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Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual de Mark Dvoretsky
      It is very important for the practical player to train his or her ability, understand when to rely on intuition, rules of thumb and more general positional considerations, when to try to solve the problems by calculating variations to the end, and how to manage time to avoid time pressure. With these goals in mind, Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual delivers a lot of excellent, high...
      32,95 €Prix
      Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual de Mark Dvoretsky
          It is very important for the practical player to train his or her ability, understand when to rely on intuition, rules of thumb and more general positional considerations, when to try to solve the problems by calculating variations to the end, and how to manage time to avoid time pressure. With these goals in mind, Dvoretsky's Analytical Manual delivers a lot of excellent, high...
          32,95 €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
              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
                          The Chess Endgame Exercise Book de John Nunn
                              Everyone knows they should work on their endgame play. So many hard-earned advantages are squandered in ‘simple’ endings... But it’s tough finding a way to study endings that doesn’t send you to sleep and that helps you actually remember and apply what you have learnt. “While endgame theory books are helpful, active participation by the reader is a great aid to learning. I hope that...
                              20,95 €Prix
                              The Chess Endgame Exercise Book de John Nunn
                                  Everyone knows they should work on their endgame play. So many hard-earned advantages are squandered in ‘simple’ endings... But it’s tough finding a way to study endings that doesn’t send you to sleep and that helps you actually remember and apply what you have learnt. “While endgame theory books are helpful, active participation by the reader is a great aid to learning. I hope that...
                                  20,95 €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 Practical Endgame Bible de Broljub Zlatanovic
                                              There are many books devoted to basic endgames, even from the Middle Ages. Principles of typical endgames (such as keeping the rook behind a passed pawn, not setting pawns on the same colored squares as your bishop’s, distant pawns being more dangerous than central ones etc.) are well known too. But what about “complex endgames”? I have in mind endgames with at least two pieces on each side;...
                                              39,00 €Prix
                                              The Practical Endgame Bible de Broljub Zlatanovic
                                                  There are many books devoted to basic endgames, even from the Middle Ages. Principles of typical endgames (such as keeping the rook behind a passed pawn, not setting pawns on the same colored squares as your bishop’s, distant pawns being more dangerous than central ones etc.) are well known too. But what about “complex endgames”? I have in mind endgames with at least two pieces on each side;...
                                                  39,00 €Prix
                                                      Endgame Virtuosity
                                                          24,50 €Prix
                                                          Endgame Virtuosity
                                                              The chess study is a reflection of the beauty inherent in the Royal Game, and offers its adherents a rare artistic experience. Furthermore, solving chess studies is an instructive and rewarding way for players of all levels to improve their understanding, orientation and creative power, especially in the final stages of the game. This book comprises 222 selected chess studies...
                                                              24,50 €Prix
                                                              Endgame Virtuosity
                                                                  The chess study is a reflection of the beauty inherent in the Royal Game, and offers its adherents a rare artistic experience. Furthermore, solving chess studies is an instructive and rewarding way for players of all levels to improve their understanding, orientation and creative power, especially in the final stages of the game. This book comprises 222 selected chess studies...
                                                                  24,50 €Prix
                                                                  Two Knights Save the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                      Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just two knights in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no more than six moves in almost all solutions, so experienced chess players can...
                                                                      15,00 €Prix
                                                                      Two Knights Save the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                          Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just two knights in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no more than six moves in almost all solutions, so experienced chess players can...
                                                                          15,00 €Prix
                                                                          Two Bishops Save the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                              Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just two bishops in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no more than six moves in almost all solutions, so experienced chess players can...
                                                                              15,00 €Prix
                                                                              Two Bishops Save the Day de Sergei Tkachenko
                                                                                  Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just two bishops in the finale, yet manages to win or draw. There are no more than six moves in almost all solutions, so experienced chess players can...
                                                                                  15,00 €Prix
                                                                                  Anthology of Chess Problems 2nd edition
                                                                                      2345 problems: mate in 2, mate in 3, mate in 4, mate in 5 The most comprehensive anthology of Meredith (maximum 12 pieces) problems to date with detailed solutions.
                                                                                      39,95 €Prix
                                                                                      Anthology of Chess Problems 2nd edition
                                                                                          2345 problems: mate in 2, mate in 3, mate in 4, mate in 5 The most comprehensive anthology of Meredith (maximum 12 pieces) problems to date with detailed solutions.
                                                                                          39,95 €Prix
                                                                                          Encylopaedia of Chess Problems 3rd Edition de Milan Velimirović et Kari Valtonen
                                                                                              The only complete Encyclopaedia of Chess Problems ever written is available once again as a polished reprint of the original edition. The life work of GMs Milan Velimirovic and Kari Valtonen is a must for any chess lover and enthusiast! The Definitive Book, Encyclopedia of Chess Problems: Themes and Terms, written by GM of chess composition and GM solver Milan Velimirovic and...
                                                                                              45,99 €Prix
                                                                                              Encylopaedia of Chess Problems 3rd Edition de Milan Velimirović et Kari Valtonen
                                                                                                  The only complete Encyclopaedia of Chess Problems ever written is available once again as a polished reprint of the original edition. The life work of GMs Milan Velimirovic and Kari Valtonen is a must for any chess lover and enthusiast! The Definitive Book, Encyclopedia of Chess Problems: Themes and Terms, written by GM of chess composition and GM solver Milan Velimirovic and...
                                                                                                  45,99 €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
                                                                                                      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
                                                                                                                  Chess Endgames for Club Players de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                      Any good chess coach will tell you to study the endgame. Improving your knowledge of the ‘third phase’ in a chess game will bring you many extra half or even full points. After the success of his award-winning classics, Chess Strategy for Club Players and Attacking Chess for Club Players Herman Grooten has now written an equally instructive endgame manual. He teaches...
                                                                                                                      27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                      Chess Endgames for Club Players de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                          Any good chess coach will tell you to study the endgame. Improving your knowledge of the ‘third phase’ in a chess game will bring you many extra half or even full points. After the success of his award-winning classics, Chess Strategy for Club Players and Attacking Chess for Club Players Herman Grooten has now written an equally instructive endgame manual. He teaches...
                                                                                                                          27,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                          Le jeu en finales aux échecs de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                              Ce livre destiné aux joueurs ambitieux compte 430 exercices ardus, pour une étude active des finales. Apprendre les fins de partie aide grandement la compréhension globale du jeu d'échecs et permet de mieux utiliser ses pièces en toute circonstance. Cependant, connaître la théorie ne suffit pas, et le grand maître Jacob Aagaard vous donne dans ce livre un matériel d'entraînement de qualité...
                                                                                                                              32,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                              Le jeu en finales aux échecs de Jacob Aagaard
                                                                                                                                  Ce livre destiné aux joueurs ambitieux compte 430 exercices ardus, pour une étude active des finales. Apprendre les fins de partie aide grandement la compréhension globale du jeu d'échecs et permet de mieux utiliser ses pièces en toute circonstance. Cependant, connaître la théorie ne suffit pas, et le grand maître Jacob Aagaard vous donne dans ce livre un matériel d'entraînement de qualité...
                                                                                                                                  32,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  Echecs artistiques et humoristiques de Jean-Claude Letzelter
                                                                                                                                      Les Echecs artistiques et humoristiques ont l'ambition de ombler un vide dans la littérature échiquéenne française: les ouvrages traitant de la composition y sont, en effet, fort rares. Et qui mieux que Jean-Claude Letzelter pouvait s'acquitter de cette tâche. Il doit un bon nombre de ses succès à son talent de compositeur, à son jeu original et créatif; ses fins de partie, par...
                                                                                                                                      20,10 €Prix
                                                                                                                                      Echecs artistiques et humoristiques de Jean-Claude Letzelter
                                                                                                                                          Les Echecs artistiques et humoristiques ont l'ambition de ombler un vide dans la littérature échiquéenne française: les ouvrages traitant de la composition y sont, en effet, fort rares. Et qui mieux que Jean-Claude Letzelter pouvait s'acquitter de cette tâche. Il doit un bon nombre de ses succès à son talent de compositeur, à son jeu original et créatif; ses fins de partie, par...
                                                                                                                                          20,10 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          Jeux de miroir de François Fargette
                                                                                                                                              Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                              Jeux de miroirs est le florilège des plus beaux - du plus simple au plus épineux - problèmes d'échecs réunis par François Fargette. Beaucoup ont déjà été soumis à la sagacité des joueurs-lecteurs du Figaro qui auront le plaisir de les retrouver ici, accompagnés de commentaires et de leur solution. L'ouvrage comprend en outre une présentation de la notation algébrique, et des...
                                                                                                                                              17,85 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Jeux de miroir de François Fargette
                                                                                                                                                  Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                  Jeux de miroirs est le florilège des plus beaux - du plus simple au plus épineux - problèmes d'échecs réunis par François Fargette. Beaucoup ont déjà été soumis à la sagacité des joueurs-lecteurs du Figaro qui auront le plaisir de les retrouver ici, accompagnés de commentaires et de leur solution. L'ouvrage comprend en outre une présentation de la notation algébrique, et des...
                                                                                                                                                  17,85 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  Endgame Strategy de Mikhail Shereshevsky
                                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                      In this widely acclaimed chess classic, Russian trainer Mikhail Shereshevsky explains how to master the most important endgame principles. Where other endgame manuals focus on the basics and theoretical endgames, this book teaches the ‘big ideas’ that will help you find the most promising and most practical moves in any endgame. Even in endgames, it helps to think schematically...
                                                                                                                                                      34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      Endgame Strategy de Mikhail Shereshevsky
                                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                                          In this widely acclaimed chess classic, Russian trainer Mikhail Shereshevsky explains how to master the most important endgame principles. Where other endgame manuals focus on the basics and theoretical endgames, this book teaches the ‘big ideas’ that will help you find the most promising and most practical moves in any endgame. Even in endgames, it helps to think schematically...
                                                                                                                                                          34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                          Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual FastTrack Edition de Mark Dvorestky
                                                                                                                                                              Since it first appeared in 2003, Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual has been acclaimed as the best single volume ever written on the endgame. With staggering depth and accuracy, it clearly reveals the secrets of this most important stage of the game. One of the unique characteristics of the Endgame Manual has been the highlighting of text considered to be essential to the...
                                                                                                                                                              18,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual FastTrack Edition de Mark Dvorestky
                                                                                                                                                                  Since it first appeared in 2003, Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual has been acclaimed as the best single volume ever written on the endgame. With staggering depth and accuracy, it clearly reveals the secrets of this most important stage of the game. One of the unique characteristics of the Endgame Manual has been the highlighting of text considered to be essential to the...
                                                                                                                                                                  18,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  Decision Making in Major Piece Endings de Boris Gelfand
                                                                                                                                                                      In Decision Making in Major Piece Endings former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand discusses his path to decision making in endgames involving rooks or queens, as well as the often neglected “4th Phase.” Countless games are decided by good or bad technique in such endgames, so readers are certain to benefit from the insights of a world-class Grandmaster on this vital...
                                                                                                                                                                      24,99 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                      Decision Making in Major Piece Endings de Boris Gelfand
                                                                                                                                                                          In Decision Making in Major Piece Endings former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand discusses his path to decision making in endgames involving rooks or queens, as well as the often neglected “4th Phase.” Countless games are decided by good or bad technique in such endgames, so readers are certain to benefit from the insights of a world-class Grandmaster on this vital...
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                                                                                                                                                                            Le manuel des finales de Mark Dvoretsky
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                                                                                                                                                                              Le manuel des finales de Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                                                                • Promotion !
                                                                                                                                                                                Dès sa première parution, la première édition du  Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual a immédiatement été reconnue par tous les joueurs, du novice au grand maître, comme l'un des meilleurs ouvrages publiés sur les finales d'échecs. Et cette cinquième édition et augmentée est meilleure que jamais!
                                                                                                                                                                                47,90 €59,90 €Prix de base-20,03%dePrix
                                                                                                                                                                                Le manuel des finales de Mark Dvoretsky
                                                                                                                                                                                  • Promotion !
                                                                                                                                                                                  Dès sa première parution, la première édition du  Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual a immédiatement été reconnue par tous les joueurs, du novice au grand maître, comme l'un des meilleurs ouvrages publiés sur les finales d'échecs. Et cette cinquième édition et augmentée est meilleure que jamais!
                                                                                                                                                                                  47,90 €59,90 €Prix de base-20,03%dePrix
                                                                                                                                                                                  Understanding Queen Endgames de Karsten Müller et Yakov Konoval
                                                                                                                                                                                      Knowing the abilities and limitations of the powerful queen is very valuable for mastering the secrets of the royal game, and this can be studied best in the endgame. Queen endgames are very difficult, if only for purely mathematical reasons – the queen is the most mobile peace in chess, and the amount of possible options is incomparably higher than in any other type of endgames. ...
                                                                                                                                                                                      24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      Understanding Queen Endgames de Karsten Müller et Yakov Konoval
                                                                                                                                                                                          Knowing the abilities and limitations of the powerful queen is very valuable for mastering the secrets of the royal game, and this can be studied best in the endgame. Queen endgames are very difficult, if only for purely mathematical reasons – the queen is the most mobile peace in chess, and the amount of possible options is incomparably higher than in any other type of endgames. ...
                                                                                                                                                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                          The Comfort Zone de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                                                                                                                              I’ve become increasingly convinced of this comfort zone theory to the degree where I’ve started to apply it to chess. To use the same logic, I believe a chess player is more comfortable in an opening that they have played since childhood. They’ll be less likely to make mistakes in that opening. You can also apply it to tournaments as well. During the course of the book, I’ll talk...
                                                                                                                                                                                              29,50 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                              The Comfort Zone de Daniel Gormally
                                                                                                                                                                                                  I’ve become increasingly convinced of this comfort zone theory to the degree where I’ve started to apply it to chess. To use the same logic, I believe a chess player is more comfortable in an opening that they have played since childhood. They’ll be less likely to make mistakes in that opening. You can also apply it to tournaments as well. During the course of the book, I’ll talk...
                                                                                                                                                                                                  29,50 €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