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The Modernized Sicilian Kan de Adrien Demuth
      “I have always been interested by less theoretical Sicilians. I have been playing the Classical Sicilian for a long time and right before the covid period, I decided to find a new one. The Sicilian Kan came to me as a very serious option, and I decided to work on it. In the meantime, my friend and editor Daniël Vanheirzeele offered me the chance to author a book about it. This came to me as...
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      The Modernized Sicilian Kan de Adrien Demuth
          “I have always been interested by less theoretical Sicilians. I have been playing the Classical Sicilian for a long time and right before the covid period, I decided to find a new one. The Sicilian Kan came to me as a very serious option, and I decided to work on it. In the meantime, my friend and editor Daniël Vanheirzeele offered me the chance to author a book about it. This came to me as...
          30,95 €Prix
          Mats en folie de Marc Quenehen
              Développez vos capacités à conclure victorieusement une partie en vous entraînant. Ce livre propose plus de 200 tableaux de mats parmi les plus rencontrés en club.
              18,00 €Prix
              Mats en folie de Marc Quenehen
                  Développez vos capacités à conclure victorieusement une partie en vous entraînant. Ce livre propose plus de 200 tableaux de mats parmi les plus rencontrés en club.
                  18,00 €Prix
                  The Magnus Method de Emmanuel Neiman
                      What is it that makes Magnus Carlsen the strongest chess player in the world? Why do his opponents, the best players around, fail to see his moves coming? Moves that, when you replay his games, look natural and self-evident? Emmanuel Neiman has been studying Carlsen’s games and style of play for many years. He now presents his findings that will surprise, delight and educate...
                      27,95 €Prix
                      The Magnus Method de Emmanuel Neiman
                          What is it that makes Magnus Carlsen the strongest chess player in the world? Why do his opponents, the best players around, fail to see his moves coming? Moves that, when you replay his games, look natural and self-evident? Emmanuel Neiman has been studying Carlsen’s games and style of play for many years. He now presents his findings that will surprise, delight and educate...
                          27,95 €Prix
                          Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 vol.2 de Gawain Jones
                              Coffeehouse Repertoire is a 1.e4 player’s dream: an arsenal of ideas from a world-class grandmaster to surprise and confound your opponents, combining coffeehouse trickery with complete theoretical soundness. In Volume 2, GM Gawain Jones shows how to fight for an advantage against 1...e5, plus the French, Pirc, Modern, Philidor and other miscellaneous Defences, using lines...
                              27,99 €Prix
                              Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 vol.2 de Gawain Jones
                                  Coffeehouse Repertoire is a 1.e4 player’s dream: an arsenal of ideas from a world-class grandmaster to surprise and confound your opponents, combining coffeehouse trickery with complete theoretical soundness. In Volume 2, GM Gawain Jones shows how to fight for an advantage against 1...e5, plus the French, Pirc, Modern, Philidor and other miscellaneous Defences, using lines...
                                  27,99 €Prix
                                  Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 vol.1 de Gawain Jones
                                      Coffeehouse Repertoire is a 1.e4 player’s dream: an arsenal of ideas from a world-class grandmaster to surprise and confound your opponents, combining coffeehouse trickery with complete theoretical soundness. In Volume 1, GM Gawain Jones shows how to put pressure on the Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian and Alekhine’s Defences, using lines which feature a potent combination...
                                      27,99 €Prix
                                      Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 vol.1 de Gawain Jones
                                          Coffeehouse Repertoire is a 1.e4 player’s dream: an arsenal of ideas from a world-class grandmaster to surprise and confound your opponents, combining coffeehouse trickery with complete theoretical soundness. In Volume 1, GM Gawain Jones shows how to put pressure on the Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian and Alekhine’s Defences, using lines which feature a potent combination...
                                          27,99 €Prix
                                          Les finales de John Nunn
                                              Les finales de John Nunn
                                                  Quand on commence à jouer aux échecs, on peut avoir du mal à exploiter son avantage en fin de partie. Connaître les méthodes de jeu en finale permet de résoudre ce problème et de sauver des positions compromises. Complément idéal aux Finales d'échecs pour les enfants de Karsten Müller, ce livre d'échecs met l'accent sur la pratique avec des centaines d'exercices. Par l'un des meilleurs...
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                                                  Les finales de John Nunn
                                                      Quand on commence à jouer aux échecs, on peut avoir du mal à exploiter son avantage en fin de partie. Connaître les méthodes de jeu en finale permet de résoudre ce problème et de sauver des positions compromises. Complément idéal aux Finales d'échecs pour les enfants de Karsten Müller, ce livre d'échecs met l'accent sur la pratique avec des centaines d'exercices. Par l'un des meilleurs...
                                                      14,00 €Prix
                                                      Leningrad Dutch de Mihail Marin
                                                          The Dutch is renowned as a fighting weapon against 1.d4, as 1...f5 immediately sets up an unbalanced struggle. Then Black’s kingside fianchetto, which defines the Leningrad Dutch, allows pawn-storming play in similar style to the King’s Indian Defence. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory. Leningrad Dutch covers lines...
                                                          24,99 €Prix
                                                          Leningrad Dutch de Mihail Marin
                                                              The Dutch is renowned as a fighting weapon against 1.d4, as 1...f5 immediately sets up an unbalanced struggle. Then Black’s kingside fianchetto, which defines the Leningrad Dutch, allows pawn-storming play in similar style to the King’s Indian Defence. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory. Leningrad Dutch covers lines...
                                                              24,99 €Prix
                                                              Dutch Sidelines de Mihail Marin
                                                                  The Dutch is one Black’s most ambitious replies to 1.d4, as with 1...f5 Black creates asymmetrical and richly complex play. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory. Dutch Sidelines covers lines where White does not fianchetto the king’s bishop. These include 1.d4 f5 2.c4 lines, as well as Anti-Dutch options such as 2.Bg5,...
                                                                  24,99 €Prix
                                                                  Dutch Sidelines de Mihail Marin
                                                                      The Dutch is one Black’s most ambitious replies to 1.d4, as with 1...f5 Black creates asymmetrical and richly complex play. Mihail Marin is the ideal author to explain both the strategic ideas and the latest theory. Dutch Sidelines covers lines where White does not fianchetto the king’s bishop. These include 1.d4 f5 2.c4 lines, as well as Anti-Dutch options such as 2.Bg5,...
                                                                      24,99 €Prix
                                                                      Boostez votre ELO! de Axel SmithBoostez votre ELO! de Axel Smith
                                                                          Comment progresser aux échecs et améliorer son classement ? Découvrez les réponses d'un expert : avant de devenir grand maître, Axel Smith est passé en 2 ans de 2093 à 2458 Elo. Ses élèves ont aussi appliqué ses méthodes avec succès. Et vous avez là deux livres en un : la première partie vous donnera de solides notions de stratégie, et la seconde vous montrera comment vous entraîner...
                                                                          32,00 €Prix
                                                                          Boostez votre ELO! de Axel SmithBoostez votre ELO! de Axel Smith
                                                                              Comment progresser aux échecs et améliorer son classement ? Découvrez les réponses d'un expert : avant de devenir grand maître, Axel Smith est passé en 2 ans de 2093 à 2458 Elo. Ses élèves ont aussi appliqué ses méthodes avec succès. Et vous avez là deux livres en un : la première partie vous donnera de solides notions de stratégie, et la seconde vous montrera comment vous entraîner...
                                                                              32,00 €Prix
                                                                              Les échecs comme l'amour et la musique ont la faculté de rendre les gens heureux de René Alladaye
                                                                                  Il arrive que de petits miracles se produisent. À une époque qui ne jure que par la modernité et la vitesse, le succès planétaire de la série Le Jeu de la Dame a réveillé une belle endormie millénaire : le jeu d'échecs. Parce qu'ils sont tout à la fois un jeu, un sport, une science et un art, les échecs offrent à chacun(e) l'occasion d'un moment de détente, de défi intellectuel, ou...
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                                                                                  Les échecs comme l'amour et la musique ont la faculté de rendre les gens heureux de René Alladaye
                                                                                      Il arrive que de petits miracles se produisent. À une époque qui ne jure que par la modernité et la vitesse, le succès planétaire de la série Le Jeu de la Dame a réveillé une belle endormie millénaire : le jeu d'échecs. Parce qu'ils sont tout à la fois un jeu, un sport, une science et un art, les échecs offrent à chacun(e) l'occasion d'un moment de détente, de défi intellectuel, ou...
                                                                                      18,90 €Prix
                                                                                      Playing the Caro-Kann de Lars Schandorff
                                                                                          The Caro-Kann is renowned as a top-tier defence to 1.e4, and Lars Schandorff’s Grandmaster Repertoire book on this opening received rave reviews. As GM Zenon Franco Ocampos put it, “I cannot imagine a better way of converting into a Caro-Kann player.” A decade later, Schandorff is back with a completely new repertoire which improves on his previous work in every way. Playing the...
                                                                                          24,99 €Prix
                                                                                          Playing the Caro-Kann de Lars Schandorff
                                                                                              The Caro-Kann is renowned as a top-tier defence to 1.e4, and Lars Schandorff’s Grandmaster Repertoire book on this opening received rave reviews. As GM Zenon Franco Ocampos put it, “I cannot imagine a better way of converting into a Caro-Kann player.” A decade later, Schandorff is back with a completely new repertoire which improves on his previous work in every way. Playing the...
                                                                                              24,99 €Prix
                                                                                              The Exhilarating Elephant Gambit de Jakob Aabling-Thomsen et Michael Agermose Jensen
                                                                                                  The Elephant Gambit is perhaps the boldest opening in all of chess theory. By meeting 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 with 2...d5!?, Black takes the fight to his opponent and aims to seize the initiative as early as possible. The Exhilarating Elephant Gambit offers a complete repertoire for Black, based on 3.exd5 Bd6 or 3.Nxe5 Bd6 4.d4 dxe4. In return for the sacrificed pawn, Black ensures...
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                                                                                                  The Exhilarating Elephant Gambit de Jakob Aabling-Thomsen et Michael Agermose Jensen
                                                                                                      The Elephant Gambit is perhaps the boldest opening in all of chess theory. By meeting 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 with 2...d5!?, Black takes the fight to his opponent and aims to seize the initiative as early as possible. The Exhilarating Elephant Gambit offers a complete repertoire for Black, based on 3.exd5 Bd6 or 3.Nxe5 Bd6 4.d4 dxe4. In return for the sacrificed pawn, Black ensures...
                                                                                                      24,99 €Prix
                                                                                                      Sicilian Warfare de Ilya Smirin
                                                                                                          Sicilian Warfare is a practical guide to the most dynamic and ambitious defence against 1.e4, starting where opening theory ends and the middlegame begins. Ilya Smirin breaks down the strategic battle into easily understood elements and then looks at them in a dynamic setting. With illuminating annotations of Smirin’s best Sicilian games with both colours, Sicilian Warfare...
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                                                                                                          Sicilian Warfare de Ilya Smirin
                                                                                                              Sicilian Warfare is a practical guide to the most dynamic and ambitious defence against 1.e4, starting where opening theory ends and the middlegame begins. Ilya Smirin breaks down the strategic battle into easily understood elements and then looks at them in a dynamic setting. With illuminating annotations of Smirin’s best Sicilian games with both colours, Sicilian Warfare...
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                                                                                                              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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                                                                                                                  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
                                                                                                                          • Promotion !
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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. ...
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                                                                                                                                  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 London System in 12 Practical Lessons de Oscar de Prado
                                                                                                                                          The London System is being played by an ever increasing number of players, and it’s easy to see why. Against virtually every Black defence after 1.d4 it offers White an easy-to-learn and reliable set of lines. In the process, White has interesting choices between strategic or more aggressive approaches, while avoiding loads of opening theory. Ideal for players who don’t have much time to...
                                                                                                                                          26,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                          The London System in 12 Practical Lessons de Oscar de Prado
                                                                                                                                              The London System is being played by an ever increasing number of players, and it’s easy to see why. Against virtually every Black defence after 1.d4 it offers White an easy-to-learn and reliable set of lines. In the process, White has interesting choices between strategic or more aggressive approaches, while avoiding loads of opening theory. Ideal for players who don’t have much time to...
                                                                                                                                              26,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                              Caruana's Ruy Lopez de Fabiano Caruana
                                                                                                                                                  The Ruy Lopez is arguably the most classic of chess openings. White immediately starts the battle for the centre, fighting for the initiative. This strategic clarity has made the Ruy Lopez, or Spanish Opening, an eternal favourite with chess players at all levels. Inevitably, this popularity has also led to a wealth of opening theory. In this book, Fabiano Caruana takes you by the...
                                                                                                                                                  29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                  Caruana's Ruy Lopez de Fabiano Caruana
                                                                                                                                                      The Ruy Lopez is arguably the most classic of chess openings. White immediately starts the battle for the centre, fighting for the initiative. This strategic clarity has made the Ruy Lopez, or Spanish Opening, an eternal favourite with chess players at all levels. Inevitably, this popularity has also led to a wealth of opening theory. In this book, Fabiano Caruana takes you by the...
                                                                                                                                                      29,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                      Everyone's First Chess Workbook de Peter Giannatos
                                                                                                                                                          Working on chess tactics and checkmates will help you win more games. It develops your pattern recognition and your ‘board vision’ – your ability to capitalize on opportunities. This Workbook features a complete set of fundamental tactics, checkmate patterns, exercises, hints, and solutions. Peter Giannatos selected 738 exercises based on ten years of experience with thousands of...
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                                                                                                                                                          Everyone's First Chess Workbook de Peter Giannatos
                                                                                                                                                              Working on chess tactics and checkmates will help you win more games. It develops your pattern recognition and your ‘board vision’ – your ability to capitalize on opportunities. This Workbook features a complete set of fundamental tactics, checkmate patterns, exercises, hints, and solutions. Peter Giannatos selected 738 exercises based on ten years of experience with thousands of...
                                                                                                                                                              24,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                              The Modernized Nimzovich Defense de Christian Bauer
                                                                                                                                                                  There is no doubt that the Nimzovich Defense is one of Black’s most inspiring openings after 1.e4. Black strives to unbalance the position by creating new problems for White from move two, giving himself every opportunity to fight for the initiative from the outset. It is no surprise that 1…Nc6 appeals ambitious players who relish a complicated battle.
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                                                                                                                                                                  The Modernized Nimzovich Defense de Christian Bauer
                                                                                                                                                                      There is no doubt that the Nimzovich Defense is one of Black’s most inspiring openings after 1.e4. Black strives to unbalance the position by creating new problems for White from move two, giving himself every opportunity to fight for the initiative from the outset. It is no surprise that 1…Nc6 appeals ambitious players who relish a complicated battle.
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                                                                                                                                                                      Understanding before Moving vol.2 de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                                                                          "In my view the average club player will be more pleased with an opening book in which a profusion of ideas is offered. If this is also structured, you can hope that the readers will acquire the necessary understanding of standard positions." Herman Grooten
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                                                                                                                                                                          Understanding before Moving vol.2 de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                                                                              "In my view the average club player will be more pleased with an opening book in which a profusion of ideas is offered. If this is also structured, you can hope that the readers will acquire the necessary understanding of standard positions." Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                                                                              26,75 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                              Understanding before Moving vol.3 de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                                                                                  "But I am writing for an audience that, by and large, is not interested in chess as a memory contest. So I’m not going to offer you lots of novelties and dense variation trees. On the contrary. The approach is to take the reader into the seemingly impenetrable labyrinth of variations without flinching, but then to base my comments on plans and concepts instead of computer analysis." Herman...
                                                                                                                                                                                  31,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                  Understanding before Moving vol.3 de Herman Grooten
                                                                                                                                                                                      "But I am writing for an audience that, by and large, is not interested in chess as a memory contest. So I’m not going to offer you lots of novelties and dense variation trees. On the contrary. The approach is to take the reader into the seemingly impenetrable labyrinth of variations without flinching, but then to base my comments on plans and concepts instead of computer analysis." Herman...
                                                                                                                                                                                      31,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                      Universal Chess Training de Wojciech Moranda
                                                                                                                                                                                          Are you struggling with your chess development? While dedicating hours and hours on improving your craft, your rating simply does not want to move upwards? Spending loads of money on chess books and DVDs, but feeling no real improvement at all? No worries – the book that you are holding in your hands might  represent a game changer!
                                                                                                                                                                                          32,95 €Prix
                                                                                                                                                                                          Universal Chess Training de Wojciech Moranda
                                                                                                                                                                                              Are you struggling with your chess development? While dedicating hours and hours on improving your craft, your rating simply does not want to move upwards? Spending loads of money on chess books and DVDs, but feeling no real improvement at all? No worries – the book that you are holding in your hands might  represent a game changer!
                                                                                                                                                                                              32,95 €Prix