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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...
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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
          Paul Keres de Jimmy AdamsPaul Keres de Jimmy Adams
              Paul Keres de Jimmy AdamsPaul Keres de Jimmy Adams
                  For forty years Paul Keres remained one of the world’s strongest grandmasters, admired for the way he played chess, famous for his spectacular surprise attacks, sparkling combinations, opening innovations, middlegame planning, and endgame technique. Six times he narrowly missed a world title match, earning the nickname “The Eternal Second” or “The Crown Prince of Chess”. He was highly...
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                  Paul Keres de Jimmy AdamsPaul Keres de Jimmy Adams
                      For forty years Paul Keres remained one of the world’s strongest grandmasters, admired for the way he played chess, famous for his spectacular surprise attacks, sparkling combinations, opening innovations, middlegame planning, and endgame technique. Six times he narrowly missed a world title match, earning the nickname “The Eternal Second” or “The Crown Prince of Chess”. He was highly...
                      249,95 €Prix
                      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...
                              27,99 €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...
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                                  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
                                      Perpetual Chess Improvement de Ben Johnson
                                          In a world awash in educational chess content, knowing how to study the game most effectively can be challenging. As the Perpetual Chess Podcast host, USCF Master Ben Johnson has spent hundreds of hours talking chess with many of the world’s top players and most accomplished trainers. In the popular Adult Improver Series, he has spoken with dozens of passionate amateurs who have...
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                                          Perpetual Chess Improvement de Ben Johnson
                                              In a world awash in educational chess content, knowing how to study the game most effectively can be challenging. As the Perpetual Chess Podcast host, USCF Master Ben Johnson has spent hundreds of hours talking chess with many of the world’s top players and most accomplished trainers. In the popular Adult Improver Series, he has spoken with dozens of passionate amateurs who have...
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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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                                                      The Real Paul Morphy de Charles Hertan
                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                          Paul Morphy might well be the most brilliant and enigmatic chess champion of all time. He burst onto the scene in 1857 as a 20-year-old and dominated the chess world for two short years, convincingly defeating all the strongest players. After conquering the European chess scene, Morphy was universally recognised as the greatest player of all time. But at the age of 22 he suddenly and...
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                                                          The Real Paul Morphy de Charles Hertan
                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                              Paul Morphy might well be the most brilliant and enigmatic chess champion of all time. He burst onto the scene in 1857 as a 20-year-old and dominated the chess world for two short years, convincingly defeating all the strongest players. After conquering the European chess scene, Morphy was universally recognised as the greatest player of all time. But at the age of 22 he suddenly and...
                                                              36,95 €Prix
                                                              King's Anti-Sicilians for Black de Daniel King
                                                                  This opening manual completes the Black repertoire against the Sicilian that uses the Kalashnikov as the main line. When possible, Black will opt for the adventurous moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5, covered in the book King’s Kalashnikov. But everyone playing 1... c5 has to be ready when White chooses to avoid the Open Sicilian. In this volume King gives you the answer...
                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                  King's Anti-Sicilians for Black de Daniel King
                                                                      This opening manual completes the Black repertoire against the Sicilian that uses the Kalashnikov as the main line. When possible, Black will opt for the adventurous moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5, covered in the book King’s Kalashnikov. But everyone playing 1... c5 has to be ready when White chooses to avoid the Open Sicilian. In this volume King gives you the answer...
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                                                                      The Center Game de Arne Moll
                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                          The Center Game is a wonderful opening for club players. White starts with a center push, develops quickly, looks for opposite castling, and launches an attack. The setup will feel very familiar to you in no time. And the chess engines show that this opening is both sound and correct, and at least as good as the over-analyzed Ruy Lopez and Italian Opening. With this opening, you'll...
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                                                                          The Center Game de Arne Moll
                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                              The Center Game is a wonderful opening for club players. White starts with a center push, develops quickly, looks for opposite castling, and launches an attack. The setup will feel very familiar to you in no time. And the chess engines show that this opening is both sound and correct, and at least as good as the over-analyzed Ruy Lopez and Italian Opening. With this opening, you'll...
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                                                                              Accelerated Dragons de John Donaldson et Jeremy Silman
                                                                                  Many players are attracted to the Dragon Sicilian, but are put off by the fierce mating attacks that White can launch. In the Accelerated Dragon, Black aims for an improved version, saving a move with his queen's pawn. If White tries to ignore the difference, Black's instant detonation of the centre will come as an unwelcome cold shower! The authors show that White's main reply, the...
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                                                                                  Accelerated Dragons de John Donaldson et Jeremy Silman
                                                                                      Many players are attracted to the Dragon Sicilian, but are put off by the fierce mating attacks that White can launch. In the Accelerated Dragon, Black aims for an improved version, saving a move with his queen's pawn. If White tries to ignore the difference, Black's instant detonation of the centre will come as an unwelcome cold shower! The authors show that White's main reply, the...
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                                                                                      The Sicilian Accelerated Dragon de Peter Heine Nielsen et Carsten Hansen
                                                                                          In 1998, the authors set out to demonstrate the viability of the Accelerated Dragon as a weapon for Black, not fearing the Maroczy Bind or any other set-up White can come up with. In the intervening years, the opening has been apart of the opening repertoires of world top players such as Carlsen, Ivanchuk, and numerous other top grandmasters. Even though the material is now older, it is...
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                                                                                          The Sicilian Accelerated Dragon de Peter Heine Nielsen et Carsten Hansen
                                                                                              In 1998, the authors set out to demonstrate the viability of the Accelerated Dragon as a weapon for Black, not fearing the Maroczy Bind or any other set-up White can come up with. In the intervening years, the opening has been apart of the opening repertoires of world top players such as Carlsen, Ivanchuk, and numerous other top grandmasters. Even though the material is now older, it is...
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                                                                                              The Accelerated Dragon de Andrew Greet
                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                  The Accelerated Dragon is a dynamic choice for Black and arguably the most natural way to play the Sicilian Defence: Black develops rapidly and chooses the most active squares to place his or her pieces. Unknowing white players looking for a direct attack similar to the one used against traditional Dragon are shocked by Black's increased options due to the flexible move order. Instead, White...
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                                                                                                  The Accelerated Dragon de Andrew Greet
                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                      The Accelerated Dragon is a dynamic choice for Black and arguably the most natural way to play the Sicilian Defence: Black develops rapidly and chooses the most active squares to place his or her pieces. Unknowing white players looking for a direct attack similar to the one used against traditional Dragon are shocked by Black's increased options due to the flexible move order. Instead, White...
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                                                                                                      Le jeu d'échecs et le mat de Jean Poyard
                                                                                                          Rares sont les livres qui traitent en profondeur de la spiritualité et du symbolisme du jeu d'échecs. Aussi le présent ouvrage permettra à l'amateur d'échecs, comme à toute personne curieuse des choses de l'esprit, de découvrir dans le Livre muet des échecs un condensé de la connaissance spirituelle. Le lecteur découvrira de nombreux points essentiels dans ce jeu de la sagesse immémoriale,...
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                                                                                                          Le jeu d'échecs et le mat de Jean Poyard
                                                                                                              Rares sont les livres qui traitent en profondeur de la spiritualité et du symbolisme du jeu d'échecs. Aussi le présent ouvrage permettra à l'amateur d'échecs, comme à toute personne curieuse des choses de l'esprit, de découvrir dans le Livre muet des échecs un condensé de la connaissance spirituelle. Le lecteur découvrira de nombreux points essentiels dans ce jeu de la sagesse immémoriale,...
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                                                                                                              Le plan dans la partie d'échecs de Mikhaïl M. Youdovitch
                                                                                                                  L'une des marques les plus caractéristiques et les plus attrayantes du jeu d'échecs est qu'il enseigne comment développer le sens de la recherche et celui de la prévoyance. Si l'élaboration d'un plan est fondamentale, sa souplesse d'adaptation aux répliques de l'adversaire, ainsi que son exécution méthodique et systématique sont indispensables pour gagner. Le Plan dans la partie d'échecs ou...
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                                                                                                                  Le plan dans la partie d'échecs de Mikhaïl M. Youdovitch
                                                                                                                      L'une des marques les plus caractéristiques et les plus attrayantes du jeu d'échecs est qu'il enseigne comment développer le sens de la recherche et celui de la prévoyance. Si l'élaboration d'un plan est fondamentale, sa souplesse d'adaptation aux répliques de l'adversaire, ainsi que son exécution méthodique et systématique sont indispensables pour gagner. Le Plan dans la partie d'échecs ou...
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                                                                                                                      Ma victoire à Carlsbad en 1929 où le triomphe de mon système de Aaron Nimzowitsch
                                                                                                                          Depuis 1925 et la parution de son très fameux "Mon système", Aaron Nimzowitsch était reconnu comme le Einstein d'une nouvelle manière de concevoir la stratégie échiquéenne appelée "hypermodernisme". Cependant, cette nouvelle théorie n'avait pas encore subi l'épreuve du feu au plus haut niveau. C'est donc avec une extrême détermination que Nimzowitsch prit part au très fort tournoi de...
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                                                                                                                          Ma victoire à Carlsbad en 1929 où le triomphe de mon système de Aaron Nimzowitsch
                                                                                                                              Depuis 1925 et la parution de son très fameux "Mon système", Aaron Nimzowitsch était reconnu comme le Einstein d'une nouvelle manière de concevoir la stratégie échiquéenne appelée "hypermodernisme". Cependant, cette nouvelle théorie n'avait pas encore subi l'épreuve du feu au plus haut niveau. C'est donc avec une extrême détermination que Nimzowitsch prit part au très fort tournoi de...
                                                                                                                              18,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Ma carrière échiquéenne de José Raúl Capablanca
                                                                                                                                  En 1914, à l'issue du grand tournoi de Saint-Pétersbourg, José Raúl Capablanca, qui venait de livrer un chassé-croisé d'anthologie avec le Dr Emanuel Lasker pour la première place, défia publiquement ce dernier pour le titre de champion du monde, prophétisant que le prochain champion du monde serait lui-même, Capablanca. Le Dr Lasker, le géant prussien champion du monde depuis vingt ans, ne...
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                                                                                                                                  Ma carrière échiquéenne de José Raúl Capablanca
                                                                                                                                      En 1914, à l'issue du grand tournoi de Saint-Pétersbourg, José Raúl Capablanca, qui venait de livrer un chassé-croisé d'anthologie avec le Dr Emanuel Lasker pour la première place, défia publiquement ce dernier pour le titre de champion du monde, prophétisant que le prochain champion du monde serait lui-même, Capablanca. Le Dr Lasker, le géant prussien champion du monde depuis vingt ans, ne...
                                                                                                                                      18,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      Ma carrière échiquéenne en 52 parties mémorables de Max Euwe
                                                                                                                                          Max Euwe (1901 - 1981) devint le cinquième champion du monde d'échecs en 1935. Bien qu'il ait été le seul joueur à parvenir à vaincre Alexandre Alekhine lors d'un match pour le Championnat du monde, il règne l'opinion fausse qu'il serait un joueur de moindre niveau que ses glorieux prédécesseurs, Lasker, Capablanca et Alekhine. C'est avant tout pour démentir cette fausse croyance que ce...
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                                                                                                                                          Ma carrière échiquéenne en 52 parties mémorables de Max Euwe
                                                                                                                                              Max Euwe (1901 - 1981) devint le cinquième champion du monde d'échecs en 1935. Bien qu'il ait été le seul joueur à parvenir à vaincre Alexandre Alekhine lors d'un match pour le Championnat du monde, il règne l'opinion fausse qu'il serait un joueur de moindre niveau que ses glorieux prédécesseurs, Lasker, Capablanca et Alekhine. C'est avant tout pour démentir cette fausse croyance que ce...
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                                                                                                                                              Match pour le titre de champion du monde: Steinitz vs tchigorine vol.4 de Simon Boudey
                                                                                                                                                  Retour de Mikhaïl Tchigorine face à Wilhelm Steinitz, 3 ans après leur premier match. Murit par l'expérience du match de 1889, Tchigorine est devenu beaucoup plus incisif et dangereux alors que Steinitz, âge de 55 ans (contre 41 pour Tchigorine) est devenu beaucoup plus prudent. Le début du match annonce immédiatement les intentions de Tchigorine, créer des déséquilibres dans les...
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                                                                                                                                                  Match pour le titre de champion du monde: Steinitz vs tchigorine vol.4 de Simon Boudey
                                                                                                                                                      Retour de Mikhaïl Tchigorine face à Wilhelm Steinitz, 3 ans après leur premier match. Murit par l'expérience du match de 1889, Tchigorine est devenu beaucoup plus incisif et dangereux alors que Steinitz, âge de 55 ans (contre 41 pour Tchigorine) est devenu beaucoup plus prudent. Le début du match annonce immédiatement les intentions de Tchigorine, créer des déséquilibres dans les...
                                                                                                                                                      14,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      Match pour le titre de champion du monde: Steinitz vs Gunsberg vol.3 de Simon Boudey
                                                                                                                                                          Nouvel adversaire, nouveau style. Isidor Gunsberg se démarque des précédents adversaires de Steintiz par son style plus solide et moins direct. Ce troisième match est beaucoup animé que les deux premiers. Non seulement à cause du style des deux joueurs qui n'entrent pas en opposition, mais également à cause du contexte. Steinitz à maintenant 55 ans, il continue de se donner corps et âme pour...
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                                                                                                                                                          Match pour le titre de champion du monde: Steinitz vs Gunsberg vol.3 de Simon Boudey
                                                                                                                                                              Nouvel adversaire, nouveau style. Isidor Gunsberg se démarque des précédents adversaires de Steintiz par son style plus solide et moins direct. Ce troisième match est beaucoup animé que les deux premiers. Non seulement à cause du style des deux joueurs qui n'entrent pas en opposition, mais également à cause du contexte. Steinitz à maintenant 55 ans, il continue de se donner corps et âme pour...
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                                                                                                                                                              Typical King's Indian de Karsten Müller
                                                                                                                                                                  In designing this book, the author was guided by the following considerations. If you want to learn this or that opening, you can choose from dozens or even hundreds of textbooks. But what if you want to get familiar with the middlegame strategy used in positions that have emerged from exactly this or that opening? Or to put it another way: in positions that are typical for this or that...
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                                                                                                                                                                  Typical King's Indian de Karsten Müller
                                                                                                                                                                      In designing this book, the author was guided by the following considerations. If you want to learn this or that opening, you can choose from dozens or even hundreds of textbooks. But what if you want to get familiar with the middlegame strategy used in positions that have emerged from exactly this or that opening? Or to put it another way: in positions that are typical for this or that...
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                                                                                                                                                                      The Colle Move by Move de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                                          This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and...
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                                                                                                                                                                          The Colle Move by Move de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                                              This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and...
                                                                                                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Making My Move de Victor Bologan
                                                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                  Victor Bologan is not only a strong and creative chess grandmaster, he has also made a career in Moldovan and world chess politics. His strong will and incredible versatility have enabled him to lead a colourful and interesting life. ‘Believe in yourself’ is his motto and it has taken him to places many of us will never see. A sparkling description of the many roads Bologan has...
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                                                                                                                                                                                  Making My Move de Victor Bologan
                                                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                      Victor Bologan is not only a strong and creative chess grandmaster, he has also made a career in Moldovan and world chess politics. His strong will and incredible versatility have enabled him to lead a colourful and interesting life. ‘Believe in yourself’ is his motto and it has taken him to places many of us will never see. A sparkling description of the many roads Bologan has...
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                                                                                                                                                                                      The English Opening Vol.1 de Jerzy Konikowski et Uwe Bekemann
                                                                                                                                                                                          What does a chess player need who is familiar with the rules, but often gets into trouble right away in the opening? This question was the starting point for the authors before they began to compile the material for a book about the English Opening. As their work progressed, they realized that there was too much material to be accommodated in a single work. That's why they decided to...
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                                                                                                                                                                                          The English Opening Vol.1 de Jerzy Konikowski et Uwe Bekemann
                                                                                                                                                                                              What does a chess player need who is familiar with the rules, but often gets into trouble right away in the opening? This question was the starting point for the authors before they began to compile the material for a book about the English Opening. As their work progressed, they realized that there was too much material to be accommodated in a single work. That's why they decided to...
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                                                                                                                                                                                              How to Choose a Chess Move de Andrew Soltis
                                                                                                                                                                                                  International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis brings you a foolproof guide to choosing your best next chess move, every time. There are more than 20 moves you can choose from an average position, yet Chess Masters regularly manage to select the best moves and they do it faster, more confidently and with less calculation than other players. This practical guide, in a fully revised and...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  How to Choose a Chess Move de Andrew Soltis
                                                                                                                                                                                                      International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis brings you a foolproof guide to choosing your best next chess move, every time. There are more than 20 moves you can choose from an average position, yet Chess Masters regularly manage to select the best moves and they do it faster, more confidently and with less calculation than other players. This practical guide, in a fully revised and...
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