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Mastering Practical Endgames de Daniel Naroditsky
  • Nouveauté 2026
    Endgame mastery separates great players from the good. First-rate endgame play requires a mix of calculation, pattern recognition, abstract themes, theoretical knowledge and resilience few have mastered. In this rich collection of seventy mini-lessons, written over six years, acclaimed author GM Daniel Naroditsky guides you to every corner of the endgame world in the engaging, humorous, and...
    29,99 €Prix
    Mastering Practical Endgames de Daniel Naroditsky
    • Nouveauté 2026
      Endgame mastery separates great players from the good. First-rate endgame play requires a mix of calculation, pattern recognition, abstract themes, theoretical knowledge and resilience few have mastered. In this rich collection of seventy mini-lessons, written over six years, acclaimed author GM Daniel Naroditsky guides you to every corner of the endgame world in the engaging, humorous, and...
      29,99 €Prix
      Mastering Complex Endgames de Daniel Naroditsky
      • Nouveauté 2026
        Mastering Complex Endgames is a rich collection of practical endgame examples whose assessments require more than just standard theory. Daniel Naroditsky drew heavily on his own experience as a player. The material is lively and instructive, with wonderful practical advice and insights into the minds of the chess greats. This highly systematic work will take your endgame technique to the...
        29,99 €Prix
        Mastering Complex Endgames de Daniel Naroditsky
        • Nouveauté 2026
          Mastering Complex Endgames is a rich collection of practical endgame examples whose assessments require more than just standard theory. Daniel Naroditsky drew heavily on his own experience as a player. The material is lively and instructive, with wonderful practical advice and insights into the minds of the chess greats. This highly systematic work will take your endgame technique to the...
          29,99 €Prix
          • Nouveauté 2026
            Chess Metamorphosis de Nikita Vitiugov
            • Nouveauté 2026
              Chess Metamorphosis de Nikita Vitiugov
              • Nouveauté 2026
                Grandmaster Nikita Vitiugov narrates his journey through chess and life, with special focus on the 2020-2024 period, when he seconded his long-time friend Ian Nepomniachtchi. ‘Team Nepo’ dominated the 2020/21 and 2022 Candidates Tournaments, qualifying for the World Championship matches of 2021 and 2023, and finished second in the 2024 Candidates Tournament. With memoirs of chess...
                29,99 €Prix
                Chess Metamorphosis de Nikita Vitiugov
                • Nouveauté 2026
                  Grandmaster Nikita Vitiugov narrates his journey through chess and life, with special focus on the 2020-2024 period, when he seconded his long-time friend Ian Nepomniachtchi. ‘Team Nepo’ dominated the 2020/21 and 2022 Candidates Tournaments, qualifying for the World Championship matches of 2021 and 2023, and finished second in the 2024 Candidates Tournament. With memoirs of chess...
                  29,99 €Prix
                  Comment étudier seul les échecs de Davorin KuljasevicComment étudier seul les échecs de Davorin Kuljasevic
                  • Nouveauté 2026
                    Vous travaillez les échecs mais ne progressez plus ? Ce guide du GM Kuljasevic vous apprend à vous entraîner efficacement par vous-même. Quinze méthodes de travail éprouvées, des stratégies concrètes pour étudier ouvertures, tactique, finales et milieu de partie, et surtout un cadre complet pour construire votre propre plan d'entraînement et vous y tenir. Idéal pour tout joueur motivé qui...
                    36,00 €Prix
                    Comment étudier seul les échecs de Davorin KuljasevicComment étudier seul les échecs de Davorin Kuljasevic
                    • Nouveauté 2026
                      Vous travaillez les échecs mais ne progressez plus ? Ce guide du GM Kuljasevic vous apprend à vous entraîner efficacement par vous-même. Quinze méthodes de travail éprouvées, des stratégies concrètes pour étudier ouvertures, tactique, finales et milieu de partie, et surtout un cadre complet pour construire votre propre plan d'entraînement et vous y tenir. Idéal pour tout joueur motivé qui...
                      36,00 €Prix
                      Timman Studies de Jan Timman
                          Jan Timman achève une trilogie impressionnante et fascinante avec ce recueil de ses études. Après Timman’s Titans — livre en anglais couronné ECF Book of the Year en 2017 —, dans lequel il écrit sur les champions du monde qu’il admire, puis Timman’s Triumphs, où il annote ses cent meilleures parties, Timman’s Studies réunit l’ensemble de ses compositions d’études de finales. Tout au...
                          29,95 €Prix
                          Timman Studies de Jan Timman
                              Jan Timman achève une trilogie impressionnante et fascinante avec ce recueil de ses études. Après Timman’s Titans — livre en anglais couronné ECF Book of the Year en 2017 —, dans lequel il écrit sur les champions du monde qu’il admire, puis Timman’s Triumphs, où il annote ses cent meilleures parties, Timman’s Studies réunit l’ensemble de ses compositions d’études de finales. Tout au...
                              29,95 €Prix
                              Chess Problems de James Rayner
                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                  Composing and solving chess problems can seem like an entirely different world from regular chess, and in many ways, they are, but there are plenty of overlapping issues and applications. In this volume, James Rayner, who was a leading composer in his own right and the editor of the chess problem section in British Chess Magazine, dives into how to compose and solve chess problems,...
                                  11,99 €Prix
                                  Chess Problems de James Rayner
                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                      Composing and solving chess problems can seem like an entirely different world from regular chess, and in many ways, they are, but there are plenty of overlapping issues and applications. In this volume, James Rayner, who was a leading composer in his own right and the editor of the chess problem section in British Chess Magazine, dives into how to compose and solve chess problems,...
                                      11,99 €Prix
                                      One Hundred Chess Problems de Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson
                                          This book presents 100 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of chess problems.
                                          9,99 €Prix
                                          One Hundred Chess Problems de Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson
                                              This book presents 100 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of chess problems.
                                              9,99 €Prix
                                              Chess Strategy de John Brown
                                                  This book presents 174 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by John Brown or as he referred to himeself "J.B. of Bridport" - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of...
                                                  11,99 €Prix
                                                  Chess Strategy de John Brown
                                                      This book presents 174 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by John Brown or as he referred to himeself "J.B. of Bridport" - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of...
                                                      11,99 €Prix
                                                      100 Endgame Studies You Must Know de Jan Timman
                                                          Perhaps the greatest beauty in chess can be found in endgame studies. Delightful twists and turns on the board are combined into true works of art. In studies, chess is distilled into its purest form, with all pieces making only the most essential moves. Endgame studies are also useful exercises for practical chess players, as they show patterns, improve calculation, and inspire...
                                                          32,50 €Prix
                                                          100 Endgame Studies You Must Know de Jan Timman
                                                              Perhaps the greatest beauty in chess can be found in endgame studies. Delightful twists and turns on the board are combined into true works of art. In studies, chess is distilled into its purest form, with all pieces making only the most essential moves. Endgame studies are also useful exercises for practical chess players, as they show patterns, improve calculation, and inspire...
                                                              32,50 €Prix
                                                              Studies for Practical Players vol.2 de Oleg Pervakov et Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                  Develop Imaginative and Preventive Thinking Nowadays, chessplayers spend almost all their free time preparing openings, and rarely spend the time necessary to perfect the vitally important technique of calculating. Regular training in solving and playing out endgames studies is a good recipe for eliminating that shortcoming. This book – the sequel to Studies for Practical...
                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                  Studies for Practical Players vol.2 de Oleg Pervakov et Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                      Develop Imaginative and Preventive Thinking Nowadays, chessplayers spend almost all their free time preparing openings, and rarely spend the time necessary to perfect the vitally important technique of calculating. Regular training in solving and playing out endgames studies is a good recipe for eliminating that shortcoming. This book – the sequel to Studies for Practical...
                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                      Endgame Corner de Karsten Müller et Alex Fishbein
                                                                          There are already many endgame books, so why this one? Well, most books deal with elementary endgames, or are very advanced and contain few exercises. But you have only really learned something when you can execute it at the board, with the clock ticking. And solving exercises is very close to this scenario. The authors present 450 endgame exercises designed to improve your...
                                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                                          Endgame Corner de Karsten Müller et Alex Fishbein
                                                                              There are already many endgame books, so why this one? Well, most books deal with elementary endgames, or are very advanced and contain few exercises. But you have only really learned something when you can execute it at the board, with the clock ticking. And solving exercises is very close to this scenario. The authors present 450 endgame exercises designed to improve your...
                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                              Conceptual Rook Endgames Workbook de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                  Rook endgames are the most frequently occurring endgames, as well as one of the most exciting and challenging areas of chess. In 2023, Quality Chess published Theoretical Rook Endgames by GM Sam Shankland and its sister volume Conceptual Rook Endgames by GM Jacob Aagaard – a dazzling dyad of domination in endgame literature. This new book tops off the triumphant trio...
                                                                                  24,99 €Prix
                                                                                  Conceptual Rook Endgames Workbook de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                      Rook endgames are the most frequently occurring endgames, as well as one of the most exciting and challenging areas of chess. In 2023, Quality Chess published Theoretical Rook Endgames by GM Sam Shankland and its sister volume Conceptual Rook Endgames by GM Jacob Aagaard – a dazzling dyad of domination in endgame literature. This new book tops off the triumphant trio...
                                                                                      24,99 €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...
                                                                                          24,95 €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...
                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                              Think like Ivanchuk de Viktor Moskalenko
                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                  Think Like Ivanchuk is a celebration of a true chess genius. This book is a collection of Vasyl Ivanchuk's best games, a chess biography and a highly entertaining training manual all in one. Vasyl Ivanchuk, a super-grandmaster from Ukraine, was born in 1969 and was the best player in the world in the 1990s behind World Champion Garry Kasparov. He has won the Olympiad, the...
                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                  Think like Ivanchuk de Viktor Moskalenko
                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                      Think Like Ivanchuk is a celebration of a true chess genius. This book is a collection of Vasyl Ivanchuk's best games, a chess biography and a highly entertaining training manual all in one. Vasyl Ivanchuk, a super-grandmaster from Ukraine, was born in 1969 and was the best player in the world in the 1990s behind World Champion Garry Kasparov. He has won the Olympiad, the...
                                                                                                      29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                      Capablanca's endgame technique de Alex Colovic
                                                                                                          Although Jose Raul Capablanca was the World Chess Champion a century ago, his games remain among the most interesting to study. The clear logic and simplicity of his moves inspired other great players such as Mikhail Botvinnik and Bobby Fischer. And the clarity of his play will boost the confidence of any chess student. It all seems so easy when you read the explanations, says a student in a...
                                                                                                          19,95 €Prix
                                                                                                          Capablanca's endgame technique de Alex Colovic
                                                                                                              Although Jose Raul Capablanca was the World Chess Champion a century ago, his games remain among the most interesting to study. The clear logic and simplicity of his moves inspired other great players such as Mikhail Botvinnik and Bobby Fischer. And the clarity of his play will boost the confidence of any chess student. It all seems so easy when you read the explanations, says a student in a...
                                                                                                              19,95 €Prix
                                                                                                              The Chess Euclid de Joseph Kling
                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                  While Josef Kling is mostly known for his partnership with Bernhard Horwitz in their classic work 'Chess Studies and Endgames', the present book of chess problems and endgame studies precedes that work by a few years. In this new edition, all of the compositions and accompanying analysis have been thoroughly reanalyzed by FIDE Master Carsten Hansen.
                                                                                                                  14,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                  The Chess Euclid de Joseph Kling
                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                      While Josef Kling is mostly known for his partnership with Bernhard Horwitz in their classic work 'Chess Studies and Endgames', the present book of chess problems and endgame studies precedes that work by a few years. In this new edition, all of the compositions and accompanying analysis have been thoroughly reanalyzed by FIDE Master Carsten Hansen.
                                                                                                                      14,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                      The Two-Move Chess Problem de B.G. Laws
                                                                                                                          The mate in two chess problems is the most popular category of problems because they can be solved by nearly everybody, simply through the process of elimination. That, however, does not mean that they are easy to solve, are not artistic, elegant, or even outright brilliant. In this work by the renowned writer, editor, and chess problem composer, B. G. Laws (1861-1931) goes over the...
                                                                                                                          12,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                          The Two-Move Chess Problem de B.G. Laws
                                                                                                                              The mate in two chess problems is the most popular category of problems because they can be solved by nearly everybody, simply through the process of elimination. That, however, does not mean that they are easy to solve, are not artistic, elegant, or even outright brilliant. In this work by the renowned writer, editor, and chess problem composer, B. G. Laws (1861-1931) goes over the...
                                                                                                                              12,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                              A selection of Chess Problems de Philip H. Williams
                                                                                                                                  In his day, Philip H. Williams was widely considered a genius in the world of chess problems. Like many of his age, he dies too young and suddenly, yet he made a name for himself with several books on chess problems and a broad production of excellent chess problems. This volume presents his compositions from 1891-1895. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly...
                                                                                                                                  10,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  A selection of Chess Problems de Philip H. Williams
                                                                                                                                      In his day, Philip H. Williams was widely considered a genius in the world of chess problems. Like many of his age, he dies too young and suddenly, yet he made a name for himself with several books on chess problems and a broad production of excellent chess problems. This volume presents his compositions from 1891-1895. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly...
                                                                                                                                      10,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      Chess Coach de Vladimir Narsky dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                          This remarkable book is a tribute to a man who is probably the greatest chess coach of all time. Mark Dvoretsky was a fascinating, intelligent, honest, decent, hard-working and good-natured man who dedicated his life to chess and its players. When Dvoretsky started coaching after a fairly successful career as a player, he became a kind of doctor who could quickly spot what his...
                                                                                                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          Chess Coach de Vladimir Narsky dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                              This remarkable book is a tribute to a man who is probably the greatest chess coach of all time. Mark Dvoretsky was a fascinating, intelligent, honest, decent, hard-working and good-natured man who dedicated his life to chess and its players. When Dvoretsky started coaching after a fairly successful career as a player, he became a kind of doctor who could quickly spot what his...
                                                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Conceptual Rook Endgames de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                  Rook endgames are the most frequently recurring endgames and also one of the most exciting areas of chess, with mind bending tactical opportunities and dizzying nuances available. They have unsurprisingly been a big topic in endgame literature, with a heavy focus on the set theoretical positions and their logic and fixed conclusions (see the excellent Theoretical Rook Endgames by GM Sam...
                                                                                                                                                  32,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  Conceptual Rook Endgames de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                      Rook endgames are the most frequently recurring endgames and also one of the most exciting areas of chess, with mind bending tactical opportunities and dizzying nuances available. They have unsurprisingly been a big topic in endgame literature, with a heavy focus on the set theoretical positions and their logic and fixed conclusions (see the excellent Theoretical Rook Endgames by GM Sam...
                                                                                                                                                      32,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      Theoretical Rook Endgames de Sam Shankland
                                                                                                                                                          Rook endgames are the most important to study, because they are the type of endgame you will face most often over the board. Working on rook endgames gives the biggest bang for your buck. World-class grandmaster Sam Shankland explains technical rook endgames in a way that is clearer, better organized, more concise, and easier to understand than any previous work. After learning the...
                                                                                                                                                          32,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          Theoretical Rook Endgames de Sam Shankland
                                                                                                                                                              Rook endgames are the most important to study, because they are the type of endgame you will face most often over the board. Working on rook endgames gives the biggest bang for your buck. World-class grandmaster Sam Shankland explains technical rook endgames in a way that is clearer, better organized, more concise, and easier to understand than any previous work. After learning the...
                                                                                                                                                              32,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              Pawn Endgames de Vlado Kovacevic
                                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                  Grandmaster Vlado Kovačević is an expert in the field of chess endgame theory, offering an educational approach for players of various skill levels. The first of seven books, spanning 304 pages, provides a definite guide to pawn endgames. The book is organized based on the number of pawns in the endgame, creating a clear division for readers. Kovačević’s focus is on the clear explanation of...
                                                                                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  Pawn Endgames de Vlado Kovacevic
                                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                      Grandmaster Vlado Kovačević is an expert in the field of chess endgame theory, offering an educational approach for players of various skill levels. The first of seven books, spanning 304 pages, provides a definite guide to pawn endgames. The book is organized based on the number of pawns in the endgame, creating a clear division for readers. Kovačević’s focus is on the clear explanation of...
                                                                                                                                                                      29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Endgame Labyrinths de Steffen Nielsen et Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                                          Endgame Labyrinths presents the reader with 1002 challenging studies selected and truncated, with their usefulness for the practical player in mind. It is common for studies to be extended by less interesting manoeuvres or by incomprehensible sequences, before the main themes come into play. The studies in this book have been pruned to leave the reader with 1002 clear and solvable...
                                                                                                                                                                          27,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Endgame Labyrinths de Steffen Nielsen et Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                                              Endgame Labyrinths presents the reader with 1002 challenging studies selected and truncated, with their usefulness for the practical player in mind. It is common for studies to be extended by less interesting manoeuvres or by incomprehensible sequences, before the main themes come into play. The studies in this book have been pruned to leave the reader with 1002 clear and solvable...
                                                                                                                                                                              27,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen vol.2 de Tibor Karolyi
                                                                                                                                                                                  Magnus Carlsen’s brilliant endgame play is one of the key reasons for his success. The World Chess Champion can win positions which look drawn to anybody else. And more than any other player, he is able to save bad endings. For this second volume of Magnus Carlsen Endgame Virtuoso, International Master Tibor Karolyi has selected Carlsen’s best endgames from 2018-2022, whereas the...
                                                                                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen vol.2 de Tibor Karolyi
                                                                                                                                                                                      Magnus Carlsen’s brilliant endgame play is one of the key reasons for his success. The World Chess Champion can win positions which look drawn to anybody else. And more than any other player, he is able to save bad endings. For this second volume of Magnus Carlsen Endgame Virtuoso, International Master Tibor Karolyi has selected Carlsen’s best endgames from 2018-2022, whereas the...
                                                                                                                                                                                      24,95 €Prix