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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
          Winning Chess Strategies de Yasser Seirawan
              La stratégie est l’arme secrète ultime des joueurs de championnat à travers le monde. S’appuyant sur sa vaste expérience des tournois, ainsi que sur sa carrière ultérieure de grand commentateur d’échecs, le grand maître Yasser Seirawan montre comment appliquer des principes stratégiques souples à toutes les phases de la partie. Winning Chess Strategies , ouvrage en langue...
              27,99 €Prix
              Winning Chess Strategies de Yasser Seirawan
                  La stratégie est l’arme secrète ultime des joueurs de championnat à travers le monde. S’appuyant sur sa vaste expérience des tournois, ainsi que sur sa carrière ultérieure de grand commentateur d’échecs, le grand maître Yasser Seirawan montre comment appliquer des principes stratégiques souples à toutes les phases de la partie. Winning Chess Strategies , ouvrage en langue...
                  27,99 €Prix
                  Play Winning Chess de Yasser Seirawan
                      Play Winning Chess , ouvrage en langue anglaise, est une introduction enthousiaste au jeu d’échecs, conçue pour faire de vous un véritable gladiateur de l’échiquier. Yasser Seirawan commence par expliquer le déplacement des pièces, la notation échiquéenne, les règles du jeu et les principes tactiques fondamentaux. Grâce à ses exemples, à ses rubriques de questions-réponses, à...
                      24,99 €Prix
                      Play Winning Chess de Yasser Seirawan
                          Play Winning Chess , ouvrage en langue anglaise, est une introduction enthousiaste au jeu d’échecs, conçue pour faire de vous un véritable gladiateur de l’échiquier. Yasser Seirawan commence par expliquer le déplacement des pièces, la notation échiquéenne, les règles du jeu et les principes tactiques fondamentaux. Grâce à ses exemples, à ses rubriques de questions-réponses, à...
                          24,99 €Prix
                          Unlock your Chess Creativity de Richard Palliser
                              L’explosion des échecs en Angleterre dans les années 1970 a servi de détonateur à un âge d’or durant les années 1980, lorsqu’une génération exceptionnelle de joueurs britanniques s’est hissée au sommet des échecs mondiaux. L’Angleterre est alors devenue une puissance majeure de la compétition internationale, formant des joueurs capables de rivaliser avec les nations traditionnellement...
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                              Unlock your Chess Creativity de Richard Palliser
                                  L’explosion des échecs en Angleterre dans les années 1970 a servi de détonateur à un âge d’or durant les années 1980, lorsqu’une génération exceptionnelle de joueurs britanniques s’est hissée au sommet des échecs mondiaux. L’Angleterre est alors devenue une puissance majeure de la compétition internationale, formant des joueurs capables de rivaliser avec les nations traditionnellement...
                                  27,99 €Prix
                                  1001 Chess Endgame Exercices for Club Players
                                      Ce livre, rédigé en anglais, intitulé 1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Club Players , propose une approche progressive des finales d’échecs destinée aux joueurs de club. Une fois les bases maîtrisées, le véritable plaisir commence : celui de reconnaître des motifs tactiques avancés qui décident des parties. Pour le joueur de club, la réussite ne repose plus seulement sur la...
                                      24,95 €Prix
                                      1001 Chess Endgame Exercices for Club Players
                                          Ce livre, rédigé en anglais, intitulé 1001 Chess Endgame Exercises for Club Players , propose une approche progressive des finales d’échecs destinée aux joueurs de club. Une fois les bases maîtrisées, le véritable plaisir commence : celui de reconnaître des motifs tactiques avancés qui décident des parties. Pour le joueur de club, la réussite ne repose plus seulement sur la...
                                          24,95 €Prix
                                          Chess in Miniature vol.1 de David LeMoir
                                              Le volume 1 de Chess in Miniature est un ouvrage rédigé en anglais qui s'adresse aux joueurs d'échecs souhaitant apprendre à remporter des parties rapidement et avec panache. Peu de joueurs savent toutefois comment accroître leurs chances d'y parvenir. Ce premier volume relève ce défi en présentant les huit secrets essentiels pour gagner une partie en 25 coups ou moins ; huit autres...
                                              23,99 €Prix
                                              Chess in Miniature vol.1 de David LeMoir
                                                  Le volume 1 de Chess in Miniature est un ouvrage rédigé en anglais qui s'adresse aux joueurs d'échecs souhaitant apprendre à remporter des parties rapidement et avec panache. Peu de joueurs savent toutefois comment accroître leurs chances d'y parvenir. Ce premier volume relève ce défi en présentant les huit secrets essentiels pour gagner une partie en 25 coups ou moins ; huit autres...
                                                  23,99 €Prix
                                                  Expand your Chess Strategy de Neil Mc Donald
                                                      Avez-vous l’impression de stagner aux échecs ? Vous arrive-t-il de peiner à trouver un plan ou de découvrir, après la partie, que la stratégie que vous aviez choisie était totalement inadaptée ? Expand Your Chess Strategy vous aidera à progresser de manière significative dans cet aspect essentiel du jeu et vous donnera les clés nécessaires pour franchir un nouveau cap. Dans ce livre...
                                                      27,99 €Prix
                                                      Expand your Chess Strategy de Neil Mc Donald
                                                          Avez-vous l’impression de stagner aux échecs ? Vous arrive-t-il de peiner à trouver un plan ou de découvrir, après la partie, que la stratégie que vous aviez choisie était totalement inadaptée ? Expand Your Chess Strategy vous aidera à progresser de manière significative dans cet aspect essentiel du jeu et vous donnera les clés nécessaires pour franchir un nouveau cap. Dans ce livre...
                                                          27,99 €Prix
                                                          Find Your Next Move de Sipke Ernst et Karel Van Delft
                                                              Le coup candidat est sans doute l’un des concepts les plus insaisissables de la théorie des échecs. Introduit pour la première fois par Alexander Kotov dans son célèbre livre Think Like a Grandmaster — ouvrage de référence écrit en anglais —, il paraît à la fois clair et méthodique : lorsque vous envisagez un coup, vous dressez mentalement une liste de « coups candidats », vous en comparez...
                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                              Find Your Next Move de Sipke Ernst et Karel Van Delft
                                                                  Le coup candidat est sans doute l’un des concepts les plus insaisissables de la théorie des échecs. Introduit pour la première fois par Alexander Kotov dans son célèbre livre Think Like a Grandmaster — ouvrage de référence écrit en anglais —, il paraît à la fois clair et méthodique : lorsque vous envisagez un coup, vous dressez mentalement une liste de « coups candidats », vous en comparez...
                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                  Can I Take It? de Laura Smith et Dan Heisman
                                                                      Can I Take It? An Introducting to the Counting Tactic in Chess Laura Smith et Dan Heisman Chessable 2025 88 pages
                                                                      9,95 €Prix
                                                                      Can I Take It? de Laura Smith et Dan Heisman
                                                                          Can I Take It? An Introducting to the Counting Tactic in Chess Laura Smith et Dan Heisman Chessable 2025 88 pages
                                                                          9,95 €Prix
                                                                          Think Like a Super-GM de Michael Adams et Philip Hurtado
                                                                              Think Like a Super-GM Michael Adams et Philip Hurtado Quality Chess 2024 464 pages
                                                                              32,99 €Prix
                                                                              Think Like a Super-GM de Michael Adams et Philip Hurtado
                                                                                  Think Like a Super-GM Michael Adams et Philip Hurtado Quality Chess 2024 464 pages
                                                                                  32,99 €Prix
                                                                                  Les échecs se jouent à deux! de Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                      L'aptitude à prendre en compte les intentions de l'adversaire permet de désamorcer ses menaces, lui tendre des pièges subtils et bâtir des plans réalistes - c'est souvent ce qui distingue un excellent joueur d'un joueur moyen. Le célèbre entraîneur Mark Dvoretsky a extrait de sa fameuse cartothèque près de 500 exercices pour vous aider à acquérir cette compétence clé. Multipliez votre force...
                                                                                      33,00 €Prix
                                                                                      Les échecs se jouent à deux! de Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                          L'aptitude à prendre en compte les intentions de l'adversaire permet de désamorcer ses menaces, lui tendre des pièges subtils et bâtir des plans réalistes - c'est souvent ce qui distingue un excellent joueur d'un joueur moyen. Le célèbre entraîneur Mark Dvoretsky a extrait de sa fameuse cartothèque près de 500 exercices pour vous aider à acquérir cette compétence clé. Multipliez votre force...
                                                                                          33,00 €Prix
                                                                                          Mastering Chess Defence de Johan Hellsten
                                                                                              All chess players know that they need to study tactics, calculation, endgames, and openings, but when it comes to defense, far too many wait until they're under pressure. The truth is that more games are lost because of defensive mistakes than strategic ones. By improving your defense, you could do more for your win rate than perhaps any other area of chess study. Mastering Chess...
                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                              Mastering Chess Defence de Johan Hellsten
                                                                                                  All chess players know that they need to study tactics, calculation, endgames, and openings, but when it comes to defense, far too many wait until they're under pressure. The truth is that more games are lost because of defensive mistakes than strategic ones. By improving your defense, you could do more for your win rate than perhaps any other area of chess study. Mastering Chess...
                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                  Smooth Chess Improvement de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                                      English chess grandmaster Daniel Gormally is a man with a plan. He wants to develop a chess analytical quiz, to help amateur players discover what type of chess player they truly are. While putting together this quiz, Gormally also shares his chess philosophy and his experience of playing chess tournaments up and down the breadth of the United Kingdom and beyond. If you are interested...
                                                                                                      37,95 €Prix
                                                                                                      Smooth Chess Improvement de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                                          English chess grandmaster Daniel Gormally is a man with a plan. He wants to develop a chess analytical quiz, to help amateur players discover what type of chess player they truly are. While putting together this quiz, Gormally also shares his chess philosophy and his experience of playing chess tournaments up and down the breadth of the United Kingdom and beyond. If you are interested...
                                                                                                          37,95 €Prix
                                                                                                          The Italian Opening for White de Justus Bargsten
                                                                                                              The Italian Opening is one of the oldest in chess history, mentioned as early as the 15th entury, but is still a frequent guest today, even at the highest level, most recently in the 2021 world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Although the challenger lost this game, the use of the Italian Opening alone shows tat it's a serious weapon even among top...
                                                                                                              20,00 €Prix
                                                                                                              The Italian Opening for White de Justus Bargsten
                                                                                                                  The Italian Opening is one of the oldest in chess history, mentioned as early as the 15th entury, but is still a frequent guest today, even at the highest level, most recently in the 2021 world championship match between Magnus Carlsen and Ian Nepomniachtchi. Although the challenger lost this game, the use of the Italian Opening alone shows tat it's a serious weapon even among top...
                                                                                                                  20,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                  The Scheveningen Sicilian Revisited de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                                                      This Sicilian Scheveningen Defense is a rich and complex opening that offers Black a mix of solid defense and dynamic counterattacking chances. Its flexibility allows it to be adapted to a wide range of situations, making it a popular choice for players of all levels. Whether you are looking for to outmaneuver your opponent in a tactical battle our outlast them in a positional...
                                                                                                                      38,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                      The Scheveningen Sicilian Revisited de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                                                          This Sicilian Scheveningen Defense is a rich and complex opening that offers Black a mix of solid defense and dynamic counterattacking chances. Its flexibility allows it to be adapted to a wide range of situations, making it a popular choice for players of all levels. Whether you are looking for to outmaneuver your opponent in a tactical battle our outlast them in a positional...
                                                                                                                          38,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                          Moves 3 to 10 de Nerry Strasman
                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                              I used to play a lot of chess as a teenager many decades ago. Those days, there were hardly any computers that played the game and there was certainly no Internet. Learning new ideas in the game was possible only through books or magazines and if something was not clear, there weren’t too many people to consult for explanations. I was never a great player and quit when other things in life...
                                                                                                                              38,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Moves 3 to 10 de Nerry Strasman
                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                  I used to play a lot of chess as a teenager many decades ago. Those days, there were hardly any computers that played the game and there was certainly no Internet. Learning new ideas in the game was possible only through books or magazines and if something was not clear, there weren’t too many people to consult for explanations. I was never a great player and quit when other things in life...
                                                                                                                                  38,50 €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
                                                                                                                                          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
                                                                                                                                                  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
                                                                                                                                                          The Greatest de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                              Who is the greatest chess player of all time, the GOAT? Who is in the top ten? Let the debate ensue! How do you measure greatness? Is Morphy "greater" than Carlsen? Can such judgements be made, and do they mean anything? This fascinating topic is tackled head on in The Greatest by prolific chess author Cyrus Lakdawala. Avoiding presentism with carefully established...
                                                                                                                                                              23,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              The Greatest de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                  Who is the greatest chess player of all time, the GOAT? Who is in the top ten? Let the debate ensue! How do you measure greatness? Is Morphy "greater" than Carlsen? Can such judgements be made, and do they mean anything? This fascinating topic is tackled head on in The Greatest by prolific chess author Cyrus Lakdawala. Avoiding presentism with carefully established...
                                                                                                                                                                  23,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  Strategic Play with 1.e4 de Milos Pavlovic
                                                                                                                                                                      Many players approach the opening with a desire to learn sharp lines and out-prepare their opponents. This is an exhausting task, which gets more difficult by the day. However, there is a different strategy which is more practical and designed for longevity. This is to develop an advanced understanding of typical positions. Such a policy is the best approach against different move orders and...
                                                                                                                                                                      23,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Strategic Play with 1.e4 de Milos Pavlovic
                                                                                                                                                                          Many players approach the opening with a desire to learn sharp lines and out-prepare their opponents. This is an exhausting task, which gets more difficult by the day. However, there is a different strategy which is more practical and designed for longevity. This is to develop an advanced understanding of typical positions. Such a policy is the best approach against different move orders and...
                                                                                                                                                                          23,99 €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
                                                                                                                                                                              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