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Opening repertoires generally operate by restricting your opponent‘s options. The dirty little secret, of course, is that you‘r ...

Part 1 consists of a small database to illustrate 15 possible mating themes. The main section has 1000 mate in 1, 2 or 3 positi ...

If you do not know opening theory in its most intimate details, then you must rely on a sound understanding of chess. But som ...

Realizing the necessity of making yourself familiar with endgames, you will soon be con-fronted with a problem: where to start  ...

Gary Gauthier explains all the basics themes with the help of selected master games. The games are annotated and explained in a ...

Since the year 1886, there have been world championships in chess. The world champion was nearly always determined in a duel. W ...

A comprehensive introduction to the secrets of chess strategy. With 68 extensively annotated games this volume of the "Basic Pr ...

A comprehensive introduction to the secrets of chess strategy. With 68 extensively annotated games this volume of "The Basic Pr ...

With this third and last part of his course, Alexey Bartashnikov concludes his treatment on middlegame strategy and deals with  ...

This CD presents a complete opening system as White, based on the Bird Opening (1 f4), a system many Black players will know a ...

A few years ago, IM Bangiev published a CD with a repertoire for White. Since then the author has developed a new method of tra ...

The Bogo-Indian (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+) is popula ...

The Budapest Gambit 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 is a popular surprise weapon of many top young grandmasters. If White holds on to the gamb ...

The Caro-Kann opening (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5) is said, possibly unfairly, to be a bit on the tame side. But what is fascinating about ...

The Catalan is an opening in which Black may well be able to obtain easy equality, but in which he frequently draws the short  ...

Ten lessons on attacking the enemy king, each with a text introduction, then a game in which you have to find the right moves,  ...

'On master level, the Chigorin Defence has been played relatively seldom, and probably that’s one of the reasons why it has  ...

The Classical Sicilian CD with Tony Kosten includes 27 detailed texts examining each variation and with links to 915 sample gam ...

The Colle System is rather a playing scheme than an opening. White plays d4, Nf3, e3, Bd3, 0-0, Nbd2 and possibly c3 - nearly r ...

The central theme of George Renko's new CD is the creation of threats. Using over 2.500 selected, tactical positions he challen ...

The CD covers all variations of the Dragon System of the Sicilian Defense after the starting moves 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4 ...

In the third and final part of his trilogy about the Dutch, Boris Schipkov turns his attention to some very important side line ...

Choosing the Dutch Defence with the black pieces is a clear signal that you are willing to go for the full point. There are no  ...

People who play the Dutch Defence are usually aiming for more than a draw. This is particularly true of the Leningrad System (i ...