Train Your Chess Pattern Recognition by Arthur Van de Oudeweetering More Key Moves & Motifs in the Middlegame Paperback, 256 pages In this sequel to his instant classic, Arthur van de Oudeweetering presents players of almost every level with a fresh supply of easy-to-remember building blocks for their chess knowledge.

Kotronias on the King’s Indian Volume 4 by Vassilios Kotronias Classical Systems Paperback or hardback, 464 pages The King’s Indian Defence is one of Black’s most dynamic responses to 1.d4. A favourite weapon of both Fischer and Kasparov, it remains a popular choice at all levels of play. In this,

Understanding Rook Endgames by Karsten Muller & Yakov Konoval Paperback, 288 pages Endgames with rooks and pawns are the most frequently occurring in chess, arising in about 1 game in 10. If you learn an important technique in this endgame, chances are you will end up using it sooner or

Chess Informant 127 – Golden (Informator) (BOOK + CD) 50 years of Chess Informant — GM Sergey Rublevsky – Scotch Game 4…Bb4: You can‘t easily beat a centuries-old opening GM Pentala Harikrishna – What’s the biggest surprise a super-tactician can spring on an opponent? GM Mihail Marin – Why some

After Magnus: Who Can Dethrone the World Chess Champion? by Anish Giri Paperback, 88 pages Twenty more years? Magnus Carlsen has said that he may stay at the top for another 20 years. And who can argue with the World Champion? He’s been dominating top-level chess with an iron fist and

CHESS Magazine – April 2016 CHEATS! Junior Tay takes a look at the players that go to extraordinary lengths to win Magazine, 60 pages UK’s most popular CHESS Magazine – established 1935! All the regular features of the UK’s best-selling CHESS magazine plus more! In this issue: 60 Seconds with

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  KILLER d4 – DVD 1 In the first of this two part DVD series, I will be guiding you through an extremely aggressive repertoire based on 1 d4. Concentrating on gambits and sharp play this opening has been my main weapon in becoming a Grandmaster. Learn my secrets and the secrets

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The Safest Scandinavian by Vassilios Kotronias Paperback, 220 pages This book presents a Black repertoire based on the Scandinavian Defence with 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6. This is the safest yet aggressive queen retreat. It allows Black to increase pressure on d4 with …0-0-0 or …Rd8 while keeping coordination