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Documentation échiquéenne

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100 positions du haut niveau pour progresser dans la joie et la bonne humeur de Wesley So
      Wesley So, l'un des tous meilleurs joueurs du monde, clot avec ce livre une série de quatre dans laquelle des auteurs différents ont choisi 100 positions qui les ont particulièrement marqué et qui sont à la fois amusantes et instructives. Celles de ce livre sont extraites des parties de So entre 2018 et 2020. Les exercices sont distribués en 4 sections de difficulté croissante, et l'auteur...
      13,50 €Prix
      100 positions du haut niveau pour progresser dans la joie et la bonne humeur de Wesley So
          Wesley So, l'un des tous meilleurs joueurs du monde, clot avec ce livre une série de quatre dans laquelle des auteurs différents ont choisi 100 positions qui les ont particulièrement marqué et qui sont à la fois amusantes et instructives. Celles de ce livre sont extraites des parties de So entre 2018 et 2020. Les exercices sont distribués en 4 sections de difficulté croissante, et l'auteur...
          13,50 €Prix
          100 positions spectaculaires et instructives de Graham Burgess
              C'est le 3e livre d'une série de quatre pour laquelle des auteurs différents ont choisi 100 positions qui les ont particulièrement marqué et qui sont à la fois amusantes et instructives. Dans chaque livre, les positions sont réparties en 4 sections de difficulté croissante. Auteur et éditeur de livres d'échecs depuis un quart de siècle, Graham Burgess a pu puiser les pépites présentées ici...
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              100 positions spectaculaires et instructives de Graham Burgess
                  C'est le 3e livre d'une série de quatre pour laquelle des auteurs différents ont choisi 100 positions qui les ont particulièrement marqué et qui sont à la fois amusantes et instructives. Dans chaque livre, les positions sont réparties en 4 sections de difficulté croissante. Auteur et éditeur de livres d'échecs depuis un quart de siècle, Graham Burgess a pu puiser les pépites présentées ici...
                  11,00 €Prix
                  Zlotnik's Treasure Trove de Boris Zlotnik
                      Boris Zlotnik, the former coach of U.S. Champion Fabiano Caruana, offers practical chess lessons for amateurs about highly original subjects like creativity or 'putting up resistance' - topics seldom touched on in other chess manuals. Zlotnik covers a wide variety of topics and uses a wealth of material in an extraordinarily instructive chess manual.
                      27,95 €Prix
                      Zlotnik's Treasure Trove de Boris Zlotnik
                          Boris Zlotnik, the former coach of U.S. Champion Fabiano Caruana, offers practical chess lessons for amateurs about highly original subjects like creativity or 'putting up resistance' - topics seldom touched on in other chess manuals. Zlotnik covers a wide variety of topics and uses a wealth of material in an extraordinarily instructive chess manual.
                          27,95 €Prix
                          Calculation! de Sam Shankland
                              Grandmaster Training Camp 1 Calculation! offers you a unique chance to participate in a training camp with Super-GM Sam Shankland, as he works through 300 problems set to him by his long-time trainer. Sam shares what he saw, what he did not see, and what he thinks about the problems and the skills needed to solve them. This book version of Shankland's Chessable course has...
                              27,99 €Prix
                              Calculation! de Sam Shankland
                                  Grandmaster Training Camp 1 Calculation! offers you a unique chance to participate in a training camp with Super-GM Sam Shankland, as he works through 300 problems set to him by his long-time trainer. Sam shares what he saw, what he did not see, and what he thinks about the problems and the skills needed to solve them. This book version of Shankland's Chessable course has...
                                  27,99 €Prix
                                  The Human Factor in Chess - The Testbook de Karsten Müller, Luis Engel et Makan Rafiee
                                      After the great success of the first book (The Human Factor in Chess) on the model of the four player types, this follow-up volume contains not only specific tasks and exercises but also general questions such as: Do you prefer to calculate concrete lines or do you make your decisions more intuitively? Do you have a good sense of harmony and coordination? This approach is intended to...
                                      23,00 €Prix
                                      The Human Factor in Chess - The Testbook de Karsten Müller, Luis Engel et Makan Rafiee
                                          After the great success of the first book (The Human Factor in Chess) on the model of the four player types, this follow-up volume contains not only specific tasks and exercises but also general questions such as: Do you prefer to calculate concrete lines or do you make your decisions more intuitively? Do you have a good sense of harmony and coordination? This approach is intended to...
                                          23,00 €Prix
                                          Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual de Mark Dvoretsky
                                              It is very important for the practical player to train his or her ability, understand when to rely on intuition, rules of thumb and more general positional considerations, when to try to solve the problems by calculating variations to the end, and how to manage time to avoid time pressure. With these goals in mind, Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual delivers a lot of excellent, high...
                                              32,95 €Prix
                                              Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual de Mark Dvoretsky
                                                  It is very important for the practical player to train his or her ability, understand when to rely on intuition, rules of thumb and more general positional considerations, when to try to solve the problems by calculating variations to the end, and how to manage time to avoid time pressure. With these goals in mind, Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual delivers a lot of excellent, high...
                                                  32,95 €Prix
                                                  The Chess Endgame Exercise Book de John Nunn
                                                      Everyone knows they should work on their endgame play. So many hard-earned advantages are squandered in ‘simple’ endings... But it’s tough finding a way to study endings that doesn’t send you to sleep and that helps you actually remember and apply what you have learnt. “While endgame theory books are helpful, active participation by the reader is a great aid to learning. I hope that...
                                                      20,95 €Prix
                                                      The Chess Endgame Exercise Book de John Nunn
                                                          Everyone knows they should work on their endgame play. So many hard-earned advantages are squandered in ‘simple’ endings... But it’s tough finding a way to study endings that doesn’t send you to sleep and that helps you actually remember and apply what you have learnt. “While endgame theory books are helpful, active participation by the reader is a great aid to learning. I hope that...
                                                          20,95 €Prix
                                                          Rewire your Chess Brain de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                              Rewire Your Chess Brain is not your average chess book. It does not deal with opening theory or middlegame strategy. It focuses purely on problems and studies, all of which are the results of artificial construction rather than scenes from real-life battles. In a chess study, White has to play and win (or draw). In a chess puzzle, White has to force mate in a stipulated...
                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                              Rewire your Chess Brain de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                  Rewire Your Chess Brain is not your average chess book. It does not deal with opening theory or middlegame strategy. It focuses purely on problems and studies, all of which are the results of artificial construction rather than scenes from real-life battles. In a chess study, White has to play and win (or draw). In a chess puzzle, White has to force mate in a stipulated...
                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                  The Practical Endgame Bible de Broljub Zlatanovic
                                                                      There are many books devoted to basic endgames, even from the Middle Ages. Principles of typical endgames (such as keeping the rook behind a passed pawn, not setting pawns on the same colored squares as your bishop’s, distant pawns being more dangerous than central ones etc.) are well known too. But what about “complex endgames”? I have in mind endgames with at least two pieces on each side;...
                                                                      39,00 €Prix
                                                                      The Practical Endgame Bible de Broljub Zlatanovic
                                                                          There are many books devoted to basic endgames, even from the Middle Ages. Principles of typical endgames (such as keeping the rook behind a passed pawn, not setting pawns on the same colored squares as your bishop’s, distant pawns being more dangerous than central ones etc.) are well known too. But what about “complex endgames”? I have in mind endgames with at least two pieces on each side;...
                                                                          39,00 €Prix
                                                                          Typical Sicilian 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...
                                                                              23,00 €Prix
                                                                              Typical Sicilian 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...
                                                                                  23,00 €Prix
                                                                                      Endgame Virtuosity
                                                                                          24,50 €Prix
                                                                                          Endgame Virtuosity
                                                                                              The chess study is a reflection of the beauty inherent in the Royal Game, and offers its adherents a rare artistic experience. Furthermore, solving chess studies is an instructive and rewarding way for players of all levels to improve their understanding, orientation and creative power, especially in the final stages of the game. This book comprises 222 selected chess studies...
                                                                                              24,50 €Prix
                                                                                              Endgame Virtuosity
                                                                                                  The chess study is a reflection of the beauty inherent in the Royal Game, and offers its adherents a rare artistic experience. Furthermore, solving chess studies is an instructive and rewarding way for players of all levels to improve their understanding, orientation and creative power, especially in the final stages of the game. This book comprises 222 selected chess studies...
                                                                                                  24,50 €Prix
                                                                                                  Two Knights 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 two knights 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
                                                                                                      Two Knights 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 two knights 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
                                                                                                          Two Bishops 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 two bishops 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
                                                                                                              Two Bishops 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 two bishops 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
                                                                                                                  Anthology of Chess Problems 2nd edition
                                                                                                                      2345 problems: mate in 2, mate in 3, mate in 4, mate in 5 The most comprehensive anthology of Meredith (maximum 12 pieces) problems to date with detailed solutions.
                                                                                                                      39,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                      Anthology of Chess Problems 2nd edition
                                                                                                                          2345 problems: mate in 2, mate in 3, mate in 4, mate in 5 The most comprehensive anthology of Meredith (maximum 12 pieces) problems to date with detailed solutions.
                                                                                                                          39,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                          Encyclopaedia of Chess Combinations 6th Edition
                                                                                                                              The 1 st edition of the “Encyclopaedia of Middlegames: Combinations” was published in 1980, and ever since it has been a favourite training tool for aspiring chess students, trainers, and of course - professionals. The 6 th edition of our classic (Encyclopaedia of Chess Combinations 6 th edition - ECC 6) contains examples and instructive positions from games played by all World Champions....
                                                                                                                              42,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Encyclopaedia of Chess Combinations 6th Edition
                                                                                                                                  The 1 st edition of the “Encyclopaedia of Middlegames: Combinations” was published in 1980, and ever since it has been a favourite training tool for aspiring chess students, trainers, and of course - professionals. The 6 th edition of our classic (Encyclopaedia of Chess Combinations 6 th edition - ECC 6) contains examples and instructive positions from games played by all World Champions....
                                                                                                                                  42,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  The How to Study Chess on your Own Workbook vol.1 de Davorin Kuljasevic
                                                                                                                                      The astounding success of How To Study Chess on Your Own made clear that there are thousands of chess players who want to improve their game. And chess players like to work on their training at least partially by themselves. The bestselling book by GM Kuljasevic offered a structured approach and provided the training plans. Due to popular demand, Kuljasevic now presents a Workbook...
                                                                                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      The How to Study Chess on your Own Workbook vol.1 de Davorin Kuljasevic
                                                                                                                                          The astounding success of How To Study Chess on Your Own made clear that there are thousands of chess players who want to improve their game. And chess players like to work on their training at least partially by themselves. The bestselling book by GM Kuljasevic offered a structured approach and provided the training plans. Due to popular demand, Kuljasevic now presents a Workbook...
                                                                                                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          Chess Endgames for Club Players de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                                              Any good chess coach will tell you to study the endgame. Improving your knowledge of the ‘third phase’ in a chess game will bring you many extra half or even full points. After the success of his award-winning classics, Chess Strategy for Club Players and Attacking Chess for Club Players Herman Grooten has now written an equally instructive endgame manual. He teaches...
                                                                                                                                              27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Chess Endgames for Club Players de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                                                  Any good chess coach will tell you to study the endgame. Improving your knowledge of the ‘third phase’ in a chess game will bring you many extra half or even full points. After the success of his award-winning classics, Chess Strategy for Club Players and Attacking Chess for Club Players Herman Grooten has now written an equally instructive endgame manual. He teaches...
                                                                                                                                                  27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  Les sacrifices incontournables aux échecs de David LeMoir
                                                                                                                                                      Tout le monde aime gagner en sacrifiant, et tout le monde déteste perdre à cause d'un sacrifice dans l'ouverture. Mais comment savoir si tel ou tel sacrifice dont on perçoit plus ou moins les contours - sacrifice de Fou en h7, sacrifice(s) en b5 dans la Sicilienne, et bien d'autres encore - est correct ou non ? Comment l'amener ? Quand faut-il le jouer exactement, ou au contraire ne pas...
                                                                                                                                                      29,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      Les sacrifices incontournables aux échecs de David LeMoir
                                                                                                                                                          Tout le monde aime gagner en sacrifiant, et tout le monde déteste perdre à cause d'un sacrifice dans l'ouverture. Mais comment savoir si tel ou tel sacrifice dont on perçoit plus ou moins les contours - sacrifice de Fou en h7, sacrifice(s) en b5 dans la Sicilienne, et bien d'autres encore - est correct ou non ? Comment l'amener ? Quand faut-il le jouer exactement, ou au contraire ne pas...
                                                                                                                                                          29,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          Le jeu en finales aux échecs de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                              Ce livre destiné aux joueurs ambitieux compte 430 exercices ardus, pour une étude active des finales. Apprendre les fins de partie aide grandement la compréhension globale du jeu d'échecs et permet de mieux utiliser ses pièces en toute circonstance. Cependant, connaître la théorie ne suffit pas, et le grand maître Jacob Aagaard vous donne dans ce livre un matériel d'entraînement de qualité...
                                                                                                                                                              32,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              Le jeu en finales aux échecs de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                                  Ce livre destiné aux joueurs ambitieux compte 430 exercices ardus, pour une étude active des finales. Apprendre les fins de partie aide grandement la compréhension globale du jeu d'échecs et permet de mieux utiliser ses pièces en toute circonstance. Cependant, connaître la théorie ne suffit pas, et le grand maître Jacob Aagaard vous donne dans ce livre un matériel d'entraînement de qualité...
                                                                                                                                                                  32,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  Silman's Chess Odyssey de Jeremy Silman
                                                                                                                                                                      From the bestselling author of How to Reassess Your Chess and Silman’s Complete Endgame Course comes a new book. Part instructional, part history, and part memoir, International Master Jeremy Silman pays homage to the game he loves. Chess is a strategic battle, a struggle for power and dominance. It can become an obsession, or can simply be a game to be enjoyed. When played...
                                                                                                                                                                      34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Silman's Chess Odyssey de Jeremy Silman
                                                                                                                                                                          From the bestselling author of How to Reassess Your Chess and Silman’s Complete Endgame Course comes a new book. Part instructional, part history, and part memoir, International Master Jeremy Silman pays homage to the game he loves. Chess is a strategic battle, a struggle for power and dominance. It can become an obsession, or can simply be a game to be enjoyed. When played...
                                                                                                                                                                          34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Endgame Strategy de Mikhail Shereshevsky
                                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                              In this widely acclaimed chess classic, Russian trainer Mikhail Shereshevsky explains how to master the most important endgame principles. Where other endgame manuals focus on the basics and theoretical endgames, this book teaches the ‘big ideas’ that will help you find the most promising and most practical moves in any endgame. Even in endgames, it helps to think schematically...
                                                                                                                                                                              34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Endgame Strategy de Mikhail Shereshevsky
                                                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                  In this widely acclaimed chess classic, Russian trainer Mikhail Shereshevsky explains how to master the most important endgame principles. Where other endgame manuals focus on the basics and theoretical endgames, this book teaches the ‘big ideas’ that will help you find the most promising and most practical moves in any endgame. Even in endgames, it helps to think schematically...
                                                                                                                                                                                  34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual FastTrack Edition de Mark Dvorestky
                                                                                                                                                                                      Since it first appeared in 2003, Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual has been acclaimed as the best single volume ever written on the endgame. With staggering depth and accuracy, it clearly reveals the secrets of this most important stage of the game. One of the unique characteristics of the Endgame Manual has been the highlighting of text considered to be essential to the...
                                                                                                                                                                                      18,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual FastTrack Edition de Mark Dvorestky
                                                                                                                                                                                          Since it first appeared in 2003, Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual has been acclaimed as the best single volume ever written on the endgame. With staggering depth and accuracy, it clearly reveals the secrets of this most important stage of the game. One of the unique characteristics of the Endgame Manual has been the highlighting of text considered to be essential to the...
                                                                                                                                                                                          18,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                          Kingwalks de Yasser Seirawan et Bruce Harper
                                                                                                                                                                                              Marching your king across the board – at times right through or into enemy lines – may be both exhilarating and terrifying. Nothing may be quite as satisfying as a majestic kingwalk across the board which brings you glorious victory. And nothing as tragicomic as a needless journey ending in epic failure. Chessplayers are fascinated by kingwalks, perhaps because of their inherent...
                                                                                                                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                              Kingwalks de Yasser Seirawan et Bruce Harper
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Marching your king across the board – at times right through or into enemy lines – may be both exhilarating and terrifying. Nothing may be quite as satisfying as a majestic kingwalk across the board which brings you glorious victory. And nothing as tragicomic as a needless journey ending in epic failure. Chessplayers are fascinated by kingwalks, perhaps because of their inherent...
                                                                                                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Attaque et défense aux échecs de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Grand spécialiste du jeu d'attaque, Jacob Aagaard est aussi un virtuose en matière de prophylaxie et de défense active. Dans ce 5e opus de la série "Objectif grand maître !", il vous donne toutes les clés pour affûter votre jeu et vous entraîner à l'aide d'exercices souvent difficiles. Un excellent choix pour qui vise l'excellence aux échecs.
                                                                                                                                                                                                      32,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Attaque et défense aux échecs de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Grand spécialiste du jeu d'attaque, Jacob Aagaard est aussi un virtuose en matière de prophylaxie et de défense active. Dans ce 5e opus de la série "Objectif grand maître !", il vous donne toutes les clés pour affûter votre jeu et vous entraîner à l'aide d'exercices souvent difficiles. Un excellent choix pour qui vise l'excellence aux échecs.
                                                                                                                                                                                                          32,00 €Prix