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Chess Coach de Vladimir Narsky dvoretsky
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      This remarkable book is a tribute to a man who is probably the greatest chess coach of all time. Mark Dvoretsky was a fascinating, intelligent, honest, decent, hard-working and good-natured man who dedicated his life to chess and its players. When Dvoretsky started coaching after a fairly successful career as a player, he became a kind of doctor who could quickly spot what his...
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      Chess Coach de Vladimir Narsky dvoretsky
          Documentation échiquéenne
          This remarkable book is a tribute to a man who is probably the greatest chess coach of all time. Mark Dvoretsky was a fascinating, intelligent, honest, decent, hard-working and good-natured man who dedicated his life to chess and its players. When Dvoretsky started coaching after a fairly successful career as a player, he became a kind of doctor who could quickly spot what his...
          29,95 €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
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                      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...
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                      Learn from Bent Larsen de Mihail Marin
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                          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...
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                              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...
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                                              Spassky's Best Games de Alexey Bezgodov et Dmitry Oleinikov
                                                  The Russian Boris Spassky was the perfect gentleman. He was a chess genius who became World Champion in 1969. But he was also gracious in defeat after he lost his title to the American Bobby Fischer in 1972 in the Match of the Century. This biography includes fifty of Spassky’s best games, annotated by former Russian champion Alexey Bezgodov, and a biographical sketch of a few dozen...
                                                  34,95 €Prix
                                                  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
                                                          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...
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                                                              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...
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                                                                      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
                                                                          Yakov Vilner de Sergei Tkachenko
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                                                                              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...
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                                                                              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 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
                                                                                          The Duel de Alessandro Bossi et Claudio Brovelli
                                                                                              The value of this volume lies also in the parts where Bossi and Brovelli, with painstaking accuracy, have quoted both direct impressions of the two protagonists (interviews, articles, letters and quotations from their works) and evaluations (in the comments and memories of their contemporaries). In such a way, a contest of wider significance is described, which helps in understanding the...
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                                                                                              The Duel de Alessandro Bossi et Claudio Brovelli
                                                                                                  The value of this volume lies also in the parts where Bossi and Brovelli, with painstaking accuracy, have quoted both direct impressions of the two protagonists (interviews, articles, letters and quotations from their works) and evaluations (in the comments and memories of their contemporaries). In such a way, a contest of wider significance is described, which helps in understanding the...
                                                                                                  33,00 €Prix
                                                                                                  Speed Demon de Dmitry Kryakvin
                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                      Almost as fascinating as chess is the community of chess players. In every major city in the world, you are guaranteed to meet interesting people when you walk into a local chess club or chess cafe. This book pays tribute to one of those characters who gave colour to the chess world, the Russian grandmaster Alexey Vyzhmanavin. The best chance to bump into Vyzhmanavin in the 1980s and...
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                                                                                                      Speed Demon de Dmitry Kryakvin
                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                          Almost as fascinating as chess is the community of chess players. In every major city in the world, you are guaranteed to meet interesting people when you walk into a local chess club or chess cafe. This book pays tribute to one of those characters who gave colour to the chess world, the Russian grandmaster Alexey Vyzhmanavin. The best chance to bump into Vyzhmanavin in the 1980s and...
                                                                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                          Th Ink War de Willy Hendriks
                                                                                                              The rivalry between William Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort, the world's strongest chess players in the late nineteenth century, became so fierce that it was eventually named The Ink War. They fought their battle on the chessboard and in various chess magazines and columns. It was not only about who was the strongest player but also about who had the best ideas on how to play the game. ...
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                                                                                                              Th Ink War de Willy Hendriks
                                                                                                                  The rivalry between William Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort, the world's strongest chess players in the late nineteenth century, became so fierce that it was eventually named The Ink War. They fought their battle on the chessboard and in various chess magazines and columns. It was not only about who was the strongest player but also about who had the best ideas on how to play the game. ...
                                                                                                                  32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                  Life at Play de Lubomir Kavalek
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                                                                                                                      American-Czech Grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek (1943-2021) was a three-time US Chess Champion and one of the best chess writers of the last decades. He reached millions of chess fans with his much-acclaimed columns in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post. Kavalek could speak from experience as he had played with or met all the chess greats of the last century. He assisted Bobby...
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                                                                                                                      Life at Play de Lubomir Kavalek
                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                          American-Czech Grandmaster Lubomir Kavalek (1943-2021) was a three-time US Chess Champion and one of the best chess writers of the last decades. He reached millions of chess fans with his much-acclaimed columns in the Washington Post and the Huffington Post. Kavalek could speak from experience as he had played with or met all the chess greats of the last century. He assisted Bobby...
                                                                                                                          34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                          The Chess Battles of Hastings de Jürgen Brustkern et Norbert Wallet
                                                                                                                              No other chess tournament has such a long and rich history as the annual gathering 'in between the years' at the English seaside resort of Hastings. Countless chess players, professionals, and amateurs alike have celebrated Christmas and welcomed the New Year in Hastings while battling it out on the chessboard. German FM Jürgen Brustkern has been making the annual pilgrimage to...
                                                                                                                              32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                              The Chess Battles of Hastings de Jürgen Brustkern et Norbert Wallet
                                                                                                                                  No other chess tournament has such a long and rich history as the annual gathering 'in between the years' at the English seaside resort of Hastings. Countless chess players, professionals, and amateurs alike have celebrated Christmas and welcomed the New Year in Hastings while battling it out on the chessboard. German FM Jürgen Brustkern has been making the annual pilgrimage to...
                                                                                                                                  32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                  Curaçao 1962 de Jan Timman
                                                                                                                                      Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                      The 1962 Candidates’ Tournament in Curaçao was one of the fiercest chess battles of all time. At the height of the Cold War, eight players contested the right to challenge World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The format of the tournament was a gruelling quadruple round-robin. Twenty-eight games were to be played on the tropical island, in a contest that lasted two months. The air...
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                                                                                                                                      Curaçao 1962 de Jan Timman
                                                                                                                                          Documentation échiquéenne
                                                                                                                                          The 1962 Candidates’ Tournament in Curaçao was one of the fiercest chess battles of all time. At the height of the Cold War, eight players contested the right to challenge World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. The format of the tournament was a gruelling quadruple round-robin. Twenty-eight games were to be played on the tropical island, in a contest that lasted two months. The air...
                                                                                                                                          34,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          From London to Elista de Evgeny Bareev et Ilya Levitob
                                                                                                                                              An extraordinary account of the main battles in the life of Vladimir Kramnik, a World Champion and a Samurai, in Bareev’s words. From London to Elista gives a fascinating look behind the scenes of top-level chess. It provides superb analysis of all the games by Bareev, but it does much more. In Socrates-style dialogues, Bareev and co-author Ilya Levitov reveal everything about...
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                                                                                                                                              From London to Elista de Evgeny Bareev et Ilya Levitob
                                                                                                                                                  An extraordinary account of the main battles in the life of Vladimir Kramnik, a World Champion and a Samurai, in Bareev’s words. From London to Elista gives a fascinating look behind the scenes of top-level chess. It provides superb analysis of all the games by Bareev, but it does much more. In Socrates-style dialogues, Bareev and co-author Ilya Levitov reveal everything about...
                                                                                                                                                  37,95 €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
                                                                                                                                                          From Ukraine with Love for Chess
                                                                                                                                                              The Ukrainian chess community is helping Ukraine in the war against Russia. The chess genius Vasyl Ivanchuk is giving online simuls to raise funds. European champion and Olympic gold medal winner Natalia Zhukova is working as a politician in Odessa. And FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov coordinated this wonderful collection of chess games from Ukrainian players, published by New In...
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                                                                                                                                                              From Ukraine with Love for Chess
                                                                                                                                                                  The Ukrainian chess community is helping Ukraine in the war against Russia. The chess genius Vasyl Ivanchuk is giving online simuls to raise funds. European champion and Olympic gold medal winner Natalia Zhukova is working as a politician in Odessa. And FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov coordinated this wonderful collection of chess games from Ukrainian players, published by New In...
                                                                                                                                                                  20,00 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                  The Greatest Attacker in Chess de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                                      Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912-1974) played fearless attacking chess. With his dazzling style, the Soviet master already was a legend during his lifetime, but international fame largely eluded him. Only once did he get permission to show his exceptional talent in a tournament abroad. Five times Nezhmetdinov was chess champion of the Russian Federation. In the 1961 Soviet Championship, he...
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                                                                                                                                                                      The Greatest Attacker in Chess de Cyrus Lakdawala
                                                                                                                                                                          Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912-1974) played fearless attacking chess. With his dazzling style, the Soviet master already was a legend during his lifetime, but international fame largely eluded him. Only once did he get permission to show his exceptional talent in a tournament abroad. Five times Nezhmetdinov was chess champion of the Russian Federation. In the 1961 Soviet Championship, he...
                                                                                                                                                                          29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                          Winning with the World Open de Joel Benjamin et Harold Scott
                                                                                                                                                                              For nearly fifty years grandmasters and amateurs alike have been making their annual pilgrimage to the World Open. Legendary organizer Bill Goichberg created the model of this iconic event in American chess: large entry fees, large prizes, and no-frills. Every year around the 4th of July, Philadelphia is the scene of countless epic battles at the board. Joel Benjamin and Harold Scott...
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                                                                                                                                                                              Winning with the World Open de Joel Benjamin et Harold Scott
                                                                                                                                                                                  For nearly fifty years grandmasters and amateurs alike have been making their annual pilgrimage to the World Open. Legendary organizer Bill Goichberg created the model of this iconic event in American chess: large entry fees, large prizes, and no-frills. Every year around the 4th of July, Philadelphia is the scene of countless epic battles at the board. Joel Benjamin and Harold Scott...
                                                                                                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  Chess Buccaneer de Peter Boel et Merijn Van Delft
                                                                                                                                                                                      There aren’t many chess players who can say they’ve both beaten Garry Kasparov in an official blitz game and crushed Peter Leko in a classical game in 26 moves. And who regularly win blitz tournaments high on marihuana. But then Manuel Bosboom is not an ordinary chess player. The Dutch International Master never made it to the top in chess, but over the course of his swashbuckling...
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                                                                                                                                                                                      Chess Buccaneer de Peter Boel et Merijn Van Delft
                                                                                                                                                                                          There aren’t many chess players who can say they’ve both beaten Garry Kasparov in an official blitz game and crushed Peter Leko in a classical game in 26 moves. And who regularly win blitz tournaments high on marihuana. But then Manuel Bosboom is not an ordinary chess player. The Dutch International Master never made it to the top in chess, but over the course of his swashbuckling...
                                                                                                                                                                                          24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                          Winning de Nigel Short
                                                                                                                                                                                              Winning de Nigel Short
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Grandmaster Nigel Short realised that every tournament win has a unique narrative and challenge. In this exceptional chess book, Short discusses eight of his foremost tournament wins, describing the drama with insightful game annotations and entertaining anecdotes. For those wanting to win in chess, this book is the place to start. English GM Nigel Short was one of the most successful...
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                                                                                                                                                                                                  Winning de Nigel Short
                                                                                                                                                                                                      Grandmaster Nigel Short realised that every tournament win has a unique narrative and challenge. In this exceptional chess book, Short discusses eight of his foremost tournament wins, describing the drama with insightful game annotations and entertaining anecdotes. For those wanting to win in chess, this book is the place to start. English GM Nigel Short was one of the most successful...
                                                                                                                                                                                                      32,99 €Prix