The Ultimate Fischer Collection! The Chess Publishing Event of the Decade! The years after the Second World War saw international chess dominated by the Soviets Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian and then Spassky held the world crown, treating it as if it were almost an integral…
"The years after the Second World War saw international chess dominated by the Soviets [Mikhail Moiseyevich] Botvinnik, [Vasily Vasilyevich] Smyslov, [Mikhail] Tal, [Tigran] Petrosian and then [Boris] Spassky held the world crown, treating it as if it were almost an integral par…
Volume one in a series of instructional books that outline the Russian method of chess development, beginning with a lesson on how to learn to play chess in one hour, and discussing opening, middlegame, and engame strategies.
Positional Decision Making in Chess offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster. In his efforts to explain his way of thinking, Boris Gelfand focuses on such topics as the squeeze, space advantage, the transformation of pawn structures and the transformation of advanta…
This book tells the stories of many of the key scientists and chess players who, over a 50-year period, worked toward building a computer program capable of beating a skilled human player at chess.
The author documents one year with the competitive Edward R. Murrow High School (NYC) chess team through to the Super Nationals in Nashville.
Interviews met 21 schakers, waarvan de meesten deel uit maken of uitgemaakt hebben van de wereldtop.
The Reliable Past is the eagerly awaited sequel to Russian Silhouettes, Genna Sosonko's marvellous collection of portraits from the golden age of Soviet chess. Sosonko, who left Leningrad to settle in Holland in 1972, described champions and other key figures of Soviet chess fro…