Bent Larsen is one of the most celebrated chess players of the twentieth century. Larsen is the man who pushed Bobby Fischer down to Board 2 on the Rest of the World team in 1970. The Danish grandmaster had spectacular results, but chess fans appreciated even more his creativity and fighting spirit.

For Larsen, a drawish-looking position was no reason to halt a game, as he had the ability to create magic out of thin air.

October 26 - December 7 (HTC038)

Aus der Reihe »Historical Chess Tournaments«

64 Seiten, Broschüre, Caissa 90-Olomouc, 1. Auflage 2022

...according to Tigran Petrosian

Tigran Petrosian, the ninth world chess champion, was one of the deepest thinkers the chess world has ever seen. His handling of complex positions was legendary.

With his rare strategic feeling and exceptional vision, Petrosian gradually became one of the top exponents of the art of the exchange sacrifice, and perhaps the leading protagonist for the positional exchange sacrifice.

160 amüsante Aufgaben mit überraschenden Lösungen

Natürlich ist Schach keine Zauberei, aber so trickreich kann uns nur Helmut Pfleger zum Schachspielen verführen: 40 Jahre Schach im ZEITmagazin mit Helmut Pfleger

Helmut Pfleger ist unser Schachzauberer. Jede Woche gelingt es ihm eine neue kurzweilige und spannende kleine Geschichte samt kniffliger Schachaufgabe im ZEITmagazin zu präsentieren.

Korchnoi and his Chess Grandchildren features 25 of Viktor Korchnoi’s best games from the latter stages of his glorious career. The latest game is from 2011, when Korchnoi was still potent enough to defeat Fabiano Caruana. The annotations are mainly in Korchnoi’s own words, with insightful additions from other top players and the author. Between the annotated games are numerous articles and interviews - some with Viktor, and others featuring top players talking about the great man.

Match of the Century Revisited

The World Championship match between Fischer and Spassky in Reykjavik 1972 was played at the height of the Cold War. The image of a lone American genius defeating the Soviet machine captivated a worldwide audience unlike anything else in chess history. Exactly fifty years later, Fischer – Spassky 1972 takes a fresh look at both the chess and the human aspects of this monumental match.

at 12 Years, 4 Months, and 25 Days

In this revealing self-portrait of Abhimanyu Mishra, he tells the story of a highly ambitious family project. Supported by his father, mother and sister, Abhi sets out to beat a nineteen-year-old world record. He wants to become the Youngest Chess Grandmaster in the World.

In June 2021, at the height of the Covid pandemic, he succeeds against all odds.

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?

(aktualisierte und erweiterte Neuausgabe)

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.

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.

Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated World Champions in chess history, who confounded his opponents and dazzled chess fans around the world. Seemingly breaking every rule in the book, yet also breaking records with his accomplishments, Tal truly was The Chess Alchemist .

A Journey Through the World of Chess Improvemen

I was once dismissive of the attempts by amateur players to improve. To me it seemed too obvious – you either had it or you hadn’t. Talent was ultimately all that mattered. All my writing on chess was really for myself. If amateur players couldn’t follow, tough.

The book consists of forty of his best games, played between 1970 and 2008, annotated in the “Move by Move” format, with questions and exercises, a method which is effective both for training and teaching.

I found strange that there are almost no books about his games, because Ljubojevi\'e6 reached number 3 in the world rankings and he was a potential candidate for the world title.

From Steinitz to the 21st Century

"I as though traced the evolution of chess thought and repeated its basic steps in my own development … convinced that any player with high ambition should follow such a path" - Vassily Smyslov, 125 Selected Games (1983)

“Playing against him was always interesting: he was an exciting and creative player.” - Anatoly Karpov, 12th world champion

Kupreichik: The Maestro from Minsk features tributes to the legendary attacker from those who regularly faced him at the board, including Alexander Beliavsky, Oleg Romanishin, Evgeny Sveshnikov and Vladimir Tukmakov. Kupreichik also inspired the next generation, as the contributions of Boris Gelfand, Garry Kasparov, Andrey Kovalev and Rauf Mamedov reveal.