In the second volume of the Kotronias on the King’s Indian series, grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias turns his attention to the main line of the famous Mar del Plata variation, which arises after the opening moves 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1. This leads to some of the most complicated and theoretically challenging positions in the King’s Indian, but Kotronias provides a world-class repertoire for Black, including a wealth of original ideas and analysis.
The Modern Vienna
The Vienna Game — 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 — has quietly become a favourite way for ambitious White players to dodge the heavy theory of the Ruy Lopez and Italian while still playing for a real attack. This book presents a complete, up-to-date White repertoire built on it.
The recommended approach blends aggression with soundness. Rather than charging in blindly, White develops the bishop to c4, supports the centre with d3, plays the thematic f4 break, castles, and only then launches the kingside attack — so the assault rests on a healthy positional foundation and White is rarely left overextended.
The coverage is organised by Black’s defensive scheme, addressing the lines with ...Nf6 and ...Nc6, the various ...Bc5 and ...Bb4 set-ups, the tricky ...Nxe4 grab, and the King’s-Gambit-flavoured positions that arise after f4. Each is handled with the strategic ideas explained alongside the concrete lines.
A practical, modern repertoire for club players who want an attacking but principled answer to 1...e5 that keeps the game on their own terms and away from their opponents’ preparation.
The Diamond Dutch
Grandmaster Viktor Moskalenko does for the Dutch Defence what he did for the French and the Pirc: shakes up the theory and hands the reader a box of explosive new ideas. For anyone who plays the Dutch — or has to face it — this is danger and opportunity in equal measure.
The coverage is complete and works for both sides of the board. Moskalenko tackles the whole Anti-Dutch complex (the various gambits and the 2.Nc3 and 2.Bg5 systems White uses to dodge the main lines), the fianchetto "Catalanized" set-ups, and then the three great Dutch families — the Stonewall, the Classical, and the Leningrad — offering fresh weapons for Black and refutations of old ones.
As always, the draw is the author’s voice: he guides you through the lines with the enthusiasm, ease, and humour that have made his opening books cult favourites, so even sharp theory reads enjoyably and the key ideas stick.
A combative, idea-rich repertoire for club players and above who want to play the Dutch as an active, fighting opening — or who need to understand it well enough to take the fight to those who do.
The Kaufman Repertoire for Black & White
Larry Kaufman — grandmaster, former World Senior Champion, and a pioneer of computer chess — offers something unusual here: a complete, ready-to-play repertoire for both colours, chosen not by the cold standard of what is "objectively best" but by what actually works for amateurs who lack the time to memorise endless theory.
That guiding principle shapes every recommendation. Kaufman deliberately favours sound, durable lines that are easy to understand and remember over the sharpest computer-approved main lines that change every few months. The White repertoire is built around 1.d4/1.Nf3 with answers to everything Black can throw back; the Black repertoire leans on the resilient defences favoured by Magnus Carlsen, including the Grünfeld and the Breyer.
Because Kaufman is a computer-chess authority, the analysis is rigorously engine-checked, and his discussion of material values and how to use engines sensibly is a bonus rarely found in repertoire books. A "repertoire in practice" section shows the systems working in real games.
Ideal for club players who want one trustworthy book to supply their entire opening repertoire — practical, honest, and built to last.
In The Czech Benoni in Action, two practitioners of this little-known but sound counterattacking system join forces to show how you can pose novel problems for opponents of all strengths, leaving them to fend for themselves as early as move 3.
Do masters methodically cut their way through the branches of a tree of analysis? Is it true that attacking players calculate a dozen moves ahead, while positional specialists rely on abstract principles? What exactly does it mean to “calculate,” anyway?
In this groundbreaking work, award-winning chess coach and author Frisco Del Rosario shines a long-overdue light on this neglected aspect of Capablanca’s record. He illustrates how the Cuban genius used positional concepts to build up irresistible king hunts, embodying the principles of good play advocated by the unequaled teacher, C.J.S. Purdy. The author also identifies an overlooked checkmate pattern – Capablanca’s Mate – that aspiring attackers can add to the standard catalogue in Renaud and Kahn’s The Art of the Checkmate. As Del Rosario shows, Capablanca has inspired not only generations of players, but also many of the classics of chess literature.
Sergei Tkachenko, a member of the Ukrainian team that won the 5th World Chess Composition Tournament in 1997 and which came second in 2000, 2004, 2013, and 2017, has collected 100 studies whose common theme is that white ends up with just one pawn in the finale, yet manages to win or draw.
In this book IM Arthur van de Oudeweetering supplies building blocks for your chess knowledge. In short chapters he presents lots of well-defined subjects, easy to remember because of their specific elements. After working with this book you will experience something wonderful: your mind and memory will be triggered much easier and more frequently. An increasing number of positions, pawn structures and piece placements will automatically activate your chess knowledge. As a result, you will simply find the right move more often and more quickly!
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