New In Chess 2018/7: The Club Player's Magazine

New In Chess 2018/7: The Club Player's Magazine

New In Chess 2018#7 brings you 108 pages of the best in chessDouble Gold for China In a nail-biting finish China became the big winner of the 43th Olympiad in Batumi. In a unique double strike, the Chinese were victorious both in the Open and the Womens competition.The Best of Batumi With teams from 180 different countries, the 43rd Olympiad in Batumi was a gathering of old and new friends from all corners of the world.Summer of Chess In another month packed with chess, the St. Louis Chess Club hosted the last two stops of the Grand Chess Tour. Tatev Abrahamyan allows our readers a peek behind the scenes of the most active chess club in the world.Under the Flyover One of the worlds most unusual chess clubs.NICs Café Fortunately, Latvias Minister of Finance has a chess background. And could that be the Game of the Year? Champions of the world The most successful countries at the Chess Olympiad.Fair Square Why is it that Keith Richards always loved the piano? Celeb64Charles Aznavour Parham Maghsoodloo In 2022 I will play the world title match. Says Irans big hope.Short Stories He was one of the candidates in the FIDE elections, but withdrew his candidacy shortly before the vote. Our columnist explains why. Judit Polgar Is Fabiano Caruana the opponent that Magnus Carlsen had been hoping for?Maximize Your Tactics Find the right moves.Searching for Fabiano Caruana He is the first American-born player since Bobby Fischer to play for the chess crown. And his rapidly growing fan base has good reason to believe in his chances. John Henderson profiles Magnus Carlsens challenger.Secrets of Opening Surprises A Fab surprise by Fabiano Caruana.The Blitz Whisperer What if the World Championship match is decided in blitz games? Maxim Dlugy provides insights and advice.Sadler on Books A golden age of chess books, thats what we live in. Matthew Sadler underscores his belief with a star-spangled review of the best way for chess fans to get to know Challenger Fabiano Caruana and more. Batumi Watch Jan Timman had a great time watching the key games of the Olympiad. Just Checking What is Jan-Krzysztof Dudas life motto? 

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New In Chess 2017/2: The Club Player's Magazine

New In Chess 2017/2: The Club Player's Magazine

Issue 2017#2 brings you 108 pages of the best in chess:Living the dreamAs if he is casually checking off dream goals on a bucket list, Wesley So is going from strength to strength. In Wijkaan Zee the 23-year-old American reached a new milestone as he claimed another super-tournament, for the firsttime finishing ahead of the World Champion.Interview: Adhiban BaskaranMeet the next big thing from India.Still Writhing In Agon(y)Nigel Short cannot believe why hardly anyone wants to see what is there for everyo

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Train Your Chess Pattern Recognition: More Key Moves Motifs in the Middlegame

Train Your Chess Pattern Recognition: More Key Moves Motifs in the Middlegame

In this sequel to his instant classic, Arthur van de Oudeweetering presents players of almost every level with a fresh supply of easy-to-remember building blocks for their chess knowledge.Pattern recognition is one of the most important mechanisms of chess improvement. It helps you to quickly grasp the essence of a position on the board and find the most promising continuation.In short, well-defined and practical chapters, IM Van de Oudeweetering presents hundreds of surprising middlegame themes. After wo

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Play 1...d6 Against Everything

Play 1...d6 Against Everything

The average club player doesnt need to study hundreds of pages of chess opening theory. Understanding structures and finding tactics are much more important than memorizing variations.Renowned German chess trainers Erik Zude and Jörg Hickl have created an ideal club players repertoire for Black. This compact manual presents a set of lines that is conveniently limited in scope, yet varied, solid and complete. The core repertoire is based on lines that the authors have successfully played at (grand)master l

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New In Chess 2018/5: The Club Player's Magazine

New In Chess 2018/5: The Club Player's Magazine

New In Chess 2018#5 brings you 108 pages of the best in ChessThe new womens World ChampionA profile of Ju Wenjun and exclusive game notes by the new champ.Fabiano Caruana wins Norway ChessMagnus Carlsen had an explosive start at Altibox Norway Chess. But then the World Champion stalled and it was his upcoming Challenger who crowned a mighty comeback.Play It Again, Sam...Hot on the heels of his win at the US Championship, Sam Shankland claimed the Capablanca Memorial and the American Continental Championsh

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New In Chess 2018/4: The Club Player's Magazine

New In Chess 2018/4: The Club Player's Magazine

Issue 2018#4 brings you 108 pages of the best in chess  Sam Shankland: The tallest king In St. LouisCaruana, So or Nakamura, who would be the new US Champion? Well, none of them, as Sam Shankland claimed the title, pocketed $ 50,000 and finally crossed the 2700 ELO mark.Magnus Carlsen: Hat-trick in ShamkirMediocre play proved good enough for Magnus Carlsen to win the Vugar Gashimov Memorial for the third time (with a 2884 performance).Fabiano Caruana continuedOnly four days after the Candidates in Berlin,

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New In Chess 2018/2: The Club Player's Magazine

New In Chess 2018/2: The Club Player's Magazine

In issue 2018#2 you will find 108 pages of the best in chess with Carlsen, Kasparov, Aronian, Kramnik, Fischer and many othersCarlsen sets record with 6th winThe 80th Tata Steel Chess ­Tournament in Wijk aan Zee ended with a blitz playoff between Magnus Carlsen and Anish Giri. The World Champion tends to win playoffs. Always. And this one was no exception. Levon Aronian wins GibraltarIn his first appearance in an Open in more than a decade, Levon Aronian won the play-offs of the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess.

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1001 Exercises for Advanced Club Players

1001 Exercises for Advanced Club Players

Miękka okładka. Wydanie w języku angielskim. Opis ze strony wydawnictwa:An advanced club player must look deeper!In this follow-up to his acclaimed 1001 Chess Exercise for Club Players, FIDE Master Frank Erwich teaches you how to reach the next level of identifying weak spots in the position of your opponent, recognizing patterns of combinations, visualizing tricks and calculating effectively.

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Think Like a Super-GM by Michael Adams and Philip Hurtado

Think Like a Super-GM by Michael Adams and Philip Hurtado

Książka wydana w języku angielskim. W książce występują symbole szachowe. Twarda okładka.  Think Like a Super-GM is a unique collaboration combining the chess insights of an elite grandmaster with a scientific investigation into thinking at the chess board.40 chess puzzles were shown to a panel of players ranging from occasional club players up to Super-GM and co-author Michael Adams. Researcher Philip Hurtado recorded not only the moves chosen, but also the detailed thought processes of every player in o

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New In Chess 2018/6: The Club Player's Magazine

New In Chess 2018/6: The Club Player's Magazine

New In Chess 2018#6 brings you 108 pages of the best in chess Mamedyarov outplays Carlsen in BielMagnus Carlsen was the undeniable headliner in Biel, but the indisputable star was Shakh Mamedyarov, who finished one and a half points ahead of the World Champion. Nico Georgiadis, who played a crucial game against Carlsen, reports from an unusual perspective. Nepo dominates DortmundIn a seven-round sprint, Ian Nepomniachtchi finished a full point ahead of his closest pursuers. Vladimir Mr Dortmund Kramnik fo

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Aron Nimzowitsch 1928-1935

Aron Nimzowitsch 1928-1935

ChessCafe Book of the Year Finalist!English Chess Federation Book of the Year Finalist!Every chess player who is serious about improving his game, should study the lessons of Aron Nimzowitsch (1886-1935). 'My System' (published in 1925) and 'Chess Praxis' (1928) had tremendous impact and made Nimzowitsch one of the most influential chess thinkers of the 20thcentury. His books continue to be printed, sold and read to this day. During several decades of research, German chess historian Rudolf Reinhardt comp

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New In Chess 2017/1: The Club Player's Magazine

New In Chess 2017/1: The Club Player's Magazine

Issue 2017#1 brings you 108 pages of the best in chess:Close, but no cigarIn Doha Magnus Carlsen tied for first in both the Rapid and the Blitz World Championships, but the tiebreak rulesdecided in favour of the delighted veteran Vasily Ivanchuk and the perhaps even happier Sergey Karjakin.Lust for lifeGenna Sosonko remembers Mark Taimanov (1926-2016), a man with an unshakeable passion for life.Wesley So finishes in styleWith a victory in the London Chess Classic, the 23-year-old American clinched the Gra

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The Power of Pawns: Chess Structures Fundamentals for Post-Beginners

The Power of Pawns: Chess Structures Fundamentals for Post-Beginners

If you want to improve at chess, you must know the characteristics of typical pawn formations.Understanding the pawn structure is a key tool when you are evaluating a position on the board.One simple pawn move can ruin your position or win the game.Post-beginners should know the basic essentials of chess structures and that is what this modern training manual focuses on.Experienced chess teacher Jörg Hickl helps you to:- Assess the strengths and weaknesses of pawn structures- Recognize strategic patterns-

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Attacking Chess for Club Players

Attacking Chess for Club Players

Every chess player loves to attack the enemy King. Your goal is clear, your thinking is concrete, your creativity is flowing and direct victory is just around the corner. Few things in life are better than successfully conducting a blistering attack on your opponents King! But how good are you actually at attacking? Have you ever analysed your efforts? Looked at calculation errors, missed opportunities and derailed efforts? After the immense success of his award-winning classic Chess Strategy for Club Pla

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The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess: From Club Player to Master

The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess: From Club Player to Master

Two instructional classics condensed into one practical volumeIn 2014 the Russian Chess Federation started a wide-ranging programme aimed at the revival of chess in Russia. One of the first actions that were taken was commissioning legendary Belarusian chess coach Mikhail Shereshevsky to recapitulate and condense his famous training methods.In doing so Shereshevsky has created a totally reworked compendium of his acclaimed classics Endgame Strategy and The Soviet Chess Conveyor, with many new examples, ex

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Techniques of Positional Play: 45 Practical Methods to Gain the Upper Hand in Chess

Techniques of Positional Play: 45 Practical Methods to Gain the Upper Hand in Chess

Opening preparation is essential, but for aspiring players understanding the middlegame is even more important. Techniques of Positional Play, an improved edition of a Russian classic, teaches amateur chess players 45 extremely effective skills in a crystal-clear manner.Quite a few of these techniques will be revelations for club players, as they offer solutions for problems amateurs are often only subconsciously aware of. For example: How do you restrict the efficacy of your opponents pieces? What is the

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