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Sample Download: Peter Romanovsky: Soviet Middlegame Technique (PDF)Many of the classics of Soviet chess literature have struggled to see the light of day, but none more so than Soviet Middlegame Technique by...

Sample Download: Boris Gelfand: Positional Decision Making in Chess (PDF)Positional Decision Making in Chess offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster. In his efforts to explain his...

Sample Download: Boris Gelfand: Dynamic Decision Making in Chess (PDF)In Dynamic Decision Making in Chess former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand continues his investigation into decision-making at the top level, discussing some...

Sample Download: Axel Smith and Hans Tikkanen: The Woodpecker Method (PDF)The Woodpecker Method is the name given by Axel Smith to a training system developed by his compatriot and co-author Hans...

Sample Download: Tigran Petrosian: Python Strategy (PDF)Tigran Petrosian is a titan of chess history. All agree he was a genius of strategy, defence and sacrifice, but didn’t he take too many...

Coffeehouse Repertoire is a 1.e4 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,...

Sample Download: John Shaw: Playing 1.e4 - French Defence and Sicilian Sidelines (PDF)Developing an effective repertoire with 1.e4 requires extensive research, mixed with fine judgement and a good deal of...

Sample Download: Nikolaos Ntirlis: Playing 1.d4 d5 (PDF)Nikolaos Ntirlis provides a top-class repertoire for Black after 1.d4 d5 with the Queen’s Gambit Declined. This is truly the Rolls Royce of...

Sample Download: Mihail Marin: The Pirc Defence (PDF)The Pirc is more of a counterattack than a defence: Black allows his opponent to occupy the centre and provokes a confrontation, trusting...

Sample Download: John Shaw: Playing 1.e4 (PDF)Developing a punchy repertoire with 1.e4 requires extensive research, mixed with fine judgement and a good deal of creativity. In this three-volume work, GM...

Sample Download: Alexey Kovalchuk: Playing the Grunfeld (PDF)The Grünfeld Defence is well known to be one of Black’s best and most challenging responses to 1.d4, and has long been a...

Sample Download: Lars Schandorff: Playing the Caro-Kann (PDF)The Caro-Kann is renowned as a top-tier defence to 1.e4, and Lars Schandorff’s Grandmaster Repertoire book on this opening received rave reviews. As...

Questions of Modern Chess Theory is the lost masterpiece of Soviet chess literature. It was written by a 2-time Ukrainian Champion, and published in the Soviet Union in 1956. Russian...

Sample Download: Tibor Karolyi: Karpov's Strategic Wins 1 (PDF)Anatoly Karpov is one of the greatest Chess World Champions with his prime strength the subtle maneuvering of positional play. Many of...

Sample Download: Tibor Karolyi: Karpov's Strategic Wins 2 (PDF)Again, Tibor Karolyi explains Karpov’s particular genius:  features Karpov’s most entertaining and instructive strategic wins from 1986-2010 when Karpov was battling with...

Sample Download: Grigory Levenfish: Soviet Outcast (PDF)Grigory Levenfish was twice Soviet Champion and drew a match with the great Botvinnik, yet despite his skills, he was never a favoured son...