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Chess endgame problems to challenge your mind and improve your game.The problems range from very easy to very hard.Some of the problems involve knights against knights.Others …

The secret of its success may be its anti-positional looks. The pawn thrust g2 g4 is often so counter-intuitive that it's a perfect way to confuse your opponents and disrupt their …

Throughout its hundred-year history, the game Jetan has influenced many writers and game designers. Invented by author Edgar Rice Burroughs for his 1922 novel The Chessmen of …

This toolbox full of tips and games accompanies the picture book, Someday I'll Be a Queen, which incorporates all the rules of chess. Teachers, parents, grandparents, and chess …

Ilya Maizelis’s masterpiece is the definitive introduction to the game of chess. It has inspired generations of Russians to take up the game, including arguably the two greatest …

Imagine you are a club player who has been given the opportunity to talk at length with a famous Grandmaster. How would you make the most of this opportunity? This is the third …

The variation of the French that starts 1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nc3 (or 3 Nd2) 3 ... dxe4 is often called the Rubinstein Variation. It is a great way to simplify the position and ensure …

Chess games are won and lost in the fight to create, attack and exploit each other's weaknesses. A weakness can be of pawns, pieces, squares, files, on colour complexes - and so …

Giving up material is one of the most difficult decisions a chess player has to take. But the reality is that winning a game very often requires you to make that choice. The …

In total, this autobiographic book contains 300 carefully selected items: 25 of Vladimir’s most interesting games & life stories & 50 fragments & 75 studies & 150 problems. The …