Chess category: 725 books

Mexico's First Grandmaster - The Genius of Carlos Torre! This book is offered to chessplayers and enthusiasts of all Spanish-speaking countries as an homage to one of the greatest Latin American chess players of all time: Grandmaster Carlos Torre Repetto, originally from Yucatán, Mexico. In recognition...

This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge....

Tired of being recommended to study chess tactics but the tactics in the books do not look anything like what could arise in the openings you play? So am I! Well, here is the answer: opening specific tactical exercises split up by variation from actual games. In this book, you will face hundreds of...

This is the perfect introduction to chess for children from the age of seven upwards. The book contains 30 short lessons, starting with learning about the board and the pieces, then the moves of each piece in turn, then the vital concepts of check, checkmate and stalemate, and finally basic strategy...

Few would disagree that the Sicilian Dragon is one of the most exciting, high profile and controversial openings in chess history. Right from the very beginning of the game Black chooses to unbalance the position, thus maximising his or her chances of playing for a win. The positions reached are dynamic...

Historic London 1922! José Raúl Capablanca was the superstar of chess in 1922 and London was his first serious chess in the 15 months since he had won the championship title from Emanuel Lasker. "Capa” was the chessplayer whom even non-players could identify. But the tournament signified...

The average club player doesn’t need to study hundreds of pages of chess opening theory. Understanding structures and finding tactics are much more important than memorizing variations. Renowned German chess trainers Erik Zude and Jörg Hickl have created an ideal club player’s repertoire...

The main reason why we lose at chess is no big secret: we all make unnecessary mistakes! But simply acknowledging this fact isn't enough to help us improve. The big question is, how can we eliminate these mistakes from our game, or at least keep them to an absolute minimum?Colin Crouch tackles...

The Zaitsev System is one of the most dynamic setups for Black in the ever popular Ruy Lopez chess opening. When Alexey Kuzmin joined the coaching staff of World Champion Anatoly Karpov in the 1980s he started analysing the Zaitsev System, and later continued his investigations as a second...

The "Following Kaufman" periodicals gather recent master level chess games, that are relevant to the "Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White" and present them with a diagram for each move, so one can review these chess games without a chess set. GM Larry Christiansen recommends reviewing 200 games a...

The "Following Kaufman" periodicals gather recent master level chess games, that are relevant to the "Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White" and present them with a diagram for each move, so one can review these chess games without a chess set. GM Larry Christiansen recommends...

The "Following Kaufman" periodicals gather recent master level chess games, that are relevant to the "Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White" and present them with a diagram for each move, so one can review these chess games without a chess set. GM Larry Christiansen recommends reviewing 200 games a...

The "Following Kaufman" periodicals gather recent master level chess games, that are relevant to the "Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White" and present them with a diagram for each move, so one can review these chess games without a chess set. GM Larry Christiansen recommends reviewing 200 games a...

Grandmaster Viktor Moskalenko shakes up the lines of yet another chess opening! For those who have the Dutch Defense in their repertoire or play against it, this brings an explosive mixture of danger and opportunity. Danger if you stick to your old ways, opportunity if you are ready to take up Moskalenko’s...