Neuheiten Schachbücher

Danny's "impossible" quiz inside!

English chess grandmaster Daniel Gormally is a man with a plan. He wants to develop a chess analytical quiz, to help amateur players discover what type of chess player they truly are. While putting together this quiz, Gormally also shares his chess philosophy and his experience of playing chess tournaments up and down the breadth of the United Kingdom and beyond.

Entscheidende Momente der Weltmeisterschaften

Die Weltmeisterschaften sind zweifelsohne sportliche Höhepunkte des Schachkalenders. Dabei wurden diese Wettkämpfe in höherem Sinne manchmal nur durch eine einzige Partie entschieden.

Systeme nach 1.c4 e5

Was braucht der Schachspieler, wenn er die Spielregeln beherrscht, aber oft bereits in der Eröffnungsphase in Schwierigkeiten gerät? Diese Frage stand im Mittelpunkt, als unsere Autoren eine dreibändige Buchreihe über die Englische Eröffnung geschrieben haben. Im ersten Band haben sie 2024 bereits die über 1.c4 c5 eingeleitete Symmetrievariante sowie selten gespielte Nebenwege vorgestellt.

of the Queen' Gambit Declined

The primary goal of this work is not to recount a story or to acknowledge the creative efforts of a friend, although those are satisfying perks I allow myself. This is a theoretical book about a chess variation that (it could not be otherwise) I will call the Del Rio Variation. It is one of the most fascinating openings that can be played today, leading almost immediately to highly dynamic and complex positions.

Decoding the Chess Universe

This book is written for beginners who are interested in the game and would like to learn more about its various aspects. It covers the technical aspects of chess: the use of algebraic notation (Chapter 3), chess evaluation (Chapter 4), the opening phase (Chapter 5), the middle game (Chapter 6), the endgame (Chapter 7), and the chess rating system (Chapter 8). It introduces a number of chess problems, formulated with a chess board and chess pieces and presupposing a working knowledge of chess (Chapter 9). It offers an account of variants of chess such as Fischer random chess (Chapter 10).

Welcome to the Modernized Bird Opening!

I began studying the Bird in January 2023 and this book marks a summation of 2 years of deep analysis. When I had originally started building the repertoire, I assumed it would take a few months and be a walk in the park. How naive I was! Bird´s opening turned out to be one of the most complex openings I´ve ever had to analyze in my life. Having spent an enormous time analyzing, and checking over the material I can confidently say I´ve given this my very best. It's taken months of sleepless nights and chaotic days but finally the book is done.

Das Standardwerk der Eröffnungstheorie

Wer sich ernsthaft mit Eröffnungen beschäftigt, kommt am Eröffnungslexikon nicht vorbei. Ob Einsteiger oder Großmeister. Das Eröffnungslexikon ist das mit Abstand umfassendste Theoriewerk für den Schachsport!

Grandmaster Training

Endgame Labyrinths presents the reader with 1002 challenging studies selected and truncated, with their usefulness for the practical player in mind. It is common for studies to be extended by less interesting manoeuvres or by incomprehensible sequences, before the main themes come into play. The studies in this book have been pruned to leave the reader with 1002 clear and solvable challenges.

Manoeuvre!!

Chess Informant 162 “Manoeuvre!!” presents:

1. World Championship Match Ding Gukesh, analysis by GM Ivan Ivanisevic

2. European Individual Chess Championship, analysis by GM Milos Perunovic

. The Budapest Gambit, theoretical survey by GM Vasilios Kotronias

4. The King’s Gambit,

5.h3 Variation by GM K. Szabo

Few books have dealt with the topic of exchanges in chess, leaving this important part of chess strategy a mystery to most. In Mastering Chess Exchanges, grandmasters Aagaard and Castellanos break down the topic into crystal-clear themes, including piece preferences, tension, weaknesses, colour complexes, king safety and endgames, illustrating the concepts with illuminating examples. Then the reader is given a chance to turn understanding into skill, with 365 instructive exercises, featuring a novel, multiple-choice format designed to focus attention on possible exchanges.

Manoeuvre!!

Chess Informant 162 “Manoeuvre!!” presents:

1. World Championship Match Ding Gukesh, analysis by GM Ivan Ivanisevic

2. European Individual Chess Championship, analysis by GM Milos Perunovic

. The Budapest Gambit, theoretical survey by GM Vasilios Kotronias

4. The King’s Gambit,

5.h3 Variation by GM K. Szabo

Chess Heroes at their best

When Learn from the Legends was published in 2004, the book became an instant classic and Mihail Marin became known as one of the world’s finest chess authors. In this new book, the Romanian GM shines the spotlight on five more all-time-great players:

Chess Opening Repertoire

When deciding upon a repertoire to meet 1 d4, those players whose natural inclination is to be aggressive have a difficult decision. There are plenty of outright counter-attacking tries such as the Benko Gambit, the King's Indian Defence and the Modern Benoni. However, such openings are generally considered borderline unsound at the higher levels. On the other hand the safe options such as the Queen's Gambit Declined and Queen's Gambit Accepted make it difficult to create middlegame complications. So, what to do?

Chess Opening Repertoire

The Accelerated Dragon (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6) has attracted the attention of many creative players. In the past these included Tigran Petrosian and Bent Larsen while modern aficionados include the dominant player of the era, Magnus Carlsen, as well as Viswanathan Anand, Veselin Topalov, Vassily Ivanchuk, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and many others.

The Russian Sphinx 1892-1921

Award-winning historian Sergey Voronkov has written a four-volume psychological biography of Alexander Alekhine, presenting the former world chess champion in a much more complicated, conflicted and tragic light than you have ever seen him before! This first volume traces his early development through to his departure from Soviet Russia in 1921, while also attempting to untangle the knot of his complex relationships with all his five wives.