The author presents a collection of 120 instructive positions, each of which with mostly three proposed solutions, followed by the detailed discussion of both the correct and the incorrect solutions in the second part. The selected...

Aagaard: Calculation Grandmaster Preparation Have there been times during a game when you have calculated a position for half an hour, only to find out that most of what you were thinking about was of little use? If you have not, maybe...

Aagaard: Attack & Defence In Attack & Defence Jacob Aagaard presents the main principles of how to attack and defend in chess. By carving dynamic chess into separate areas of ability, he gives the reader a clear way to expand his...

Aagaard: Strategic Play I n Strategic Play Jacob Aagaard digs deep into the most complex area of chess thinking. The games and exercises in this book transcend regular chess skills, such as pattern recognition, calculation and positional...

Aagaard: Positional Play Have there been times during a game when you have tried to calculate like mad, but can find no rhyme or reason to your lines? Have you ever felt that the computer’s suggestions in your post-mortem analysis make...

Tactical ability requires knowledge and skills: knowledge of patterns and tactical methods, and the skill to recognize them, combine them, and calculate accurately. This book features both composed studies and real-game positions....

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. Fire your imagination, gain a greater...

Alburt & Palatnik: Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player demystifies chessboard planning, giving you the practical, game-winning techniques you could spend years gathering on your own. Each...

In this book I collected 40 games of the World Champions, which should depict their usage of the dynamic play in the most accessible manner. You will be able to examine how they treated all the dynamic aspects of chess throughout their...

The author addresses the most frequent questions that arise in all the three aspects of a modern chess game (material, pawn structure - space, and dynamics). The core of the book cosists of 49 deeply annotated games played by the elite...

Chess is fundamentally a dynamic game. Each move changes the situation and the possibilities for both sides. No piece is ever identically as valuable as any other, and their scope changes from move to move. The current generation of...

Christian tackles one of the most important issues in chess: how to select candidate moves. He illustrates and discusses many different themes such as: entering relatively uncharted territory replying on your acquired knowledge using...