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Sally’s breathtaking story, first published in Russia in 1998 and which has been reprinted multiple times, is a memoir of her time with Tal, with whom she remained friends long after they divorced right up until his death in 1992. Full of detail about Tal and their life together, it is a tale of triumph and tragedy, love, parenthood, sorrow, jealousy, betrayal and revenge. Colored by a historical and social background including the Second World War, the Soviet chess scene, Rigan high society, the shadow economy in the Soviet Union, and Jewish emigration, it contains a fascinating portrait of Misha’s mysterious family and is illustrated with photos from Sally’s private archive. And it all just happens to be true...
There are plenty of fighting draws as well, where both players are trying their best in order to win the game, but it finally ends in draw. This kind of extremely tense battles is exactly what the book is about.
CHESS INFORMANT’S 137th ADVENTURE
The Quest for the Golden Fleece
CONTENTS:
FORWARD, ALWAYS FORWARD GM Aleksandar Inđić
USEFUL TRICKS AND TRAPS IN FAST TIME CONTROLS GM Pentala Harikrishna
EXCHANGING QUEENS DURING A SACRIFICIAL ATTACK GM Mihail Marin
A MODERN TREATMENT OF 4.f3 NIMZO-INDIAN GM Ferenc Berkes
DOMESTICATING THE KING’S INDIAN DEFENCE! GM Markus Ragger
THE SEMI-SLAV DEFENCE – PART II GM Aleksander Delchev
THE ARMENIAN VARIATION GM Robert Markuš
THE FRENCH COMBATS GM Miloš Perunović
THE BEST OF CHESS INFORMANT – Hikaru Nakamura
Traditional sections: games, combinations, endings, correspondence chess, endgame blunders, Tournaments review, the best game from the preceding volume and the most important theoretical novelty from the preceding volume.
The periodical that pros use with pleasure is at the same time a must have publication for all serious chess students!
Tal lo describiría así: “En Zurich ya no era fácil jugar contra el Fischer de dieciséis años”.
Available via subscription
British Chess Magazine (November 2024)
Este libro sigue los pasos del manual de iniciación Escuela de ajedrez, del mismo autor, y está destinado a los jugadores que conocen los fundamentos del juego y quieren progresar, es decir, a jugadores en formación y de nivel medio que participan en torneos y desean mejorar su técnica de juego.
¿Cuál es el secreto del ajedrez?
¿Cuál es la clave que permite llevar la pieza justa a la casilla precisa y en el momento oportuno?
El arte de interpretar y dictaminar las posiciones de forma exacta es el que permite realizar esa jugada.
Este arte de análisis y evaluación se puede aprender. Para ello se requieren los conocimientos técnicos que permitan juzgar la posición que tiene ante el tablero. No basta con interpretarla o leerla correctamente, sino que hace falta saber cómo explotar, por ejemplo, un complejo de peones doblados, cómo tratar una posición del medio juego o cómo determinar el mejor procedimiento de ataque al enroque.
Esta maestría se adquiere con el estudio de los elementos y temas que integran el juego. El propósito de este libro es brindarle, precisamente, esa caja de herramientas para interpretar posiciones y aplicarles el tratamiento adecuado, clave para ganar y tener éxito en el juego.
Antonio Gude es un experto investigador y divulgador de ajedrez. Ha dirigido varias publicaciones técnicas, traducido obras capitales de la literatura ajedrecística y es autor de los libros de ajedrez en español más vendidos.
British Chess Magazine (August 2026)
This book is a tribute to Aron Nimzovich, one of the most influential figures in chess history and a true pioneer of positional and hypermodern chess. His revolutionary ideas transformed the understanding of strategy, introducing timeless concepts such as blockade, overprotection, prophylaxis, and the principle of two weaknesses.
Nimzovich challenged the rigid classical doctrines of his era, building upon the foundations of Wilhelm Steinitz while opposing the dogmatic views of Siegbert Tarrasch. His contributions shaped modern chess theory and remain essential for players seeking true positional understanding.
Through 64 carefully annotated games, this book explores the practical application of Nimzovich’s ideas across five core themes: Center, Strategic Concepts, Maneuvering, Constriction, and Blockade. Rather than presenting only flawless masterpieces, the book reveals the real struggles, imperfections, and brilliance of a player who created the principles we study today.
The author’s central message is clear: chess improvement is not about memorizing moves, but about learning to understand the game. And for that journey, there is no greater guide than Aron Nimzovitch.
Every winter, the world's strongest chess players and most promising chess prodigies travel to a small seaside village in the Netherlands to immerse themselves for two weeks in chess and chess only. Usually, the World Champion is there, vying for victory. Garry Kasparov won three times, Vishy Anand won five times, and Magnus Carlsen won a record eight times.
The tournament is a gift of the local steel company to their neighbours, the shops, restaurants and B&Bs, and the global community of chess lovers. Hundreds of amateur chess players come to Wijk aan Zee and play in the same hall as the elite grandmasters. Fans all around the world can follow the games with expert commentary during the online live broadcasts.
In 2023, the Tata Steel Chess tournament celebrates its 85th edition. This book captures the uniqueness of the festival in 160 pages. It tells the stories of the winners, the amateurs and their favourite restaurants. Dozens of pictures highlight how photogenic the event is. And, of course, the book includes magnificent chess games annotated by the winners. Wijk aan Zee and the Tata Steel Chess Tournament bring out the best in chess...
Erwin l'Ami is a Dutch Grandmaster and a regular participant in Wijk aan Zee.
Peter Doggers is Chess.com's Director of News and Events.
Dirk Jan ten Geuzendam is editor-in-chief of New In Chess magazine.
Peter Boel is the managing editor of New In Chess books.
The book contains 50 of the most exciting games of 2016. These games from high-level tournaments have been selected and analyzed by Grandmasters Naiditsch, Balogh, and Maze.
Please keep in mind that the same stories are also featured in The Essential Sosonko.
Smart Chip from St.Petersburg contains portraits of players, both famous and forgotten, from the golden age of Soviet chess, as well as highly personal views on the psychology of the game and its players.
It radiates the author's love and devotion to chess, yet is tempered by objectivity and detachment. It will enchant not only chess players, but all who recognize the cultural value of chess.
Genna Sosonko lived the first 29 years of his life in Leningrad. He emigrated to Holland in 1972. His first book, Russian Silhouettes, was shortlisted for the world’s premier chess book award, the BCF Book of the Year 2000.
John Watson, The Week In Chess:
"Each essay is a revelation and a gift (…) Great photographs and a great read."
Hans Ree:
"Beautiful and moving."
Gary Lane, Australian Chess:
"An absorbing read."
British Chess Magazine:
"Remembering is sometimes sheer joy."
Jonathan Rowson:
"Sosonko writes with sustained subtlety and grace."
The Compulsive Reader:
"Immensely fascinating."
Jeremy Silman, author of 'How to Reassess Your Chess':
"Yet another masterpiece by Sosonko."
KARL Magazine:
"From Sosonko's portraits one learns more about chess than from 100 books about theory."
Taylor Kingston, ChessCafe:
"An absorbing collection."
The Washington Post on 'Russian Silhouettes':
"A delightful work."
Garry Kasparov on 'The Reliable Past':
"A gallery of wonderful pen-portraits."
The Jury of the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award on 'Russian Silhouettes':
"An enthralling read."
The Final Years in Iceland, a Saga of Friendship and Lost Illusions
Helgi Olafsson was fifteen years old when in 1972 Bobby Fischer defeated Boris Spassky to become World Chess Champion. Breathlessly, young Helgi followed the Match of the Century and even attended a number of games in Reykjavik’s Laugardalshöll.
Little could Olafsson suspect then that 33 years on, having become a chess grandmaster himself, he would be a member of the committee that successfully worked to free Fischer from a Japanese detention centre.
On March 24, 2005 Bobby Fischer returned to the country where he had achieved his greatest triumph. He was never to leave again until his tragic death on January 17, 2008.
Olafsson first met his childhood hero shortly after his return. In the following years, the two spent countless hours together. They made trips, went to restaurants, watched movies, played games, spoke on the phone almost every day, had fun and quarrelled.
Bobby Fischer Comes Home tells the story of a unique friendship and paints an intimate and revealing picture of the last years of the man who many see as the greatest chess player that ever lived.
With a foreword by World Champion Viswanathan Anand.
Helgi Olafsson (1956) is a chess grandmaster from Iceland. He won the national championship six times and travelled the world as a chess pro. Today he is Iceland’s national chess coach and writes a chess column for Morgunbladid, the country’s number one newspaper.
"Excellent."
"Disarming honesty and gentleness of spirit (..) An essential purchase for all Fischer watchers."
Sean Marsh, CHESS Magazine:
"One of the best chess books of 2012 (..) An important piece of the overall picture because it provides a unique insight into the last few years of Fischer's life."
Ken Surratt, ChessVille:
"A fascinating read, in turns poignant and perplexing, and I recommend it wholeheartedly to anyone interested in the second Pride and Sorrow of American chess."
Ian Rogers, Canberra Times:
"The best insight into Fischer’s mind in his paranoid years comes from an unexpected source: Icelandic Grandmaster Helgi Olafsson."
John D. Warth, ChessCafe:
"Olafsson's poignant book delivers the fullest account yet of Bobby Fischer's triumphal and tragic years in Iceland with a thoughtful, thorough, and balanced presentation, including topics that transport us beyond the limits of its place and theme (..) [A] personal and heartbreaking account "
Gary Lane, Chess Moves Magazine:
"Relates the sort of comments and simple activities that chess fans want to hear (..) An entertaining insight into the real world of a flawed World Champion."
Richard Vedder, Schakers.info:
"'Bobby Fischer Comes Home' describes the end of the life of a brilliant chess player with dignity."
Cecil Rosner, Winnipeg Free Press:
"Olafsson doesn't apologize for Fischer in the way some of his other biographers have (..) A charming aspect of the book is how Olafsson weaves his own biographical details into the narrative."
John Donaldson, Chess Today:
"Must read for fans of the late World Champion (..) Olafsson, who became one of Fischer's inner circle, presents his subject warts and all but in a respectful manner, not a kiss-and-tell story."
Max Euwe Center, Amsterdam:
"Gives a good impression of Fischers'
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