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A real life Queen’s Gambit, this captivating memoir tells the story of one of the most renowned women in chess history, ......more

Starting his reign in 1927, Alexander Alekhine dominated the world of elite chess for more than a decade. To this day, h......more

This book is, in one way, a biography of Folke Rogard, focusing mostly on his roles as FIDE President and organizer of m......more

Chess has evolved significantly over the past few years. Talented teenagers are playing better than ever, top players po......more

The Sicilian Scheveningen Defense is a highly respected and flexible variation of the Sicilian Defense, characterized by......more

In his usual flamboyant style, Alexander Shabalov explains how he battled in the many tournaments he played in his long ......more

This new book by Mikhail Shereshevsky, one of the most respected chess trainers in the world, is about a very important ......more

Mikhail Botvinnik is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time, in the same league as Magnus Carl......more

Mikhail Botvinnik is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time, in the same league as Magnus Carl......more

This opening manual completes the Black repertoire against the Sicilian that uses the Kalashnikov as the main line. When......more

Georgy Lisitsin (1909-72) was a respected Soviet master, theoretician and writer. In 1958 he published a revised edition......more

Georgy Lisitsin (1909-72) was a respected Soviet master, theoretician and writer. In 1958 he published a revised edition......more

In My First Chess Opening Repertoire you will learn how to play the opening. This book gives you a compact and easy-to-l......more

Forging New Paths in an Ancient Opening - Second Edition The Queen’s Gambit Accepted is one of the oldest known openings......more

Capablanca’s Dazzling Debut The international tournament held in San Sebastian, Spain in 1911 is one of the legendary ch......more

A sumptuous compendium of Alexander Calder’s chess works, with ephemera and archival materials This handsome volume cele......more

"The USSR is famous as the first totalitarian state to promote chess. Less well known is that Nazi Germany was the secon......more

It is not the quality of your best moves that wins you games; it is the quality of your worst moves. The quickest way to......more

The astounding success of How To Study Chess on Your Own made clear that thousands of chess players want to improve thei......more

Think Like Ivanchuk is a celebration of a true chess genius. This book is a collection of Vasyl Ivanchuk’s best games, a......more

Boris Spassky is the most underappreciated World Champion in chess history, remembered as the Soviet who lost to Bobby F......more

Swedish chess Grandmaster Axel Smith returns with a sequel to his colossal bestseller, The Woodpecker Method, which was ......more

Perhaps the greatest beauty in chess can be found in endgame studies. Delightful twists and turns on the board are combi......more

One of the world’s top chess journalists in the world explores why, after 1,500 years of existence, chess has never been......more

Learn about chess tactics and test your skills with this oversize deck of 54 cards from the New York Times bestselling a......more

Paul Morphy might well be the most brilliant and enigmatic chess champion of all time. He burst onto the scene in 1858 a......more

Paul Morphy might well be the most brilliant and enigmatic chess champion of all time. He burst onto the scene in 1858 a......more

Chess is 99% tactics. A tactical pattern is all about immediate threats that produce immediate results. Learning the 100......more

Turbo-Charge your Tactics 2 concludes a multi-year effort by chess Grandmaster Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko and world-renowned t......more

Rook endgames are the most frequently recurring endgames and also one of the most exciting areas of chess, with mind ben......more

Rook endgames are the most important to study, because they are the type of chess endgame you will face most often over ......more

Much has been written in chess about specific openings, players and tournaments. From experience, those are not easy boo......more

You can hardly find a more unconventional idea than pushing your g-pawn 2 squares down the board. Some may say it belong......more

Do you like chess and want to become a better player without putting in hundreds of hours training? 365 Steps to Tactica......more

The openings presented in this book are the Scandinavian, Pirc and Modern. We presented the material in complete games r......more

The London Chess System is a solid and popular opening system for White that typically arises after the moves 1. d4 d5 2......more

The GingerGM (Simon Williams) is back and is keen to show you how to dismantle players who open 1 e4. This book features......more

The history of the Queen’s Gambit is connected with the very beginnings of modern chess. The opening being cited in the ......more

Dragoljub Velimirovic was a former Yugoslav - Serbian, chess grandmaster whose international career was handicapped by p......more

""Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) had the longest reign of any world champion in chess-27 years. From 1894 through 1921, he w......more

Dragoljub Velimirovic was a former Yugoslav - Serbian, chess grandmaster whose international career was handicapped by p......more

In this long-awaited second Thinkers-book of International Master, Armin Juhasz, the reader is invited to take a seat in......more

It is not really in doubt that Bobby Fischer is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) chess players of all-time. His......more

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DragonMasters volume 1 charts the history of the most exciting and dangerous opening known to chess - the Dragon Variati......more

Given the changes in the chess world over the last few years I feel that we badly need an update of how to prepare and o......more

The author has presented a complete opening repertoire for White. After 1. Nc3, the game can take various trans-position......more

The Early Equalizer In response to 1.e4, White’s most common first move, it has long been recognized that when and if Bl......more

There are many secrets in chess, knowledge of which distinguishes a chess virtuoso from an amateur. One of these secrets......more

On 30 April 2023, in Astana, Kazakhstan, Chinese grandmaster Ding Liren sensationally defeated Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtc......more

In Play Like a Champion, Jennifer Shahade showcases the careers and sparkling tactics of some of the most talented and i......more

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The Queen’s Gambit Accepted (1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4) has a long history and has always been popular at all levels of play. Ho......more

Identify and Deal with Threats! This book is written to address and underemphasized area of chess training and study, th......more

This second-volume workbook in Davorin Kuljasevic’s How to Study Chess on Your Own series is optimized for chess players......more

The greatest chess player of all time, Magnus Carlsen, and his friend, Grandmaster David Howell, explain how to win a ch......more

Chess players can look ahead, formulate a clear plan, and act accordingly. That’s why chess is the perfect learning envi......more

The Pirc Defence and the Modern Defence are two naturally entwined chess openings that are flexible and rich in strategi......more

The writings of Mikhail Moiseevich Botvinnik (1911 - 1995) are legendary. And Botvinnik’s legacy is deeply imprinted in ......more

It is amazing how much play you can create in a seemingly equal chess position - if you persevere. In this book, the gre......more

The Sicilian Defence is the most attractive and most complicated opening in chess. If you don’t play the Sicilian with W......more

For many chess-players, opening study is pure hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and ......more

Chess has fascinated people for centuries. But what exactly is chess? Is it a sport, a science, or an art? Well, people ......more

Lambasting the London Although the London System was first played almost 200 years ago, it lay dormant until the beginni......more

In 1967, 25-year-old Rolf Martens won the Swedish Championship playing faster than anyone before. In the Student World C......more

Genna Sosonko is widely acclaimed as the most prominent chronicler of a unique era in chess history. In the Soviet Union......more

World Chess Champion Max Euwe, who held the title from 1935-1937, is one of the greatest chess players in history. Much ......more

The Russian Boris Spassky was the perfect gentleman. He was a chess genius who became World Champion in 1969. But he was......more

The book you have just started reading is about a very interesting and difficult concept: the exchange sacrifice. This i......more

The book you have just started reading is about a very interesting and difficult concept: the exchange sacrifice. This i......more

A top ten world chess player, George H. Mackenzie (1837-1891) dominated in the U.S. for more than a quarter century. Sco......more

A Truly Unique Chess Book The chess triumphs of the Polgar sisters are legendary. Now, in this very special book, Sofia ......more

The Russian Boris Spassky was the perfect gentleman. He was a chess genius who became World Champion in 1969. But he was......more