In SCHACH 10/2026 finden Sie Berichte über folgende Veranstaltungen/Themen:
* Grand Chess Tour in St. Louis
* Saint Louis Cairns Cup
* 53. Dortmunder Schachtage
* Esport in Paris
* SCHACH-Fragen: Lennart Ootes
* Rezension
* Kombinationsschule
* Probleme & Studien
Risk is a fundamental element of human activity, from ancient advisory systems in Babylon to modern concepts of risk assessment and management used in engineering, finance, and safety systems.
Chess, although deterministic and without randomness, provides a highly dynamic model of decision-making under uncertainty. Each move changes the nature of the position, creating new possibilities while simultaneously introducing new risks, including counterplay for the opponent. The balance between initiative and vulnerability is therefore central to correct evaluation.
In this sense, chess can be viewed as a practical laboratory of risk management: players assess positions, anticipate scenarios, and choose between competing lines under time pressure, often relying on a combination of calculation and intuition. These processes closely mirror analytical methods used in risk assessment models.
Beyond the board, chess develops discipline, strategic thinking, and decision-making skills applicable in many fields, including management and complex system analysis. It trains the ability to act under pressure, evaluate incomplete information, and adapt to changing conditions.
Ultimately, chess represents a structured form of controlled risk, where success depends on accurate evaluation, timely decisions, and the ability to balance calculation with practical judgment.
Attack? Defend? Swap pieces? Tactics are the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush your opponent and quite possibly change the course of a game in a single move. Why play in a fog, only hoping that your opponent will blunder, when Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan can show you how to put the tactics of the world’s chess legends to work for you?
Winning Chess Tactics teaches you to choose from the double attack, the pin, the skewer, deflection, the decoy, X-rays, windmills and many more time-tested tactics. With plenty of expertly picked exercises at your disposal, you will get the opportunity to not just learn theoretically about tactics but also get the opportunity to develop your ability in a practical setting.
Winning Chess Tactics is part of Yasser Seirawan’s highly acclaimed Winning Chess series, the bestselling series of chess books ever.
The entire Winning Chess series is fully revised with a modern fresh layout.
– Plan your entire game from the first move.
– Think ahead, step-by-step, anticipating every obstacle your opponent can throw in your way.
– Position yourself for the smashing combination and endgame you’ve always dreamed of.
Yasser Seirawan is one of the top-ranked chess players in the USA and was the first American candidate for the World Championship title since Bobby Fischer. He is a four-time US Champion, the 1989 Western Hemisphere Champion, and a ten-time member of the US Chess Olympiad team. His achievements distinguish him as one of only a handful of players to defeat world champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in tournament play.
Chess Combinations are central to the chess, making the game magical and captivating. The beauty of sacrificing a queen, the strongest piece on the board, surrendered only to checkmate with a lowly pawn, brings a smile to the face of any chess fan.
Winning Chess Combinations discusses the elements of chess combinations in a unique and captivating way. From sacrifice, to complexity, to clarity, Yasser Seirawan leads the reader through challenging material, with his personal expressive style, making what could seem difficult, easy to follow.
Winning Chess Combinations is the 7th volume in Yasser Seirawan’s highly acclaimed Winning Chess series, the bestselling series of chess books ever.
– A foundational guide to chess combinations
– Stunning sacrifices
– Ideal for the improving player
Yasser Seirawan, born 1960, is a 4-time US Champion, and 13 times US international, representing the US first time in the 1980 Chess Olympiad, and last time at the 2011 World Team Championship, where he won a personal silver medal and defeated Polgar and Mamedyarov.
In his long career he managed to defeat six World Champions: Smyslov, Tal, Spassky, Karpov, Kasparov, Topalov and Anand. His highest World Ranking was no. 4 in 1982.
In the last decade he has mostly worked as a live commentator for top level events, such as the US Championship and the Grand Chess Tour.
Yasser Seirawan knows winning chess.
6 Chessfest
8 NIC’s Café
From a sickening Russian attack on a chess school in Ukraine, via Judit’s lunch with the Terminator, to the FIDE presidential elections.
16 Searching for the real Gukesh
Successfully hanging on to an early lead, Alireza Firouzja became the winner of the Chennai Grand Masters. There was plenty of captivating chess – as witness our extensive games section – but the main topic of conversation was once again the man who finished last, the out-of-form World Champion.
27 Celeb 64
The new head coach of Manchester City, Enzo Maresca.
48 The Magnus Mountain
Over the past 15 years, no fewer than twelve different players have reached the number two spot in the world rankings. The top spot has been the exclusive domain of just one player: Magnus Carlsen.
54 Why is he really the best?
Peter Heine Nielsen sees Magnus Carlsen’s double victories in the World Rapid & Blitz Championships as eminent proof of the Norwegian’s overall dominance.
68 All-round Aronian
Levon Aronian showed a much-welcomed return to form as he crowned his debut in the Biel Chess Festival with a win in the Grandmasters Triathlon.
72 Kazakhstan Rising
Boris Gelfand’s choice pick of fascinating recent games from around the world.
88 A Tribute to Danya
An incredible number of top grandmasters, content creators and other friends came to the Charlotte Chess Center to honor the memory of Daniel Naroditsky.
100 King Safety
No matter what advantage you have, it may amount to little or nothing if your king is under threat.
109 The Killer Blow
111 Fair & Square
112 The Scoresheet
Unzicker-Fischer, Buenos Aires 1960.
114 New Tries in Old Openings
Nikolaos Ntirlis presents four practical opening ideas from current tournament practice that promise good play; two for White and two for Black.
118 The Model Game
Sound positional play and relentless pressure: How football imitates chess.
122 Sadler on Books
Our book reviewer celebrates the endgame and much-missed authors on the subject.
130 Just Checking
What is Nihal Sarin’s biggest fear?
Endgame mastery separates great players from the good. First-rate endgame play requires a mix of calculation, pattern recognition, abstract themes, theoretical knowledge and resilience few have mastered. In this rich collection of seventy mini-lessons, written over six years, acclaimed author GM Daniel Naroditsky guides you to every corner of the endgame world in the engaging, humorous, and always instructive style that made him famous.
The articles in this book were originally published in Chess Life Magazine and on chess.com. They have been checked carefully and updated where necessary. Mastering Practical Endgames is a resource for chess improvement of the highest order.
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.
Every aspiring chess player wants to improve their positional understanding. In this ambitious work, GM Daniel Naroditsky explains clear positional themes in complex settings. Drawing on his own games, those of US colleagues, and top-level grandmasters, the prodigious author navigates chess strategy with the liveliness and clarity he later became famous for.
Mastering Positional Chess was first published when Naroditsky was just 14. This edition has been significantly updated.
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.
Informant’s Collection of Instructive Tactics and Studies
* 500 carefully selected puzzles
* 5 levels of difficulty
* 60 instructive, prizewinning studies
Study, practice and improve with our selection of tactical jewels!
* 42 instructive, prizewinning studies
The French Defense has once more become a viable way for Black to meet 1.e4, and against 3.Nc3, Winawer's 3...Bb4 is considered Black's strongest and most combative weapon. The Chiburdanidze Variation, 4.Qd3, allows White to immediately depart from main line theory and take Black onto turf that only White is familiar with.
It was introduced into master play by then Women's World Champion Maia Chiburdanidze in 1985, and it has since found a following among grandmasters such as Jonny Hector, Olexandr Bortnyk, and many other players who prefer original ideas and uncharted territory to theoretical main lines.
Chess Informant 168 “Signal light” presents:
* IN MEMORIAM JAN TIMMAN (1951 – 2026) by Vitomir Božić and IM Goran Arsović
* FIDE MEN'S CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT PEYIA 2026 by FM Ivan Martić
* FIDE WOMEN'S CANDIDATES TOURNAMENT PEYIA 2026 by WGM Sabina Foişor
* PRAGUE INTERNATIONAL CHESS FESTIVAL 2026 by IM Yochannan Afek
* SAINT LOUIS MASTERS 2026 by GM Miloš Perunović
* REYKJAVIK OPEN 2026 by FM Csaba Zoltan Varga
* A LOOK AT ROOK ENDGAMES by FM Milan Jocev & FM B. Djurasevic
* ROGERS' REMINISCENCES by GM Ian Rogers
Traditional sections:
* The best game and most important theoretical novelty from the previous Volume
* Endgames
* Combinations
* 200 games + fragments according to ECO Codes.
The periodical that pros use with pleasure is at the same time a must have publication for all serious chess students!
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