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Les secrets de la Carlsbad de Christian BauerLes secrets de la Carlsbad de Christian Bauer
      La Carlsbad, c'est à la fois une variante importante du Gambit-Dame et une structure de pions que l'on retrouve dans beaucoup d'ouvertures. Le grand maître Christian Bauer vous présente les dessous de la fameuse "attaque de minorité" ainsi que les plans d'expansion centrale ou ceux avec le grand roque, et vous montre les multiples façons dont les Noirs peuvent s'y opposer. De quoi vous aider...
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      Les secrets de la Carlsbad de Christian BauerLes secrets de la Carlsbad de Christian Bauer
          La Carlsbad, c'est à la fois une variante importante du Gambit-Dame et une structure de pions que l'on retrouve dans beaucoup d'ouvertures. Le grand maître Christian Bauer vous présente les dessous de la fameuse "attaque de minorité" ainsi que les plans d'expansion centrale ou ceux avec le grand roque, et vous montre les multiples façons dont les Noirs peuvent s'y opposer. De quoi vous aider...
          22,00 €Prix
          The Scheveningen Sicilian Revisited de Daniel Gormally
              This Sicilian Scheveningen Defense is a rich and complex opening that offers Black a mix of solid defense and dynamic counterattacking chances. Its flexibility allows it to be adapted to a wide range of situations, making it a popular choice for players of all levels. Whether you are looking for to outmaneuver your opponent in a tactical battle our outlast them in a positional...
              38,95 €Prix
              The Scheveningen Sicilian Revisited de Daniel Gormally
                  This Sicilian Scheveningen Defense is a rich and complex opening that offers Black a mix of solid defense and dynamic counterattacking chances. Its flexibility allows it to be adapted to a wide range of situations, making it a popular choice for players of all levels. Whether you are looking for to outmaneuver your opponent in a tactical battle our outlast them in a positional...
                  38,95 €Prix
                  Strategic Play with 1.e4 de Milos Pavlovic
                      Many players approach the opening with a desire to learn sharp lines and out-prepare their opponents. This is an exhausting task, which gets more difficult by the day. However, there is a different strategy which is more practical and designed for longevity. This is to develop an advanced understanding of typical positions. Such a policy is the best approach against different move orders and...
                      23,99 €Prix
                      Strategic Play with 1.e4 de Milos Pavlovic
                          Many players approach the opening with a desire to learn sharp lines and out-prepare their opponents. This is an exhausting task, which gets more difficult by the day. However, there is a different strategy which is more practical and designed for longevity. This is to develop an advanced understanding of typical positions. Such a policy is the best approach against different move orders and...
                          23,99 €Prix
                          L'attaque Trompowsky et le système de Londres de Viktor Moskalenko
                              Si vous cherchez des systèmes d'ouverture qui vous permettent de court-circuiter l'apprentissage de longues variantes théoriques et de laisser libre cours à votre créativité tout en reposant sur des bases saines, alors l'attaque Trompowsky et le système de Londres constituent d'excellents choix ! Dans un style très vivant, le grand maître Viktor Moskalenko vous guide dans les structures...
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                              L'attaque Trompowsky et le système de Londres de Viktor Moskalenko
                                  Si vous cherchez des systèmes d'ouverture qui vous permettent de court-circuiter l'apprentissage de longues variantes théoriques et de laisser libre cours à votre créativité tout en reposant sur des bases saines, alors l'attaque Trompowsky et le système de Londres constituent d'excellents choix ! Dans un style très vivant, le grand maître Viktor Moskalenko vous guide dans les structures...
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                                  The English Defence de José González
                                      The English Defence (1 d4 e6 2 c4 b6) is a dynamic, counter-attacking line, initially investigated by English grandmasters. Black aims to set White difficult problems to solve at the very earliest stage of the game. Black’s play is provocative – aiming to lure White into establishing a big pawn centre. This is a risky strategy as White falls behind in development and Black switfly becomes...
                                      24,95 €Prix
                                      The English Defence de José González
                                          The English Defence (1 d4 e6 2 c4 b6) is a dynamic, counter-attacking line, initially investigated by English grandmasters. Black aims to set White difficult problems to solve at the very earliest stage of the game. Black’s play is provocative – aiming to lure White into establishing a big pawn centre. This is a risky strategy as White falls behind in development and Black switfly becomes...
                                          24,95 €Prix
                                          Beating the Hedgehog System de Hanna Ivan-Gal et Laszlo Hazai
                                              Do you struggle to score against the Hedgehog and find it difficult to break the Black fortress? This opening manual, which could double as a positional middlegame manual, will show you how White can use a space advantage in this chess opening with maximum results. The Hedgehog System, a personal favourite of many club players, is important to understand for all White players as the...
                                              24,95 €Prix
                                              Beating the Hedgehog System de Hanna Ivan-Gal et Laszlo Hazai
                                                  Do you struggle to score against the Hedgehog and find it difficult to break the Black fortress? This opening manual, which could double as a positional middlegame manual, will show you how White can use a space advantage in this chess opening with maximum results. The Hedgehog System, a personal favourite of many club players, is important to understand for all White players as the...
                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                  The Human Factor in Chess - The Testbook de Karsten Müller, Luis Engel et Makan Rafiee
                                                      After the great success of the first book (The Human Factor in Chess) on the model of the four player types, this follow-up volume contains not only specific tasks and exercises but also general questions such as: Do you prefer to calculate concrete lines or do you make your decisions more intuitively? Do you have a good sense of harmony and coordination? This approach is intended to...
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                                                      The Human Factor in Chess - The Testbook de Karsten Müller, Luis Engel et Makan Rafiee
                                                          After the great success of the first book (The Human Factor in Chess) on the model of the four player types, this follow-up volume contains not only specific tasks and exercises but also general questions such as: Do you prefer to calculate concrete lines or do you make your decisions more intuitively? Do you have a good sense of harmony and coordination? This approach is intended to...
                                                          23,00 €Prix
                                                          Typical Sicilian de Karsten Müller
                                                              In designing this book, the author was guided by the following considerations. If you want to learn this or that opening, you can choose from dozens or even hundreds of textbooks. But what if you want to get familiar with the middlegame strategy used in positions that have emerged from exactly this or that opening? Or to put it another way: in positions that are typical for this or that...
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                                                              Typical Sicilian de Karsten Müller
                                                                  In designing this book, the author was guided by the following considerations. If you want to learn this or that opening, you can choose from dozens or even hundreds of textbooks. But what if you want to get familiar with the middlegame strategy used in positions that have emerged from exactly this or that opening? Or to put it another way: in positions that are typical for this or that...
                                                                  23,00 €Prix
                                                                  The Rossolimo for Club Players de Victor Bologan
                                                                      The Rossolimo is the Anti-Sicilian that is by far the most popular with club players – and with elite grandmasters such as Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, and Alireza Firouzja. If you play 3.Bb5 in the Sicilian, you do not need to keep up-to-date with the dazzling theoretical developments in all kinds of Open Sicilians. You can sidestep theory, play your own creative game – and put your...
                                                                      29,95 €Prix
                                                                      The Rossolimo for Club Players de Victor Bologan
                                                                          The Rossolimo is the Anti-Sicilian that is by far the most popular with club players – and with elite grandmasters such as Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, and Alireza Firouzja. If you play 3.Bb5 in the Sicilian, you do not need to keep up-to-date with the dazzling theoretical developments in all kinds of Open Sicilians. You can sidestep theory, play your own creative game – and put your...
                                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                                          The London System in 12 Practical Lessons de Oscar de Prado
                                                                              The London System is being played by an ever increasing number of players, and it’s easy to see why. Against virtually every Black defence after 1.d4 it offers White an easy-to-learn and reliable set of lines. In the process, White has interesting choices between strategic or more aggressive approaches, while avoiding loads of opening theory. Ideal for players who don’t have much time to...
                                                                              26,95 €Prix
                                                                              The London System in 12 Practical Lessons de Oscar de Prado
                                                                                  The London System is being played by an ever increasing number of players, and it’s easy to see why. Against virtually every Black defence after 1.d4 it offers White an easy-to-learn and reliable set of lines. In the process, White has interesting choices between strategic or more aggressive approaches, while avoiding loads of opening theory. Ideal for players who don’t have much time to...
                                                                                  26,95 €Prix
                                                                                  Improve your Life by Playing a Game de Jana Krivec
                                                                                      “The book Improve Your Life by Playing a Game takes us on an exciting journey through a wide range of topics from psychology and explains these topics by putting the reader in the role of a tournament chess player. Gaining a deeper understanding of the mind of a chess player during training, playing and analysing chess games suddenly takes on a different dimension when explained...
                                                                                      32,00 €Prix
                                                                                      Improve your Life by Playing a Game de Jana Krivec
                                                                                          “The book Improve Your Life by Playing a Game takes us on an exciting journey through a wide range of topics from psychology and explains these topics by putting the reader in the role of a tournament chess player. Gaining a deeper understanding of the mind of a chess player during training, playing and analysing chess games suddenly takes on a different dimension when explained...
                                                                                          32,00 €Prix
                                                                                          A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5 de Yuriy Krykun
                                                                                              "1.e4 e5 is not just an opening. It is repertoire that represents our game as a whole. It is something players of all styles will enjoy due to the countless possibilities 1…e5 provides. Hopefully, learning 1…e5 will also make you a better player. And, finally, I hope the book you are now holding in your hands will not only give you joy but illustrate a passion for chess with the variations...
                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                              A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black after 1.e4 e5 de Yuriy Krykun
                                                                                                  "1.e4 e5 is not just an opening. It is repertoire that represents our game as a whole. It is something players of all styles will enjoy due to the countless possibilities 1…e5 provides. Hopefully, learning 1…e5 will also make you a better player. And, finally, I hope the book you are now holding in your hands will not only give you joy but illustrate a passion for chess with the variations...
                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                  Yearbook n° 136 (Cartonné) Hardcover
                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                      The Yearbook is read by club players and professionals in more than 50 countries. The backbone of every Yearbook are the more than 25 Opening Surveys, covering an amazing variety of variations. In each Survey a real expert introduces a new idea in a fashionable line, a forgotten opening or a wild gambit. The explanation of the strategic ideas is followed by a comprehensively annotated game...
                                                                                                      34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                      Yearbook n° 136 (Cartonné) Hardcover
                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                          The Yearbook is read by club players and professionals in more than 50 countries. The backbone of every Yearbook are the more than 25 Opening Surveys, covering an amazing variety of variations. In each Survey a real expert introduces a new idea in a fashionable line, a forgotten opening or a wild gambit. The explanation of the strategic ideas is followed by a comprehensively annotated game...
                                                                                                          34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                          The Complete Chess Swindler de David Smerdon
                                                                                                              "Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything seems hopeless. You feel like resigning. But don’t give up! This is precisely the moment to switch to swindle mode. Master the art of provoking errors and you will be able to turn the tables and escape with a draw – or sometimes even steal the full point! Swindling is a...
                                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                              The Complete Chess Swindler de David Smerdon
                                                                                                                  "Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything seems hopeless. You feel like resigning. But don’t give up! This is precisely the moment to switch to swindle mode. Master the art of provoking errors and you will be able to turn the tables and escape with a draw – or sometimes even steal the full point! Swindling is a...
                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                  The Modernized Delayed Benoni de Ivan Ivanisevic
                                                                                                                      "My aim in this book is to show that the Delayed Benoni is equally as attractive as its cousin, the Modern Benoni. For some reason – perhaps because “Modern” sounds more exciting than “Delayed”? – my favorite Benoni has been neglected for years, receiving scant coverage in chess publications. The advantage of “our” Benoni is based on a waiting approach. Black would like to choose...
                                                                                                                      27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                      The Modernized Delayed Benoni de Ivan Ivanisevic
                                                                                                                          "My aim in this book is to show that the Delayed Benoni is equally as attractive as its cousin, the Modern Benoni. For some reason – perhaps because “Modern” sounds more exciting than “Delayed”? – my favorite Benoni has been neglected for years, receiving scant coverage in chess publications. The advantage of “our” Benoni is based on a waiting approach. Black would like to choose...
                                                                                                                          27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                          King's Indian Defence de Esben Lund et Andreas Skytte Hagen
                                                                                                                              "The King’s Indian Defence is a popular opening at all levels. Fischer, Kasparov, Bronstein, Nunn, Radjabov and Nakamura are just a few of the many leading GMs who have played it successfully. Opening Simulator is a new and innovative approach to studying the opening, based on the Deliberate Practice concept. Rather than presenting moves and variations, the authors offer...
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                                                                                                                              King's Indian Defence de Esben Lund et Andreas Skytte Hagen
                                                                                                                                  "The King’s Indian Defence is a popular opening at all levels. Fischer, Kasparov, Bronstein, Nunn, Radjabov and Nakamura are just a few of the many leading GMs who have played it successfully. Opening Simulator is a new and innovative approach to studying the opening, based on the Deliberate Practice concept. Rather than presenting moves and variations, the authors offer...
                                                                                                                                  27,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  Beyond Material de Davorin Kuljasevic
                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                      "In order to win a game of chess you very often have to sacrifice material. Gathering the courage to do so while accurately assessing the potential benefits is a real challenge. The big question is always: what’s my compensation? Generations of chess players grew up with the idea that a sacrifice was correct if the material was swiftly returned, with interest. Almost by reflex,...
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                                                                                                                                      Beyond Material de Davorin Kuljasevic
                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                          "In order to win a game of chess you very often have to sacrifice material. Gathering the courage to do so while accurately assessing the potential benefits is a real challenge. The big question is always: what’s my compensation? Generations of chess players grew up with the idea that a sacrifice was correct if the material was swiftly returned, with interest. Almost by reflex,...
                                                                                                                                          22,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          Les structures de pions aux échecs de Mauricio Flores Rios
                                                                                                                                              "Mauricio Flores Rios présente une étude détaillée de 28 structures de pions parmi les plus courantes. Dans Les structures de pions. Comprendre les ouvertures , vous trouverez : - des parties soigneusement décortiquées pour les idées et les plans qu'elles illustrent - les thèmes stratégiques à connaître et les pièges à éviter - 50 exercices positionnels et leurs...
                                                                                                                                              29,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Les structures de pions aux échecs de Mauricio Flores Rios
                                                                                                                                                  "Mauricio Flores Rios présente une étude détaillée de 28 structures de pions parmi les plus courantes. Dans Les structures de pions. Comprendre les ouvertures , vous trouverez : - des parties soigneusement décortiquées pour les idées et les plans qu'elles illustrent - les thèmes stratégiques à connaître et les pièges à éviter - 50 exercices positionnels et leurs...
                                                                                                                                                  29,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  The Fighting Dragon de Paul Powell
                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                      "What's the best way to start learning a new opening? You can either fill your head with masses of variations and then try to keep it all straight at the chessboard, or you can absorb key patterns and themes that crop up over and over again in your chosen variation. In The Fighting Dragon, NM Paul Powell takes the second approach. Using a carefully selected collection of short...
                                                                                                                                                      17,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      The Fighting Dragon de Paul Powell
                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                          "What's the best way to start learning a new opening? You can either fill your head with masses of variations and then try to keep it all straight at the chessboard, or you can absorb key patterns and themes that crop up over and over again in your chosen variation. In The Fighting Dragon, NM Paul Powell takes the second approach. Using a carefully selected collection of short...
                                                                                                                                                          17,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          The English Opening vol.1 de Mihail Marin
                                                                                                                                                              "GM Mihail Marin's reputation as a chess author is unsurpassed. In this book he reveals his own white repertoire with 1.c4, the English Opening. Volume One covers 1.c4 e5, and Volumes Two and Three complete the repertoire by covering all Black's other replies to 1.c4. The theory is state-of-the-art with many novelties suggested, but most useful of all are Marin's lucid explanations of how to...
                                                                                                                                                              24,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              The English Opening vol.1 de Mihail Marin
                                                                                                                                                                  "GM Mihail Marin's reputation as a chess author is unsurpassed. In this book he reveals his own white repertoire with 1.c4, the English Opening. Volume One covers 1.c4 e5, and Volumes Two and Three complete the repertoire by covering all Black's other replies to 1.c4. The theory is state-of-the-art with many novelties suggested, but most useful of all are Marin's lucid explanations of how to...
                                                                                                                                                                  24,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  Modernized: The King's Indian Defense de Dejan Bojkov
                                                                                                                                                                      "Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov of Bulgaria loves the King's Indian Defense.  Having played it from his youth after reading Bronstein's great book on the Zurich 1953 International Tournament, his love for the Kings Indian Defense is on display throughout this volume, which is filled with creative ideas and strategies, tactics, and especially those shocking shots characteristic of the...
                                                                                                                                                                      18,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Modernized: The King's Indian Defense de Dejan Bojkov
                                                                                                                                                                          "Grandmaster Dejan Bojkov of Bulgaria loves the King's Indian Defense.  Having played it from his youth after reading Bronstein's great book on the Zurich 1953 International Tournament, his love for the Kings Indian Defense is on display throughout this volume, which is filled with creative ideas and strategies, tactics, and especially those shocking shots characteristic of the...
                                                                                                                                                                          18,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          The English Attack Against the Taimanov Sicilian de Zaven Andriasyan
                                                                                                                                                                              "The Taimanov Sicilian is a chess opening widely played at club level and a favourite of elite players like Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand and young star Anish Giri. Against this variation, the ever popular English Attack has long been considered harmless, until in recent years some remarkable improvements were found for White. By castling...
                                                                                                                                                                              21,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              The English Attack Against the Taimanov Sicilian de Zaven Andriasyan
                                                                                                                                                                                  "The Taimanov Sicilian is a chess opening widely played at club level and a favourite of elite players like Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand and young star Anish Giri. Against this variation, the ever popular English Attack has long been considered harmless, until in recent years some remarkable improvements were found for White. By castling...
                                                                                                                                                                                  21,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  The Modern Scandinavian de Matthias Wahls, Karsten Müller et Hannes Langrock
                                                                                                                                                                                      " The Modern Scandinavian is an updated and expanded translation of Modernes Skandinavisch 2 , which appeared in 2006 and also became a bestseller. This second book focuses not on theoretical lines but on the structural ideas after the moves 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5. • What are the basic ideas in the Scandinavian? • How do pawn structures dictate plans of...
                                                                                                                                                                                      27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      The Modern Scandinavian de Matthias Wahls, Karsten Müller et Hannes Langrock
                                                                                                                                                                                          " The Modern Scandinavian is an updated and expanded translation of Modernes Skandinavisch 2 , which appeared in 2006 and also became a bestseller. This second book focuses not on theoretical lines but on the structural ideas after the moves 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5. • What are the basic ideas in the Scandinavian? • How do pawn structures dictate plans of...
                                                                                                                                                                                          27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                          Bologan's King's Indian de Victor Bologan
                                                                                                                                                                                              "Victor Bologan presents a complete King's Indian repertoire for Black that is much more than just a lucidly explained and very playable set of responses. In many lines he presents two options to handle the Black position. Bologan's explanations are accessible for a wide range of players and he provides the reader with a thorough grounding in the strategic and tactical motifs....
                                                                                                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                              Bologan's King's Indian de Victor Bologan
                                                                                                                                                                                                  "Victor Bologan presents a complete King's Indian repertoire for Black that is much more than just a lucidly explained and very playable set of responses. In many lines he presents two options to handle the Black position. Bologan's explanations are accessible for a wide range of players and he provides the reader with a thorough grounding in the strategic and tactical motifs....
                                                                                                                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix