¡Aprende grandes trampas, convierte las derrotas en empates y los empates en victorias!
Sergei Tkachenko, miembro del equipo ucraniano que ganó el 5º Torneo Mundial de Composición de Ajedrez en 1997 y que quedó segundo en 2000, 2004, 2013 y 2017, ha recopilado 100 estudios cuyo tema común es que las blancas terminan con una sola torre en el final, pero logran ganar o empatar.
La mayoría de las soluciones no tienen más de seis movimientos, por lo que los jugadores experimentados pueden analizar las posiciones directamente a partir de los diagramas. Los principiantes en problemas de ajedrez también encontrarán útil analizar estos estudios. El diverso conjunto de ideas tácticas que involucran una sola torre en el final les permitirá comprender mejor la versatilidad de la torre.
Algunos de estos estudios son clásicos de épocas pasadas. Otros fueron publicados originalmente en la Unión Soviética o en países exsoviéticos. Varios son composiciones del propio Sergei Tkachenko.
Este es el cuarto libro de una serie de estudios de finales de Sergei Tkachenko que publicará la editorial Elk and Ruby Publishing House.
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British Chess Magazine (November 2022)
Gyula Breyer (1893-1921) was a highly successful and imaginative chess player. He won the championship of his native country Hungary as a teenager and achieved remarkable results against the leading players of his day.
But first and foremost, Breyer was a revolutionary in his chess thinking. He promoted the idea of dynamic chess and formulated many of the Hypermodern concepts, long before others started their investigations. Yet, after his death, he was omitted from most of the chess history books and today is only known for the Breyer variation, an ever popular defence against the Ruy Lopez.
However, Jimmy Adams has now unlocked Breyer’s legacy from the archives and made it accessible to the chess world at large. This monumental book presents 240 of his games, annotated by Breyer himself and many others. It also features a large number of articles, columns and fragments from newspapers, magazines and books, sparkling with chess and literary wit. The majority appear in English for the first time – and indeed in any language other than Hungarian.
By piecing together this material in chronological order, Jimmy Adams has constructed a mesmerizing biography covering Gyula Breyer’s intense, unconventional and ultimately tragic life. Included as well is a collection of his chess problems, some of which are truly amazing.
GM Raymond Keene:
"In terms of importance this book ranks at the top with Kasparov's various mega series, Nimzowitsch's ‘My System’ and Alekhine's books of his best games. Games, notes, discreet modern corrections, scholarly research, history, theory and perhaps most impressive of all, Breyer's Philosophy of the art, science and sport of chess!"
CHESS Magazine (UK):
"The Hypermoderns owed much to Breyer, as becomes clear in this fine, detailed biography."
International Master John Donaldson:
"A magnificent tribute to one of the unsung heroes of the early 20th century (..) This book has almost everything one could want in a game collection (..) This is a book that all those with an interest in chess history will want to have."
Davide Nastasio, Georgia Chess news:
"This book on Breyer is amazing (..) When I got this book I thought I was just adding another biography to my shelf of chess biographies. Instead I discovered, thanks to Adams’ meticulous work, a world of chess ideas I had ignored (..) I believe everyone should read this book."
B.H.Wilders, Nederlands Dagblad:
"A splendid book."
IM Gary Lane, British Chess Magazine:
"A thoroughly entertaining story that whisks you along to the dramatic end. There is a lot to admire in this clear and readable guide to a largely forgotten chessplayer who was way ahead of his time."
James Vigus, author of ‘Play the Slav’:
“This magnificent tome is the product of decades of research (..) Most of us tend to buy opening books and works of instruction rather than history. This one is worth making an exception for – and difficult to put down.”
It has rightly been said that chess is more than a game, but less than a science. It follows that it is doubtful whether chess, as a profession, is desirable for any but a genius. Curiously enough, one of the very greatest, Morphy, always was most wroth when professionalism was attributed to him, and this may have been partly the reason why he gave up chess altogether. Yet one may well ask whether the world was better off when an outstanding chess genius spent his energy on being a moderate lawyer. This problem comes to most players who are enthusiastic, and achieve a measure of success in chess, and we find a satisfactory solution in the life of R. P. Michell.
Die neue Doppelausgabe 08/09 bringt Reportagen und Berichte von den großen Turnieren des Sommers, ausführliche Gespräche, überraschende Eröffnungsideen und Geschichten, die weit über das Geschehen auf den 64 Feldern hinausgehen.
Schachgipfel Dresden
Leonardo Costa und Jana Schneider sind die neuen Deutschen Meister! Der Schachgipfel machte Dresden für fast 2 Wochen zum Zentrum des deutschen Schachs. Jonathan Carlstedt war vor Ort und berichtet vom Kampf um die Titel, den entscheidenden Momenten und der besonderen Atmosphäre eines Festivals, das weit mehr zu bieten hatte als nur die Deutschen Einzelmeisterschaften.
Im Mittelpunkt: die neuen Titelträger GM Leonardo Costa und WGM Jana Schneider.
Biel – im Gespräch mit Matthias Blübaum
Einer der stärksten deutschen Großmeister im ausführlichen Gespräch: GM Matthias Blübaum spricht über Biel, sein Schach und seine Entwicklung.
Ein langes Gespräch mit einem Spieler, der zu den großen deutschen Hoffnungsträgern gehört – und dessen nächsten großen Herausforderungen bereits wartet.
Willy Hendriks: Strahlende Züge
Was macht einen Zug wirklich überraschend?
Willy Hendriks beschäftigt sich mit jenen strahlenden Zügen, die wir lieben – und die vor allem eines gemeinsam haben: Der Gegner hat sie nicht kommen sehen.
Genna Sosonko über „Cheating“
Betrug im Schach ist eigentlich kein Thema zum Lachen. Eigentlich.
Genna Sosonko nähert sich dem „Cheating“ auf seine ganz eigene Weise: scharfsinnig, hintergründig und mit einer gehörigen Portion Humor.
Blohbergers Eröffnungsecke
GM Felix Blohberger präsentiert neue Ideen für die Eröffnungspraxis.
Keine endlosen Varianten zum Auswendiglernen, sondern moderne Konzepte, überraschende Abspiele und Ideen, mit denen man den Gegner früh vor eigene Probleme stellen kann.
SCHACH-Fragen – Dr. Gottfried Braun
Was steckt hinter dem Schachspieler?
In unseren SCHACH-Fragen stellt sich diesmal FM Dr. Gottfried Braun unseren Fragen. Dazu erzählt Rüdiger Bock in Zusammenarbeit mit Dr. Braun die Geschichte hinter einem bemerkenswerten Schachleben.
Naroditsky Memorial
Ein Turnier im Gedenken an GM Daniel Naroditsky. SCHACH berichtet von vor Ort und bringt Eindrücke von einem besonderen Memorial, bei dem sportlicher Wettbewerb und Erinnerung eng miteinander verbunden waren.
Grand Chess Tour Zagreb
Die Weltelite im Schnellschach-Modus und Vincent Keymer mitten drin: Rapid und Blitz der Grand Chess Tour in Zagreb.
Und außerdem:
Kombinationsschule – Taktik zum Mitrechnen und Trainieren
Problemschach – die besondere Welt der Schachkomposition
Rezension – "Classic Amateur Mistakes And How to Avoid Them" auf dem Prüfstand
Terminkalender – die wichtigsten Turniere und Veranstaltungen der kommenden Wochen
British Chess Magazine (October 2026)
The October issue of the world's oldest chess magazine, founded in 1881, covers the 46th Chess Olympiad in Samarkand and the stories that came out of it.
In this issue
- Samarkand 2026: Uzbekistan win Open gold on home soil, finishing two match points clear. China take a seventh Women's title, and India win Open silver and Women's bronze. This was the biggest Olympiad ever, with roughly 200 teams.
- FIDE's eighth president: Timur Turlov takes the helm after one of the most contentious elections in recent memory. The report looks at his plans for digital transformation, education and financial reform, and asks whether he can deliver them.
- Bodhana Sivanandan, 11: England's top board becomes the youngest Woman Grandmaster in history, ahead of Hou Yifan's record. "I want to keep making history."
- British Championships: 17-year-old GM Shreyas Royal wins in Coventry with an unbeaten 7.5/9 and becomes the youngest champion ever. IM Shaun Taulbut's report includes the 22.Rd4!! rook sacrifice against Luke McShane.
- From BCM to ACM: Milan Dinic talks to Josip Asik, the 2026 Chess Journalist of the Year, about ten years of American Chess Magazine.
- Quotes and Queries: Alan Smith asks whether warming up for a big event helps or wears you out, using examples from Kolisch to Petrosian.
- Immortal Caesar: GM Raymond Keene asks whether the word "chess" owes something to Julius Caesar.
- Problem World and Endgame Studies: helpmates to solve, and Ian Watson on the composers' own "Olympics", the WCCT.
Please keep in mind that the same stories are also featured in The Essential Sosonko.
The Reliable Past is the eagerly awaited sequel to Russian Silhouettes, Genna Sosonko's marvellous collection of portraits from the golden age of Soviet chess. In this new book, the author again shows himself a perceptive chronicler of a time when chess occupied a unique position in his native country, but he also wanders across its borders with his memories of Dutch World Champion Max Euwe and a touching tribute to the first ever British grandmaster, Tony Miles.
¡Aprende grandes trampas, convierte posiciones perdidas en empates y empates en victorias!
Sergei Tkachenko, un miembro del equipo ucraniano que ganó el 5º Torneo Mundial de Composición de Ajedrez en 1997 y que quedó segundo en 2000, 2004, 2013 y 2017, ha recopilado 100 estudios cuyo tema común es que las blancas terminan con solo el rey en el final, pero logran empatar.
La mayoría de las soluciones no tienen más de seis movimientos, por lo que los jugadores experimentados pueden analizar las posiciones directamente a partir de los diagramas. Los principiantes en problemas de ajedrez también encontrarán útil analizar estos estudios. El diverso conjunto de ideas tácticas que involucran a un rey en el final les permitirá comprender mejor su potencial.
Este es el sexto libro de una serie de estudios de finales de juego de Sergei Tkachenko que será publicado por Elk and Ruby Publishing House.
Sergei Tkachenko, miembro del equipo ucraniano que ganó el 5º Torneo Mundial de Composición de Ajedrez en 1997 y que quedó segundo en 2000, 2004, 2013 y 2017, ha recopilado 100 estudios cuyo tema común es que las blancas terminan con un solo alfil en el final, pero logran ganar o empatar.
La mayoría de las soluciones no tienen más de seis movimientos, por lo que los jugadores experimentados pueden analizar las posiciones directamente a partir de los diagramas. Los principiantes en problemas de ajedrez también encontrarán útil analizar estos estudios. El diverso conjunto de ideas tácticas que involucran a un solo alfil en el final les permitirá comprender mejor la versatilidad del alfil.
Este es el tercer libro de una serie de estudios de finales de Sergei Tkachenko que publicará la editorial Elk and Ruby Publishing House.
These books explore the lives, games and strategies of chess legends, offering deep analysis, captivating stories and practical lessons. From world champions like Alekhine and Tal to iconic tournaments like Zurich 1953, each work combines historical insights with annotated games, helping players of all levels improve while celebrating chess history.
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