Sunday, February 24, 2013

King's Indian: A Complete Black Repertoire

Victor Bologan "King's Indian: A Complete Black Repertoire"
Chess Stars; 1-st edition | July 14, 2009 | English | ISBN: 9548782715 | 356 pages | File type: PDF | 5,6 mb

The famous Grandmaster Victor Bologan (Elo 2690) offers a complete Black repertoire based on "probably the most romantic response to 1 d4" (Bologan) - the King's Indian Defence. He explains the concept of the book as follows: "I have tried to reveal to you the true spirit of the King's Indian Defence - to uncover for you its secrets and to show you its typical resources. The Yugoslavian "Chess Encyclopedia" devotes almost a half of Volume 5 to the K.I.D., with indexes from E60 up to E99. However, I did not feel bound by these frames, despite their size, and I have tried to explain to you when Black should direct the fight in the spirit of the Benko Gambit or the Modern Benoni The book is written for chess players of all levels, since the principles of the King's Indian Defence are equally applicable to the amateurs as well as to the super-grandmasters."

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Catalog Of Chess Mistakes

Andrew Soltis "Catalog Chess Mistake"
Three Rivers Press | January 12, 1981 | English | ISBN: 0679141510 | Paperback: 216 pages | djvu | 3 mb

For the benefit of the improving player, Andrew SoltisNew York Post chess columnist and author of 'Pawn Structure Chess' and other booksreviews the major types of chess errors. Using typical game situations drawn from Master play, the book concentrates on teaching recognition patterns for the major mistakesand how to avoid those mistakes.

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Friday, February 22, 2013

Mensa Guide to Chess: 30 Days to Great Chess

Burt Hochberg, "Mensa Guide to Chess: 30 Days to Great Chess"
Sterling; illustrated edition | October 28, 2003 | English | ISBN: 0806912413 | 192 pages | DJVU | 5 mb

You don't have to be a genius to enjoy chess. The practical instruction provided here can help anyone progress from first timer or novice to capable intermediate in 30 days, while instilling an understanding of the game's fundamentals, and providing a strong foundation for future advancement. The game's history, the basic moves for each piece, and strategies for openings, middle game and endgame positions are all covered, and you can measure your progress with the exercises that follow each section. Checkmating tips for the Queen and minor pieces are included, as is advice for salvaging a draw when you have a weakened position. Unlike many other chess books, the lessons included here are designed for"real-world"play, using positions that are most likely to occur for newer players.

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A Guide to Attacking Chess (A Batsford chess book)

Gary Lane, "A Guide to Attacking Chess (A Batsford chess book)"
B.T. Batsford Ltd | October 5, 1996 | English | ISBN: 0713480106 | 128 pages | File type: PDF | 1,8 mb

In this book I explain elements of attacking play that, when understood, will enable players to attack more successfully in their games. The illustrative examples are chosen to demonstrate how a player can create the right conditions for an attack.

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Manual of Chess Combinations, Volume 2

Sergey Ivashchenko, "Manual of Chess Combinations, Volume 2"
Russian Chess House | 2002 | ISBN: 5946930060 | 256 pages | Djvu | 12,1 mb

Author's preface: You have already studied The Manual of Chess Combinations I and can solve simple exercises in which the goal can be reached after 1-3 correct moves. It is time now for the next step - to learn and solve more complicated problems, where deeper thought is required. Such combinations and manoeuvres can bring not only victory, but also aesthetic pleasure, and thanks to books and magazines they are stored forever in the treasury of chess. Our new book too includes combinations that have occurred in games by well-known players, including outstanding masters of the past and present. Here there are also many specifically composed positions, not instructional exercises, but artistic compositions called studies. In them, ideas are usually expressed in a cleaner and more memorable form than in practical games.

As in our previous book, instructional material is arranged in sections of increasing complexity. The study of each section can be roughly estimated as adding 100 points to your rating. Thus our book should lead you up the rungs of chess mastery from a rating of 1600-1700 which signifies knowledge of the game rudiments, to a solid level of 2200 points or more, which in practice corresponds roughly to that of a candidate master.

The book concludes the author's 25-year-long work on the creation of chess tactics manual. Of course with tactics alone you will not defeat all your opponents, but without tactics nothing can be done in chess. Tactics are perhaps the most beautiful and attractive side of chess, particularly at the beginning of your studies. I hope that the study of this book will strengthen your desire to learn chess systematically and bring you real pleasure.

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500 Queen's Gambit Miniatures

Bill Wall, "500 Queen's Gambit Miniatures"
Che ss En terprises | 1985 | ISBN: 093146238X | 128 pages | Djvu | 15,6 mb

This is the fourth volume in Bill Wall's outstanding series of collections of miniature chess games. Here are 500 victories in 25 moves or less. All levels of chess skill are represented - from grandmasters to woodpushers. The games are arranged by variation and indexed by players' names.

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Mastering the Chess Openings, Volume 4

John Watson, "Mastering the Chess Openings, Volume 4"
Ga mbit Publ ications | 2010 | ISBN: 1906454191 | 336 pages | File type: PDF | 17,8 mb

In this highly-acclaimed series, John Watson helps chess-players achieve a more holistic and insightful view of the openings. He explains not only the ideas and strategies behind specific openings, but also the interconnections of chess openings taken as a whole. By presenting the common threads that underlie opening play, Watson provides a permanent basis for playing openings of any type.

This final volume draws together many themes in a wide-ranging discussion of general opening topics. By looking at familiar situations from new angles, Watson helps us greatly increase our understanding of them. In the process, he covers a wide variety of opening structures and variations not seen in the earlier volumes and presents a great wealth of original analysis.

* Réti and Fianchetto Systems
* Reversed Openings
* Symmetry
* Irregular Openings
* Gambits: Primitive or Positional
* Universal Openings

In the final two chapters, Watson presents his views on the importance of opening study and explains how players should best prepare and choose their openings for the level at which they play. He looks at the future of chess openings and explains which skills will be most important as chess evolves in the forthcoming decades.

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Your First Move: Chess for Beginners

Your First Move: Chess for Beginners
Publisher: Raduga | ISBN: 5050021790 | edition 1987 | File type: PDF | 296 pages | 7.5 mb

This is a chess primer for beginners. It was originally publshed in Russian in 1977. In addition to basic theory, it also contains analysed instructive games, 280 diagrams and exercises for readers with solutions.

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Easy Guide to Chess

B. H. Wood, "Easy Guide to Chess"
M.cMillan Publishing C.mpany | 1994 | ISBN: 1857440102 | 128 pages | Djvu | 1,6 mb

Table of Contents
Introduction
The Men and their Moves
Starting and Finishing the Game
Values of the Men
First Chess Games
Elements of Combination
Pawns
The Pieces and the Pawns
How to Make Good Moves
Chess Notation
Basic Endgame Motifs
Standard Openings
Problems and Practical Play
Appendix
Index and Glossary

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Smyslov's 125 Selected Games

Vasily V. Smyslov, Kenneth P. Neat, "Smyslov's 125 Selected Games"
Cadogan Chess | 1995 | ISBN: 1857440285 | 256 pages | Djvu | 5 mb

Introduction vii
Instead of an Autobiography viii
PART I Games won at Home 1
PART II Strategical Concepts in Opposition 14
Chapter 1 King's Indian Motifs 15
Chapter 2 My Friend the Sicilian 30
Chapter 3 In the World of Nimzowitsch's Ideas 49
Variations on a Theme of Botvinnik 49
Watch out - Bishop at b2! 70
PART III Storming the Royal Fortress 81
Chapter 1 The Attack on the Uncastled King 81
Chapter 2 The Attack on the Kingside Castled Position 88
Chapter 3 The Attack on the King after Castling on Opposite Sides 104
Chapter 4 The Attack with a Small Army 129
Chapter 5 Counterattack 139
PART IV By Technique Alone 150
Most Important Results 195
Index of Opponents 197
Index of Openings

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Half a Century of Chess

Mikhail Botvinnik, "Half a Century of Chess"
Cadogan Books | 1996 | ISBN: 1857441222 | 278 pages | Djvu | 3,3 mb

FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
Several books of my games have appeared in English in the past. Some of those games were annotated by chess masters, while others used partly my own comments taken from previously published games. For this book, however, I have personally selected ninety of my most noteworthy games (played over a period of over forty years) and I have provided them with new annotations.
Mr. Yu. Metayev, Director of the Moscow Publishing House "Fizkultura i Sport", had been trying for some time to talk me into writing a book like this for Soviet readers, but I just could not bring myself to get down to it. It was Emanuel Strauss, my colleague in the electronic field, who during our talks in Moscow persuaded me to write this book. I have included my impressions of the chess and human aspects of my opponents (if they are well-known players), as well as typical episodes from tournament life.
My first appearance abroad was in England at Hastings (alas, I was not very successful).
But my first great success was also in England, at Nottingham in 1936. Incidentally, the unrealized match for the World Championship between Alekhine and myself was also planned to be held in England. In the subsequent years the number of my chess friends in England has
in no way diminished. I hope that by publishing this book no harm will be done to the popularity of a past chess player. His games and his comments should come to his defence!
Moscow
M. M. BOTVINNIK

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Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player

Eduard Gufeld, "Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player"
Inter national Ch ess Ent erprises | 1996 | ISBN: 1857441966 | 160 pages | Djvu | 1,9 mb

One of the hardest tasks competitive chess players face is the development of an opening repertoire suited to their own style of play. In this book, translated by Ken Neat, Grandmaster Gufeld makes the job easier by providing an ideal framework for a practical opening repertoire, specifically tailored for those who relish attacking play.

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Lesser-Known Chess Masterpieces: 1906-1915

Chess Endings for the Practical Player

Chess Endings for the Practical Player
Publisher: Law Book Co of Australasia | ISBN: 0710092660 | edition 1983 | DJVU | 250 pages | 5,2 mb

This practical endgame book concentrates on frequently occurring basic positions and explains the principles and main ideas for each player.

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Sicilian Attacks: Powerful Charges

Sicilian Attacks: Powerful Charges Typical Tactics
Publisher: New In Chess,Csi | ISBN: 9056913328 | edition 2011 | File type: PDF | 208 pages | 10,6 mb

This books teaches the key strategic and tactical ideas in many lines of the incredibly popular Sicilian Defence. In the Dragon, Richter-Rauzer, Taimanov and Najdorf variations long castling is objectively the strongest choice for White. Experienced Russian Grandmaster and chess trainer Yuri Yakovich teaches how the resulting pawn structures dictate typical methods of attack. By being better acquainted with the tactical and positional ideas you will be able to assess complicated struggles without having to calculate all the way down to mate. Learn how to recognize typical Sicilian plans and counterplans, and win more games.

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Practical Rook Endings (Progress in Chess)

Practical Rook Endings (Progress in Chess)
Publisher: Edition Olms | ISBN: 3283004013 | edition 2002 | File type: PDF | 99 pages | 11,3 mb

Victor Korchnoi, one of the greatest experts in the field of rook endings, now documents his own experiences in tournament play. His main purpose is to inspire readers with a deep interest in rook endings, and he promises that anyone who thoroughly masters the given material will raise his Elo rating by 100 points or more!

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Calculate Like a Grandmaster

Calculate Like a Grandmaster
Batsford | ISBN: 1906388695 | 2010 | DJVU | 288 pages | 4 mb

This is a penetrating study of the attacking methods of the most aggressive chess players of the modern era-from 1960s world champion Mikhail Tal to Magnus Carlsen, teenage leader of today's new wave of deadly attackers. The attacking style is a good choice for any chess competitor, but especially for less advanced players, who will relish the fireworks it produces. The first book from one of the UK's leading Grandmasters, this unique guide is illustrated with a wealth of examples from top-level games.

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Chess Explained: The Classical Sicilian

2006 | 112 Pages | ISBN: 1904600425 | PDF | 45.11 MB

The Classical Sicilian is one of the most popular and respected systems of the Sicilian, and has been used frequently by players such as Anand, Kramnik and Shirov. Black develops his pieces more quickly than in many Sicilian systems, and intricate piece-play often results. The Classical Sicilian arises after the moves 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nf6 5 Nc3 Nc6. White's most popular and critical response is the Richter-Rauzer Attack, and recent years have seen a diversification in the plans for both sides in this perennially popular line. Against White's alternatives to the Rauzer, Yermolinsky covers lines that retain the independent significance of the Classical move-order, such as 6 Bc4 Qb6 - a line in which he is a leading specialist.

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Chess Explained: The c3 Sicilian

2007 | 111 Pages | ISBN: 1904600719 | PDF | 8.22 MB

Chess Explained is a new series of books about chess openings. They are not theoretical works in the traditional sense, but more a series of lessons from a chess expert with extensive over-the-board experience with an opening. You will gain an understanding of the opening and the middlegames to which it leads, enabling you to find the right moves and plans in your own games. It is as if you were sitting at the board with a chess coach answering your questions about the plans for both sides, the ideas behind particular moves, and what specific knowledge you need to have.

The c3 Sicilian is one of White's most popular and poisonous ways to avoid the main lines of the Sicilian. With the forcing line 1 e4 c5 2 c3, White denies his opponent the chance to demonstrate his preparation in some chaotic system; instead Black will have to fight carefully for equality in a more rational position of White's choosing. There are plenty of tricks and traps in the c3 Sicilian, and the open piece-play that often results can lead to quick attacks and means that careless play will rarely go unpunished.

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

Modern Chess Endings

Play Chess Combinations and Sacrifices

Play Chess Combinations and Sacrifices
Ishi Press | ISBN: 4871878090 | 2009 | DJVU | 190 pages | 3 mb

How often have you seen, in magazines and newspapers, brilliant games in which victory has been brought about through a dazzling series of unexpected moves, with pieces leaping recklessly into the heart of the enemy position. Don't you wish you could play like this too? Now you can! David Levy, International and World expert on computer chess, has analyzed the brilliancies of the masters and, in this book, explains how you can learn to recognize the symptoms and produce your own stunning finishing stroke. Make a small sacrifice and buy this elegant combination of explanation and instruction!

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Kostrov - How Well Do I Play Chess Open Games

Kostrov - How Well Do I Play Chess Open Games
Chess Stars | ASIN: B000VSP3RQ | 2007 | File type: PDF | 88 pages | 3 mb

Chess Stars Publishing presents the famous series of test games How Well Do I Play Chess. The books Open Games, Semi-Open Games, and Gambits, have been printed in more than 50,000 copies in Russia. The author Vsevolod Kostrov from St. Petersburg has been coaching young talents for 20 years. Whole generations of Russian players have grown up on his books. Children often ask their coaches, or their parents How well do I play chess? We will help young players answer that question themselves, and we will improve their level of play in the process. That is the point of Kostrovs books he teaches by involving the element of competition. A chess set, a pen and sheet of paper - that's all the reader needs to measure his chess strength against the Russian standards, and learn basic opening theory at the same time.

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Just the Facts! Winning Endgame Knowledge

Just the Facts! Winning Endgame Knowledge
Publisher: Chess Information and Research Center | ISBN: 1889323063 | edition 2001 | File type: PDF | 406 pages | 4,5 mb

Athough accurate opening play is satisfying and the middle game can be exciting, for most chess players victory is the aim. This book boils down the essential wisdom of the endgame, and gives the player ideas and the ability to recognise when to play them.

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Elements of Chess Strategy by Alexei Kosikov (2010)

Elements of Chess Strategy by Alexei Kosikov
A concise guide to goal-oriented chess thinking
GAmbIT | 2010 | ISBN 1906454248 | English | PDF 300 dpi | 164 pages | 3.64 mb

Forming a plan is the most important goal of logical chess thought. Without a good plan, we are reduced to tactical opportunism, rather than harnessing the power of our pieces to achieve specific tasks and make methodical progress towards victory.

However, few chess-players - even those fortunate enough to have a trainer - develop a disciplined approach to planning. In this book, one of the world's leading chess teachers provides step-by-step guidelines for identifying the features of a position onto which our strategy should be latched. He adopts a thoroughly modern approach, recognizing that the opponent will have his own plans and be attempting to disrupt ours. The effectiveness of Kosikov's methods - in particular the STEPS algorithm - is shown by his pupils' over-the-board proficiency.

Having presented the basics of orderly strategic thinking, Kosikov shows them at work in a variety of middlegame and endgame situations, especially the strategic minefield of minor-piece play. Examples are taken from both classic games and modern grandmaster play, together with instructive moments from games by the author's pupils.

Alexei Kosikov is a chess master from Ukraine who has enjoyed an illustrious career as a chess trainer. He has nurtured a vast array of chess talents, including nine who have achieved grandmaster titles, perhaps most notably Vladimir Baklan and Dmitry Komarov. He has written extensively about chess - and combinations in particular - and was a frequent lecturer at the Yusupov/Dvoretsky elite chess school, to whose training manuals he also contributed.

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

The Chebanenko Slav According to Bologan: A Popular Chess Opening Explained by a Top Player

The Chebanenko Slav According to Bologan: A Popular Chess Opening Explained by a Top Player
Publisher: New In Chess,Csi | ISBN: 9056912461 | edition 2008 | File type: PDF | 239 pages | 14,2 mb

"Stands head and shoulders above everything else on the subject, and is how I wish every advanced opening book would be written." Jeremy Silman, author of 'How to Reassess Your Chess'
"For serious players of 1.d4 and the Slav, this book is a must. It is simply outstanding." Carsten Hansen, ChessCafe

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Theory of the Chess Openings

Theory of the Chess Openings
Publisher: Gossip, G. H | ISBN: N\A | edition 1891 | File type: PDF | 352 pages | 14,6 mb

Why are certain openings fashionable and why do others vanish? Is this based on an objective evaluation or on mere whim? How were Openings principles first elaborated and by whom? And are the experts on openings always right?

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Chess Openings: Traps And Zaps

Chess Openings: Traps And Zaps
Publisher: Fireside | ISBN: 0671656902 | edition 1989 | File type: PDF | 263 pages | 15,5 mb

In the first completely instructional book ever written on chess openings, National Master Bruce Pandolfini teaches players how to take charge of the game's crucial opening phase. Of the three traditional phases of chess play the opening, the middle-game and the endgame the opening is the phase average players confront most often. Unfortunately, though, many openings are not completed successfully, partly because until now most opening instruction has consisted of tables of tournament level moves that offer no explanations for the reasons behind them. Consequently, these classical opening patterns can serve as little more than references to the average player.

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B86-87 Sicilian Defence

B86-87 Sicilian Defence
Publisher: Beliavsky Alexander Mikhalchishin Adrian | ISBN: N\A | edition 1995 | File type: PDF | 145 pages | 14,1 mb

The authors, both experienced grandmasters and chess trainers, discuss the problems that players - from junior/club level to grandmasters!

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The Caro-Kann: Move by Move

2012 | 432 Pages | ISBN: 1857446879 | PDF | 26 MB

This new series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge.

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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Opening for White According to Kramnik 1.nf3

Opening for White According to Kramnik 1.nf3
Publisher: Chess Stars | ISBN: 9548782499 | edition 2006 | File type: PDF | 310 pages | 15 mb

The first volume of the extremely popular series "Opening for White According to Kramnik" was published six years ago. Now 14th world champion Alexander Khalifman presents the audience with two entirely new books. Volume 1a covers the Old Indian Defence, Anti-Gruenfeld, and less popular lines of the King's Indian Defence. The first part analyses 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 d6 3.d4, where Black delays the development of his bishop to g7, or prepares it for another deployment altogether, for example after e7-e5 and Bf8-e7. These opening set-ups have long had the reputation of being solid, but with not so good prospects for Black.

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Quickest chess victories of All time

Quickest Chess Victories of All Time
Publisher: Everyman Chess | ISBN: 1857445384 | edition 1998 | File type: PDF | 115 pages | 11,8 mb

This book contains a comprehensive collection of the shortest decisive games in chess history. It is an indispensable guide to the pitfalls and traps that lurk in every opening system. An ability to punish errors in the opening is an essential aspect of modern opening play. All too often players fail to seize their chances to win a crisp miniature game. The thousands of games featured in this book show how to detect the opponent's errors and take maximum advantage. The text includes an outstanding and comprehensive collection of games won in 13 moves or fewer, as well as explanations of the errors made and how to avoid them. This indispensable volume will help sharpen your killer instinct! FIDE Master Graham Burgess is a highly accomplished and versatile writer on chess, whose 'Mammoth Book of Chess' won the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award in 1997. He holds the world record for marathon blitz chess-playing.

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Monday, February 4, 2013

Winning Chess Endings

Publisher: Everyman Chess 2003 | 231 Pages | ISBN: 1857443489 | PDF | 12 MB

Winning Chess Endings teaches endgame strategies in an exciting new way--by putting the player in the middle of the action with firsthand stories taken directly from famous matches. Pull up a chair and watch the world's most exciting chess endings. Then become an endgame master!

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