The diverse set of tactical ideas involving a single queen in the finale will enable you to gain a deeper understanding of the queen’s resourcefulness
The diverse set of tactical ideas involving a single king in the finale will enable you to gain a deeper understanding of the king’s resourcefulness.
The most testing reply to 1.c4 is the direct 1...e5 — Black grabs the centre and plays a "reversed Sicilian" with an extra tempo. This book, the first of Kiril Georgiev and Semko Semkov’s two-volume English repertoire for White, is devoted entirely to meeting it.
The authors focus on the modern, flexible approach: after 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nc6 they recommend the restrained 4.e3 and 4.d3 set-ups rather than the older, heavily-analysed main lines. The idea is to reach sound, strategically rich middlegames where understanding matters more than memorised theory — and where White’s extra tempo gives genuine, low-risk chances to play for the advantage.
Coverage includes the critical 4.e3 Bb4 lines with 5.Qc2, the Suba Variation, Anand’s pet 2...Bb4, and the various King’s-Indian-style set-ups Black can adopt with ...d6 and ...g6. As usual for Chess Stars, each chapter combines a "Main Ideas" overview, a "Step by Step" theory section, and annotated games.
Aimed at club players and above who want a complete, modern way to handle 1...e5 against the English. Volume 2 completes the repertoire against everything else.
The lesser-known aspects of a precocious chess prodigy who became a ruthless Grandmaster or, in other words, Not the Best of Reshevsky. Includes: Evidence of Reshevsky's real date of birth – Foreign articles specially translated for this book – Contemporary newspaper accounts – 12 Annotated rare games covering every decade of Reshevsky's career – Gamesmanship & Worse – An Erratum to Gordon's Compendium.
International Master and experienced chess trainer Thomas Willemze is the handyman you are looking for. He tells you which are the most urgent problems that need fixing. In his no-nonsense guide, Willemze presents essential techniques on how to mobilize your pieces in order to gain the upper hand.
International Master Tibor Karolyi has studied Carlsen’s career and selected more than 90 of his best endgames. He reviews them in chronological order to show how Magnus developed his skills. His technique and his choices are being explained in a manner that is easy to understand for club players.
Many gambit lines, where one or more pawns are sacrificed for the initiative, have to be taken seriously, but Ivan has succeeded in finding many new ideas and theoretical improvements. The result is the neutralisation or refutation of most of these common and well known 'Gambits'.
CHESS INFORMANT’S 136th ADVENTURE
Where Chess and Football Meet
CONTENTS:
THE FIDE WOMEN'S WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH 2018 GM Danilo Milanović
THE 4TH MUSKETEER RISES GM Danilo Milanović
EUROPEAN INDIVIDUAL CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2018 GM Ivan Šarić
ATTACKING WITH SIMPLE MOVES GM Mihail Marin
TRICKY AND AMBITIOUS WAY OF TACKLING THE CARO-KANN GM Ferenc Berkes
HOW TO AVOID THE PETROFF IN STYLE GM Markus Ragger
THE SEMI-SLAV DEFENCE GM Aleksander Delchev
NEW IDEAS IN THE REALMS OF ANTI-MARSHALL GM Shyam Sundar Mohanraj
THE SICILIAN OFFROAD II GM Miloš Perunović
THE BEST OF CHESS INFORMANT – Anish Giri
Traditional sections: games, combinations, endings, problems, 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!
The Queen’s Gambit is one of the oldest and most reliable opening which is mainly based on positional and structural understanding. The author gives a perfect guide about it and if somebody masters it, he will be able to use it in his entire chess career. This opening will never run out of fashion, its strategical and positional ideas will not be refuted by the strong computers.
Play the Trompowsky Attack
The Trompowsky Attack — 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 — lets White set the terms from move two, pinning the knight and steering the game away from the heavily-analysed Nimzo-Indian, Grünfeld, and King’s Indian into sharp, original middlegames. In this book, grandmaster Dmitry Kryakvin presents it as a complete and notably aggressive White repertoire.
Kryakvin’s treatment leans into the opening’s combative side. He covers all of Black’s defensive tries — 2...e6, 2...c5, 2...Ne4, and 2...d5 — but where the position allows it he favours the most testing, attacking continuations, making this a good fit for players who want the Trompowsky to be a genuine winning weapon rather than merely a theory-avoidance device.
In the Chess Stars house style, each chapter pairs a "Main Ideas" overview of the typical plans and structures with a detailed "Step by Step" theoretical section and annotated games, so you can study the recommendations at whatever depth you need. The level is pitched at the ambitious club player and above.
A sharp, well-organised Trompowsky repertoire for those who want to surprise opponents early and play for the initiative.
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