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The English Opening is a great practical weapon for ambitious chess players of all levels. White dictates the direction of the opening from move 1, aiming for positions where understanding themes and plans is more important than computer analysis. Playing the English provides a complete repertoire with 1.c4, meeting every major option Black may try.

How I Became a Chess Grandmaster is a personal story that entertains as it instructs. With numerous photographs and anecdotes, you can follow the inspirational rise of a young chess player from novice to Grandmaster.

Grandmaster Training Camp 1 - Calculation! offers you a unique chance to participate in a chess training camp with Super-Grandmaster Sam Shankland, as he works through 300 chess problems set to him by his long-time trainer. Sam shares what he saw, what he did not see, and what he thinks about the problems and the skills needed to solve them.

Serbian chess grandmaster Milos Pavlovic is a lifelong Sveshnikov player as well as an experienced trainer, making him the ideal guide to this opening. Playing the Sveshnikov offers a complete repertoire for Black in the Sveshnikov, including secondary recommendations against certain key variations. With top-class analysis, novelties galore and thoughtful explanations, this book provides everything you need to learn and play the Sveshnikov wit...

During his long journey as a chess player and coach, Grandmaster Axel Smith came to the realization that understanding colour-complex strategies is one of the key differences between strong and weak players. After many years of delivering lectures and training material to his students, Smith produced a Chessable course on the topic, which has been extensively edited and reorganized by Quality Chess to produce this book. Use Black & White Magic...

Korchnoi and his Chess Grandchildren features 25 of Viktor Korchnoi's best games from the latter stages of his glorious career. The annotations are mainly in Korchnoi's own words, with insightful additions from other top players and the author. Between the annotated games are numerous articles and interviews - some with Viktor, and others featuring top players talking about the great man.

Bent Larsen is one of the most celebrated chess players of the twentieth century. Larsen is the man who pushed Bobby Fischer down to Board 2 on the Rest of the World team in 1970. The Danish grandmaster had spectacular results, but chess fans appreciated even more his creativity and fighting spirit, and his ability to create magic out of thin air.

Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated World Champions in chess history, who confounded his opponents and dazzled chess fans around the world. Seemingly breaking every rule in the book, Tal truly was The Chess Alchemist. Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tal¿s most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician himself in a variety of sources.

Analyzing the Chess Mind is an exploration of psychology in chess. Psychology affects the chess moves we make, as the authors entertainingly illustrate in expertly annotated examples. With world-class chess skills and advanced professional qualifications in psychology, GM Boris Gulko and Dr Joel Sneed are the ideal authors to tackle this subject.

The World Championship match between Fischer and Spassky in Reykjavik 1972 was played at the height of the Cold War. The image of a lone American genius defeating the Soviet machine captivated a worldwide audience. Exactly fifty years later, Fischer - Spassky 1972 takes a fresh look at both the chess and the human aspects of this match, with in-depth analysis of the legendary Reykjavik match and the controversial Fischer - Spassky 1992 rematch.

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Chess Evolution 3 continues Artur Yusupov's complete course of chess improvement, with the third volume at the Mastery level. Yusupov covers a variety of topics - Tactics, Strategy, Positional Play, Endgames, Calculating Variations, Openings - using carefully selected positions and advice. The reader is then tested by a series of puzzles.

The King's Indian is the ideal response to 1.d4 to combine dynamic counterattacking play with complete theoretical soundness. A past favorite of both Fischer and Kasparov, it continues to perform well at the highest levels of modern chess. King's Indian 2is the concluding volume of a complete repertoire for Black. This book version of GM Gawain Jones's Chessable course has been extensively edited and reorganized by Quality Chess.

Grandmaster Nigel Short realized that every tournament win has a unique narrative and challenge. In this exceptional chess book, Short discusses eight of his foremost tournament wins, describing the drama with insightful game annotations and entertaining anecdotes. For those wanting to win in chess, this book is the place to start.

Think Like a Super-GM is a unique collaboration combining the chess insights of an elite grandmaster with a scientific investigation into thinking at the chess board. 40 chess puzzles were shown to a panel of players ranging from occasional club players up to Super-GM and co-author Michael Adams. Researcher Philip Hurtado recorded not only the moves chosen, but also the detailed thought processes of every player.

Robert James Fischer is one of the greatest and most celebrated players in chess history. Exactly fifty years since the American won the right to challenge Boris Spassky for the World Championship crown, Tibor Karolyi documents Fischer's unique journey from precocious youngster to the chess icon who obliterated Taimanov and Larsen before convincingly beating Petrosian on The Road to Reykjavik.

The King's Indian is the ideal response to 1.d4 to combine dynamic counterattacking play with complete theoretical soundness. A past favorite of both Fischer and Kasparov, it continues to perform well at the highest levels of modern chess. King's Indian 1 is the first of two books presenting a complete repertoire for Black. This book version of GM Gawain Jones's Chessable course has been extensively edited and reorganized by Quality Chess.

Boost Your Chess 3 with Artur Yusupov continues his complete course of chess improvement, with the second volume at the Mastery level. Yusupov covers a variety of topics - Tactics, Strategy, Positional Play, Endgames, Calculating Variations, Openings - using carefully selected positions and advice. The reader is then tested by a series of puzzles.

Coffeehouse Repertoire is a 1.e4 chess player's dream: an arsenal of ideas from a world-class grandmaster to surprise and confound your opponents, combining coffeehouse trickery with complete theoretical soundness.In Volume 1, GM Gawain Jones shows how to put pressure on the Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian and Alekhine's Defences.

Magnus Carlsen's mastery of the middlegame is astonishing, even by the standards of World Champions. But how did this power develop, and what can the rest of us learn from it? Magnus Carlsen's Middlegame Evolutionallows the reader to celebrate the brilliance of the highest-rated chess player in history while learning from his example. With insightfully annotated games, Ivan Sokolov takes us inside the mind of a chess genius.