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Carpathian Warrior, Book 2 by Bogdan Lalic & Vladimir Okhotnik (Valerija Padyaka, 2008)
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In Book One the authors covered the lines 1 e4 d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 g6 4 Be2 Bg7 5 g4!?, the Spike Anti-Pirc, and 5 e5!?, the Murey Spike. In the new volume they have gone on to analyse the line 1 e4 g6 2 d4 Bg7 3 Nc3 d6 4 g4!?, the Golden Spike (Anti-Modern). Some years ago IM Okhotnik published an article in New in Chess Yearbook on the line 1 d4 g6 2 c4 Bg7 3 Nc3 c5 4 d5 Bxc3+ 5 bxc3 f5, known as the Chaos Counter Attack, here he attempts to update and expand upon his original ideas - the article gives you everthing you'll need to start playing this line for White or Black. Additional coverage is given to the Accelerated Chaos Counter Attack 1 d4 c5 2 d5 f5, also known as the Clarendon Court • 367 pages, softback
  

New In Chess Yearbook 86 (New in Chess, 2008)
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Forum: contributions by Efstratios Grivas, Bogdan Lalic, Jose Vilela and many others • Genna Sosonko gives a lecture on the origins of the ‘gambit’ • Book reviews: Glenn Flear looks at Nigel Davies’s new Gambiteer series and also examines Peter Wells’s book Grandmaster Secrets: The Caro-Kann • 32 surveys: • Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 7... Qb6 - SI 8.14 - Berg • Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 9...h6 - SI 9.10 - Andriasian • Sicilian Defence - Scheveningen Variation 6. Be3 - SI 23.1 - Vladimirov • Sicilian Defence - Rauzer Variation 9. Nb3 - SI 28.2 - Van der Weide • Sicilian Defence - Kan Variation 5... Ne7 - SI 42.1 - Mchedlishvili • Sicilian Defence - Closed Variation 9...b6 - SI 45.11 - Grivas • French Defence - MacCutcheon Variation 6. Be3 - FR 5.3 - Finkel • Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation 4. Nd2 - CK 4.2 - Fogarasi • Scandinavian Defence - Main Line 3... Qa5 - SD 11.3 - Prié • Petroff Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 5. Nc3 - RG 3.5 - Lukacs/Hazai • Petroff Defence - Jaenisch Variation 8.Re1 - RG 6.4 - Fridman/Olthof • Ruy Lopez - Anti-Marshall Variation 8.h3 - RL 17.2 - Greenfeld • Ruy Lopez - Marshall Attack 8...d5 - RL 17.4 - Finkel • Ruy Lopez - Marshall Attack 8...d5 - RL 17.5-11 - De Dovitiis • King’s Pawn Openings - Two Knights’ Defence 5... Na5 - KP 12.9 - Urcan/Ceteras • Slav Defence - Anti-Moscow Gambit 6. Bh4 - SL 6.6 - A. Kuzmin • Slav Defence - Moscow Variation 6. Bf6 - SL 6.7 - Boersma • Slav Defence - Meran Variation 5.e3 - SL 9.5 - L.B. Hansen • Catalan Opening - Open Variation 6...dc4 - CA 5.6 - Anka • Nimzo-Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4. Qc2 d5 - NI 23.7 - Ikonnikov • Nimzo-Indian Defence - Ragozin Variation 6. Bg5 0-0 - NI 27.2 - Morgado/Alvarez • Nimzo-Indian Defence - Ragozin Variation 9. Qc2 - NI 27.11 - Mchedlishvili • Queen’s Indian Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 4... Ba6 - QI 14.7 - A. Kuzmin • Queen’s Indian Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 4... Ba6 - QI 16.11 - Karolyi • Grünfeld Indian Defence - Anti-Grünfeld 3.f3 - GI 1.1 - Van der Tak • King's Indian Defence - Classical Main Line 9. Nd2 - KI 7.3 - Lukacs/Hazai • King’s Indian Defence - Sämisch Variation 7... Nh5 - KI 40.2 - Langeweg • King’s Indian Defence - Sämisch Variation 6...c5 - KI 48.8 - Miedema • Benoni Defence - Fianchetto Variation 7.g3 - BI 9.16 - Avrukh • Old Indian Defence - Pseudo-Volga Gambit 4. Bg5 - OI 15.7 - Fogarasi • Queen’s Pawn Openings - Trompowsky Opening 2...c5 - QP 7.14 - Vilela • English Opening - Four Knights Variation 4... Nd4 - EO 4.7 - C. Hansen • 248 pages, softcover
  

Chess Explained: The French by Viacheslav Eingorn & Valentin Bogdanov (Gambit, 2008)
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The French Defence is one of the most important chess openings. Its qualities are such that it appeals to a wide range of chess temperaments: it is solid yet uncompromising, and with a variety of chaotic variations to appeal to the most bloodthirsty of players, but also offering more tranquil lines to those seeking a quieter existence. While it is hard for White to avoid at least some imbalance in the position, he also has a wide choice. In some of the most critical lines, he accepts major structural weaknesses in return for piece-play and dynamic chances, while he can also seek to establish a modest space advantage without such heavy positional commitments • 127 pages, softback
  

Chess Explained: The Nimzo-Indian by Reinaldo Vera (Gambit, 2008)
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The Nimzo-Indian is one of the most important of all chess openings, and popular at all levels of play. Together with the Queen's Indian (also covered in this series), the Nimzo has provided the backbone of the opening repertoire of a large portion of the world's top players over the last 80 years. It is considered a fully reliable defence, and provides winning chances for both sides as it leads to structures of great strategic variety and complexity. Key battlegrounds in the Nimzo include the blockade, IQP positions, the handling of unbalanced pawn-structures, and the struggle between bishop and knight. All these topics are covered in depth in this book, and an understanding of them will prove valuable in a much broader context than just the Nimzo-Indian • 111 pages, softback
  

The Field 1905, Ed. Leopold Hoffer (Moravian Chess, 2008)
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Leopold Hoffer (1842-1913) was a famous chess columnist over many years. This book is a facsimile reprint of the collection of his chess columns from the UK country gentlemen’s newspaper The Field for the year 1905. He edited this column from 1882 until his death. It covered everything from world championships down to the minutiae of UK club and county chess • 473 pages, hardback
  

The Chess Player's Chronicle 1889-1891, Vol. 11 (Moravian Chess, 2008)
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The latest reprint in this series. All international and national chess club topics are included, and most top-ranking chess players of the day are contributors in one way or another • 416 pages, hardback
  

Dangerous Weapons: 1 e4 e5 by John Emms, Glenn Flear & Andrew Greet (Everyman, 2008)
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Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings? Are you tired of constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to try out something new and inspiring, but cannot decide amongst the embarrassment of choices available? Look no further for the answer! Renowned opening experts John Emms, Glenn Flear and Andrew Greet take a revolutionary look at one of the most famous and widely-played chess openings. Instead of travelling down well-trodden and analysed paths, the authors concentrate on fresh or little-explored variations, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover! • 335 pages, softback
  

British Chess Magazine Bound Volume 2007 (Ed. John Saunders) (BCM, 2008)
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The 2007 bound volume has coverage of all major events, plus articles, letters, problems, studies, quotes and queries, book reviews, history, colour photos and much more. Featured articles: Kramnik vs Deep Fritz • Tribute to David Bronstein • Bronstein and the King's Indian Defence • Wijk aan Zee • Akopian wins in Gibraltar • Morelia/Linares • European Championships • Easter Congresses • Guildford-ADC wins the 4NCL • Candidates Matches in Elista • Kramnik wins in Dortmund • Ivanchuk's Hot Streak • Aagaard wins British Championship • UK vs China in Liverpool • Adams wins Staunton Memorial • Vishy Anand wins undisputed world title in Mexico • Russians dominate in Crete • Fischer and the Poisoned Pawn.. and much, much more. Contributors and annotators include Jonathan Speelman, Ian Rogers, Lubosh Kavalek, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Mikhail Golubev, Sam Collins, Chris Ravilious, Steve Giddins, Gary Lane, Bernard Cafferty and many others. All bound in an attractive maroon cloth-bound hard cover and fully indexed. Your bookshelf would be incomplete without it! • 672 pages, hardback (note: the graphic shown above does not appear on the cover)
  

The Huddersfield College Chess Magazine, Vol. 1-4 (Oct 1872-Sept 1876)
Ed. John Watkinson (Moravian Chess, 2008)
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In 1872 a 39-year-old Yorkshire chess player called John Watkinson started a chess column in a publication called The Huddersfield College Magazine. So successful was he as a columnist that before long he was the editor of the entire magazine. And in less than ten years, his magazine was renamed British Chess Magazine - which remains its name 128 years later. These reprints of Watkinson's earliest work provide a fascinating insight into chess in the 1870s as well as the indefatigible and dynamic man who founded BCM - John Watkinson (1833-1923) • 289 pages, hardback
  

The Huddersfield College Chess Magazine, Vol. 5-6 (Oct 1876-Sept 1877)
Ed. John Watkinson (Moravian Chess, 2008)
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A further year's worth of the magazine that a few years later was to mutate into British Chess Magazine, with BCM's founding editor John Watkinson (1833-1923) • 289 pages, hardback
  

King’s Indian Attack by Nigel Davies (ChessBase DVD-ROM, 2008)
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The King’s Indian Attack is a unique opening system in that it offers White a dynamic and interesting game but without the need to know reams of theory. In addition to being easy to learn it has an excellent pedigree, leading exponents including great players such as Bobby Fischer, Tigran Petrosian, David Bronstein, Viktor Korchnoi, Leonid Stein and Lev Psakhis. It is playable as either a complete, self-contained opening system or as part of a regular 1.e4 repertoire. On this DVD Davies presents a complete repertoire for White as well as the lines he can use to supplement a King’s Pawn repertoire. Having had extensive experience in these positions he is able to communicate the plans and ideas in lucid fashion. Video running time: more than 5 hours. System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard
 

Chess Informant 98-100 (Informator CD-ROM, 2008)
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Chess Informants 98-100 brings a selection of 1,296 fully annotated theoretically important games and 1,479 accompanying part game played between September 2006 and August 2007. As usual there is the ten best games and the ten most important theoretical novelties (from Chess Informants 97, 98 & 99), theoretical surveys in ECO format (C19, B80 & D44), the most interesting combinations and endings from recent tournament practice, studies, tournament standings and crosstables, and the best of Boris Gelfand’s, Yasser Seirawan’s and Aleksandar Matanovic’s creative output. In four different formats (CIE, PGN, CBH, CA)
 

Chess Tips for the Improving Player by Amatzia Avni (Quality Chess, 2008)
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This book gives practical advice for club players who want to take the next step towards chess mastery. Amatzia Avni looks at life from an unusual angle. His approach is far more creative than merely offering the usual tips such as 'develop your pieces' and 'control the centre'. Instead of repeating clichés seen before in countless books, the author scrutinized a huge number of chess positions, asking himself, ‘What can be learned from them?’ The reader can now benefit from Avni's painstaking efforts • 233 pages, softback • Read the March 2008 review
  

Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings ABCDE (Informator CD-ROM, 2008)
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The five-volume Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings - A, B, C, D, E - consists of 500 sections based on opening codes. Its key quality, unique among openings books, is a system of elimination which helps the reader to find the critical lines in the midst of the abundance of information. It contains ECO A - 4th edition; ECO B - 4th edition; ECO C - 5th edition; ECO D - 4th edition; and ECO E - 3rd edition. In four different formats (CIE, PGN, CBH, CA)
 

The Ultimate Chess Strategy Book: Volume 1
by Alfonso Romero and Amador Gonzalez de la Nava (Gambit, 2008)
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The opening is reaching its end, and we must make a pivotal decision: what shall our middlegame strategy be? Do we seek an active plan to profit from our strengths and highlight the opponent's weaknesses? Or do we adopt prophylaxis, attending to our own position's shortcomings and hindering the opponent's plans? Alternatively, are there any ready-made plans that we know from other games that can be tailored to fit our position? The authors present 90 'multi-choice' tests where the reader faces this task. In detailed solutions, they explain the best solution, and why other possibilities are less convincing. We develop a feel for how the decision is made, while painlessly building our 'repertoire' of plans in typical positions. All the examples in this book arise from Queen's Pawn or Flank Openings, and are arranged by opening and level of difficulty. Many are drawn from games by virtuoso strategists such as Karpov and Petrosian. In all cases, the game is annotated in full, so we see the consequences of the critical decision, while also appreciating the finer points of some of the most instructive games in chess history • 207 pages, softback • Read the March 2008 review
  

Starting Out: Sicilian Grand Prix Attack by Gawain Jones (Everyman, 2008)
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The Grand Prix Attack is one of White's most aggressive ways of fighting the Sicilian. It leads to a sharp, complex battle in which White often launches a direct attack against the black king. The opening has become a powerful weapon in the cut and thrust of tournament chess, where victory is everything and draws are not enough. It has even gained the seal of approval from elite players such as Vishy Anand and Nigel Short, who have both utilized it with success. In this book Gawain Jones, one of the world' leading experts on the Grand Prix Attack, provides everything you need to know about this opening. Using illustrative games and drawing upon his own wealth of experience, he introduces the key moves and ideas for both sides, taking care to explain the reasoning behind them - something that has often been neglected or taken for granted. Covers all the main lines after 2 Nc3 and 3 f4 - includes bonus chapters on the fashionable 2 Nc3 Nc6 3 Bb5 - ideal for improvers, club players and tournament players • 174 pages, softback • Read the March 2008 review
  

My Best Games in the Sveshnikov by Alexei Shirov (ChessBase DVD-ROM, 2008)
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The Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence is considered one of the most promising replies to 1 e4, often giving rise to sharp and complex positions which require precise and inventive play from both sides. Thus, an opening tailor-made for Alexei Shirov (FIDE World Cup finalist in 2007), who has included it into his repertoire with both White and Black and knows the mutual tricks and traps all too well. In more than four hours of video, the genius from Russia presents and explains his best Sveshnikov games, from his first successes in 1992 until his latest achievements in the year 2007. The spectator is shown typical opening plans for both sides, receives explanations on strategy and tactics in the middlegame and learns how to convert obtained advantages in the endgame - and all this in a most entertaining way. A masterful course on one of the most popular opening of our times by one of the best players of our times. Video running time: 4 hours. System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard
 

Bogo-Indian Defence by Boris Schipkov (ChessBase CD-ROM, 2008)
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The Bogo-Indian (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 Bb4+) stands out for two reasons: the concept behind the opening is simple and therefore easy to learn; and the Bogo-Indian has the reputation of being a reliable drawing weapon (statistically backed up by a high number of draws with it). This makes it an excellent second choice opening and it is on occasion used as such even by many world-class players. Schipkov explains in 21 texts the ideas behind the Bogo-Indian Defence and provides links to the most important model games. The author has annotated some 400 of these exclusively for this CD. In addition it contains a training database with 20 games in it, which contain between them more than 250 training questions. The CD is rounded off with a tree of all the 17,500 games. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: Pentium-PC, 32 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, CD-ROM drive
 

New In Chess Magazine 2008/1
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Coverage of Kamsky's victory at the Word Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk - Morozevich wins Russian Championship - Danny Gormally shares his experiences at Hastings - Ivanchuk triumphs once again at the Torre Memorial - A special article by Mark Dvoretsky to celebrate his 60th birthday • and much more.
 

A Strategic Opening Repertoire (2nd Enlarged Ed.) by John Donaldson & Carsten Hansen (Russell Enterprises, 2008)
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In 1998 a slim volume by IM John Donaldson explored the crafting of a sophisticated but easily assimilated group of interrelated opening strategies intending to establish small but lasting advantages. The result, A Strategic Opening Repertoire, was an instant success. Now this second edition, revised by Danish FM Carsten Hansen with the assistance of John Donaldson, is greatly expanded - twice the size - with many more games and detailed explanations. The lines presented here - based on 1 Nf3, 2 c4 and 3 g3 - will serve a player well throughout his career as they are based on solid positional ideas with an emphasis on understanding rather than memorizing. They will not fail because of one sharp novelty. The aim of playing 1 Nf3 is to head for queenside openings that restrict Black's counterplay. And using this repertoire, you will invariably find yourself on more familiar ground than your opponent • 272 pages, softback • Read the March 2008 review
  

SOS - Secrets of Opening Surprises 8 by Jeroen Bosch (New in Chess, 2008)
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Readers of this series can ignore large areas of ever-expanding chess opening theory. They can concentrate on these surprising ideas, because SOS variations deviate very early from the regular lines in mainstream openings. Ideal for players who don’t have enough time to keep abreast of mainline theory. Contents: 1 Jeroen Bosch - The SOS Files • 2 Ruben Felgaer - Meeting the Caro-Kann with 2.Ne2 • 3 Dimitri Reinderman - The Meszaros Variation of the Sicilian • 4 Jeroen Bosch - SOS versus Anti-Berlin • 5 Alexander Finkel - SOS versus the Paulsen • 6 Mazé & Cornette - Nimzo-Indian with 6...Qe8!? • 7 Arthur Kogan - The Budapest Gambit Can Still Surprise! • 8 Jeroen Bosch - French Prophylaxis • 9 Adrian Mikhalchishin - Caro-Kann: Dementiev Variation • 10 Dimitri Reinderman - The Porcupine Variation • 11 Jeroen Bosch - Gajewski’s Incredible Spanish Novelty • 12 Arthur Kogan - Play the Spielmann Attack • 13 Alexander Finkel - An Old Idea in the Modern Defence • 14 Jeroen Bosch - A Modest Indian • 15 Igor Glek - A 19th Century Weapon versus the French • 16 Leonid Gofshtein - A Dynamic Ruy Lopez Surprise • 17 Dorian Rogozenko - Kamsky’s ‘Spare’ Slav • 18 Who is Who? - Authors and their Subjects • 144 pages, softback• Read the March 2008 review
  

Hooked on Chess: A Memoir by Bill Hook (New in Chess, 2008)
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This is the story of Bill Hook’s life with his many passions: chess, painting, traveling, photography and blackjack. Bill Hook won a gold medal at the Chess Olympiad and his friends include street hustlers and world champions. He played with the likes of Stanley Kubrick, Harold Schonberg, Marcel Duchamp and Miguel Najdorf. After Bill Hook had beaten him four times in a row, a very young Bobby Fischer started crying. Now Hook lives and plays on the Virgin Islands. An admirable and colorful life • 191 pages, softback • Read the March 2008 review
  

Play the Semi-Slav by David Vigorito (Quality Chess, 2008)
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The Semi-Slav is on track to becoming the most popular 1 d4 response at the highest levels in the same way that the Marshall Attack is the most popular opening after 1 e4. In this book American IM and theoretical expert David Vigorito gives a full repertoire for Black with many possibilites to vary. If you want to play this topical opening you cannot do without this book • 277 pages, softback • Read the March 2008 review
  

The Queen's Gambit Accepted (3rd Ed.) by Konstantin Sakaev & Semko Semkov (Chess Stars, 2008)
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With the combined efforts of Kasparov, Karpov, Anand and Ponomariov, the QGA has now achieved the status of a super-reliable opening, suitable for all players up to the level of world champions. This is a brand new edition, with material up-to-date to January 1, 2008 • 254 pages, softback
  

Reykjavik 1972: Fischer vs Spassky by Harry Golombek (Hardinge Simpole, 2008)
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The world chess championship between Boris Spassky and Bobby Fischer at Reykjavik in 1972 was the most widely publicised and eagerly analysed of any chess match to date. It seized the attention of the world's press and media in general in unprecedented fashion and inspired more books and column inches than any chess contest before or since. Hardinge Simpole now commemorate this stellar chess clash by reprinting the eye witness accounts by Harry Golombek and Professor George Steiner. Harry Golombek analyses the moves while Professor Steiner searches for the meaning behind the circus. To top it all, Arthur Koestler, one of the keenest intellects of the 20th century, adds an introduction • 205 pages (descriptive notation), softback
  

American Grandmaster: Four Decades of Chess Adventures by Joel Benjamin (Everyman, 2008)
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Joel Benjamin is one of the most prominent faces in the history of US chess. At 13 years of age he broke Bobby Fischer's record as the youngest ever national master, and this was followed by countless tournament successes. Perhaps most famously, in 1997 he hit the headlines when he became the chess consultant for IBM's Deep Blue computer, which made history by beating World Champion Garry Kasparov in an epic encounter. In American Grandmaster, Benjamin takes the reader on a journey through chess adventures spanning more than thirty years. Tracing through his own career, from being a prodigy in the 'Fischer boom' era thorough to an experienced Grandmaster with many titles, Benjamin is in a unique position to highlight the major changes that have occurred both in US and international chess throughout the last four decades • 268 pages, softback • Read the February 2008 review
  

Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit by Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear & Chris Ward (Everyman, 2008)
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Are you tired of playing the same old openings time and time again? Fed up with constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to play something new and inspiring, but cannot decide between the numerous options available? Don't despair - help is on hand! In Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit, opening experts Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear and Chris Ward team up to investigate one of the most popular openings in chess history, but in a revolutionary way. They concentrate on little-explored and fun-to-play variations of the Queen's Gambit, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover! Dangerous Weapons is an exciting series of opening books which supply the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting ideas to revitalize his or her opening repertoire. Many of the carefully chosen weapons are innovative, visually shocking, incredibly tricky, or have been unfairly discarded; they are guaranteed to throw even your most experienced opponent off balance • 237 pages, softback • Read the March 2008 review
  

Informator 100 (Chess Informant, 2008)
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Covering events held between May 1st, 2007 and August 31st, 2007 including Sofia, USA (ch), La Habana, Sarajevo, Elista, Valjevo, Foros, Dortmund, Montreal, Biel, Russia - China (m) and Amsterdam. Includes the usual trademark sections: the voting for the ten best games and the ten most important theoretical novelties from Chess Informant 99, theoretical survey in ECO format, the most interesting recent combinations, endings and studies, tournament standings and crosstables, and the best of Aleksandar Matanovic’s creative output • 339 pages, softback • Read the March 2008 review
  

The Best of Viswanathan Anand (Informator CD-ROM, 2008)
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A close-up on Viswanathan Anand • biography & facts, tournaments • classification of openings o1052 published games, 456 annotated by Anand • White/Black repertoire trees • stats • 100 best games • most important theoretical novelties • Theoretical surveys (B12, C45, E05) • combinations, excellent moves, initiative, defence, endings, rare blunders & misconceptions.. (In four different database formats - Chess Informant Expert, PGN, Chessbase And Chess Assistant)
 

The Best of Vladimir Kramnik (Informator CD-ROM, 2008)
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A close-up on Vladimir Kramnik • biography & facts, tournaments • classification of openings • 843 published games, 391 annotated by Kramnik • White/Black repertoire trees • stats • 5 golden games • 100 best games• most important theoretical novelties • Theoretical surveys (C42, D85, E04) • combinations, excellent moves, initiative, defence, endings, rare blunders & misconceptions. (In four different database formats - Chess Informant Expert, PGN, Chessbase And Chess Assistant)
 

1000 Queen Endings by Jozsef Pinter (Magyar Sakkvilag, 2008)
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The Hungarian grandmaster has collected 1,000 rook endings and presented them six to a page, with fully-worked solutions, annotated Informator style, at the back of the book. Excellent study material for honing your endgame play • 385 pages, hardback
  

How to Play Chess Endgames
by Karsten Muller & Wolfgang Pajeken (Gambit, 2008)
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In this companion volume to Fundamental Chess Endings, Müller and Pajeken focus on the practical side of playing endgames. They cover all aspects of strategic endgames, with particular emphasis on thinking methods, and ways to create difficulties for opponents over the board. Using hundreds of outstanding examples from modern practice, the authors explain not only how to conduct 'classical' endgame tasks, such as exploiting an extra pawn or more active pieces, but also how to handle the extremely unbalanced endings that often arise from the dynamic openings favoured nowadays. All varieties of endgames are covered, and there are more than 200 exercises for the reader, together with full solutions • 351 pages, softback • Read the February 2008 review
  

New In Chess Magazine 2007/8
(New in Chess, 2007)
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Coverage of Kramnik's convincing victory in the Tal Memorial and Ivanchuk's success in the star-studded blitz tournament that followed - Nakamura's successful tour of Europe - Bu Xiangzhi is the surprise winner of the blindfold tournament in Bilbao - Sosonko on Paul Keres - Ahmed Adly becomes World Junior Champion - and much more.
 

New In Chess Yearbook 85 (New in Chess, 2007)
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Each issue of New In Chess brings you dozens of new ideas on the cutting edge of modern chess theory. Not only the latest fashions are covered, it offers fresh insights into underrated gambits, rare continuations, and almost forgotten weapons as well. It has grown into an indispensable tool for all chess players - for masters and club players alike. If you don't want to miss the latest news in your own favourite lines, if you are looking for inspiration, then it is vital for you, too. It refreshes your opening repertoire, four times a year! 31 Surveys Sicilian Defence - Moscow Variation 3.Bb5 - SI 1.5 - Palliser Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 - SI 14.8 - Anka Sicilian Defence - Dragon Variation 9.Bc4 - SI 18.6 - Olthof Sicilian Defence - Rauzer Variation 6...Bd7 - SI 27.5 - Galkin Sicilian Defence - Rauzer Variation 9.f4 - SI 28.3 - Karolyi Sicilian Defence - Kan Variation 5...Ne7 - SI 42.1 - Mchedlishvili Pirc Defence - Classical Variation 5.Be2 - PU 16.7 - Marin/Stoica King’s Fianchetto - The 3.Nf3 Line - KF 9.7 - Vilela Caro-Kann Defence - Various Systems - CK 1-5 - Soppe Caro-Kann Defence - Panov Variation 6.c5 - CK 3.1 - Gavrilov Scandinavian Defence - Main Line 4.Bc4, 5.d3 - SD 10.4 - Prié Ruy Lopez - Chigorin Variation 9...Na5 - RL 23.11 - Grivas Ruy Lopez - Riga Variation 5...Ne4 6.d4 ed4 - RL 27.4 - Boll/Talsma Scotch Game - Classical Variation 4...Bc5 - SO 5.13 - Lukacs/Hazai Italian Game - Bishop’s Opening 2.Bc4 - IG 4.16 - Vladimirov Slav Defence - Chebanenko Variation 4...a6 - SL 3.1 - Bologan Slav Defence - Alapin Variation 5.a4 Bf5 - SL 4.5 - Mchedlishvili Slav Defence - Anti-Moscow Gambit 5...h6 - SL 6.6 - A. Kuzmin Slav Defence - Anti-Moscow Gambit 5...h6 - SL 6.6 - Boersma Nimzo-Indian Defence - Ragozin Variation 6.Bg5 - NI 27.2 - Morgado/Alvarez Nimzo-Indian Defence - 4.f3 - NI 30.1 - Moskalenko Queen’s Indian Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 4...Ba6 - QI 14.7 - A. Kuzmin Grünfeld Indian Defence - 4.h4 Line - GI 3.1 - Cebalo Grünfeld Indian Defence - Exchange Variation 7.Bg5 - GI 4.1 - Fogarasi Grünfeld Indian Defence - Exchange Variation 7.Bc4 - GI 5.8 - Mikhalevski Grünfeld Indian Defence - Russian Variation 5.Qb3 - GI 10.2 - Van der Tak King's Indian Defence - Classical Main Line 9.Nd2 - KI 2.1 - Ikonnikov King’s Indian Defence - Four Pawns Attack 6...Na6 - KI 55.9 - Moskalenko Benoni Defence - Volga-Benko Gambit 3...b5 - BI 28.6 - Finkel Old-Indian Defence - Anti-Volga System 4.Bg5 - OI 15.6 - Fogarasi Dutch Defence - Early Divergences 2.g4, 2.e4, 2.Nc3 - HD 11.9 - Grivas • 247 pages, softcover • Read the February 2008 review
  

Opening for White According to Anand 1 e4 Vol. 10
by Alexander Khalifman (Chess Stars, 2007)
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The latest book of the grand opening saga is devoted mostly to the Sveshnikov system. "My work with this book was a rather complicated task by itself. My colleagues asked me often (sometimes ironically, sometimes with genuine interest) whether I had managed to refute the Chelyabinsk variation and when that refutation would be published? Here, I must admit: no, I have not refuted the Chelyabinsk variation. Frankly speaking, I have not even tried to do that. As far as my experience and my understanding of chess are concerned, Black’s opening set-up has a sound strategical basis and it can never be refuted outright. Having that in mind, I decided to try something different and that was to systematize the amassed material and knowledge and to point out the most unpleasant lines for Black." - writes Khalifman. "I have not tried to change radically any theoretical evaluations, but I have managed to discover some new ideas and I have to tell you that Black will need to solve difficult problems after them" • 190 pages, softback • Read the February 2008 review
 

1 e4 for the Creative Attacker
by Nigel Davies (ChessBase DVD-ROM, 2008)
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Playing 1 e4 with White is often associated with having to know reams of opening theory but this does not have to be the case. There are many unusual but playable lines which give White attacking chances whilst avoiding the well trodden paths. Besides the practical advantage of putting Black on his own resources this gives White the opportunity to play creative chess from early on in the game. On this DVD-ROM, GM Nigel Davies presents a complete repertoire for White comprising unusual but aggressive lines. His suggested repertoire includes 2 Na3 against the Sicilian, 2 f4 against both the French and Pirc and the Fantasy Variation of the Caro-Kann. Video running time: 4 hours. System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows Vista, Windows XP, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard • Read the February 2008 review
 

Play the English by Craig Pritchett (Everyman, 2007)
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Subtitled An Active Opening Repertoire for White: The English is a sophisticated opening which is very popular at all levels of chess: from up-and-coming players to World Champions such as Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik. It has many attractions, including flexibility and diversity: White can play either aggressively or quietly, and positions are rich in both strategy and tactics. In Play the English, Scottish IM Craig Pritchett provides an active repertoire for White, offering answers to Black's key defences both in the main lines and sidelines. Drawing upon his wealth of experience in this opening from both sides of the board, Pritchett highlights the positional and tactical ideas for White and Black, and the subtle move-order nuances so important in the modern game. This book contains all you need to know to play the English with confidence in your own games • 192 pages, softback • Read the February 2008 review
  

My Best Games in the Spanish Vol. 2 by Alexei Shirov (ChessBase DVD-ROM, 2007)
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Shirov’s first Ruy Lopez DVD found an enthusiastic reception from its audience. In this second volume, Alexei Shirov continues his presentation, with topical games of his own, starting in October 2006. At top-level tournaments of last year and also during his Candidates' matches in Elista (versus Adams and Aronian), Shirov used the Spanish/Ruy Lopez with both the white and black pieces. As Black, he had a most successful returned to the system with 5. ... b5 6 Bb3 Bc5 (5 games). As White, he had to face the difficult question how best to deal with the popular Marshall Attack (8. ... d5) (3 games). Further topics of discussion are the Berlin Defence as well as highly important Lopez systems such as the Breyer, the Flohr-Saitzev and the Chigorin. Enjoy six hours of chess with one of the best players of our times. System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows Vista, Windows XP, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard • Read the January 2008 review
 

My Best Games in the Grünfeld by Alexei Shirov (ChessBase DVD-ROM, 2007)
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The Grunfeld is an active and dynamic reply to 1 d4 which can lead to complex and extremely sharp positions. So it’s no wonder that Alexei Shirov included this opening in his repertoire. At the PCA Candidates’ final against Vladimir Kramnik in Cazorla in 1998, he exclusively - and successfully - trusted the Grunfeld with Black; the victory over Kramnik gave him the right to play a world championship match versus Kasparov (though, tragically, he never had the chance to play the match). In the first part of the DVD Shirov discusses his five Black games from the Kramnik match, revealing deep insights into his opening preparation and match strategy. In the second part Shirov shows how in his opposite-coloured bishop endgame against Topalov in Linares in 1998 he found the amazing and unique move 47...Bh3, which has gone down in chess history as the most amazing move ever played. Running time: 5:25 hours. System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows Vista, Windows XP, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard • Read the January 2008 review
 

The Samisch King's Indian Uncovered
by Alexander Cherniaev and Eduard Prokuronov (Everyman, 2007)
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The Sämisch King's Indian continues to be one of the fiercely contested openings in chess. White's play is based around an extremely solid centre, and there's the very real possibility of launching a direct attack against the black king; a welcome change because often it is Black who goes gunning for checkmate in the King's Indian. But the Sämisch is flexible too; if White wishes he can instead try to strangle Black with his obvious space advantage. It's these features that have made the Sämisch such a popular weapon for White both at club level and with the world's elite. World Champions Botvinnik, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik have all utilized the Sämisch at one time or another, a testimony to the strong reputation of this opening. In this book, opening experts Alexander Cherniaev and Eduard Prokuronov present an up-to-date study of the Sämisch and its many offshoots. Using illustrative games, they look at the traditional main lines, the trendy alternatives and the tricky sidelines, while outlining the typical tactical and positional ideas for both White and Black. A study of this book will allow the reader to begin playing either side of the Sämisch with confidence in his or her own games • 175 pages, softback • Read the January 2008 review
  

From London to Elista by Evgeny Bareev and Ilya Levitov (New in Chess, 2007)
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The inside story of the World Chess Championship matches that Vladimir Kramnik won against Garry Kasparov, Peter Leko and Veselin Topalov, 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, and it does much more. In Socrates-style dialogues, Bareev and co-author Ilya Levitov reveal everything about the preparation, the progress and the aftermath, about the secret strategy and the brutal stress of the three battles.This rich book is indispensable for anyone who wants to know what makes top grandmasters tick. It is written from the horse’s mouth, and it is full of honesty, irony, history, wit, anger, wisdom, and even poetry. With many photographs • 398 pages, softback • Read the January 2008 review
 

Secrets of Opening Preparation by Mark Dvoretsky & Artur Yusupov (Olms, 2007)
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How should a chessplayer prepare his or her openings when facing a well-prepared opponent? How should an opening repertoire be built? Which opening should be used when a win is essential? Or a draw is sufficient? This book addresses these questions, explains the basic principles of the opening, discusses how to produce opening novelties, and explores the connection between the opening and the later stages of the game. This is a revamped edition of the ground-breaking 1994 Batsford book Opening Preparation, (re-edited and retranslated by Ken Neat) • 277 pages, softback • Read the January 2008 review
 

Tactics in the Chess Opening 6 by Ernst & van der Stricht (New in Chess, 2007)
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Every chess player loves to win early in the game with a deadly combination or a cunning trap. On the other hand, nobody wants to be tricked by his opponent before the game has really started. This book covers all the tactical themes and typical traps in the main lines of the English, the Dutch and the Reti, as well as a couple of interesting gambits. They are explained in more than 200 carefully selected and annotated short games. This book teaches how to recognise opportunities to attack early in the game and how to avoid standard pitfalls in the opening. It will make the adventurous player win more games. This is 6th and the final volume in a 6-part series covering the entire opening spectrum. It is a guide for further study and for setting up an opening repertoire • 231 pages, softback • Read the January 2008 review
  

Common Sense in Chess (New Algebraic Edition) by Emanuel Lasker (Russell Enterprises, 2007)
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In the spring of 1895, reigning world chess champion Emanuel Lasker gave a series of lectures in London. These were geared to the level of the club players, or intermediate level. Later that year Lasker gathered his lecture material together and wrote it up in manuscript form to be published, retaining the informal, conversational tone of the lectures. The result was Common Sense in Chess, long regarded as a classic both during Lasker’s lifetime and for generations afterwards. It is a masterpiece of compression and exposition, and in the whole of chess literature, there is nothing that quite compares with it. Respected chess author Bruce Alberston has taken Lasker’s classic and created a 21st century edition. The text has been converted to modern algebraic notation and more diagrams have been added (there are now more than 330 diagrams!). Splendidly complementing Lasker’s original masterpiece, Alberston has added seven games annotated by Lasker that were played in the famous Hastings Tournament of 1895 • 127 pages, softback • Read the January 2008 review
 

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