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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...
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      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...
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          London System de Cyrus Lakdawala
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              Chess theory ebbs and flows. Lines that have been discarded for decades suddenly become all the rage and everyone starts playing them. A case in point are queenside openings where White plays Bf4. For years these had been the chess equivalent of flared trousers but in recent times they have been reinvented and even the best players in the world are now sporting them. The London System...
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              London System de Cyrus Lakdawala
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                  Chess theory ebbs and flows. Lines that have been discarded for decades suddenly become all the rage and everyone starts playing them. A case in point are queenside openings where White plays Bf4. For years these had been the chess equivalent of flared trousers but in recent times they have been reinvented and even the best players in the world are now sporting them. The London System...
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                  Le manuel des échecs en bande dessinée de Tristan Garnier et Louis VendelLe manuel des échecs en bande dessinée de Tristan Garnier et Louis Vendel
                      Comment devenir bon rapidement aux échecs ? Contrôler le centre, roquer, développer et activer ses pièces... On ne peut découvrir les échecs, ni passer un cap, sans en étudier les principes. Si les livres théoriques peuvent parfois décourager les débutants, cette bande dessinée inédite saura vous embarquer dans une initiation ludique et didactique, pour progresser facilement....
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                      Le manuel des échecs en bande dessinée de Tristan Garnier et Louis VendelLe manuel des échecs en bande dessinée de Tristan Garnier et Louis Vendel
                          Comment devenir bon rapidement aux échecs ? Contrôler le centre, roquer, développer et activer ses pièces... On ne peut découvrir les échecs, ni passer un cap, sans en étudier les principes. Si les livres théoriques peuvent parfois décourager les débutants, cette bande dessinée inédite saura vous embarquer dans une initiation ludique et didactique, pour progresser facilement....
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                          La Sicilienne Taimanov-Scheveningue de Semko Semkov
                              La défense Sicilienne est depuis longtemps reconnue comme l'une des meilleures façons de répliquer à 1.e4. Bobby Fischer a grandement contribué à la populariser en jouant systématiquement la variante Najdorf. Anatoly Karpov préférait la plus solide variante Taïmanov. Garry Kasparov avait un faible pour la Scheveningue, qu'il atteignait le plus souvent par l'ordre de coups de la Najdorf, pour...
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                              La Sicilienne Taimanov-Scheveningue de Semko Semkov
                                  La défense Sicilienne est depuis longtemps reconnue comme l'une des meilleures façons de répliquer à 1.e4. Bobby Fischer a grandement contribué à la populariser en jouant systématiquement la variante Najdorf. Anatoly Karpov préférait la plus solide variante Taïmanov. Garry Kasparov avait un faible pour la Scheveningue, qu'il atteignait le plus souvent par l'ordre de coups de la Najdorf, pour...
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                                  Play the Mackenzie! de David Gertler
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                                      This theoretically solid opening repertoire for White, based on playing 5.d4 in the main line of the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6), gives you a great way to bamboozle your opponent, who is probably unprepared for this variation and its many pitfalls. Black can easily go wrong within the next few moves and quickly lose material or succumb to a crushing attack. White is...
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                                      Play the Mackenzie! de David Gertler
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                                          This theoretically solid opening repertoire for White, based on playing 5.d4 in the main line of the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6), gives you a great way to bamboozle your opponent, who is probably unprepared for this variation and its many pitfalls. Black can easily go wrong within the next few moves and quickly lose material or succumb to a crushing attack. White is...
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                                          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)...
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                                              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)...
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                                                  The Italian Opening for White de Justus Bargsten
                                                      The Italian Opening is one of the oldest in chess history, mentioned as early as the 15th entury, but is still a frequent guest today, even at the highest level, most recently in the 2021 world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Although the challenger lost this game, the use of the Italian Opening alone shows tat it's a serious weapon even among top...
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                                                      The Italian Opening for White de Justus Bargsten
                                                          The Italian Opening is one of the oldest in chess history, mentioned as early as the 15th entury, but is still a frequent guest today, even at the highest level, most recently in the 2021 world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Although the challenger lost this game, the use of the Italian Opening alone shows tat it's a serious weapon even among top...
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                                                          The Scheveningen Sicilian Revisited de Daniel Gormally
                                                              This Sicilian Scheveningen Defense is a rich and complex opening that offers Black a mix of solid defense and dynamic counterattacking chances. Its flexibility allows it to be adapted to a wide range of situations, making it a popular choice for players of all levels. Whether you are looking for to outmaneuver your opponent in a tactical battle our outlast them in a positional...
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                                                              The Scheveningen Sicilian Revisited de Daniel Gormally
                                                                  This Sicilian Scheveningen Defense is a rich and complex opening that offers Black a mix of solid defense and dynamic counterattacking chances. Its flexibility allows it to be adapted to a wide range of situations, making it a popular choice for players of all levels. Whether you are looking for to outmaneuver your opponent in a tactical battle our outlast them in a positional...
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                                                                  The Modernized Colle-Zukertort Attack (Second edition) de Milos Pavlovic
                                                                      I have returned to my book from a few years ago, to an opening that at the time was a rare guest among books as a topic – and not only among books, but also in tournament practice. In the intervening years it has become very popular to use this old and somewhat forgotten method of playing and I have found lots of interesting new games. This time though I have focused mainly on...
                                                                      37,95 €Prix
                                                                      The Modernized Colle-Zukertort Attack (Second edition) de Milos Pavlovic
                                                                          I have returned to my book from a few years ago, to an opening that at the time was a rare guest among books as a topic – and not only among books, but also in tournament practice. In the intervening years it has become very popular to use this old and somewhat forgotten method of playing and I have found lots of interesting new games. This time though I have focused mainly on...
                                                                          37,95 €Prix
                                                                          Moves 3 to 10 de Nerry Strasman
                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                              I used to play a lot of chess as a teenager many decades ago. Those days, there were hardly any computers that played the game and there was certainly no Internet. Learning new ideas in the game was possible only through books or magazines and if something was not clear, there weren’t too many people to consult for explanations. I was never a great player and quit when other things in life...
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                                                                              Moves 3 to 10 de Nerry Strasman
                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                  I used to play a lot of chess as a teenager many decades ago. Those days, there were hardly any computers that played the game and there was certainly no Internet. Learning new ideas in the game was possible only through books or magazines and if something was not clear, there weren’t too many people to consult for explanations. I was never a great player and quit when other things in life...
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                                                                                  First Steps: the Modern de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                      The Modern Defence is an important opening that can be played by Black against absolutely any White opening system. It is an ambitious, counterattacking weapon, favoured by dynamic players. White is initially allowed to occupy the centre but Black plans to undermine this structure in the middlegame with well-timed blows from the pieces and pawns. If Black gets it right then the white centre...
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                                                                                      First Steps: the Modern de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                          The Modern Defence is an important opening that can be played by Black against absolutely any White opening system. It is an ambitious, counterattacking weapon, favoured by dynamic players. White is initially allowed to occupy the centre but Black plans to undermine this structure in the middlegame with well-timed blows from the pieces and pawns. If Black gets it right then the white centre...
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                                                                                          The Grünfeld Defence de Nigel Davies
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                                                                                              The Grünfeld Defence is is a combative reply to 1 d4 which has been favoured by many world champions including those two legends of the game, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. It is an opening in the hypermodern style, in that Black generally allows White to build a strong centre early on in the expectation of being able to undermine it in the middlegame play. Opening Repetoire: The Grünfeld...
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                                                                                              The Grünfeld Defence de Nigel Davies
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                                                                                                  The Grünfeld Defence is is a combative reply to 1 d4 which has been favoured by many world champions including those two legends of the game, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. It is an opening in the hypermodern style, in that Black generally allows White to build a strong centre early on in the expectation of being able to undermine it in the middlegame play. Opening Repetoire: The Grünfeld...
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                                                                                                  The London against the Dutch de Kiril Georgiev
                                                                                                      The book proposes a White repertoire against all variants of the Dutch in the spirit of the London System with 1.d4 f5 2.Bf4. Georgiev also covers the tricky move orders 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4, 1.c4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 (4...Bb4 5.Bd2) 5.Bf4, 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4 to offer a complete repertoire with Bf4. It is in no way worse than the standard fianchetto lines, and...
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                                                                                                      The London against the Dutch de Kiril Georgiev
                                                                                                          The book proposes a White repertoire against all variants of the Dutch in the spirit of the London System with 1.d4 f5 2.Bf4. Georgiev also covers the tricky move orders 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4, 1.c4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 (4...Bb4 5.Bd2) 5.Bf4, 1.d4 d6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bf4 to offer a complete repertoire with Bf4. It is in no way worse than the standard fianchetto lines, and...
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                                                                                                          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...
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                                                                                                              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...
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                                                                                                                      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...
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                                                                                                                          My First Chess Opening Repertoire de Christof Sielecki
                                                                                                                              In My First Chess Opening Repertoire you will learn how to play the opening. This book gives you a compact and easy-to-learn repertoire for White, starting with the move 1.e4. And it gives you a similar repertoire for Black, with answers to all of White's approaches. For beginners and improvers, for anyone with a rating up to 1200 (or even higher!), there is probably no...
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                                                                                                                              My First Chess Opening Repertoire de Christof Sielecki
                                                                                                                                  In My First Chess Opening Repertoire you will learn how to play the opening. This book gives you a compact and easy-to-learn repertoire for White, starting with the move 1.e4. And it gives you a similar repertoire for Black, with answers to all of White's approaches. For beginners and improvers, for anyone with a rating up to 1200 (or even higher!), there is probably no...
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                                                                                                                                  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...
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                                                                                                                                      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...
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                                                                                                                                          The Tricky Tromp de Richard Palliser
                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                              IM Richard Palliser outlines a combative Trompowsky (1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5) repertoire for White. The lines analysed deal with all of Black’s common responses. A perennial favourite of creative players, the ‘Tromp’ sets Black complex problems from the very beginning. It has been played by Anand in a World Championship match and used as a surprise weapon by Carlsen, Nakamura, Erigaisi,...
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                                                                                                                                              The Tricky Tromp de Richard Palliser
                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                  IM Richard Palliser outlines a combative Trompowsky (1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5) repertoire for White. The lines analysed deal with all of Black’s common responses. A perennial favourite of creative players, the ‘Tromp’ sets Black complex problems from the very beginning. It has been played by Anand in a World Championship match and used as a surprise weapon by Carlsen, Nakamura, Erigaisi,...
                                                                                                                                                  23,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  Reimagining 1.e4 de Nikolaos Ntirlis
                                                                                                                                                      Every chess player faces an opening dilemma: big main lines are complicated and time-consuming to learn, while easy-to-learn sidelines usually suffer from other defects. Finding the best of both worlds has been an impossible dream – until now! Reimagining 1.e4 offers the Holy Grail of a simple, easy-to-learn White repertoire, which packs a punch against all of Black’s main...
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                                                                                                                                                      Reimagining 1.e4 de Nikolaos Ntirlis
                                                                                                                                                          Every chess player faces an opening dilemma: big main lines are complicated and time-consuming to learn, while easy-to-learn sidelines usually suffer from other defects. Finding the best of both worlds has been an impossible dream – until now! Reimagining 1.e4 offers the Holy Grail of a simple, easy-to-learn White repertoire, which packs a punch against all of Black’s main...
                                                                                                                                                          32,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          Strategic Play with 1.e4 de Milos Pavlovic
                                                                                                                                                              Many players approach the opening with a desire to learn sharp lines and out-prepare their opponents. This is an exhausting task, which gets more difficult by the day. However, there is a different strategy which is more practical and designed for longevity. This is to develop an advanced understanding of typical positions. Such a policy is the best approach against different move orders and...
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                                                                                                                                                              Strategic Play with 1.e4 de Milos Pavlovic
                                                                                                                                                                  Many players approach the opening with a desire to learn sharp lines and out-prepare their opponents. This is an exhausting task, which gets more difficult by the day. However, there is a different strategy which is more practical and designed for longevity. This is to develop an advanced understanding of typical positions. Such a policy is the best approach against different move orders and...
                                                                                                                                                                  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...
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                                                                                                                                                                      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...
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                                                                                                                                                                          Beating the Queen's Gambit - Indian Style! de Renier Castellanos
                                                                                                                                                                              This book advocates the 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 move order for Black – with 3.Nc3 Bb4 having been covered in the sister volume Playing the Nimzo-Indian. By waiting for the knight to appear on f3 before transposing to a Queen’s Gambit, Black reduces White’s options. Spanish GM Renier Castellanos completes his cutting-edge repertoire for Black against 1.d4, with the Vienna Variation...
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                                                                                                                                                                              Beating the Queen's Gambit - Indian Style! de Renier Castellanos
                                                                                                                                                                                  This book advocates the 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 move order for Black – with 3.Nc3 Bb4 having been covered in the sister volume Playing the Nimzo-Indian. By waiting for the knight to appear on f3 before transposing to a Queen’s Gambit, Black reduces White’s options. Spanish GM Renier Castellanos completes his cutting-edge repertoire for Black against 1.d4, with the Vienna Variation...
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                                                                                                                                                                                  Keep It Simple 1.e4 - 2.0 de Christof Sielecki
                                                                                                                                                                                      Coach Christof has thoroughly revised and updated his 2018 best-selling chess opening manual. It covers everything you need to know when opening with 1.e4. You will get a complete White chess opening repertoire. Why is this opening repertoire called simple? For the simple reason that the variations are easy to remember and require little or no maintenance. International Master...
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                                                                                                                                                                                      Keep It Simple 1.e4 - 2.0 de Christof Sielecki
                                                                                                                                                                                          Coach Christof has thoroughly revised and updated his 2018 best-selling chess opening manual. It covers everything you need to know when opening with 1.e4. You will get a complete White chess opening repertoire. Why is this opening repertoire called simple? For the simple reason that the variations are easy to remember and require little or no maintenance. International Master...
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                                                                                                                                                                                          Think like Ivanchuk de Viktor Moskalenko
                                                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                              Think Like Ivanchuk is a celebration of a true chess genius. This book is a collection of Vasyl Ivanchuk's best games, a chess biography and a highly entertaining training manual all in one. Vasyl Ivanchuk, a super-grandmaster from Ukraine, was born in 1969 and was the best player in the world in the 1990s behind World Champion Garry Kasparov. He has won the Olympiad, the...
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                                                                                                                                                                                              Think like Ivanchuk de Viktor Moskalenko
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Think Like Ivanchuk is a celebration of a true chess genius. This book is a collection of Vasyl Ivanchuk's best games, a chess biography and a highly entertaining training manual all in one. Vasyl Ivanchuk, a super-grandmaster from Ukraine, was born in 1969 and was the best player in the world in the 1990s behind World Champion Garry Kasparov. He has won the Olympiad, the...
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