Winning in the Chess Opening: 700 Ways to Ambush Your Opponent

Winning in the Chess Opening: 700 Ways to Ambush Your Opponent

Every chess player loves to win early in the opening. However you should never lose sight of the most important objective of your opening play: the proper development of your pawns and pieces.That is why this book is more than just an enjoyable collection of traps and tricks. Prolific Russian chess author Nikolai Kalinichenko has collected 700 brilliant miniatures, topical games from a wide variety of players, from World Champions to amateurs. They are selected for their instructional value, and not merely to highlight blunders or accidents.In his notes Kalinichenko always explains the ideas and plans behind the opening and how play could have been improved. The games are arranged by opening, so the book can be used as a manual. Playing through these exciting games is not just highly enjoyable but will also teach you how to recognize opportunities to ambush your opponent in the first 20 moves. And, reversely, how to avoid such pitfalls in the opening.With the ideas presented in this well-organized book, the adventurous player will certainly win more games, and more rapidly! PRAISE FOR VASSILY IVANCHUK: 100 SELECTED GAMES, BY NIKOLAY KALINICHENKO:Paul Kane, Manchester Chess Federation:"Kalinichenko presents a vivid portrait of this brilliant player, still active and creative in his mid-'40s, and does a good job of making his inspirational games accessible to a wide audience."Max Euwe Center, Amsterdam:"The author explains the plans and the moves in such a way that also the average club player can follow the games."Uwe Bekemann, German Correspondence Chess Federation:"The games are annotated in a very entertaining way, always understandable for the beginner as well."Nikolai Kalinichenko is a Russian Correspondence Chess Grandmaster and one of the most widely read chess authors in the world.

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Master Your Chess with Judit Polgar - A. Toth, J. Polgar

Master Your Chess with Judit Polgar - A. Toth, J. Polgar

Książka w języku angielskim. Wydanie w twardej oprawie.The story of the Polgar sisters is extraordinary. The idea that Laszlo Polgar, a mediocre chess player, could decide to turn his children into chess geniuses, and then succeed beyond his wildest dreams, is incredible.It suggests that, with the right training, anythings possible.In this book, Judit Polgar - the strongest of the three sisters and a former world top-10 player – reveals some of the secrets of her success. Together with the prize-winning c

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The Full English Opening: Mastering the Fundamentals

The Full English Opening: Mastering the Fundamentals

The first one-volume book that covers all variationsThe English Opening (1.c4) is a popular choice at both club and master level, because it is a chess opening that suits all styles. Elite players as diverse as Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Vishy Anand include it in their repertoire. As White you can play aggressively or opt for a more strategic approach, depending on what kind of middlegame positions you are looking for. For a club player who wants to reap the benefits of this multipurpose opening,

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Is Your Move Safe?: Initial and Final Candidate Moves

Is Your Move Safe?: Initial and Final Candidate Moves

Safety first! Success in chess begins with asking yourself the basic question, Is the move that Im considering a safe one? The question may sound simple, but answering it is not so simple. National Master and award-winning chess instructor Dan Heisman has carefully selected more than 150 theoretical and tournament positions to show how a move may look safe but isnt, or how it can appear risky and still be the safest option on the board.Traditional tactics books tell you that your opponent's position is no

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Chess Camp Volume 7, Opening Tactics

Chess Camp Volume 7, Opening Tactics

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically integrating new information with previous knowledge while building effective thinking habits at the board.The seventh volume in this series, Opening Tactics, sets problems in more lifelike conditions, as they arise from standard openings a

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Wojo's Weapons: Winning With White, Volume 3

Wojo's Weapons: Winning With White, Volume 3

The final, and eagerly awaited, volume of the series will complete the opening repertoire for White according to Wojo.The Grünfeld is one of the most topical openings in modern chess practice. Many club players fear it, and top GMs often struggle to get an advantage when facing it as White. But is it really a theoretically sound defense? In this third and final volume of the acclaimed Wojos Weapons series, IM Dean Ippolito and NM Jonathan Hilton claim to have found a sure route to an advantage against thi

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Wojo's weapons: Winning with White - Volume 2

Wojo's weapons: Winning with White - Volume 2

IM Dean Ippolito and NM Jonathan Hilton team up again to continue their coverage of the late GM Aleksander Wojtkiewiczs winning repertoire with the White pieces, designed to grind down weaker players while challenging his peers.In this second volume, Ippolito and Hilton examine Wojos handling of the popular Kings Indian Defense, focusing on the positional Fianchetto Variation. Over the course of 78 fully annotated complete games, the authors examine Blacks various plans, explain the key ideas, offer origi

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Yearbook 123: Chess Opening News

Yearbook 123: Chess Opening News

New In Chess Yearbook, which appears four times a year, contains the latest news in chess openings. Each issue brings you dozens of new ideas on the cutting edge of modern chess opening theory. The Yearbook not only covers the latest fashions, but also offers fresh insights into underrated gambits, rare continuations, and almost forgotten weapons.1.e4 openingsSicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Bg5 - OlthofSicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 - TimmanSicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.h3 - Sz

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How Ulf Beats Black

How Ulf Beats Black

In his prime, in the 1970-s and 80-s, legendary Swedish chess grandmaster Ulf Andersson was a Top 10 player with a distinct, immediately recognizable style. He almost never lost a game and kept scoring wins from quiet positions. Quiet positons? Acclaimed chess author Cyrus Lakdawala has played Anderssons lines for decades and explains that those positions only LOOK quiet. Ulf Andersson, who understood the subtleties of strategic chess better than almost anyone else, always detected and exploited hidden op

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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 investigated this u

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Playing the French (twarda okładka) by Jacob Aagaard Nikolaos Ntirlis

Playing the French (twarda okładka) by Jacob Aagaard Nikolaos Ntirlis

The French Defence is one of the most solid and strategically rich responses to 1.e4. Many opening lines have been analysed to death by computer, but the French is relatively resistant to this growing trend, as the characteristic blocked pawn centre leads to situations where a player with superior understanding can overcome an opponent whose expertise lies in computer-assisted preparation.Acclaimed authors Ntirlis and Aagaard present a complete repertoire for Black based on 3.Nc3 Nf6 and 3.Nd2 c5. With ma

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Yearbook 123 hardcover: Chess Opening News

Yearbook 123 hardcover: Chess Opening News

New In Chess Yearbook, which appears four times a year, contains the latest news in chess openings. Each issue brings you dozens of new ideas on the cutting edge of modern chess opening theory. The Yearbook not only covers the latest fashions, but also offers fresh insights into underrated gambits, rare continuations, and almost forgotten weapons.1.e4 openingsSicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Bg5 - OlthofSicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 - TimmanSicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.h3 - Sz

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Basic Chess Openings for Kids

Basic Chess Openings for Kids

Award-winning author Charles Hertan knows what kids really need to know (and want to know) about getting their pawns and pieces ready for action.Traditional chess opening books concentrate on the variations in different openings. Charles Hertan believes that for beginners and advanced beginners memorizing lines is not only boring but also a waste of time.Hertans approach is different. He helps kids to develop a solid understanding of the fundamental opening principles. What are the properties of each ches

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Yearbook 125: Chess Opening News

Yearbook 125: Chess Opening News

New In Chess Yearbook, which appears four times a year, contains the latest new in chess openings.Each issue brings you dozens of new ideas on the cutting edge of modern chess opening theory.The Yearbook not only covers the latest fashions, but also offers fresh insights into underrated gambits, rare continuations, and almost forgotten weapons.Magnus Carlsen's openings, a special report by Jan Timman1.e4 openings- Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Bg5 - Adorjan/Vegh- Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variat

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Strategic Chess Exercises: Find the Right Way to Outplay Your Opponent

Strategic Chess Exercises: Find the Right Way to Outplay Your Opponent

Books on chess exercises are usually about tactics. But in most of the positions that you think about during a game, there is no tactical solution. What you are doing most of the time is trying to find a way to improve your position or weaken your opponent's, by applying strategic rules.Experienced chess trainer Emmanuel Bricard has created a practical exercise manual with carefully selected and tested training positions that teach you how to develop the right plan.This book is for you if you want to: kno

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1.d4- Beat the Guerrillas!

1.d4- Beat the Guerrillas!

After 1.d4, probably the most popular opening move in the world, Black can choose to employ a wide variety of unorthodox lines. Taken by surprise, White players may stumble into unknown and treacherous territory, where their fully-prepared opponent is waiting in ambush.1.d4 – Beat the Guerrillas! provides effective recipes against a broad range of unusual variations, including the: Englund Gambit Budapest Gambit Schara-Hennig Gambit English Defence Baltic Defence Keres Defence Marshall Defence Owen Defenc

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