Uh-Oh! That doesn't look right!?

Uh-oh! That doesn’t look right!?

Who would be silly enough to resign a tournament game they were not losing? As Oops! I Resigned Again! shows, almost anyone – including some of the world’s best players!

Learn the stories behind the most embarrassing moment any chessplayer can suffer, while trying to outmatch the poor, unfortunate player who resigned. Indeed, this is the only chess puzzle book where you cannot do worse than the player in the game! Pit your wits against legends such as Kramnik, Nunn, Tarrasch and Timman, knowing that they failed the test and that you can, perhaps, do better.

Street Smart Chess is an expert guide to scoring more points at the chessboard. When does it pay off to play hard for a win? Or safe for a draw? And how do you adapt your playing style accordingly?

GM Axel Smith answers these questions, and more, by using a world-class player as a model for each chapter. Learn how Magnus Carlsen grinds out wins from level positions; how David Navara beats lower-rated opponents, and how Baskaran Adhiban beats higher-rated ones! Or serve-and-volley in the opening like Peter Heine Nielsen.

What exactly makes the greatest players of all time, such as Magnus Carlsen, Bobby Fischer, and Garry Kasparov stand out from the rest? The basic aspects of chess (calculation, study of opening theory, and technical endgame ability) are of course of great importance. However, the more mysterious part of chess ability lies within the thought process.

Spot Those Killer Moves an Stun Your Opponent

An advanced club player must look deeper!

In this follow-up to his acclaimed 1001 Chess Exercise for Club Players, FIDE Master Frank Erwich teaches you how to reach the next level of identifying weak spots in the position of your opponent, recognizing patterns of combinations, visualizing tricks and calculating effectively.

Chess Engine Training Methods

Your chess engine can do so much more than just calculate variations!

Every chess player, from club level up, can improve their game by using engines. That is the message of Matthew Sadler’s thought-provoking new book, based on many years of experience with the world’s best chess software. You may not be able to replicate their dazzling-deep calculations, but there is so much more your engine can do for you than just checking variations

Chess School

In this book, devoted to José Raúl Capablanca, the examples are arranged in chronological order. All the diagrams are give an additional mark - a number from 1 to 4. This classification allows the book to be used as an aid, both for trainers and teachers in lessons with theier pupils, and for independent training

The Hedgehog

International master Herman Grooten has over 40 years of experience as a professional chess trainer. Countless of his pupils became strong chess players. The best known of these are the grandmasters Loek van Wely, Robin Swinkels, Wouter Spoelman, Dennis de Vreugt, Jan Werle, Twan Burg and Benjamin Bok.

Batsford’s Chess Bible is a landmark, full-colour chess instruction book, ideal for both beginners and more experienced players wanting to improve their game. The book takes the form of a course, with quick-start guides to help to retain the information you’ve learned and puzzle sections for you to test yourself as you go. To illustrate more advanced strategy and tactics, author Sean Marsh uses world-class chess ‘heroes’, such as Anatoly Karpov and Mikhail Tal, to bring the concepts to life. Essential topics include:

400 herausfordernde Aufgaben, die sowohl instruktiv als auch unterhaltsam sind

Wenn Sie einen einzigen schachlichen Luxusartikel wählen müssten, um ihn auf eine einsame Insel mitzunehmen, wie wäre es denn damit - eine exquisite Auswahl von 400 Schachaufgaben? Jeder Autor hat sorgfältig 100 originale Stellungen ausgesucht, die nach Schwierigkeitsgrad und Thema in vier Abschnitte zu je 25 gegliedert sind. Der Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf Unterhaltung, Anleitung und Inspiration. Die Lösungen zeigen auf, welche Lehren zu ziehen sind und erklären, warum plausible, aber falsche Lösungen scheitern.

Strategic Concepts, Typical Plans

The London System is being played by an ever increasing number of players, and it’s easy to see why. Against virtually every Black defence after 1.d4 it offers White an easy-to-learn and reliable set of lines. In the process, White has interesting choices between strategic or more aggressive approaches, while avoiding loads of opening theory. Ideal for players who don’t have much time to study.

64 Begriffe zur Schachstrategie - A bis Z

Dieses Buch bietet jungen Schachspielerinnen und -spielern einen Einstieg zum Verständnis der wichtigsten strategischen Bausteine des königlichen Spiels. Dabei schlagen didaktisch sorgfältig ausgewählte und übersichtliche Beispiele und Aufgaben eine Brücke zwischen Theorie und Praxis. Insgesamt geht Großmeister Sebastian Bogner ganz neue Wege, um seinen Lesern selbst kompliziertere Lehrinhalte leicht verständlich zu vermitteln.

Today’s young players have benefited greatly from working with chess computers. There is little doubt that advanced software and electronic training programs have significantly contributed to the rise of the standards of play.

But there is a negative side to this. Many young chess players see the computer as the ultimate response to nearly everything. They think that computer analysis is the best and the fastest way to find the truth in any position on the board.

Revised & Expanded by Karsten Müller

Become a Dangerous Tactician!

In the late 1990s five books were released, each dedicated to a unique tactical theme, and each with approximately 100 pages.

Written by the late Russian correspondence master Victor Charushin , the books were: