The book contains 50 of the most stunning games of 2016. These games from high-level tournaments have been selected and analyzed by Grandmasters Naiditsch, Balogh, and Maze.
It is amazing how much play you can create in a seemingly equal chess position - if you persevere. In this book, the greatest chess player of all time, Magnus Carlsen, and his friend, Grandmaster David Howell, explain how to win these kinds of chess games.
Carlsen and Howell show how you can keep a game alive, how you can keep posing problems to your opponent, how you can recognize the first small mistakes, and how you can grind your opponent down until he cracks.
New In Chess has converted this book from a popular Chessable video and MoveTrainer ® course with the help of Carlsen and Howell. The lively conversations of the two friends translate very well into a highly instructive chess manual. It is top-level chess, using grandmaster games as examples, but the insights are accessible to players of all levels.
Magnus Carlsen won the World Chess Championship in 2013 and gave up his title in 2023. He is regarded as the greatest player of all time and holds the #1 spot in the world ranking. He has read dozens of books published by New In Chess, but this is the first book with Carlsen as an author. Carlsen (1990) lives in Oslo, Norway.
David Howell is an elite chess Grandmaster with a 2700+ peak rating and an individual gold medal winner at the Olympiad. He is a well-known and popular commentator on live chess streams. Howell (1990) is two weeks older than Carlsen, was born in Eastbourne, United Kingdom, and lives in Oslo, Norway.
IM Gary Lane (Australian Chess)
“This delightful book looks at various instructive games which will certainly make you keener to work harder in your next tournament. An inspirational way to definitely improve your chess rating.”
WIM Alexey Root on sparkchess.com:
"Howell and Carlsen are entertaining teachers. They explain their own games, and their thought processes, extremely well. My FIDE rating is 1925, and I learned a lot from their book."
The idea of the Miniatures series is to present a mix of interesting miniatures, combinations, instructive mistakes along with some accompanying opening theory putting everything into context This volume is dedicated to Sicilian Najdorf.
When Mikhail Botvinnik lost the world championship in 1960 to the dazzling attacking player from Riga, Mikhail Tal, there seemed little chance of him regaining his title. Yet in the Return Match a year later, with a surprising demonstration of aggressive chess, Botvinnik completely outplayed his young opponent and ran out the easy winner. All 21 games of the match are deeply annotated.
Mastering Complex Endgames is a rich collection of practical endgame examples whose assessments require more than just standard theory. Daniel Naroditsky drew heavily on his own experience as a player. The material is lively and instructive, with wonderful practical advice and insights into the minds of the chess greats. This highly systematic work will take your endgame technique to the next level.
Mastering Complex Endgames was first published in 2012, when Naroditsky was only 16. This edition has been significantly improved and updated.
Daniel Naroditsky (1995-2025) became the World U12 Champion in 2007 and a Grandmaster at just 17 in 2013. He competed in the US Championship in 2021, defeating World No. 2 Fabiano Caruana. At his death in 2025, Naroditsky ranked 23rd in the world in blitz. Online, he was a respected and much-loved chess educator.
The initial part of this book deals with combinations and tactical techniques, and suggests methods for developing a player’s calculating ability.
In the second part the author analyses a number of fascinating examples, in which he examines a wide variety of attacking and defensive means. Once again, the reader is encouraged to developing his understanding by tackling numerous tests. Join in and become one of Mark Dvoretsky’s pupils!
In this long-awaited second Thinkers-book of International Master, Armin Juhasz, the reader is invited to take a seat in his classroom and follow his useful guidelines how to improve your practical play.
The emphasis is on general principles that readers will be able to use in their own games, and detailed analysis is always given where it is necessary. Each game and fragment contain many lessons and practical tips, guiding the reader through the most important ideas in each phase of the game. This book illustrates an increasingly prevalent and successful style of play, a method that begins by slowly accumulating small but permanent advantages. The author does a very good job of explaining the key points of the game in such a way that the reader is given a true account of what is happening and not some watered down version. Translating the muddy world of modern master chess into something that is understandable to the layman, is a skill Armin mastered.
This opening manual completes the Black repertoire against the Sicilian that uses the Kalashnikov as the main line. When possible, Black will opt for the adventurous moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5, covered in the book King’s Kalashnikov. But everyone playing 1...c5 has to be ready when White chooses to avoid the Open Sicilian.
In this volume King gives you the answer to all of the so-called Anti-Sicilians, including the Rossolimo, the Alapin and the Grand Prix Attack. All other, less frequently played variations such as the Morra and the Wing Gambit, are covered as well.
Grandmaster Daniel King has extensive experience playing the Sicilian, having done so for over forty years. His clear explanations and practical approach will help you achieve your own successes with the Sicilian. Additionally, there is a selection of annotated model games by grandmasters such as Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri, and Daniel King, which demonstrate how the recommendations are applied in real games.
The two volumes provide a compact and versatile repertoire for Black, focusing on the most important lines, and always aiming for dynamic middlegame play.
Daniel King is an English chess grandmaster, coach, journalist, and broadcaster. He has authored dozens of chess books and courses on a range of topics, including opening preparation and the historical biography of Sultan Khan. His PowerPlay YouTube channel is a must-see destionation for chess players interested in elite chess events and chess book reviews.
Stjepan Tomić (chessreads.com)
“King's Anti-Sicilians is a book that accompanies Daniel King’s Kalashnikov, and with it creates a complete Sicilian repertoire for black. If you’re a Sicilian player and you want to play relatively rare, very sharp systems that will force white to either know tons of theory or improvise in madly complex positions, look no further! It may be insufficient for serious tournament players who may have to supplement it. Still, it will definitely be an easily digestible introduction to Anti-Sicilian variations for players of all levels.”
“The explanations are clear and concise, which any club player would appreciate and applaud. This practical opening repertoire suddenly makes defending the Sicilian a lot easier.”
Jan Sybren Zagema (Schaaksite.nl)
“With practical recommendations and a dose of humor, King presents a repertoire in which dynamic and active counterplay is central. With his book King’s Kalashnikov Sicilian, King offers a complete repertoire for the Sicilian that many players will enjoy.”
CHESS INFORMANT’S 161st ADVENTURE
OLYMPIC SPIRIT
CONTENTS:
• VELICKOVIC – EDITOR'S CORNER
• SPEELMAN – REAL-TIME ACTION AND BRITISH MISCELLANY
• PERUNOVIC – SERBIAN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP
• AFEK – DUTCH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS
• KOTRONIAS – NAJDORF VARIATION – 6. h3 e6! Repertoire for Black
• PRUSIKIN – MICHAEL'S MUSINGS
• PERELSHTEYN – SICILIAN DRAGONDORF
• SPRENGER – OBSTRUCTING THE OPPONENT'S PLAN
• EDWARDS – CORRESPONDENCE CHESS MATTERS
• GONEN – WORLD OF CORRESPONDENCE CHESS
• ROGERS – Candidates Semifinal Matches, London 1983
• GRIFFIN – FROM THE CHESS INFORMANT ARCHIVES
Traditional sections: 287 games and fragments, combinations, endings, Tournament reviews, the best game and the most important theoretical novelty from the preceding volume.
The periodical that pros use with pleasure, and at the same time, a must-have publication for all serious chess students!
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