Documentation échiquéenne
Documentation échiquéenne

Mat et mots vous propose un large choix de livres consacrés aux échecs, essentiellement en français (Olibris, Payot, Grasset, Le Pion passé, etc.) et en anglais (Quality chess, New in chess, Russell, Mongoose Press, etc.).

Mat et mots vous propose également une sélection de logiciels, sous Windows ou sous Mac, qui vous permettent d'apprendre rapidement les règles de base, de vous approprier avec facilité les principes tactiques ou stratégiques, d'analyser vos parties afin de ne plus commettre les mêmes erreurs, d'affronter un adversaire façonnable à merci.

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Chess 960 Yearbook 2026Chess 960 Yearbook 2026
      Chess 960 Yearbook 2026Chess 960 Yearbook 2026
          Le deuxième volume de cette série d’annuaires est consacré en détail au Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, avec ses cinq tournois prestigieux et brillants disputés à Weissenhaus, Paris, Karlsruhe, Las Vegas et Grootbos/Le Cap, ainsi qu’au FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, organisé en février 2026. Avec plus de 150 parties, dont certaines sont accompagnées de commentaires...
          29,00 €Prix
          Chess 960 Yearbook 2026Chess 960 Yearbook 2026
              Le deuxième volume de cette série d’annuaires est consacré en détail au Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, avec ses cinq tournois prestigieux et brillants disputés à Weissenhaus, Paris, Karlsruhe, Las Vegas et Grootbos/Le Cap, ainsi qu’au FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, organisé en février 2026. Avec plus de 150 parties, dont certaines sont accompagnées de commentaires...
              29,00 €Prix
              Chess in Miniature vol.2 de David Lemoir
                  Le volume 2 de  Chess in Miniature est un ouvrage rédigé en anglais qui poursuit l'exploration des parties courtes et brillantes entamée dans le premier volume. Reprenant là où celui-ci s'était arrêté, il dévoile une nouvelle série de « secrets » qui sont à la base des plus belles miniatures échiquéennes. Du choix judicieux des ouvertures à l'exploitation de l'avidité de...
                  23,99 €Prix
                  Chess in Miniature vol.2 de David Lemoir
                      Le volume 2 de  Chess in Miniature est un ouvrage rédigé en anglais qui poursuit l'exploration des parties courtes et brillantes entamée dans le premier volume. Reprenant là où celui-ci s'était arrêté, il dévoile une nouvelle série de « secrets » qui sont à la base des plus belles miniatures échiquéennes. Du choix judicieux des ouvertures à l'exploitation de l'avidité de...
                      23,99 €Prix
                      Becoming an IM de Cyrus Lakdawala
                          Documentation échiquéenne
                          Many decently strong players aspire to become an international master. They see very clearly that the grandmaster title is most likely beyond them but the IM title is one they feel they could achieve, if only... It's this "if only" bit that gets in the way. If only... what? Do they need to study the openings more? Should they focus on improving tactical skill? Do they need to study...
                          23,99 €Prix
                          Becoming an IM de Cyrus Lakdawala
                              Documentation échiquéenne
                              Many decently strong players aspire to become an international master. They see very clearly that the grandmaster title is most likely beyond them but the IM title is one they feel they could achieve, if only... It's this "if only" bit that gets in the way. If only... what? Do they need to study the openings more? Should they focus on improving tactical skill? Do they need to study...
                              23,99 €Prix
                              A Zillion Chess and Life Hacks de Maria Manakova
                                  How should a chess player, be they amateur or professional, achieve their full potential? What’s the best way to prepare psychologically for the game, opponents, tournaments? How can they set goals at the board and achieve them? What techniques can they employ to react when the game takes an unexpected turn? How should they plan to avoid time trouble, and then handle it (or their opponent’s)...
                                  27,95 €Prix
                                  A Zillion Chess and Life Hacks de Maria Manakova
                                      How should a chess player, be they amateur or professional, achieve their full potential? What’s the best way to prepare psychologically for the game, opponents, tournaments? How can they set goals at the board and achieve them? What techniques can they employ to react when the game takes an unexpected turn? How should they plan to avoid time trouble, and then handle it (or their opponent’s)...
                                      27,95 €Prix
                                      Grind like a Grandmaster de Magnus Carlsen et David HowellGrind like a Grandmaster de Magnus Carlsen et David Howell
                                          It is amazing how much play you can create in a seemingly equal chess position - if you persevere. In this book, the greatest chess player of all time, Magnus Carlsen, and his friend, Grandmaster David Howell, explain how to win these kinds of chess games. Carlsen and Howell show how you can keep a game alive, how you can keep posing problems to your opponent, how you can recognize...
                                          29,95 €Prix
                                          Grind like a Grandmaster de Magnus Carlsen et David HowellGrind like a Grandmaster de Magnus Carlsen et David Howell
                                              It is amazing how much play you can create in a seemingly equal chess position - if you persevere. In this book, the greatest chess player of all time, Magnus Carlsen, and his friend, Grandmaster David Howell, explain how to win these kinds of chess games. Carlsen and Howell show how you can keep a game alive, how you can keep posing problems to your opponent, how you can recognize...
                                              29,95 €Prix
                                              Le jeu d'échecs et le mat de Jean Poyard
                                                  Rares sont les livres qui traitent en profondeur de la spiritualité et du symbolisme du jeu d'échecs. Aussi le présent ouvrage permettra à l'amateur d'échecs, comme à toute personne curieuse des choses de l'esprit, de découvrir dans le Livre muet des échecs un condensé de la connaissance spirituelle. Le lecteur découvrira de nombreux points essentiels dans ce jeu de la sagesse immémoriale,...
                                                  24,90 €Prix
                                                  Le jeu d'échecs et le mat de Jean Poyard
                                                      Rares sont les livres qui traitent en profondeur de la spiritualité et du symbolisme du jeu d'échecs. Aussi le présent ouvrage permettra à l'amateur d'échecs, comme à toute personne curieuse des choses de l'esprit, de découvrir dans le Livre muet des échecs un condensé de la connaissance spirituelle. Le lecteur découvrira de nombreux points essentiels dans ce jeu de la sagesse immémoriale,...
                                                      24,90 €Prix
                                                      The Mental Game de Alexander Galkin
                                                          We all have an intuitive feeling of the stress, pressure and frustration on the path to winning a World Championship in sport, but rarely will you get as unfiltered and raw an insight into the struggle to succeed as in The Mental Game . Aleksandra Maltsevskaya won the 2018 World Junior Championship and 2022 European Rapid Championship. This book reveals the inside story of an...
                                                          27,99 €Prix
                                                          The Mental Game de Alexander Galkin
                                                              We all have an intuitive feeling of the stress, pressure and frustration on the path to winning a World Championship in sport, but rarely will you get as unfiltered and raw an insight into the struggle to succeed as in The Mental Game . Aleksandra Maltsevskaya won the 2018 World Junior Championship and 2022 European Rapid Championship. This book reveals the inside story of an...
                                                              27,99 €Prix
                                                              Key Elements of Chess Tactics de Georgy Lisitsin
                                                                  Georgy Lisitsin (1909-72) was a respected Soviet master, theoretician and writer. In 1958 he published a revised edition of his most ambitious work, entitled Strategy and Tactics of Chess, which became one of the most legendary manuals in the Soviet chess school, and no doubt one of the books that motivated the young Bobby Fischer to learn Russian. Lisitsin broke down Strategy and...
                                                                  27,99 €Prix
                                                                  Key Elements of Chess Tactics de Georgy Lisitsin
                                                                      Georgy Lisitsin (1909-72) was a respected Soviet master, theoretician and writer. In 1958 he published a revised edition of his most ambitious work, entitled Strategy and Tactics of Chess, which became one of the most legendary manuals in the Soviet chess school, and no doubt one of the books that motivated the young Bobby Fischer to learn Russian. Lisitsin broke down Strategy and...
                                                                      27,99 €Prix
                                                                      The Exchange Sacrifice Unleashed de Georg Mohr
                                                                          • Compensation is a chess concept that we only fully understand when we enter the world of serious chess. • The relative value of pieces is perhaps the most difficult chess concept of all to explain. • It is one that every player must feel and believe in and can only be accepted with the help of our own practice, and when we feel it come together as though a part of us. ...
                                                                          33,50 €Prix
                                                                          The Exchange Sacrifice Unleashed de Georg Mohr
                                                                              • Compensation is a chess concept that we only fully understand when we enter the world of serious chess. • The relative value of pieces is perhaps the most difficult chess concept of all to explain. • It is one that every player must feel and believe in and can only be accepted with the help of our own practice, and when we feel it come together as though a part of us. ...
                                                                              33,50 €Prix
                                                                              Amazing Artist, Dangerous Tactician de Sofia Polgar
                                                                                  This special hardcover edition will be limited to 200 numbered copies. Each will be signed and dated by Sofia. A Truly Unique Chess Book The chess triumphs of the Polgar sisters are legendary. Now, in this very special book, Sofia Polgar tells her own exceptional story: from her development as a prodigy and remarkable tournament successes to her eventually...
                                                                                  79,95 €Prix
                                                                                  Amazing Artist, Dangerous Tactician de Sofia Polgar
                                                                                      This special hardcover edition will be limited to 200 numbered copies. Each will be signed and dated by Sofia. A Truly Unique Chess Book The chess triumphs of the Polgar sisters are legendary. Now, in this very special book, Sofia Polgar tells her own exceptional story: from her development as a prodigy and remarkable tournament successes to her eventually...
                                                                                      79,95 €Prix
                                                                                      Chessboard Combat de Joel Benjamin
                                                                                          Chess students love a Puzzle Rush. And solving tactics puzzles certainly helps you improve your pattern recognition and will help you find good moves in tournament games. But there is a downside to most tactics puzzles — we always know who is supposed to win! Chess in real life is different, not just because no one taps us on the shoulder and tells us to look for a tactic. Sometimes...
                                                                                          27,95 €Prix
                                                                                          Chessboard Combat de Joel Benjamin
                                                                                              Chess students love a Puzzle Rush. And solving tactics puzzles certainly helps you improve your pattern recognition and will help you find good moves in tournament games. But there is a downside to most tactics puzzles — we always know who is supposed to win! Chess in real life is different, not just because no one taps us on the shoulder and tells us to look for a tactic. Sometimes...
                                                                                              27,95 €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
                                                                                                      Re-Engineering the Chess Classics de Matthew Sadler et Steve Giddins
                                                                                                          Are you ready for new strategic insights about thirty-five of the most fascinating and complex chess games ever played by World Champions and other top grandmasters? Grandmaster Matthew Sadler and renowned chess writer Steve Giddins take a fresh look at some classic games ranging from Anderssen-Dufresne, played in 1852, to Botvinnik-Bronstein (1951) and Geller-Euwe (1953). They unleashed the...
                                                                                                          34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                          Re-Engineering the Chess Classics de Matthew Sadler et Steve Giddins
                                                                                                              Are you ready for new strategic insights about thirty-five of the most fascinating and complex chess games ever played by World Champions and other top grandmasters? Grandmaster Matthew Sadler and renowned chess writer Steve Giddins take a fresh look at some classic games ranging from Anderssen-Dufresne, played in 1852, to Botvinnik-Bronstein (1951) and Geller-Euwe (1953). They unleashed the...
                                                                                                              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
                                                                                                                  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
                                                                                                                      Kingwalks de Yasser Seirawan et Bruce Harper
                                                                                                                          Marching your king across the board – at times right through or into enemy lines – may be both exhilarating and terrifying. Nothing may be quite as satisfying as a majestic kingwalk across the board which brings you glorious victory. And nothing as tragicomic as a needless journey ending in epic failure. Chessplayers are fascinated by kingwalks, perhaps because of their inherent...
                                                                                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                          Kingwalks de Yasser Seirawan et Bruce Harper
                                                                                                                              Marching your king across the board – at times right through or into enemy lines – may be both exhilarating and terrifying. Nothing may be quite as satisfying as a majestic kingwalk across the board which brings you glorious victory. And nothing as tragicomic as a needless journey ending in epic failure. Chessplayers are fascinated by kingwalks, perhaps because of their inherent...
                                                                                                                              24,95 €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
                                                                                                                                      Understanding before Moving vol.3 de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                                          The first volume dealt with the Najdorf and Scheveningen variations, and it is now time to pay attention to three other extremely popular systems: the Taimanov, Kan and Richter-Rauzer variations. After careful consideration within the Thinkers Publishing team, we decided that it made sense to group these variations together. In particular, the first two are closely related and share the...
                                                                                                                                          33,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          Understanding before Moving vol.3 de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                                              The first volume dealt with the Najdorf and Scheveningen variations, and it is now time to pay attention to three other extremely popular systems: the Taimanov, Kan and Richter-Rauzer variations. After careful consideration within the Thinkers Publishing team, we decided that it made sense to group these variations together. In particular, the first two are closely related and share the...
                                                                                                                                              33,95 €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
                                                                                                                                                  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
                                                                                                                                                      Modern Chess Formula de Vladimir Tukmakov
                                                                                                                                                          This book is dedicated to chess, though I must confess it is not that same chess with which I immediately and eternally fell in love many, many years ago. There were plenty of wonderful moments, and no shortage of horrible disappointments associated with that version of the game in which I certainly considered myself a true professional. The realities of chess life during the second half of...
                                                                                                                                                          33,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          Modern Chess Formula de Vladimir Tukmakov
                                                                                                                                                              This book is dedicated to chess, though I must confess it is not that same chess with which I immediately and eternally fell in love many, many years ago. There were plenty of wonderful moments, and no shortage of horrible disappointments associated with that version of the game in which I certainly considered myself a true professional. The realities of chess life during the second half of...
                                                                                                                                                              33,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              Bobby Fischer, une étude de son approche aux échecs de Elie Argur
                                                                                                                                                                  "Fischer est entré dans la légende. Cette étude originale et brillante de son style et de sa pensée, la première jamais consacrée sous cette forme à un champion d'échecs, représente un vaste traité du milieu de jeu propre à faire évoluer la compréhension et la force des joueurs de tous niveaux. Ces derniers bénéficieront ainsi de l'enseignement tout en simplicité et en raffinement...
                                                                                                                                                                  25,15 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  Bobby Fischer, une étude de son approche aux échecs de Elie Argur
                                                                                                                                                                      "Fischer est entré dans la légende. Cette étude originale et brillante de son style et de sa pensée, la première jamais consacrée sous cette forme à un champion d'échecs, représente un vaste traité du milieu de jeu propre à faire évoluer la compréhension et la force des joueurs de tous niveaux. Ces derniers bénéficieront ainsi de l'enseignement tout en simplicité et en raffinement...
                                                                                                                                                                      25,15 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Psychologie de la bataille de Anatoli Karpov et Jean-François Phelizon
                                                                                                                                                                          "En quoi une bataille d'échecs ressemble-t-elle à une négociation? En quoi une négociation ressemble-t-elle à une bataille d'échecs? Le dialogue que les auteurs de ce livre ont établi sur le thème de la psychologie de la bataille est instructif à plus d'un titre. Pour avoir les meilleures chances de gagner une bataille, s'accordent-ils à dire, il ne suffit pas d'être soigneusement préparé,...
                                                                                                                                                                          16,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Psychologie de la bataille de Anatoli Karpov et Jean-François Phelizon
                                                                                                                                                                              "En quoi une bataille d'échecs ressemble-t-elle à une négociation? En quoi une négociation ressemble-t-elle à une bataille d'échecs? Le dialogue que les auteurs de ce livre ont établi sur le thème de la psychologie de la bataille est instructif à plus d'un titre. Pour avoir les meilleures chances de gagner une bataille, s'accordent-ils à dire, il ne suffit pas d'être soigneusement préparé,...
                                                                                                                                                                              16,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              ChessBase Complete Supplement de Jon R. Edwards
                                                                                                                                                                                  "Five years ago, when ChessBase Complete was released, it was an instant sensation. For the first time ever, a comprehensive manual for one of the most popular chess programs was available. It covered ChessBase through version 12. Since then, ChessBase has introduced three new versions and a remarkable (and free) suite of online tools for the world wide web. Many new and powerful...
                                                                                                                                                                                  14,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  ChessBase Complete Supplement de Jon R. Edwards
                                                                                                                                                                                      "Five years ago, when ChessBase Complete was released, it was an instant sensation. For the first time ever, a comprehensive manual for one of the most popular chess programs was available. It covered ChessBase through version 12. Since then, ChessBase has introduced three new versions and a remarkable (and free) suite of online tools for the world wide web. Many new and powerful...
                                                                                                                                                                                      14,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      ChessBase Complete de Jon R. Edwards
                                                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                          "There’s a general recognition among chess players at all levels that the ChessBase software application is critical for serious chess improvement, but many chess players are intimidated by the software. Now, for the first time, former U.S. correspondence champion Jon Edwards has created real-life scenarios that focus upon why the software is so important for chess players of every class,...
                                                                                                                                                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                          ChessBase Complete de Jon R. Edwards
                                                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                              "There’s a general recognition among chess players at all levels that the ChessBase software application is critical for serious chess improvement, but many chess players are intimidated by the software. Now, for the first time, former U.S. correspondence champion Jon Edwards has created real-life scenarios that focus upon why the software is so important for chess players of every class,...
                                                                                                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                              The Best I Saw in Chess de Stuart Rachels
                                                                                                                                                                                                  "At the U.S. Championship in 1989, Stuart Rachels seemed bound for the cellar. Ranked last and holding no IM norms, the 20-year-old amateur from Alabama was expected to get waxed by the American top GMs of the day that included Seirawan, Gulko, Dzindzichashvili, deFirmian, Benjamin and Browne. Instead, Rachels pulled off a gigantic upset and became the youngest U.S. Champion since...
                                                                                                                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Best I Saw in Chess de Stuart Rachels
                                                                                                                                                                                                      "At the U.S. Championship in 1989, Stuart Rachels seemed bound for the cellar. Ranked last and holding no IM norms, the 20-year-old amateur from Alabama was expected to get waxed by the American top GMs of the day that included Seirawan, Gulko, Dzindzichashvili, deFirmian, Benjamin and Browne. Instead, Rachels pulled off a gigantic upset and became the youngest U.S. Champion since...
                                                                                                                                                                                                      29,95 €Prix