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Documentation échiquéenne

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.).

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Chess 960 Yearbook 2026Chess 960 Yearbook 2026
      Chess 960 Yearbook 2026Chess 960 Yearbook 2026
          Le deuxième volume de cette série d’annuaires est consacré en détail au Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, avec ses cinq tournois prestigieux et brillants disputés à Weissenhaus, Paris, Karlsruhe, Las Vegas et Grootbos/Le Cap, ainsi qu’au FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, organisé en février 2026. Avec plus de 150 parties, dont certaines sont accompagnées de commentaires...
          29,00 €Prix
          Chess 960 Yearbook 2026Chess 960 Yearbook 2026
              Le deuxième volume de cette série d’annuaires est consacré en détail au Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, avec ses cinq tournois prestigieux et brillants disputés à Weissenhaus, Paris, Karlsruhe, Las Vegas et Grootbos/Le Cap, ainsi qu’au FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, organisé en février 2026. Avec plus de 150 parties, dont certaines sont accompagnées de commentaires...
              29,00 €Prix
              Chess in Miniature vol.2 de David Lemoir
                  Le volume 2 de  Chess in Miniature est un ouvrage rédigé en anglais qui poursuit l'exploration des parties courtes et brillantes entamée dans le premier volume. Reprenant là où celui-ci s'était arrêté, il dévoile une nouvelle série de « secrets » qui sont à la base des plus belles miniatures échiquéennes. Du choix judicieux des ouvertures à l'exploitation de l'avidité de...
                  23,99 €Prix
                  Chess in Miniature vol.2 de David Lemoir
                      Le volume 2 de  Chess in Miniature est un ouvrage rédigé en anglais qui poursuit l'exploration des parties courtes et brillantes entamée dans le premier volume. Reprenant là où celui-ci s'était arrêté, il dévoile une nouvelle série de « secrets » qui sont à la base des plus belles miniatures échiquéennes. Du choix judicieux des ouvertures à l'exploitation de l'avidité de...
                      23,99 €Prix
                      Timman Studies de Jan Timman
                          Jan Timman achève une trilogie impressionnante et fascinante avec ce recueil de ses études. Après Timman’s Titans — livre en anglais couronné ECF Book of the Year en 2017 —, dans lequel il écrit sur les champions du monde qu’il admire, puis Timman’s Triumphs, où il annote ses cent meilleures parties, Timman’s Studies réunit l’ensemble de ses compositions d’études de finales. Tout au...
                          29,95 €Prix
                          Timman Studies de Jan Timman
                              Jan Timman achève une trilogie impressionnante et fascinante avec ce recueil de ses études. Après Timman’s Titans — livre en anglais couronné ECF Book of the Year en 2017 —, dans lequel il écrit sur les champions du monde qu’il admire, puis Timman’s Triumphs, où il annote ses cent meilleures parties, Timman’s Studies réunit l’ensemble de ses compositions d’études de finales. Tout au...
                              29,95 €Prix
                              One Hundred Chess Problems de Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson
                                  This book presents 100 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of chess problems.
                                  9,99 €Prix
                                  One Hundred Chess Problems de Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson
                                      This book presents 100 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by Rev. A. Cyrill Pearson - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of chess problems.
                                      9,99 €Prix
                                      Chess Strategy de John Brown
                                          This book presents 174 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by John Brown or as he referred to himeself "J.B. of Bridport" - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of...
                                          11,99 €Prix
                                          Chess Strategy de John Brown
                                              This book presents 174 of best and most beautiful chess problems composed by John Brown or as he referred to himeself "J.B. of Bridport" - a leading English chess problem composer in the middle of the 19th century. In this new edition, FIDE Master Carsten Hansen thoroughly reanalyzed all of the compositions and analyses and made the material accessible to modern readers and fans of...
                                              11,99 €Prix
                                              Studies for Practical Players vol.2 de Oleg Pervakov et Mark Dvoretsky
                                                  Develop Imaginative and Preventive Thinking Nowadays, chessplayers spend almost all their free time preparing openings, and rarely spend the time necessary to perfect the vitally important technique of calculating. Regular training in solving and playing out endgames studies is a good recipe for eliminating that shortcoming. This book – the sequel to Studies for Practical...
                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                  Studies for Practical Players vol.2 de Oleg Pervakov et Mark Dvoretsky
                                                      Develop Imaginative and Preventive Thinking Nowadays, chessplayers spend almost all their free time preparing openings, and rarely spend the time necessary to perfect the vitally important technique of calculating. Regular training in solving and playing out endgames studies is a good recipe for eliminating that shortcoming. This book – the sequel to Studies for Practical...
                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                      Grind like a Grandmaster de Magnus Carlsen et David HowellGrind like a Grandmaster de Magnus Carlsen et David Howell
                                                          It is amazing how much play you can create in a seemingly equal chess position - if you persevere. In this book, the greatest chess player of all time, Magnus Carlsen, and his friend, Grandmaster David Howell, explain how to win these kinds of chess games. Carlsen and Howell show how you can keep a game alive, how you can keep posing problems to your opponent, how you can recognize...
                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                          Grind like a Grandmaster de Magnus Carlsen et David HowellGrind like a Grandmaster de Magnus Carlsen et David Howell
                                                              It is amazing how much play you can create in a seemingly equal chess position - if you persevere. In this book, the greatest chess player of all time, Magnus Carlsen, and his friend, Grandmaster David Howell, explain how to win these kinds of chess games. Carlsen and Howell show how you can keep a game alive, how you can keep posing problems to your opponent, how you can recognize...
                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                              Key Elements of Chess Tactics de Georgy Lisitsin
                                                                  Georgy Lisitsin (1909-72) was a respected Soviet master, theoretician and writer. In 1958 he published a revised edition of his most ambitious work, entitled Strategy and Tactics of Chess, which became one of the most legendary manuals in the Soviet chess school, and no doubt one of the books that motivated the young Bobby Fischer to learn Russian. Lisitsin broke down Strategy and...
                                                                  27,99 €Prix
                                                                  Key Elements of Chess Tactics de Georgy Lisitsin
                                                                      Georgy Lisitsin (1909-72) was a respected Soviet master, theoretician and writer. In 1958 he published a revised edition of his most ambitious work, entitled Strategy and Tactics of Chess, which became one of the most legendary manuals in the Soviet chess school, and no doubt one of the books that motivated the young Bobby Fischer to learn Russian. Lisitsin broke down Strategy and...
                                                                      27,99 €Prix
                                                                      Comprendre les finales de John Nunn
                                                                          La fin de partie aux échecs est souvent difficile à négocier. Connaître les méthodes de jeu typiques est alors un atout essentiel. Dans ce livre, le grand maître John Nunn, expert des finales, présente 100 idées clés à l'aide de 4 exemples pour chacune, sans noyer le lecteur dans les détails. Idéal pour qui recherche un livre sur les finales qui ne soit ni trop élémentaire, ni trop avancé,...
                                                                          30,00 €Prix
                                                                          Comprendre les finales de John Nunn
                                                                              La fin de partie aux échecs est souvent difficile à négocier. Connaître les méthodes de jeu typiques est alors un atout essentiel. Dans ce livre, le grand maître John Nunn, expert des finales, présente 100 idées clés à l'aide de 4 exemples pour chacune, sans noyer le lecteur dans les détails. Idéal pour qui recherche un livre sur les finales qui ne soit ni trop élémentaire, ni trop avancé,...
                                                                              30,00 €Prix
                                                                              Conceptual Rook Endgames de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                  Rook endgames are the most frequently recurring endgames and also one of the most exciting areas of chess, with mind bending tactical opportunities and dizzying nuances available. They have unsurprisingly been a big topic in endgame literature, with a heavy focus on the set theoretical positions and their logic and fixed conclusions (see the excellent Theoretical Rook Endgames by GM Sam...
                                                                                  32,99 €Prix
                                                                                  Conceptual Rook Endgames de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                      Rook endgames are the most frequently recurring endgames and also one of the most exciting areas of chess, with mind bending tactical opportunities and dizzying nuances available. They have unsurprisingly been a big topic in endgame literature, with a heavy focus on the set theoretical positions and their logic and fixed conclusions (see the excellent Theoretical Rook Endgames by GM Sam...
                                                                                      32,99 €Prix
                                                                                      Theoretical Rook Endgames de Sam Shankland
                                                                                          Rook endgames are the most important to study, because they are the type of endgame you will face most often over the board. Working on rook endgames gives the biggest bang for your buck. World-class grandmaster Sam Shankland explains technical rook endgames in a way that is clearer, better organized, more concise, and easier to understand than any previous work. After learning the...
                                                                                          32,99 €Prix
                                                                                          Theoretical Rook Endgames de Sam Shankland
                                                                                              Rook endgames are the most important to study, because they are the type of endgame you will face most often over the board. Working on rook endgames gives the biggest bang for your buck. World-class grandmaster Sam Shankland explains technical rook endgames in a way that is clearer, better organized, more concise, and easier to understand than any previous work. After learning the...
                                                                                              32,99 €Prix
                                                                                              The Exchange Sacrifice Unleashed de Georg Mohr
                                                                                                  • Compensation is a chess concept that we only fully understand when we enter the world of serious chess. • The relative value of pieces is perhaps the most difficult chess concept of all to explain. • It is one that every player must feel and believe in and can only be accepted with the help of our own practice, and when we feel it come together as though a part of us. ...
                                                                                                  33,50 €Prix
                                                                                                  The Exchange Sacrifice Unleashed de Georg Mohr
                                                                                                      • Compensation is a chess concept that we only fully understand when we enter the world of serious chess. • The relative value of pieces is perhaps the most difficult chess concept of all to explain. • It is one that every player must feel and believe in and can only be accepted with the help of our own practice, and when we feel it come together as though a part of us. ...
                                                                                                      33,50 €Prix
                                                                                                      Pawn Endgames de Vlado Kovacevic
                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                          Grandmaster Vlado Kovačević is an expert in the field of chess endgame theory, offering an educational approach for players of various skill levels. The first of seven books, spanning 304 pages, provides a definite guide to pawn endgames. The book is organized based on the number of pawns in the endgame, creating a clear division for readers. Kovačević’s focus is on the clear explanation of...
                                                                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                          Pawn Endgames de Vlado Kovacevic
                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                              Grandmaster Vlado Kovačević is an expert in the field of chess endgame theory, offering an educational approach for players of various skill levels. The first of seven books, spanning 304 pages, provides a definite guide to pawn endgames. The book is organized based on the number of pawns in the endgame, creating a clear division for readers. Kovačević’s focus is on the clear explanation of...
                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                              Amazing Artist, Dangerous Tactician de Sofia Polgar
                                                                                                                  This special hardcover edition will be limited to 200 numbered copies. Each will be signed and dated by Sofia. A Truly Unique Chess Book The chess triumphs of the Polgar sisters are legendary. Now, in this very special book, Sofia Polgar tells her own exceptional story: from her development as a prodigy and remarkable tournament successes to her eventually...
                                                                                                                  79,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                  Amazing Artist, Dangerous Tactician de Sofia Polgar
                                                                                                                      This special hardcover edition will be limited to 200 numbered copies. Each will be signed and dated by Sofia. A Truly Unique Chess Book The chess triumphs of the Polgar sisters are legendary. Now, in this very special book, Sofia Polgar tells her own exceptional story: from her development as a prodigy and remarkable tournament successes to her eventually...
                                                                                                                      79,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                      Chessboard Combat de Joel Benjamin
                                                                                                                          Chess students love a Puzzle Rush. And solving tactics puzzles certainly helps you improve your pattern recognition and will help you find good moves in tournament games. But there is a downside to most tactics puzzles — we always know who is supposed to win! Chess in real life is different, not just because no one taps us on the shoulder and tells us to look for a tactic. Sometimes...
                                                                                                                          27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                          Chessboard Combat de Joel Benjamin
                                                                                                                              Chess students love a Puzzle Rush. And solving tactics puzzles certainly helps you improve your pattern recognition and will help you find good moves in tournament games. But there is a downside to most tactics puzzles — we always know who is supposed to win! Chess in real life is different, not just because no one taps us on the shoulder and tells us to look for a tactic. Sometimes...
                                                                                                                              27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen vol.2 de Tibor Karolyi
                                                                                                                                  Magnus Carlsen’s brilliant endgame play is one of the key reasons for his success. The World Chess Champion can win positions which look drawn to anybody else. And more than any other player, he is able to save bad endings. For this second volume of Magnus Carlsen Endgame Virtuoso, International Master Tibor Karolyi has selected Carlsen’s best endgames from 2018-2022, whereas the...
                                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen vol.2 de Tibor Karolyi
                                                                                                                                      Magnus Carlsen’s brilliant endgame play is one of the key reasons for his success. The World Chess Champion can win positions which look drawn to anybody else. And more than any other player, he is able to save bad endings. For this second volume of Magnus Carlsen Endgame Virtuoso, International Master Tibor Karolyi has selected Carlsen’s best endgames from 2018-2022, whereas the...
                                                                                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual de Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                          It is very important for the practical player to train his or her ability, understand when to rely on intuition, rules of thumb and more general positional considerations, when to try to solve the problems by calculating variations to the end, and how to manage time to avoid time pressure. With these goals in mind, Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual delivers a lot of excellent, high...
                                                                                                                                          32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual de Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                              It is very important for the practical player to train his or her ability, understand when to rely on intuition, rules of thumb and more general positional considerations, when to try to solve the problems by calculating variations to the end, and how to manage time to avoid time pressure. With these goals in mind, Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual delivers a lot of excellent, high...
                                                                                                                                              32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              The Practical Endgame Bible de Broljub Zlatanovic
                                                                                                                                                  There are many books devoted to basic endgames, even from the Middle Ages. Principles of typical endgames (such as keeping the rook behind a passed pawn, not setting pawns on the same colored squares as your bishop’s, distant pawns being more dangerous than central ones etc.) are well known too. But what about “complex endgames”? I have in mind endgames with at least two pieces on each side;...
                                                                                                                                                  39,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  The Practical Endgame Bible de Broljub Zlatanovic
                                                                                                                                                      There are many books devoted to basic endgames, even from the Middle Ages. Principles of typical endgames (such as keeping the rook behind a passed pawn, not setting pawns on the same colored squares as your bishop’s, distant pawns being more dangerous than central ones etc.) are well known too. But what about “complex endgames”? I have in mind endgames with at least two pieces on each side;...
                                                                                                                                                      39,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      Endgame Strategy de Mikhail Shereshevsky
                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                          In this widely acclaimed chess classic, Russian trainer Mikhail Shereshevsky explains how to master the most important endgame principles. Where other endgame manuals focus on the basics and theoretical endgames, this book teaches the ‘big ideas’ that will help you find the most promising and most practical moves in any endgame. Even in endgames, it helps to think schematically...
                                                                                                                                                          34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          Endgame Strategy de Mikhail Shereshevsky
                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                              In this widely acclaimed chess classic, Russian trainer Mikhail Shereshevsky explains how to master the most important endgame principles. Where other endgame manuals focus on the basics and theoretical endgames, this book teaches the ‘big ideas’ that will help you find the most promising and most practical moves in any endgame. Even in endgames, it helps to think schematically...
                                                                                                                                                              34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              Kingwalks de Yasser Seirawan et Bruce Harper
                                                                                                                                                                  Marching your king across the board – at times right through or into enemy lines – may be both exhilarating and terrifying. Nothing may be quite as satisfying as a majestic kingwalk across the board which brings you glorious victory. And nothing as tragicomic as a needless journey ending in epic failure. Chessplayers are fascinated by kingwalks, perhaps because of their inherent...
                                                                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  Kingwalks de Yasser Seirawan et Bruce Harper
                                                                                                                                                                      Marching your king across the board – at times right through or into enemy lines – may be both exhilarating and terrifying. Nothing may be quite as satisfying as a majestic kingwalk across the board which brings you glorious victory. And nothing as tragicomic as a needless journey ending in epic failure. Chessplayers are fascinated by kingwalks, perhaps because of their inherent...
                                                                                                                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      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...
                                                                                                                                                                          24,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          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...
                                                                                                                                                                              24,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Understanding before Moving vol.3 de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                                                                                  The first volume dealt with the Najdorf and Scheveningen variations, and it is now time to pay attention to three other extremely popular systems: the Taimanov, Kan and Richter-Rauzer variations. After careful consideration within the Thinkers Publishing team, we decided that it made sense to group these variations together. In particular, the first two are closely related and share the...
                                                                                                                                                                                  33,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  Understanding before Moving vol.3 de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                                                                                      The first volume dealt with the Najdorf and Scheveningen variations, and it is now time to pay attention to three other extremely popular systems: the Taimanov, Kan and Richter-Rauzer variations. After careful consideration within the Thinkers Publishing team, we decided that it made sense to group these variations together. In particular, the first two are closely related and share the...
                                                                                                                                                                                      33,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      The Life and Games of Vasily Smyslov vol.1 de Andrey Terekhov
                                                                                                                                                                                          Vasily Smyslov, the seventh world champion, had a long and illustrious chess career. He played close to 3,000 tournament games over seven decades, from the time of Lasker and Capablanca to the days of Anand and Carlsen. From 1948 to 1958, Smyslov participated in four world championships, becoming world champion in 1957. Smyslov continued playing at the highest level for many years and...
                                                                                                                                                                                          34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                          The Life and Games of Vasily Smyslov vol.1 de Andrey Terekhov
                                                                                                                                                                                              Vasily Smyslov, the seventh world champion, had a long and illustrious chess career. He played close to 3,000 tournament games over seven decades, from the time of Lasker and Capablanca to the days of Anand and Carlsen. From 1948 to 1958, Smyslov participated in four world championships, becoming world champion in 1957. Smyslov continued playing at the highest level for many years and...
                                                                                                                                                                                              34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                              Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual 5th Edition de Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                                                                                  When it appeared in 2003, the first edition of Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual was immediately recognized by novice and master alike as one of the best books ever published on the endgame. The enlarged and revised fifth edition is better than ever!
                                                                                                                                                                                                  32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual 5th Edition de Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                                                                                      When it appeared in 2003, the first edition of Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual was immediately recognized by novice and master alike as one of the best books ever published on the endgame. The enlarged and revised fifth edition is better than ever!
                                                                                                                                                                                                      32,95 €Prix