CHESS BOOKS

    The Dynamic Benko Gambit
    An Attacking Repertoire for Black
    The Benko Gambit is a great opening for those who like active play. Black sacrifices a pawn in order to activate his pieces on the queenside, and generally gains enduring pressure.
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    The Dynamic Benko Gambit
    An Attacking Repertoire for Black
    Catalog Code: B0121NIC
    Our Price: $32.95

    NIC Yearbook 104 - HARDCOVER EDITION
    Gelfand Pushes Anand Around in the Chebanenko Slav
    In this issue’s Reviews Glenn Flear checks three opening books that have in common that, instead of detailed computer analysis where things can easily go wrong, they offer solid solutions: "The Berlin Defence" by Igor Lysyj & Roman Ovetchkin, "Slay the Sicilian" by Tim Taylor, and "The Modern French" by Dejan Antic and Branimir Maksimovic.
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    NIC Yearbook 104 - HARDCOVER EDITION
    Gelfand Pushes Anand Around in the Chebanenko Slav
    Catalog Code: B0104HYB
    Our Price: $39.95

    NIC Yearbook 104 - PAPERBACK EDITION
    Gelfand Pushes Anand Around in the Chebanenko Slav
    In this issue’s Reviews Glenn Flear checks three opening books that have in common that, instead of detailed computer analysis where things can easily go wrong, they offer solid solutions: "The Berlin Defence" by Igor Lysyj & Roman Ovetchkin, "Slay the Sicilian" by Tim Taylor, and "The Modern French" by Dejan Antic and Branimir Maksimovic.
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    NIC Yearbook 104 - PAPERBACK EDITION
    Gelfand Pushes Anand Around in the Chebanenko Slav
    Catalog Code: B0104PYB
    Our Price: $33.95

    The Powerful Catalan
    A Complete Repertoire For White
    In this book top Grandmaster Victor Bologan presents a complete repertoire for White. He covers all of Black’s options as well as possible transpositions to other openings.
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    The Powerful Catalan
    A Complete Repertoire For White
    Catalog Code: B0122NIC
    Our Price: $29.95

    The Magic Tactics of Mikhail Tal
    Learn from the Legend
    Mikhail Tal was one of the greatest geniuses of chess history. The magician from Riga, as he was known because of his dazzling attacking games, took the chess world by storm and in 1961, at the age of twenty-three, he won the world championship.
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    The Magic Tactics of Mikhail Tal
    Learn from the Legend
    Catalog Code: B0120NIC
    Our Price: $28.95

    NIC Yearbook 103 - HARDCOVER EDITION
    Hou Yifan Triumphs in Sicilian Showdown with Judit Polgar

    Publisher: New In Chess
    Author: New In Chess
    Year of Publication: 2012 Pages: 248
    Notation Type: Figurine (FAN)


    Book DescriptionThe Chess Player's Guide to Opening News Forum
    Readers from all over the world join in discussions on previous Surveys. Titled players, correspondence players and club players shed their light on opening developments and search for the truth together. With contributions by Viktor Moskalenko, Igor Stohl, Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Nenad Sulava, Ufuk Tuncer, and many others. Benjamin's Opening Takes
    In his Opening Takes, Joel Benjamin shows how you can fight against over-prepared opponents, looking at Magnus Carlsen's practical approach in the London Classic and Tata Steel tournaments. Kuzmin's Harvest
    In his new series, insider Alexey Kuzmin collects the most important recent novelties for Yearbook readers. This time the novelties are from the European Championship in Plovdiv. Book Previews and Reviews
    In this section we present a sneak preview from The Modern French by Dejan Antic and Branimir Maksimovic. Our reviewer Glenn Flear notices a growing influence of subtitles in books like Ivan Sokolov's The Strategic Nimzo-Indian, Larry Kaufman's The Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White, Alexander Delchev's The Modern Reti and Ruslan Scherbakov's the triangle system. Of course the insides of these books are even more important, and Flear is an expert in pointing out the highlights!
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    NIC Yearbook 103 - HARDCOVER EDITION
    Hou Yifan Triumphs in Sicilian Showdown with Judit Polgar
    Catalog Code: B0103HYB
    Our Price: $38.95

    NIC Yearbook 103 - PAPERBACK EDITION
    Hou Yifan Triumphs in Sicilian Showdown with Judit Polgar

    Publisher: New In Chess
    Author: New In Chess
    Year of Publication: 2012 Pages: 248
    Notation Type: Figurine (FAN)


    Book DescriptionThe Chess Player's Guide to Opening News Forum
    Readers from all over the world join in discussions on previous Surveys. Titled players, correspondence players and club players shed their light on opening developments and search for the truth together. With contributions by Viktor Moskalenko, Igor Stohl, Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Nenad Sulava, Ufuk Tuncer, and many others. Benjamin's Opening Takes
    In his Opening Takes, Joel Benjamin shows how you can fight against over-prepared opponents, looking at Magnus Carlsen's practical approach in the London Classic and Tata Steel tournaments. Kuzmin's Harvest
    In his new series, insider Alexey Kuzmin collects the most important recent novelties for Yearbook readers. This time the novelties are from the European Championship in Plovdiv. Book Previews and Reviews
    In this section we present a sneak preview from The Modern French by Dejan Antic and Branimir Maksimovic. Our reviewer Glenn Flear notices a growing influence of subtitles in books like Ivan Sokolov's The Strategic Nimzo-Indian, Larry Kaufman's The Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White, Alexander Delchev's The Modern Reti and Ruslan Scherbakov's the triangle system. Of course the insides of these books are even more important, and Flear is an expert in pointing out the highlights!
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    NIC Yearbook 103 - PAPERBACK EDITION
    Hou Yifan Triumphs in Sicilian Showdown with Judit Polgar
    Catalog Code: B0103PYB
    Our Price: $29.95

    Move First, Think Later
    Sense and Nonsense in Improving Your Chess
    Move First, Think Later shows a healthy distrust of accepted methods to get better at chess.
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    Move First, Think Later
    Sense and Nonsense in Improving Your Chess
    Catalog Code: B0111NIC
    Our Price: $23.95

    Modern Chess Preparation
    Getting Ready for Your Opponent in the Information Age
    With powerful anecdotes and many instructive high-level games, Tukmakov explains how you can organize your homework, focus your efforts, and arrive at a viable game plan.
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    Modern Chess Preparation
    Getting Ready for Your Opponent in the Information Age
    Catalog Code: B0115NIC
    Our Price: $26.95

    The Modern French
    A Complete Guide for Black
    This is a complete and up-to-date work for players of all levels, and contains brand-new concepts in topical modern lines such as the Steinitz, McCutcheon and Morozevich Variations.
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    The Modern French
    A Complete Guide for Black
    Catalog Code: B0116NIC
    Our Price: $32.95

    The Strategic Nimzo-Indian - VOLUME 1
    A Complete Guide to the Rubinstein Variation
    The Nimzo-Indian Defence continues to be one of the most important chess openings, both at club level and with top players. In recent years it has undergone a number of significant changes and it's high time for a thorough look at the current state of affairs. Top grandmaster Ivan Sokolov is the perfect authority to do so.
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    The Strategic Nimzo-Indian - VOLUME 1
    A Complete Guide to the Rubinstein Variation
    Catalog Code: B0114NIC
    Our Price: $29.95

    NIC Yearbook 102 - HARDCOVER EDITION
    The Return of Peter Leko - Sparkling Ideas in the Grunfeld and the Marshall
    Readers from all over the world join in discussions on previous Surveys. Titled players, correspondence players and club players shed their light on opening developments and search for the truth together. With contributions by Viktor Moskalenko, Pavel Skatchkov, Jose Vilela, and many others.
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    NIC Yearbook 102 - HARDCOVER EDITION
    The Return of Peter Leko - Sparkling Ideas in the Grunfeld and the Marshall
    Catalog Code: B0102HYB
    Our Price: $38.95

    Bobby Fischer Comes Home
    The Final Years in Iceland, a Saga of Friendship and Lost Illusions
    Bobby Fischer Comes Home tells the story of their complicated friendship and paints an intimate portrait of the last years of the man who many see as the greatest chess player that ever lived.
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    Bobby Fischer Comes Home
    The Final Years in Iceland, a Saga of Friendship and Lost Illusions
    Catalog Code: B0109NIC
    Our Price: $19.95

    1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners
    The Tactics Workbook that Explains the Basic Concepts Too!
    1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners is a great first tactics book. It helps you in identifying weak spots in the position of your opponent, in recognizing patterns of combinations, and in visualizing tricks.
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    1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners
    The Tactics Workbook that Explains the Basic Concepts Too!
    Catalog Code: B0110NIC
    Our Price: $17.95

    The Enigma of Chess Intuition
    Can You Mobilize Hidden Forces in your Chess?
    With sparkling tales about Fischer, Carlsen, Tal and other greats in chess and instructive examples of practical play, this is a thought-provoking, yet highly accessible work.
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    The Enigma of Chess Intuition
    Can You Mobilize Hidden Forces in your Chess?
    Catalog Code: B0112NIC
    Our Price: $27.95

    The Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White
    A Complete, Sound and User-Friendly Chess Opening Repertoire
    The Kaufman Repertoire for Black and White contains many improvements on existing opening theory and offers a good balance between narrative and variations.
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    The Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White

    A Complete, Sound and User-Friendly Chess Opening Repertoire
    Catalog Code: B0117NIC
    Our Price: $29.95

    Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 14
    No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!
    Secrets of Opening Surprises brings you a wide variety of unusual opening ideas.
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    Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 14
    No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!
    Catalog Code: B0014SOS
    Our Price: $21.95

    NIC Yearbook 101 - HARDCOVER EDITION
    Veselin Topalov's Enigmatic 5. Qc2 Creates an Anti-Grunfeld Rage
    Readers from all over the world join in discussions on previous Surveys. Titled players, correspondence players and club players shed their light on opening developments and search for the truth together. With contributions by Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Andras Adorjan, Jose Vilela, and many others.
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    NIC Yearbook 101 - HARDCOVER EDITION
    Veselin Topalov's Enigmatic 5. Qc2 Creates an Anti-Grunfeld Rage
    Catalog Code: B0101HYB
    Our Price: $38.95

    NIC Yearbook 101 - PAPERBACK EDITION
    Veselin Topalov's Enigmatic 5. Qc2 Creates an Anti-Grunfeld Rage
    Readers from all over the world join in discussions on previous Surveys. Titled players, correspondence players and club players shed their light on opening developments and search for the truth together. With contributions by Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Andras Adorjan, Jose Vilela, and many others.
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    NIC Yearbook 101 - PAPERBACK EDITION
    Veselin Topalov's Enigmatic 5. Qc2 Creates an Anti-Grunfeld Rage
    Catalog Code: B0101PYB
    Our Price: $29.95

    The Stress of Chess
    ...and its Infinite Finesse
    In this memoir Walter Browne recounts his formative years, how he befriended and played Bobby Fischer in New York City, how he travelled the world, made his name and lived his life. He annotates his best chess games from over four decades, great attacking games full of sacrifices and fireworks, in a clear style that is accessible for amateur players.
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    The Stress of Chess

    ...and its Infinite Finesse
    Catalog Code: B0113NIC
    Our Price: $34.95

    Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 12
    No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!
    Readers of this series can ignore large areas of the ever expanding chess opening theory. They can concentrate on these surprising ideas, because SOS variations deviate very early from the regular lines in mainstream openings. Ideal for players who don't have enough time to keep abreast with main line theory. Appears twice a year. Ready-to-go chess opening ideas.
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    Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 12
    No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!
    Catalog Code: B0012SOS
    Our Price: $21.95

    Russian Silhouettes
    New, Enlarged Edition
    The dissolution of the Soviet Union marked the end of a unique chapter in the history of chess. With hindsight we can only marvel at the pivotal place the royal game occupied in the biggest country in the world. Originally embraced by Lenin as 'gymnastics of the mind', chess developed into an ideological weapon during the Cold War. Supported by the Soviet leadership, chess champions, from Mikhail Botvinnik on, grew into symbols of socialist excellence.
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    Russian Silhouettes
    New, Enlarged Edition
    Catalog Code: B0071NIC
    Our Price: $24.95

    Dismantling the Sicilian
    A Complete Repertoire for White
    The Sicilian Defence is the most widely played chess opening, both at club level and among top grandmasters. Since Black gets dynamic play in almost all variations, black players of all levels will probably continue to play the Sicilian for a long time to come.
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    Dismantling the Sicilian
    A Complete Repertoire for White
    Catalog Code: B0073NIC
    Our Price: $26.95

    Ruy Lopez Revisited
    Offbeat Weapons & Unexplored Resources
    The Ruy Lopez (or Spanish Opening) is one of the oldest and most important chess openings, popular with amateurs as well as professional players. Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov presents bold, but very playable, off-beat weapons for Black, as well as dynamic new ideas and refutations in many main-line variations, for both Black and White. An accessible and inspirational book book by world-famous Ivan Sokolov who, in his rich career, has beaten world champions Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand. Much useful material for aspiring club players, said British Chess Magazine about Sokolov's previous book - 'Winning 132,'.
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    Ruy Lopez Revisited
    Offbeat Weapons & Unexplored Resources
    Catalog Code: B0084NIC
    Our Price: $27.95

    Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 11
    No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!
    Readers of this series can ignore large areas of the ever expanding chess opening theory. They can concentrate on these surprising ideas, because SOS variations deviate very early from the regular lines in mainstream openings. Ideal for players who don't have enough time to keep abreast with main line theory. Appears twice a year. Ready-to-go chess opening ideas.
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    Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 11
    No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!
    Catalog Code: B0011SOS
    Our Price: $21.95

    Chess Strategy for Club Players
    The Road to Positional Advantage
    In Chess Strategy for Club Players you will learn the basic elements of positional understanding, including pawn structures, piece placement, lead in development, open files, weaknesses, space advantage and king safety. You will master the art of converting a temporary plus into other, more permanent advantages. The author also explains what to do when, in a given position, the basic principles seem to point in different directions.
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    Chess Strategy for Club Players
    The Road to Positional Advantage
    Catalog Code: B0065NIC
    Our Price: $29.95

    Fischer World Champion!
    The Acclaimed Classic About the 1972 Fischer-Spassky Match!
    In 1972 a boy from Brooklyn broke the hegemony of Soviet chess.

    Bobby Fischer, the greatest genius the game had ever seen, completed his crusade against the 'commie cheaters' by defeating Boris Spassky in Reykjavik.

    The Match of the Century electrified the world. No one wanted to miss even the slightest detail about the struggle of Fischer against the superpower that for decades had exploited its superiority in chess as an irrefutable justification of communism.
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    Fischer World Champion!
    The Acclaimed Classic About the 1972 Fischer-Spassky Match!
    Catalog Code: B0075NIC
    Our Price: $24.95

    Chess Opening Essentials - VOLUME 2
    1. d4 d5 / 1. d4 Various / Queen's Gambits
    This volume helps beginners to develop a solid understanding of fundamental opening ideas, gives casual players the ability to choose the opening that suits their style and taste, and is a tool for club players to test and review their opening repertoire, as well as a reference book to which advanced players keep returning.
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    Chess Opening Essentials - VOLUME 2
    1. d4 d5 / 1. d4 Various / Queen's Gambits
    Catalog Code: B0024NIC
    Our Price: $32.95

    Chess Opening Essentials - VOLUME 3
    The Complete Indian Defenses
    This volume helps beginners to develop a solid understanding of fundamental opening ideas, gives casual players the ability to choose the opening that suits their style and taste, is a tool for club players to test and review their opening repertoire, as well as a reference book to which advanced players keep returning.
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    Chess Opening Essentials - VOLUME 3
    The Complete Indian Defenses
    Catalog Code: B0025NIC
    Our Price: $32.95

    Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 10
    No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!
    Readers of this series can ignore large areas of the ever expanding chess opening theory. They can concentrate on these surprising ideas, because SOS variations deviate very early from the regular lines in mainstream openings. Ideal for players who don't have enough time to keep abreast with main line theory. Appears twice a year. Ready-to-go chess opening ideas.
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    Secrets of Opening Surprises - VOLUME 10
    No Time to Study Opening Theory? Shock Your Opponent with an SOS!
    Catalog Code: B0010SOS
    Our Price: $21.95

    Winning Chess Middlegames
    An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures
    Study of this important book, with dozens of highly instructive and clearly explained games from the greats of chess, will enhance your middlegame skills and will let you understand why pawns are considered to be 'the souls of chess'.
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    Winning Chess Middlegames
    An Essential Guide to Pawn Structures
    Catalog Code: B0072NIC
    Our Price: $29.95

    The Black Lion
    The Chess Predator's Choice Against Both 1. e4 and 1. d4
    More than 85% of all chess games start with either 1.e4 or 1.d4. The Black Lion presents a flexible, logical and sensible way for Black to meet both of these moves. This robust, multipurpose opening system looks quiet, like a sleeping lion - hence the name. But when this predator is provoked, and the game heats up, Black eats its prey in an extremely swift and efficient way.
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    The Black Lion
    The Chess Predator's Choice Against Both 1. e4 and 1. d4
    Catalog Code: b0062NIC
    Our Price: $27.95

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