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Chess Tactics
The Queen's Indian Defense - IM Hans Niemann - 80/20 Tactics Multiplier
Volume 13
Volume 13
Catalog Code: DVD-TACTICS-12
16-year-old prodigy IM Hans Niemann presents this 9-hour course on the Queen’s Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6!), one of the most flexible and dynamic ways of meeting 1.d4.
16-year-old prodigy IM Hans Niemann presents this 9-hour course on the Queen’s Indian Defense (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6!), one of the most flexible and dynamic ways of meeting 1.d4.
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The Queen's Indian Defense - IM Hans Niemann - 80/20 Tactics Multiplier
$59.95
Nicholas Pert - An Attacking Repertoire with 1.d4 - Vol.3
Catalog Code: WIN0602CB
The lines are aimed at ambitious players who are looking to develop a long term attacking option as White. Objectively this was the easiest video series of the 3 to produce as White is usually able to gain a comfortable edge by playing sharply and powerfully against Black’s offbeat systems.
The lines are aimed at ambitious players who are looking to develop a long term attacking option as White. Objectively this was the easiest video series of the 3 to produce as White is usually able to gain a comfortable edge by playing sharply and powerfully against Black’s offbeat systems.
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Nicholas Pert - An Attacking Repertoire with 1.d4 - Vol.3
$33.95
Roeland Pruijssers/Nico Zwirs - Tactic Toolbox Open Sicilian
Catalog Code: WIN0601CB
Roeland Pruijssers and Nico Zwirs show patterns you should know when playing the Open Sicilian. The interactive Fritz - Trainer format invites the viewer to answer questions and helps to test and deepen your knowledge.
Roeland Pruijssers and Nico Zwirs show patterns you should know when playing the Open Sicilian. The interactive Fritz - Trainer format invites the viewer to answer questions and helps to test and deepen your knowledge.
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Roeland Pruijssers/Nico Zwirs - Tactic Toolbox Open Sicilian
$33.95
Mastering Positional Sacrifices
A Practical Guide to a Vital Skill in Chess
A Practical Guide to a Vital Skill in Chess
Catalog Code: B0230NIC
Playing a positional sacrifice will always require courage. Merijn van Delft takes you by the hand and not only teaches the essential technical know-how, he also helps you to recognize the opportunities and when to take the plunge. Mastering Positional Sacrifices is bound to become a modern-day classic.
Playing a positional sacrifice will always require courage. Merijn van Delft takes you by the hand and not only teaches the essential technical know-how, he also helps you to recognize the opportunities and when to take the plunge. Mastering Positional Sacrifices is bound to become a modern-day classic.
Mastering Positional Sacrifices
$27.95
The Modern Triangle
Catalog Code: B0151EU
This book presents the Triangle set-up, which arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3/Nf3 c6. This move order avoids many unpleasant systems for White, notably the Catalan, the Exchange Slav and the Botvinnik Variation. It leads to sharp strategically unbalanced play and brings Black excellent practical results.
This book presents the Triangle set-up, which arises after 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3/Nf3 c6. This move order avoids many unpleasant systems for White, notably the Catalan, the Exchange Slav and the Botvinnik Variation. It leads to sharp strategically unbalanced play and brings Black excellent practical results.
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The Modern Triangle
$29.95
Daily Chess Training - Chess Tactics - Vol. 3
Sharpen your tactical ability daily on your way to mastery
Sharpen your tactical ability daily on your way to mastery
Catalog Code: B0019CH
In this book, you will be challenged 404 times but unlike most tactics puzzle books you don't know what your objective is. Your one advantage over the players in the respective positions is that you know that there is supposed to be something in there for you to find. Working through the puzzles and then carefully play through the thoroughly annotated solutions will help you to up your tactical radar as well as your calculation skills.
In this book, you will be challenged 404 times but unlike most tactics puzzle books you don't know what your objective is. Your one advantage over the players in the respective positions is that you know that there is supposed to be something in there for you to find. Working through the puzzles and then carefully play through the thoroughly annotated solutions will help you to up your tactical radar as well as your calculation skills.
Daily Chess Training - Chess Tactics - Vol. 3
$21.95
Qiyu Zhou - Fundamentals of Chess Tactics
Catalog Code: WIN0596CB
This interactive DVD is aimed at improving both tactical insight and problem solving abilities for beginners. With 15+ chapters, each explaining a different theme, I will introduce you to not only popular themes like pins and discovered attacks, but even give you insight into more complicated themes like the Greek Gift, exchange sacrifice.
This interactive DVD is aimed at improving both tactical insight and problem solving abilities for beginners. With 15+ chapters, each explaining a different theme, I will introduce you to not only popular themes like pins and discovered attacks, but even give you insight into more complicated themes like the Greek Gift, exchange sacrifice.
Qiyu Zhou - Fundamentals of Chess Tactics
$33.95
The Susan Polgar Method for Scholastic Chess - Volume 2
Learn Chess The Right Way in 15 Minutes a Week
Learn Chess The Right Way in 15 Minutes a Week
Catalog Code: DVD-SCHOLASTIC-2
Imagine watching your clever little chess nut gradually become smarter, do much better at school, win the occasional chess tournament — AND have tons of fun!
Imagine watching your clever little chess nut gradually become smarter, do much better at school, win the occasional chess tournament — AND have tons of fun!
The Susan Polgar Method for Scholastic Chess - Volume 2
$99.95
Daily Chess Training - Chess Tactics For Improvers - Vol. 1
Improve your tactical radar to step up your game
Improve your tactical radar to step up your game
Catalog Code: B0018CH
Working through the puzzles and then carefully play through the thoroughly annotated solutions will help you to up your tactical radar as well as your calculation skills. So if you are up for the challenge, here is the opportunity to prepare for the next leap forward.
Working through the puzzles and then carefully play through the thoroughly annotated solutions will help you to up your tactical radar as well as your calculation skills. So if you are up for the challenge, here is the opportunity to prepare for the next leap forward.
Daily Chess Training - Chess Tactics For Improvers - Vol. 1
$20.95
Thinkers' Chess Academy with Grandmaster Thomas Luther - Volume 1
First Steps in Tactics
First Steps in Tactics
Catalog Code: B0066TH
This book is written for chess friends who are beginners or hobby players without much experience and who want to improve to lower club level. If you are already somewhat stronger you may not like the idea of learning from scratch. But sometimes going a step back in order to take two steps forwards is a good idea.
This book is written for chess friends who are beginners or hobby players without much experience and who want to improve to lower club level. If you are already somewhat stronger you may not like the idea of learning from scratch. But sometimes going a step back in order to take two steps forwards is a good idea.
Thinkers' Chess Academy with Grandmaster Thomas Luther - Volume 1
$35.95
Advanced Chess Tactics
2nd Edition
2nd Edition
Catalog Code: B0164QT
This new edition benefits from various analytical tweaks, plus an entirely new chapter dedicated to attacking in the French Defence, an opening which the author knows better than almost anyone, having played it for most of his career. Readers are sure to find this an invaluable addition to the original chapters, which remain usefully categorized by opening or common pawn structure.
This new edition benefits from various analytical tweaks, plus an entirely new chapter dedicated to attacking in the French Defence, an opening which the author knows better than almost anyone, having played it for most of his career. Readers are sure to find this an invaluable addition to the original chapters, which remain usefully categorized by opening or common pawn structure.
Advanced Chess Tactics
$31.95
Squeezing 1.e4 e5 - A Solid Strategic Approach
Catalog Code: B0150EU
The previous book of Khalifman and Soloviov, The Modern Scotch, discussed how to counter 1.e4 e5 in the most direct, aggressive and sometimes even risky fashion. Their new work explores a radically different approach. It presents a White repertoire based on the Four Knights Game, and in particular, the main line – the traditional system with 4.Bb5.
The previous book of Khalifman and Soloviov, The Modern Scotch, discussed how to counter 1.e4 e5 in the most direct, aggressive and sometimes even risky fashion. Their new work explores a radically different approach. It presents a White repertoire based on the Four Knights Game, and in particular, the main line – the traditional system with 4.Bb5.
Squeezing 1.e4 e5 - A Solid Strategic Approach
$33.95
Together with Mamedyarov
Catalog Code: B0064TH
This book is dedicated to all young chess players aspiring to improve but I also hope that it will be interesting for admirers of the Azeri “number one” chess player’s creativity and his fans. Further we hope this book will be useful for coaches in their work.
This book is dedicated to all young chess players aspiring to improve but I also hope that it will be interesting for admirers of the Azeri “number one” chess player’s creativity and his fans. Further we hope this book will be useful for coaches in their work.
Together with Mamedyarov
$36.95
Chess Calculation Training for Kids and Club Players
Level One - Checkmating
Level One - Checkmating
Catalog Code: B0063TH
You should go through the book chapter by chapter. The complexity of the examples increases throughout the book, and you shouldn’t skip a category if you consider it too easy. The book covers the full thinking process you should have when trying to mate your opponent, or when the situation of your opponent’s king may tempt you to look further in a mating direction.
You should go through the book chapter by chapter. The complexity of the examples increases throughout the book, and you shouldn’t skip a category if you consider it too easy. The book covers the full thinking process you should have when trying to mate your opponent, or when the situation of your opponent’s king may tempt you to look further in a mating direction.
Chess Calculation Training for Kids and Club Players
$26.95
How and When to Break the Rules in Chess
Catalog Code: B0522EM
Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, Play Unconventional Chess and Win by Noam A. Manellla and Zeev Zohar and Break the Rules! A Modern Look at Chess Strategy by Neil McDonald, brought together in one volume.
Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, Play Unconventional Chess and Win by Noam A. Manellla and Zeev Zohar and Break the Rules! A Modern Look at Chess Strategy by Neil McDonald, brought together in one volume.
How and When to Break the Rules in Chess
$29.95
Attacking with g2-g4
The Modern Way to Get the Upper Hand in Chess
The Modern Way to Get the Upper Hand in Chess
Catalog Code: B0226NIC
With lots of instructive examples, Kryakvin explains the ins and outs of the attack on the g-file: the typical ways to gain tempo and keep the momentum, and the manoeuvres that will maximize your opponent’s problems. After working with this book you will be fully equipped to use this modern battering ram to define the battlefield. You will have fun and win games!
With lots of instructive examples, Kryakvin explains the ins and outs of the attack on the g-file: the typical ways to gain tempo and keep the momentum, and the manoeuvres that will maximize your opponent’s problems. After working with this book you will be fully equipped to use this modern battering ram to define the battlefield. You will have fun and win games!
Attacking with g2-g4
$24.95
The Power of Tactics - Volume 2
Become A Tactical Wizard
Become A Tactical Wizard
Catalog Code: B0061EV
Become a Tactical Wizard is the second book in the series The Power of Tactics. In this second volume, the authors continue to develop their ideas from the first book — Tactics According to Smyslov — where they explain that in chess there are four main tactical elements (check, pin, double attack and unprotected pieces).
Become a Tactical Wizard is the second book in the series The Power of Tactics. In this second volume, the authors continue to develop their ideas from the first book — Tactics According to Smyslov — where they explain that in chess there are four main tactical elements (check, pin, double attack and unprotected pieces).
The Power of Tactics - Volume 2
$27.50
Fundamental Chess Strategy in 100 Games
Catalog Code: B0061TH
This book is highly recommended for club players, advanced players and masters, although even higher rated players may also find it useful. There is no doubt that lower rated players will learn a lot about thinking processes and decision making, while some logical principles can be put to use by more advanced players too.
This book is highly recommended for club players, advanced players and masters, although even higher rated players may also find it useful. There is no doubt that lower rated players will learn a lot about thinking processes and decision making, while some logical principles can be put to use by more advanced players too.
Fundamental Chess Strategy in 100 Games
$38.95
500 Combinations To Train Yourself
Catalog Code: B0139OB
Alain Benlolo - trainer of the French Chess Federation - offers a large choice of combinations for the greater part extracted from games played in competitions by leading grand-masters.
Alain Benlolo - trainer of the French Chess Federation - offers a large choice of combinations for the greater part extracted from games played in competitions by leading grand-masters.
500 Combinations To Train Yourself
$24.95
Understanding Before Moving Volume 3 - Sicilian Structures - Part 1
Catalog Code: B0056TH
This book, the third in its series, provides an overview of the positions and corresponding plans arising from the Sicilian Structures and in this first part the Najdorf & Scheveningen. The method is based on the column Understanding Before Moving in the chess magazine of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation; readers who follow it may hope to significantly increase their skill.
This book, the third in its series, provides an overview of the positions and corresponding plans arising from the Sicilian Structures and in this first part the Najdorf & Scheveningen. The method is based on the column Understanding Before Moving in the chess magazine of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation; readers who follow it may hope to significantly increase their skill.
Understanding Before Moving Volume 3 - Sicilian Structures - Part 1
$36.95
Grivas Opening Laboratory - Volume 1
Catalog Code: B0060EV
The author presents a full opening repertory for the club player, which is analysed in six volumes. In the books you will find many novelties for both sides, with a full move-to-move presentation. Furthermore, the reader will get access to middlegame strategies, endgame techniques and common tactical motifs, which are patterning the proposed variations.
The author presents a full opening repertory for the club player, which is analysed in six volumes. In the books you will find many novelties for both sides, with a full move-to-move presentation. Furthermore, the reader will get access to middlegame strategies, endgame techniques and common tactical motifs, which are patterning the proposed variations.
Grivas Opening Laboratory - Volume 1
$27.50
The Susan Polgar Method for Scholastic Chess - Volume 1
Learn Chess The Right Way in 15 Minutes a Week
Learn Chess The Right Way in 15 Minutes a Week
Catalog Code: DVD-SCHOLASTIC-1
Imagine watching your clever little chess nut gradually become smarter, do much better at school, win the occasional chess tournament — AND have tons of fun!
Imagine watching your clever little chess nut gradually become smarter, do much better at school, win the occasional chess tournament — AND have tons of fun!
The Susan Polgar Method for Scholastic Chess - Volume 1
$84.95
Planning - Move by Move
First the Idea and Then the Move!
First the Idea and Then the Move!
Catalog Code: B0518EM
In this book, grandmaster and experienced author Zenón Franco explains planning in detail. He organizes material in terms of: typical structures, advantage in space, maneuvering play, simplification and, finally attack and defence. Using games played by elite players he explains how plans are formed and carried out in these different scenarios.
In this book, grandmaster and experienced author Zenón Franco explains planning in detail. He organizes material in terms of: typical structures, advantage in space, maneuvering play, simplification and, finally attack and defence. Using games played by elite players he explains how plans are formed and carried out in these different scenarios.
Planning - Move by Move
$29.95
Daily Chess Training - Chess Tactics - Vol. 2
Catalog Code: B0017CH
In the present book, you will be challenged 404 times but unlike most tactics puzzle books you don't know what your objective is: do I need to find a mate, find an opportunity skewer or pin a piece, use a tactical turn to gain a positional advantage and how far do I need to calculate?These questions are you are faced with when you play your own games and therefore this book tries to replicate this position.
In the present book, you will be challenged 404 times but unlike most tactics puzzle books you don't know what your objective is: do I need to find a mate, find an opportunity skewer or pin a piece, use a tactical turn to gain a positional advantage and how far do I need to calculate?These questions are you are faced with when you play your own games and therefore this book tries to replicate this position.
Daily Chess Training - Chess Tactics - Vol. 2
$21.95
Jose Raul Capablanca - Great Chess Combinations
Catalog Code: B0018RCH
This book is a collection of the best combinations played by Jose Raul Capablanca in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points - 1 to 4 - given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.
This book is a collection of the best combinations played by Jose Raul Capablanca in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points - 1 to 4 - given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.
Jose Raul Capablanca - Great Chess Combinations
$9.95
The Manual of Chess Combinations - Vol. 1a
Catalog Code: B0008RCH
The book is a new edition of a bestseller by an experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. Over 200,000 copies of his books were sold in the Soviet Union in the late 1980's! This book is intended for beginners, both children and adults. The themes are: Mate in one, Mate in two, Win a queen, Win a rook, Win a piece, etc. The book designed for chess players with ELO 900-1200 points. Includes more than 700 tactical problems classified according to themes and difficulty.
The book is a new edition of a bestseller by an experienced coach Sergey Ivashchenko. Over 200,000 copies of his books were sold in the Soviet Union in the late 1980's! This book is intended for beginners, both children and adults. The themes are: Mate in one, Mate in two, Win a queen, Win a rook, Win a piece, etc. The book designed for chess players with ELO 900-1200 points. Includes more than 700 tactical problems classified according to themes and difficulty.
The Manual of Chess Combinations - Vol. 1a
$19.95
Alexander Alekhine - Great Chess Combinations
Catalog Code: B0019RCH
This book is a collection of the best combinations played by Alexander Alekhine in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points - 1 to 4 - given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.
This book is a collection of the best combinations played by Alexander Alekhine in chronological order. Each exercise features a number of points - 1 to 4 - given for solving it, depending on the exercises's difficulty. This allows trainers and teachers to use this book both for self training and in lessons for their students.
Alexander Alekhine - Great Chess Combinations
$14.95
2000 Chess Exercises - 4 Books
Catalog Code: B0024RCH
These are the best chess books for children in our country today!
These are the best chess books for children in our country today!
2000 Chess Exercises - 4 Books
$39.95
Chess Middlegame Strategies - Volume 3
Strategy Meets Dynamics
Strategy Meets Dynamics
Catalog Code: B0052TH
The book contains 43 annotated games divided among seven chapters. Within these pages you will find strategic plans related to typical pawn structures arising from the Geller/Tolush Gambit or the Anti-Moscow Gambit. By taking the time to study those chapters you should come away with a deeper understanding of the subtle nuances in pawn structures and the dynamics that arise. In addition, you will learn different strategic/dynamic ideas and this will strengthen your practical play in such positions.
The book contains 43 annotated games divided among seven chapters. Within these pages you will find strategic plans related to typical pawn structures arising from the Geller/Tolush Gambit or the Anti-Moscow Gambit. By taking the time to study those chapters you should come away with a deeper understanding of the subtle nuances in pawn structures and the dynamics that arise. In addition, you will learn different strategic/dynamic ideas and this will strengthen your practical play in such positions.
Chess Middlegame Strategies - Volume 3
$35.95
Chess Tactics Workbook for Kids
Catalog Code: B0206GB
Chess Tactics Workbook for Kids is the first in a new series of books that help players gain chess skills by tackling hundreds of carefully chosen exercises. The themes are similar to those in Gambit’s best-selling ‘Chess for Kids’ series, but the focus is on getting vital hands-on experience. Many positions build on ones given earlier, showing how advanced ideas are normally made up of simpler ones that we can all grasp.
Chess Tactics Workbook for Kids is the first in a new series of books that help players gain chess skills by tackling hundreds of carefully chosen exercises. The themes are similar to those in Gambit’s best-selling ‘Chess for Kids’ series, but the focus is on getting vital hands-on experience. Many positions build on ones given earlier, showing how advanced ideas are normally made up of simpler ones that we can all grasp.
Chess Tactics Workbook for Kids
$16.95
Chess Logic in Practice
How to Find Logical Solutions to Over-the-Board Problems
How to Find Logical Solutions to Over-the-Board Problems
Catalog Code: B0205GB
Throughout, the discussion is illustrated by a mass of examples from both recent elite chess and the play of Kislik and his students, showing how his themes cut across all levels of chess. After the book’s two main sections – Thinking Concepts and Positional Concepts – comes a section of exercises, again with a strikingly original theme: our task is simply to assess each position.
Throughout, the discussion is illustrated by a mass of examples from both recent elite chess and the play of Kislik and his students, showing how his themes cut across all levels of chess. After the book’s two main sections – Thinking Concepts and Positional Concepts – comes a section of exercises, again with a strikingly original theme: our task is simply to assess each position.
Chess Logic in Practice
$26.95
Chess Evolution 2
Beyond the Basics - Revised Edition
Beyond the Basics - Revised Edition
Catalog Code: B0159QT
The course is structured in three series with three levels. The Fundamentals level is the easiest one, Beyond the Basics is more challenging, and Mastery is quite difficult, even for stronger players. The various topics – Tactics, Strategy, Positional Play, Endgames, Calculating Variations, and Openings are spread evenly across the nine volumes, giving readers the chance to improve every area as they work through the books.
The course is structured in three series with three levels. The Fundamentals level is the easiest one, Beyond the Basics is more challenging, and Mastery is quite difficult, even for stronger players. The various topics – Tactics, Strategy, Positional Play, Endgames, Calculating Variations, and Openings are spread evenly across the nine volumes, giving readers the chance to improve every area as they work through the books.
Chess Evolution 2
$29.95
Side-Stepping Mainline Theory
Cut Down on Opening Study and Get a Middlegame You Are Familiar With
Cut Down on Opening Study and Get a Middlegame You Are Familiar With
Catalog Code: B0223NIC
Side-stepping Mainline Theory will help you to focus on what is really decisive in the vast majority of non-grandmaster games: tactics, positional understanding and endgame technique.
Side-stepping Mainline Theory will help you to focus on what is really decisive in the vast majority of non-grandmaster games: tactics, positional understanding and endgame technique.
Side-Stepping Mainline Theory
$24.95
Forcing Chess Moves - New and Extended 4th Edition
The Key to Better Calculation
The Key to Better Calculation
Catalog Code: B0221NIC
Forcing Chess Moves proposes a revolutionary method for finding winning moves. Charles Hertan has made an astonishing discovery: the failure to consider key moves is often due to human bias. Your brain tends to disregard many winning moves because they are counter-intuitive or look unnatural.
Forcing Chess Moves proposes a revolutionary method for finding winning moves. Charles Hertan has made an astonishing discovery: the failure to consider key moves is often due to human bias. Your brain tends to disregard many winning moves because they are counter-intuitive or look unnatural.
Forcing Chess Moves - New and Extended 4th Edition
$29.95
Beyond Material
Catalog Code: B0224NIC
In this book, Grandmaster Davorin Kuljasevic teaches you how to look beyond the material balance when you evaluate positions. With loads of instructive examples he shows how the actual value of your pieces fluctuates during the game, depending on many non-material factors. Some of those factors are space-related, such as mobility, harmony, outposts, structures, files and diagonals. Other factors are related to time, and to the way the moves unfold: tempo, initiative, a threat, an attack.
In this book, Grandmaster Davorin Kuljasevic teaches you how to look beyond the material balance when you evaluate positions. With loads of instructive examples he shows how the actual value of your pieces fluctuates during the game, depending on many non-material factors. Some of those factors are space-related, such as mobility, harmony, outposts, structures, files and diagonals. Other factors are related to time, and to the way the moves unfold: tempo, initiative, a threat, an attack.
Beyond Material
$24.95
Testbook of Opening Traps
Catalog Code: B0008SU
In this book, which is aimed at advanced amateurs and club players of a lower or medium level, the author (FIDE Master Gerd Treppner; 1956 – 2009) has compiled 120 instructive test tasks.
In this book, which is aimed at advanced amateurs and club players of a lower or medium level, the author (FIDE Master Gerd Treppner; 1956 – 2009) has compiled 120 instructive test tasks.
Testbook of Opening Traps
$15.95
