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The Art of the Tarrasch Defence
Strategies, Techniques and Surprising Ideas
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
The Tarrasch Defence is one of the most ambitious ways to play against 1.d4. Black immediately fights for the centre, gets a lot of space and develops his pieces without many problems. Great fighters like Boris Spassky, Paul Keres and Garry Kasparov have played the Tarrasch Defence.
Former...
Techniques of Positional Play
45 Practical Methods to Gain the Upper Hand in Chess
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Opening preparation is useful, but understanding the middlegame is much more important. This book, an improved edition of a Russian classic, teaches amateur chess players 45 extremely effective skills in a crystal-clear manner.Quite a few of the ideas presented here will surprise the reader, because...
by Genna Sosonko
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Genna Sosonko lived the first 29 years of his life in Leningrad. He emigrated to Holland in 1972 and was one of the strongest grandmasters in the world. His bestselling book, Russian Silhouettes, was shortlisted for the world’s premier chess book award, the British Chess Federation Book of the Year.
100 Endgames You Must Know
Vital Lessons for Every Chess Player Improved and Expanded
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2015
'New (4th) and improved edition of an all-time classic
The good news about endgames is:
• there are relatively few endings you should know by heart
• once you know these endings, that's it. Your knowledge never goes out of date!
The bad news is that, all the same, the endgame technique...
Training with Moska
Practical Chess Exercises - Tactics, Strategy, Endgames
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2017
Training with Moska is based on the best instructive material Moskalenko collected while working with amateurs for three decades. The book covers a wide variety of aspects of the game and the more than 500 instructive positions are accessible for players of different strengths.
If you have...
The Grand Prix Attack
Fighting the Sicilian with an Early F4
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
The Grand Prix Attack is one of White’s deadliest weapons against the Sicilian Defence. It continues to be highly popular with tournament chess players all over the world. While earlier publications mainly focused on tactics, this book the finally gives the GPA the coverage it deserves.
The Powerful Catalan
A Complete Repertoire for White
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
The Catalan is a solid yet flexible chess opening system that is popular on all levels. Both amateurs and top-level strategists such as Vladimir Kramnik and Vishy Anand employ this opening to put a lot of unpleasant pressure on Black.In The Powerful Catalan grandmaster Victor Bologan presents a complete...
Dismantling the Sicilian
A Complete Modern Repertoire for White
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2017
This a completely new edition, updated and extended from the original 2009 publication. It includes important changes in the basic framework of the repertoire and presents lots of new ideas and hundreds of novelties.
The Sicilian Defence is the most widely played chess opening, both at club...
The Modern Bogo 1.d4 e6
A Complete Guide for Black
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
They did it! Dejan Antic and Branimir Maksimovic have created a complete chess opening repertoire for Black players in only two books. First they wrote the acclaimed The Modern French (against 1.e4). Now The Modern Bogo provides Black players with a comprehensive answer to 1.d4. The two books complement...
Sicilian Attacks
Powerful Charges & Typical Tactics
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2014
Learn how to attack in the sharpest lines of the most widely played chess opening! Against most Sicilian variations, White’s sharpest and often best weapon is queenside castling, a strategy that frequently leads to spectacular fireworks. Regrettably, these powerful charges have never been properly...
The Full English Opening
Mastering the Fundamentals
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
The English Opening (1.c4) is a popular choice at both club and master level, because it is a chess opening that suits all styles. As White you can play aggressively or opt for a more modest strategic approach, depending on what kind of middlegame positions you are looking for. The opening will serve...
The Lazy Man's Sicilian
Attack and Surprise White
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2015
The Basman-Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the Sicilian Defence. After the perfectly normal moves 1.e4 c5, 2. Nf3 e6, 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Black lashes out with 4…Bc5! English IM Michael Basman and Croatian IM Srdjan Sale were the pioneers of this cunning chess opening...
The Perfect Pirc-Modern
Strategic Ideas & Powerful Weapons
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
Bestselling author Viktor Moskalenko takes on another important chess opening! The Pirc and Modern are flexible openings, rich in strategic and tactical ideas. They feature in the repertoire of great players like Kramnik, Grischuk and Ivanchuk, but are also quite popular at club level.Moskalenko, a renowned...
Steamrolling the Sicilian
Play for a Win with 5.f3!
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2014
Experienced grandmaster Sergey Kasparov presents a surprising way to combat The Sicilian Defence, Black’s most popular choice against 1.e4. White unbalances the position of his opponent right from the start, gains space and prepares to steamroll his way to victory. This repertoire is complete and contains...