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Mes années magiques avec Topalov de Romain Édouard
      Des grands champions d'échecs, on sait, au fond, peu de choses... Nous connaissons certes leurs parties, et, quand ils veulent bien les commenter, une infime partie de la multitude d'idées qui a traversé leur esprit pendant celles-ci. Nous savons que, pour préparer leurs ouvertures et arriver bien armés dans les grands tournois, ils font appel à des « secondants » qui leur livrent...
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      Mes années magiques avec Topalov de Romain Édouard
          Des grands champions d'échecs, on sait, au fond, peu de choses... Nous connaissons certes leurs parties, et, quand ils veulent bien les commenter, une infime partie de la multitude d'idées qui a traversé leur esprit pendant celles-ci. Nous savons que, pour préparer leurs ouvertures et arriver bien armés dans les grands tournois, ils font appel à des « secondants » qui leur livrent...
          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
                          Korchnoi and his Chess Grandchildren de Vladimir Barsky
                              Korchnoi and his Chess Grandchildren features 25 of Viktor Korchnoi’s best games from the latter stages of his glorious career. The latest game is from 2011, when Korchnoi was still potent enough to defeat Fabiano Caruana. The annotations are mainly in Korchnoi’s own words, with insightful additions from other top players and the author. Between the annotated games are numerous...
                              32,99 €Prix
                              Korchnoi and his Chess Grandchildren de Vladimir Barsky
                                  Korchnoi and his Chess Grandchildren features 25 of Viktor Korchnoi’s best games from the latter stages of his glorious career. The latest game is from 2011, when Korchnoi was still potent enough to defeat Fabiano Caruana. The annotations are mainly in Korchnoi’s own words, with insightful additions from other top players and the author. Between the annotated games are numerous...
                                  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...
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                                      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
                                          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
                                              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
                                                  Max Euwe's Best Games de Jan Timman
                                                      World Chess Champion Max Euwe, who held the title from 1935-1937, is one of the greatest chess players in history. Much has been written about him, and he authored dozens of books himself. But missing was an outstanding collection of games of this 'efficient, man-eating tiger' as the American chess master William Ewart Napier once called Euwe. Max Euwe's Best Games fills this...
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                                                      Max Euwe's Best Games de Jan Timman
                                                          World Chess Champion Max Euwe, who held the title from 1935-1937, is one of the greatest chess players in history. Much has been written about him, and he authored dozens of books himself. But missing was an outstanding collection of games of this 'efficient, man-eating tiger' as the American chess master William Ewart Napier once called Euwe. Max Euwe's Best Games fills this...
                                                          36,95 €Prix
                                                          La bible des échecs de Sean Marsh
                                                              La bible des échecs est l'alliée indispensable de tous les maîtres d'échecs en herbe. Elle s'adresse aux débutants comme aux joueurs confirmés qui souhaitent aiguiser leurs compétences. Apprenez à jouer aux échecs comme un pro avec : un b.a.-ba des échecs pour assimiler les règles, les particularités des pièces et leurs déplacements ; ...
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                                                              La bible des échecs de Sean Marsh
                                                                  La bible des échecs est l'alliée indispensable de tous les maîtres d'échecs en herbe. Elle s'adresse aux débutants comme aux joueurs confirmés qui souhaitent aiguiser leurs compétences. Apprenez à jouer aux échecs comme un pro avec : un b.a.-ba des échecs pour assimiler les règles, les particularités des pièces et leurs déplacements ; ...
                                                                  21,00 €Prix
                                                                  The Chess Alchemist de Mikhail Tal
                                                                      Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated World Champions in chess history, who confounded his opponents and dazzled chess fans around the world. Seemingly breaking every rule in the book, yet also breaking records with his accomplishments, Tal truly was The Chess Alchemist. In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal’s most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician...
                                                                      32,99 €Prix
                                                                      The Chess Alchemist de Mikhail Tal
                                                                          Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated World Champions in chess history, who confounded his opponents and dazzled chess fans around the world. Seemingly breaking every rule in the book, yet also breaking records with his accomplishments, Tal truly was The Chess Alchemist. In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal’s most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician...
                                                                          32,99 €Prix
                                                                          The Road to Reykjavik de Tibor Karolyi
                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                              Robert James Fischer is one of the greatest and most celebrated players in chess history. Exactly fifty years since the American won the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the World Championship crown, Tibor Karolyi documents Fischer’s unique journey from precocious youngster to the chess icon who obliterated Taimanov and Larsen before convincingly beating Petrosian on The Road to...
                                                                              24,99 €Prix
                                                                              The Road to Reykjavik de Tibor Karolyi
                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                  Robert James Fischer is one of the greatest and most celebrated players in chess history. Exactly fifty years since the American won the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the World Championship crown, Tibor Karolyi documents Fischer’s unique journey from precocious youngster to the chess icon who obliterated Taimanov and Larsen before convincingly beating Petrosian on The Road to...
                                                                                  24,99 €Prix
                                                                                  Sam Loyd and His Chess Problems de Alain C. White
                                                                                      Originally published in 1913, this unique work features close to 500 pages of detailed text, charts and diagrams on the legendary techniques and tactics of chess strategist and problemist Sam Loyd. The book goes into Loyd's chess techniques for play variation, bifurcation, duels, waiting move tactics, block threat techniques, focal actions, pinning, surprise moves and more. Truly an...
                                                                                      25,90 €Prix
                                                                                      Sam Loyd and His Chess Problems de Alain C. White
                                                                                          Originally published in 1913, this unique work features close to 500 pages of detailed text, charts and diagrams on the legendary techniques and tactics of chess strategist and problemist Sam Loyd. The book goes into Loyd's chess techniques for play variation, bifurcation, duels, waiting move tactics, block threat techniques, focal actions, pinning, surprise moves and more. Truly an...
                                                                                          25,90 €Prix
                                                                                          Adolph Anderssen de Eduard Wildhagen et Georg Pollak
                                                                                              Adolph Anderssen Eduard Wildhagen et Georg Pollak Verlag Dr E. Wildhagen 1968 196 pages + supplément indépendant de 30 pages
                                                                                              30,00 €Prix
                                                                                              Adolph Anderssen de Eduard Wildhagen et Georg Pollak
                                                                                                  Adolph Anderssen Eduard Wildhagen et Georg Pollak Verlag Dr E. Wildhagen 1968 196 pages + supplément indépendant de 30 pages
                                                                                                  30,00 €Prix
                                                                                                  Les plus belles parties d'échecs de Paul Morphy de Fred Reinfeld
                                                                                                      Paul Morphy est plus qu'une légende dans l'histoire du jeu d'échecs, il est un véritable mythe. Né dans le Quartier français de La Nouvelle-Orléans en Louisiane en 1837, Morphy est non seulement d'une certaine manière le fondateur des échecs en Amérique, mais aussi un joueur très francophile. Cependant, assez étonnamment, si tout novice aux échecs entend rapidement parler de Morphy...
                                                                                                      20,00 €Prix
                                                                                                      Les plus belles parties d'échecs de Paul Morphy de Fred Reinfeld
                                                                                                          Paul Morphy est plus qu'une légende dans l'histoire du jeu d'échecs, il est un véritable mythe. Né dans le Quartier français de La Nouvelle-Orléans en Louisiane en 1837, Morphy est non seulement d'une certaine manière le fondateur des échecs en Amérique, mais aussi un joueur très francophile. Cependant, assez étonnamment, si tout novice aux échecs entend rapidement parler de Morphy...
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                                                                                                          The Improving Annotator de Dan Heisman
                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                              Annotating your own games can help you to play better chess. By examining the choices you made during the game - and how they turned out - you can pinpoint the flaws in your thinking process so that you can work on them. Adding recent games and new comments that shed light on his original annotations, in this revised and expanded edition of The Improving Annotator the author explores...
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                                                                                                              The Improving Annotator de Dan Heisman
                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                  Annotating your own games can help you to play better chess. By examining the choices you made during the game - and how they turned out - you can pinpoint the flaws in your thinking process so that you can work on them. Adding recent games and new comments that shed light on his original annotations, in this revised and expanded edition of The Improving Annotator the author explores...
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                                                                                                                  Euwe de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                                                      Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                                                      10,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                      Euwe de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                                                          Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                                                          10,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                          Alekhine de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                                                              Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                                                              10,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Alekhine de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                                                                  Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                                                                  10,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  Capablanca de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                                                                      Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                                                                      10,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      Capablanca de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                                                                          Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                                                                          10,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          Lasker de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                                                                              Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                                                                              10,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Lasker de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                                                                                  Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                                                                                  10,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  Steinitz de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                                                                                      Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
                                                                                                                                                      10,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      Steinitz de Christophe Philippe, Anastasia Savina et Cédric Paci
                                                                                                                                                          Plongez dans la passionante Histoire des champions du Monde d'échecs! Découvrez leur vie mouvementée, leurs "spécialités" étonnantes, leurs anecdotes marquantes... et progressez pas à pas en étudiant leurs parties rendues accessibles grâce aux balises "Contextes, "À retenir", "Questions" et "Leçons"! L'objectif du présent ouvrage est d'extraire des fameuses parties dites "classiques" ou "de...
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                                                                                                                                                          The Pawn Study Composer's Manual Mikhail Zinar
                                                                                                                                                              Have you ever thought about trying your hand at composing endgame studies? Probably not, it always seemed far too difficult. But now, your chance to learn the tools is finally here! Mikhail Zinar’s composition manual, first published in Ukraine in 1990 with a 100,000 print run that has long sold out, and now updated and revised by Sergei Tkachenko, reveals the secrets that will give you a...
                                                                                                                                                              26,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              The Pawn Study Composer's Manual Mikhail Zinar
                                                                                                                                                                  Have you ever thought about trying your hand at composing endgame studies? Probably not, it always seemed far too difficult. But now, your chance to learn the tools is finally here! Mikhail Zinar’s composition manual, first published in Ukraine in 1990 with a 100,000 print run that has long sold out, and now updated and revised by Sergei Tkachenko, reveals the secrets that will give you a...
                                                                                                                                                                  26,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  Yakov Vilner de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                      Yakov Vilner (1899-1931) was one of the leading Soviet chess masters in the 1920s. He won the Ukrainian championship three times (1924, 1925 and 1928), the Odessa championship five times (1918, 1923, 1925, 1926 and 1928) and competed in five USSR championships, his highest position being sixth equal in 1924. His attacking, combinational style delivered many memorable games and he regularly...
                                                                                                                                                                      19,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Yakov Vilner de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                                          Yakov Vilner (1899-1931) was one of the leading Soviet chess masters in the 1920s. He won the Ukrainian championship three times (1924, 1925 and 1928), the Odessa championship five times (1918, 1923, 1925, 1926 and 1928) and competed in five USSR championships, his highest position being sixth equal in 1924. His attacking, combinational style delivered many memorable games and he regularly...
                                                                                                                                                                          19,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Rewire your Chess Brain de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                                              Rewire Your Chess Brain is not your average chess book. It does not deal with opening theory or middlegame strategy. It focuses purely on problems and studies, all of which are the results of artificial construction rather than scenes from real-life battles. In a chess study, White has to play and win (or draw). In a chess puzzle, White has to force mate in a stipulated...
                                                                                                                                                                              29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Rewire your Chess Brain de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                                                  Rewire Your Chess Brain is not your average chess book. It does not deal with opening theory or middlegame strategy. It focuses purely on problems and studies, all of which are the results of artificial construction rather than scenes from real-life battles. In a chess study, White has to play and win (or draw). In a chess puzzle, White has to force mate in a stipulated...
                                                                                                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  The Life and Games of Carlos Torre de Gabriel Velasco et Taylor Kingston
                                                                                                                                                                                      Here is what has been added to this edition: More accurate and extensive annotations using ChessBase and Stockfish 14. Torre’s own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. Added games to give a more rounded view of Torre. Also the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican...
                                                                                                                                                                                      40,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      The Life and Games of Carlos Torre de Gabriel Velasco et Taylor Kingston
                                                                                                                                                                                          Here is what has been added to this edition: More accurate and extensive annotations using ChessBase and Stockfish 14. Torre’s own annotations to several games have been unearthed and added. Added games to give a more rounded view of Torre. Also the six games between players other than Torre that he annotated for the Mexican...
                                                                                                                                                                                          40,00 €Prix