Quality Chess, 2013 — 304 p. — ISBN: 978-1-907982-28-6. Книга в формате PGN. Продолжение книги "Positional play" одного из ведущих шахматных писателей запада мг Якоба Огарда о технике позиционной игры. Для "амбициозных" шахматистов. In Strategic Play Jacob Aagaard digs deep into the most complex area of chess thinking. The games and exercises in this book transcend regular...
Quality Chess, 2014. — 304 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-907982-70-5. Книга в формате PGN. In Attack & Defence Jacob Aagaard presents the main principles of how to attack and defend in chess. By carving dynamic chess into separate areas of ability, he gives the reader a clear way to expand his understanding of this vital part of the game. "Playing the violin and learning languages are...
ChessBase, June 22, 2022. — (FritzTrainer Strategy). — ISBN: 978-3866818514. 635.prot To improve in the vast terrain of initiative, there’s nothing better than training with well-chosen exercises! This interactive video course will guide you to find the winning move when the initiative is on your side, by such means as: paralysing your opponent, eliminating the opponent’s...
4th Edition. — Siles Press, 2010. — 658 p. — ISBN13: 978-1890085131. How to Reassess Your Chess is the popular step-by-step course that will create a marked improvement in anyone's game. In clear, direct language, Silman shows how to dissect a position, recognize its individual parts and ultimately find the move that conforms to the needs of that particular situation. By...
ChessBase, 2017. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-583-4. The positional exchange sacrifice is one of the most powerful and fascinating strategic weapons in chess. On this DVD Sergey Tiviakov explains why the positional exchange sacrifice is such a strong weapon and how to use it. This DVD is based on 35 games or positions from the practice of the World Champions such as Tigran Petrosian,...
ChessBase, June 22, 2022. — (FritzTrainer Strategy). — ISBN: 978-3866818507. 634.prot Throughout this video course, we will study how to master sacrifices and the initiative in several aspects: opposite-coloured bishops, the bishop pair, the exchange sacrifice, launching an attack, and the good moment to sacrifice will be the topics covered in this first video course. The goal...
Chessbase, 2011. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-217-8. Великий Нимцович писал: ни атака, ни защита не являются сущностью позиционной игры, важна профилактика! Профилактика состоит в комбинировании различных мер против тактических и стратегических действий оппонента. Но не думайте, что эти предупредительные действия против планов противника носят только защитный характер! Это трудная, но...
New in Chess, 2018. — 383 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-760-9. Книга в формате PGN. 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...
Chessbase, 2017. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-585-8. Studies prove: the more patterns you know, the better you play. On this DVD GM Adrian Mikhalchishin presents games of the World Champions of the past to explain typical patterns and strategic concepts of these games and to show how grandmasters apply these ideas today. Mikhalchishin offers a wealth of material that helps you to...
Everyman Chess, 2010. — 496 p. — ISBN: 9781857446487. Книга в формате ChessBase. Grandmaster Johan Hellsten is convinced that mastering chess strategy - just like chess tactics - requires practice, practice and yet more practice! This outstanding book is a product of his many years' work as a full-time chess teacher, and is specifically designed as part of a structured training...
Chessbase, 2018. — EAN: 4027975008165. In chess, like in real life, one frequently faces temptations: to grab a pawn, to occupy an open file, to start a Kingside attack and so on. There is nothing basically wrong with all these, but before undertaking such a concrete action one should be sure the position is ripe for it. Chess is so complicated that making the right choice by...
ChessBase, 2017. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-594-0. Defending bad or worse positions is very important in the royal game, probably forming one of the most essential aspects of chess strategy altogether. And it is an art one can learn! The purpose of this DVD is to explain the viewer all main methods of defence: exchanging pieces, creating a fortress, eliminating dangerous enemy pieces,...
Самара: Юнилайн, 2005. — 176 с. А.Н. Терехин - мастер ФИДЕ, тренер с 30-ти летнем стажем. Среди его воспитаников мастера и гроссмейстеры, чемпионы и призёры мировых, европейских и российских юношеских чемпионатов. Он также президент Федерации шахмат Пермской области, член Исполкома Российской шахматной федерации. Анатолий Терехин - автор многочисленных публикаций по теории...
Chessbase, 2018. — EAN:4027975007939. In chess, like in real life, one frequently faces temptations: to grab a pawn, to occupy an open file, to start a kingside attack and so on. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with all these ideas, but before undertaking such concrete actions, one should be sure the position is ripe for it. Chess is so complicated that making the right...
New In Chess, 2017. — 466 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-716-6. Every club player knows the problem: the opening has ended, and now what? With this new edition of his award winning book, International Master Herman Grooten presents to amateur players a complete and structured course on how to recognize key characteristics in all types of positions and how to make use of those...
Thinkers Publishing, ul 09, 2022. — 494 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201574. Volume 2 is divided into eight chapters. Unlike Volume 1, it is possible to mix the order in which you study these chapters, but not to study the games within each chapter out of order, since the examples build upon each other in complexity. I suggest that the chapter on “Passed Pawns” should be studied first,...
Chessable, 2020. IT'S HERE: the landmark new series that will go down in history as Magnus Carlsen's first major chess course. The Magnus Touch brings you into the realm of the greatest mind in chess - reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen. See how Magnus eyes chess strategy as the Norwegian opens a rare door into his vault of thought processes and reveals how he finds those...
Выходные данные не указаны. Файл в формате CBV. lossif Dorfman was born in 1952 at Jitomir (Ukraine). He learned to play chess when he was 8. He became a full-time player only on graduation from Polytechnique in 1974. His trainer was Michael Trosman who also trained Alexander Huzman, and Irina Krush in New York. In 1977 he became an IM, USSR champion and European champion. He...
Самара: Юнилайн, 2005. — 176 с. А.Н. Терехин — мастер ФИДЕ, тренер с 30-ти летнем стажем. Среди его воспитаников мастера и гроссмейстеры, чемпионы и призёры мировых, европейских и российских юношеских чемпионатов. Он также президент Федерации шахмат Пермской области, член Исполкома Российской шахматной федерации. Анатолий Терехин - автор многочисленных публикаций по теории...
Chessbase, 2011. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-235-2. In chess we have certain aims - coordination and the activation of one’s own pieces. Sometimes we need a special little something to speed up one of these processes - a small material sacrifice, mainly a pawn or pawns. A dynamic pawn sacrifice is easy to see, as the idea is to get clear gains for the pawn. Positional pawn sacrifices...
London: Sir Isaac Pitman, Sons LTD, 1963. — 329 p. — ISBN: 978-0-486-20290-9. Every chess player hopes to set off brilliant combinations and win games in a blaze of glory. Such combinations do not come into being by themselves, however; they appear only as the result of proper chess strategy. It is therefore surprising that so few books deal with this highly important subject,...
New In Chess, 2017. — 466 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-716-6. Книга в формате PGN. Every club player knows the problem: the opening has ended, and now what? With this new edition of his award winning book, International Master Herman Grooten presents to amateur players a complete and structured course on how to recognize key characteristics in all types of positions and how to make use...
Chess Evolution, 2016. — 254 p. — ISBN: 978-83-945362-9-9. There is a blank spot in the huge world of chess literature: systematically presented middle-game. Therefore Adrian Mikhalchishin and Georg Mohr, both long-term chess trainers, decided to fill this vacuum. With a series of books about the middle-game, we would like to present different topics of chess tactics and...
Chessbase, 2011. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-216-1. Центр самая важная часть шахматного поля. В шахматах мы изучаем различные варианты игры в центре, специальные темы освещены в моем DVD Winning Structures. Но в шахматной литературе наблюдается недостаток информации по роли центра и силы пешек и фигур в центре. И наиболее важная часть пропущена - как изменять пешечную структуру в...
Chessbase, 2011. — EAN: 9783866812758. Using ideas and games of great masters from the past, the Ukrainian trainer deals with various themes. 1. The Soviet grandmaster Vladimir Simagin was one of the first to employ the typical exchange sacrifice: on one hand the Sicilian exchange sacrifice Rxc3, and on the other allowing the “exchange” of a rook on f8 against the white bishop...
Siles Press, 2001. — 400 p. — ISBN13: 978-1890085056. In this comprehensive workbook, International Chess Master Jeremy Silman tests a player's strengths and weaknesses with 131 problems that cover openings, tactical and positional middlegames, and endgames. Unique among books that present problems and their solutions, but offer little actual instruction, The Reassess Your...
Thinkers Publishing, Dec 10, 2019. — 506 p. — ISBN13: 978-94-9251-068-6. This book will bring something new to your chess library. In our computer era, focus is usually on openings. Watching recent broadcasts, the new generation would rather choose games of a certain opening and look for an interesting idea or even a brilliant novelty. The author offers, and recommends, a...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 528 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201482. How to learn strategy? Can it be learned? It can be, of course. And these volumes are the perfect guide to learn (or, more precisely, to learn to understand) strategy. My idea is to throw light on all the strategic concepts in these volumes. To help you navigate more simply, I have divided all the material into two...
New In Chess, 2015. — 237 p. — ISBN13: 978-90-5691-568-1. Книга в формате PGN. When a chess master finds a winning strategic idea it is seldom by accident. An amateur, staring at a position on the chess board is often fumbling in the dark, his head spinning with a multitude of general rules and vague notions. The master’s approach is concrete. He knows how and where to look,...
Chessbase, 2018. — EAN:4027975007939. In chess, like in real life, one frequently faces temptations: to grab a pawn, to occupy an open file, to start a kingside attack and so on. There is nothing fundamentally wrong with all these ideas, but before undertaking such concrete actions, one should be sure the position is ripe for it. Chess is so complicated that making the right...
London: Sir Isaac Pitman, Sons LTD, 1963. — 329 p. — ISBN: 978-0-486-20290-9. Every chess player hopes to set off brilliant combinations and win games in a blaze of glory. Such combinations do not come into being by themselves, however; they appear only as the result of proper chess strategy. It is therefore surprising that so few books deal with this highly important subject,...
New In Chess, 2010. — 208 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-325-0. Книга в формате PGN. In the battle of chess ideas, the publication in 1991 of Dynamic Chess Strategy was a defining moment. Before Mihai Suba's exceptional book, chess writers had neglected one of the most important factors of a chess position: its dynamic potential. Suba demonstrated that the traditional concept of improving...
Dover Publications, 2002. — 176 p. — ISBN13: 978-0486424200. Книга в формате ChessBase. "Simple Chess" is an introduction to chess strategy aimed primarily at those players for whom strategy in chess is an almost impenetrable mystery. Michael Stean explains the art of chess strategy and how to obtain overwhelming positions by the application of plain, clear, easily...
ChessBase, December 14, 2020. — EAN: 4027975008905. When it comes to strategy, one of the key things that chess professionals understand much better than amateur players is the role of the bishop. Why do two bishops (‘the bishop pair’) complement each other to such an extent that they are a major long term force? How is being a long-range piece an essential trademark of the...
М.: Физкультура и спорт, 1983. — 111 с. Заслуженный тренер СССР А. Кобленц в своей книге делится богатым опытом преподавания шахмат, раскрывает свою методику объяснения стратегии в шахматной партии, показывает связь тактики с позиционной борьбой. Автор рассчитывает, что книгу будет изучать шахматист-практик, в известной мере ориентирующийся в том, что происходит на шахматной...
Chessable, Feb 18, 2019; New in Chess, 2018. — 383 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-760-9. 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....
LLC Elk and Ruby Publishing House, 2019. — 410 p. — ISBN: 978-5-6041769-2-4. Russian International Master Maxim Chetverik has written a strategy textbook containing 75 deeply annotated positional games, that show players how to devise plans to handle a number of key strategic themes such as: * when to open up the game * how to activate the pawn chain, * how to carry out...
Chess Stars Publishing, Dec 16, 2020. — 228 p. The purpose of this book is to shed some light on the underlying principles that govern “boring” chess positions, bordering on equality. Such positions have gradually become the main dish of nowadays’ chess menu because people have increased their level, their stamina, their desire to grind down wins out of nothing. The author...
Belgrade: Chess Informant, 2021. — 324 p. — ISBN: 978-8672971194. “Secrets of Positional Sacrifice” is the second book, created within the premises of the Nestorović family chess workshop. I would like to mention that the whole family contributed to this book. We are also extremely thankful to our friends, who, thanks to their previous experience, have introduced us to the...
Strategy/Tactics course by GM Nielsen Peter Heine, IM Sielecki Christof, IM Bartholomew John & GM Magnus Carlsen. — Chessable, May 08, 2020. His games are the Gold Standard in chess. The level everyone in love with the game aspires to reach. But Magnus Carlsen keeps his chess secrets very close to his chest. Now, the current World Champion and the highest-ranked player in...
Everyman Chess, 2005. — 258 p. — ISBN: 1-85744-322-2. Книга в формате ChessBase. Readers will gain the advantage over their opponents with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the world's top chess players! Strategy--it's the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his considerable experience in tournament play, International Grandmaster...
Siles Press, 2001. — 400 p. — ISBN-13 978-1890085056. In this comprehensive workbook, International Chess Master Jeremy Silman tests a player's strengths and weaknesses with 131 problems that cover openings, tactical and positional middlegames, and endgames. Unique among books that present problems and their solutions, but offer little actual instruction, The Reassess Your...
Edition Olms, 2010. 2nd edition. Файл в формате ChessBase. The strategy and tactics associated with the open file are explained here clearly and comprehensively—how files are opened, blocked, occupied, and exploited as roads along which to invade the enemy position. A brief introduction lays the theoretical foundations and is followed by illustrative games, in all of which the...
Gambit Publications, 2003. — 289 p. — ISBN-13: 978-1901983692. John Watson fleshes out the theory presented to enormous acclaim in Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy and extends it into new areas. He illustrates the modern practice of chess with many examples from imaginative players such as Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Ivanchuk and tempestuous innovators such as Shirov and...
Chessbase, 2015. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-387-8. Queen against two rooks or three minor pieces, as well as a rook plus pawn vs two minor pieces - these are typical constellations where the material is unbalanced. In our first steps in chess we are taught about the nominal value of the pieces. The queen is equal to nine pawns; a rook to five, a minor piece is worth three pawns. This...
Chessable, 2020. IT'S HERE: the landmark new series that will go down in history as Magnus Carlsen's first major chess course. The Magnus Touch brings you into the realm of the greatest mind in chess - reigning World Champion Magnus Carlsen. See how Magnus eyes chess strategy as the Norwegian opens a rare door into his vault of thought processes and reveals how he finds those...
ChessBase, Nov 2021. — EAN: 978-3866818262. One of the first lessons we are taught in the beginning of our chess journey is how much every piece on the board is “worth”. However, the more we master the game, the more we realize that the “true” value of pieces can differ from their theoretical value, depending on the subtleties of the position. When faced with material...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Nov 25, 2019; New In Chess, 2017. — 466 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-716-6. 🏆 Winner of the ChessCafe 2009 Book of the Year Award 🏆 Shortlisted for The Guardian 2009 Book of the Year Award Every club player knows the problem: the opening has ended, and now what? With this new 2019 MoveTrainer edition of his award-winning trainer, IM Herman...
London: Everyman, 2013. — 416 p. — ISBN: 9781857449976 (cbv and pgn files) International Master Adam Hunt presents an easy-to-read guide to chess strategy, aimed at club players and juniors. Hunt covers all the vital components, including development, king safety, attack and defence, initiative, pawn play and much more.
Chessbase, 2014. Trainers recommend to beginners to be careful with their own king and to castle as soon as possible. But at higher levels grandmasters can sense the danger of having the king in the centre much more precisely and in many cases the king in the centre is safe, which allows them to conduct fast flank attacks or to create a powerful centre. A big fan of such a...
Chessbase, 2009. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-140-9. The correct technique of exchanging is the most important ability of Grandmasters! Which pieces to swap and which pieces to keep, whether to recapture with a piece or with a pawn, these are questions which every player of every level has to answer many times during a single game. And the greatest difference between GMs and amateurs is...
Chess Stars Publishing, Dec 16, 2020. — 228 p. File is in PGN format. The purpose of this book is to shed some light on the underlying principles that govern “boring” chess positions, bordering on equality. Such positions have gradually become the main dish of nowadays’ chess menu because people have increased their level, their stamina, their desire to grind down wins out of...
Belgrade: Chess Informant, 2021. — 324 p. — ISBN: 978-8672971194. “Secrets of Positional Sacrifice” is the second book, created within the premises of the Nestorović family chess workshop. I would like to mention that the whole family contributed to this book. We are also extremely thankful to our friends, who, thanks to their previous experience, have introduced us to the...
New In Chess, 2010. — 208 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-325-0. In the battle of chess ideas, the publication in 1991 of Dynamic Chess Strategy was a defining moment. Before Mihai Suba's exceptional book, chess writers had neglected one of the most important factors of a chess position: its dynamic potential. Suba demonstrated that the traditional concept of improving the position was...
Thinkers Publishing, Dec 10, 2019. — 506 p. — ISBN-13: 978-94-9251-068-6. This book will bring something new to your chess library. In our computer era, focus is usually on openings. Watching recent broadcasts, the new generation would rather choose games of a certain opening and look for an interesting idea or even a brilliant novelty. The author offers, and recommends, a...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Sep 14, 2021. Make them YOUR OWN today... These Simple Calculation Techniques Transformed An OK 1664-Elo Amateur Into A Championship-Winning Master Candidate Master Azel Chua needed years of heartbreaking "trial and error" to streamline his move selection and calculation skills. But you need not walk the same bumpy road. With his step-by-step...
Chessbase, 2018. — EAN: 4027975008165. In chess, like in real life, one frequently faces temptations: to grab a pawn, to occupy an open file, to start a Kingside attack and so on. There is nothing basically wrong with all these, but before undertaking such a concrete action one should be sure the position is ripe for it. Chess is so complicated that making the right choice by...
Chessbase, 2017. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-585-8. Studies prove: the more patterns you know, the better you play. On this DVD GM Adrian Mikhalchishin presents games of the World Champions of the past to explain typical patterns and strategic concepts of these games and to show how grandmasters apply these ideas today. Mikhalchishin offers a wealth of material that helps you to...
Chessable, Chess Strategy, Sep 02, 2020. Improve your chess understanding with the legendary Yasser Seirawan. Do you ever experience that unpleasant feeling during a chess game when you ask yourselves: „Okay, what on Earth should I do next?“ It is often said that chess strategy is the most difficult aspect of our ancient game. Today, you can make the process of learning about...
Dover Publications, 2003. — 176 p. — ISBN: 0486424200. Written by a young Grand Master, this introduction to chess strategy is aimed primarily at players for whom a game plan is utterly enigmatic. By isolating the basic elements and illustrating them through a selection of Master and Grand Master games, Simple Chess breaks down the mystique of strategy into plain,...
ChessBase, Nov 2011. — EAN: 4027975006871. People in Greenland can differentiate between 36 kinds of snow; the Swedish International Master Ari Ziegler will teach you to differentiate between 20 kinds of exchange sacrifice. His systematic approach to exchange sacrifices will rapidly enhance your understanding of one of the most exciting and difficult aspects of chess. Your...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 528 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201482. How to learn strategy? Can it be learned? It can be, of course. And these volumes are the perfect guide to learn (or, more precisely, to learn to understand) strategy. My idea is to throw light on all the strategic concepts in these volumes. To help you navigate more simply, I have divided all the material into two...
Chessable, Feb 18, 2019; New in Chess, 2018. — 383 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-760-9. Книга в формате PGN. 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...
Thinkers Publishing, Apr 03, 2022. — 244 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201499. The possession of the bishop pair (vs. bishop & knight, or knight pair) is an important strategic element that may guarantee superiority and even determine the outcome of the game. In modern chess, the bishop pair has been established as a positional advantage in the majority of cases, and it’s very common...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Nov 25, 2019; New In Chess, 2017. — 466 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-716-6. 🏆 Winner of the ChessCafe 2009 Book of the Year Award 🏆 Shortlisted for The Guardian 2009 Book of the Year Award Every club player knows the problem: the opening has ended, and now what? With this new 2019 MoveTrainer edition of his award-winning trainer, IM Herman...
Everyman Chess, Apr 27, 2020. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-1-85744-331-8. Play Winning Chess is an enthusiastic introduction to chess that will transform you into a veritable gladiator of the chessboard. Seirawan begins by explaining piece movement, chess notation, the rules of play and basic tactics. His examples, question-and-answer sections, psychological hints, and lively sample...
Thinkers Publishing, ul 09, 2022. — 494 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201574. Volume 2 is divided into eight chapters. Unlike Volume 1, it is possible to mix the order in which you study these chapters, but not to study the games within each chapter out of order, since the examples build upon each other in complexity. I suggest that the chapter on “Passed Pawns” should be studied first,...
М.: Астрель: АСТ, 2007. — 256 с.— (Беспроигрышные шахматы). — ISBN: 978-5-17-046855-3. Опираясь на свой богатый турнирный опыт, гроссмейстер Яссер Сейраван показывает вам, как применять гибкие стратегические принципы в каждой фазе партии. Используя простую и эффективную технику планирования и анализа, вы сможете начинать каждую вашу партию с уверенностью и энергией, и будете...
Batsford, 1998. — 288 p. — ISBN: 0-7134-8214-1. A training manual by the authors of Opening Preparation which features advice and instruction on how to attack, defend and counter-attack. It is designed to appeal to club and tournament chess players throughout the world.
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 240 p. — ISBN 978-9464201505. Why is a passed pawn usually considered a great asset? By definition, a pawn is passed when it can advance to promotion without encountering any opposing pawns in its path. Possession of a passed pawn and the ability to exploit its potential is a strategic element that can often determine the result of the game. A...
ChessBase, 2014. — ASIN: 3866814186. Even less-experienced chess players have learned how to develop their pieces in the opening or even know certain opening variations by heart. But when the middlegame starts, they don’t know how to judge positions and develop their play – and their chess stagnates. On this DVD, well-known Indian WGM Tania Sachdev shows you how to evaluate...
4th Edition. — Siles Press, 2010. — 658 p. — ISBN-13 978-1890085131. How to Reassess Your Chess is the popular step-by-step course that will create a marked improvement in anyone's game. In clear, direct language, Silman shows how to dissect a position, recognize its individual parts and ultimately find the move that conforms to the needs of that particular situation. By...
Chessable, Oct 15, 2018; New in Chess, 2019. Книга в формате PGN. There is surely no better player to learn from than the current king of chess Magnus Carlsen. The world champion, famed for his "universal" style, dominates the game and is continually pushing boundaries. In this course, which focuses on strategic lessons for club players, we have selected 30 exercises are based...
Thinkers Publishing, May 24, 2021. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201161. Bishop or knight? An eternal dilemma! The legendary Bobby Fischer would likely vote for the bishop. Other authorities like Nimzowitsch would prefer the knight. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Of course, it is clear a bishop usually dominates in open positions while the knight should be preferred in...
Thinkers Publishing, May 24, 2021. — 224 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201161. Bishop or knight? An eternal dilemma! The legendary Bobby Fischer would likely vote for the bishop. Other authorities like Nimzowitsch would prefer the knight. The truth is somewhere in the middle. Of course, it is clear a bishop usually dominates in open positions while the knight should be preferred in...
Everyman Chess, 2020. — 237 p. — ISBN: 978-1-85744-713-2. Readers will gain the advantage over their opponents with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the world's top chess players! Strategy--it's the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his considerable experience in tournament play, International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows...
Everyman Chess, 2020. — 237 p. — ISBN: 978-1-85744-713-2. Readers will gain the advantage over their opponents with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the world's top chess players! Strategy--it's the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his considerable experience in tournament play, International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows...
Chessbase, 2015. — ISBN: 978-3-86681-387-8. Queen against two rooks or three minor pieces, as well as a rook plus pawn vs two minor pieces - these are typical constellations where the material is unbalanced. In our first steps in chess we are taught about the nominal value of the pieces. The queen is equal to nine pawns; a rook to five, a minor piece is worth three pawns. This...
Thinkers Publishing, Apr 03, 2022. — 244 p. — ISBN: 978-9464201499. The possession of the bishop pair (vs. bishop & knight, or knight pair) is an important strategic element that may guarantee superiority and even determine the outcome of the game. In modern chess, the bishop pair has been established as a positional advantage in the majority of cases, and it’s very common...
Thinkers Publishing, 2022. — 240 p. — ISBN 978-9464201505. Why is a passed pawn usually considered a great asset? By definition, a pawn is passed when it can advance to promotion without encountering any opposing pawns in its path. Possession of a passed pawn and the ability to exploit its potential is a strategic element that can often determine the result of the game. A...
New In Chess, 2015. — 237 p. — ISBN-13: 978-90-5691-568-1. When a chess master finds a winning strategic idea it is seldom by accident. An amateur, staring at a position on the chess board is often fumbling in the dark, his head spinning with a multitude of general rules and vague notions. The master’s approach is concrete. He knows how and where to look, because he has studied...
Chess Evolution, 2016. — 288 p. — ISBN: 9788394536299. Книга в формате PGN. There is a blank spot in the huge world of chess literature: systematically presented middle- game. Therefore authors, both long-term chess trainers, decided to fi ll this vacuum. With a series of books about the middle-game, we would like to present different topics of chess tactics and strategy in a...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Feb 01, 2019, New in Chess, 2019. — 665 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-818-7. Game Changer, the highly-anticipated investigation into AI insights, is now available to train on Chessable with MoveTrainer. Change YOUR game with this cutting-edge research. Game Changer reveals how the self-learning artificial intelligence system AlphaZero thinks and how...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Feb 21, 2020. A jack of all trades is a master of none - or so the saying goes. And this is the very idea addressed in The Chess Toolbox. In part 1 of a new series optimized specially for Chessable, IM Thomas Willemze comes armed with the vital tools to fix the most urgent problems in your game. Get the right tools for the job! Our chess...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Oct 08, 2021. 🏆 Shortlisted for Best Strategy Course of 2021 🏆 Self-Taught Grandmaster Shows YOU His Simple System For Exploiting Weak Pawns And Scoring Fine Positional Victories Do you struggle to win at chess when brutal attacking play is not possible? If so, you're in for a treat! Because in the next few minutes, Grandmaster Swapnil...
Chessbase, 2006. — ISBN 4027975004617. You think you have seen enough checkmating combinations? I find it staggering how many checkmates are missed (by both sides) in games by the top players, let alone by us mortals. Recognizing the early outlines of mating patterns is a vital skill, not just for an attacker, but for a defender too: surviving wave after wave of threats can be...
Chessable, 2021. He dethroned the great Garry Kasparov to become the 14th World Chess Champion. He won six gold medals in the Chess Olympiads. And he remains one of the top 10 highest rated chess players of all time. How did Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik do it? He knew when to “do nothing.” A Chessable Course Like No Other. In his debut course, Vladimir Kramnik is presenting a...
М.: RSUSS "SOYUZ", 2012. — 272 p. — ISBN: 978-5-91146-806-4. In this book Irina Mikhaylova, PhD-International Grandmaster, Coach of the Highest Qualification-studies a most important direction in the development of strategic mastery: the method of "Thinking in Schemes". The method has been applied by World Chess Champions w ith a great success. The book presents analyses of...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy. — Jun 14, 2021. Discover the secrets of the world's strongest-ever woman player The story of the Polgar sisters is extraordinary. The idea that Laszlo Polgar - an average chess player - could simply decide to turn his children into chess geniuses - and then succeed beyond his wildest dreams - is incredible. It suggests that, with the right...
Chess Digest, 1992, 1994. — 140 p.+178 p. — ISBN13: 978-0875682082; ISBN: 978-0875682433. Unlike "Solitaire Chess" and other such tests, you are challenged right in the opening to come up with ideas by answering the tests. Then you are tested in the strategy of the middlegame, which in some cases evolves into the final stage-the endgame. You can take the tests and be evaluated...
Chessable, Feb Feb 19, 2019; New in Chess, 2019. Robert James 'Bobby' Fischer (1943-2008) was the eleventh World Chess Champion. He gained the title in 1972, by beating Boris Spassky in an exciting match that was being held in the middle of the Cold War. I don’t believe in psychology, I believe in good moves! He was one of the greatest chess players of all time, feared by his...
Chessable, Feb Feb 19, 2019; New in Chess, 2019. Книга в формате PGN. Robert James 'Bobby' Fischer (1943-2008) was the eleventh World Chess Champion. He gained the title in 1972, by beating Boris Spassky in an exciting match that was being held in the middle of the Cold War. I don’t believe in psychology, I believe in good moves! He was one of the greatest chess players of all...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Feb 21, 2020. A jack of all trades is a master of none - or so the saying goes. And this is the very idea addressed in The Chess Toolbox. In part 1 of a new series optimized specially for Chessable, IM Thomas Willemze comes armed with the vital tools to fix the most urgent problems in your game. Get the right tools for the job! Our chess...
Chess Evolution, 2016. — 288 p. — ISBN 9788394536299. There is a blank spot in the huge world of chess literature: systematically presented middle- game. Therefore authors, both long-term chess trainers, decided to fi ll this vacuum. With a series of books about the middle-game, we would like to present different topics of chess tactics and strategy in a slightly different way....
М.: RSUSS "SOYUZ", 2012. — 272 p. — ISBN: 978-5-91146-806-4. Книга в формате ChessBase. In this book Irina Mikhaylova, PhD-International Grandmaster, Coach of the Highest Qualification-studies a most important direction in the development of strategic mastery: the method of "Thinking in Schemes". The method has been applied by World Chess Champions w ith a great success. The...
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976. — 192 p. — ISBN-13: 978-0-385-12195-4. Continuing his major work on strategy and tactics in modern chess, the internationally renowned Grandmaster, Ludek Pachman, now turns his attention to the play of the pawns and the achievement of control of the center squares. Though the pawns are the weakest pieces in chess, their importance in...
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1976. — 192 p. — ISBN-13: 978-0-385-12195-4. Continuing his major work on strategy and tactics in modern chess, the internationally renowned Grandmaster, Ludek Pachman, now turns his attention to the play of the pawns and the achievement of control of the center squares. Though the pawns are the weakest pieces in chess, their importance in...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Mar 22, 2021. Learn it today, use it tomorrow. Pounce On The Weak Enemy King With These Simple "Game-Winning" Techniques From A Celebrated Chess Coach "King safety" is the crux of every chess game. One can hoard all the material and positional advantages in the world, but... If their king is hopelessly weak, you only need a few accurate moves...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Mar 22, 2021. Learn it today, use it tomorrow. Pounce On The Weak Enemy King With These Simple "Game-Winning" Techniques From A Celebrated Chess Coach "King safety" is the crux of every chess game. One can hoard all the material and positional advantages in the world, but... If their king is hopelessly weak, you only need a few accurate moves...
LLC Elk and Ruby Publishing House, 2019. — 410 p. — ISBN 978-5-6041769-2-4. Russian International Master Maxim Chetverik has written a strategy textbook containing 75 deeply annotated positional games, that show players how to devise plans to handle a number of key strategic themes such as: * when to open up the game * how to activate the pawn chain, * how to carry out...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Oct 08, 2021. 🏆 Shortlisted for Best Strategy Course of 2021 🏆 Self-Taught Grandmaster Shows YOU His Simple System For Exploiting Weak Pawns And Scoring Fine Positional Victories Do you struggle to win at chess when brutal attacking play is not possible? If so, you're in for a treat! Because in the next few minutes, Grandmaster Swapnil...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Mar 25, 2021. No retreat, no surrender. That is Spartan law! - King Leonidas The 'Mozart Of Chessable' Shows You The Game-Winning Secrets Of Fearless King Play! Winning is so much easier when every piece and pawn is at peak performance. And if you'd love to turn your scaredy king into a fierce close-quarters fighter...one who can clinch the...
Chessbase, 2014. Trainers recommend to beginners to be careful with their own king and to castle as soon as possible. But at higher levels grandmasters can sense the danger of having the king in the centre much more precisely and in many cases the king in the centre is safe, which allows them to conduct fast flank attacks or to create a powerful centre. A big fan of such a...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Feb 01, 2019, New in Chess, 2019. — 665 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-818-7. Game Changer, the highly-anticipated investigation into AI insights, is now available to train on Chessable with MoveTrainer. Change YOUR game with this cutting-edge research. Game Changer reveals how the self-learning artificial intelligence system AlphaZero thinks and how...
Chessable, Chess Strategy, Jul 15, 2020 🏆 Shortlisted for Course of the Year 2020 🏆 When in doubt, centralize! Control the critical part of the board, and convert your central control into stunning victories Learn to love and appreciate the importance of central control, and you are sure to boost your game and pick up some rating points along the way. IM Andras Toth is a...
Chessable, Oct 15, 2018; New in Chess, 2019. There is surely no better player to learn from than the current king of chess Magnus Carlsen. The world champion, famed for his "universal" style, dominates the game and is continually pushing boundaries. In this course, which focuses on strategic lessons for club players, we have selected 30 exercises are based on Carlsen's games....
Batsford, 1998. — 288 p. — ISBN: 0-7134-8214-1. A training manual by the authors of Opening Preparation which features advice and instruction on how to attack, defend and counter-attack. It is designed to appeal to club and tournament chess players throughout the world.
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy. — Jun 14, 2021. Discover the secrets of the world's strongest-ever woman player The story of the Polgar sisters is extraordinary. The idea that Laszlo Polgar - an average chess player - could simply decide to turn his children into chess geniuses - and then succeed beyond his wildest dreams - is incredible. It suggests that, with the right...
Chess Digest, 1992, 1994. — 140 p.+178 p. — ISBN-13: 978-0875682082; ISBN 978-0875682433. Unlike "Solitaire Chess" and other such tests, you are challenged right in the opening to come up with ideas by answering the tests. Then you are tested in the strategy of the middlegame, which in some cases evolves into the final stage-the endgame. You can take the tests and be evaluated...
М.: Физкультура и спорт, 1983. — 96 с. — (Библиотечка шахматиста). Книга в формате ChessBase. В книге заслуженного тренера СССР Б. Персица рассматривается один из актуальных вопросов шахматной стратегии: проблема борьбы за центр. Анализ различных типов центра проводится на примерах из шахматной классики и современной турнирной практики. По сравнению с предыдущими изданиями...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, May 08, 2019. At the 1895 Hasting super tournament, ex-World Champion Wilhelm (or William) Steinitz won a brilliancy prize for his Round 10 demolition of the German master Curt von Bardeleben. Von Bardeleben decamped from the playing hall after Steinitz's 25.Rxh7+, and the former World Champion demonstrated the decisive continuation to the...
Chessable, 2024. Retreating from every threat? Drifting to passivity then resignation, game after game? Let’s Add a Dose of Aggression and Tenacity to Your Defense! Learn to Counterattack builds your resilience, and breaks down the nitty-gritty of active defense. So you can turn around enemy attacks into your winning moment! Here’s an unspoken truth: Chess players love...
Chessable, 2023. The Silman Thinking Technique For Figuring Out What To Do In Almost Any Chess Position. Invented by “America’s chess teacher.” This technique dissects the board down to its basic parts… weighs in on both sides… then charts a plan that plays to your strengths. So instead of second-guessing, you’ll be playing deliberate moves you know are good. Chess is a game of...
2nd Edition. — Edition Olms, 2009. — 165 p. — ISBN: 978-3-283-01006-5. File is in PGN format. The strategy and tactics associated with the open file are explained here clearly and comprehensively—how files are opened, blocked, occupied, and exploited as roads along which to invade the enemy position. A brief introduction lays the theoretical foundations and is followed by...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, Mar 25, 2021. No retreat, no surrender. That is Spartan law! - King Leonidas The 'Mozart Of Chessable' Shows You The Game-Winning Secrets Of Fearless King Play! Winning is so much easier when every piece and pawn is at peak performance. And if you'd love to turn your scaredy king into a fierce close-quarters fighter...one who can clinch the...
Chess Evolution, 2016. — 254 p. — ISBN 978-83-945362-9-9. There is a blank spot in the huge world of chess literature: systematically presented middle-game. Therefore Adrian Mikhalchishin and Georg Mohr, both long-term chess trainers, decided to fill this vacuum. With a series of books about the middle-game, we would like to present different topics of chess tactics and...
Brasil: San Paulo Editora S.A., 1967. — 332 p. Bestseller The use of the queen, the active king, exchanges, pawn play, the center, weak squares, more. Often considered the most important book on strategy. 298 diagrams.
Roberto Alvarez (Translator). — Gambit Publications, 2003. — 226 p. — ISBN13: 978-1-901983-92-7. A Spanish grandmaster explains how creativity can be used to overcome technical obstacles on the chessboard. Once they have obtained an advantage, too many players make the mistake of assuming that the exploitation of this advantage will just be a matter of technique, requiring...
Chessable, Courses, Chess Strategy, May 08, 2019. At the 1895 Hasting super tournament, ex-World Champion Wilhelm (or William) Steinitz won a brilliancy prize for his Round 10 demolition of the German master Curt von Bardeleben. Von Bardeleben decamped from the playing hall after Steinitz's 25.Rxh7+, and the former World Champion demonstrated the decisive continuation to the...
Москва: Russian Chess House, 2011. — 264 с. — (Шахматный университет). — ISBN: 978-5-94693-096-3. Книга в формате ChessBase. Новая книга знаменитого голландского гроссмейстера, многолетнего претендента на мировую шахматную корону Яна Тиммана, на примере борьбы легких фигур поможет вам улучшить общее стратегическое понимание.
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