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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
                      Les échecs pour les zèbres de Jonathan RowsonLes échecs pour les zèbres de Jonathan Rowson
                          Pourquoi les adultes peinent-ils à progresser aux échecs ? Quelles attitudes mentales donnent les meilleurs résultats et comment les adopter ? Les Blancs jouent les premiers, mais est-ce vraiment un avantage ? Drôle de zèbre lui-même, le Grand Maître Jonathan Rowson vous invite à une passionnante excursion hors des sentiers battus. Découvrez une nouvelle façon de voir les échecs et...
                          37,00 €Prix
                          Les échecs pour les zèbres de Jonathan RowsonLes échecs pour les zèbres de Jonathan Rowson
                              Pourquoi les adultes peinent-ils à progresser aux échecs ? Quelles attitudes mentales donnent les meilleurs résultats et comment les adopter ? Les Blancs jouent les premiers, mais est-ce vraiment un avantage ? Drôle de zèbre lui-même, le Grand Maître Jonathan Rowson vous invite à une passionnante excursion hors des sentiers battus. Découvrez une nouvelle façon de voir les échecs et...
                              37,00 €Prix
                              Becoming an IM de Cyrus Lakdawala
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                                  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
                                                      How to Choose a Chess Move de Andrew Soltis
                                                          International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis brings you a foolproof guide to choosing your best next chess move, every time. There are more than 20 moves you can choose from an average position, yet Chess Masters regularly manage to select the best moves and they do it faster, more confidently and with less calculation than other players. This practical guide, in a fully revised and...
                                                          20,95 €Prix
                                                          How to Choose a Chess Move de Andrew Soltis
                                                              International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis brings you a foolproof guide to choosing your best next chess move, every time. There are more than 20 moves you can choose from an average position, yet Chess Masters regularly manage to select the best moves and they do it faster, more confidently and with less calculation than other players. This practical guide, in a fully revised and...
                                                              20,95 €Prix
                                                              100 Tactical Patterns You Musk Know de Frank Erwich
                                                                  Chess is 99% tactics. A tactical pattern is all about immediate threats that produce immediate results. Learning the 100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know will dramatically improve your performance. This book is the long-awaited middlegame companion to 100 Endgames You Must Know, the all-time bestseller of all chess books published by New In Chess. In three hundred pages, experienced...
                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                  100 Tactical Patterns You Musk Know de Frank Erwich
                                                                      Chess is 99% tactics. A tactical pattern is all about immediate threats that produce immediate results. Learning the 100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know will dramatically improve your performance. This book is the long-awaited middlegame companion to 100 Endgames You Must Know, the all-time bestseller of all chess books published by New In Chess. In three hundred pages, experienced...
                                                                      24,95 €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
                                                                                                                      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
                                                                                                                                      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
                                                                                                                                                      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
                                                                                                                                                              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
                                                                                                                                                                      Mental  Toughness in Chess de Werner Scheitzer
                                                                                                                                                                          "Your performance at the board does not only depend on your pure chess skills. Being a winner also requires a mindset that is able to cope with lots of stress and setbacks during hours of uninterrupted concentration. Just like technical chess skills, mental toughness can be trained. There are simple steps you can take that will help you to better realize your potential....
                                                                                                                                                                          19,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Mental  Toughness in Chess de Werner Scheitzer
                                                                                                                                                                              "Your performance at the board does not only depend on your pure chess skills. Being a winner also requires a mindset that is able to cope with lots of stress and setbacks during hours of uninterrupted concentration. Just like technical chess skills, mental toughness can be trained. There are simple steps you can take that will help you to better realize your potential....
                                                                                                                                                                              19,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Soviet Middlegame Technique de Peter Romanovksy
                                                                                                                                                                                  "Many of the classics of Soviet chess literature have struggled to see the light of day, but none more so than Soviet Middlegame Technique by Peter Romanovsky. The original version of this famous guide to the middlegame was published in 1929 when Romanovsky was Soviet Champion. Romanovsky later decided to update and improve his work. As he finished his work in 1942, World War II was...
                                                                                                                                                                                  23,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  Soviet Middlegame Technique de Peter Romanovksy
                                                                                                                                                                                      "Many of the classics of Soviet chess literature have struggled to see the light of day, but none more so than Soviet Middlegame Technique by Peter Romanovsky. The original version of this famous guide to the middlegame was published in 1929 when Romanovsky was Soviet Champion. Romanovsky later decided to update and improve his work. As he finished his work in 1942, World War II was...
                                                                                                                                                                                      23,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      Winning Ugly in Chess  de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                          "When was the last time you won a perfect game? A game that wasn’t tainted by inferior moves? 

Every chess player knows that smooth wins are the exception, that play is often chaotic and positions are frequently irrational. The road to victory is generally full of bumps and misadventures. Welcome to the world of imperfection! 

Chess books usually feature superbly played games. In Winning...
                                                                                                                                                                                          22,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                          Winning Ugly in Chess  de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                              "When was the last time you won a perfect game? A game that wasn’t tainted by inferior moves? 

Every chess player knows that smooth wins are the exception, that play is often chaotic and positions are frequently irrational. The road to victory is generally full of bumps and misadventures. Welcome to the world of imperfection! 

Chess books usually feature superbly played games. In Winning...
                                                                                                                                                                                              22,95 €Prix