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Vassily Ivanchuk 100 Selected games

Vassily Ivanchuk 100 Selected games

Chuky, youre a genius. Leading grandmasters have been heard to whisper these words, impressed with yet another brilliancy of the Ukrainian wizard.  Vassily Ivanchuk is one of the greatest players of modern time. He has finished first in all major tournaments in the world, at times with astonishing supremacy and always with deeply creative chess. He is adored by chess lovers, admired (and feared!) by fellow grandmasters.  For this book, correspondence grandmaster and chess author Nikolay Kalinichenko has

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Yearbook 117 hardcover: Chess Opening News (HC)

Yearbook 117 hardcover: Chess Opening News (HC)

Forum The Forum Section has a highly interesting discussion on the book The Lazy Mans Sicilian with contributions by Ashot Nadanian and Dvoretsky. Other contributions by, among others, Bogdan Lalic and Viacheslav Zakhartsov. Columns Joel Benjamin continues his new column Repertoire Building with Benjamin writing about a consistent and non-labour-intensive approach to Sicilians with 2…Nc6. In Kuzmins Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin takes a look at important opening developments in the World Cup in Baku.

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Yearbook 117: Chess Opening News (PB)

Yearbook 117: Chess Opening News (PB)

Forum The Forum Section has a highly interesting discussion on the book The Lazy Mans Sicilian with contributions by Ashot Nadanian and Dvoretsky. Other contributions by, among others, Bogdan Lalic and Viacheslav Zakhartsov. Columns Joel Benjamin continues his new column Repertoire Building with Benjamin writing about a consistent and non-labour-intensive approach to Sicilians with 2…Nc6. In Kuzmins Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin takes a look at important opening developments in the World Cup in Baku.

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Yearbook 118: Chess Opening News (HC)

Yearbook 118: Chess Opening News (HC)

Forum The Forum Section contains a quite vehement discussion on the right to give your name to an opening variation, the announcement of the winner of the Novelty of the Year 2015 contest, as well as theoretical contributions by, among others, Bogdan Lalic, Luis Rodi and José Vilela. Moreover, we are preparing a very special surprise for you! Columns In his column Repertoire Building with Benjamin, the American GM starts an intriguing discussion of isolated queens pawn positions in different openings

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Yearbook 118: Chess Opening News (PB)

Yearbook 118: Chess Opening News (PB)

Forum The Forum Section contains a quite vehement discussion on the right to give your name to an opening variation, the announcement of the winner of the Novelty of the Year 2015 contest, as well as theoretical contributions by, among others, Bogdan Lalic, Luis Rodi and José Vilela. Moreover, we are preparing a very special surprise for you! Columns In his column Repertoire Building with Benjamin, the American GM starts an intriguing discussion of isolated queens pawn positions in different openings

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Yearbook 119: Chess Opening News (HC)

Yearbook 119: Chess Opening News (HC)

Forum The Forum Section features new theoretical contributions by, among others, Bogdan Lalic and Vishnu Prasanna. Columns In his column Repertoire Building with Benjamin, the American GM continues his treatment of the highly important position type with an isolated queens pawn. In Kuzmins Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin highlights the most important opening novelties in the Candidates Tournament in Moscow. Reviews Glenn Flear reviews three repertoire books: The Open Games with Black by Martin Lokander (

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Yearbook 119: Chess Opening News

Yearbook 119: Chess Opening News

Forum The Forum Section features new theoretical contributions by, among others, Bogdan Lalic and Vishnu Prasanna. Columns In his column Repertoire Building with Benjamin, the American GM continues his treatment of the highly important position type with an isolated queens pawn. In Kuzmins Harvest, Alexey Kuzmin highlights the most important opening novelties in the Candidates Tournament in Moscow. Reviews Glenn Flear reviews three repertoire books: The Open Games with Black by Martin Lokander (

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The Strategic Nimzo-Indian: A Complete Guide to the Rubinstein Variation

The Strategic Nimzo-Indian: A Complete Guide to the Rubinstein Variation

The Nimzo-Indian Defence continues to be one of the most important chess openings, both at club level and with top players. In recent years it has undergone a number of significant changes and its high time for a thorough look at the current state of affairs. Top grandmaster Ivan Sokolov is the perfect authority to do so. The Strategic Nimzo-Indian: A Complete Guide to the Rubinstein Variation is the first of a two-part series. In this ground-breaking and clearly structured first volume, Sokolov investi

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The Wonderful Winawer: Strategic Ideas Surprise Weapons for Dynamic Chess Players

The Wonderful Winawer: Strategic Ideas Surprise Weapons for Dynamic Chess Players

The widely-played Winawer Variation has been called the jewel in the crown of the French Defence. It is easy to see why: This is an opening for players who love a real fight. Black immediately attacks Whites centre and the resulting positional dynamics offer chances to both sides. Viktor Moskalenko, a renowned champion of dynamic play, is the ideal guide to show you both the strategic principles and the tactical finesses. As a follow-up to his bestselling The Flexible French, Moskalenko has written anot

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The World Champions I Knew: With a foreword by Garry Kasparov

The World Champions I Knew: With a foreword by Garry Kasparov

At the time Botvinnik was the personification of chess in the Soviet Union – river: Volga,  poet: Mayakovsky, goalkeeper: Yashin, chess player: Botvinnik. And suddenly – a kid with a name as short as a gunshot: Tal!   Genna Sosonkos riveting portrait of Mikhail Tal, the Magician from Riga who to this day mesmerizes chess fans all over the world, bears all the hallmarks of the authors inimitable writing. Few – if any – knew Misha as well as his good friend and training partner. Here you see the real

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Train Your Chess Pattern Recognition: More Key Moves Motifs in the Middlegame

Train Your Chess Pattern Recognition: More Key Moves Motifs in the Middlegame

In this sequel to his instant classic, Arthur van de Oudeweetering presents players of almost every level with a fresh supply of easy-to-remember building blocks for their chess knowledge. Pattern recognition is one of the most important mechanisms of chess improvement. It helps you to quickly grasp the essence of a position on the board and find the most promising continuation. In short, well-defined and practical chapters, IM Van de Oudeweetering presents hundreds of surprising middlegame themes. 

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The Rossolimo Sicilian: A Powerful Anti-Sicilian that Avoids Tons of Theory

The Rossolimo Sicilian: A Powerful Anti-Sicilian that Avoids Tons of Theory

Play real chess instead of trying to memorize endless database lines! That is what the Rossolimo Sicilian offers and why this opening has become so popular with chess players all over the world. If you play 3.Bb5 in the Sicilian, you do not need to keep up-to-date with the dazzling theoretical developments in all kinds of Open Sicilians. You can sidestep theory, play your own creative game – and still put your opponent in trouble! Victor Bologan focuses on opening lines he learned from his trainer Via

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The Extreme Caro-Kann: Attacking Black with 3.f3

The Extreme Caro-Kann: Attacking Black with 3.f3

The Caro-Kann Defence has become one of the most important and popular replies to 1.e4. Its solid and drawish reputation no longer applies in modern chess. In fact, White could do with some new ideas to fight for an advantage in this chess opening. Grandmaster Alexey Bezgodov advocates a very early deviation, the annoying and little-explored 3.f3!?.  This strange-looking move was already played by former greats Geza Maroczy and World Champion Vassily Smyslov, but the idea has come to fruition in the han

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The Double Queens Gambit: A Surprise Weapon for Black

The Double Queens Gambit: A Surprise Weapon for Black

An opening idea that will knock many White players off their feet! Former Russian Chess Champion Alexey Bezgodov provides a complete repertoire for Black against 1.d4, starting with the cheeky move 2…c5! against both 2.c4 and 2.Nf3.  In this opening, the Double Queens Gambit, Blacks approach is as active and ambitious as Whites is in the Queens Gambit.  After thoroughly analysing and investigating, Bezgodov has put the opening to the test in practical grandmaster play. It not only turned out to be play

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The English Attack against the Taimanov Sicilian: A Guide for White

The English Attack against the Taimanov Sicilian: A Guide for White

The Taimanov Sicilian is a chess opening widely played at club level and a favourite of elite players like Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand and young star Anish Giri. Against this variation, the ever popular English Attack has long been considered harmless, until in recent years some remarkable improvements were found for White. By castling queenside White creates exciting positions in which he has a dangerous initiative. Armenian grandmaster Zaven Andriasyan has thoroughly and systematically investigate

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