Study five a week to be a better chessplayer

An informative and accessible new book by Thomas Engqvist, the practical follow up to his previous two authoritative chess books: 300 Most Important Chess Positions and 300 Most Important Tactical Chess Positions.

The Slav (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6) is a great choice against 1 d4 for players who are after a solid position from the opening but one that also contains dynamic possibilities. The pawn on c6 guarantees Black a firm foothold in the centre but there is also the ever-present possibility to capture on c4 and possibly even try to hold on to this pawn. The Slav is ideal for combining reliability with a promise for dynamic counterplay in the middlegame.

The Inside Story of the Legendary 1972 WCC

When the Icelandic Chess Federation made a bid to host the 1972 world title match between Soviet icon Boris Spassky and American challenger Bobby Fischer, many Icelanders were rightly shaking their heads in disbelief. How could their small island country in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with a population of less than 300 thousand people stage such a prestigious event in the first place?

New Ideas and Dynamic Strategies

This book not only covers the most-played opening in online chess, but a complementary opening system as well. It makes sense to study both the versatile London System - moving the bishop to f4 - and the more aggressive Trompowsky Attack, moving the bishop to g5. This will offer White more flexibility and deepen your understanding of both systems. It gives White the opportunity to surprise his opponent, while still playing the same opening patterns. And both openings are connected by a large number of possible transpositions

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Der Weg zur Steigerung der eigenen Fähigkeiten liegt mit diesem Buch in Ihren Händen: Profitieren Sie von den kommentierten Partien des amtierenden Weltmeisters Magnus Carlsen!

Wer viel weiss, will noch mehr wissen. Diese Maxime gilt ganz besonders für die zahlreichen Schachfreunde weltweit. Das Eintauchen in die Kommentare und wichtigsten Partien des amtierenden Weltmeisters Magnus Carlsen bietet wertvolle Erkenntnisse und Steigerungspotential für das eigene Spiel.

Opening Repertoire

The Sicilian Taimanov (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nc6) is a very flexible Black system in the Sicilian Defence developed by Mark Taimanov. It is characterised by the development of the g8-knight on e7, often along with a quick ...b7-b5. The Taimanov often leads to tense, dynamic position which are ripe in counterattacking possibilities.

Revised and Expanded Edition

In this widely acclaimed chess classic, Russian trainer Mikhail Shereshevsky explains how to master the most important endgame principles. Where other endgame manuals focus on the basics and theoretical endgames, this book teaches the ‘big ideas’ that will help you find the most promising and most practical moves in any endgame.

Cracked GM Tales, Legendary Players

From the bestselling author of How to Reassess Your Chess and Silman’s Complete Endgame Course comes a new book. Part instructional, part history, and part memoir, International Master Jeremy Silman pays homage to the game he loves. Chess is a strategic battle, a struggle for power and dominance. It can become an obsession, or can simply be a game to be enjoyed. When played at its highest level it is an art form.

Life stories, games and compositions

First published in Russian in 2004 and now available in English for the first time, The Lubyanka Gambit is a classic work investigating the darkest side of chess history in the Soviet Union. It is the culmination of nearly two decades of research by Correspondence Chess Grandmaster, historian and human rights campaigner Sergei Grodzensky, whose own father was sent to the Gulag in Stalin's times.

Grandmaster Vladimirs Petrovs

Dur short life together was fun, fascinating and happy. I accompanied my husband to chess tournaments. We traveled a lot, saw a lot, met the most interesting people. Meeting Alekhine, Euwe, Flohr, Capablanca, Keres was unforgettable. We became friends with many of them. Now, when I turn the pages of my life and remember my family, which was obliterated so ruthlessly, the old wounds open again and start bleeding.

Analyzing the Chess Mind is an exploration of psychology in chess. Psychology affects the chess moves we make, as the authors entertainingly illustrate in expertly annotated examples, but our personal chess psychology is not fixed. We can improve our chess psychology, and the authors show how.

Petrosjan bis Carlsen

Von Petrosjan bis Carlsen

Da ein jeder Weltmeister zu seiner Zeit der herausragendste Spieler war, liegt es nahe, die verschiedenen Aspekte des königlichen Spiels anhand von 'weltmeisterlichen Partien' zu studieren - und natürlich auch zu genießen. In diesem zweiten Band über die weltmeisterliche Kombinationskunst bieten die Autoren (beide anerkannte Experten im Bereich der Schachliteratur) dem Leser vorneweg die Möglichkeit, eine große Anzahl der besten Kombinationen der Weltmeister selbst aufzuspüren - und somit die eigenen taktischen Fähigkeiten zu ermessen bzw. zu verbessern.

Chess Endgame Magic & Tactics 1

Chess, Philosophy, and Psychology

This final volume of the Lasker trilogy covers the later part of his life from 1914 onwards and his manifolds ambitions and writings in chess and science. The biographical compass by Richard Forster shows the ups and downs of the world champion during World War I, his loss of the world championship, the subsequent economic crisis in Germany, the raise of the Nazis, and Lasker’s escape, illustrated with dozens of private documents and letters