Documentation échiquéenne
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The Greatest Attacker in Chess de Cyrus Lakdawala
      Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912-1974) played fearless attacking chess. With his dazzling style, the Soviet master already was a legend during his lifetime, but international fame largely eluded him. Only once did he get permission to show his exceptional talent in a tournament abroad. Five times Nezhmetdinov was chess champion of the Russian Federation. In the 1961 Soviet Championship, he...
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      The Greatest Attacker in Chess de Cyrus Lakdawala
          Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912-1974) played fearless attacking chess. With his dazzling style, the Soviet master already was a legend during his lifetime, but international fame largely eluded him. Only once did he get permission to show his exceptional talent in a tournament abroad. Five times Nezhmetdinov was chess champion of the Russian Federation. In the 1961 Soviet Championship, he...
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          Winning with the World Open de Joel Benjamin et Harold Scott
              For nearly fifty years grandmasters and amateurs alike have been making their annual pilgrimage to the World Open. Legendary organizer Bill Goichberg created the model of this iconic event in American chess: large entry fees, large prizes, and no-frills. Every year around the 4th of July, Philadelphia is the scene of countless epic battles at the board. Joel Benjamin and Harold Scott...
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              Winning with the World Open de Joel Benjamin et Harold Scott
                  For nearly fifty years grandmasters and amateurs alike have been making their annual pilgrimage to the World Open. Legendary organizer Bill Goichberg created the model of this iconic event in American chess: large entry fees, large prizes, and no-frills. Every year around the 4th of July, Philadelphia is the scene of countless epic battles at the board. Joel Benjamin and Harold Scott...
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                  Kingwalks de Yasser Seirawan et Bruce Harper
                      Marching your king across the board – at times right through or into enemy lines – may be both exhilarating and terrifying. Nothing may be quite as satisfying as a majestic kingwalk across the board which brings you glorious victory. And nothing as tragicomic as a needless journey ending in epic failure. Chessplayers are fascinated by kingwalks, perhaps because of their inherent...
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                      Kingwalks de Yasser Seirawan et Bruce Harper
                          Marching your king across the board – at times right through or into enemy lines – may be both exhilarating and terrifying. Nothing may be quite as satisfying as a majestic kingwalk across the board which brings you glorious victory. And nothing as tragicomic as a needless journey ending in epic failure. Chessplayers are fascinated by kingwalks, perhaps because of their inherent...
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                          The Sicilian Four Knights de David Willis
                              With all the many books and articles on the Sicilian Defense, there is surprisingly little about the Four Knights Variation. Its starting position is reached after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6. It may also be reached after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6. Some prefer 2...e6 to 2...Nc6 because it avoids 3.Bb5. The fundamentals of the Sicilian Four...
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                              The Sicilian Four Knights de David Willis
                                  With all the many books and articles on the Sicilian Defense, there is surprisingly little about the Four Knights Variation. Its starting position is reached after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6. It may also be reached after 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6. Some prefer 2...e6 to 2...Nc6 because it avoids 3.Bb5. The fundamentals of the Sicilian Four...
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                                  The 3...Qd8 Scandinavian Simple and Strong de Daniel Lowinger
                                      The world’s oldest opening variation, 3...Qd8 in the Scandinavian Defense, has resurfaced in the last decade to give players at all levels a winning edge. Whether you prefer a sharp tactical game or slower positional maneuvering, the 3...Qd8 Scandinavian provides a genuine alternative for club players and grandmasters seeking to play for a win from the outset. Elite players such as...
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                                      The 3...Qd8 Scandinavian Simple and Strong de Daniel Lowinger
                                          The world’s oldest opening variation, 3...Qd8 in the Scandinavian Defense, has resurfaced in the last decade to give players at all levels a winning edge. Whether you prefer a sharp tactical game or slower positional maneuvering, the 3...Qd8 Scandinavian provides a genuine alternative for club players and grandmasters seeking to play for a win from the outset. Elite players such as...
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                                          Mon système vol.1 de Aron Nimzowitsch
                                              Mon système est sans doute le plus célèbre de tous les manuels d'échecs. On a dit de ce livre que des amateurs il faisait des maîtres, et que des maîtres il faisait des grands maîtres. C'est peut-être une exagération, mais, si vous cherchez un moyen sûr de progresser aux échecs, vous l'avez entre les mains ! Sous la plume d'Aron Nimzowitsch, pièces et pions s'animent,...
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                                              Mon système vol.1 de Aron Nimzowitsch
                                                  Mon système est sans doute le plus célèbre de tous les manuels d'échecs. On a dit de ce livre que des amateurs il faisait des maîtres, et que des maîtres il faisait des grands maîtres. C'est peut-être une exagération, mais, si vous cherchez un moyen sûr de progresser aux échecs, vous l'avez entre les mains ! Sous la plume d'Aron Nimzowitsch, pièces et pions s'animent,...
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                                                  New York 1924 de Alexandre Alekhine
                                                      En mars - avril 1924 eut lieu à New York un des tournois d'échecs les plus célèbres de tous les temps. Pour la première fois un tournoi réunissait trois joueurs légendaires qui avait été, était ou allait devenir champion du monde d'échecs : Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca et Alexandre Alekhine. La performance extraordinaire d'Emanuel Lasker, âgé de 55 ans, qui s'imposa devant...
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                                                      New York 1924 de Alexandre Alekhine
                                                          En mars - avril 1924 eut lieu à New York un des tournois d'échecs les plus célèbres de tous les temps. Pour la première fois un tournoi réunissait trois joueurs légendaires qui avait été, était ou allait devenir champion du monde d'échecs : Emanuel Lasker, José Raúl Capablanca et Alexandre Alekhine. La performance extraordinaire d'Emanuel Lasker, âgé de 55 ans, qui s'imposa devant...
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                                                          Quinze parties d'échecs et leurs aventures de Mikhaïl Botvinnik
                                                              Mikhaïl Botvinnik est reconnu comme étant à la fois l'un des plus grands maîtres d'échecs de tous les temps et un écrivain important dans le domaine du jeu d'échecs. Ainsi, ses ouvrages sont souvent présentés comme des modèles du point de vue de la qualité des analyses et des commentaires, et maints d'entre eux sont considérés comme étant des classiques de la littérature échiquéenne. Dans ce...
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                                                              Quinze parties d'échecs et leurs aventures de Mikhaïl Botvinnik
                                                                  Mikhaïl Botvinnik est reconnu comme étant à la fois l'un des plus grands maîtres d'échecs de tous les temps et un écrivain important dans le domaine du jeu d'échecs. Ainsi, ses ouvrages sont souvent présentés comme des modèles du point de vue de la qualité des analyses et des commentaires, et maints d'entre eux sont considérés comme étant des classiques de la littérature échiquéenne. Dans ce...
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                                                                  Jouer sa vie en jouant aux échecs de Yves Vaillancourt
                                                                      Quelle est la quête symbolisée par le jeu d'échecs?? Quels liens pouvons-nous établir entre Beth Harmon de la récente série télévisée The Queen's Gambit et des personnages littéraires comme Loujine ou Monsieur B., de Nabokov ou Stefan Zweig ? Les joueurs d'échecs sont-ils des fous de Dieu, des mystiques de l'absolu ? Veulent-ils s'affranchir des limites imparties à la...
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                                                                      Jouer sa vie en jouant aux échecs de Yves Vaillancourt
                                                                          Quelle est la quête symbolisée par le jeu d'échecs?? Quels liens pouvons-nous établir entre Beth Harmon de la récente série télévisée The Queen's Gambit et des personnages littéraires comme Loujine ou Monsieur B., de Nabokov ou Stefan Zweig ? Les joueurs d'échecs sont-ils des fous de Dieu, des mystiques de l'absolu ? Veulent-ils s'affranchir des limites imparties à la...
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                                                                          Le grand livre des échecs
                                                                              Apprenez à maîtriser les règles du jeu d'échecs... Jeu de stratégie par excellence et discipline à la popularité incontestée, les échecs sont indémodables et permettent de mettre en oeuvre vos capacités de réflexion et d'analyse. Véritable phénomène, la série Le Jeu de la dame a amplifié l'engouement pour les échecs. Initiation pour les uns, précieux rappel pour les autres, cet...
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                                                                              Le grand livre des échecs
                                                                                  Apprenez à maîtriser les règles du jeu d'échecs... Jeu de stratégie par excellence et discipline à la popularité incontestée, les échecs sont indémodables et permettent de mettre en oeuvre vos capacités de réflexion et d'analyse. Véritable phénomène, la série Le Jeu de la dame a amplifié l'engouement pour les échecs. Initiation pour les uns, précieux rappel pour les autres, cet...
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                                                                                  The Modernized Sicilian Kan de Adrien Demuth
                                                                                      “I have always been interested by less theoretical Sicilians. I have been playing the Classical Sicilian for a long time and right before the covid period, I decided to find a new one. The Sicilian Kan came to me as a very serious option, and I decided to work on it. In the meantime, my friend and editor Daniël Vanheirzeele offered me the chance to author a book about it. This came to me as...
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                                                                                      The Modernized Sicilian Kan de Adrien Demuth
                                                                                          “I have always been interested by less theoretical Sicilians. I have been playing the Classical Sicilian for a long time and right before the covid period, I decided to find a new one. The Sicilian Kan came to me as a very serious option, and I decided to work on it. In the meantime, my friend and editor Daniël Vanheirzeele offered me the chance to author a book about it. This came to me as...
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                                                                                          Bien débuter aux échecs de Almira Skripchenko et Jérôme Maufras
                                                                                              Un pédagogue hors pair et une championne internationale ont uni leurs savoir-faire et vous proposent  un guide complet, clair et ludique destiné aux débutants et aux joueurs peu expérimentés. • Une méthode « inversée » : juste après le maniement des pièces de l’échiquier, apprenez à… terminer la partie ! En fin de partie, les pièces sont moins nombreuses et le jeu plus lisible. ...
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                                                                                              Bien débuter aux échecs de Almira Skripchenko et Jérôme Maufras
                                                                                                  Un pédagogue hors pair et une championne internationale ont uni leurs savoir-faire et vous proposent  un guide complet, clair et ludique destiné aux débutants et aux joueurs peu expérimentés. • Une méthode « inversée » : juste après le maniement des pièces de l’échiquier, apprenez à… terminer la partie ! En fin de partie, les pièces sont moins nombreuses et le jeu plus lisible. ...
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                                                                                                  Chess Buccaneer de Peter Boel et Merijn Van Delft
                                                                                                      There aren’t many chess players who can say they’ve both beaten Garry Kasparov in an official blitz game and crushed Peter Leko in a classical game in 26 moves. And who regularly win blitz tournaments high on marihuana. But then Manuel Bosboom is not an ordinary chess player. The Dutch International Master never made it to the top in chess, but over the course of his swashbuckling...
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                                                                                                      Chess Buccaneer de Peter Boel et Merijn Van Delft
                                                                                                          There aren’t many chess players who can say they’ve both beaten Garry Kasparov in an official blitz game and crushed Peter Leko in a classical game in 26 moves. And who regularly win blitz tournaments high on marihuana. But then Manuel Bosboom is not an ordinary chess player. The Dutch International Master never made it to the top in chess, but over the course of his swashbuckling...
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                                                                                                          Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 vol.1 de Gawain Jones
                                                                                                              Coffeehouse Repertoire is a 1.e4 player’s dream: an arsenal of ideas from a world-class grandmaster to surprise and confound your opponents, combining coffeehouse trickery with complete theoretical soundness. In Volume 1, GM Gawain Jones shows how to put pressure on the Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian and Alekhine’s Defences, using lines which feature a potent combination...
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                                                                                                              Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 vol.1 de Gawain Jones
                                                                                                                  Coffeehouse Repertoire is a 1.e4 player’s dream: an arsenal of ideas from a world-class grandmaster to surprise and confound your opponents, combining coffeehouse trickery with complete theoretical soundness. In Volume 1, GM Gawain Jones shows how to put pressure on the Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian and Alekhine’s Defences, using lines which feature a potent combination...
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                                                                                                                  Leningrad Dutch de Mihail Marin
                                                                                                                      The Dutch is renowned as a fighting weapon against 1.d4, as 1...f5 immediately sets up an unbalanced struggle. Then Black’s kingside fianchetto, which defines the Leningrad Dutch, allows pawn-storming play in similar style to the King’s Indian Defence. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory. Leningrad Dutch covers lines...
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                                                                                                                      Leningrad Dutch de Mihail Marin
                                                                                                                          The Dutch is renowned as a fighting weapon against 1.d4, as 1...f5 immediately sets up an unbalanced struggle. Then Black’s kingside fianchetto, which defines the Leningrad Dutch, allows pawn-storming play in similar style to the King’s Indian Defence. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory. Leningrad Dutch covers lines...
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                                                                                                                          Dutch Sidelines de Mihail Marin
                                                                                                                              The Dutch is one Black’s most ambitious replies to 1.d4, as with 1...f5 Black creates asymmetrical and richly complex play. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory. Dutch Sidelines covers lines where White does not fianchetto the king’s bishop. These include 1.d4 f5 2.c4 lines, as well as Anti-Dutch options such as 2.Bg5,...
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                                                                                                                              Dutch Sidelines de Mihail Marin
                                                                                                                                  The Dutch is one Black’s most ambitious replies to 1.d4, as with 1...f5 Black creates asymmetrical and richly complex play. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory. Dutch Sidelines covers lines where White does not fianchetto the king’s bishop. These include 1.d4 f5 2.c4 lines, as well as Anti-Dutch options such as 2.Bg5,...
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                                                                                                                                  Les échecs comme l'amour et la musique ont la faculté de rendre les gens heureux de René Alladaye
                                                                                                                                      Il arrive que de petits miracles se produisent. À une époque qui ne jure que par la modernité et la vitesse, le succès planétaire de la série Le Jeu de la Dame a réveillé une belle endormie millénaire : le jeu d'échecs. Parce qu'ils sont tout à la fois un jeu, un sport, une science et un art, les échecs offrent à chacun(e) l'occasion d'un moment de détente, de défi intellectuel, ou...
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                                                                                                                                      Les échecs comme l'amour et la musique ont la faculté de rendre les gens heureux de René Alladaye
                                                                                                                                          Il arrive que de petits miracles se produisent. À une époque qui ne jure que par la modernité et la vitesse, le succès planétaire de la série Le Jeu de la Dame a réveillé une belle endormie millénaire : le jeu d'échecs. Parce qu'ils sont tout à la fois un jeu, un sport, une science et un art, les échecs offrent à chacun(e) l'occasion d'un moment de détente, de défi intellectuel, ou...
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                                                                                                                                          Playing the Caro-Kann de Lars Schandorff
                                                                                                                                              The Caro-Kann is renowned as a top-tier defence to 1.e4, and Lars Schandorff’s Grandmaster Repertoire book on this opening received rave reviews. As GM Zenon Franco Ocampos put it, “I cannot imagine a better way of converting into a Caro-Kann player.” A decade later, Schandorff is back with a completely new repertoire which improves on his previous work in every way. Playing the...
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                                                                                                                                              Playing the Caro-Kann de Lars Schandorff
                                                                                                                                                  The Caro-Kann is renowned as a top-tier defence to 1.e4, and Lars Schandorff’s Grandmaster Repertoire book on this opening received rave reviews. As GM Zenon Franco Ocampos put it, “I cannot imagine a better way of converting into a Caro-Kann player.” A decade later, Schandorff is back with a completely new repertoire which improves on his previous work in every way. Playing the...
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                                                                                                                                                  The Exhilarating Elephant Gambit de Jakob Aabling-Thomsen et Michael Agermose Jensen
                                                                                                                                                      The Elephant Gambit is perhaps the boldest opening in all of chess theory. By meeting 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 with 2...d5!?, Black takes the fight to his opponent and aims to seize the initiative as early as possible. The Exhilarating Elephant Gambit offers a complete repertoire for Black, based on 3.exd5 Bd6 or 3.Nxe5 Bd6 4.d4 dxe4. In return for the sacrificed pawn, Black ensures...
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                                                                                                                                                      The Exhilarating Elephant Gambit de Jakob Aabling-Thomsen et Michael Agermose Jensen
                                                                                                                                                          The Elephant Gambit is perhaps the boldest opening in all of chess theory. By meeting 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 with 2...d5!?, Black takes the fight to his opponent and aims to seize the initiative as early as possible. The Exhilarating Elephant Gambit offers a complete repertoire for Black, based on 3.exd5 Bd6 or 3.Nxe5 Bd6 4.d4 dxe4. In return for the sacrificed pawn, Black ensures...
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                                                                                                                                                          Sicilian Warfare de Ilya Smirin
                                                                                                                                                              Sicilian Warfare is a practical guide to the most dynamic and ambitious defence against 1.e4, starting where opening theory ends and the middlegame begins. Ilya Smirin breaks down the strategic battle into easily understood elements and then looks at them in a dynamic setting. With illuminating annotations of Smirin’s best Sicilian games with both colours, Sicilian Warfare...
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                                                                                                                                                              Sicilian Warfare de Ilya Smirin
                                                                                                                                                                  Sicilian Warfare is a practical guide to the most dynamic and ambitious defence against 1.e4, starting where opening theory ends and the middlegame begins. Ilya Smirin breaks down the strategic battle into easily understood elements and then looks at them in a dynamic setting. With illuminating annotations of Smirin’s best Sicilian games with both colours, Sicilian Warfare...
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                                                                                                                                                                  Winning de Nigel Short
                                                                                                                                                                      Winning de Nigel Short
                                                                                                                                                                          Grandmaster Nigel Short realised that every tournament win has a unique narrative and challenge. In this exceptional chess book, Short discusses eight of his foremost tournament wins, describing the drama with insightful game annotations and entertaining anecdotes. For those wanting to win in chess, this book is the place to start. English GM Nigel Short was one of the most successful...
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                                                                                                                                                                          Winning de Nigel Short
                                                                                                                                                                              Grandmaster Nigel Short realised that every tournament win has a unique narrative and challenge. In this exceptional chess book, Short discusses eight of his foremost tournament wins, describing the drama with insightful game annotations and entertaining anecdotes. For those wanting to win in chess, this book is the place to start. English GM Nigel Short was one of the most successful...
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                                                                                                                                                                              I was a Victim of Bobby Fischer de Mark Taimanov
                                                                                                                                                                                  In 1971 Robert James Fischer defeated Mark Taimanov by the sensational score of 6–0 in Vancouver, but the match games were far more competitive and tension-filled than the final score would suggest. Twenty years later Taimanov put pen to paper, reflecting on the experience. Exactly 50 years after the match, this is the first English translation of Taimanov’s original Russian text. ...
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                                                                                                                                                                                  I was a Victim of Bobby Fischer de Mark Taimanov
                                                                                                                                                                                      In 1971 Robert James Fischer defeated Mark Taimanov by the sensational score of 6–0 in Vancouver, but the match games were far more competitive and tension-filled than the final score would suggest. Twenty years later Taimanov put pen to paper, reflecting on the experience. Exactly 50 years after the match, this is the first English translation of Taimanov’s original Russian text. ...
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                                                                                                                                                                                      The Secret Ingredient to Winning at Chess de Jan Markos et David Navara
                                                                                                                                                                                          The Secret Ingredient is a grandmaster guide to maximizing your chess results, focusing on key elements of practical play which have received little to no attention in previous chess literature. How exactly can we best make use of computers? What’s the ideal, step-by-step way to prepare against a specific opponent? How can we optimize our time management at the board? And...
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                                                                                                                                                                                          The Secret Ingredient to Winning at Chess de Jan Markos et David Navara
                                                                                                                                                                                              The Secret Ingredient is a grandmaster guide to maximizing your chess results, focusing on key elements of practical play which have received little to no attention in previous chess literature. How exactly can we best make use of computers? What’s the ideal, step-by-step way to prepare against a specific opponent? How can we optimize our time management at the board? And...
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                                                                                                                                                                                              Decision Making in Major Piece Endings de Boris Gelfand
                                                                                                                                                                                                  In Decision Making in Major Piece Endings former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand discusses his path to decision making in endgames involving rooks or queens, as well as the often neglected “4th Phase.” Countless games are decided by good or bad technique in such endgames, so readers are certain to benefit from the insights of a world-class Grandmaster on this vital...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  Decision Making in Major Piece Endings de Boris Gelfand
                                                                                                                                                                                                      In Decision Making in Major Piece Endings former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand discusses his path to decision making in endgames involving rooks or queens, as well as the often neglected “4th Phase.” Countless games are decided by good or bad technique in such endgames, so readers are certain to benefit from the insights of a world-class Grandmaster on this vital...
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