Play the Ponziani
March 13, 2010 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Leave a Comment
Everyman Chess has published: Play the Ponziani.
In Play the Ponziani, Dave Taylor and Keith Hayward present a comprehensive guide to this intriguing opening. They provide coverage of all the main lines, identify the best lines for both colours, and highlight the key tactical and positional ideas.
Perfect to catch your opponent by surprise!
New & full of opening novelties: Yearbook 94
March 9, 2010 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Leave a Comment
Yearbook 94 has just arrived!
“All serious chess players should read these outstanding books”, is what Carsten Hansen wrote about The Chess Player’s Guide to Opening News on ChessCafe
Please, have a look at the full contents.
New: The Moscow & Anti-Moscow Variations
March 5, 2010 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Leave a Comment
Now available: The Moscow & Anti-Moscow Variations.
Alexey Dreev has been playing both variations against the world’s top players for many years. His analyses and calculations during the games have laid the foundation of this book. Packed with theoretical novelties and recommendations.
This is your chance to get an insider’s view!
New: Wojo’s Weapons
March 3, 2010 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Leave a Comment
New: Wojo’s Weapons, Winning with White – Vol.1.
The late Aleksander Wojtkiewicz was one of the most feared players in the U.S. tournament circuit. Wojo’s Weapons is the definitive “how-to” manual for learning Wojo’s repertoire with White after 1.Nf3 d5. This book is your tool to building a world-class repertoire and to achieving positional mastery.
Get started winning the Wojo way!
New: Chess Opening Essentials 4
February 27, 2010 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Comments Off
Just in from our printers: Chess Opening Essentials 4.
The final volume of the Chess Opening Essentials series focuses on 1.c4 / 1.Nf3 / Other First Moves. It gives a flavour of how every opening works and explains the similarities with other openings as well as the differences.
An indispensable tool for understanding the basics.
Out now: Avrukh’s Grandmaster Repertoire 2
February 24, 2010 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Comments Off
Now available: Boris Avrukh’s long-awaited Grandmaster Repertoire 2 -1.d4 volume 2.
On the 616 pages of this latest volume of the outstanding Grandmaster Repertoire series, Boris Avrukh covers the King’s Indian, Dutch, Grunfeld, various Benonis, Benko, Budapest Gambit and other minor openings.
Please have a look at this engaging repertoire book.
Boost Your Chess
February 19, 2010 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Comments Off
Boost Your Chess 1, The Fundamentals is the latest volume of Yusupov’s award-winning training course, that started with three volumes in the Build Up Your Chess series. Despite the fact that this book has almost the same cover as Build Up Your Chess 1, it’s an entirely new volume in the series.
It’s the way to a higher level of chess understanding!
New in Chess Top 5
February 17, 2010 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Comments Off
1. New In Chess issue 2010/1
The World’s Premier Chess Magazine by The NIC Editorial team
NIC’s Caf? – Carlsen Claims London Chess Classic – A Country for Old Men – Roulette Chess – Alexander Grischuk Russian Champion – Alexander Alekhine’s Paris Years – Kortchnoi-Spassky Reunion – Chess Metaphors – Old Hands and Young Talents – Just Checking – did they play your opening? In this issue games with the following openings were annotated by world class players read more…
2. New In Chess: The First 25 Years
An Anthology, edited by Steve Giddins
Ever since its launch in 1984, New In Chess has been the most popular and widely-read chess magazine in the world, with a readership that ranges from world champions to the humblest club player. No other magazine in chess history can boast such a glittering array of world-class grandmasters amongst its regular contributors. Now, to mark the 25th anniversary of the read more…
3. Revolutionize Your Chess
A Brand-new System to Become a Better Player, by Viktor Moskalenko
A breakthrough in chess teaching by Former Ukrainian Champion and experienced chess coach Viktor Moskalenko. A new concept which teaches players how to develop their personal skills and presents five new basic rules for improving at chess. Moskalenko’s Five Touchstones provide players with tools to assess any position. Club players are shown how to get a read more…
4. Attacking Manual 1 & 2
SAVE 10% on volume 1 & 2 Combined, by Jacob Aagaard
Jacob Aagaard explains the rules of attack (the exploitation of a dynamic advantage), balanced between understandable examples, and deep analysis. Where Volume One was about the laws of dynamics, the font of all attacks. Volume Two deals with weak kings, sacrifices, various minor attacking themes, intuitive sacrifices, opposite castling, modern king hunts, and read more
5. Chess Strategy for Club Players
The Road to Positional Advantage by Herman Grooten
AWARDED: ChessCafe 2009 Book of the Year! With this 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, how to make use of those characteristics to choose the right plan. His teachings are based on the famous “Elements” of Wilhelm Steinitz, but Grooten read more…
And the winner is…
February 13, 2010 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Comments Off
The voting for the ChessCafe Book of the Year 2009 has ended, and we are delighted to announce that the winner is …
Chess Strategy for Club Players – The Road to Positional Advantage.
According to ChessCafe, Herman Grooten’s book beat the other two finalists, Viktor Moskalenko’s Revolutionize Your Chess and David Rudel’s Zuke ‘Em, by taking an early lead and never relinquishing it.
We hope that this award will help Grooten’s magnum opus to stand for many years as the best, most complete and most accessible positional manual for amateurs and their trainers.
I don’t want to withhold some of the comments posted by the voters:
“My only vote goes to Herman Grooten’s masterpiece, a class of its own” “It’s superb and I think Nimzo might now rest in peace. It’s the new standard of middlegame strategy for all club players!”
Here’s your chance to get hold of the ChessCafe Book of the Year!
A Course in Chess Tactics
February 9, 2010 by New in Chess (ADVERTORIALS) · Comments Off
Gambit has just published: A Course in Chess Tactics.
The advice frequently given to chess-players eager to improve their results is straightforward: study tactics! This book presents a structured approach to tactics, and belongs in the library of every ambitious player.
The authors discuss each major tactical theme in turn, explaining how it works, and providing inspiring examples. They then explain how you can spot the idea in your own games and use it to your advantage.
You immediately get a chance to put your knowledge to the test, as there are challenging exercises throughout the whole book. You will learn how tactical themes are combined, and employed to achieve strategic goals.
This book also shows how grandmasters spot the targets for their breathtaking combinations, which you thus come to see not as sheer witchcraft, but as the product of disciplined thought and training.
It will help you develop an understanding of the principles of chess tactics.
