Sergei Tkachenko has written a fascinating account of Alexander Alekhine’s time spent in Odessa during World War I, the Russian Revolution and Civil War, as well as of the impact of Odessa on his later life. The book includes 24 complete games (some handicapped) with annotations from Alekhine, Sergei Tkachenko and Sergei Voronkov (co-author with David Bronstein of Secret Notes), as well as five puzzles and one fragment. Alekhine played in 22 of these games and the fragment and set three of the puzzles.
CHESS INFORMANT’S 160th ADVENTURE
STEP AHEAD
CONTENTS:
• PAVLOVIC – OVERVIEW OF CANDIDATES
• AFEK – AN UZBEK VICTORY IN PRAGUE
• PERUNOVIC – AUSTRIAN BUNDESLIGA 2023/24
• SPEELMAN – HAND IN SILICON HAND
• KOTRONIAS – KING'S INDIAN DEFENCE – 5.Be2 Variation
• NTIRLIS – DEEP OPENING IDEAS THAT ARE NOT JUST FOR GRANDMASTERS
• PRUSIKIN – ABOUT OUTPOSTS AND PAWN MAJORITIES
• BARAK GONEN – WORLD OF CORRESPONDENCE CHESS
• DJURASEVIC – STUDIES – PEARLS OF THE CHESS GAMES
• ROGERS – THE SEMTEX BLUES
• GRIFFIN – FROM THE CHESS INFORMANT ARCHIVES
Traditional sections: 355 games and fragments, combinations, endings, Tournament reviews, the best game 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!
CHESS INFORMANT’S 146th ADVENTURE
Once Upon a Time
NORWAY CHESS 2020 GM Elshan Moradiabadi & GM Miloš Perunović
FOUR NATIONS CHESS LEAGUE (4NCL) GM Gawain Jones
CRITICAL TIMES AT THE US CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2020 WGM Sabina-Francesca Foişor
THE LEGEND OF HENRIQUE MECKING GM Rafael Leitão
HOW I SHOULD HAVE WON THREE BRITISH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS GM Daniel Gormally
THE ENGLISH OPENING – PART II GM Aleksander Delchev
THE ENGLISH REPERTOIRE FOR WHITE – PART II GM Ivan Ivanišević
SACRIFICING THE QUEEN – PART II GM Kannappan Priyadharshan
POSITIONAL EXCHANGE SACRIFICE – Occupying The Outpost GM Michael Prusikin
THE BEAUTY OF THE KING MARCH GM Sundar Mohanraj Shyam
ROGERS' REMINISCENCES – LINARES 2003 GM Ian Rogers
FROM THE CHESS INFORMANT ARCHIVES Douglas Griffin
Traditional sections: games, combinations, endings, puzzles, Tournament reviews, the best game from the preceding volume and the most important theoretical novelty from the preceding volume.
Building and maintaining an opening repertoire can be a demanding task – for a start there are an enormous number of different lines to choose from. There's a strong temptation amongst beginners and improving players to opt solely for tricky lines in order to snare unsuspecting opponents, but this approach has only short-term value. As you improve and your opponents become stronger, very often these crafty lines don't stand up to close scrutiny, and suddenly you're back to square one with no suitable opening weapons.
In Starting Out: 1 d4! John Cox solves this perennial problem by providing the reader with a strong and trustworthy repertoire with the white pieces based on the popular opening move 1.d4. The recommended lines given here have stood the test of time and are regularly employed by Grandmasters. Reading this book will give you the confidence to play these variations against all strengths of player and provide you with a reliable opening armoury for years to come.
This book is written in Everyman Chess's distinctive Starting Out style, with plenty of notes, tips and warnings throughout to help the aspiring player.
CHESS INFORMANT’S 156th ADVENTURE
MESMERIZED
• Gormally – World Chess Championship – Nepo – Ding (Review)
• Shyam Sundar – World Chess Championship – The Most Instructive Moments and Positions
• Miodrag & Milos Perunovic – European Chess Championship (Tournament Report)
• Leitao – The English Opening (WCH Edition – Theoretical Survey)
• Foisor – Woman’s Candidates Final (Instructive Review)
• Prusikin – The Power of Knight Pair(Instructive Lesson)
• Davies – The Maroczy Bind (Theoretical Survey)
• Kotronias – The King’s Indian Saemisch (Theoretical Survey)
• Perelshteyn – The Alekhine Defence (Theoretical Survey)
• Rogers – Telechess Olympiads (Roger’s Reminiscences)
• Griffin – Vaganian – Gulko, Baku 1977 (From Informant Archives)
• Barak Gonen – Correspondence Chess (Review)
Traditional sections: games, combinations, endings, Tournament reviews, the best game from the preceding volume and the most important theoretical novelty from the preceding volume.
In this book, German-English Grandmaster Mieses has selected 100 fascinating endgame compositions by several of the greatest endgame composers of the age, such as Kubbel, Rinck, Troitzky, the Platov Brothers and many more from the classic period of chess up to the conclusion of World War 1.
The material is split into eight chapters, covering all types of endgames.
All of the studies and the analysis have been re-examined by Carsten Hansen, adding a fascinating new perspective to these classic compositions.
There is lots of exciting material to examine and learn from for dedicated students.
CHESS INFORMANT’S 151st ADVENTURE
Eternally Puzzled
WIJK AAN ZEE 2022 GM Ivan Sokolov
FIDE GRAND PRIX 2022 GM Elshan Moradiabadi
THE CLASH OF GENERATIONS GM Rafael Leitão
THE BERLIN RUY LÓPEZ GM Mikhail Golubev
THE SCANDINAVIAN – Part I GM Nigel Davies
NEW IDEAS IN THE PAULSEN SICILIAN GM Miloš Perunović
KING’S INDIAN, FIANCHETTO – Part II GM Krisztián Szabó
POSITIONAL ZUGZWANG GM Ivan Ivanišević
BISHOP PAIR IN CLOSED POSITIONS GM Michael Prusikin
IDEAS AND PLANS IN ISOLATED QUEEN’S PAWN (IQP) GM Sabina-Francesca Foişor
ROGERS’ REMINISCENCES – Manila Olympiad 1992 GM Ian Rogers
CHAMPION OF THE NEW EPOCH GM Marian Petrov