Four WCC Matches: 1954, 1957, 1958 and 1963

The writings of Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (1911 1995) are legendary. And Botvinnik’s legacy is deeply imprinted in the DNA of every grandmaster today, says Andy Soltis in his foreword tot this book. ‘The Patriarch’ took professionalism in chess to a new level and was the first to emphasize preparation: what a player does before a game plays an enormous, if not decisive, role in what happens during a game.

A Chess Biography of Szymon Winawer

Szymon Winawer was a world top-10 player in the 1870s and 1880s, dueling with such titans as Steinitz, Lasker, Anderssen, Marshall, Chigorin, Zukertort, Louis Paulsen, Janowski, Maroczy, Tarrasch and others, and defeating most of the leading players of his time. He won or took prizes in major international tournaments, including Paris 1867 (second, behind Kolisch and above Steinitz), Leipzig 1877 (fourth, behind Paulsen, Anderssen and Zukertort), Paris 1878 (first equal with Zukertort, though he lost the play-off), Berlin 1881 (third equal with Chigorin, behind Blackburne and Zukertort), Vienna 1882 (first equal with Steinitz), and Nuremberg 1883 (first, ahead of Blackburne).

Celebrating 85 Years Tata Steel Tournament

Every winter, the world's strongest chess players and most promising chess prodigies travel to a small seaside village in the Netherlands to immerse themselves for two weeks in chess and chess only. Usually, the World Champion is there, vying for victory. Garry Kasparov won three times, Vishy Anand won five times, and Magnus Carlsen won a record eight times.

Masterpieces and Dramas 1948-1953

The third volume of Sergey Voronkov's epic tale takes the reader on a historical journey through the late Stalinist period in the USSR. It covers in depth the five Soviet championships from 1948 to 1952 and the playoff match between Botvinnik and Taimanov in 1953, which concludes one month before Stalin's death

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.

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?

Chess Archive : Bogoljubov: Denazification Updated by Prof. Bernd-Peter Lange

Chess Biographies : The Early Chess Career of F. D. Yates (Part Five: Summer 1910) by Vlastimil Fiala

Forgotten Chess Tournaments : Tournament Research 1923-24 by Tony Gillam

Classical Chess Matches : H. Staunton vs. D. Harrwitz Duels (1846 and 1853) by Vlastimil Fiala

Jan Nepomnjaschtschi gegen Magnus Carlsen

Immer wenn sich der Weltmeister im Schach einem Herausforderer zum Kampf um die Krone stellen muss, schaut über den Kreis der Anhänger des königlichen Spiels hinaus die ganze Welt auf dieses Ereignis. So sollte es auch im Dezember 2020 sein, als der Russe Jan Nepomnjaschtschi in Dubai auf den norwegischen Titelinhaber Magnus Carlsen treffen sollte. Die Covid-19-Pandemie setze die Veranstaltung jedoch patt, sie musste in den Herbst 2021 verschoben werden. Ab dem 24. November 2021 wurde das auf 14 reguläre Wettkampfpartien angesetzte Duell dann endlich gestartet.

Masterpieces and Dramas 1938-1947

The second part of Sergey Voronkov’s three-volume treatise continues from where Volume I left off. It covers the eleventh to fifteenth Soviet championships, the 1941 match tournament for the title of Soviet Absolute Champion, and the main events in the country’s chess history between these tournaments. Themes include the downfall of Nikolai Krylenko, the persecution and disappearance of Soviet chess players during the purges, and the experience of chess players in World War Two. The atmosphere of the time is captured in contemporary accounts and memoirs of key players and cultural figures.

Aus der Reihe »Quarterly for Chess History«

005 Chess Archives

Tournament Research, 1919-1922 (Anthony Gillam)

179 Chess Biographies

The Short Career of Wilhelm Hanstein (1811-1850) (Vlastimil Fiala)

217 Forgotten Chess Tournaments

Chess in Displaced Person Camps after World War Two and th Aus der Reihe »Quarterly for Chess History«

In 1971 Robert James Fischer defeated Mark Taimanov by the sensational score of 6– 0 in Vancouver, but the match games were far more competitive and tension-filled than the final score would suggest. Twenty years later Taimanov put pen to paper, reflecting on the experience. Exactly 50 years after the match, this is the first English translation of Taimanov’s original Russian text

Candidates Tournament 2020 Yekaterinburg - Vol. 1

The balanced flow of the normal chess calendar was unexpectedly interrupted by a frightening occurrence. Seemingly harmless at first, the coronavirus pandemic overtook more and newer countries by the day and gradually became pretty much the main, and only determining factor in life.

USSR vs. World

CHESS INFORMANT proudly presents the book about the most famous team match in history of our royal game:

• 2 outstanding teams
• 20 best chess-players in the World
• 4 rounds of epic battle
• 40 thrilling, hard-fought games

   

The match between the USSR and the Rest of the World was an epoch-defining event that featured many of the greatest names in the history of chess. Five World Champions, and all of the world’s highest-rated players - without exception - took part. Not for nothing was it billed as the “Match of the Century”.

Irgendwo im Nirgendwo

Ein Turnierbuch der Extraklasse mit 78 Abbildungen und 120 z.T. ausführlich kommentierten Partien. Der Autor hat vor Ort recherchiert und bringt viele seltene, z.T. unveröffentlichte Quellen (u.a. Korrespondenzen von Emanuel Lasker als Faksimile). Kommentare und Analysen von Hübner, Lasker, Marco, Marshall, Schlechter und Tarrasch sowie ergänzend vom Redaktonsteam Arno Nickel und Thomas Stark.