Quality Chess has published the first volume of a new series: The Cutting Edge 1 - The Open Sicilian 1. The idea is to identify the most important theoretical battlegrounds of the moment and then analyse as deeply as possible in search of impro...
We have just received: Sicilian Najdorf 6.Bg5. On this DVD Alexei Shirov explains all the ideas which underlie the variations. His explanations are all the more valuable because they are delivered by a player who himself has been responsible fo...
We have just received: Me & Bobby Fischer. A documentary featuring Sæmi Rock Palsson, Bobby´s friend and bodyguard. His struggle to liberate Bobby from prison in Japan and how he managed to provide Icelandic citizenship. Contains interviews...
Have you ever had the situation where your opponent broke the rules, you considered calling an arbiter, but you thought it might not be worth it because of the bother and distraction it causes? At the European Championship in Rijeka I had two such...
We have just received: Starting Out: the Réti. In this book, Grandmaster Neil McDonald examines the Réti by going back to basics, introducing the key moves and ideas, and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them. Ideal for improvers, clu...
Dos Hermanas has always been considered the biggest, best and strongest online blitz tournament in the world - and fittingly, the latest edition, the 11th Dos Hermanas online tournament, hosted exclusively on www.chessclub.com, was won in convinci...
"If one piece is badly placed, your whole game is bad" - this is the core concept of The Tarrasch Formula. This book offers a straight-forward and effective method for improving your decision-making and move selection. You will learn how to reduc...
This weekend the 12th and 13th round of the Schachbundesliga are being played. Baden-Baden is playing with Shirov, Bacrot and Naiditsch on top boards.Since many years there was no such tension in the Schachbundesliga as this year. Four rounds befo...
We have just received from Russell Enterprises the 21st Century Edition of: Modern Ideas in Chess.Modern Ideas in Chess, by Richard Réti is a series of 45 essays dealing with the evolution of the game, its leading players, their ideas and contrib...
Just in from our printers: New In Chess 2010/2. Carlsen, Kramnik and Anand on Wijk aan Zee 2010, Anish Giri (15) on his fabulous 2773 performance, Jennifer Shahade on Alexandra Kosteniuk, the human brains behind Rybka, Le Quang Liem(!?), Timman ...
"The 40-year old Ukrainian has a reputation of being an unpredictable genius, capable of producing absolutely brlliant games, as well as amateur-like losses from time to time," Magnus Carlsen wrote on his blog yesterday. Today, at the Amber tourna...
Everyman Chess has published: Play the Ponziani. In Play the Ponziani, Dave Taylor and Keith Hayward present a comprehensive guide to this intriguing opening. They provide coverage of all the main lines, identify the best lines for both colours, a...
Yearbook 94 has just arrived!"All serious chess players should read these outstanding books", is what Carsten Hansen wrote about The Chess Player's Guide to Opening News on ChessCafePlease, have a look at the full contents.
Now available: The Moscow & Anti-Moscow Variations. Alexey Dreev has been playing both variations against the world's top players for many years. His analyses and calculations during the games have laid the foundation of this book. Packed wi...
New: Wojo's Weapons, Winning with White - Vol.1. The late Aleksander Wojtkiewicz was one of the most feared players in the U.S. tournament circuit. Wojo's Weapons is the definitive "how-to" manual for learning Wojo's repertoire with White after ...
Just in from our printers: Chess Opening Essentials 4.The final volume of the Chess Opening Essentials series focuses on 1.c4 / 1.Nf3 / Other First Moves. It gives a flavour of how every opening works and explains the similarities with other openi...
Now available: Boris Avrukh's long-awaited Grandmaster Repertoire 2 -1.d4 volume 2.On the 616 pages of this latest volume of the outstanding Grandmaster Repertoire series, Boris Avrukh covers the King's Indian, Dutch, Grunfeld, various Benonis, Be...
Boost Your Chess 1, The Fundamentals is the latest volume of Yusupov's award-winning training course, that started with three volumes in the Build Up Your Chess series. Despite the fact that this book has almost the same cover as Build Up Your Che...
1. New In Chess issue 2010/1 The World's Premier Chess Magazine by The NIC Editorial team NIC's Caf? - Carlsen Claims London Chess Classic - A Country for Old Men - Roulette Chess - Alexander Grischuk Russian Champion - Alexander Alekhine's Paris ...
The standings in Linares remained unchanged after three more, and this time rather uneventful draws in round 4. Alexander Grischuk and Veselin Topalov maintained their shared lead, going into the first rest day.The 27th Torneo Internacional de Aje...
Alexander Grischuk and Veselin Topalov maintained their shared lead in Linares after all round 3 games ended in a draw today. Don't judge this round by the results, though, as all three games were highly interesting fights.The 27th Torneo Internac...
Alexander Grischuk and Veselin Topalov both won their White games in Linares today, after their opponents erred in close to equal positions. The two share the lead after two rounds.The 27th Torneo Internacional de Ajedrez “Ciudad de Linares" takes...
The Linares tournament started peacefully today, with draws on all three boards. Topalov surprised Vallejo with a Breyer against the Spaniard's Ruy Lopez and easily equalized. Grischuk needed a lot of time on the clock, but was also doing fine wit...
The voting for the ChessCafe Book of the Year 2009 has ended, and we are delighted to announce that the winner is ... Chess Strategy for Club Players - The Road to Positional Advantage. According to ChessCafe, Herman Grooten's book beat the othe...
