What´s Withe´s Advantage Anyway?

Many chess players act intimidated and overly cautious when they have the Black pieces. They are so preoccupied with White’s advantage of the first move, that their predominant urge is to defend against possible threats and to safeguard their position.

With his iconoclastic Black is OK books, Andras Adorjan has consistently been fighting this negative mindset. In Black is Back!, the Hungarian grandmaster continues his crusade. He shows that White’s advantage is far from obvious and that winning with Black starts with having the right attitude.

Mikhail Tal is a true legend of chess. He was the World Champion and also holds the world record for the longest unbeaten run in competitive chess. Tal is widely regarded to be the greatest attacking player of all time. Nicknamed ‘the magician from Riga’, Tal was a creative genius who made it look as though absolutely anything was possible over the chessboard.

Bobby Fischer is a legendary chess figure, and many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time. Fischer was a child prodigy who later developed into a phenomenal force. During his peak years he dominated his nearest rivals in a manner that had previously never been seen

Boris Spassky is one of the greatest chess players in the history of the game. He was the World Champion for three years, after winning the title by beating Tigran Petrosian. His name is forever linked with his great rival Bobby Fischer and their epic 1972 ‘Match of the Century’, which did so much to popularize the game throughout the world

Knapp 50 erlesene Partien, gespielt von den herausragenden Protagonisten ihrer Zeit, dienen den Autoren dazu, einen historischen Überblick über die Entwicklung des Schachspiels zu geben, d.h. das allmähliche Wachsen des Schachverständnisses und den einhergehenden Fortschritt strategischen Denkens zu illustrieren.

Samuel Lipschütz was born in Hungary in 1863 and emigrated to New York in 1880. He joined the Manhattan and New York chess clubs, and soon became champion of the latter, representing it at the British Chess Association Congress in London in 1886. Naturalized in 1888, he was the highest-placed American in the Sixth American Chess Congress the following year. 

The World Champion

In this, the second of three volumes, award-winning author Tibor Károlyi continues his groundbreaking exploration of Tal’s sparkling career. Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated chess players of all time, and in 1960 he demolished Botvinnik to become the youngest ever World Champion at the time, at the age of twenty-three.

Diese Partiesammlung aus dem Jahre 1953, die sich dem Schaffen des Großmeisters Efim Bogoljubow (1889-1952) widmet, füllt eine Lücke in der Schachliteratur, denn es ist nach wie vor das einzige Buch in deutscher Sprache über den aus der Ukraine stammenden Weltklassespieler. Der Autor A. Brinckmann präsentiert nach einer kurzen Biografie und Charakterisierung seines Protagonisten sowie einer Auflistung seiner Match- und Turnierergebnisse eine (kommentierte) Auswahl von 50 seiner besten Partien. Weitere 14 unkommentierte Partien mit bemerkenswerten Spielzügen beschließen das Buch.

Vassily Ivanchuk has been one of the World's leading chess players for over two decades. He announced his arrival as a 21-year-old when he defeated Garry Kasparov on the way to winning the Linares Super-tournament in 1991. In a distinguished career he has won countless elite tournaments and in 2002 he was a FIDE World Championship finalist.

Alexander Aljechin, Schachweltmeister von 1927 bis 1935 und von 1937 bis zu seinem Tode 1946, zählt aufgrund seiner überragenden Schachkunst zu den größten und meist bewunderten Spielern der Schachgeschichte. Nachdem er die Schachkrone im Kampf gegen den übermächtig scheinenden Capablanca errungen hatte, beherrschte er die Turnierszene bis Mitte der 1930er Jahre fast nach Belieben. Heute gilt Aljechin als Pionier eines universellen Spielstils.

Fernschachdramen, das Turnierbuch über das bislang Elo-stärkste jemals gespielte Fernturnier, das Hermann-Heemsoth-Memorial, zeigt auf vielfältige Weise, welche aufregenden Momente Fernschachspieler erleben. Auch “neben dem Brett” ist von dramatischen Ereignissen zu berichten, darunter dem Einsatz von drei Turnierleitern und dem Ausscheiden zweier Spieler.

José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942), das kubanische Schachgenie, gehörte in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts zu den Lichtgestalten der Schachwelt.
Vielfach als Wunderkind gepriesen, begann seine kometenhafte Karriere im Turnierschach mit dem allseits unerwarteten Sieg im hochkarätig besetzten Turnier zu San Sebastian 1911.

The Tragic Life and Short Chess Career of...

Born in 1841, in New York, killed in the Civil War, James A. Leonard was the son of a poor Irish immigrant - but even a poor child could play the game of kings. Leonard grew up in a time when interest in chess was experiencing a revival, and Paul Morphy had captured nation's interest. Leonard defeated a number of the country's notable chess players and was widely viewed as the "New Morphy." Game scores and diagrams from 96 of Leonard's games are included.

1949 - 1959 The Magic of Youth
 

Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated chess players of all time. The eighth World Champion not only won the title at a record young age, but did so using a ferocious, high-risk attacking style. Tal's spectacular games, along with his charming personality and witty sense of humour, endeared him to the chess public like no other player.

Judit Polgar Teaches Chess 2

This exceptional book continues the unique project where one of the greatest players of our time transforms her personal journey to the top into a roadmap for everyone who ever wanted to better themselves in the game of chess. In this volume, Judit tells the story of her rise from teenage grandmaster to Top Ten superstar.