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Beauty in chess manifests itself in different ways. For chess players who are not sophisticated...

"Invloed van mindset en leeftijd op je speelsterkte"Veel schaakspelers zijn ervan overtuigd dat...

"A timeless and instructive pawn structure that belongs in every player’s repertoire."The...

This book is written for beginners who are interested in the game and would like to learn more...

"A Complete Opening Repertoire for Black Featuring Del Rio’s 5…b5!?"I decided to write this...

Welcome to the Modernized Bird Opening!I began studying the Bird in January 2023 and this book...

Material imbalances are a fundamental part of almost every chess game, yet have not received much...

"And other tales from 'Dana blogs chess"Dana Mackenzie celebrates the joy of chess - the ordinary,...

"Set White difficult problems to solve at the board"One of the sharpest lines to meet 1 d4 is the...

"A complete repertoire for White"Chess theory ebbs and flows. Lines that have been discarded for...

Chess is fun! This follow-up to the bestselling Batsford Book of Chess for Children is a lively...

"A great balance between solidity and dynamism"When deciding upon a repertoire to meet 1 d4, those...

The Accelerated Dragon (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 g6) has attracted the attention of many...

Award-winning historian Sergey Voronkov has written a four-volume psychological biography of...

"How Alexander Alekhine Alienated the World and Changed the Game"Starting his reign in 1927,...

"A Year with the Chess Genius"Bobby Fischer, the enigmatic 11th World Chess Champion, lived in...

"How the Game Was Played, Glorified, and Abused in Nazi Germany, 1933–1945"The USSR is famous as...

"Capablanca’s Dazzling Debut"The international tournament held in San Sebastian, Spain in 1911 is...

A full Black repertoire grounded in answering 1…e6 against any move!The answer against 1. d4 is...

Grandmaster Simon Williams was taught the English Opening at the age of six and 1 c4 was his weapon...

After Alexander Alekhine died in 1946, the chess world suddenly had no reigning champion. FIDE...

Hundreds of games, thousands of pages! For forty years Paul Keres remained one of the world’s...

"Volume 1 – Scandinavian, Pirc & Modern Defenses" For over 15 years it has...

I rarely use the name Semi Slav to describe this opening, I prefer to call it the Meran due to...