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Chess for Hawks Improve Your Vision, Sharpen Your Talons, Forget Your Fear Cyrus Lakdawala How to become a more aggressive player Club and internet chess players Are you a dove or a hawk? Is your natural instinct at the chessboard for caution and strategy or do you crave adventure and confrontation? ISBN: 978-90-5691-719-7 PRICE: $24.95 288 pages softcover book May 2017 Chess for Hawks is the fascinating and often hilarious story of Cyrus Lakdawala s struggle to release his ier hawk. It is also a highly instructional guide that will make you think about questions you may not have thought about before: why do you miss opportunities to win a won game, does deliberately breaking a rule come easy to you, how good are you at ignoring a threat and at refusing a draw offer, are you able to distinguish between patience and apathy, do you hate to trade queens and do you know when to trade in initiative for material? Cyrus Lakdawala does something no other chess writer has done before: he makes you reflect deeply about your style of play and its consequences. After reading Chess for Hawks you will be a stronger player because you have mastered an essential but neglected skill: you will know how to obey the position s requirements instead of your natural inclination. Written by a very popular chess author from San Diego, CA In a highly personal and accessible style An instructive, fascinating and often hilarious story Covering a neglected area of chess improvement
The New In Chess Book of Chess Improvement Lessons From the Best Players in the World s Leading Chess Magazine Compiled & edited by Steve Giddins Improvement lessons from the games of the world s best players The average chess player For more than three decades every issue of New In Chess magazine has been full of detailed and highly enlightening aotations by the world s best players. ISBN: 978-90-5691-717-3 PRICE: $24.95 336 pages softcover book March 2017 NOTE: This title was aounced earlier with a different title (The Thrill of Skill) The study of well-aotated master games is the best way to improve. Acclaimed chess author Steve Giddins has assembled the most didactic examples from New In Chess. There are masterclasses by dozens of chess legends and no fewer than eight World Champions. Together they provide the high standard of instructional material that today s club player needs. Improvement lessons from the games of the world s best players, explained by themselves Compiled and edited by acclaimed chess author Steve Giddins An exciting picture of modern top level chess With high-standard instructional material for today s amateurs Contributions by dozens of chess legends and 8(!) World Champions, among which Garry Kasparov and Magnus Carlsen
Chess Training for Candidate Masters Accelerate Your Progress by Thinking for Yourself Alexander Kalinin Unique and effective top level training material Talented youngsters Prominent Russian chess trainer Alexander Kalinin argues that what you need to make real progress is not more computer input, but increased understanding. To discover the ultimate secrets of chess you must (re)develop the habit of using your own brain. ISBN: 978-90-5691-715-9 PRICE: $19.95 208 pages softcover book April 2017 Kalinin provides a wealth of training material. The vast majority of his examples has never been published before. Unique training material By one of the most successful Russian chess trainers Teaches heavy users of chess computers to think for themselves With a preface by a former pupil of Kalinin, young American Grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky NOTE: This title was earlier aounced with a different page count and a different price ($29.95)
Chess Strategy for Club Players New 3rd & Extended Edition The Road to Positional Advantage Herman Grooten New edition of an award-wiing primer on positional chess Club and internet chess players A complete and structured course on how to recognize key characteristics in all types of positions and how to make use of those characteristics to choose the right plan. ISBN: 978-90-5691-716-6 PRICE: $29.95 432 pages softcover book March 2017 Club players will learn the basic elements of positional understanding: pawn structure, piece placement, lead in development, open files, weaknesses, space advantage and king safety. You will master the art of converting a temporary plus into other, more permanent advantages. This new 3rd edition has, besides various corrections and improvements, a new introduction and a brand-new chapter called Total Control, with new exercises. A new and extended edition of a bestselling primer A complete course on positional understanding ChessCafe Book of the Year Award 2009 Shortlisted for the Guardian Chess Book of the Year 2009 Written by a highly experienced and successful chess trainer Companion volume to Attacking Chess for Club Players by Herman Grooten, published in 2016 ISBN 9789056916558
Bologan s King s Indian A Modern Repertoire for Black Victor Bologan Chess opening instruction Club and internet chess players The King s Indian Defence is arguably the most ambitious and exciting way to play against 1.d4, the most widely played opening move in the game. ISBN: 978-90-5691-720-3 PRICE: $32.95 368 pages softcover book June 2017 The opening has been a favorite of legendary attacking players such as Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov, and remains highly popular at club level. Victor Bologan presents a complete King s Indian repertoire for Black, and in many lines he presents two different ways to handle the Black position. During his research, he has found many new ideas and resources. Bologan s explanations are accessible for a wide range of players and he provides the reader with a thorough grounding in the strategic and tactical motifs. Written by world-class grandmaster and successful author Victor Bologan Covers an exciting and highly popular chess opening The favorite opening of Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov With clear explanations and many new ideas and resources Companion volume to two earlier titles by the same author: Bologan s Black Weapons in the Open Games 978-90- 5691-543-8 and Bologan s Ruy Lopez for Black 978-90-5691-607-7.
The Complete French Advance The Most Uncompromising Way to Attack the French Defence Evgeny & Vladimir Sveshnikov Chess opening instruction Club and internet chess players The Advance Variation is the most ambitious way to meet the widely played French Defence. ISBN: 978-90-5691-718-0 PRICE: $32.95 352 pages softcover book July 2017 Grandmaster Evgeny Sveshnikov is, as former World Champion Anatoly Karpov puts it, the world expert in this popular variation. Together with his son, International Master Vladimir Sveshnikov, he has thoroughly updated and expanded his earlier investigations, and they have found many new ideas and resources. The Sveshnikovs clearly explain the ideas and plans for both sides and provide exercises and test positions. After reading and studying this book, White players, from amateurs to Grandmasters, will make their opponents lives even more difficult. A very sharp way to combat one of the most popular chess openings Written by the world expert (according to former World Champion Karpov) With many new ideas that club players and professionals can t afford to miss A lucid and practical manual With lots of highly accessible explanations
Gyula Breyer The Chess Revolutionary Jimmy Adams The life, games and collected writings of a 20th century chess legend Chess players in general ISBN: 978-90-5691-721-0 PRICE: $49.95 650 pages hardcover book June 2017 Gyula Breyer (1893-1921) won the championship of his native country Hungary and achieved remarkable results against the leading players of his day. But first and foremost, he was a revolutionary in his chess thinking. After his death, however, he was omitted from most of the chess history books. Jimmy Adams has unlocked Breyer s legacy from the archives and made it accessible to the chess world at large. This monumental book presents 242 of his games and a large number of articles, columns and fragments from newspapers, magazines and books, sparkling with chess and literary wit. The majority appear in English for the first time and indeed in any language other than Hungarian. By piecing together this material in chronological order, Jimmy Adams has constructed a mesmerizing biography, covering Gyula Breyer s intense and ultimately tragic life. Biography and games of a chess legend Collected writings of a great but neglected reformer of chess thinking Important historical material, for the first time available in English Edited by successful and acclaimed chess author and editor Jimmy Adams