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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 (
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 (
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
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
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
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.
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
The Brilliant Originality of Steinitz More than 125 years ago, one of the first great chess books appeared. The Modern Chess Instructor, Part I, written by then world champion Wilhelm Steinitz, was released in 1889. It was his magnum opus, setting forth for the first time the principles of modern chess. It is no exaggeration to say that Steinitzs writings have influenced every great player since. As American grandmaster Andy Soltis notes in his foreword to this classic: The bulk of The Modern Che
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
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
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
Generally recognized as the world's greatest expert on the c3 Sicilian, Russian grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov has written the definitive book on this fascinating opening. Sveshnikov covers all lines of the c3 (or Alapin) Sicilian and explains the history, the basic ideas and the latest developments from recent grandmaster practice. With hundreds of games, accessibly explained, and many exercises. A special and attractive feature is a listing of ?opening catastrophes? in the c3 Sicilian. A magnificent, up-
Mikhail Tal was one of the greatest geniuses of chess history. The magician from Riga, as he was known because of his dazzling attacking games, took the chess world by storm and in 1961, at the age of twenty-three, he won the world championship. His sacrificial style made Tal immensely popular with chess players all over the world. In this book Grandmaster Karsten Muller and chess journalist Raymund Stolze have created an instructional chess tactics guide by investigating and explaining the secrets of h
The Basman-Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the very popular Sicilian Defence. Its advantages are clear: it is surprising, aggressive and easy to learn. 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 opening system. Compared to the complexity of mainstream Sicilian variations it requires little theoretical preparation, while you dont run e
hemes, Structures Plans in an Increasingly Popular Chess Opening Matthias Wahls's "Modernes Skandinavisch 1" was a huge success when it was published in Germany in 1997. Wahlss book contributed to the growing popularity of the Scandinavian (or Center Counter-) Defence as a solid weapon. The Scandinavian is especially practical for black players who dont want to learn too much theory and who dont want to be dependent on Whites choices. The Modern Scandinavian is an updated and expanded translation o
