International Master Luis Bernal has unraveled the Berlin and made it accessible for amateur players. His practical guide is fully up to date, explains typical formations and strategies, and presents new ideas and resources in the old Berlin Wall structures.
In this, the fifth and final volume of the epic Kotronias on the King’s Indian series, Grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias completes his masterpiece by tackling all major variations after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 which were not covered in the previous volumes. The book starts with 3.f3 and works through numerous set-ups including the Smyslov, Sokolov and Seirawan Systems, followed by the Four Pawns Attack and culminates in the mighty Sämisch System.
How do we make better decisions on the chessboard? GM Jacob Aagaard, the author of Grandmaster Preparation: Thinking Inside the Box, will teach you just that.
The focus of this book is to break down the most important topics relating to chess improvement, many of which deal with the psychological aspects of the game, and to illustrate how to overcome critical thinking barriers that hinder progress.
The topics include the psychology of chess improvement, four types of decisions made during a game, calculation techniques, abstract thinking, strategic concepts, and more.
Thinking Inside the Box is the final volume of the award-winning Grandmaster Preparation series which consists of 5 exercise books: Calculation, Positional Play, Strategic Play, Attack & Defence, and Endgame Play. Each book focuses on specific ways of looking at various types of positions and includes exercises to enhance understanding and application of key concepts.
A thought-provoking read, this final book is meant to be a conversational piece, unifying concepts written in the previous five books. It is the ultimate self-improvement guide, catering to amateurs and world-class players alike aiming to overcome their plateau and achieve better results.
In the words of Aagard himself, “Improvement in chess is hard; knowing how it can be done should be easy.”
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The new series of middlegame books by Adrian Mikhalchishin and Georg Mohr starts with a volume about the center.
GM Matthieu Cornette shares his insights about one of the most popular openings nowadays – The Ragozin defense.
Bologan's King's Indian
The King’s Indian is the most uncompromising way to meet 1.d4: Black hands White the centre, then throws everything at the enemy king. It was the weapon of Tal, Fischer and Kasparov, and it remains hugely popular. In this book Victor Bologan builds a complete King’s Indian repertoire for Black — and, characteristically, gives two ways to play in many of the critical lines.
The coverage is genuinely complete. Every serious White system gets its own treatment: the Averbakh, the Sämisch, the Four Pawns Attack, the Classical with all its branches (Bayonet, Petrosian, Gligorić), the positional Fianchetto, and the various Anti-King’s-Indian set-ups including the London and Torre — so whatever White does, you have a prepared, principled answer.
Bologan’s strength as a writer is accessibility: he grounds the reader in the recurring strategic and tactical motifs of each structure before diving into the lines, and he has unearthed a wealth of new ideas and resources along the way. A closing section of solving exercises lets you test your grasp.
A rich, ambitious repertoire for club players and above who want to play the King’s Indian as the fighting, attacking opening it was meant to be.
The study of well-annotated master games is the best way to improve. Acclaimed chess author Steve Giddins has assembled the most didactic examples from New In Chess. There are masterclasses by dozens of chess legends and no fewer than eight World Champions. Together they provide the high standard of instructional material that today’s club player needs.
Calculation is the engine of practical chess, and this is the first volume of a dedicated training series built to sharpen it. The focus here is the middlegame: the moments where seeing one move further, or spotting the move you would never normally consider, decides the game.
The book is organised as a graded course of themed exercises rather than a prose treatise. After a warm-up, the chapters each train a distinct skill — punishing poor piece coordination, finding the unexpected blow, holding up under pressure, landing a devastating attacking move, uncovering the quiet but killer positional move, and spotting the resource you missed. Later chapters push into evaluation and decision-making, where you must judge whether an opportunity is real and then choose correctly between competing candidates.
Working through the positions without moving the pieces — visualising to the end before committing — is the intended method, and the difficulty rises as you progress. A special closing section adds tougher, mixed material for players who want to be stretched.
This is a workout, not light reading. It rewards players who are willing to sit with a position and calculate hard, and is best suited to committed club players and above. Two further volumes extend the same training to endgames and beyond.
TACTICS TRAINER AVAILABLE!
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