With hindsight we can only marvel at the pivotal place chess occupied in the Soviet Union. Originally embraced by Lenin as 'gymnastics of the mind', chess developed into an ideological weapon during the Cold War. As a respected trainer who became a world-class grandmaster after leaving Leningrad and moving to Holland in 1972, Genna Sosonko observes Soviet chess from a privileged dual perspective. Combining an insider's nostalgia with the detachment of a critical observer, he has produced unforgettable portraits of the heroes of this vanished age.

Russian Silhouettes: Portraits of the Heroes of a Vanished age

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This series covers the tactical themes and typical traps in ALL main line openings, which are explained in carefully selected and annotated short games. Tactics in the Chess Opening teaches how to recognise opportunities to attack early in the game and how to avoid standard pitfalls in the opening. It will make the adventurous player win more games, and is a guide for further study and for setting up an opening repertoire.

Tactics in the Chess Opening 1: Sicilian Defence

Tak, A. C. van der

Nijboer, Friso

New In Chess Yearbook 71: The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News

New In Chess Yearbook, which appears four times a year, contains the latest news in chess openings, and each issue brings you dozens of new ideas on the cutting edge of modern chess theory. The Yearbook not only covers the latest fashion, but also offers fresh insights into underrated gambits, rare continuations, and almost forgotten weapons. A must-have publication for serious chess students.

In contrast to the opening or the endgame, the middlegame seems to offer little in the way of concrete starting-points for methodical study. Former world championship candidate Jan Timman deals, on the basis of countless examples encountered in his rich chess career, with themes like ?strong knight against bishop? and 'the dominant bishop pair?. How is one to proceed when one emerges from the opening with a strong knight and one?s opponent is stuck with a bad bishop? And is the bishop pair really as strong as they say? With his lucid style and practical approach, Jan Timman follows in the footsteps of his teachers Max Euwe and Mikhail Botvinnik.

Power Chess With Pieces: The Ultimate Guide to the Bishop Pair & Strong Knights

Jan Timman

New In Chess Yearbook 72: The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News

At the age of thirteen years, four months and twenty-six days, Magnus Carlsen became the youngest chess grandmaster in the world. This is the fairy-tale-like story of Magnus Carlsen?s rise and tells you all about the Carlsen family life, explaining the secrets of Magnus? play in clear and instructive comments on his games. Any chess player could hardly pick up a more inspiring book, which will fascinate parents and help gifted children to realize their full potential.

Wonderboy Magnus Carlsen: How Magnus Carlsen Became the Youngest Grandmaster in the World

Agdestein, Simen

No time to study chess opening theory? Secrets of Opening Surprises (SOS) consists of highly playable, unusual opening ideas. Because an SOS is such an early deviation from the regular lines in mainstream openings (usually before move six), the probability of you being able to bring the variation actually on the board is very high. If you are tired of main lines, if you are looking for simple but effective weapons to perplex your opponent, then you will feel very much at home in the world of SOS.

Secrets of Opening Surprises 2

New In Chess Yearbook 74: The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News

New In Chess Yearbook, which appears four times a year, contains the latest news in chess openings, and each issue brings you dozens of new ideas on the cutting edge of modern chess theory. The Yearbook not only covers the latest fashion, but also offers fresh insights into underrated gambits, rare continuations, and almost forgotten weapons. A must-have publication for serious chess students.

New In Chess Yearbook 75: The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News (Yearbook Ser)

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Russian Silhouettes: Portraits of the Heroes of a Vanished age

Tactics in the Chess Opening 1: Sicilian Defence

New In Chess Yearbook 71: The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News

New In Chess Yearbook 71: The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News

Power Chess With Pieces: The Ultimate Guide to the Bishop Pair & Strong Knights

New In Chess Yearbook 72: The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News

Wonderboy Magnus Carlsen: How Magnus Carlsen Became the Youngest Grandmaster in the World

Secrets of Opening Surprises 2

New In Chess Yearbook 74: The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News

New In Chess Yearbook 75: The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News (Yearbook Ser)