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  • Langue : anglais
  • Contenu : histoire des échecs
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Max Euwe's Best Games de Jan Timman
      World Chess Champion Max Euwe, who held the title from 1935-1937, is one of the greatest chess players in history. Much has been written about him, and he authored dozens of books himself. But missing was an outstanding collection of games of this 'efficient, man-eating tiger' as the American chess master William Ewart Napier once called Euwe. Max Euwe's Best Games fills this...
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      Max Euwe's Best Games de Jan Timman
          World Chess Champion Max Euwe, who held the title from 1935-1937, is one of the greatest chess players in history. Much has been written about him, and he authored dozens of books himself. But missing was an outstanding collection of games of this 'efficient, man-eating tiger' as the American chess master William Ewart Napier once called Euwe. Max Euwe's Best Games fills this...
          36,95 €Prix
          The Chess Alchemist de Mikhail Tal
              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. In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal’s most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician...
              32,99 €Prix
              The Chess Alchemist de Mikhail Tal
                  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. In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal’s most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician...
                  32,99 €Prix
                  The Road to Reykjavik de Tibor Karolyi
                      Documentation échiquéenne
                      Robert James Fischer is one of the greatest and most celebrated players in chess history. Exactly fifty years since the American won the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the World Championship crown, Tibor Karolyi documents Fischer’s unique journey from precocious youngster to the chess icon who obliterated Taimanov and Larsen before convincingly beating Petrosian on The Road to...
                      24,99 €Prix
                      The Road to Reykjavik de Tibor Karolyi
                          Documentation échiquéenne
                          Robert James Fischer is one of the greatest and most celebrated players in chess history. Exactly fifty years since the American won the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the World Championship crown, Tibor Karolyi documents Fischer’s unique journey from precocious youngster to the chess icon who obliterated Taimanov and Larsen before convincingly beating Petrosian on The Road to...
                          24,99 €Prix
                          Analyzing the Chess Mind de Boris Gulko et Dr. Joel R. Sneed
                              Analyzing the Chess Mind is an exploration of psychology in chess. Psychology affects the chess moves we make, as the authors entertainingly illustrate in expertly annotated examples, but our personal chess psychology is not fixed. We can improve our chess psychology, and the authors show how. To write about chess psychology, the ideal authors would have world-class chess...
                              29,99 €Prix
                              Analyzing the Chess Mind de Boris Gulko et Dr. Joel R. Sneed
                                  Analyzing the Chess Mind is an exploration of psychology in chess. Psychology affects the chess moves we make, as the authors entertainingly illustrate in expertly annotated examples, but our personal chess psychology is not fixed. We can improve our chess psychology, and the authors show how. To write about chess psychology, the ideal authors would have world-class chess...
                                  29,99 €Prix
                                  The Life and Games of Carlos Torre de Gabriel Velasco et Taylor Kingston
                                      Here is what has been added to this edition: More accurate and extensive annotations using ChessBase and Stockfish 14. Torre’s own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. Added games to give a more rounded view of Torre. Also the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican...
                                      40,00 €Prix
                                      The Life and Games of Carlos Torre de Gabriel Velasco et Taylor Kingston
                                          Here is what has been added to this edition: More accurate and extensive annotations using ChessBase and Stockfish 14. Torre’s own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. Added games to give a more rounded view of Torre. Also the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican...
                                          40,00 €Prix
                                          The Duel de Alessandro Bossi et Claudio Brovelli
                                              The value of this volume lies also in the parts where Bossi and Brovelli, with painstaking accuracy, have quoted both direct impressions of the two protagonists (interviews, articles, letters and quotations from their works) and evaluations (in the comments and memories of their contemporaries). In such a way, a contest of wider significance is described, which helps in understanding the...
                                              33,00 €Prix
                                              The Duel de Alessandro Bossi et Claudio Brovelli
                                                  The value of this volume lies also in the parts where Bossi and Brovelli, with painstaking accuracy, have quoted both direct impressions of the two protagonists (interviews, articles, letters and quotations from their works) and evaluations (in the comments and memories of their contemporaries). In such a way, a contest of wider significance is described, which helps in understanding the...
                                                  33,00 €Prix
                                                  Life at Play de Lubomir Kavalek
                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                      American-Czech Grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek (1943-2021) was a three-time US Chess Champion and one of the best chess writers of the last decades. He reached millions of chess fans with his much-acclaimed columns in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post. Kavalek could speak from experience as he had played with or met all the chess greats of the last century. He assisted Bobby...
                                                      34,95 €Prix
                                                      Life at Play de Lubomir Kavalek
                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                          American-Czech Grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek (1943-2021) was a three-time US Chess Champion and one of the best chess writers of the last decades. He reached millions of chess fans with his much-acclaimed columns in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post. Kavalek could speak from experience as he had played with or met all the chess greats of the last century. He assisted Bobby...
                                                          34,95 €Prix
                                                          The Chess Battles of Hastings de Jürgen Brustkern et Norbert Wallet
                                                              No other chess tournament has such a long and rich history as the annual gathering 'in between the years' at the English seaside resort of Hastings. Countless chess players, professionals, and amateurs alike have celebrated Christmas and welcomed the New Year in Hastings while battling it out on the chessboard. German FM Jürgen Brustkern has been making the annual pilgrimage to...
                                                              32,95 €Prix
                                                              The Chess Battles of Hastings de Jürgen Brustkern et Norbert Wallet
                                                                  No other chess tournament has such a long and rich history as the annual gathering 'in between the years' at the English seaside resort of Hastings. Countless chess players, professionals, and amateurs alike have celebrated Christmas and welcomed the New Year in Hastings while battling it out on the chessboard. German FM Jürgen Brustkern has been making the annual pilgrimage to...
                                                                  32,95 €Prix
                                                                  Curaçao 1962 de Jan Timman
                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                      The 1962 Candidates’ Tournament in Curaçao was one of the fiercest chess battles of all time. At the height of the Cold War, eight players contested the right to challenge World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The format of the tournament was a gruelling quadruple round-robin. Twenty-eight games were to be played on the tropical island, in a contest that lasted two months. The air...
                                                                      34,95 €Prix
                                                                      Curaçao 1962 de Jan Timman
                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                          The 1962 Candidates’ Tournament in Curaçao was one of the fiercest chess battles of all time. At the height of the Cold War, eight players contested the right to challenge World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The format of the tournament was a gruelling quadruple round-robin. Twenty-eight games were to be played on the tropical island, in a contest that lasted two months. The air...
                                                                          34,95 €Prix
                                                                          From London to Elista de Evgeny Bareev et Ilya Levitob
                                                                              An extraordinary account of the main battles in the life of Vladimir Kramnik, a World Champion and a Samurai, in Bareev’s words. From London to Elista gives a fascinating look behind the scenes of top-level chess. It provides superb analysis of all the games by Bareev, but it does much more. In Socrates-style dialogues, Bareev and co-author Ilya Levitov reveal everything about...
                                                                              37,95 €Prix
                                                                              From London to Elista de Evgeny Bareev et Ilya Levitob
                                                                                  An extraordinary account of the main battles in the life of Vladimir Kramnik, a World Champion and a Samurai, in Bareev’s words. From London to Elista gives a fascinating look behind the scenes of top-level chess. It provides superb analysis of all the games by Bareev, but it does much more. In Socrates-style dialogues, Bareev and co-author Ilya Levitov reveal everything about...
                                                                                  37,95 €Prix
                                                                                  Silman's Chess Odyssey de Jeremy Silman
                                                                                      From the bestselling author of How to Reassess Your Chess and Silman’s Complete Endgame Course comes a new book. Part instructional, part history, and part memoir, International Master Jeremy Silman pays homage to the game he loves. Chess is a strategic battle, a struggle for power and dominance. It can become an obsession, or can simply be a game to be enjoyed. When played...
                                                                                      34,95 €Prix
                                                                                      Silman's Chess Odyssey de Jeremy Silman
                                                                                          From the bestselling author of How to Reassess Your Chess and Silman’s Complete Endgame Course comes a new book. Part instructional, part history, and part memoir, International Master Jeremy Silman pays homage to the game he loves. Chess is a strategic battle, a struggle for power and dominance. It can become an obsession, or can simply be a game to be enjoyed. When played...
                                                                                          34,95 €Prix
                                                                                          The Match of All Time de Gudmundur G. Thorarinsson
                                                                                              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...
                                                                                              27,95 €Prix
                                                                                              The Match of All Time de Gudmundur G. Thorarinsson
                                                                                                  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...
                                                                                                  27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                  From Ukraine with Love for Chess
                                                                                                      The Ukrainian chess community is helping Ukraine in the war against Russia. The chess genius Vasyl Ivanchuk is giving online simuls to raise funds. European champion and Olympic gold medal winner Natalia Zhukova is working as a politician in Odessa. And FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov coordinated this wonderful collection of chess games from Ukrainian players, published by New In...
                                                                                                      20,00 €Prix
                                                                                                      From Ukraine with Love for Chess
                                                                                                          The Ukrainian chess community is helping Ukraine in the war against Russia. The chess genius Vasyl Ivanchuk is giving online simuls to raise funds. European champion and Olympic gold medal winner Natalia Zhukova is working as a politician in Odessa. And FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov coordinated this wonderful collection of chess games from Ukrainian players, published by New In...
                                                                                                          20,00 €Prix
                                                                                                          The Greatest Attacker in Chess de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                              Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912-1974) played fearless attacking chess. With his dazzling style, the Soviet master already was a legend during his lifetime, but international fame largely eluded him. Only once did he get permission to show his exceptional talent in a tournament abroad. Five times Nezhmetdinov was chess champion of the Russian Federation. In the 1961 Soviet Championship, he...
                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                              The Greatest Attacker in Chess de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                  Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912-1974) played fearless attacking chess. With his dazzling style, the Soviet master already was a legend during his lifetime, but international fame largely eluded him. Only once did he get permission to show his exceptional talent in a tournament abroad. Five times Nezhmetdinov was chess champion of the Russian Federation. In the 1961 Soviet Championship, he...
                                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                  Winning with the World Open de Joel Benjamin et Harold Scott
                                                                                                                      For nearly fifty years grandmasters and amateurs alike have been making their annual pilgrimage to the World Open. Legendary organizer Bill Goichberg created the model of this iconic event in American chess: large entry fees, large prizes, and no-frills. Every year around the 4th of July, Philadelphia is the scene of countless epic battles at the board. Joel Benjamin and Harold Scott...
                                                                                                                      29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                      Winning with the World Open de Joel Benjamin et Harold Scott
                                                                                                                          For nearly fifty years grandmasters and amateurs alike have been making their annual pilgrimage to the World Open. Legendary organizer Bill Goichberg created the model of this iconic event in American chess: large entry fees, large prizes, and no-frills. Every year around the 4th of July, Philadelphia is the scene of countless epic battles at the board. Joel Benjamin and Harold Scott...
                                                                                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                          Chess Buccaneer de Peter Boel et Merijn Van Delft
                                                                                                                              There aren’t many chess players who can say they’ve both beaten Garry Kasparov in an official blitz game and crushed Peter Leko in a classical game in 26 moves. And who regularly win blitz tournaments high on marihuana. But then Manuel Bosboom is not an ordinary chess player. The Dutch International Master never made it to the top in chess, but over the course of his swashbuckling...
                                                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Chess Buccaneer de Peter Boel et Merijn Van Delft
                                                                                                                                  There aren’t many chess players who can say they’ve both beaten Garry Kasparov in an official blitz game and crushed Peter Leko in a classical game in 26 moves. And who regularly win blitz tournaments high on marihuana. But then Manuel Bosboom is not an ordinary chess player. The Dutch International Master never made it to the top in chess, but over the course of his swashbuckling...
                                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  I was a Victim of Bobby Fischer de Mark Taimanov
                                                                                                                                      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. ...
                                                                                                                                      29,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      I was a Victim of Bobby Fischer de Mark Taimanov
                                                                                                                                          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. ...
                                                                                                                                          29,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          Miguel Najdorf 'El viejo' de Zenon Franco Ocampos
                                                                                                                                              "How could anyone not remember Najdorf’s sayings, repeated again and again, as entertaining as the first time he said them: “I had a ve-e-ery wise aunt, who used to say, better a pawn up than a pawn down”, laughing. “There are two ways of winning at chess, when you play well and your opponent plays badly, or when you play badly and your opponent plays worse”. “First the idea, then the...
                                                                                                                                              39,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Miguel Najdorf 'El viejo' de Zenon Franco Ocampos
                                                                                                                                                  "How could anyone not remember Najdorf’s sayings, repeated again and again, as entertaining as the first time he said them: “I had a ve-e-ery wise aunt, who used to say, better a pawn up than a pawn down”, laughing. “There are two ways of winning at chess, when you play well and your opponent plays badly, or when you play badly and your opponent plays worse”. “First the idea, then the...
                                                                                                                                                  39,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  The Comfort Zone de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                                                                                      I’ve become increasingly convinced of this comfort zone theory to the degree where I’ve started to apply it to chess. To use the same logic, I believe a chess player is more comfortable in an opening that they have played since childhood. They’ll be less likely to make mistakes in that opening. You can also apply it to tournaments as well. During the course of the book, I’ll talk...
                                                                                                                                                      29,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      The Comfort Zone de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                                                                                          I’ve become increasingly convinced of this comfort zone theory to the degree where I’ve started to apply it to chess. To use the same logic, I believe a chess player is more comfortable in an opening that they have played since childhood. They’ll be less likely to make mistakes in that opening. You can also apply it to tournaments as well. During the course of the book, I’ll talk...
                                                                                                                                                          29,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          Chess Board Options de Larry Kaufman
                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                              Larry Kaufman can safely be called an exceptional chess grandmaster Larry Kaufman started out as a prodigy, however not in chess but as a whizz kid in science and math. He excels at shogi (Japanese chess) and Go, and is also a world-famous computer programmer and a highly successful option trader. Remarkably, as a chess player he only peaked at the weirdly late age of fifty. ...
                                                                                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              Chess Board Options de Larry Kaufman
                                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                  Larry Kaufman can safely be called an exceptional chess grandmaster Larry Kaufman started out as a prodigy, however not in chess but as a whizz kid in science and math. He excels at shogi (Japanese chess) and Go, and is also a world-famous computer programmer and a highly successful option trader. Remarkably, as a chess player he only peaked at the weirdly late age of fifty. ...
                                                                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  The Unstoppable American de Jan Timman
                                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                      Initially things looked gloomy for Bobby Fischer. Because he had refused to participate in the 1969 US Championship, he had missed his chance to qualify for the 1970 Interzonal Tournament in Palma de Mallorca. Only when another American, Pal Benko, withdrew in his favour, and after the officials were willing to bend the rules, could Bobby enter the contest. And begin his phenomenal run that...
                                                                                                                                                                      27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      The Unstoppable American de Jan Timman
                                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                          Initially things looked gloomy for Bobby Fischer. Because he had refused to participate in the 1969 US Championship, he had missed his chance to qualify for the 1970 Interzonal Tournament in Palma de Mallorca. Only when another American, Pal Benko, withdrew in his favour, and after the officials were willing to bend the rules, could Bobby enter the contest. And begin his phenomenal run that...
                                                                                                                                                                          27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Edgar Colle Caissa's Wounded Warrior de Taylor Kingston
                                                                                                                                                                              The Belgian master Edgard Colle was one of the most dynamic and active chess players of the 1920s and early 1930s. Though his international career lasted only ten years, Colle played in more than 50 tournaments, as well as a dozen matches. Moreover, he played exciting and beautiful chess, full of life, vigor, imagination and creativity. As with such greats as Pillsbury and Charousek, it was...
                                                                                                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Edgar Colle Caissa's Wounded Warrior de Taylor Kingston
                                                                                                                                                                                  The Belgian master Edgard Colle was one of the most dynamic and active chess players of the 1920s and early 1930s. Though his international career lasted only ten years, Colle played in more than 50 tournaments, as well as a dozen matches. Moreover, he played exciting and beautiful chess, full of life, vigor, imagination and creativity. As with such greats as Pillsbury and Charousek, it was...
                                                                                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  Chess for Educators de Karel van Delft
                                                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                      Chess has the rare quality that children love it despite the fact that it is good for them. Playing chess is just like life: you have to make plans, take decisions, be creative, deal with challenges, handle disappointments, interact with others and evaluate your actions. In this guide, psychologist and chess teacher Karel van Delft provides access to the underlying scientific...
                                                                                                                                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      Chess for Educators de Karel van Delft
                                                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                          Chess has the rare quality that children love it despite the fact that it is good for them. Playing chess is just like life: you have to make plans, take decisions, be creative, deal with challenges, handle disappointments, interact with others and evaluate your actions. In this guide, psychologist and chess teacher Karel van Delft provides access to the underlying scientific...
                                                                                                                                                                                          24,95 €Prix