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Mat et mots vous propose un large choix de livres consacrés aux échecs, essentiellement en français (Olibris, Payot, Grasset, Le Pion passé, etc.) et en anglais (Quality chess, New in chess, Russell, Mongoose Press, etc.).

Mat et mots vous propose également une sélection de logiciels, sous Windows ou sous Mac, qui vous permettent d'apprendre rapidement les règles de base, de vous approprier avec facilité les principes tactiques ou stratégiques, d'analyser vos parties afin de ne plus commettre les mêmes erreurs, d'affronter un adversaire façonnable à merci.

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Beat the KID de Jan Markos
      Documentation échiquéenne
      "In chess, the King's Indian Defence is one of Black's most ambitious and popular replies to 1.d4, so White needs to be well prepared. Jan Markos shows the way with three separate repertoires for White. Each of the lines he explains has a different style, ranging from solidly positional to wildly attacking. · Expert chess analysis from a grandmaster. · Explains how to...
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      Beat the KID de Jan Markos
          Documentation échiquéenne
          "In chess, the King's Indian Defence is one of Black's most ambitious and popular replies to 1.d4, so White needs to be well prepared. Jan Markos shows the way with three separate repertoires for White. Each of the lines he explains has a different style, ranging from solidly positional to wildly attacking. · Expert chess analysis from a grandmaster. · Explains how to...
          23,99 €Prix
          Key Concepts of Gambit Play de Yuri Razuvaev
              " Key Concepts of Gambit Play is an inspirational guide for those seeking to sharpen their game and fight for the win. By covering 14 gambits from a wide range of openings, this book offers ideas and insights into the nature of modern gambit play. Grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev was one of the best-known coaches and chess writers in the Soviet Union. He worked with a host of stars,...
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              Key Concepts of Gambit Play de Yuri Razuvaev
                  " Key Concepts of Gambit Play is an inspirational guide for those seeking to sharpen their game and fight for the win. By covering 14 gambits from a wide range of openings, this book offers ideas and insights into the nature of modern gambit play. Grandmaster Yuri Razuvaev was one of the best-known coaches and chess writers in the Soviet Union. He worked with a host of stars,...
                  24,99 €Prix
                  My system de Aron Nimzowitsch
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                      " My System is at the top of a very short list of chess classics. Nimzowitsch’s ideas have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. Most chess masters will at some point have studied Nimzowitsch’s work, and not to have read My System is by many regarded as a shocking gap in a chess player’s education. The problem for an English-speaking audience has been...
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                      My system de Aron Nimzowitsch
                          Documentation échiquéenne
                          " My System is at the top of a very short list of chess classics. Nimzowitsch’s ideas have had a profound influence on modern chess thinking. Most chess masters will at some point have studied Nimzowitsch’s work, and not to have read My System is by many regarded as a shocking gap in a chess player’s education. The problem for an English-speaking audience has been...
                          21,99 €Prix
                          King's Indian Warfare de Ilya Smirin
                              Documentation échiquéenne
                              " King’s Indian Warfare is a practical guide to the most dynamic and ambitious defence against 1.d4. Learn to play the King’s Indian like a world-class attacker from a life-long expert. Inside Smirin annotates his best games in the King’s Indian, explaining his successes, including his mini-match of four games over a decade against former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, which...
                              25,99 €Prix
                              King's Indian Warfare de Ilya Smirin
                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                  " King’s Indian Warfare is a practical guide to the most dynamic and ambitious defence against 1.d4. Learn to play the King’s Indian like a world-class attacker from a life-long expert. Inside Smirin annotates his best games in the King’s Indian, explaining his successes, including his mini-match of four games over a decade against former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, which...
                                  25,99 €Prix
                                  Under the Surface de Jan Markos
                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                      "The most significant difference between a grandmaster and a club player is not simply that the grandmaster calculates more accurately, but rather that he sees more deeply. This book invites you beneath the surface, where you can learn to navigate the depths of chess. Jan Markos shows how a strong player perceives chess, which features of a position he focuses on, and how he thinks at the...
                                      29,99 €Prix
                                      Under the Surface de Jan Markos
                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                          "The most significant difference between a grandmaster and a club player is not simply that the grandmaster calculates more accurately, but rather that he sees more deeply. This book invites you beneath the surface, where you can learn to navigate the depths of chess. Jan Markos shows how a strong player perceives chess, which features of a position he focuses on, and how he thinks at the...
                                          29,99 €Prix
                                          Grandmaster Opening Preparation de Jaan Ehlvest
                                              "There are hundreds of opening books available, full of deep analysis, but many of them fail to explain the reasons for choosing one computer line over another. And how top players distinguish between good and bad opening lines remains a mystery to most of the chess world. Grandmaster Opening Preparation addresses such questions as how to balance computer preparation with...
                                              29,99 €Prix
                                              Grandmaster Opening Preparation de Jaan Ehlvest
                                                  "There are hundreds of opening books available, full of deep analysis, but many of them fail to explain the reasons for choosing one computer line over another. And how top players distinguish between good and bad opening lines remains a mystery to most of the chess world. Grandmaster Opening Preparation addresses such questions as how to balance computer preparation with...
                                                  29,99 €Prix
                                                  Yearbook of Chess Wisdom de Peter Zhdanov
                                                      "In this book the author addresses 366 (one for each day of the year) intriguing chess topics which could be of interest to any chess fan, regardless of the playing level. For example: - IQ and chess skills - Talent vs. hard work - How many games to play per year? - Are women underrated or overrated as compared to men? - Rating inflation in chess <br...
                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                      Yearbook of Chess Wisdom de Peter Zhdanov
                                                          "In this book the author addresses 366 (one for each day of the year) intriguing chess topics which could be of interest to any chess fan, regardless of the playing level. For example: - IQ and chess skills - Talent vs. hard work - How many games to play per year? - Are women underrated or overrated as compared to men? - Rating inflation in chess <br...
                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                          The Center de Adrian Mikhalchishin et Georg Mohr
                                                              "We are starting our series with a book about the centre. We will take two diff erent approaches to this topic: the classical one, which will help us to discover all fundamental knowledge about the centre. Th is study is crucial for good understanding of chess. Th e second approach is more modern: we will think about the centre more dynamically, through the eyes of a grandmaster, a practical...
                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                              The Center de Adrian Mikhalchishin et Georg Mohr
                                                                  "We are starting our series with a book about the centre. We will take two diff erent approaches to this topic: the classical one, which will help us to discover all fundamental knowledge about the centre. Th is study is crucial for good understanding of chess. Th e second approach is more modern: we will think about the centre more dynamically, through the eyes of a grandmaster, a practical...
                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                  Grivas Method de Efstratios Grivas
                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                      GM Arkadij Naiditsch: "The work of Efstratios Grivas is, as usual, very well organized, with logical explanations accompanying the practical examples he has chosen. There are, of course, almost unlimited options in the middlegame but I am very sure that after examining the current book’s examples, you will most definitely improve - gaining not only a deeper understanding, but also many news...
                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                      Grivas Method de Efstratios Grivas
                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                          GM Arkadij Naiditsch: "The work of Efstratios Grivas is, as usual, very well organized, with logical explanations accompanying the practical examples he has chosen. There are, of course, almost unlimited options in the middlegame but I am very sure that after examining the current book’s examples, you will most definitely improve - gaining not only a deeper understanding, but also many news...
                                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                                          The Complete Ragozin de Matthieu Cornette
                                                                              "The excellent theoretician GM Matthieu Cornette shares his insights about one of the most popular openings nowadays - The Ragozin defense." "The theory surrounding the Ragozin has developed very fast, but I have never stopped updating my files, and I am still amazed by how good this opening is. I thought it was time for me to share with you all the secrets of my favourite and...
                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                              The Complete Ragozin de Matthieu Cornette
                                                                                  "The excellent theoretician GM Matthieu Cornette shares his insights about one of the most popular openings nowadays - The Ragozin defense." "The theory surrounding the Ragozin has developed very fast, but I have never stopped updating my files, and I am still amazed by how good this opening is. I thought it was time for me to share with you all the secrets of my favourite and...
                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                  Winning with the Modern London System Vol.2 de Nikola Sedlak
                                                                                      "Arkadij Naiditsch: "After the first book was published, I started to play a lot of the 1.d4- Nf3- Bf4 setups myself, using many different move-orders and with excellent results. Now that the 2nd part of the book has been published, with improvements on the first book and the main focus on the ...g6 and ...e6 setups, players of the white pieces now have an easy-to-learn — and very...
                                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                                      Winning with the Modern London System Vol.2 de Nikola Sedlak
                                                                                          "Arkadij Naiditsch: "After the first book was published, I started to play a lot of the 1.d4- Nf3- Bf4 setups myself, using many different move-orders and with excellent results. Now that the 2nd part of the book has been published, with improvements on the first book and the main focus on the ...g6 and ...e6 setups, players of the white pieces now have an easy-to-learn — and very...
                                                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                                                          Winning with the modern London System vol.1 de Nikola Sedlak
                                                                                              "In this book the London System opening is presented using all of the most important games with thorough comments, through which the readers will have the opportunity to understand the essence of this opening, which in my opinion has a future ahead of it and a lot of space for growth and development. I would like to mention that the book comprises the most important parts of...
                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                              Winning with the modern London System vol.1 de Nikola Sedlak
                                                                                                  "In this book the London System opening is presented using all of the most important games with thorough comments, through which the readers will have the opportunity to understand the essence of this opening, which in my opinion has a future ahead of it and a lot of space for growth and development. I would like to mention that the book comprises the most important parts of...
                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                  The exchange Queen's Gambit de Tibor Károly
                                                                                                      "The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest and most reliable opening which is mainly based on positional and structural understanding. The author gives a perfect guide about it and if somebody masters it, he will be able to use it in his entire chess career. This opening will never run out of fashion, its strategical and positional ideas will not be refuted by the strong computers."
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                                                                                                      The exchange Queen's Gambit de Tibor Károly
                                                                                                          "The Queen's Gambit is one of the oldest and most reliable opening which is mainly based on positional and structural understanding. The author gives a perfect guide about it and if somebody masters it, he will be able to use it in his entire chess career. This opening will never run out of fashion, its strategical and positional ideas will not be refuted by the strong computers."
                                                                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                          Play the Semi-Tarrasch! de Tibor Károly
                                                                                                              "Play the Semi-Tarrasch! - Part 2 is an up-to- date release about one of the most popular openings nowadays. On the recent Candidates tournament in Berlin, this was the most frequently played opening and the analysis of the author includes all those games as well. Tibor Károlyi is an expert of this opening, he teaches it to many of his pupils and now he shares his in-depth view about this...
                                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                              Play the Semi-Tarrasch! de Tibor Károly
                                                                                                                  "Play the Semi-Tarrasch! - Part 2 is an up-to- date release about one of the most popular openings nowadays. On the recent Candidates tournament in Berlin, this was the most frequently played opening and the analysis of the author includes all those games as well. Tibor Károlyi is an expert of this opening, he teaches it to many of his pupils and now he shares his in-depth view about this...
                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                  Play the Semi-Tarrasch! Vol.1 de Tibor Károly
                                                                                                                      "Play the Semi-Tarrasch! - Part 1 is an up-to- date release about one of the most popular openings nowadays. On the recent Candidates tournament in Berlin, this was the most frequently played opening and the analysis of the author includes all those games as well. Tibor Károlyi is an expert of this opening, he teaches it to many of his pupils and now he shares his in-depth view about this...
                                                                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                      Play the Semi-Tarrasch! Vol.1 de Tibor Károly
                                                                                                                          "Play the Semi-Tarrasch! - Part 1 is an up-to- date release about one of the most popular openings nowadays. On the recent Candidates tournament in Berlin, this was the most frequently played opening and the analysis of the author includes all those games as well. Tibor Károlyi is an expert of this opening, he teaches it to many of his pupils and now he shares his in-depth view about this...
                                                                                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                          En finale Vol.2 de Glenn Flear
                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                              "Glenn Flear comble ici une lacune de la littérature échiquéenne en s’intéressant aux positions qui, outre les Rois et les pions, opposent deux pièces à zéro, une ou deux pièces. En plus de 350 exemples, ce deuxième volume couvre les situations avec Tour contre pièces mineures et les diverses configurations de lutte avec...
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                                                                                                                              En finale Vol.2 de Glenn Flear
                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                  "Glenn Flear comble ici une lacune de la littérature échiquéenne en s’intéressant aux positions qui, outre les Rois et les pions, opposent deux pièces à zéro, une ou deux pièces. En plus de 350 exemples, ce deuxième volume couvre les situations avec Tour contre pièces mineures et les diverses configurations de lutte avec...
                                                                                                                                  24,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  En finale Vol.1 de Glenn Flear
                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                      "Glenn Flear comble ici une lacune de la littérature échiquéenne en s’intéressant aux positions qui, outre les Rois et les pions, opposent deux pièces à zéro, une ou deux pièces. En plus de 350 exemples, ce premier volume couvre les situations avec un net avantage matériel, les diverses...
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                                                                                                                                      En finale Vol.1 de Glenn Flear
                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                          "Glenn Flear comble ici une lacune de la littérature échiquéenne en s’intéressant aux positions qui, outre les Rois et les pions, opposent deux pièces à zéro, une ou deux pièces. En plus de 350 exemples, ce premier volume couvre les situations avec un net avantage matériel, les diverses...
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                                                                                                                                          Mastering Complex Endgames de Adrian Mikhalchishin et Oleg Stesko
                                                                                                                                              "There are many great endgame books on the market, and almost all of them deal with the kind of technical positions which closely resemble theoretical ones. Transferring complex and complicated endgames into theoretical positions is oft en what we need to do in chess, and for this we use various methods such as making the right exchanges, improving the King’s position, exploiting the power...
                                                                                                                                              30,85 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Mastering Complex Endgames de Adrian Mikhalchishin et Oleg Stesko
                                                                                                                                                  "There are many great endgame books on the market, and almost all of them deal with the kind of technical positions which closely resemble theoretical ones. Transferring complex and complicated endgames into theoretical positions is oft en what we need to do in chess, and for this we use various methods such as making the right exchanges, improving the King’s position, exploiting the power...
                                                                                                                                                  30,85 €Prix
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                                                                                                                                                    Comment jouer dynamique de Valeri Beim
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                                                                                                                                                      Comment jouer dynamique de Valeri Beim
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                                                                                                                                                        "Statique et dynamique, développement, initiative – supposées expliquer bien des événements qui se déroulent sur l’échiquier, ces notions reviennent sans cesse dans les commentaires de parties d’échecs. Seulement, le développement est-il aussi simple que l’on peut le penser ? Si, avec l’expérience, on affine peu à peu...
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                                                                                                                                                        Comment jouer dynamique de Valeri Beim
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                                                                                                                                                          "Statique et dynamique, développement, initiative – supposées expliquer bien des événements qui se déroulent sur l’échiquier, ces notions reviennent sans cesse dans les commentaires de parties d’échecs. Seulement, le développement est-il aussi simple que l’on peut le penser ? Si, avec l’expérience, on affine peu à peu...
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                                                                                                                                                          Stratégie créative aux échecs de Alfonso Romero
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                                                                                                                                                            Stratégie créative aux échecs de Alfonso Romero
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                                                                                                                                                              "L'expertise des grands joueurs d'echecs s'appuie sur la connaissance intime des méthodes de jeu typiques. En revisitant celles-ci à l'aide d'exemples soigneusement décortiqués, Alphonso Romero montre dans cet ouvrage que cela ne veut pas dire que les champions appliquent mécaniquement des recettes toutes faites : à tout...
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                                                                                                                                                              Stratégie créative aux échecs de Alfonso Romero
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                                                                                                                                                                "L'expertise des grands joueurs d'echecs s'appuie sur la connaissance intime des méthodes de jeu typiques. En revisitant celles-ci à l'aide d'exemples soigneusement décortiqués, Alphonso Romero montre dans cet ouvrage que cela ne veut pas dire que les champions appliquent mécaniquement des recettes toutes faites : à tout...
                                                                                                                                                                17,40 €29,00 €Prix de base-40%dePrix
                                                                                                                                                                Comment gagner vite aux échecs de Simon Williams
                                                                                                                                                                    "Il a beau être facile de faire des erreurs aux échecs, on est toujours un peu surpris de voir de forts grands maîtres perdre rapidement une partie. Pourtant, cela arrive assez souvent. C’est qu’il est possible, par un jeu résolu, d’amener des positions tendues où le moindre écart peut conduire à la...
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                                                                                                                                                                    Comment gagner vite aux échecs de Simon Williams
                                                                                                                                                                        "Il a beau être facile de faire des erreurs aux échecs, on est toujours un peu surpris de voir de forts grands maîtres perdre rapidement une partie. Pourtant, cela arrive assez souvent. C’est qu’il est possible, par un jeu résolu, d’amener des positions tendues où le moindre écart peut conduire à la...
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                                                                                                                                                                        Les 7 péchés capitaux aux échecs de Jonathan Rowson
                                                                                                                                                                            "Dans un style très vivant, l'auteur mène une véritable enquête sur les erreurs les plus fréquentes aux échecs et sur leurs causes profondes. Les "péchés capitaux" passés au crible d'une réflexion originale et stimulante sont la réflexion (superflue ou erronée), l'aveuglement, la convoitise, le matérialisme, l'égoïsme, le perfectionnisme et le relâchement. Un...
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                                                                                                                                                                            Les 7 péchés capitaux aux échecs de Jonathan Rowson
                                                                                                                                                                                "Dans un style très vivant, l'auteur mène une véritable enquête sur les erreurs les plus fréquentes aux échecs et sur leurs causes profondes. Les "péchés capitaux" passés au crible d'une réflexion originale et stimulante sont la réflexion (superflue ou erronée), l'aveuglement, la convoitise, le matérialisme, l'égoïsme, le perfectionnisme et le relâchement. Un...
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                                                                                                                                                                                Comprendre le milieu de partie de John Nunn
                                                                                                                                                                                    "Le milieu de partie ne se laisse pas réduire à quelques principes simples. Alors, doit-on simplement se fier à son intuition, et vogue la galère ? C’est une option, mais il en est une autre bien plus efficace, qui vous permet de profiter de l’expérience des champions : vous familiariser avec les idées typiques les plus...
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                                                                                                                                                                                    Comprendre le milieu de partie de John Nunn
                                                                                                                                                                                        "Le milieu de partie ne se laisse pas réduire à quelques principes simples. Alors, doit-on simplement se fier à son intuition, et vogue la galère ? C’est une option, mais il en est une autre bien plus efficace, qui vous permet de profiter de l’expérience des champions : vous familiariser avec les idées typiques les plus...
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                                                                                                                                                                                        Jouez l'Est-indienne! de Victor Bologan
                                                                                                                                                                                            "La défense Est-indienne ne pouvait jouir d’une meilleure publicité que celle qui lui fut faite en leur temps par Bobby Fischer et Garry Kasparov : quand les plus grands champions en font leur arme principale contre 1.d4, il n’est guère étonnant que leur exemple soit largement suivi. C’est d’ailleurs ainsi qu’elle est...
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                                                                                                                                                                                            Jouez l'Est-indienne! de Victor Bologan
                                                                                                                                                                                                "La défense Est-indienne ne pouvait jouir d’une meilleure publicité que celle qui lui fut faite en leur temps par Bobby Fischer et Garry Kasparov : quand les plus grands champions en font leur arme principale contre 1.d4, il n’est guère étonnant que leur exemple soit largement suivi. C’est d’ailleurs ainsi qu’elle est...
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