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The Stories and the Games: Alekhine Euwe Botvinnik Smyslov Tal - Petrosian Spassky Fischer - Karpov KasparovFor many years Jan Timman was one of the best chess players in the world.

When a chess master finds a winning strategic idea it is seldom by accident.

Russia boasts a long and rich tradition in chess education, and Russian chess teachers and trainers are simply the best in the world.

The ideas & plans behind all chess openings.

The ideas & plans behind ALL chess openings!

Pattern recognition is one of the most important mechanisms of chess improvement.

Alexander M nninghoff tells the unforgettable tale of the fifth World Chess Champion.

The Berlin Defence has been a highly popular opening in top level chess ever since Vladimir Kramnik famously used it in the 2000 World Championship match to wrest the title from Garry Kasparov.

Chess Opening Essentials is an accessible primer and a reference book at the same time.

The English Opening (1.

Although his career lasted barely ten years, Gyula Breyer (1893-1921) was a highly successful and imaginative chess player.

Award-winning author Charles Hertan knows what kids really need to know (and want to know) about mobilizing their pawns and pieces.

Bent Larsen (1935-2010) was one of the greatest fighters chess has ever seen.

What goes on in some of the sharpest minds on earth?

';Bobby Fischer gets up, tall, overweight, and slightly clumsy.

Every chess player needs to decide which openings he or she is going to play.

The Basman-Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the Sicilian Defence.

';I started working with Fabiano when he was only five', remembers legendary New York City chess trainer Bruce Pandolfini.

In amateur chess games, the most popular opening move for White is 1.

Finding strong moves does not simply depend on how much you know about chess.

New and substantially expanded edition of a modern chess classic.

Genna Sosonko lived the first 29 years of his life in Leningrad.

Books on chess exercises are usually about tactics.

A power move, explains experienced chess teacher Charles Hertan, is a winning master tactic that requires thinking ahead.

Russia boasts a long and rich tradition in chess education, and Russian chess teachers and trainers are simply the best in the world.

Mikhail Tal was one of the greatest geniuses of chess history.

In 1988, his autobiography ?

Beginners of all ages will win more games after studying this easy-to-follow book.

Are you a dove or a hawk?

¡Iníciate y mejora tu capacidad para dar jaque mate con 160 ejercicios de distintos niveles!

Professional grandmasters study the latest wrinkles of their favorite openings.

In amateur chess games, the most popular opening move for White is 1.

Chessplayers wishing to improve their performance typically seek to deepen their middlegame understanding or to increase their endgame knowledge.

Grandmaster Viktor Moskalenko shakes up the lines of yet another chess opening!

';I started working with Fabiano when he was only five', remembers legendary New York City chess trainer Bruce Pandolfini.

Bestselling author Viktor Moskalenko takes on another important chess opening!

Young Daniel Naroditsky (1995) has picked the most instructive examples of endgames in which you have to use ideas and plans in order to outplay your opponent.

Alexander M nninghoff tells the unforgettable tale of the fifth World Chess Champion.

They did it!

Finding strong moves does not simply depend on how much you know about chess.

New and substantially expanded edition of a modern chess classic.

Genna Sosonko lived the first 29 years of his life in Leningrad.

Grandmaster Alexander Panchenko (1953-2009) was one of the most successful chess trainers in the Soviet Union, and later in Russia.

The Catalan is a solid yet flexible chess opening system that is popular on all levels.

Every chess player needs to decide which openings he or she is going to play.

Russia boasts a long and rich tradition in chess education, and Russian chess teachers and trainers are simply the best in the world.

Don't have the time to study opening theory, or to figure out where you're going wrong with your games?

Opening, middlegame and endgame are the three universally recognized stages of a game of chess, but what about the art of preparation?

The Basman-Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the Sicilian Defence.

Learn how to attack in the sharpest lines of the most widely played chess opening!