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ChessBase Complete de Jon R. Edwards
      Documentation échiquéenne
      "There’s a general recognition among chess players at all levels that the ChessBase software application is critical for serious chess improvement, but many chess players are intimidated by the software. Now, for the first time, former U.S. correspondence champion Jon Edwards has created real-life scenarios that focus upon why the software is so important for chess players of every class,...
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      ChessBase Complete de Jon R. Edwards
          Documentation échiquéenne
          "There’s a general recognition among chess players at all levels that the ChessBase software application is critical for serious chess improvement, but many chess players are intimidated by the software. Now, for the first time, former U.S. correspondence champion Jon Edwards has created real-life scenarios that focus upon why the software is so important for chess players of every class,...
          29,95 €Prix
          The Best I Saw in Chess de Stuart Rachels
              "At the U.S. Championship in 1989, Stuart Rachels seemed bound for the cellar. Ranked last and holding no IM norms, the 20-year-old amateur from Alabama was expected to get waxed by the American top GMs of the day that included Seirawan, Gulko, Dzindzichashvili, deFirmian, Benjamin and Browne. Instead, Rachels pulled off a gigantic upset and became the youngest U.S. Champion since...
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              The Best I Saw in Chess de Stuart Rachels
                  "At the U.S. Championship in 1989, Stuart Rachels seemed bound for the cellar. Ranked last and holding no IM norms, the 20-year-old amateur from Alabama was expected to get waxed by the American top GMs of the day that included Seirawan, Gulko, Dzindzichashvili, deFirmian, Benjamin and Browne. Instead, Rachels pulled off a gigantic upset and became the youngest U.S. Champion since...
                  29,95 €Prix
                  The Complete Chess Swindler de David Smerdon
                      "Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything seems hopeless. You feel like resigning. But don’t give up! This is precisely the moment to switch to swindle mode. Master the art of provoking errors and you will be able to turn the tables and escape with a draw – or sometimes even steal the full point! Swindling is a...
                      24,95 €Prix
                      The Complete Chess Swindler de David Smerdon
                          "Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything seems hopeless. You feel like resigning. But don’t give up! This is precisely the moment to switch to swindle mode. Master the art of provoking errors and you will be able to turn the tables and escape with a draw – or sometimes even steal the full point! Swindling is a...
                          24,95 €Prix
                          Mental  Toughness in Chess de Werner Scheitzer
                              "Your performance at the board does not only depend on your pure chess skills. Being a winner also requires a mindset that is able to cope with lots of stress and setbacks during hours of uninterrupted concentration. Just like technical chess skills, mental toughness can be trained. There are simple steps you can take that will help you to better realize your potential....
                              19,95 €Prix
                              Mental  Toughness in Chess de Werner Scheitzer
                                  "Your performance at the board does not only depend on your pure chess skills. Being a winner also requires a mindset that is able to cope with lots of stress and setbacks during hours of uninterrupted concentration. Just like technical chess skills, mental toughness can be trained. There are simple steps you can take that will help you to better realize your potential....
                                  19,95 €Prix
                                  Chess Tests de Mark Dvoretsky
                                      " Chess Tests offers chessplayers material of very high quality for working on various themes, from training combinative vision to techniques of realizing advantages. I recommend using those materials for in-depth work in the directions mentioned in the book. If you follow this advice, then this volume will become a valuable addition to your chess studies and will help you reinforce...
                                      24,95 €Prix
                                      Chess Tests de Mark Dvoretsky
                                          " Chess Tests offers chessplayers material of very high quality for working on various themes, from training combinative vision to techniques of realizing advantages. I recommend using those materials for in-depth work in the directions mentioned in the book. If you follow this advice, then this volume will become a valuable addition to your chess studies and will help you reinforce...
                                          24,95 €Prix
                                          Beyond Material de Davorin Kuljasevic
                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                              "In order to win a game of chess you very often have to sacrifice material. Gathering the courage to do so while accurately assessing the potential benefits is a real challenge. The big question is always: what’s my compensation? Generations of chess players grew up with the idea that a sacrifice was correct if the material was swiftly returned, with interest. Almost by reflex,...
                                              22,95 €Prix
                                              Beyond Material de Davorin Kuljasevic
                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                  "In order to win a game of chess you very often have to sacrifice material. Gathering the courage to do so while accurately assessing the potential benefits is a real challenge. The big question is always: what’s my compensation? Generations of chess players grew up with the idea that a sacrifice was correct if the material was swiftly returned, with interest. Almost by reflex,...
                                                  22,95 €Prix
                                                  Nikolai Rezvov, from Child Burglar to Grandmaster de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                      "Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has selected 100 studies and problems by Odessite chess master Nikolai Vasilevich Rezvov (1921–2013), which will help you to appreciate the splendor and depth of the royal game. Rezvov lived a long and tragic life: it...
                                                      10,99 €Prix
                                                      Nikolai Rezvov, from Child Burglar to Grandmaster de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                          "Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has selected 100 studies and problems by Odessite chess master Nikolai Vasilevich Rezvov (1921–2013), which will help you to appreciate the splendor and depth of the royal game. Rezvov lived a long and tragic life: it...
                                                          10,99 €Prix
                                                          Bishop and Knight Save the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                              "Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just a bishop and knight in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no more than six moves in almost all solutions, so experienced chess players can...
                                                              15,00 €Prix
                                                              Bishop and Knight Save the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                  "Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just a bishop and knight in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no more than six moves in almost all solutions, so experienced chess players can...
                                                                  15,00 €Prix
                                                                  One Rook Saves the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                      "Learn great traps, turn losses into draws and draws into wins! Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one rook in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no...
                                                                      15,00 €Prix
                                                                      One Rook Saves the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                          "Learn great traps, turn losses into draws and draws into wins! Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one rook in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no...
                                                                          15,00 €Prix
                                                                          One Knight Saves the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                              "Learn great traps, turn losses into draws and draws into wins! Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one knight in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no...
                                                                              15,00 €Prix
                                                                              One Knight Saves the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                  "Learn great traps, turn losses into draws and draws into wins! Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one knight in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no...
                                                                                  15,00 €Prix
                                                                                  Mikhail Zinar's Difficult Pawn Endings de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                      "Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has selected 100 pawn endings composed by the leading Ukrainian problemist Mikhail Zinar. Zinar is a prolific endgame expert who has produced several hundred studies since the 1970s, with a focus on pawn endings. His...
                                                                                      10,99 €Prix
                                                                                      Mikhail Zinar's Difficult Pawn Endings de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                          "Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has selected 100 pawn endings composed by the leading Ukrainian problemist Mikhail Zinar. Zinar is a prolific endgame expert who has produced several hundred studies since the 1970s, with a focus on pawn endings. His...
                                                                                          10,99 €Prix
                                                                                          The Queen Saves the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                              "Learn great traps, turn losses into draws and draws into wins! Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just the queen in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no...
                                                                                              15,00 €Prix
                                                                                              The Queen Saves the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                                  "Learn great traps, turn losses into draws and draws into wins! Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just the queen in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no...
                                                                                                  15,00 €Prix
                                                                                                  One Bishop Saves the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                                      "Learn great traps, turn losses into draws and draws into wins! Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one bishop in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. 
 There are no...
                                                                                                      15,00 €Prix
                                                                                                      One Bishop Saves the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                                          "Learn great traps, turn losses into draws and draws into wins! Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one bishop in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. 
 There are no...
                                                                                                          15,00 €Prix
                                                                                                          Oleg Pervakov's Industrial Strength Endgame Studies de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                                              "Oleg Pervakov (born in 1960 in the city of Kirov) is widely recognized as Russia’s greatest living chess composer. He has composed nearly 500 studies and he has won the individual chess composition world championship three times: in 2004-2006, 2007-2009 and 2013-2015. In this book, Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition...
                                                                                                              15,99 €Prix
                                                                                                              Oleg Pervakov's Industrial Strength Endgame Studies de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                                                  "Oleg Pervakov (born in 1960 in the city of Kirov) is widely recognized as Russia’s greatest living chess composer. He has composed nearly 500 studies and he has won the individual chess composition world championship three times: in 2004-2006, 2007-2009 and 2013-2015. In this book, Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition...
                                                                                                                  15,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                  Improve Your Practical Play in the Endgame de Alexey Dreev
                                                                                                                      "The author’s aim in this volume is to improve the tournament chess player and professional alike in their ability to evaluate and execute crucial and hard-fought practical endgames – either in converting a winning position or holding a draw. This book will also sharpen the player’s overall cognitive competences in practical situations, where the normal laws of endgame theory have little or...
                                                                                                                      27,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                      Improve Your Practical Play in the Endgame de Alexey Dreev
                                                                                                                          "The author’s aim in this volume is to improve the tournament chess player and professional alike in their ability to evaluate and execute crucial and hard-fought practical endgames – either in converting a winning position or holding a draw. This book will also sharpen the player’s overall cognitive competences in practical situations, where the normal laws of endgame theory have little or...
                                                                                                                          27,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                          Endgames of the World Champions vol.2 de Karsten Müller
                                                                                                                              "All world champions left their mark on chess. They had different styles but each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well. The material on this DVD is based on the ChessBase MasterClass series, and gives you a good opportunity to enjoy some of the best endgames in the history of chess. Enjoy Capablanca’s fine technique, Tal’s magic, Lasker’s fighting spirit,...
                                                                                                                              29,90 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Endgames of the World Champions vol.2 de Karsten Müller
                                                                                                                                  "All world champions left their mark on chess. They had different styles but each and every one of them played the endgame exceptionally well. The material on this DVD is based on the ChessBase MasterClass series, and gives you a good opportunity to enjoy some of the best endgames in the history of chess. Enjoy Capablanca’s fine technique, Tal’s magic, Lasker’s fighting spirit,...
                                                                                                                                  29,90 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  Le nouveau guide des échecs de Nicolas Giffard et Alain Biénabe
                                                                                                                                      "En premier lieu, le Nouveau Guide des échecs est un livre d’initiation qui prend le lecteur « par la main ». Après lui avoir clairement expliqué les règles du jeu, il lui donne des conseils pour effectuer des premiers coups raisonnables sur l’échiquier. À la suite de cet apprentissage, le lecteur est invité à apprendre à bien jouer. Les finesses tactiques et...
                                                                                                                                      36,70 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      Le nouveau guide des échecs de Nicolas Giffard et Alain Biénabe
                                                                                                                                          "En premier lieu, le Nouveau Guide des échecs est un livre d’initiation qui prend le lecteur « par la main ». Après lui avoir clairement expliqué les règles du jeu, il lui donne des conseils pour effectuer des premiers coups raisonnables sur l’échiquier. À la suite de cet apprentissage, le lecteur est invité à apprendre à bien jouer. Les finesses tactiques et...
                                                                                                                                          36,70 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          Crucial Chess Skills for the Club Player vol.2 de Robert Ris
                                                                                                                                              "I assume that most of you have read (and enjoyed!) the first volume of this series, but for those who haven’t: don’t worry. The level of the content of the two books is identical and you can work through the second volume without having studied the first one. However, it’s still not too late to get a copy of the first volume! In the first six chapters I will mainly look at positions with...
                                                                                                                                              31,85 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Crucial Chess Skills for the Club Player vol.2 de Robert Ris
                                                                                                                                                  "I assume that most of you have read (and enjoyed!) the first volume of this series, but for those who haven’t: don’t worry. The level of the content of the two books is identical and you can work through the second volume without having studied the first one. However, it’s still not too late to get a copy of the first volume! In the first six chapters I will mainly look at positions with...
                                                                                                                                                  31,85 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  Chess Calculation Training vol.2 de Romain Edouard
                                                                                                                                                      "I have always found that existing puzzle books, however good they are, only provide a rather mechanical form of mental training. In this new collection, you will fi nd exercises to help you improve in specifi c areas of thinking, such as you may encounter in your own games. To help this, all the problems are taken from real games, with most of them having taken place in the last year. The...
                                                                                                                                                      27,30 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      Chess Calculation Training vol.2 de Romain Edouard
                                                                                                                                                          "I have always found that existing puzzle books, however good they are, only provide a rather mechanical form of mental training. In this new collection, you will fi nd exercises to help you improve in specifi c areas of thinking, such as you may encounter in your own games. To help this, all the problems are taken from real games, with most of them having taken place in the last year. The...
                                                                                                                                                          27,30 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics de Ger Van Perlo
                                                                                                                                                              "Why is it that most amateur chess players love opening and middlegame tactics but hate endgames? Why do you usually look at only a couple of pages in any endgame theory book you see? Sit back, forget about theoretical endgames, and enjoy the entertainment of real life chess in Endgame Tactics! There is no substitute for hard work in getting better at chess,...
                                                                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              Van Perlo's Endgame Tactics de Ger Van Perlo
                                                                                                                                                                  "Why is it that most amateur chess players love opening and middlegame tactics but hate endgames? Why do you usually look at only a couple of pages in any endgame theory book you see? Sit back, forget about theoretical endgames, and enjoy the entertainment of real life chess in Endgame Tactics! There is no substitute for hard work in getting better at chess,...
                                                                                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  Risk & Bluff in Chess de Vladimir Tukmakov
                                                                                                                                                                      "You cannot win in chess without taking risks. Winning requires courage and psychology. No matter how deep you calculate, there always comes a point where you have to deal with uncertainties and take a decision. What is carefully calculated risk, and what is bluff? And why were famous players like Lasker and Tal so successful with both?...
                                                                                                                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Risk & Bluff in Chess de Vladimir Tukmakov
                                                                                                                                                                          "You cannot win in chess without taking risks. Winning requires courage and psychology. No matter how deep you calculate, there always comes a point where you have to deal with uncertainties and take a decision. What is carefully calculated risk, and what is bluff? And why were famous players like Lasker and Tal so successful with both?...
                                                                                                                                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Liquidation on the Chess Board de Joel Benjamin
                                                                                                                                                                              "Pawn endings do not arise out of nowhere. Before emerging as endgames with just kings and pawns, they 'pre-existed' in positions that still contained any number of pieces. Liquidation is the purposeful transition into a pawn ending. It is a vital technique that is seldom taught. Strange, because knowing when and how to liquidate can help you win games or save draws. <br...
                                                                                                                                                                              19,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Liquidation on the Chess Board de Joel Benjamin
                                                                                                                                                                                  "Pawn endings do not arise out of nowhere. Before emerging as endgames with just kings and pawns, they 'pre-existed' in positions that still contained any number of pieces. Liquidation is the purposeful transition into a pawn ending. It is a vital technique that is seldom taught. Strange, because knowing when and how to liquidate can help you win games or save draws. <br...
                                                                                                                                                                                  19,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  Modern Chess Preparation de Vladimir Tukmakov
                                                                                                                                                                                      "The most important aim of modern preparation, both for professionals and for ambitious amateurs, is to get a playable position that you understand better than your opponent. The role of the computer in preparation has grown tremendously and Tukmakov explains how top grandmasters use their ‘Metal Friend’. He warns that professionals should not put too much trust in chess engines...
                                                                                                                                                                                      23,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      Modern Chess Preparation de Vladimir Tukmakov
                                                                                                                                                                                          "The most important aim of modern preparation, both for professionals and for ambitious amateurs, is to get a playable position that you understand better than your opponent. The role of the computer in preparation has grown tremendously and Tukmakov explains how top grandmasters use their ‘Metal Friend’. He warns that professionals should not put too much trust in chess engines...
                                                                                                                                                                                          23,95 €Prix