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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Mastering Practical Endgames de Daniel Naroditsky
  • Nouveauté 2026
    Endgame mastery separates great players from the good. First-rate endgame play requires a mix of calculation, pattern recognition, abstract themes, theoretical knowledge and resilience few have mastered. In this rich collection of seventy mini-lessons, written over six years, acclaimed author GM Daniel Naroditsky guides you to every corner of the endgame world in the engaging, humorous, and...
    29,99 €Prix
    Mastering Practical Endgames de Daniel Naroditsky
    • Nouveauté 2026
      Endgame mastery separates great players from the good. First-rate endgame play requires a mix of calculation, pattern recognition, abstract themes, theoretical knowledge and resilience few have mastered. In this rich collection of seventy mini-lessons, written over six years, acclaimed author GM Daniel Naroditsky guides you to every corner of the endgame world in the engaging, humorous, and...
      29,99 €Prix
      Mastering Complex Endgames de Daniel Naroditsky
      • Nouveauté 2026
        Mastering Complex Endgames is a rich collection of practical endgame examples whose assessments require more than just standard theory. Daniel Naroditsky drew heavily on his own experience as a player. The material is lively and instructive, with wonderful practical advice and insights into the minds of the chess greats. This highly systematic work will take your endgame technique to the...
        29,99 €Prix
        Mastering Complex Endgames de Daniel Naroditsky
        • Nouveauté 2026
          Mastering Complex Endgames is a rich collection of practical endgame examples whose assessments require more than just standard theory. Daniel Naroditsky drew heavily on his own experience as a player. The material is lively and instructive, with wonderful practical advice and insights into the minds of the chess greats. This highly systematic work will take your endgame technique to the...
          29,99 €Prix
          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
                              Chess in Miniature vol.1 de David LeMoir
                                  Le volume 1 de Chess in Miniature est un ouvrage rédigé en anglais qui s'adresse aux joueurs d'échecs souhaitant apprendre à remporter des parties rapidement et avec panache. Peu de joueurs savent toutefois comment accroître leurs chances d'y parvenir. Ce premier volume relève ce défi en présentant les huit secrets essentiels pour gagner une partie en 25 coups ou moins ; huit autres...
                                  23,99 €Prix
                                  Chess in Miniature vol.1 de David LeMoir
                                      Le volume 1 de Chess in Miniature est un ouvrage rédigé en anglais qui s'adresse aux joueurs d'échecs souhaitant apprendre à remporter des parties rapidement et avec panache. Peu de joueurs savent toutefois comment accroître leurs chances d'y parvenir. Ce premier volume relève ce défi en présentant les huit secrets essentiels pour gagner une partie en 25 coups ou moins ; huit autres...
                                      23,99 €Prix
                                      L'art de manoeuvrer auL'art de manoeuvrer aux échecs de Mark Dvoretskyx échecs de Mark DvoretskyL'art de manoeuvrer aux échecs de Mark Dvoretsky
                                          Dans "L'art de manoeuvrer aux échecs", le célèbre entraîneur Mark Dvoretsky explore en profondeur l'un des thèmes essentiels du jeu positionnel : la maîtrise du jeu de pièces. À travers des exercices tirés de toutes les phases de la partie, il guide le lecteur dans l'analyse et la prise de décision. Un entraînement rigoureux pour affiner sa compréhension stratégique et progresser durablement...
                                          27,00 €Prix
                                          L'art de manoeuvrer auL'art de manoeuvrer aux échecs de Mark Dvoretskyx échecs de Mark DvoretskyL'art de manoeuvrer aux échecs de Mark Dvoretsky
                                              Dans "L'art de manoeuvrer aux échecs", le célèbre entraîneur Mark Dvoretsky explore en profondeur l'un des thèmes essentiels du jeu positionnel : la maîtrise du jeu de pièces. À travers des exercices tirés de toutes les phases de la partie, il guide le lecteur dans l'analyse et la prise de décision. Un entraînement rigoureux pour affiner sa compréhension stratégique et progresser durablement...
                                              27,00 €Prix
                                              Sacrifier judicieusement aux échecs de Leonid ShamkovitchSacrifier judicieusement aux échecs de Leonid Shamkovitch
                                                  Le sacrifice, un élément mystérieux et inspirant aux échecs ! Rares en effet sont les amateurs d'échecs qui n'ont pas été subjugués par les sacrifices spectaculaires couronnés par un mat qu'assénaient les "vieux maîtres" de la combinaison et de l'attaque. Cet ouvrage, cependant, ne vise pas à présenter des combinaisons à sacrifices éblouissantes qui peuvent être calculées très...
                                                  28,00 €Prix
                                                  Sacrifier judicieusement aux échecs de Leonid ShamkovitchSacrifier judicieusement aux échecs de Leonid Shamkovitch
                                                      Le sacrifice, un élément mystérieux et inspirant aux échecs ! Rares en effet sont les amateurs d'échecs qui n'ont pas été subjugués par les sacrifices spectaculaires couronnés par un mat qu'assénaient les "vieux maîtres" de la combinaison et de l'attaque. Cet ouvrage, cependant, ne vise pas à présenter des combinaisons à sacrifices éblouissantes qui peuvent être calculées très...
                                                      28,00 €Prix
                                                      Timman Studies de Jan Timman
                                                          Jan Timman achève une trilogie impressionnante et fascinante avec ce recueil de ses études. Après Timman’s Titans — livre en anglais couronné ECF Book of the Year en 2017 —, dans lequel il écrit sur les champions du monde qu’il admire, puis Timman’s Triumphs, où il annote ses cent meilleures parties, Timman’s Studies réunit l’ensemble de ses compositions d’études de finales. Tout au...
                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                          Timman Studies de Jan Timman
                                                              Jan Timman achève une trilogie impressionnante et fascinante avec ce recueil de ses études. Après Timman’s Titans — livre en anglais couronné ECF Book of the Year en 2017 —, dans lequel il écrit sur les champions du monde qu’il admire, puis Timman’s Triumphs, où il annote ses cent meilleures parties, Timman’s Studies réunit l’ensemble de ses compositions d’études de finales. Tout au...
                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                              La méthode du pivert vol.1 de Axel Smith et Hans TikkanenLa méthode du pivert vol.1 de Axel Smith et Hans Tikkanen
                                                                  La méthode du pivert vol.1 Axel Smith et Hans Tikkanen Olibris 2025 394 pages
                                                                  32,00 €Prix
                                                                  La méthode du pivert vol.1 de Axel Smith et Hans TikkanenLa méthode du pivert vol.1 de Axel Smith et Hans Tikkanen
                                                                      La méthode du pivert vol.1 Axel Smith et Hans Tikkanen Olibris 2025 394 pages
                                                                      32,00 €Prix
                                                                      Think Like a Super-GM de Michael Adams et Philip Hurtado
                                                                          Think Like a Super-GM Michael Adams et Philip Hurtado Quality Chess 2024 464 pages
                                                                          32,99 €Prix
                                                                          Think Like a Super-GM de Michael Adams et Philip Hurtado
                                                                              Think Like a Super-GM Michael Adams et Philip Hurtado Quality Chess 2024 464 pages
                                                                              32,99 €Prix
                                                                              Smooth Chess Improvement de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                  English chess grandmaster Daniel Gormally is a man with a plan. He wants to develop a chess analytical quiz, to help amateur players discover what type of chess player they truly are. While putting together this quiz, Gormally also shares his chess philosophy and his experience of playing chess tournaments up and down the breadth of the United Kingdom and beyond. If you are interested...
                                                                                  37,95 €Prix
                                                                                  Smooth Chess Improvement de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                      English chess grandmaster Daniel Gormally is a man with a plan. He wants to develop a chess analytical quiz, to help amateur players discover what type of chess player they truly are. While putting together this quiz, Gormally also shares his chess philosophy and his experience of playing chess tournaments up and down the breadth of the United Kingdom and beyond. If you are interested...
                                                                                      37,95 €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
                                                                                              Améliorez votre calcul aux échecs de R B RameshAméliorez votre calcul aux échecs de R B Ramesh
                                                                                                  Avec les succès spectaculaires accumulés par ses élèves, le grand maître RB Ramesh est en train d'acquérir la réputation de meilleur entraîneur du monde. Dans ce livre, il traite en profondeur d'un des sujets les plus importants et les plus difficiles : comment acquérir une bonne technique de calcul. Des exercices et leurs solutions, mais aussi des conseils lucides vont vous y aider, si vous...
                                                                                                  35,00 €Prix
                                                                                                  Améliorez votre calcul aux échecs de R B RameshAméliorez votre calcul aux échecs de R B Ramesh
                                                                                                      Avec les succès spectaculaires accumulés par ses élèves, le grand maître RB Ramesh est en train d'acquérir la réputation de meilleur entraîneur du monde. Dans ce livre, il traite en profondeur d'un des sujets les plus importants et les plus difficiles : comment acquérir une bonne technique de calcul. Des exercices et leurs solutions, mais aussi des conseils lucides vont vous y aider, si vous...
                                                                                                      35,00 €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
                                                                                                              Chess Problems de James Rayner
                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                  Composing and solving chess problems can seem like an entirely different world from regular chess, and in many ways, they are, but there are plenty of overlapping issues and applications. In this volume, James Rayner, who was a leading composer in his own right and the editor of the chess problem section in British Chess Magazine, dives into how to compose and solve chess problems,...
                                                                                                                  11,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                  Chess Problems de James Rayner
                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                      Composing and solving chess problems can seem like an entirely different world from regular chess, and in many ways, they are, but there are plenty of overlapping issues and applications. In this volume, James Rayner, who was a leading composer in his own right and the editor of the chess problem section in British Chess Magazine, dives into how to compose and solve chess problems,...
                                                                                                                      11,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                      One Hundred Chess Problems de Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson
                                                                                                                          This book presents 100 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of chess problems.
                                                                                                                          9,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                          One Hundred Chess Problems de Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson
                                                                                                                              This book presents 100 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of chess problems.
                                                                                                                              9,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Chess Strategy de John Brown
                                                                                                                                  This book presents 174 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by John Brown or as he referred to himeself "J.B. of Bridport" - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of...
                                                                                                                                  11,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  Chess Strategy de John Brown
                                                                                                                                      This book presents 174 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by John Brown or as he referred to himeself "J.B. of Bridport" - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of...
                                                                                                                                      11,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      100 Endgame Studies You Must Know de Jan Timman
                                                                                                                                          Perhaps the greatest beauty in chess can be found in endgame studies. Delightful twists and turns on the board are combined into true works of art. In studies, chess is distilled into its purest form, with all pieces making only the most essential moves. Endgame studies are also useful exercises for practical chess players, as they show patterns, improve calculation, and inspire...
                                                                                                                                          32,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          100 Endgame Studies You Must Know de Jan Timman
                                                                                                                                              Perhaps the greatest beauty in chess can be found in endgame studies. Delightful twists and turns on the board are combined into true works of art. In studies, chess is distilled into its purest form, with all pieces making only the most essential moves. Endgame studies are also useful exercises for practical chess players, as they show patterns, improve calculation, and inspire...
                                                                                                                                              32,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Studies for Practical Players vol.2 de Oleg Pervakov et Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                                  Develop Imaginative and Preventive Thinking Nowadays, chessplayers spend almost all their free time preparing openings, and rarely spend the time necessary to perfect the vitally important technique of calculating. Regular training in solving and playing out endgames studies is a good recipe for eliminating that shortcoming. This book – the sequel to Studies for Practical...
                                                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  Studies for Practical Players vol.2 de Oleg Pervakov et Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                                      Develop Imaginative and Preventive Thinking Nowadays, chessplayers spend almost all their free time preparing openings, and rarely spend the time necessary to perfect the vitally important technique of calculating. Regular training in solving and playing out endgames studies is a good recipe for eliminating that shortcoming. This book – the sequel to Studies for Practical...
                                                                                                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      Endgame Corner de Karsten Müller et Alex Fishbein
                                                                                                                                                          There are already many endgame books, so why this one? Well, most books deal with elementary endgames, or are very advanced and contain few exercises. But you have only really learned something when you can execute it at the board, with the clock ticking. And solving exercises is very close to this scenario. The authors present 450 endgame exercises designed to improve your...
                                                                                                                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          Endgame Corner de Karsten Müller et Alex Fishbein
                                                                                                                                                              There are already many endgame books, so why this one? Well, most books deal with elementary endgames, or are very advanced and contain few exercises. But you have only really learned something when you can execute it at the board, with the clock ticking. And solving exercises is very close to this scenario. The authors present 450 endgame exercises designed to improve your...
                                                                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              The Greatest de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                  Who is the greatest chess player of all time, the GOAT? Who is in the top ten? Let the debate ensue! How do you measure greatness? Is Morphy "greater" than Carlsen? Can such judgements be made, and do they mean anything? This fascinating topic is tackled head on in The Greatest by prolific chess author Cyrus Lakdawala. Avoiding presentism with carefully established...
                                                                                                                                                                  23,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  The Greatest de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                      Who is the greatest chess player of all time, the GOAT? Who is in the top ten? Let the debate ensue! How do you measure greatness? Is Morphy "greater" than Carlsen? Can such judgements be made, and do they mean anything? This fascinating topic is tackled head on in The Greatest by prolific chess author Cyrus Lakdawala. Avoiding presentism with carefully established...
                                                                                                                                                                      23,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Conceptual Rook Endgames Workbook de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                                          Rook endgames are the most frequently occurring endgames, as well as one of the most exciting and challenging areas of chess. In 2023, Quality Chess published Theoretical Rook Endgames by GM Sam Shankland and its sister volume Conceptual Rook Endgames by GM Jacob Aagaard – a dazzling dyad of domination in endgame literature. This new book tops off the triumphant trio...
                                                                                                                                                                          24,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Conceptual Rook Endgames Workbook de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                                              Rook endgames are the most frequently occurring endgames, as well as one of the most exciting and challenging areas of chess. In 2023, Quality Chess published Theoretical Rook Endgames by GM Sam Shankland and its sister volume Conceptual Rook Endgames by GM Jacob Aagaard – a dazzling dyad of domination in endgame literature. This new book tops off the triumphant trio...
                                                                                                                                                                              24,99 €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
                                                                                                                                                                                      Zwischenzug! de Natasha Regan et Matt Ball
                                                                                                                                                                                          Zwischenzug! is the first-ever comprehensive guide to the chess tactic also known as the intermediate move, or intermezzo. This exciting manoeuvre can catch opponents off guard because it is against the expected run of play. You will learn how to spot Zwischenzugs, when to look out for them, and how to set them up in your games. The authors have studied thousands of games and...
                                                                                                                                                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                          Zwischenzug! de Natasha Regan et Matt Ball
                                                                                                                                                                                              Zwischenzug! is the first-ever comprehensive guide to the chess tactic also known as the intermediate move, or intermezzo. This exciting manoeuvre can catch opponents off guard because it is against the expected run of play. You will learn how to spot Zwischenzugs, when to look out for them, and how to set them up in your games. The authors have studied thousands of games and...
                                                                                                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix