Learn from the Games of a Chess Legend

Emanuel Lasker was world champion for a remarkable 27 years (1894-1921) and is generally regarded as having been way ahead of his time in his understanding of chess. He primarily regarded chess as a fight and considered that the strongest move in a position was the one that created greatest problems for the opponent and not necessarily the one that was objectively “best”.

Around 1860 a wave of talented youth intensified the Berlin chess scene. Within a short time Berthold Suhle, Philipp Hirschfeld and Gustav Neumann ranked among the best players in the world. After a few years, Suhle went on to become an authority in ancient Greek, and Hirschfeld proved a successful businessman (while remaining a sparring partner of Johannes Hermann Zukertort). Neumann retained a fascination for the game and grew into one of the world’s strongest players.

Unvergessene Schachpartien hieß ein populäres Schachbuch von Theo Schuster, der dem Publikum das Schaffen von Lasker, Tarrasch, Capablanca, Aljechin und anderen nahebrachte. Als Reminiszenz hierzu beleuchtet Vergessene Meister das Schaffen von fünf weniger bekannten, teils jedoch sehr starken Meistern aus dieser Epoche.

Unvergessene Schachpartien hieß ein populäres Schachbuch von Theo Schuster, der dem Publikum das Schaffen von Lasker, Tarrasch, Capablanca, Aljechin und anderen nahebrachte. Als Reminiszenz hierzu beleuchtet Vergessene Meister das Schaffen von fünf weniger bekannten, teils jedoch sehr starken Meistern aus dieser Epoche.

260 games annotated by Alexander Alekhine. In the years before he left Russia he developed his skill by annotating numerous games, not just his own, for newspapers, magazines and tournament books. Here, for the first time, this complete set of annotations is published, making it an invaluable addition to chess development and history. Researched by Vlastimil Fiala, translated and edited by Ken Neat.

452 Seiten, gebunden, 1. Auflage 2017

Alekhine-Spassky-Tal

Three brilliant books from Everyman Chess brought together in one volume.

• The Masters: Alexander Alekhine, Master of Attack (2005)
• The Masters: Boris Spassky, Master of Initiative (2006)
• The Masters: Mikhail Tal, Tactical Genius By Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik (2004)

What separated Alexander Alekhine from the rest of his contemporaries? Why did he dominate the chess world for so long? The main reason was undoubtedly his brilliant attacking style of play.

Legendary Chess Careers

From the foreword:

In this series he is the fi rst player from the former Soviet Union. It was something
special to be a super-Grandmaster in the Soviet Union — bringing some serious advantages and of course some serious disadvantages. He produced a lot of brilliant games; it is a pleasure for me to present you some of these.

13th World Champion complete career at a glance

Die DVD ist kompatibel zu ChessBase, der Inhalt ist zusätzlich im pgn-Format enthalten.

Garry Kasparov, the 13th World Champion, a truly great chess player, who has tremendously influenced the development of chess with his games, analyses and writings. Chess Informant has had the privilege of hosting the fruits of his deep analytical work for more than thirty years, and there is no doubt that the quality of his work has greatly enriched the contents of our publication - and chess culture overall.

Paul Schmidt was born in Estonia, in the Russian Empire in 1916 during World War 1. His family was soon fleeing from the Russian Revolution to Riga and then to Germany. They became German citizens.

Later they returned to Estonia and became Estonian citizens. This is where Schmidt began his international chess career which lasted from 1935 until 1950.

The Inner World of Maxim Dlugy

'Grandmaster Insides' takes you into the inner world of Maxim Dlugy, as he recounts and analyzes what a young player went through to become a champion and what areas of development are important for self-improvement as a chess player. As the highest rated player in the world in the age group of 15 and until he became World Junior Champion at 20, Maxim has an ideal vantage point from which to recount the exploits of a talented young player.

• This book is the continuation of last year's successful “Best Games”series
• The book contains 50 of the stunning victories of 2016
• As in the previous books, the games have been selected and analysed by GM Arkadij Naiditsch, GM Csaba and this time round GM Sebastien Maze also joins our team of experts.

“Most Instructive Endgames of 2016”, the continuation of last year’s successful starter “Most Instructive Endgames of 2012–2015”.

Arkadij Naiditsch and Csaba Balogh are analysing the 70 most instructive practical endgames played in 2016.

224 Seiten,englisch, kartoniert, 1. Auflage 2017

Arkadij Naiditsch and Csaba Balogh analysis the 80 most instructive endgames from the years of 2012-2015. The readers will see many complex endgames with dozens of useful and beautiful ideas, which could be used in our own practical games. 
The authors aim to explain the endgames mainly by words to make it understandable for the players on any level.

• The book contains the 50 most interesting draws from 2012 to 2015.
• The games were selected and analyzed by the authors GM Arkadij Naiditsch and GM Csaba Balogh.
• Most of the games are taken from the highest-level tournaments, such as Wijk aan Zee, FIDE Grand Prix series, Olympiads etc.

Richard Réti is one of the most fascinating characters in the history of chess. Réti developed theories that were regarded as little less than revolutionary in his era. He asserted that, contrary to classical principles, the centre need not be occupied by pawns. This must have seemed like heresy to the classically-minded grandmasters of his day. This new approach was dubbed “Hypermodern” and led to the development of the Réti Opening (1 Nf3). Réti’s theories have been proved sound and have stood the test of time. Réti scored many fine wins against the great players of his day.