Sielecki always clearly explains the plans and counterplans and keeps you focussed on what the position requires. Ambitious players rated 1500 or higher will get great value out of studying this extremely accessible book.
The Queen's Indian Defence has the reputation of a very reliable system for Black. Although his chances of obtaining sharp double-edged positions are restricted, good knowledge of piece set-ups and different plans should offer Black chances of seizing the initiative even in calm variations. The opening monographs on the QID, as a rule, focus on the move order 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6. What is Black supposed to do if the opponent wishes to avoid the QID and begins the game with the moves 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4, or 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3?. How should Black deploy his pieces and what should he aim for in the middlegame? The book of the grandmaster from Saint Petersburg and chess-coach Evgeniy Solozhenkin answers these questions!
The book Together with the Candidates that you are holding is firstly a book of tests with their solutions, given in the format of game fragments with detailed comments. All the tasks in this book have been taken from games of the Candidates competitions. They differ very much in their degree of complexity. I hope this will allow a wide circle of readers to find the tests corresponding to their own chess level here.
Solving studies is well established as an effective method of chess improvement. In Practical Chess Beauty one of the world’s greatest study composers, Yochanan Afek, shares his finest creations.
In the first book we discussed basic positions and methods for playing both simple and complicated rook endings. Now, in this book, we will discuss typical positions — which means positions that frequently appear in practical play. Knowledge of such positions and the methods of handling them is a third key element of correct play in rook endgames.
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!
Joel Benjamin concentrates on a wide array of practical issues that players frequently have to deal with. By applying a grandmaster’s train of thought, club players will more often arrive at strong moves and substantially improve their game.