Grandmaster Training Camp 1

Grandmaster Training Camp 1 – Calculation! offers you a unique chance to participate in a training camp with Super-GM Sam Shankland , as he works through 300 problems set to him by his long-time trainer. Sam shares what he saw, what he did not see, and what he thinks about the problems and the skills needed to solve them.

Chess Training for Amateurs (1600-2200 Elo)

Boris Zlotnik, the former coach of U.S. Champion Fabiano Caruana, offers practical chess lessons for amateurs about highly original subjects like creativity or 'putting up resistance' - topics seldom touched on in other chess manuals. Zlotnik covers a wide variety of topics and uses a wealth of material in an extraordinarily instructive chess manual.

248 Seiten, kartoniert, New in Chess, 1. Auflage 2023

Strategy and Tactics

Learn from the legacy of one of the most talented players to ever grace the chess world.

All elements of the game explained in an easy-to-digest and highly entertaining fashion.

Dear readers, it is both our solemn duty and exceptional honour to present you a collection of Ivkov’s instructive explorations on various chess themes. In this book you will find a great number of intriguing anecdotes casting a new light on some of the greatest chess players of all time, and some lesser known heroes of our bellowed game.

How to Study Chess on Your Own Workbook 

The astounding success of How To Study Chess on Your Own made clear that there are thousands of chess players who want to improve their game. And chess players like to work on their training at least partially by themselves.

Intructive Tips, Axioms, One-Liners & Mantras 

What's the most effective book for your level or the most effective course to get? As a Grandmaster and chess coach, who left his cozy life and started a company with a mission to help chess lovers unlock their full potential, I'm very happy that in the chess world there are people like Vishnu and that you picked his book

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Die beiden international als Autoren anerkannten Großmeister Rainer Knaak und Karsten Müller zeigen Fallstricke nach dem Doppelschritt des weißen Damenbauern.

Fallen lauern in einer Schachpartie in jedem Partiestadium, besonders häufig trifft man auf sie jedoch in der Eröffnung. Da man bekanntlich in der Regel aber aus Schaden klug wird, dürften alle Lernwillige nach gründlichem Studium des ersten Fallenbuches dieser Reihe bereits gegen die typischen Reinfälle nach 1. e4 bestens gewappnet sein.

Improve Your Ability to Spot Typical Mates

Giving mate is the ultimate goal of every chess player. Finding that all-decisive combination is immensely satisfying. But how are you supposed to spot a checkmate when you are sitting at the board with the clock ticking?

In this guide International Master Vladimir Barsky teaches the method created by his mentor Viktor Khenkin (1923-2010). It’s based on an ingenious classification of the most frequently occurring mating schemes. A wide range of chess players will find it an extremely useful tool to recognize mating patterns and calculate the often narrow path to the kill.

The Powerful Impact of Engines

This book is dedicated to chess, though I must confess it is not that same chess with which I immediately and eternally fell in love many, many years ago. There were plenty of wonderful moments, and no shortage of horrible disappointments associated with that version of the game in which I certainly considered myself a true professional.

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.

(new 2022 edition)

This truly outstanding book, first published in Russian in the 1970s and regarded as a classic, contains everything you need to know about how to deliver checkmate.

Der Erfolg in der Schachpartie hängt grundsätzlich davon ab, ob der Spieler die kritischen Stellungen erkennt und in diesen entscheidenden Momenten die richtige Wahl trifft. Mit Hilfe dieses Buches, welches ein weiterer Teil unserer sehr erfolgreichen Testbuch-Reihe ist, kann der Benutzer sein Schachwissen prüfen. Das Niveau des Buches soll vornehmlich den jungen Vereinsspieler bzw. Amateur ansprechen.

SHORTLISTED for The Guardian 2008 Chess Book of the Year Award

Why is it that the human brain so often refuses to consider winning chess tactics?

Every chess fan marvels at the wonderful combinations with which famous masters win their games. How do they find those fantastic moves? Do they have special vision? And why do computers outwit us tactically?

Entscheidungsfindung - Angriff und Verteidigung

Aus dem Vorwort von Mark Dvoretsky:
"Dieses Buch ist eine Sammlung von sorgfältig kommentierten Partien. Ich habe versucht, deren Kern zu entdecken und will Ihnen, so lebendig wie möglich, Ideen aufzeigen, die Ihr Schachspiel verbessern können. Ich hoffe, dass das Buch nicht nur für hochrangige Schachspieler hilfreich sein wird, sondern auch für Leser, die verstehen wollen, wie Großmeister und Meister am Brett Probleme angehen und lösen, was die Gründe für Fehler sind und wie man diese Fehler vermeiden kann.
Der zweite Teil befasst sich mit den Problemen von Angriff und Verteidigung."

In Magnus Wins With Black Grandmaster Zenon Franco deeply analyses 30 of Magnus Carlsen’s most instructive games where he wins with the black pieces. This book is written in “move by move” style, a good training tool containing exercises and tests. This format is a great platform for studying chess, improving both skills and knowledge, as the reader is continually challenged to find the best moves and the author provides answers to probing questions throughout. It is the second of two volumes written by Franco for Elk and Ruby Publishing House on the games of Magnus Carlsen. His first volume Magnus Wins With White has proved to be an international best seller.