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Quarterly for Chess History Volume 14, Ed. Vlastimil Fiala (Moravian Chess,
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The latest edition of the legendary single-volume opening manual: Modern Chess Openings is the best and most trusted tool for serious chess players on the market. First published over a half-century ago, this is a completely revised and updated edition of the book that has been the standard English language reference on chess openings. An invaluable resource for club and tournament players, it now includes information on recent matches and the most up-to-date theory on chess openings. Modern Chess Openings is ideal for intermediate players ready to elevate their game to the next level • 739 pages, softback
'I love playing the King's Indian, but no-one ever allows me to reach my favourite opening!' Does this sound like an all too familiar complaint? The answer to this problem lies here. The truth is you will reach your favourite opening in barely half the games you play against 1 d4, and that's why this book is a godsend to those players fed up with blindly searching for the right way to play against these annoying White systems designed to avoid the main lines: the Trompowsky; the London System; the Torre Attack; the Barry Attack; the Colle System; the Veresov; the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit - the list goes on and on! Yelena Dembo, who as a hardened King's Indian and Grünfeld player has considerable experience facing these irritating openings, deals with them in no uncertain terms, in each case offering Black a no-nonsense solution that enables you to face the future with confidence • Covers all of White's possibilities after 1 d4 Nf6 • Also includes advice and King's Indian solutions to 1 Nf3 and 1 c4 • Written by an renowned opening expert • 206 pages, softback
The history of sport has seen many great gladiatorial clashes: Ali v Frazier in boxing, McEnroe v Borg in tennis, Prost v Senna in motor racing. None, however, can quite compare to the intensity of the rivalry between those two great world chess champions: Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov. Between 1984 and 1990 they contested an astonishing five World Championship matches consisting of 144 individual encounters. This volume concentrates on the first two of those matches.
Great chess contests have often had resonances extending beyond the 64 squares. The Fischer v Spassky match was played during the Cold War with both champions being perceived as the finest products of their respective ideologies. The Karpov v Korchnoi battles (three matches between 1974 and 1981) were lent an edge with Karpov being a Russian hero of the pre-Glasnost era whilst Korchnoi was the disaffected dissident. The Kasparov v Karpov encounters mirrored a battle between the new Russia and old Russia, with Kasparov seen as a symbol of the new ideology emerging under Gorbachev, whereas Karpov was seen to represent the old regime of die-hard Communists such as Brezhnev. In this volume Garry Kasparov (world champion between 1985 and 2000 and generally regarded as the greatest player ever) analyses in depth the clashes from 1984 and 1985, giving his opinions both on the political machinations surrounding the matches as well as the games themselves • 580 PAGES, HARDCOVER
Corr Database 2009 is an extensive collection of correspondence games, featuring classical correspondence games played by mail as well as email games. The CD contains 670,471 games from 1804 until 2008 including all games of the correspondence chess world championships 1-18, correspondence chess olympics 1-15, correspondence chess european championships, national chamionships (AUS, CSR, DEN, GER, NED, USA) and memorials (1965 SUI jub75, 1991 FIN jub30, NED jub 25, NBC Millennium Email, ICCF 50th Jubilee Elite and ICCF 50th Jubilee World Champions). Corr 2009 also features a correspondence chess playerbase, which includes about 65,000 names. A must for every player of correspondence chess! System requirements: Pentium PC, XP, 32 MB RAM, CD-ROM drive, ChessBase 10.0 or ChessBase 9.0, hard disk space requirements: 350 mbs.
If you don't know much about the Colle, the first couple of chapters instruct. This book is even valuable for those who play the Koltanowski system. There are lots of tips and tons of new analyses. In fact, GM Aaron Summerscale, who has written on the Zukertort, and who wrote a foreword for this book says he is "very impressed by the sheer amount of brain power." You will be too as David Rudel has spent ten years playing and refining these systems even up to the June publishing date. It weighs in at 252 pages and contains acres of assent and dissent. It is the latest word. Summerscale admits that Rudel solved a problem that had vexed him. In his past life Rudel was a hi-powered mathematician competing in some mathematical olympics as well as the famous Putnam Exams. The analysis is in real English and the back of the book contains a training section to help you retain and test your understanding of what you have been reading • 252 pages, softback • Read the August 2008 review
The latest in Pinter’s successful "1,000" series, gets the reader to solve 1000 combinations, old and new. Combinations are organised by theme • Back Rank • Diagonal • Deflection • Pawn Promotion • Weak King • Pinning • Drawing Combinations • Decoying • Opening a File and a Rank • Locking a File and a Rank • 309 pages, hardback • Read the August 2008 review
Why is manoeuvring important, and in what circumstances should we consider manoeuvring rather than another course of action? In this seventh Power Play DVD, Daniel King helps you to recognise when a piece is poorly placed and what to do about it. Throughout the DVD, specially selected positions will enable you to test your understanding of the subject. The Power Play series is suitable for anyone looking to improve their chess, but also provides ready-made lessons and exercises for a trainer. System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard • Read the August 2008 review
The Modern Defence is a dynamic, ambitious and universal opening, one that can be used against virtually every system White can play. Black's provocative strategy is based upon allowing White to construct an imposing pawn centre in the anticipation that a well-timed strike will bring about its downfall. Both sides can play for high rewards, albeit at some risk: White can hope to succeed with a direct attack or to squash Black with a space advantage, while Black will aim to destroy White's centre and mop up the remains. All in all this can lead to intriguing battles in which one slip from either side is often fatal. In this book, Nigel Davies studies the Modern by going back to basics, introducing the key moves and ideas, and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them - something that has often been neglected or taken for granted. Everyman Chess's Starting Out series has firmly established itself as the leading guide to studying openings for up-and-coming players. These books are distinguished by their easy-to-read layout, the lucid explanations of the fundamentals, and the abundance of notes, tips and warnings to help the reader absorb vital ideas. Starting Out opening books are ideal for enthusiastic chess players who have little experience of the openings in question and who wish to appreciate the essential principles behind them • 189 pages, softback • Read the August 2008 review
Are you tired of playing the same old openings time and time again? Perhaps it's time for a change, but you cannot decide between the numerous options available? Here's the answer: choose Dangerous Weapons and amaze your opponents with new and exciting opening ideas! In this book, four renowned opening experts get together to take a revolutionary look at the Benoni, the Benko and all their associated variations. Instead of travelling down well-trodden and analysed paths, they 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! Dangerous Weapons is a 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 • 270 pages, softback • Read the August 2008 review
Sochi, Baku, Plovdiv, Sofia - the last few months have seen the great chess circus more or less far away in the east. Of the four highlights in this issue, two were classical all-play-all tournaments: the FIDE Grand Prix in Baku and the M-Tel in Sofia. The other two highlights were championships, on one hand the European Individual Championships and on the other the Russian Team Championships. The new European champion Sergei Tiviakov has annotated in depth two of his wins, including his instructive last round victory over Sutovsky. In addition, the European runner-up Sergei Movsesian explains two of his games from Plovdiv on this DVD • Read the August 2008 review
In this issue: MTel Masters •Kramnik vs Navara • Baku Grand Prix • European Individuals • Sigeman • Diary of an ICC Addict (by Danny Gormally) • Rowson on Books • Annotations by Ivanchuk, Topalov, Morozevich, Shirov, Timman, Tiviakov, Gashimov, etc • and much more.
This fascinating book gathers together the most astute insights on chess ever uttered, culled from three centuries of the world's greatest players. Almost every one of these invaluable maxims is illustrated wth an annotated chess position, making the book a short cut to learning from the masters • 304 pages, softback • Read the July 2008 review
Leopold Hoffer (1842-1913) is a highly readable source for Victorian and Edwardian era chess so this facsimile reprint of another year’s worth of his columns from the UK country gentlemen’s newspaper is very welcome • 373 pages, hardback • Read the July 2008 review
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 • 272 pages, hardback • Read the July 2008 review
The Torre Attack, with 1 d4 followed by 2 Nf3 and 3 Bg5, is a solid and easy-to-learn opening system with hidden dynamic potential. An understanding of the plans and ideas is more important than a precise knowledge of variations which means that it can be played for a lifetime without the need to worry about shock moves or surprises. These are amongst the reasons that several great players have been attracted by the Torre, including those with such diverse styles as Tigran Petrosian and David Bronstein. System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard • Read the July 2008 review
The Colle System, with 1 d4 followed by 2 Nf3 and 3 e3 is an unpretentious set-up for White but one which contains considerable venom. White’s pieces can suddenly be unleashed to create devastating attacks, as can be seen in the games of Artur Yusupov, Evgeny Bareev, Vlatko Kovacevic and others. The Colle also has many practical advantages in that it doesn’t require much theoretical knowledge and can throw people on their own resources. For all these reasons it is an excellent choice for players at club level and beyond. On this DVD Davies explains the various plans and ideas at White’s disposal. Whilst his main recommendation is to play 3 e3 after 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 and 1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nf6, he also shows how it can be made into a viable system against the King’s Indian, Benoni and Dutch Defences. System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard • Read the July 2008 review
Many chessplayers consider the Albin Counter-Gambit (1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5) nothing more than a relic of romantic chess, connecting with it - at most - the names of the old masters like Lasker, Alekhine, Janowski, Marshall and Keres. Even many tournament players don’t really know much more about this opening than the following nice trap with the sub-promotion of a pawn into a knight: 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5 3 dxe5 d4 4 e3 Bb4+ 5 Bd2 dxe3 6 Bxb4 exf2+ 7 Ke2 fxg1N+ with a winning position for Black. Fortunately enough, from time to time certain world-class players are willing to reconsider the old and connect it with new ideas. Thus the Albin Counter-Gambit experienced a revival in 2004 when top ten player Alexander Morozevich repeatedly employed it in tournament practice - with success. Fascinated by the possibilities of this opening, Kasimdzhanov also followed Morozevich’s example - and was successful too. Now Rustam Kasimdzhanov reveals his own experiences with the opening, in nearly 3½ hours of video. System requirements: Pentium-Processor at 300 Mhz or higher, 64 MB RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, DVD drive, mouse, soundcard • Read the July 2008 review
New In Chess contains the latest news in chess openings. Each issue brings you dozens of new ideas on the cutting edge of modern chess theory. Not only the latest fashions are covered, the offers fresh insights in underrated gambits, rare continuations, and almost forgotten weapons as well. The Yearbook 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 the is vital for you, too. It refreshes your opening repertoire, four times a year! • 33 Surveys • Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Bc4 - SI 13.10 - Morgado • Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 - SI 14,8 - Anka • Sicilian Defence - Scheveningen Variation 6.g4 e5 - SI 20.1 - Langeweg • Sicilian Defence - Accelerated Dragon 10...a5 - SI 33.7 - Fogarasi • Sicilian Defence - Alapin Variation 2...Nf6 - SI 47.14 - Greenfeld French • Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 3...Nc6 - FR 4.1 - Timoshenko French • Defence - MacCutcheon Variation 6.Bc1 - FR 5.3 - Finkel French Defence - • Tarrasch Variation 3...Nf6 - FR 17.5 - Tiviakov Caro-Kann Defence - • Advance Variation 4.h4 - CK 4.15 - Okhotnik Alekhine Defence - 4...Nb6 • Line - AL 9.7-10 - Karolyi Petroff Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 5.Nc3 - • RG 3.5 - Lukacs/Hazai Petroff Defence - Jaenisch Variation 3.Ne5 - RG 6.10 • - Galkin Ruy Lopez - Jaenisch Variation 4.d3 - RL 6.2 - A. Kuzmin Ruy • Lopez - Berlin Variation 5...a6 - RL 7.4 - Lukacs/Hazai Ruy Lopez - • Anti-Marshall 8.d4 - RL 17.2 - Panczyk/Ilczuk Italian Game - Giuoco Piano • 6.Bg5 - IG 2.1 - Da Costa/Olthof Italian Game - Bishop’s Opening 5...a5 - • IG 4.16 - Landa King’s Pawn Openings - Two Knights’ Defence 10...Bc5 - KP • 12.11 - Van der Tak Various Openings - Marshall Opening 1...Nf6, 2...d5 - • VO 18.4 - Pliester Queen’s Gambit Declined - Tartakower Variation 8.Qc2 - • QO 7.5 - Palliser Slav Defence - Exchange Variation 6...a6 - SL 2.1 - • Andriasian Slav Defence - Chameleon Variation 4...a6 - SL 3.1 - Finkel • Slav Defence - Botvinnik Variation 9.ef6 - SL 7.2 - Van der Tak • Nimzo-Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4...0-0 - NI 20.15 - A. Kuzmin • Nimzo-Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4...d5 - NI 23.4 - Boersma • Queen’s Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4...Bb7 - QI 8.5 - Tiviakov • Queen’s Indian Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 4...Ba6 - QI 16.11 - Antic • Grünfeld Indian Defence - Stockholm Variation 5.Bg5 - GI 8.7 - Grivas • King's Indian Defence - Classical Main Line 9.b4 - KI 4.16 - Ikonnikov • King’s Indian Defence - Gligoric Variation 9.Bc1 - KI 18.8 - Mchedlishvili • Benoni Defence - Four Pawns Attack 7.f4 - BI 7.9 - Moskalenko English • Opening - Four Knights Variation 4...Nd4 - EO 4.7 - Ca. Hansen English • Opening - Symmetrical Variation 4...e5 - EO 45.9 - Marin • 247 pages, softcover • Read the July 2008 review
Pawn sacrifices are incredibly common in chess games, and yet curiously they have been neglected in literature... until now. In this pioneering work, Timothy Taylor carries out an in-depth study of this major subject. Using an abundance of instructive examples, Taylor uncovers the secrets of pawn sacrifices, highlighting the many reasons for their success and indicating the ideal situations in which pawn sacrifices work, as well as those cases in which they are not so effective.The ability to handle pawn sacrifices is one of the most important skills in chess, and enhancing this skill will undoubtedly improve your understanding and results. This book will show you how to do this • 239 pages, softback • Read the July 2008 review
What are the greatest opening ideas in chess history? This is a fascinating question that would undoubtedly spark endless debate and discussion amongst all the experts and enthusiasts of the game. From the invention and development of openings which are now considered to be mainline, to the wealth of stunning one-move novelties which have convincingly overturned previous expert assessments, there is certainly a plethora of brilliant ideas to choose from - everyone will have their own opinion on this subject! In this book, Christoph Scheerer looks back though chess history and at modern times in order to create his own list of favourites. Selecting from hundreds of candidates, Scheerer examines factors such as creativity, shock value, effectiveness and endurance in order to decide which ideas are most worthy of inclusion. Read this book and discover the stories behind the most powerful opening ideas of all time, and how you can utilize and learn from these ideas to improve your chess • 368 pages, softback • Read the July 2008 review
Build Up Your Chess with Artur Yusupov is for chess players who want to build their skills on solid foundations. Yusupov guides the reader towards a higher level of understanding using carefully selected positions and advice. This new understanding is then tested by a series of puzzles • 261 pages, softback • Read the July 2008 review
Arthur Bisguier is a living legend in American chess, having met and defeated some of the greatest players in the world. This is a collection of his best games - annotated by Bisguier himself - from 1961 through 2003. Each game is introduced with an anecdote and brief comment about Art’s opponent and combined with many archival photos, makes this one of the great chess game collections ever. What sets this book apart from other game collections are the stories that preface each encounter. Bisguier, who has lived American chess history for over 60 years, has always been known as an excellent raconteur and his memory for the clever observation and ability to bring to life Caissa's departed soldiers is second to none. He quotes the Seattle master Olaf Ulvestad for the answer to the difference between a master and a grandmaster ("A master studies the board, calculates, deliberates and at last makes the correct move. A grandmaster tosses a piece in the air and it lands on the proper square.") This explanation struck a chord with Bisguier who has always strongly relied on his intuition when selecting a move. With opening and player indexes and many black and white photographs • 272 pages, softback • Read the June 2008 review
The Chebanenko Slav (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 a6) is a very popular chess opening. This topical line is played by professional grandmasters, but also at club level. This book explains the origins, the basic plans and the ideas in this system. It brings the knowledge up to date and teaches the best methods for both Black and White. It is written by a world-class player in a very accessible style and contains many tips, tests and tools. Foreword by Alexei Shirov • 240 pages, softback • Read the July 2008 review • Read the June 2008 review
Simon Williams, one of Britain's most dynamic and aggressive chess-players, has selected his favourite attacking games from the modern era, and annotated them with an infectious zeal that will inspire and instruct. He takes us inside the decision-making process, explaining how each stage in an attacking concept is formed, and shows how top players spot the signs that indicate it is time to stake everything on an all-out assault. We also get insights into the role of intuition and calculation in both attack and defence • 109 pages, softback • Read the July 2008 review
All chess-players love to play a smooth attacking game, flowing from start to finish, and sprinkled with spectacular ideas and sacrifices. However, few can do so regularly, and for most players, their collection of brilliancies missed far outweighs their creative successes. Innate talent plays an important role, but many of the skills needed for attacking chess can be learnt by study and practice. Here, one of the world's most experienced annotators has selected 33 superb examples, and explained them in a way that strips away the mystery. We see how the decision to attack is made, and which positional factors led to that decision being justified. We observe either a gradual build-up, or a lightning-fast storm, and understand why one approach or the other was necessary. Finally, we witness the final execution of the tactical blows • 254 pages, softback • Read the July 2008 review
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 (a few months after this volume ends) - John Watkinson (1833-1923) • 373 pages, hardback • Read the July 2008 review
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