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I början av september 1972 dominerades världens löpsedlar och tidningar av uppgift en att Bobby Fischer blivit världsmästare i schack. Det var förstås i första hand en personlig …

The chess board is rarely big enough for both armies, leading to a fight for the centre, and a fight for space, which together with material and time are key elements of chess …

How good are you at bringing in the full point when you hold a clear advantage or are just plain winning? An honest response to this question is likely to evoke some painful …

Although his career lasted barely ten years, Gyula Breyer (1893-1921) was a highly successful and imaginative chess player. He won the championship of his native country Hungary as …

Before you lies the second volume in a trilogy about the Sicilian Defense. The first volume dealt with the Najdorf and Scheveningen variations, and it is now time to pay attention …

What is the best way to improve your opening knowledge? Memorizing variations? Not really. In the first volume of Dariusz’ trilogy, the author helps you to understand the …

If you want to improve at chess, you must know the characteristics of typical pawn formations. Understanding the pawn structure is a key tool when you are evaluating a position on …

The Imagery of Chess Revisited recovers a celebrated and extraordinary moment in art history: the 1944-45 exhibition The Imagery of Chess, held at the Julien Levy Gallery in New …

Chess: An Historical Perspective Chess -- the "Royal Game" -- is an ancient board game, perhaps fifteen hundred years old. There are many legends about how chess came to be. Most …

An improved and expanded second edition of a modern classic. 'Chess is 99 per cent tactics' is an old saying. This may be an exaggeration, but even the remaining 1 per cent still …

Chess Notation Book This 6 x 9 in chess scorebook contains 202 pages to record chess notation, matches, tournaments and results. Enough for 100 games. Each page has a small …