Understanding Before Moving 2: Queen’s Gambit Structures by Herman Grooten Club players love to study openings as so much material is available. However, it has often been shown that results do not match the amount of study invested, as in practice it is much harder to navigate your way around

Crucial Chess Skills for the Club Player Volume 2 by Robert Ris In his second volume Ris continues to explore the essentials elements of practical play for any club player. Again, the result is that Ris offers a course to help chess students master all facets of the game. Appraisal

World Chess Championship 2018: Fabiano Caruana vs. Magnus Carlsen by Jerzy Konikowski & Uwe Bekemann The duel for the crown of the world’s best player has been the absolute highlight of international chess since the beginning of tournament chess. In November the world champion was determined in London in a

Opening Repertoire: The Sicilian Najdorf by John Doknjas & Joshua Doknjas The Najdorf Sicilian is one of Black’s most respected and popular responses to 1 e4. It was favoured by those two titans of the game, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov and in the modern game it features in the

The Longest Game: The Five Kasparov-Karpov Matches Timman chronicles the many twists and turns of this fascinating saga. On September 10, 1984, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov appeared on the stage of the Hall of Columns in Moscow for the first game of their match for the World Chess Championship.

Man vs Machine: Challenging Human Supremacy at Chess by Karsten Muller & Jonathan Schaeffer Technology continues to advance at a rapid pace. It may sound quaint today, but not so long ago, computers battled humans for supremacy at the game of chess. The challenge of building a computer program capable

CHESS Magazine – January 2019 World Champion Again! Magnus Carlsen Magazine, 60 pages All the regular features of the UK’s best-selling CHESS magazine and more! Regular features include: How Good is Your Chess? by GM Daniel King, Saunders on Chess, Find the Winning Moves, Never Mind the Grandmasters…, Studies, Home

World Chess Championship FIDE Approved Tournament Chess Pieces Own a piece of history with the World Chess Championship Chess Set. Debuting at the World Championship Candidates Tournament held in London from 14th March to 2nd April 2013, these chessmen are the standard for tournament pieces. Design by internationally renowned Pentagram