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  • Contenu : compositions
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Encyclopaedia of Chess Combinations 6th Edition
      The 1 st edition of the “Encyclopaedia of Middlegames: Combinations” was published in 1980, and ever since it has been a favourite training tool for aspiring chess students, trainers, and of course - professionals. The 6 th edition of our classic (Encyclopaedia of Chess Combinations 6 th edition - ECC 6) contains examples and instructive positions from games played by all World Champions....
      42,95 €Prix
      Encyclopaedia of Chess Combinations 6th Edition
          The 1 st edition of the “Encyclopaedia of Middlegames: Combinations” was published in 1980, and ever since it has been a favourite training tool for aspiring chess students, trainers, and of course - professionals. The 6 th edition of our classic (Encyclopaedia of Chess Combinations 6 th edition - ECC 6) contains examples and instructive positions from games played by all World Champions....
          42,95 €Prix
          Chess Compositions de Byron Zappas
              Documentation échiquéenne
              This book is a new edition of "Skakistikes Syntheseis" published in Greek in 1990. The new edition includes some changes, together with recent compositions by the author in almost all the problem sections. The selected problems cover half a century of chess compositional activity (1947 - 1997), within which a variety of ideas and themes has been developed. After a brief introduction...
              19,99 €Prix
              Chess Compositions de Byron Zappas
                  Documentation échiquéenne
                  This book is a new edition of "Skakistikes Syntheseis" published in Greek in 1990. The new edition includes some changes, together with recent compositions by the author in almost all the problem sections. The selected problems cover half a century of chess compositional activity (1947 - 1997), within which a variety of ideas and themes has been developed. After a brief introduction...
                  19,99 €Prix
                  The How to Study Chess on your Own Workbook vol.1 de Davorin Kuljasevic
                      The astounding success of How To Study Chess on Your Own made clear that there are thousands of chess players who want to improve their game. And chess players like to work on their training at least partially by themselves. The bestselling book by GM Kuljasevic offered a structured approach and provided the training plans. Due to popular demand, Kuljasevic now presents a Workbook...
                      24,95 €Prix
                      The How to Study Chess on your Own Workbook vol.1 de Davorin Kuljasevic
                          The astounding success of How To Study Chess on Your Own made clear that there are thousands of chess players who want to improve their game. And chess players like to work on their training at least partially by themselves. The bestselling book by GM Kuljasevic offered a structured approach and provided the training plans. Due to popular demand, Kuljasevic now presents a Workbook...
                          24,95 €Prix
                          Silman's Chess Odyssey de Jeremy Silman
                              From the bestselling author of How to Reassess Your Chess and Silman’s Complete Endgame Course comes a new book. Part instructional, part history, and part memoir, International Master Jeremy Silman pays homage to the game he loves. Chess is a strategic battle, a struggle for power and dominance. It can become an obsession, or can simply be a game to be enjoyed. When played...
                              34,95 €Prix
                              Silman's Chess Odyssey de Jeremy Silman
                                  From the bestselling author of How to Reassess Your Chess and Silman’s Complete Endgame Course comes a new book. Part instructional, part history, and part memoir, International Master Jeremy Silman pays homage to the game he loves. Chess is a strategic battle, a struggle for power and dominance. It can become an obsession, or can simply be a game to be enjoyed. When played...
                                  34,95 €Prix
                                  Kingwalks de Yasser Seirawan et Bruce Harper
                                      Marching your king across the board – at times right through or into enemy lines – may be both exhilarating and terrifying. Nothing may be quite as satisfying as a majestic kingwalk across the board which brings you glorious victory. And nothing as tragicomic as a needless journey ending in epic failure. Chessplayers are fascinated by kingwalks, perhaps because of their inherent...
                                      24,95 €Prix
                                      Kingwalks de Yasser Seirawan et Bruce Harper
                                          Marching your king across the board – at times right through or into enemy lines – may be both exhilarating and terrifying. Nothing may be quite as satisfying as a majestic kingwalk across the board which brings you glorious victory. And nothing as tragicomic as a needless journey ending in epic failure. Chessplayers are fascinated by kingwalks, perhaps because of their inherent...
                                          24,95 €Prix
                                          The Magnus Method de Emmanuel Neiman
                                              What is it that makes Magnus Carlsen the strongest chess player in the world? Why do his opponents, the best players around, fail to see his moves coming? Moves that, when you replay his games, look natural and self-evident? Emmanuel Neiman has been studying Carlsen’s games and style of play for many years. He now presents his findings that will surprise, delight and educate...
                                              27,95 €Prix
                                              The Magnus Method de Emmanuel Neiman
                                                  What is it that makes Magnus Carlsen the strongest chess player in the world? Why do his opponents, the best players around, fail to see his moves coming? Moves that, when you replay his games, look natural and self-evident? Emmanuel Neiman has been studying Carlsen’s games and style of play for many years. He now presents his findings that will surprise, delight and educate...
                                                  27,95 €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
                                                          Your Jungle Guide to Chess Tactics de Peter Prohaszka
                                                              There are two parts to this book. The first 17 chapters elaborate on the most important motifs in practical chess. The remaining 8 chapters showcase the art of attack and defense. Certain motifs feel like they belong together and the order of the chapters in which they are discussed reflects that. All 25 chapters of this book begin with an introduction which is always designed to clearly...
                                                              33,95 €Prix
                                                              Your Jungle Guide to Chess Tactics de Peter Prohaszka
                                                                  There are two parts to this book. The first 17 chapters elaborate on the most important motifs in practical chess. The remaining 8 chapters showcase the art of attack and defense. Certain motifs feel like they belong together and the order of the chapters in which they are discussed reflects that. All 25 chapters of this book begin with an introduction which is always designed to clearly...
                                                                  33,95 €Prix
                                                                  Chess Board Options de Larry Kaufman
                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                      Larry Kaufman can safely be called an exceptional chess grandmaster Larry Kaufman started out as a prodigy, however not in chess but as a whizz kid in science and math. He excels at shogi (Japanese chess) and Go, and is also a world-famous computer programmer and a highly successful option trader. Remarkably, as a chess player he only peaked at the weirdly late age of fifty. ...
                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                      Chess Board Options de Larry Kaufman
                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                          Larry Kaufman can safely be called an exceptional chess grandmaster Larry Kaufman started out as a prodigy, however not in chess but as a whizz kid in science and math. He excels at shogi (Japanese chess) and Go, and is also a world-famous computer programmer and a highly successful option trader. Remarkably, as a chess player he only peaked at the weirdly late age of fifty. ...
                                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                                          Bobby Fischer and his World de John Donaldson
                                                                              IM Donaldson examines Fischer’s life and career from his days as a child prodigy through the height of his World Championship triumph and into his tumultuous final years. Donaldson’s meticulous research has uncovered previously lost games and a wealth of unknown material about Fischer - ranging from his close friendships with players and supporters to his acrimonious relationships with...
                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                              Bobby Fischer and his World de John Donaldson
                                                                                  IM Donaldson examines Fischer’s life and career from his days as a child prodigy through the height of his World Championship triumph and into his tumultuous final years. Donaldson’s meticulous research has uncovered previously lost games and a wealth of unknown material about Fischer - ranging from his close friendships with players and supporters to his acrimonious relationships with...
                                                                                  29,95 €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
                                                                                          Fide Album 2013-2015
                                                                                              59,90 €Prix
                                                                                              Fide Album 2013-2015
                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                  Tous les trois ans, la World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) publie un recueil des meilleurs problèmes d’échecs et des études d'échecs les plus représentatives. À l'heure actuelle, 24 albums de la FIDE ont été publiés. Le premier qui couvre les années 1956-58 a paru en 1961 tandis que le dernier qui couvre les années 2013-15 a paru septembre...
                                                                                                  59,90 €Prix
                                                                                                  Fide Album 2013-2015
                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                      Tous les trois ans, la World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) publie un recueil des meilleurs problèmes d’échecs et des études d'échecs les plus représentatives. À l'heure actuelle, 24 albums de la FIDE ont été publiés. Le premier qui couvre les années 1956-58 a paru en 1961 tandis que le dernier qui couvre les années 2013-15 a paru septembre...
                                                                                                      59,90 €Prix
                                                                                                      Fide Album 2010-2012
                                                                                                          59,90 €Prix
                                                                                                          Fide Album 2010-2012
                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                              Tous les trois ans, la World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) publie un recueil des meilleurs problèmes d’échecs et des études d'échecs les plus représentatives. À l'heure actuelle, 24 albums de la FIDE ont été publiés. Le premier qui couvre les années 1956-58 a paru en 1961 tandis que le dernier qui couvre les années 2013-15 a paru septembre...
                                                                                                              59,90 €Prix
                                                                                                              Fide Album 2010-2012
                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                  Tous les trois ans, la World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) publie un recueil des meilleurs problèmes d’échecs et des études d'échecs les plus représentatives. À l'heure actuelle, 24 albums de la FIDE ont été publiés. Le premier qui couvre les années 1956-58 a paru en 1961 tandis que le dernier qui couvre les années 2013-15 a paru septembre...
                                                                                                                  59,90 €Prix
                                                                                                                  Fide Album 2007-2009
                                                                                                                      59,90 €Prix
                                                                                                                      Fide Album 2007-2009
                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                          Tous les trois ans, la World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) publie un recueil des meilleurs problèmes d’échecs et des études d'échecs les plus représentatives. À l'heure actuelle, 24 albums de la FIDE ont été publiés. Le premier qui couvre les années 1956-58 a paru en 1961 tandis que le dernier qui couvre les années 2013-15 a paru septembre...
                                                                                                                          59,90 €Prix
                                                                                                                          Fide Album 2007-2009
                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                              Tous les trois ans, la World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) publie un recueil des meilleurs problèmes d’échecs et des études d'échecs les plus représentatives. À l'heure actuelle, 24 albums de la FIDE ont été publiés. Le premier qui couvre les années 1956-58 a paru en 1961 tandis que le dernier qui couvre les années 2013-15 a paru septembre...
                                                                                                                              59,90 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Fide Album 2004-2006
                                                                                                                                  59,90 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  Fide Album 2004-2006
                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                      Tous les trois ans, la World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) publie un recueil des meilleurs problèmes d’échecs et des études d'échecs les plus représentatives. À l'heure actuelle, 24 albums de la FIDE ont été publiés. Le premier qui couvre les années 1956-58 a paru en 1961 tandis que le dernier qui couvre les années 2013-15 a paru septembre...
                                                                                                                                      59,90 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      Fide Album 2004-2006
                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                          Tous les trois ans, la World Federation for Chess Composition (WFCC) publie un recueil des meilleurs problèmes d’échecs et des études d'échecs les plus représentatives. À l'heure actuelle, 24 albums de la FIDE ont été publiés. Le premier qui couvre les années 1956-58 a paru en 1961 tandis que le dernier qui couvre les années 2013-15 a paru septembre...
                                                                                                                                          59,90 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          The Best I Saw in Chess de Stuart Rachels
                                                                                                                                              "At the U.S. Championship in 1989, Stuart Rachels seemed bound for the cellar. Ranked last and holding no IM norms, the 20-year-old amateur from Alabama was expected to get waxed by the American top GMs of the day that included Seirawan, Gulko, Dzindzichashvili, deFirmian, Benjamin and Browne. Instead, Rachels pulled off a gigantic upset and became the youngest U.S. Champion since...
                                                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              The Best I Saw in Chess de Stuart Rachels
                                                                                                                                                  "At the U.S. Championship in 1989, Stuart Rachels seemed bound for the cellar. Ranked last and holding no IM norms, the 20-year-old amateur from Alabama was expected to get waxed by the American top GMs of the day that included Seirawan, Gulko, Dzindzichashvili, deFirmian, Benjamin and Browne. Instead, Rachels pulled off a gigantic upset and became the youngest U.S. Champion since...
                                                                                                                                                  29,95 €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
                                                                                                                                                          On the Origin of Good Moves de Willy Hendriks
                                                                                                                                                              "The way a beginner develops into a strong chess player closely resembles the progress of the game of chess itself. This popular idea is the reason why many renowned chess instructors such as former World Champions Garry Kasparov and Max Euwe, emphasize the importance of studying the history of chess. Willy Hendriks agrees that there is much to be learned from the pioneers of our...
                                                                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              On the Origin of Good Moves de Willy Hendriks
                                                                                                                                                                  "The way a beginner develops into a strong chess player closely resembles the progress of the game of chess itself. This popular idea is the reason why many renowned chess instructors such as former World Champions Garry Kasparov and Max Euwe, emphasize the importance of studying the history of chess. Willy Hendriks agrees that there is much to be learned from the pioneers of our...
                                                                                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  Mental  Toughness in Chess de Werner Scheitzer
                                                                                                                                                                      "Your performance at the board does not only depend on your pure chess skills. Being a winner also requires a mindset that is able to cope with lots of stress and setbacks during hours of uninterrupted concentration. Just like technical chess skills, mental toughness can be trained. There are simple steps you can take that will help you to better realize your potential....
                                                                                                                                                                      19,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Mental  Toughness in Chess de Werner Scheitzer
                                                                                                                                                                          "Your performance at the board does not only depend on your pure chess skills. Being a winner also requires a mindset that is able to cope with lots of stress and setbacks during hours of uninterrupted concentration. Just like technical chess skills, mental toughness can be trained. There are simple steps you can take that will help you to better realize your potential....
                                                                                                                                                                          19,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Chess Tests de Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                                                              " Chess Tests offers chessplayers material of very high quality for working on various themes, from training combinative vision to techniques of realizing advantages. I recommend using those materials for in-depth work in the directions mentioned in the book. If you follow this advice, then this volume will become a valuable addition to your chess studies and will help you reinforce...
                                                                                                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Chess Tests de Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                                                                  " Chess Tests offers chessplayers material of very high quality for working on various themes, from training combinative vision to techniques of realizing advantages. I recommend using those materials for in-depth work in the directions mentioned in the book. If you follow this advice, then this volume will become a valuable addition to your chess studies and will help you reinforce...
                                                                                                                                                                                  24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  Advanced Chess Tactics de Lev Psakhis
                                                                                                                                                                                      "A mastery of tactics is essential to a competitive chess player, and the original Advanced Chess Tactics became an instant classic in this field. “This book is absolutely superb. For serious players... this volume will provide a wonderful breadth of study material and act as a workbook to advance your skills and understanding of this important topic...” was Carsten Hansen’s comment...
                                                                                                                                                                                      27,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      Advanced Chess Tactics de Lev Psakhis
                                                                                                                                                                                          "A mastery of tactics is essential to a competitive chess player, and the original Advanced Chess Tactics became an instant classic in this field. “This book is absolutely superb. For serious players... this volume will provide a wonderful breadth of study material and act as a workbook to advance your skills and understanding of this important topic...” was Carsten Hansen’s comment...
                                                                                                                                                                                          27,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                          Chess Tactics from Scratch de Martin Weteschnik
                                                                                                                                                                                              "An improved and expanded second edition of a modern classic. 'Chess is 99 per cent tactics' is an old saying. This may be an exaggeration, but even the remaining 1 per cent still depends on tactics. When Martin Weteschnik started working as a trainer in his local chess club, he quickly realized that even the stronger club players had great weaknesses in their tactical play. He...
                                                                                                                                                                                              22,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                              Chess Tactics from Scratch de Martin Weteschnik
                                                                                                                                                                                                  "An improved and expanded second edition of a modern classic. 'Chess is 99 per cent tactics' is an old saying. This may be an exaggeration, but even the remaining 1 per cent still depends on tactics. When Martin Weteschnik started working as a trainer in his local chess club, he quickly realized that even the stronger club players had great weaknesses in their tactical play. He...
                                                                                                                                                                                                  22,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Attacking Manual vol.2 de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                                      "The old masters dealt only with the static features of positional rules. But, these are insufficient to explain the basics of chess. The problem is that chess, like other sciences, has undergone a dynamic revolution, but chess literature does not yet reflect this. In this major work Aagaard explains the rules of attack (the exploitation of a dynamic advantage), balanced between...
                                                                                                                                                                                                      29,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Attacking Manual vol.2 de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                                                          "The old masters dealt only with the static features of positional rules. But, these are insufficient to explain the basics of chess. The problem is that chess, like other sciences, has undergone a dynamic revolution, but chess literature does not yet reflect this. In this major work Aagaard explains the rules of attack (the exploitation of a dynamic advantage), balanced between...
                                                                                                                                                                                                          29,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                                          Soviet Middlegame Technique de Peter Romanovksy
                                                                                                                                                                                                              "Many of the classics of Soviet chess literature have struggled to see the light of day, but none more so than Soviet Middlegame Technique by Peter Romanovsky. The original version of this famous guide to the middlegame was published in 1929 when Romanovsky was Soviet Champion. Romanovsky later decided to update and improve his work. As he finished his work in 1942, World War II was...
                                                                                                                                                                                                              23,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Soviet Middlegame Technique de Peter Romanovksy
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  "Many of the classics of Soviet chess literature have struggled to see the light of day, but none more so than Soviet Middlegame Technique by Peter Romanovsky. The original version of this famous guide to the middlegame was published in 1929 when Romanovsky was Soviet Champion. Romanovsky later decided to update and improve his work. As he finished his work in 1942, World War II was...
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  23,99 €Prix