Closing Gambit: 1978 Korchnoi versus Karpov and the Kremlin (DVD) Soviet Loyalist vs Russian Dissident After Fischer beat Spassky in the 1972 World Chess Championship, the Soviets plotted to regain this coveted title by supporting Anatoly Karpov – a loyal member of the Communist Party and epitome of the young

American Chess Magazine Issue 8 Who is Faster? Nakamura vs Nascar The American Chess Magazine brings you 156 colourful pages, packed with amazing chess material, ranging from world class play to local and state news and games. Instructive and entertaining games from recent events are presented with outstanding annotations, while

Clinch it!: How to Convert an Advantage into a Win in Chess by Cyrus Lakdawala How good are you at bringing in the full point when you hold a clear advantage or are just plain winning? Pondering this question may well evoke some painful memories. Perhaps the single greatest frustration

Together with the Candidates: from Budapest 1950 until Berlin 2018 by Alexey Kuzmin Elite games, Tests and History This book is a presentation of the history of all the Candidates Tournaments and matches. However it is also a book of tests and solutions, given in the format of game fragments

Better Thinking, Better Chess: How a Grandmaster Finds his Moves by Joel Benjamin Finding strong moves doesn’t simply depend on how much you know about chess. In fact, greater conceptual knowledge makes choosing a move more complex as it increases the number of directions your mind can take. More important

CHESS Magazine – October 2018 Introducing the Fantastic Four coming to London this December 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 Modern English Volume 1: 1.c4 e5 by Kiril Georgiev and Semko Semkov This book aims to arm White players adequately against Black’s most dangerous answer to 1.c4 – 1…e5. It is written from White’s standpoint, but it should also serve Black players since the authors often discuss several alternatives

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