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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Je n'ai plus peur, Maman de Malika Iberraken
      C'est l'histoire de l'amour inconditionnel entre une mère, Malika, et son fils. Petit garçon, Mohamed criait, sautait ou restait figé devant la machine à laver. Il ne parlait pas, il ne jouait pas avec les autres enfants. Jusqu'au diagnostic : l'autisme, à un degré sévère. C'est l'histoire d'une famille pour laquelle tout a été difficile. Habitant en Seine-Saint-Denis, sans réseau,...
      19,60 €Prix
      Je n'ai plus peur, Maman de Malika Iberraken
          C'est l'histoire de l'amour inconditionnel entre une mère, Malika, et son fils. Petit garçon, Mohamed criait, sautait ou restait figé devant la machine à laver. Il ne parlait pas, il ne jouait pas avec les autres enfants. Jusqu'au diagnostic : l'autisme, à un degré sévère. C'est l'histoire d'une famille pour laquelle tout a été difficile. Habitant en Seine-Saint-Denis, sans réseau,...
          19,60 €Prix
          The Chess Alchemist de Mikhail Tal
              Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated World Champions in chess history, who confounded his opponents and dazzled chess fans around the world. Seemingly breaking every rule in the book, yet also breaking records with his accomplishments, Tal truly was The Chess Alchemist. In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal’s most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician...
              32,99 €Prix
              The Chess Alchemist de Mikhail Tal
                  Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated World Champions in chess history, who confounded his opponents and dazzled chess fans around the world. Seemingly breaking every rule in the book, yet also breaking records with his accomplishments, Tal truly was The Chess Alchemist. In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal’s most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician...
                  32,99 €Prix
                  The Road to Reykjavik de Tibor Karolyi
                      Documentation échiquéenne
                      Robert James Fischer is one of the greatest and most celebrated players in chess history. Exactly fifty years since the American won the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the World Championship crown, Tibor Karolyi documents Fischer’s unique journey from precocious youngster to the chess icon who obliterated Taimanov and Larsen before convincingly beating Petrosian on The Road to...
                      24,99 €Prix
                      The Road to Reykjavik de Tibor Karolyi
                          Documentation échiquéenne
                          Robert James Fischer is one of the greatest and most celebrated players in chess history. Exactly fifty years since the American won the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the World Championship crown, Tibor Karolyi documents Fischer’s unique journey from precocious youngster to the chess icon who obliterated Taimanov and Larsen before convincingly beating Petrosian on The Road to...
                          24,99 €Prix
                          Analyzing the Chess Mind de Boris Gulko et Dr. Joel R. Sneed
                              Analyzing the Chess Mind is an exploration of psychology in chess. Psychology affects the chess moves we make, as the authors entertainingly illustrate in expertly annotated examples, but our personal chess psychology is not fixed. We can improve our chess psychology, and the authors show how. To write about chess psychology, the ideal authors would have world-class chess...
                              29,99 €Prix
                              Analyzing the Chess Mind de Boris Gulko et Dr. Joel R. Sneed
                                  Analyzing the Chess Mind is an exploration of psychology in chess. Psychology affects the chess moves we make, as the authors entertainingly illustrate in expertly annotated examples, but our personal chess psychology is not fixed. We can improve our chess psychology, and the authors show how. To write about chess psychology, the ideal authors would have world-class chess...
                                  29,99 €Prix
                                  Adolph Anderssen de Eduard Wildhagen et Georg Pollak
                                      Adolph Anderssen Eduard Wildhagen et Georg Pollak Verlag Dr E. Wildhagen 1968 196 pages + supplément indépendant de 30 pages
                                      30,00 €Prix
                                      Adolph Anderssen de Eduard Wildhagen et Georg Pollak
                                          Adolph Anderssen Eduard Wildhagen et Georg Pollak Verlag Dr E. Wildhagen 1968 196 pages + supplément indépendant de 30 pages
                                          30,00 €Prix
                                          Les plus belles parties d'échecs de Paul Morphy de Fred Reinfeld
                                              Paul Morphy est plus qu'une légende dans l'histoire du jeu d'échecs, il est un véritable mythe. Né dans le Quartier français de La Nouvelle-Orléans en Louisiane en 1837, Morphy est non seulement d'une certaine manière le fondateur des échecs en Amérique, mais aussi un joueur très francophile. Cependant, assez étonnamment, si tout novice aux échecs entend rapidement parler de Morphy...
                                              20,00 €Prix
                                              Les plus belles parties d'échecs de Paul Morphy de Fred Reinfeld
                                                  Paul Morphy est plus qu'une légende dans l'histoire du jeu d'échecs, il est un véritable mythe. Né dans le Quartier français de La Nouvelle-Orléans en Louisiane en 1837, Morphy est non seulement d'une certaine manière le fondateur des échecs en Amérique, mais aussi un joueur très francophile. Cependant, assez étonnamment, si tout novice aux échecs entend rapidement parler de Morphy...
                                                  20,00 €Prix
                                                  The Human Factor in Chess - The Testbook de Karsten Müller, Luis Engel et Makan Rafiee
                                                      After the great success of the first book (The Human Factor in Chess) on the model of the four player types, this follow-up volume contains not only specific tasks and exercises but also general questions such as: Do you prefer to calculate concrete lines or do you make your decisions more intuitively? Do you have a good sense of harmony and coordination? This approach is intended to...
                                                      23,00 €Prix
                                                      The Human Factor in Chess - The Testbook de Karsten Müller, Luis Engel et Makan Rafiee
                                                          After the great success of the first book (The Human Factor in Chess) on the model of the four player types, this follow-up volume contains not only specific tasks and exercises but also general questions such as: Do you prefer to calculate concrete lines or do you make your decisions more intuitively? Do you have a good sense of harmony and coordination? This approach is intended to...
                                                          23,00 €Prix
                                                          The Improving Annotator de Dan Heisman
                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                              Annotating your own games can help you to play better chess. By examining the choices you made during the game - and how they turned out - you can pinpoint the flaws in your thinking process so that you can work on them. Adding recent games and new comments that shed light on his original annotations, in this revised and expanded edition of The Improving Annotator the author explores...
                                                              16,50 €Prix
                                                              The Improving Annotator de Dan Heisman
                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                  Annotating your own games can help you to play better chess. By examining the choices you made during the game - and how they turned out - you can pinpoint the flaws in your thinking process so that you can work on them. Adding recent games and new comments that shed light on his original annotations, in this revised and expanded edition of The Improving Annotator the author explores...
                                                                  16,50 €Prix
                                                                  Alekhine de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                      Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                      10,00 €Prix
                                                                      Alekhine de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                          Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                          10,00 €Prix
                                                                          Capablanca de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                              Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                              10,00 €Prix
                                                                              Capablanca de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                  Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                  10,00 €Prix
                                                                                  Lasker de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                      Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                      10,00 €Prix
                                                                                      Lasker de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                          Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                          10,00 €Prix
                                                                                          Yakov Vilner de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                              Yakov Vilner (1899-1931) was one of the leading Soviet chess masters in the 1920s. He won the Ukrainian championship three times (1924, 1925 and 1928), the Odessa championship five times (1918, 1923, 1925, 1926 and 1928) and competed in five USSR championships, his highest position being sixth equal in 1924. His attacking, combinational style delivered many memorable games and he regularly...
                                                                                              19,95 €Prix
                                                                                              Yakov Vilner de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                  Yakov Vilner (1899-1931) was one of the leading Soviet chess masters in the 1920s. He won the Ukrainian championship three times (1924, 1925 and 1928), the Odessa championship five times (1918, 1923, 1925, 1926 and 1928) and competed in five USSR championships, his highest position being sixth equal in 1924. His attacking, combinational style delivered many memorable games and he regularly...
                                                                                                  19,95 €Prix
                                                                                                  The Life and Games of Carlos Torre de Gabriel Velasco et Taylor Kingston
                                                                                                      Here is what has been added to this edition: More accurate and extensive annotations using ChessBase and Stockfish 14. Torre’s own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. Added games to give a more rounded view of Torre. Also the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican...
                                                                                                      40,00 €Prix
                                                                                                      The Life and Games of Carlos Torre de Gabriel Velasco et Taylor Kingston
                                                                                                          Here is what has been added to this edition: More accurate and extensive annotations using ChessBase and Stockfish 14. Torre’s own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. Added games to give a more rounded view of Torre. Also the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican...
                                                                                                          40,00 €Prix
                                                                                                          L'intelligence de l'échiquier de Marie Sebag
                                                                                                              Si vous étiez joueur d'échecs, quel serait votre profil psychologique ? Et celui de votre interlocuteur ? D'ailleurs, qu'est-ce qu'un adversaire ? Comment une championne prépare-t-elle une compétition à fort enjeu, ou n'importe quel moment important de la vie ? Et la visualisation, comme dans la série Le Jeu de la dame : bullshit ou vrai outil universel ? Comment l'alimentation ou l'activité...
                                                                                                              18,50 €Prix
                                                                                                              L'intelligence de l'échiquier de Marie Sebag
                                                                                                                  Si vous étiez joueur d'échecs, quel serait votre profil psychologique ? Et celui de votre interlocuteur ? D'ailleurs, qu'est-ce qu'un adversaire ? Comment une championne prépare-t-elle une compétition à fort enjeu, ou n'importe quel moment important de la vie ? Et la visualisation, comme dans la série Le Jeu de la dame : bullshit ou vrai outil universel ? Comment l'alimentation ou l'activité...
                                                                                                                  18,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                  The Duel de Alessandro Bossi et Claudio Brovelli
                                                                                                                      The value of this volume lies also in the parts where Bossi and Brovelli, with painstaking accuracy, have quoted both direct impressions of the two protagonists (interviews, articles, letters and quotations from their works) and evaluations (in the comments and memories of their contemporaries). In such a way, a contest of wider significance is described, which helps in understanding the...
                                                                                                                      33,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                      The Duel de Alessandro Bossi et Claudio Brovelli
                                                                                                                          The value of this volume lies also in the parts where Bossi and Brovelli, with painstaking accuracy, have quoted both direct impressions of the two protagonists (interviews, articles, letters and quotations from their works) and evaluations (in the comments and memories of their contemporaries). In such a way, a contest of wider significance is described, which helps in understanding the...
                                                                                                                          33,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                          Speed Demon de Dmitry Kryakvin
                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                              Almost as fascinating as chess is the community of chess players. In every major city in the world, you are guaranteed to meet interesting people when you walk into a local chess club or chess cafe. This book pays tribute to one of those characters who gave colour to the chess world, the Russian grandmaster Alexey Vyzhmanavin. The best chance to bump into Vyzhmanavin in the 1980s and...
                                                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Speed Demon de Dmitry Kryakvin
                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                  Almost as fascinating as chess is the community of chess players. In every major city in the world, you are guaranteed to meet interesting people when you walk into a local chess club or chess cafe. This book pays tribute to one of those characters who gave colour to the chess world, the Russian grandmaster Alexey Vyzhmanavin. The best chance to bump into Vyzhmanavin in the 1980s and...
                                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  Th Ink War de Willy Hendriks
                                                                                                                                      The rivalry between William Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort, the world's strongest chess players in the late nineteenth century, became so fierce that it was eventually named The Ink War. They fought their battle on the chessboard and in various chess magazines and columns. It was not only about who was the strongest player but also about who had the best ideas on how to play the game. ...
                                                                                                                                      32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      Th Ink War de Willy Hendriks
                                                                                                                                          The rivalry between William Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort, the world's strongest chess players in the late nineteenth century, became so fierce that it was eventually named The Ink War. They fought their battle on the chessboard and in various chess magazines and columns. It was not only about who was the strongest player but also about who had the best ideas on how to play the game. ...
                                                                                                                                          32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          Life at Play de Lubomir Kavalek
                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                              American-Czech Grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek (1943-2021) was a three-time US Chess Champion and one of the best chess writers of the last decades. He reached millions of chess fans with his much-acclaimed columns in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post. Kavalek could speak from experience as he had played with or met all the chess greats of the last century. He assisted Bobby...
                                                                                                                                              34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Life at Play de Lubomir Kavalek
                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                  American-Czech Grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek (1943-2021) was a three-time US Chess Champion and one of the best chess writers of the last decades. He reached millions of chess fans with his much-acclaimed columns in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post. Kavalek could speak from experience as he had played with or met all the chess greats of the last century. He assisted Bobby...
                                                                                                                                                  34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  The Chess Battles of Hastings de Jürgen Brustkern et Norbert Wallet
                                                                                                                                                      No other chess tournament has such a long and rich history as the annual gathering 'in between the years' at the English seaside resort of Hastings. Countless chess players, professionals, and amateurs alike have celebrated Christmas and welcomed the New Year in Hastings while battling it out on the chessboard. German FM Jürgen Brustkern has been making the annual pilgrimage to...
                                                                                                                                                      32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      The Chess Battles of Hastings de Jürgen Brustkern et Norbert Wallet
                                                                                                                                                          No other chess tournament has such a long and rich history as the annual gathering 'in between the years' at the English seaside resort of Hastings. Countless chess players, professionals, and amateurs alike have celebrated Christmas and welcomed the New Year in Hastings while battling it out on the chessboard. German FM Jürgen Brustkern has been making the annual pilgrimage to...
                                                                                                                                                          32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          Échec et mat! de Ben Graff
                                                                                                                                                              C'est l'histoire de ce jeu passionnant qui est ici retracée à travers la vie et le parcours des seize plus grands maîtres, hommes et femmes, officiellement reconnus comme champions du monde. Il s'intéresse également aux parties les plus emblématiques, certaines d'une intensité poussée à l'extrême, d'autres opposant de grands adversaires, ou encore reflétant la rivalité politique entre...
                                                                                                                                                              24,90 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              Échec et mat! de Ben Graff
                                                                                                                                                                  C'est l'histoire de ce jeu passionnant qui est ici retracée à travers la vie et le parcours des seize plus grands maîtres, hommes et femmes, officiellement reconnus comme champions du monde. Il s'intéresse également aux parties les plus emblématiques, certaines d'une intensité poussée à l'extrême, d'autres opposant de grands adversaires, ou encore reflétant la rivalité politique entre...
                                                                                                                                                                  24,90 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  Les parties d'échecs les plus instructives jamais jouées de Irving Chernev
                                                                                                                                                                      Si on demande à des joueurs anglo-saxons d'un certain âge de dresser une liste des livres d'échecs dont ils recommandent la lecture pour progresser à ce jeu, l'ouvrage que vous tenez présentement entre vos mains est souvent cité. Irving Chernev (1900 - 1981) est certainement l'un des auteurs de livres d'échecs anglo-saxons les plus connus (avec Fred Reinfeld) et des meilleurs durant...
                                                                                                                                                                      30,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Les parties d'échecs les plus instructives jamais jouées de Irving Chernev
                                                                                                                                                                          Si on demande à des joueurs anglo-saxons d'un certain âge de dresser une liste des livres d'échecs dont ils recommandent la lecture pour progresser à ce jeu, l'ouvrage que vous tenez présentement entre vos mains est souvent cité. Irving Chernev (1900 - 1981) est certainement l'un des auteurs de livres d'échecs anglo-saxons les plus connus (avec Fred Reinfeld) et des meilleurs durant...
                                                                                                                                                                          30,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Curaçao 1962 de Jan Timman
                                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                              The 1962 Candidates’ Tournament in Curaçao was one of the fiercest chess battles of all time. At the height of the Cold War, eight players contested the right to challenge World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The format of the tournament was a gruelling quadruple round-robin. Twenty-eight games were to be played on the tropical island, in a contest that lasted two months. The air...
                                                                                                                                                                              34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Curaçao 1962 de Jan Timman
                                                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                  The 1962 Candidates’ Tournament in Curaçao was one of the fiercest chess battles of all time. At the height of the Cold War, eight players contested the right to challenge World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The format of the tournament was a gruelling quadruple round-robin. Twenty-eight games were to be played on the tropical island, in a contest that lasted two months. The air...
                                                                                                                                                                                  34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  From London to Elista de Evgeny Bareev et Ilya Levitob
                                                                                                                                                                                      An extraordinary account of the main battles in the life of Vladimir Kramnik, a World Champion and a Samurai, in Bareev’s words. From London to Elista gives a fascinating look behind the scenes of top-level chess. It provides superb analysis of all the games by Bareev, but it does much more. In Socrates-style dialogues, Bareev and co-author Ilya Levitov reveal everything about...
                                                                                                                                                                                      37,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      From London to Elista de Evgeny Bareev et Ilya Levitob
                                                                                                                                                                                          An extraordinary account of the main battles in the life of Vladimir Kramnik, a World Champion and a Samurai, in Bareev’s words. From London to Elista gives a fascinating look behind the scenes of top-level chess. It provides superb analysis of all the games by Bareev, but it does much more. In Socrates-style dialogues, Bareev and co-author Ilya Levitov reveal everything about...
                                                                                                                                                                                          37,95 €Prix