Tactic and strategy are two very important elements in a chess game. Both are more durable compering to openings which are more depending on what's popular at the moment.
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...
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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: Lluis Comas Fabrego: True Lies in Chess (PDF)For Lluis Comas Fabrego chess is about more than just winning as many games as possible, it is a creative search...
Sample Download: Martin Weteschnik: Chess Tactics from Scratch (PDF)An improved and expanded second edition of a modern classic.
'Chess is 99 per cent tactics' is an old saying. This may be...
Sample Download: Esben Lund: The Secret Life of Bad Bishops (PDF)The Bad Bishop is a notorious villain in chess, but often a perfectly respectable bishop is falsely accused. The Secret Life...
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Sample Download: Mihai Suba: Positional Chess Sacrifices (PDF)In chess, sacrificing material is the most dramatic way to try to seize the advantage. Most sacrifices have a forcing aim in mind,...
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Volume 1, The Fundamentals, showed club players the basic ideas they should...
Sample Download: Artur Yusupov: Build up your Chess 2 (PDF)Renowned chess teacher and grandmaster Artur Yusupov continues his complete course of chess improvement. Volume 1, The Fundamentals, showed club chess players the...
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