As a respected trainer who became a world-class chess grandmaster after leaving Leningrad and moving to Holland in 1972, Genna Sosonko observes the golden age Soviet chess from a privileged dual perspective.
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.
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.
A Complete, Solid and Flexible Chess Opening Repertoire for Black & White with the King's FianchettoWhen experienced chess teacher Emmanuel Neiman learned that some of his pupils hesitated to play in competitions for fear of being crushed in the opening, he wanted to help.
In seiner ersten Publikation "Ein poetischer Beitrag" lädt der Autor Sven Faßbender den Leser auf eine kleine poetische Reise ein, die sich mit politischen Themen, der Natur, den Weiten des Sternenhimmels, bösen Geistern, aber auch innigen Gefühlen wie Freundschaft, Liebe und Identität auseinandersetzt.
Russland ist stolz auf eine lange und ruhmreiche Tradition in der Schachausbildung, und die russischen Schachlehrer und -trainer gelten als die besten auf der ganzen Welt.
For any advanced club player (Elo 1800 - 2300) one thing remains true: if you want to win more games, nothing works better than training your combination skills.
Viktor Moskalenko's bestselling books ';The Flexible French' (2008) and ';The Even More Flexible French' (2015) were hailed by reviewers from all over the world as eye-opening, full of new ideas, easy to read, sparkling, and inspirational.
