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Thirty years ago, Roman Pelts was my chess teacher in Odessa, Russia. Later he assembled all knowledge essential for becoming a stronger player in this Comprehensive Chess Course. The techniques used in the Course proved to be a success for me as well as for generations of chessplayers in Russia and later in Canada and the United States. Now, the Course can help you learn chess the correct way to realize your chess potential fully. - Grandmaster Lev Alburt, three-time U.S. Champion

Top grandmasters demystify chessboard planning, giving you the practical, game-winning strategic techniques you could spend years gathering on your own.

Chess strategy is the long-term planning at the heart of winning chess. Each important idea is clearly explained using games carefully chosen for their instructive clarity and power. This is the fifth but stand-alone volume of the Comprehensive Chess Course, the series that brings readers of English the once strictly guarded Russian training methods.

This chess classic has been praised by players and teachers alike.

Lev Alburt, Grandmaster of Chess and three-time US chess champion, presents and analyzes the attack and defense of the king, with hundreds of game illustrations, dozens of problems and exercises, and instructive explanations and solutions. These practical exercises take the reader from beginner to tournament-strength chess player.

The basics of mastering chess are laid out in this book by well-known player, Edward Lasker. This edition has been typeset in algebraic notation and takes the reader though an interactive chess adventure; the reward for the correct answer is to proceed to the next concept.

The Sveshnikov Variation is one of the most uncompromising lines of the Sicilian Defence. Black accepts an apparently loose pawn-structure in return for a great deal of piece activity. Decades of experience have shown that it is far from easy for White to neutralize Blacks active play, and the Sveshnikov is now firmly established as a favourite weapon for players who wish to win games as Black. Leading grandmasters who have relied on the Sveshnikov include John Nunn, Michal Krasenkow, Joel Lautier, Miguel Illescas, Alexei Shirov, Peter Leko and, most notably, BGN World Champion Vladimir Kramnik.

Sinds 1948 domineerde de Sovjet-Unie het mondiale schaken - volgens Moskou een bewijs van de superioriteit van het sovjetsysteem. Maar toen kwam Bobby Fischer, Fischer was een wereldvreemd genie, wiens leven uitsluitend om het schaakbord draaide. Op zijn zegetocht naar de kampioenswedstrijd in Reykjavik in 1972 had hij al zijn tegenstanders vermorzeld. Maar hoe meer de match naderde, hoe onhandelbaarder hij werd, en uiteindelijk was er een telefoontje van Henry Kissinger nodig om hem te overtuigen voor zijn vaderland te strijden. Tegenover hem stond Boris Spasski: een gevoelig en kunstminnend man, zeker geen communistisch modelburger. De auteurs laten zien hoe - toen hij aan de verliezende hand was- de KGB hem hielp om terug te vechten.

Over his five matches for the World Championship against Gary Kasparov, the Closed Spanish was Karpovs most common defence to the kings pawn. Time and again these two great rivals returned to the same dramatic arena armed with new weapons from their laboratories, greatly enriching the theory of these highly fashionable systems and creating a remarkable series of chess masterpieces. The Zaitsev system, devised by Karpovs long-time second and chief analyst Igor Zaitsev, has been the main scene of these contests, and this book also covers a second system, which Karpov developed himself for the most recent match.

Provides a grandmasterly insight into the Kasparov system against the Queens Indian Defence, and named after the World Champion, who popularized the variation in the early 1980s. All the main variations are covered, with complete games illustrating the important ideas. Mikhail Gurevich is a top grandmaster who has represented the Soviet Union in many international events.

An ideal read for chess players looking to improve their understanding of the semi-closed openings, this book provides a unique insight into the way a top Grandmaster approaches opening theory.

In this fourth and concluding volume of Anatoly Karpov’s semi-closed openings series, the most important developments in the Grunfeld, Queen’s Indian, King’s Indian, and Nimzo-Indian Defenses are explained and examined.

Each variation is analyzed in depth, using complete games from recent Grandmaster play to illustrate how opening ideas are put into action in the middlegame and endgame.

Schaakboek. Zeer gedetailleerd systeem voor zwart om zich te verdedigen tegen zowel 1. D4 als 1. E4. Met veel diagrammen,  

A favourite of Nigel Short, Britain's leading challenger for the World Championship, and of previous champions, Anatoly Karpov and Tigran Petrosian, the Queen's Indian is one of the Black's most reliable defences. It has been tried and tested at Grandmaster level and is a popular choice for club players. This volume analyzes each of the major variations of this defence.

Tha match against Spassky analysed.