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The Architects of Modern Chess de Milos Pavlovic
  • Nouveauté 2026
    From Steinitz to Kasparov takes readers on a fascinating journey through the Classical Era of chess. The book combines engaging biographies of every World Champion from Wilhelm Steinitz to Garry Kasparov with 40 carefully selected and deeply annotated games. Rather than revisiting the most frequently discussed masterpieces, the author focuses on lesser-known encounters that offer...
    39,95 €Prix
    The Architects of Modern Chess de Milos Pavlovic
    • Nouveauté 2026
      From Steinitz to Kasparov takes readers on a fascinating journey through the Classical Era of chess. The book combines engaging biographies of every World Champion from Wilhelm Steinitz to Garry Kasparov with 40 carefully selected and deeply annotated games. Rather than revisiting the most frequently discussed masterpieces, the author focuses on lesser-known encounters that offer...
      39,95 €Prix
      Chess 960 Yearbook 2026Chess 960 Yearbook 2026
          Chess 960 Yearbook 2026Chess 960 Yearbook 2026
              Le deuxième volume de cette série d’annuaires est consacré en détail au Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, avec ses cinq tournois prestigieux et brillants disputés à Weissenhaus, Paris, Karlsruhe, Las Vegas et Grootbos/Le Cap, ainsi qu’au FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, organisé en février 2026. Avec plus de 150 parties, dont certaines sont accompagnées de commentaires...
              29,00 €Prix
              Chess 960 Yearbook 2026Chess 960 Yearbook 2026
                  Le deuxième volume de cette série d’annuaires est consacré en détail au Freestyle Chess Grand Slam Tour 2025, avec ses cinq tournois prestigieux et brillants disputés à Weissenhaus, Paris, Karlsruhe, Las Vegas et Grootbos/Le Cap, ainsi qu’au FIDE Freestyle Chess World Championship, organisé en février 2026. Avec plus de 150 parties, dont certaines sont accompagnées de commentaires...
                  29,00 €Prix
                  My Great Predecessors vol.4 de Garry Kasparov
                      My Great Predecessors reparaît en éditions brochée et reliée, dans une version améliorée à tous égards : impression de haute qualité, polices modernes et présentation visuelle renouvelée. Cet ouvrage est rédigé en anglais. La cinquième partie retrace l’ascension et le règne d’Anatoly Karpov (1975–1985). Devenu champion du monde par défaut à la suite de l’abdication de Bobby...
                      44,99 €Prix
                      My Great Predecessors vol.4 de Garry Kasparov
                          My Great Predecessors reparaît en éditions brochée et reliée, dans une version améliorée à tous égards : impression de haute qualité, polices modernes et présentation visuelle renouvelée. Cet ouvrage est rédigé en anglais. La cinquième partie retrace l’ascension et le règne d’Anatoly Karpov (1975–1985). Devenu champion du monde par défaut à la suite de l’abdication de Bobby...
                          44,99 €Prix
                          My Great Predecessors vol.4 de Garry Kasparov
                              My Great Predecessors reparaît en éditions brochée et reliée, dans une version améliorée à tous égards : impression de haute qualité, typographies modernes et présentation visuelle entièrement repensée. Cet ouvrage est rédigé en anglais. La quatrième partie raconte l’histoire du légendaire champion du monde Robert James Fischer (1972–1975). L’Américain fait irruption sur la...
                              44,99 €Prix
                              My Great Predecessors vol.4 de Garry Kasparov
                                  My Great Predecessors reparaît en éditions brochée et reliée, dans une version améliorée à tous égards : impression de haute qualité, typographies modernes et présentation visuelle entièrement repensée. Cet ouvrage est rédigé en anglais. La quatrième partie raconte l’histoire du légendaire champion du monde Robert James Fischer (1972–1975). L’Américain fait irruption sur la...
                                  44,99 €Prix
                                  My Great Predecessors  vol.3 de Garry Kasparov
                                      My Great Predecessors reparaît en éditions brochée et reliée, dans une version enrichie à tous points de vue : impression de haute qualité, typographies modernes et présentation visuelle repensée. Cet ouvrage est rédigé en anglais. La troisième partie est consacrée aux neuvième et dixième champions du monde : Tigran Petrosian (1963–1969) et Boris Spassky (1969–1972), ainsi qu’à une...
                                      44,99 €Prix
                                      My Great Predecessors  vol.3 de Garry Kasparov
                                          My Great Predecessors reparaît en éditions brochée et reliée, dans une version enrichie à tous points de vue : impression de haute qualité, typographies modernes et présentation visuelle repensée. Cet ouvrage est rédigé en anglais. La troisième partie est consacrée aux neuvième et dixième champions du monde : Tigran Petrosian (1963–1969) et Boris Spassky (1969–1972), ainsi qu’à une...
                                          44,99 €Prix
                                          My Great Predecessors vol.2 de Garry Kasparov
                                              My Great Predecessors reparaît en éditions brochée et reliée, dans une version améliorée à tous égards : impression de haute qualité, polices modernes et présentation visuelle renouvelée. Cet ouvrage est rédigé en anglais. La deuxième partie couvre la période suivant l’ère des matchs revanche et s’intéresse aux 5ᵉ à 8ᵉ champions du monde : Max Euwe (1935–1937), Mikhail...
                                              44,99 €Prix
                                              My Great Predecessors vol.2 de Garry Kasparov
                                                  My Great Predecessors reparaît en éditions brochée et reliée, dans une version améliorée à tous égards : impression de haute qualité, polices modernes et présentation visuelle renouvelée. Cet ouvrage est rédigé en anglais. La deuxième partie couvre la période suivant l’ère des matchs revanche et s’intéresse aux 5ᵉ à 8ᵉ champions du monde : Max Euwe (1935–1937), Mikhail...
                                                  44,99 €Prix
                                                  My Great Predecessors vol.1 de Garry Kasparov
                                                      My Great Predecessors reparaît en éditions brochée et reliée, dans une version enrichie à tous points de vue : impression de haute qualité, typographies modernes et présentation visuelle entièrement repensée. Cet ouvrage est rédigé en anglais. La première partie retrace l’aube des échecs modernes et les règnes des quatre premiers champions du monde : Wilhelm Steinitz...
                                                      44,99 €Prix
                                                      My Great Predecessors vol.1 de Garry Kasparov
                                                          My Great Predecessors reparaît en éditions brochée et reliée, dans une version enrichie à tous points de vue : impression de haute qualité, typographies modernes et présentation visuelle entièrement repensée. Cet ouvrage est rédigé en anglais. La première partie retrace l’aube des échecs modernes et les règnes des quatre premiers champions du monde : Wilhelm Steinitz...
                                                          44,99 €Prix
                                                          Boris Spassky's Best Games vol.2 de Tibor Karolyi
                                                              Boris Spassky's Best Games vol.2 1969-2009 Wolrd Champion Tibor Karolyi Quality Chess 2025 408 pages
                                                              34,99 €Prix
                                                              Boris Spassky's Best Games vol.2 de Tibor Karolyi
                                                                  Boris Spassky's Best Games vol.2 1969-2009 Wolrd Champion Tibor Karolyi Quality Chess 2025 408 pages
                                                                  34,99 €Prix
                                                                  Ulf the Attacker! de Thomas Engqvist
                                                                      Swedish chess legend Ulf Andersson was a positional genius with a crystal-clear style. In his prime, in the 1970s and 80s, he rose to the number 4 spot of the FIDE world rankings because he almost never lost a game and kept scoring wins from quiet positions. But every now and then, he found himself in a position on the board that demanded an attack. And then he would strike! He was...
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                                                                      Ulf the Attacker! de Thomas Engqvist
                                                                          Swedish chess legend Ulf Andersson was a positional genius with a crystal-clear style. In his prime, in the 1970s and 80s, he rose to the number 4 spot of the FIDE world rankings because he almost never lost a game and kept scoring wins from quiet positions. But every now and then, he found himself in a position on the board that demanded an attack. And then he would strike! He was...
                                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                                          Botvinnik's Best games de Alexander Khalifman
                                                                              Mikhail Botvinnik is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time, in the same league as Magnus Carlsen, Bobby Fischer, and Garry Kasparov. Botvinnik was born in 1911 and died in 1995. He is known as The Patriarch, or the father of the Soviet School of Chess. He was World Chess Champion from 1948 until 1963, with two short interruptions, and later mentored other world...
                                                                              34,95 €Prix
                                                                              Botvinnik's Best games de Alexander Khalifman
                                                                                  Mikhail Botvinnik is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time, in the same league as Magnus Carlsen, Bobby Fischer, and Garry Kasparov. Botvinnik was born in 1911 and died in 1995. He is known as The Patriarch, or the father of the Soviet School of Chess. He was World Chess Champion from 1948 until 1963, with two short interruptions, and later mentored other world...
                                                                                  34,95 €Prix
                                                                                  Capablanca vol.1 de Georges Bertola
                                                                                      Ce premier volume révèle l’ascension du jeune prodige, José Raúl Capablanca, qui a appris le jeu vers l’âge de 4 ans et demi en observant son père jouer. Il n’appartenait à aucune école, n’a pas étudié le jeu d’échecs autrement qu’en le pratiquant intensément. Il fut rapidement considéré comme un phénomène et son illustre prédécesseur, Emanuel Lasker le 2e champion du monde de l’histoire,...
                                                                                      39,90 €Prix
                                                                                      Capablanca vol.1 de Georges Bertola
                                                                                          Ce premier volume révèle l’ascension du jeune prodige, José Raúl Capablanca, qui a appris le jeu vers l’âge de 4 ans et demi en observant son père jouer. Il n’appartenait à aucune école, n’a pas étudié le jeu d’échecs autrement qu’en le pratiquant intensément. Il fut rapidement considéré comme un phénomène et son illustre prédécesseur, Emanuel Lasker le 2e champion du monde de l’histoire,...
                                                                                          39,90 €Prix
                                                                                          United States Women's Chess Champions, 1937-2020 de Alexey W. Root
                                                                                              As late as 1950, many chess clubs in America excluded women. The Marshall Chess Club in New York City was an exception, organizing the U.S. Women’s Chess Championship beginning in the late 1930s. Since the 1980s, the average rating of the players has increased. The Saint Louis Chess Club has organized the championship since 2009, with record-setting prizes. Drawing on archives and original...
                                                                                              59,95 €Prix
                                                                                              United States Women's Chess Champions, 1937-2020 de Alexey W. Root
                                                                                                  As late as 1950, many chess clubs in America excluded women. The Marshall Chess Club in New York City was an exception, organizing the U.S. Women’s Chess Championship beginning in the late 1930s. Since the 1980s, the average rating of the players has increased. The Saint Louis Chess Club has organized the championship since 2009, with record-setting prizes. Drawing on archives and original...
                                                                                                  59,95 €Prix
                                                                                                  Chess Warrior de László Jakobetz
                                                                                                      Ask any chessplayer today if they recognize the name ”Maróczy“ and you will probably get a reply that it describes a pawn configuration designed to limit black pawn levers. While technically correct, such a reply would overlook the life and legacy of one of the great grandmasters, organizers, and arbiters in chess history. Géza Maróczy was the first Hungarian world-class grandmaster....
                                                                                                      39,99 €Prix
                                                                                                      Chess Warrior de László Jakobetz
                                                                                                          Ask any chessplayer today if they recognize the name ”Maróczy“ and you will probably get a reply that it describes a pawn configuration designed to limit black pawn levers. While technically correct, such a reply would overlook the life and legacy of one of the great grandmasters, organizers, and arbiters in chess history. Géza Maróczy was the first Hungarian world-class grandmaster....
                                                                                                          39,99 €Prix
                                                                                                          Paul Keres de Jimmy AdamsPaul Keres de Jimmy Adams
                                                                                                              Paul Keres de Jimmy AdamsPaul Keres de Jimmy Adams
                                                                                                                  For forty years Paul Keres remained one of the world’s strongest grandmasters, admired for the way he played chess, famous for his spectacular surprise attacks, sparkling combinations, opening innovations, middlegame planning, and endgame technique. Six times he narrowly missed a world title match, earning the nickname “The Eternal Second” or “The Crown Prince of Chess”. He was highly...
                                                                                                                  249,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                  Paul Keres de Jimmy AdamsPaul Keres de Jimmy Adams
                                                                                                                      For forty years Paul Keres remained one of the world’s strongest grandmasters, admired for the way he played chess, famous for his spectacular surprise attacks, sparkling combinations, opening innovations, middlegame planning, and endgame technique. Six times he narrowly missed a world title match, earning the nickname “The Eternal Second” or “The Crown Prince of Chess”. He was highly...
                                                                                                                      249,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                      The Real Paul Morphy de Charles Hertan
                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                          Paul Morphy might well be the most brilliant and enigmatic chess champion of all time. He burst onto the scene in 1857 as a 20-year-old and dominated the chess world for two short years, convincingly defeating all the strongest players. After conquering the European chess scene, Morphy was universally recognised as the greatest player of all time. But at the age of 22 he suddenly and...
                                                                                                                          36,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                          The Real Paul Morphy de Charles Hertan
                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                              Paul Morphy might well be the most brilliant and enigmatic chess champion of all time. He burst onto the scene in 1857 as a 20-year-old and dominated the chess world for two short years, convincingly defeating all the strongest players. After conquering the European chess scene, Morphy was universally recognised as the greatest player of all time. But at the age of 22 he suddenly and...
                                                                                                                              36,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Making My Move de Victor Bologan
                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                  Victor Bologan is not only a strong and creative chess grandmaster, he has also made a career in Moldovan and world chess politics. His strong will and incredible versatility have enabled him to lead a colourful and interesting life. ‘Believe in yourself’ is his motto and it has taken him to places many of us will never see. A sparkling description of the many roads Bologan has...
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                                                                                                                                  Making My Move de Victor Bologan
                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                      Victor Bologan is not only a strong and creative chess grandmaster, he has also made a career in Moldovan and world chess politics. His strong will and incredible versatility have enabled him to lead a colourful and interesting life. ‘Believe in yourself’ is his motto and it has taken him to places many of us will never see. A sparkling description of the many roads Bologan has...
                                                                                                                                      29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      Games and Goals de Atle Gronn
                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                          Simen Agdestein was awarded the title of chess grandmaster at the age of eighteen, the youngest in the world at the time. Two years later he wrote in his diary that he believed he could become the best in the world. But chess wasn't his only passion. He also excelled at football and was selected nine times for the Norwegian national team. Foreign clubs wanted to sign him as a...
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                                                                                                                                          Games and Goals de Atle Gronn
                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                              Simen Agdestein was awarded the title of chess grandmaster at the age of eighteen, the youngest in the world at the time. Two years later he wrote in his diary that he believed he could become the best in the world. But chess wasn't his only passion. He also excelled at football and was selected nine times for the Norwegian national team. Foreign clubs wanted to sign him as a...
                                                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Chess Survivor de Andor Lilienthal
                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                  In Chess Survivor – The Last of the Greats a chess legend shares his life story and annotates his best games. When FIDE introduced the grandmaster title in 1950, Andor Lilienthal was one of the 27 names on that original list. And when he died at age 99, he was the last survivor of that historic group. This inspired our title. Douglas Griffin translated Lilienthal’s book from...
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                                                                                                                                                  Chess Survivor de Andor Lilienthal
                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                      In Chess Survivor – The Last of the Greats a chess legend shares his life story and annotates his best games. When FIDE introduced the grandmaster title in 1950, Andor Lilienthal was one of the 27 names on that original list. And when he died at age 99, he was the last survivor of that historic group. This inspired our title. Douglas Griffin translated Lilienthal’s book from...
                                                                                                                                                      29,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      Une carrière échiquéenne d'un demi-siècle de Mikhaïl Botvinnik
                                                                                                                                                          Mikhaïl Botvinnik (1911-1995), surnommé le patriarche des échecs soviétique, fut le sixième champion du monde de 1948 à 1963 (règne entrecoupé brièvement par Vassily Smyslov en 1957 et Mikhaïl Tal en 1960). Outre être l'un des plus grands joueurs d'échecs de tous les temps, Mikhaïl Botvinnik était également un analyste hors pair ainsi qu'un auteur remarquable porté par le souci de...
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                                                                                                                                                          Une carrière échiquéenne d'un demi-siècle de Mikhaïl Botvinnik
                                                                                                                                                              Mikhaïl Botvinnik (1911-1995), surnommé le patriarche des échecs soviétique, fut le sixième champion du monde de 1948 à 1963 (règne entrecoupé brièvement par Vassily Smyslov en 1957 et Mikhaïl Tal en 1960). Outre être l'un des plus grands joueurs d'échecs de tous les temps, Mikhaïl Botvinnik était également un analyste hors pair ainsi qu'un auteur remarquable porté par le souci de...
                                                                                                                                                              32,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              Fischer-Spassky 1972 de Tibor Karolyi
                                                                                                                                                                  The World Championship match between Fischer and Spassky in Reykjavik 1972 was played at the height of the Cold War. The image of a lone American genius defeating the Soviet machine captivated a worldwide audience unlike anything else in chess history. Exactly fifty years later, Fischer – Spassky 1972 takes a fresh look at both the chess and the human aspects of this monumental match. ...
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                                                                                                                                                                  Fischer-Spassky 1972 de Tibor Karolyi
                                                                                                                                                                      The World Championship match between Fischer and Spassky in Reykjavik 1972 was played at the height of the Cold War. The image of a lone American genius defeating the Soviet machine captivated a worldwide audience unlike anything else in chess history. Exactly fifty years later, Fischer – Spassky 1972 takes a fresh look at both the chess and the human aspects of this monumental match. ...
                                                                                                                                                                      34,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Learn from Bent Larsen de Mihail Marin
                                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                          Bent Larsen is one of the most celebrated chess players of the twentieth century. Larsen is the man who pushed Bobby Fischer down to Board 2 on the Rest of the World team in 1970. The Danish grandmaster had spectacular results, but chess fans appreciated even more his creativity and fighting spirit. For Larsen, a drawish-looking position was no reason to halt a game, as he had the ability to...
                                                                                                                                                                          32,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Learn from Bent Larsen de Mihail Marin
                                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                              Bent Larsen is one of the most celebrated chess players of the twentieth century. Larsen is the man who pushed Bobby Fischer down to Board 2 on the Rest of the World team in 1970. The Danish grandmaster had spectacular results, but chess fans appreciated even more his creativity and fighting spirit. For Larsen, a drawish-looking position was no reason to halt a game, as he had the ability to...
                                                                                                                                                                              32,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Mikhail Botvinnik de Andy Soltis
                                                                                                                                                                                  The games of Mikhail Botvinnik, world chess champion from 1948 to 1963, have been studied by players around the world for decades. But little has been written about Botvinnik himself. This book explores his unusual dual career--as a highly regarded scientist as well as the first truly professional chess player--as well as his complex relations with Soviet leaders, including Josef Stalin, his...
                                                                                                                                                                                  53,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  Mikhail Botvinnik de Andy Soltis
                                                                                                                                                                                      The games of Mikhail Botvinnik, world chess champion from 1948 to 1963, have been studied by players around the world for decades. But little has been written about Botvinnik himself. This book explores his unusual dual career--as a highly regarded scientist as well as the first truly professional chess player--as well as his complex relations with Soviet leaders, including Josef Stalin, his...
                                                                                                                                                                                      53,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      The Essential Sosonko de Genna Sosonko
                                                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                          Genna Sosonko is widely acclaimed as the most prominent chronicler of a unique era in chess history. In the Soviet Union chess was developed into an ideological weapon that was actively promoted by the country’s leadership during the Cold War. Starting with Mikhail Botvinnik, their best chess players grew into symbols of socialist excellence. Sosonko writes from a privileged dual...
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                                                                                                                                                                                          The Essential Sosonko de Genna Sosonko
                                                                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                              Genna Sosonko is widely acclaimed as the most prominent chronicler of a unique era in chess history. In the Soviet Union chess was developed into an ideological weapon that was actively promoted by the country’s leadership during the Cold War. Starting with Mikhail Botvinnik, their best chess players grew into symbols of socialist excellence. Sosonko writes from a privileged dual...
                                                                                                                                                                                              59,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                              Spassky's Best Games de Alexey Bezgodov et Dmitry Oleinikov
                                                                                                                                                                                                  The Russian Boris Spassky was the perfect gentleman. He was a chess genius who became World Champion in 1969. But he was also gracious in defeat after he lost his title to the American Bobby Fischer in 1972 in the Match of the Century. This biography includes fifty of Spassky’s best games, annotated by former Russian champion Alexey Bezgodov, and a biographical sketch of a few dozen...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  Spassky's Best Games de Alexey Bezgodov et Dmitry Oleinikov
                                                                                                                                                                                                      The Russian Boris Spassky was the perfect gentleman. He was a chess genius who became World Champion in 1969. But he was also gracious in defeat after he lost his title to the American Bobby Fischer in 1972 in the Match of the Century. This biography includes fifty of Spassky’s best games, annotated by former Russian champion Alexey Bezgodov, and a biographical sketch of a few dozen...
                                                                                                                                                                                                      34,95 €Prix