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Chess Multimedia vol.2
Understanding Chess Strategy
by Alexander Raetsky CD

Strategy is the most fundamental part of chess. Strategy means systematic action on the basis of an understanding of the game, and the implementation of a plan aimed at weakening and – in the end – destroying the opponent’s position... more >>

Nigel Davies - The Veresov
Looking for a new opening? The Veresov could be the one for you! It’s a surprisingly tricky system that, in the right hands, can be a powerful attacking weapon. White forgoes the normal queen’s pawn opening ideas in favour of speedy development of the queenside piece....more >>

John Emms - Play the Najdorf: Scheveningen Style
The Najdorf Sicilian is one of the most sharp, dynamic and popular openings that Black can play and is a firm favourite amongst the world’s elite players, including world number one Garry Kasparov. From very early on, Black unbalances the game to a reach a position in which one can play for the win without exceptional risk...more >>

The Queen's Indian
This book provides detailed coverage and strategic explanation of all lines of the Queen's Indian, with particular focus on the most critical and topical variations. The Queen's Indian is one of the most important modern chess... more >>

Matsukevitch - Encyclopedia of Errors  in Chess Openings 
A book by the famous chess master and theoretician Anatoly Matsukevitch is an unusual textbook on playing various openings.For the first time in the world chess practice a single book includes as many as 4000 miniatures...more >>

Watson - Chess Strategy in Action
John Watson fleshes out the theory presented to enormous acclaim in Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy and extends it into new areas. He illustrates the modern practice of chess...more >>

Snape - Chess Endings Made Simple
In this book, Ian Snape helps the players to tackle endgames with more confidence, so that they look forward to playing them, and are more willing to simplify when this is the best course of action....
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Averbakh Comprehensive Chess Endings + Nalimov DVD
This is a fundamental program for studying endgame theory. Material is supplied by the prominent endgame theoretician GM Yuri Averbakh...more >>

Neil McDonald - Mastering Checkmates
Ideal for those wanting to understand the basics of the Ruy Lopez, one of the most famous of all chess openings...more >>

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Chess Multimedia vol.1 
Chess Endings essential knowledge
by Yuri Averbakh CD

Every chessplayer knows that studying a chess book goes through that boring process of executing moves on the chessboard, viewing for variations, then sub-variations, and then restoring the initial position and so on...
Starting from this consideration a staff of chessplayers, programmers and designers created  Chess Multimedia: a new way to read chess books, in which the book scrolls without a break. 
In this first volume of the series, the Russian GM Averbakh unveils the secrets of all the fundamental endings...more >>
Price:  $ 23,50 / Euro 23,50

 

NEW DEMONSTRATION BOARD - easy carriage and storage!

Excellent arc welted PVC demonstration board, folding in 4 parts for easy carriage and storage... more >>

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