, Taktik, Variantenberechnung, Endspiele und Eröffnungen zu trainieren. Doch wenn es um die Verteidigung im Schach geht, handeln viele erst, wenn es zu spät ist – unter Druck. Dabei gehen mehr Partien durch Verteidigungsfehler verloren als durch strategische Fehlentscheidungen.

Der schwedische Schachgroßmeister Ulf Andersson gilt als ein Meister der Position – mit einem kristallklaren, präzisen Stil. In den 1970er- und 80er-Jahren stieg er bis auf Platz 4 der FIDE-Weltrangliste – berühmt dafür, kaum Partien zu verlieren und mit scheinbar ruhigen Zügen dennoch Gewinnstellungen zu erreichen.

full-color hardback edition

The fourth and final volume of FM Hans Renette and IM Tibor Karolyi’s treatise on the life and games of Viktor Korchnoi will surprise you. Covering the period from 1992 until the maestro’s death in 2016 at the age of 85, it contains a bumper 208 highly instructive games and fragments. Fighting games, attacks, endgames, theoretical battles, time scrambles, classical and rapid it has the lot.

black and white hardback

The fourth and final volume of FM Hans Renette and IM Tibor Karolyi’s treatise on the life and games of Viktor Korchnoi will surprise you. Covering the period from 1992 until the maestro’s death in 2016 at the age of 85, it contains a bumper 208 highly instructive games and fragments. Fighting games, attacks, endgames, theoretical battles, time scrambles, classical and rapid it has the lot.

The Fine Art of the Endgame Study

The chess endgame study has a long and storied history and occupies a unique place in chess because of its similarity to practical play. Many studies contain beautiful ideas and combinations. Solving or even simply playing through endgame studies is an effective method of studying the strategic and tactical elements of play and contributes to the growth of the number of fans of this chess art.

Oxford versus Cambridge, 1873-1914

It is a thorough and insightful historical examination of chess at Oxford and Cambridge Universities during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Tracing the game´s evolution from its earliest mentions in the early 1800s through to 1872, the book highlights the establishment of chess clubs, the organization of the club events, and the inception of inter-city correspondence matches.

Treasures

Chess Informant 163 “Treasures” presents:

1. In Memoriam BORIS SPASSKY

2. WIJK AAN ZEE 2025 by GM Yochanan Afek

3. PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2025 by GM Yochanan Afek

A Grandmaster Guide

Material imbalances are a fundamental part of almost every chess game, yet have not received much attention in chess literature. In this illuminating book, GM Mauricio Flores Rios breaks down this universal topic into categories such as bishop vs knight, opposite-coloured bishops, possessing and playing against the bishop pair, and various scenarios with a queen or rook being traded for a number of pieces. With well-chosen examples, insightful commentary and exercises to test your newfound understanding of all types of material imbalance, this book is an essential tool for chess improvement.

Chess Opening Repertoire

Chess theory ebbs and flows. Lines that have been discarded for decades suddenly become all the rage and everyone starts playing them. A case in point are queenside openings where White plays Bf4. For years these had been the chess equivalent of flared trousers but in recent times they have been reinvented and even the best players in the world are now sporting them.

Chess Opening Repertoire

One of the sharpest lines to meet 1 d4 is the Modern Benoni (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 e6 4 Nc3 exd5 5 cxd5 d6). The hallmark of this opening is that Black makes the positional concession of allowing White a central majority and in return hopes for counterchances via active piece play. However, there are many other weird and wonderful ways to handle these "Benoni structures" as the very experienced chess coach and author Andrew Martin demonstrates in this highly engaging book.

A Chess Biography with 719 Games

Louis Paulsen (1833-1891) was one of the 19th century’s strongest chess players and a world record holder in blindfold chess. He maintained an unbeaten record in matches, created several opening systems and was an originator of the positional approach to the game. This extensive biography - the first in English - explores Paulsen’s life and career and includes 719 of his games, presented here with both contemporary and modern comments.

The Isolated d-Pawn in the Endgame

Chess, so the theory goes, takes 10,000 hours of practice to master. Clearly not all of those hours will be enjoyable and studying 80 endgames featuring a specific isolated pawn is definitely not in the fun category. This is where The World’s Most Boring Chess Book comes in.