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The Modern Bogo 1.d4 e6 de Dejan Antic et Branimir Maksimovic
      "[...] The authors recommend to answer 1.d4 with the direct 1...e6, for the follow-up  2.c4 Bb4+. In this way they avoid complex theoretical Nimzo-Indian lines and enable both amateur and professional players to find their own way in little-explored variations. The Modern Bogo covers all the possibilities for White after 1.d4 e6... except for 2.e4, after which you should...
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      The Modern Bogo 1.d4 e6 de Dejan Antic et Branimir Maksimovic
          "[...] The authors recommend to answer 1.d4 with the direct 1...e6, for the follow-up  2.c4 Bb4+. In this way they avoid complex theoretical Nimzo-Indian lines and enable both amateur and professional players to find their own way in little-explored variations. The Modern Bogo covers all the possibilities for White after 1.d4 e6... except for 2.e4, after which you should...
          24,95 €Prix
          The Double Queen's Gambit de Alexey Bezgodov
              "Former Russian Chess Champion Alexey Bezgodov provides a complete repertoire for Black against 1.d4, starting with the cheeky move 2…c5! against both 2.c4 and 2.Nf3. In this opening, the Double Queen’s Gambit, Black’s approach is as active and ambitious as White’s is in the Queen’s Gambit. After thoroughly analysing and investigating, Bezgodov has put the opening to...
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              The Double Queen's Gambit de Alexey Bezgodov
                  "Former Russian Chess Champion Alexey Bezgodov provides a complete repertoire for Black against 1.d4, starting with the cheeky move 2…c5! against both 2.c4 and 2.Nf3. In this opening, the Double Queen’s Gambit, Black’s approach is as active and ambitious as White’s is in the Queen’s Gambit. After thoroughly analysing and investigating, Bezgodov has put the opening to...
                  24,95 €Prix
                  A Cutting-Edge Gambit against the Queen's Indian de Imre Hera et Ufuk Tuncer
                      "The ultra-sharp pawn sacrifice 6.d5 has caused a revolution in the 4… Ba6 line of the Queen’s Indian Defence in recent years. The ingenious gambit was hotly debated at the highest level by players like Alexey Shirov, for White, and Peter Leko, for Black. At club level it became a dangerous weapon for attackers. Hungarian grandmaster...
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                      A Cutting-Edge Gambit against the Queen's Indian de Imre Hera et Ufuk Tuncer
                          "The ultra-sharp pawn sacrifice 6.d5 has caused a revolution in the 4… Ba6 line of the Queen’s Indian Defence in recent years. The ingenious gambit was hotly debated at the highest level by players like Alexey Shirov, for White, and Peter Leko, for Black. At club level it became a dangerous weapon for attackers. Hungarian grandmaster...
                          19,95 €Prix
                          Better Thinking, Better Chess de Joel Benjamin
                              "Joel Benjamin knows that pointing out the moves his students missed is just half the job. They need to understand that they were looking in the wrong direction. Chess engines offer little help in this because they can’t explain why you went astray. What’s more: an engine may send the wrong message! Many chess players don’t realise that the top computer move frequently...
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                              Better Thinking, Better Chess de Joel Benjamin
                                  "Joel Benjamin knows that pointing out the moves his students missed is just half the job. They need to understand that they were looking in the wrong direction. Chess engines offer little help in this because they can’t explain why you went astray. What’s more: an engine may send the wrong message! Many chess players don’t realise that the top computer move frequently...
                                  27,95 €Prix
                                  A Chess Opening Repertoire for Blitz and Rapid de Evgeny Sveshnikov et Vladimir Sveshnikov
                                      "In blitz chess it is important to make the right decisions quickly and almost instinctively. That is why world-famous opening expert Grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov and his son, International Master Vladimir Sveshnikov , have created an opening repertoire for club players that is forcing, both narrow...
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                                      A Chess Opening Repertoire for Blitz and Rapid de Evgeny Sveshnikov et Vladimir Sveshnikov
                                          "In blitz chess it is important to make the right decisions quickly and almost instinctively. That is why world-famous opening expert Grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov and his son, International Master Vladimir Sveshnikov , have created an opening repertoire for club players that is forcing, both narrow...
                                          27,95 €Prix
                                          The Art of the Tarrasch Defence de Alexey Bezgodov
                                              "The Tarrasch Defence is one of the most ambitious ways to play against 1.d4. Black immediately fights for the centre, gets a lot of space and develops his pieces without many problems. Great fighters like Boris Spassky, Paul Keres and Garry Kasparov have played the Tarrasch Defence. [...] Bezgodov has injected his main line, the neglected Kasparov System, with a lot of...
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                                              The Art of the Tarrasch Defence de Alexey Bezgodov
                                                  "The Tarrasch Defence is one of the most ambitious ways to play against 1.d4. Black immediately fights for the centre, gets a lot of space and develops his pieces without many problems. Great fighters like Boris Spassky, Paul Keres and Garry Kasparov have played the Tarrasch Defence. [...] Bezgodov has injected his main line, the neglected Kasparov System, with a lot of...
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                                                  Taming Wild Chess Openings de John Watson et Eric Schiller
                                                      "John Watson and Eric Schiller provide club players with solutions to a huge selection of these rarely-played or tricky chess openings. They concentrate upon ideas and strategy, with enough analysis to satisfy the needs of practical play. Only when a sharp reply is required, Watson and Schiller will recommend a more complex variation filled with tactics. In the vast majority of...
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                                                      Taming Wild Chess Openings de John Watson et Eric Schiller
                                                          "John Watson and Eric Schiller provide club players with solutions to a huge selection of these rarely-played or tricky chess openings. They concentrate upon ideas and strategy, with enough analysis to satisfy the needs of practical play. Only when a sharp reply is required, Watson and Schiller will recommend a more complex variation filled with tactics. In the vast majority of...
                                                          26,95 €Prix
                                                          Training with Moska de Viktor Moskalenko
                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                              " Training with Moska is based on the best instructive material Moskalenko collected while working with amateurs for three decades. The book covers a wide variety of aspects of the game and the more than 500 instructive positions are accessible for players of different strengths. If you have an Elo rating between 1400 and 2100, this book will help you make a big step...
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                                                              Training with Moska de Viktor Moskalenko
                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                  " Training with Moska is based on the best instructive material Moskalenko collected while working with amateurs for three decades. The book covers a wide variety of aspects of the game and the more than 500 instructive positions are accessible for players of different strengths. If you have an Elo rating between 1400 and 2100, this book will help you make a big step...
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                                                                  The New in Chess Book of Chess Improvement de Steve Giddins
                                                                      "Masterclasses by Kasparov, Carlsen, Tal, Anand, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Smyslov, Larsen, Karpov and many others. For more than three decades, every issue of  New In Chess magazine  has been full of detailed and highly enlightening annotations by the world’s best players of their own best games. Because studying well-annotated master games is the best way to learn the skills that...
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                                                                      The New in Chess Book of Chess Improvement de Steve Giddins
                                                                          "Masterclasses by Kasparov, Carlsen, Tal, Anand, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Smyslov, Larsen, Karpov and many others. For more than three decades, every issue of  New In Chess magazine  has been full of detailed and highly enlightening annotations by the world’s best players of their own best games. Because studying well-annotated master games is the best way to learn the skills that...
                                                                          22,95 €Prix
                                                                          Liquidation on the Chess Board de Joel Benjamin
                                                                              "Pawn endings do not arise out of nowhere. Before emerging as endgames with just kings and pawns, they 'pre-existed' in positions that still contained any number of pieces. Liquidation is the purposeful transition into a pawn ending. It is a vital technique that is seldom taught. Strange, because knowing when and how to liquidate can help you win games or save draws. <br...
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                                                                              Liquidation on the Chess Board de Joel Benjamin
                                                                                  "Pawn endings do not arise out of nowhere. Before emerging as endgames with just kings and pawns, they 'pre-existed' in positions that still contained any number of pieces. Liquidation is the purposeful transition into a pawn ending. It is a vital technique that is seldom taught. Strange, because knowing when and how to liquidate can help you win games or save draws. <br...
                                                                                  19,95 €Prix
                                                                                  The Fianchetto Solution de Emmanuel Neiman et Samy Shoker
                                                                                      "Neiman knew that amateurs have little time to seriously study opening theory, so he had to come up with a practical, complete, easy-to-learn and solid opening repertoire that would not outdate rapidly. And that is what he did. Neiman advises amateurs to play (with both colours!) the flexible King’s Fianchetto system, where the Bishop is a defender of the King and at the same time...
                                                                                      22,95 €Prix
                                                                                      The Fianchetto Solution de Emmanuel Neiman et Samy Shoker
                                                                                          "Neiman knew that amateurs have little time to seriously study opening theory, so he had to come up with a practical, complete, easy-to-learn and solid opening repertoire that would not outdate rapidly. And that is what he did. Neiman advises amateurs to play (with both colours!) the flexible King’s Fianchetto system, where the Bishop is a defender of the King and at the same time...
                                                                                          22,95 €Prix
                                                                                          Play 1...d6 Against Everything de Erik Zude et Jörh Hickl
                                                                                              "Renowned German chess trainers Erik Zude and Jörg Hickl have created an ideal club player’s repertoire for Black. This compact manual presents a set of lines that is conveniently limited in scope, yet varied, solid and complete.  The core repertoire is based on lines that the authors have successfully played at (grand)master level for decades: the Antoshin Variation of...
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                                                                                              Play 1...d6 Against Everything de Erik Zude et Jörh Hickl
                                                                                                  "Renowned German chess trainers Erik Zude and Jörg Hickl have created an ideal club player’s repertoire for Black. This compact manual presents a set of lines that is conveniently limited in scope, yet varied, solid and complete.  The core repertoire is based on lines that the authors have successfully played at (grand)master level for decades: the Antoshin Variation of...
                                                                                                  22,95 €Prix
                                                                                                  The Complete French Advance de Evgeny Sveshnikov et Vladimir Sveshnikov
                                                                                                      "The Advance Variation is the most ambitious way to meet the solid French Defence. Its popularity among club players is not difficult to understand: by advancing the e-pawn to e5 on the third move, White not only gains space but also blocks in Black’s c8 - bishop and hampers Black’s kingside development by taking away the f6-square. [...] <br...
                                                                                                      29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                      The Complete French Advance de Evgeny Sveshnikov et Vladimir Sveshnikov
                                                                                                          "The Advance Variation is the most ambitious way to meet the solid French Defence. Its popularity among club players is not difficult to understand: by advancing the e-pawn to e5 on the third move, White not only gains space but also blocks in Black’s c8 - bishop and hampers Black’s kingside development by taking away the f6-square. [...] <br...
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                                                                                                          How Ulf Beats Black de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                              "In his prime, in the 1970-s and 80-s, legendary Swedish chess grandmaster Ulf Andersson was a Top 10 player with a distinct, immediately recognizable style. He almost never lost a game and kept scoring wins from quiet positions.  Quiet positons? Acclaimed chess author Cyrus Lakdawala has played Andersson’s lines for decades and explains that those positions only LOOK quiet. Ulf...
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                                                                                                              How Ulf Beats Black de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                  "In his prime, in the 1970-s and 80-s, legendary Swedish chess grandmaster Ulf Andersson was a Top 10 player with a distinct, immediately recognizable style. He almost never lost a game and kept scoring wins from quiet positions.  Quiet positons? Acclaimed chess author Cyrus Lakdawala has played Andersson’s lines for decades and explains that those positions only LOOK quiet. Ulf...
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                                                                                                                  Winning in the Chess Opening de Nikolay Kalinichenko
                                                                                                                      "Every chess player loves to win early in the opening. However you should never lose sight of the most important objective of your opening play: the proper development of your pawns and pieces. That is why this book is more than just an enjoyable collection of traps and tricks. Prolific Russian chess author Nikolai Kalinichenko has collected 700 brilliant miniatures, topical games...
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                                                                                                                      Winning in the Chess Opening de Nikolay Kalinichenko
                                                                                                                          "Every chess player loves to win early in the opening. However you should never lose sight of the most important objective of your opening play: the proper development of your pawns and pieces. That is why this book is more than just an enjoyable collection of traps and tricks. Prolific Russian chess author Nikolai Kalinichenko has collected 700 brilliant miniatures, topical games...
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                                                                                                                          Bologan's Caro-Kann de Victor Bologan
                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                              "Victor Bologan presents a complete Caro-Kann repertoire for Black that is much more than just a lucidly explained and highly playable set of responses. In many lines Bologan provides – as he has done in his other recent major chess opening books for New In Chess – two options to handle the Black position. Bologan’s explanations are accessible for a wide range of players and he...
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                                                                                                                              Bologan's Caro-Kann de Victor Bologan
                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                  "Victor Bologan presents a complete Caro-Kann repertoire for Black that is much more than just a lucidly explained and highly playable set of responses. In many lines Bologan provides – as he has done in his other recent major chess opening books for New In Chess – two options to handle the Black position. Bologan’s explanations are accessible for a wide range of players and he...
                                                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  The Full English Opening de Carsten Hansen
                                                                                                                                      "The English Opening (1.c4) is a popular choice at both club and master level, because it is a chess opening that suits all styles. Elite players as diverse as Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Vishy Anand include it in their repertoire. As White you can play aggressively or opt for a more strategic approach, depending on what kind of middlegame positions you are looking for. <br...
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                                                                                                                                      The Full English Opening de Carsten Hansen
                                                                                                                                          "The English Opening (1.c4) is a popular choice at both club and master level, because it is a chess opening that suits all styles. Elite players as diverse as Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Vishy Anand include it in their repertoire. As White you can play aggressively or opt for a more strategic approach, depending on what kind of middlegame positions you are looking for. <br...
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                                                                                                                                          Jouez 1.e4! Vol.1 de John Shaw
                                                                                                                                              "S'il est intéressant de se frotter à des ouvertures variées et d'essayer différents systèmes, le plus efficace est de disposer d'un répertoire limité, mais performant et connu en profondeur (après tout, cette approche n'a-t-elle pas suffi au plus célèbre des inconditionnels de 1.e4, le grand Bobby Fischer, pour devenir...
                                                                                                                                              35,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Jouez 1.e4! Vol.1 de John Shaw
                                                                                                                                                  "S'il est intéressant de se frotter à des ouvertures variées et d'essayer différents systèmes, le plus efficace est de disposer d'un répertoire limité, mais performant et connu en profondeur (après tout, cette approche n'a-t-elle pas suffi au plus célèbre des inconditionnels de 1.e4, le grand Bobby Fischer, pour devenir...
                                                                                                                                                  35,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  Le pouvoir du roi de Edmar Mednis
                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                      "[...] Aussi beaucoup de joueurs tendent-ils à considérer leur roi comme la figure la plus vulnérable, et la plus importante qu'il convient de garder abritée d'un bout à l'autre de la partie. On sait pourtant qu'en finale, quand la réduction du matériel a fait disparaître la plupart des dangers qui le menaçaient jusqu'alors, le roi redevient une figure à part entière, mais le sujet...
                                                                                                                                                      22,35 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      Le pouvoir du roi de Edmar Mednis
                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                          "[...] Aussi beaucoup de joueurs tendent-ils à considérer leur roi comme la figure la plus vulnérable, et la plus importante qu'il convient de garder abritée d'un bout à l'autre de la partie. On sait pourtant qu'en finale, quand la réduction du matériel a fait disparaître la plupart des dangers qui le menaçaient jusqu'alors, le roi redevient une figure à part entière, mais le sujet...
                                                                                                                                                          22,35 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          Comment jouer la défense française de Shaun Taulbut
                                                                                                                                                              "La Défense française est une ouverture pratique et idéale pour un joueur de club. Cette stratégie qui peut permettre aux noirs une contre-attaque au centre et à l'aile dame est particulièrement adaptée à celui qui, comme V. Korchnoï, vice-champion du monde, aime les positions musclées et complexes. Shaun Taulbut, à l'aide de très nombreux exemples, commente le jeu des noirs autant...
                                                                                                                                                              17,85 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              Comment jouer la défense française de Shaun Taulbut
                                                                                                                                                                  "La Défense française est une ouverture pratique et idéale pour un joueur de club. Cette stratégie qui peut permettre aux noirs une contre-attaque au centre et à l'aile dame est particulièrement adaptée à celui qui, comme V. Korchnoï, vice-champion du monde, aime les positions musclées et complexes. Shaun Taulbut, à l'aide de très nombreux exemples, commente le jeu des noirs autant...
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                                                                                                                                                                  Le gambit Morra de Edouard Goufeld
                                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                      "Un des problèmes numéro un du joueur est de survivre à la phase du début de partie pour donner libre cours à son talent personnel. C'est la raison du succès d'innombrables livres sur les ouvertures. Le grand maître soviétique Edouard Goufeld, un des derniers romantiques contemporains, propose à l'amateur, et même au débutant, une solution séduisante pour combattre la fameuse défense...
                                                                                                                                                                      11,10 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Le gambit Morra de Edouard Goufeld
                                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                          "Un des problèmes numéro un du joueur est de survivre à la phase du début de partie pour donner libre cours à son talent personnel. C'est la raison du succès d'innombrables livres sur les ouvertures. Le grand maître soviétique Edouard Goufeld, un des derniers romantiques contemporains, propose à l'amateur, et même au débutant, une solution séduisante pour combattre la fameuse défense...
                                                                                                                                                                          11,10 €Prix