Robert J. Fischer is not the biological father of Jinky Young, a 9-year-old girl from the Philippines. This was the result of DNA tests after tissue samples were taken from the 11th World Champion's remains in July.On Monday, July 5th the tissue s...
Hou Yifan won the 5th FIDE Women Grand Prix in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. In the final round the Chinese GM drew with her closest rival Antoaneta Stefanova from Bulgaria, who missed an excellent opportunity.The 5th FIDE Women Grand Prix tournament too...
We have just received: Chess Words of Wisdom. This one-of-a-kind textbook by Mike Henebry is a digest of hundreds of years of chess knowledge from the greatest chess minds in history. 534(!) pages of must-know information for chess players of al...
Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates might seem unlikely flashpoints in the current campaign for the FIDE Presidency, but in the last few days the two candidates have fought a fierce PR battle over their support. Meanwhile, Karpov has proposed movi...
The budget for this year's Chess Classic in Mainz had to be cut considerably, and so this time just two simuls (by Anand and Kosteniuk) and one tournament is held. But what a tournament! A record 701 participants gathered for the Grenke Open, the ...
Russell Enterprises has just published: Emanuel Lasker . This 2nd volume of the World Chess Champion Series, takes you on a journey exploring the life and games of the great Emanuel Lasker. The 81 selected games are annotated by Karsten Müller,...
Save 10% on Killer French Defence Part 1 & 2 Combined. On these DVDs Grandmaster Simon Willliams guides you through black's part in the French Defence covering many variations. Simon's presentation qualities and thorough research is considered ...
Which side stands better? How much better? Why? We received new stock of Elements of Positional Evaluation.In this 216-pages book (only € 18.95!) author Dan Heisman teaches how to recognize the various factors that determine the value of your...
Now in our shop: 10 Great Ways to Get Better at Chess.Highly regarded chess teacher GM Nigel Davies examines the methods used by a number of club players to improve their game. He studied his own students and shows how any player can improv...
Due to financial problems and organizational failure by the German Chess Federation, the four German top players won't play at the upcoming Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk. This is what Arkadij Naiditsch tries to make clear in an angry open letter whi...
New: Grandmaster Repertoire Volume 6 - Lubomir Ftacnik . In this latest volume of the outstanding Grandmaster Repertoire series acclaimed expert GM Lubomir Ftacnik presents a complete repertoire for Black in the Sicilian. The backbone of t...
Just published: New In Chess 2010 issue 5!Only a handful of people have ever been allowed a look at David De Lucia's astonishing chess collection. Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam shows the treasures and tells the story. Further on-the-spot reporting from ...
New In Chess Holiday Package.-- New In Chess: The First 25 Years: 400 pages -- Chess Training Pocket Book: 188 pages -- New In Chess magazine 2010/4: 106 pagesAlmost 700 pages of top chess instruction & journalism for on the beach: only € 29.95! ...
Recently on Chess Talk with IM John Watson on ICC's Chess.FM was a a two-part special with GM Yasser Seirawan, who was talking about his latest book for Everyman, Chess Duels: My Games with the World Champions.This show is one of the six regular w...
We have now in stock: Play the London System..Many players hate facing the London System, and this new book makes clear why: it’s easy to learn, you can employ it against virtually any defence, and you can use it to either attack directly or pla...
New: Opening for White According to Anand 1.e4, Volume 13. The latest volume of this acclaimed series, by Alexander Khalifman, is devoted mostly to the English Attack in the Najdorf Sicilian. The author points out the essence of all important po...
We have just received: Chess Informant 107. The latest volume of Chess Informant contains: 736 games played between September and December 2009, the most interesting combinations and endings, studies, tournament standings and cross tables, the...
New: Chess Training Pocket Book, 3rd Revised Edition. Lev Alburt, three-time US chess champion and renowned chess author, presents and analyzes the 300 most important game positions essential to becoming a strong chess player. This book will save...
After weeks of speculation and uncertainty we now know that the 2010 FIDE Presidential Election will be contested between the incumbent, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, and former World Chess Champion, Anatoly Karpov. The deadline for nominations passed on 28...
In his book "The Ruy Lopez Revisited", Sokolov referred to it as a fully-fledged variation. Liviu Dieter Nisipeanu surprised world's number one Magnus Carlsen last Thursday, by choosing this gambit to equalize easily in the ninth round of the Ki...
We have just received: Play the Najdorf Sicilian. In this book, James Rizzitano, a battle-hardened Sicilian warrior, distils the most important ideas and themes from current practice to provide an ideal guide for those looking to succeed as Whit...
Just out: The Semi-Tarrasch Defence, Volume 1. GM József Pintér surveys the very popular Semi-Tarrasch Defence, within the framework of 64 games. He does not restrict his analysis to the initial stage of the game, but allows insight into the my...
1. Chess Opening Essentials Volumes 1, 2, 3 & 4 The Ideas & Plans Behind ALL Chess Openings by Dimitri Komarov, Stefan Djuric, Claudio Pantaleoni SAVE 10%: Our Price: € 108,86 € 97,95 more info...2. Chess Openings for Black & White...
We have just received: Rybka 4 Opening Book.Veselin Topalov had the upper hand on opening preparations in his world championship match against Anand. By choosing Jiri Dufek, the author of this Opening book, as one of his seconds he gained unlimit...
