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Technical Decision Making in Chess de Boris Gelfand
      In Technical Decision Making in Chess former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand discusses his path to decision making in endgames and positions where one side possesses a structural or material advantage. This investigation into a top Grandmaster’s technical understanding will illuminate difficult parts of the game that many players find elusive. Concepts like the “Zone of...
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      Technical Decision Making in Chess de Boris Gelfand
          In Technical Decision Making in Chess former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand discusses his path to decision making in endgames and positions where one side possesses a structural or material advantage. This investigation into a top Grandmaster’s technical understanding will illuminate difficult parts of the game that many players find elusive. Concepts like the “Zone of...
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          Attacking the Strongpoint de Igor Zaitsev
              Grandmaster Igor Zaitsev ranks as one of the most creative chess minds ever in the history of the royal game. This is his book of secrets and methods, his remarkable life’s work. Zaitsev unearthed astonishing ideas which even giants of the game had overlooked. World champions Tigran Petrosian and Anatoly Karpov insisted on Zaitsev’s analytical help in their matches, wanting to be...
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              Attacking the Strongpoint de Igor Zaitsev
                  Grandmaster Igor Zaitsev ranks as one of the most creative chess minds ever in the history of the royal game. This is his book of secrets and methods, his remarkable life’s work. Zaitsev unearthed astonishing ideas which even giants of the game had overlooked. World champions Tigran Petrosian and Anatoly Karpov insisted on Zaitsev’s analytical help in their matches, wanting to be...
                  24,95 €Prix
                  Caruana's Ruy Lopez de Fabiano Caruana
                      The Ruy Lopez is arguably the most classic of chess openings. White immediately starts the battle for the centre, fighting for the initiative. This strategic clarity has made the Ruy Lopez, or Spanish Opening, an eternal favourite with chess players at all levels. Inevitably, this popularity has also led to a wealth of opening theory. In this book, Fabiano Caruana takes you by the...
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                      Caruana's Ruy Lopez de Fabiano Caruana
                          The Ruy Lopez is arguably the most classic of chess openings. White immediately starts the battle for the centre, fighting for the initiative. This strategic clarity has made the Ruy Lopez, or Spanish Opening, an eternal favourite with chess players at all levels. Inevitably, this popularity has also led to a wealth of opening theory. In this book, Fabiano Caruana takes you by the...
                          29,95 €Prix
                          The Modernized Nimzovich Defense de Christian Bauer
                              There is no doubt that the Nimzovich Defense is one of Black’s most inspiring openings after 1.e4. Black strives to unbalance the position by creating new problems for White from move two, giving himself every opportunity to fight for the initiative from the outset. It is no surprise that 1…Nc6 appeals ambitious players who relish a complicated battle.
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                              The Modernized Nimzovich Defense de Christian Bauer
                                  There is no doubt that the Nimzovich Defense is one of Black’s most inspiring openings after 1.e4. Black strives to unbalance the position by creating new problems for White from move two, giving himself every opportunity to fight for the initiative from the outset. It is no surprise that 1…Nc6 appeals ambitious players who relish a complicated battle.
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                                  Understanding before Moving vol.2 de Herman Grooten
                                      "In my view the average club player will be more pleased with an opening book in which a profusion of ideas is offered. If this is also structured, you can hope that the readers will acquire the necessary understanding of standard positions." Herman Grooten
                                      26,75 €Prix
                                      Understanding before Moving vol.2 de Herman Grooten
                                          "In my view the average club player will be more pleased with an opening book in which a profusion of ideas is offered. If this is also structured, you can hope that the readers will acquire the necessary understanding of standard positions." Herman Grooten
                                          26,75 €Prix
                                          Understanding before Moving vol.3 de Herman Grooten
                                              "But I am writing for an audience that, by and large, is not interested in chess as a memory contest. So I’m not going to offer you lots of novelties and dense variation trees. On the contrary. The approach is to take the reader into the seemingly impenetrable labyrinth of variations without flinching, but then to base my comments on plans and concepts instead of computer analysis." Herman...
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                                              Understanding before Moving vol.3 de Herman Grooten
                                                  "But I am writing for an audience that, by and large, is not interested in chess as a memory contest. So I’m not going to offer you lots of novelties and dense variation trees. On the contrary. The approach is to take the reader into the seemingly impenetrable labyrinth of variations without flinching, but then to base my comments on plans and concepts instead of computer analysis." Herman...
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                                                  Le jeu de la dame Le vrai du faux
                                                      Née en 1983 de l'imagination de l'écrivain américain Walter Tevis, l'héroïne du Jeu de la dame enchaîne les succès avec autant de facilité sur l'écran et que sur l'échiquier. La carrière fulgurante de cette orpheline surdouée pour le jeu des rois captive, fascine et inspire. Oeuvre de fiction remarquablement documentée ― le champion du monde d'échecs Garry Kasparov compte parmi les...
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                                                      Le jeu de la dame Le vrai du faux
                                                          Née en 1983 de l'imagination de l'écrivain américain Walter Tevis, l'héroïne du Jeu de la dame enchaîne les succès avec autant de facilité sur l'écran et que sur l'échiquier. La carrière fulgurante de cette orpheline surdouée pour le jeu des rois captive, fascine et inspire. Oeuvre de fiction remarquablement documentée ― le champion du monde d'échecs Garry Kasparov compte parmi les...
                                                          19,90 €Prix
                                                          The Modernized Alekhine Defense de Christian Bauer
                                                              Building on his ever creative opening ideas, Christian Bauer, found a way to take a closer look at the current status of the Alekhine Defense. It’s quite clear he has a definite weak spot for Knights! Surely you will appreciate his best effort to bamboozle many opponents into the self-destruction modus.
                                                              33,95 €Prix
                                                              The Modernized Alekhine Defense de Christian Bauer
                                                                  Building on his ever creative opening ideas, Christian Bauer, found a way to take a closer look at the current status of the Alekhine Defense. It’s quite clear he has a definite weak spot for Knights! Surely you will appreciate his best effort to bamboozle many opponents into the self-destruction modus.
                                                                  33,95 €Prix
                                                                  Miguel Najdorf 'El viejo' de Zenon Franco Ocampos
                                                                      "How could anyone not remember Najdorf’s sayings, repeated again and again, as entertaining as the first time he said them: “I had a ve-e-ery wise aunt, who used to say, better a pawn up than a pawn down”, laughing. “There are two ways of winning at chess, when you play well and your opponent plays badly, or when you play badly and your opponent plays worse”. “First the idea, then the...
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                                                                      Miguel Najdorf 'El viejo' de Zenon Franco Ocampos
                                                                          "How could anyone not remember Najdorf’s sayings, repeated again and again, as entertaining as the first time he said them: “I had a ve-e-ery wise aunt, who used to say, better a pawn up than a pawn down”, laughing. “There are two ways of winning at chess, when you play well and your opponent plays badly, or when you play badly and your opponent plays worse”. “First the idea, then the...
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                                                                          The Hedgehog de Herman Grooten
                                                                              "The second reason for putting this book together is that the hedgehog system is special to me. After my first introduction, I immediately became “hooked” on this trench work. Attempting a breakout at an unexpected moment after hiding patiently on your first three ranks appealed to me." Herman Grooten
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                                                                              The Hedgehog de Herman Grooten
                                                                                  "The second reason for putting this book together is that the hedgehog system is special to me. After my first introduction, I immediately became “hooked” on this trench work. Attempting a breakout at an unexpected moment after hiding patiently on your first three ranks appealed to me." Herman Grooten
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                                                                                  The Modernized Philidor Defense de Sergio Trigo Urquijo
                                                                                      "Pawns are the soul of chess." We have all heard this phrase more than once in our chess life and we owe it to the great French player François-André Danican, so-called Philidor, considered one of the best chess players of the 18th century. It’s not surprising that with this way of thinking, he revolutionized chess, which until then was almost all about direct attacks on the king....
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                                                                                      The Modernized Philidor Defense de Sergio Trigo Urquijo
                                                                                          "Pawns are the soul of chess." We have all heard this phrase more than once in our chess life and we owe it to the great French player François-André Danican, so-called Philidor, considered one of the best chess players of the 18th century. It’s not surprising that with this way of thinking, he revolutionized chess, which until then was almost all about direct attacks on the king....
                                                                                          32,95 €Prix
                                                                                          Rakhmanov's Secrets of Opening Preparation de Aleksandr Rakhmanov
                                                                                              The character of any player is reflected in their game. It also applies to choosing their openings. Therefore, for you to better understand what I’m going to explain in this book, I should describe my style. I play simple positional chess and like to play the endgame. I don’t look for complications for the sake of complications, but if the position requires sacrifices based on the situation...
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                                                                                              Rakhmanov's Secrets of Opening Preparation de Aleksandr Rakhmanov
                                                                                                  The character of any player is reflected in their game. It also applies to choosing their openings. Therefore, for you to better understand what I’m going to explain in this book, I should describe my style. I play simple positional chess and like to play the endgame. I don’t look for complications for the sake of complications, but if the position requires sacrifices based on the situation...
                                                                                                  33,00 €Prix
                                                                                                  The Comfort Zone de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                                      I’ve become increasingly convinced of this comfort zone theory to the degree where I’ve started to apply it to chess. To use the same logic, I believe a chess player is more comfortable in an opening that they have played since childhood. They’ll be less likely to make mistakes in that opening. You can also apply it to tournaments as well. During the course of the book, I’ll talk...
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                                                                                                      The Comfort Zone de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                                          I’ve become increasingly convinced of this comfort zone theory to the degree where I’ve started to apply it to chess. To use the same logic, I believe a chess player is more comfortable in an opening that they have played since childhood. They’ll be less likely to make mistakes in that opening. You can also apply it to tournaments as well. During the course of the book, I’ll talk...
                                                                                                          29,50 €Prix
                                                                                                          p Versus Knight vol.1 de Boroljub Zlatanovic
                                                                                                              Bishop or knight? An eternal dilemma! The legendary Bobby Fischer would likely vote for the bishop. Other authorities like Nimzowitsch would prefer the knight. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Of course, it is clear a bishop usually dominates in open positions while the knight should be preferred in blocked positions. But what does that “usually” mean? Are there exceptions? Sure, a...
                                                                                                              27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                              p Versus Knight vol.1 de Boroljub Zlatanovic
                                                                                                                  Bishop or knight? An eternal dilemma! The legendary Bobby Fischer would likely vote for the bishop. Other authorities like Nimzowitsch would prefer the knight. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Of course, it is clear a bishop usually dominates in open positions while the knight should be preferred in blocked positions. But what does that “usually” mean? Are there exceptions? Sure, a...
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                                                                                                                  U Cannot Be Serious ! de Michael Basman et Gerard Welling
                                                                                                                      This book is written with the intention to introduce the reader to the creative chess ideas of Michael Basman. He gave up more intense regular tournament chess around the turn of the millennium, to concentrate his energy on the development of school chess. And that is what he is mainly known for in recent times, as the motor who made the UK Chess Challenge blossom. Nowadays the yearly...
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                                                                                                                      U Cannot Be Serious ! de Michael Basman et Gerard Welling
                                                                                                                          This book is written with the intention to introduce the reader to the creative chess ideas of Michael Basman. He gave up more intense regular tournament chess around the turn of the millennium, to concentrate his energy on the development of school chess. And that is what he is mainly known for in recent times, as the motor who made the UK Chess Challenge blossom. Nowadays the yearly...
                                                                                                                          30,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                          The Modernized Italian Game for White de Alexander Kalinin et de Nikolai Kalinichenko
                                                                                                                              "To utilize the Giuoco Pianissimo successfully, a club player needs only to master the general ideas of this setup, without overloading their brain with hundreds of variations. At the same time, they find themselves in the pleasant company of the world’s elite, and may even pick up recommendations to improve their opening from top grandmasters. Of course, such interactions will bring an...
                                                                                                                              32,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                              The Modernized Italian Game for White de Alexander Kalinin et de Nikolai Kalinichenko
                                                                                                                                  "To utilize the Giuoco Pianissimo successfully, a club player needs only to master the general ideas of this setup, without overloading their brain with hundreds of variations. At the same time, they find themselves in the pleasant company of the world’s elite, and may even pick up recommendations to improve their opening from top grandmasters. Of course, such interactions will bring an...
                                                                                                                                  32,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  1.e4! The Chess Bible vol.1 de Justin Tan
                                                                                                                                      "I believe that Black has a wider margin of error in the closed games than in the open games. Even if they do not know all the details of a certain line in the former case, they will end up with only a slight disadvantage in the majority of cases. The same cannot be said about the defenses to 1.e4. In this book you will find that Black must tread carefully if they play an offbeat system, as...
                                                                                                                                      33,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      1.e4! The Chess Bible vol.1 de Justin Tan
                                                                                                                                          "I believe that Black has a wider margin of error in the closed games than in the open games. Even if they do not know all the details of a certain line in the former case, they will end up with only a slight disadvantage in the majority of cases. The same cannot be said about the defenses to 1.e4. In this book you will find that Black must tread carefully if they play an offbeat system, as...
                                                                                                                                          33,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          1.d4! The Chess Bible de Armin Juhasz
                                                                                                                                              This book aims to provide a complete overview of a 1.d4 repertoire against five main openings (King’s Indian Defense, Grünfeld Defense, Slav Defense, Benoni Defense, and Catalan Opening), offering analysis of classical games and typical tactical motifs to provide an in-depth understanding of the associated middlegames. A concluding chapter explores typical endgames that are likely to arise...
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                                                                                                                                              1.d4! The Chess Bible de Armin Juhasz
                                                                                                                                                  This book aims to provide a complete overview of a 1.d4 repertoire against five main openings (King’s Indian Defense, Grünfeld Defense, Slav Defense, Benoni Defense, and Catalan Opening), offering analysis of classical games and typical tactical motifs to provide an in-depth understanding of the associated middlegames. A concluding chapter explores typical endgames that are likely to arise...
                                                                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  The Modernized Ruy Lopez vol.2 de Dariusz Swiercz
                                                                                                                                                      This second volume on the Ruy Lopez consists of two parts. In the first part I focus on modern systems with …Bc5, attempting to dissect both the Archangelsk and Moller Variations. These two variations have quite a rich history but in 2020 there have been several developments. If I had to name one person that contributed the most to the developments in those lines it is, without a doubt,...
                                                                                                                                                      30,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      The Modernized Ruy Lopez vol.2 de Dariusz Swiercz
                                                                                                                                                          This second volume on the Ruy Lopez consists of two parts. In the first part I focus on modern systems with …Bc5, attempting to dissect both the Archangelsk and Moller Variations. These two variations have quite a rich history but in 2020 there have been several developments. If I had to name one person that contributed the most to the developments in those lines it is, without a doubt,...
                                                                                                                                                          30,95 €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
                                                                                                                                                              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 Modernized Modern Benoni de Alexey Kovalchuk
                                                                                                                                                                      "Over time, my attention focused on the Modern Benoni. In this opening, the bishop on g7 is the same icon that is the basis of the King’s Indian, but here it can operate on the whole a1-h8 diagonal instead of being locked in by its own pawn on e5, as usually happens in the King’s Indian. Black’s plan is outrageously simple: with pawns on d6 and c5, and sometimes b4, he creates a breakwater...
                                                                                                                                                                      29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      The Modernized Modern Benoni de Alexey Kovalchuk
                                                                                                                                                                          "Over time, my attention focused on the Modern Benoni. In this opening, the bishop on g7 is the same icon that is the basis of the King’s Indian, but here it can operate on the whole a1-h8 diagonal instead of being locked in by its own pawn on e5, as usually happens in the King’s Indian. Black’s plan is outrageously simple: with pawns on d6 and c5, and sometimes b4, he creates a breakwater...
                                                                                                                                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Beat The French Defense with 3.Nc3 de Pentala Harikrishna
                                                                                                                                                                              "The French Defense was my main opening with Black while I was striving towards the GM title at the turn of the century. Quite often, I was able to use it to drag my opponent into a complicated maze of deep analysis, so I have intimate knowledge of the tricks used on the other side of the ‘barricades’. This helped me craft a solid base for our present repertoire, and many of the ideas...
                                                                                                                                                                              32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Beat The French Defense with 3.Nc3 de Pentala Harikrishna
                                                                                                                                                                                  "The French Defense was my main opening with Black while I was striving towards the GM title at the turn of the century. Quite often, I was able to use it to drag my opponent into a complicated maze of deep analysis, so I have intimate knowledge of the tricks used on the other side of the ‘barricades’. This helped me craft a solid base for our present repertoire, and many of the ideas...
                                                                                                                                                                                  32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  The Modernized Ruy Lopez de Dariusz Swiercz
                                                                                                                                                                                      "The Ruy Lopez is such a classic opening that never gets old. Regardless of what you already knew about this opening, there are always new ideas to be found and tested over the board. That is why this book is beneficial to chess players and enthusiasts at all levels, including top Grand Masters like myself. Reading the first volume of this book has been inspiring, as I feel that I have...
                                                                                                                                                                                      33,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      The Modernized Ruy Lopez de Dariusz Swiercz
                                                                                                                                                                                          "The Ruy Lopez is such a classic opening that never gets old. Regardless of what you already knew about this opening, there are always new ideas to be found and tested over the board. That is why this book is beneficial to chess players and enthusiasts at all levels, including top Grand Masters like myself. Reading the first volume of this book has been inspiring, as I feel that I have...
                                                                                                                                                                                          33,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                          The Modernized Anti-Sicilians vol.1 de Ravi Haria
                                                                                                                                                                                              "For too long, Anti-Sicilian rhetoric has centred on the logic of simplicity, geared towards reaching playable positions with easy plans while simultaneously avoiding depths of theory. The danger of this logic is the ease with which we can fall into the trap of inactivity; of mindlessly playing an opening without striving to trouble Black; of solely playing an Anti-Sicilian to avoid theory....
                                                                                                                                                                                              33,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                              The Modernized Anti-Sicilians vol.1 de Ravi Haria
                                                                                                                                                                                                  "For too long, Anti-Sicilian rhetoric has centred on the logic of simplicity, geared towards reaching playable positions with easy plans while simultaneously avoiding depths of theory. The danger of this logic is the ease with which we can fall into the trap of inactivity; of mindlessly playing an opening without striving to trouble Black; of solely playing an Anti-Sicilian to avoid theory....
                                                                                                                                                                                                  33,95 €Prix