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Dr. Siegbert Tarrasch was the first to formulate and express the rule that "If one piece is badly placed, your whole game is bad". The genius of this phrase lies in its simplicity as well as its correctness. Properly applied, it is a significant addition to Steinitz's theory. On the basis of this single axiom, various types of positions can be studied where the difference in force between corresponding pieces. Applying the Tarrasch Formula in this way develops and builds chess theory by emphasising the interrelationship between the location of a piece and its real power. Examine any modern textbook of chess strategy and you will see its lasting value. The Tarrasch Formula is a fundamental and unifying principle that embraces familiar core concepts such as "good/bad bishop," "advantage of opposite-coloured bishops in an attach", "superiority of knight over bishop" (and vice versa), and so forth. Playing steadily to reduce the power of a single enemy piece, to "turn down the volume" until its normal voice become only a whisper, can provide enough advantage to win the game. Why? Because it is functionally the same as winning a piece. Every chess player loves to have an extra piece. This book points the way toward having a virtual extra piece. Thinking of a strategy in this way is a very useful part of your chess planning. It offers a straightforward and effective method for improving your decision-making and move selection, as demonstrated in the games collected for this new book.

About the Author
Sam Palatnik & Mark Ishee

Paperback: 244 pages
Publisher: Chesspro.

Dangerous Weapons: The Queens Gambit: Dazzle Your Opponents! (Dangerous Weapons Series) by Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear & Chris Ward (March 18, 2008)

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Review
"'Whoever absorbs this wealth of original analysis can expect exciting games and some quick wins, with both colours!' James Vigus, reviewing Dangerous Weapons: The Sicilian in British Chess Magazine. 'A lot of fun' GM Lubomir Kavalek reviewing Dangerous Weapons: The Nimzo-Indian in The Washington Post 'Everyman Chess looks to have a winning series straight out of the gate.' John Donaldson, reviewing the series for Jeremysilman.com"

Product Description

In Dangerous Weapons: The Queen’s Gambit, opening experts Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear and Chris Ward team up to investigate one of the most popular openings in chess history, but in a revolutionary way. They concentrate on little-explored and fun-to-play variations of the Queen’s Gambit, selecting a wealth of ‘dangerous’ options for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover!

Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Everyman Chess; 1st edition.

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Paperback: 102 pages
Publisher: Chess Enterprises (June 1990)

Chess Explained: The Queen's Gambit Declined by James Rizzitano (October 15, 2007)

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Product Description
Chess Explained books are not theoretical works in the traditional sense, but more a series of lessons from a chess expert with extensive over-the-board experience with an opening. You will gain an understanding of the opening and the middlegames to which it leads, enabling you to find the right moves and plans in your own games. It is as if you were sitting at the board with a chess coach answering your questions about the plans for both sides, the ideas behind particular moves, and what specific knowledge you need to have.

The Queen's Gambit Declined is one of the most important and popular of chess openings. While an immensely solid and classical choice for Black, it has remained highly topical for more than a century. Both sides have ways to create imbalance and test their opponent's skills and knowledge in a full-blooded struggle. Most of the World Champions have taken both sides of the QGD, with Spassky and Karpov especially notable defenders of Black's cause. In addition to the traditional main lines with Bg5, White has at his disposal the Exchange Variation, and the Bf4 system, both of which can be handled in highly aggressive style if he wishes. Rizzitano covers all these lines and a plethora of other important lines, focusing on the fundamental ideas on which they are based.

About the Author
James Rizzitano is a strong international master who dominated chess in the New England region during a 14-year period from 1976 to 1989 - he won 157 out of 336 events in which he competed. His career highlights include victories over Alburt, Benjamin, Benko, Christiansen, Dlugy, I.Gurevich, and Wolff. Rizzitano has recently made a return to competitive chess, and has already written three successful books for Gambit: Understanding Your Chess, How to Beat 1 d4, Chess Explained: the Taimanov Sicilian, Chess Explained: the Queen's Gambit Declined.

Paperback: 130 pages
Publisher: Gambit Publications
600 dpi, DJVU->DJVU

Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces by Igor Stohl
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Product Description
62 brilliant games involving the best players in the world, with notes by one of the top annotators.

Igor Stohl has selected 62 outstanding games from recent years and analysed them in painstaking depth. Here he presents his findings to chess enthusiasts, who will find the games entertaining and the annotations both instructive and illuminating. Stohl is an outstanding theoretical expert, so the opening phase of each game reads like a lesson in the key strategic aspects of the opening chosen, with a critical survey of modern trends. The middlegame is dissected and the critical decisions subjected to keen scrutiny - we are invited inside Stohl's laboratory to join him in the quest for the truth. The endgame phase, if reached, is handled with similar erudition, with insights into the grandmaster's approach to questions of technique. Following each game there is a discussion of the most important lessons to be learned.

The expanded and revised new edition of this award-winning work features 12 new top-level games from the period 2000-2007 annotated in great depth - about 15% new material. There are also corrections to the existing notes and a revised Introduction.

From the Publisher
Gambit Publications specialises in chess and has an unrivalled reputation for originality and editorial excellence. The company is owned and staffed entirely by leading chess masters and grandmasters.

Aagaard Jacob - Stonewall II, 2007.pdf (german language)

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Soloviov(ed.) - Emanuel Lasker vol.1 - Games 1889-1903 (1998)

600 dpi,336 pages.

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The Two Knights Defence by Alexander ; Mikhalichishin, Adrian Beliavsky (1999)

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Product Description
Two chess masters detail this legendary and exciting chess opening.

About the Author
World Junior Champion in 1973, Alexander Beliavsky has been one of the world's top players for the past twenty years. Known as a brilliant and uncompromising player he has won the USSR Championship on several occasions and inlflicted stinging defeats on both Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov.
Adrian Mikhalchishin is an International Grandmaster with a deserved reputation as a theoretical expert. A highly respected writer on chess he compares regularly at the highest levels.

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Modern Chess Openings: MCO-14 by Nick De Firmian (December 1, 1999)

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Product Description
Why is Modern Chess Openings called "the chessplayer's bible"? Because since it was first published over a half-century ago, it has been one of the most trusted books in the chess world. Because it is the world's most current and comprehensive one-volume reference work on the chess openings. And because it has been completely revised to reflect the changes and advances made in chess over the past eight years, including major tournament matches and published theoretical works.

From the Inside Flap
Why is Modern Chess Openings called "the chessplayer's bible"? Because since it was first published over a half-century ago, it has been one of the most trusted books in the chess world. Because it is the world's most current and comprehensive one-volume reference work on the chess openings. And because it has been completely revised to reflect the changes and advances made in chess over the past eight years, including major tournament matches and published theoretical works.

Paperback: 752 pages
Publisher: Random House Puzzles & Games; 14 Revised edition.

Larousse du jeu d'echecs (French)
2002 | PDF | 477 pages | French | 144 Mb

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Veritable ouvrage de reference, le Larousse du jeu d'echecs est concu pour repondre aux attentes des joueurs de tous niveaux et s'adresse a tous les passionnes d'echecs. Manuel d'initiation et de perfectionnement, il offre aussi un panorama complet de l'univers des echecs, du point de vue artistique, culturel, sportif... L'histoire du jeu d'echecs. Les origines du jeu. L'histoire des grands champions, du XVIII siecle a nos jours. Les echecs, les hommes et la societe. L'evolution des pieces. L'univers mental du joueur. L'informatique, ses progres et ses defis. Les representations de jeu a travers les arts et les medias. La technique du jeu d'echecs.
DECOUVRIR Le materiel. Le deplacement des pieces. Toutes les regles de base.
APPRONFONDIR Les mats elementaires. Les mats celebres. Les themes tactiques de base. Les debuts de partie et les finales elementaires.
MAITRISER La theorie des ouvertures. L'histoire de la strategie et les principaux themes strategiques. Les prix de beaute. Les finales complexes. L'etude artistique et la composition echiqueenne.
DES EXERCICES pour permettre au lecteur de mettre en pratique les connaissances acquises. Les competitions. Les differentes formes du jeu. Les regles en competition. Les systemes d'appariement et de departage. Le classement des joueurs. Les titres. Les federations. Dictionnaire des champions. Les biographies des plus grands joueurs.
Et aussi : Les palmares des competitions internationales et nationales (France, Belgique, Quebec, Suisse), Les regles officielles du jeu d'echecs, Un panorama des produits informatiques, Un glossaire des termes du jeu d'echecs, Un index.

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A study of the Classical variation of the Caro-Kann Defence, popularized by former World Champions Botvinnik, Petrosian and Karpov. Their successor Garry Kasparov is one of the authors of this book, which has been updated by the addition of a chapter by Grandmaster Raymond Keene.

More details
Caro-Kann: Classical 4...Bf5
by Garry Kasparov, Alexander Shakarov
Contributor: Raymond D. Keene
DJVU format, 1.92 MB
Published by The Macmillan Chess Library, 1984
ISBN 0-02-011490-7
148 pages

Concise Chess Middlegames by Neil McDonald (August 1, 2004)

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Product Description
In this easy-to-read pocket-sized guide, Grandmaster Neil McDonald concentrates on the fundamentals of middlegame play in chess. He provides simply enough material so that readers can enter this part of the game with the knowledge and confidence required.

From the Back Cover
Some might say that it is impossible to learn middlegames in the same way you can with the more structured parts of chess: the opening and the endgame. However, although it's true to say that middlegame play is generally more difficult to categorize, there are still many aspects that can be taught and studied in an effective way. In this easy-to-read pocket-sized guide, Grandmaster Neil McDonald concentrates on the fundamentals of middlegame play, including attacking and defending the king, good and bad pieces, and strong and weak pawn formations. At the same time, McDonald is careful not to swamp the reader with too much information. He provides simply enough material so that you can enter this part of the game with the knowledge and confidence you require. Concise Chess Middlegames is a perfect addition to McDonald's other two books in this series: Concise Chess Endings and the best-selling Concise Chess Openings.

*written by a renowned middlegames expert
*includes all critical topics of the middlegame
*a pocket book ideal for club and tournament players

Paperback: 240 pages
600 DPI
Publisher: Everyman Chess; 1st edition.

Soltis - Winning with 1. f4

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Review
Sharpen Your Tactics! features 1125 brilliant sacrifices,

combinations and studies of chess by Grandmaster Anatoly Lein.

Hundreds of these examples of chess wizardry have never before

been available in the west. Sharpen Your Tactics! is a unique

training book that will be of immense benefit to both the

novice and the experienced chess player. Indeed, every class of

chess player will benefit from the insights and examples

provided by Grandmaster Lein. The examples are rated by

difficulty, from easy to very challenging. The problems

gradually become more difficult as the reader moves through the

book, leading the chess player deeper into the world of

high-level chess tactics. Sharpen Your Tactics! will

significantly improve the playing of any serious chess student!

-- Midwest Book Review

Product Description
SHARPEN YOUR TACTICS is a chess tactics training book and is

for every class of chess player. The examples are rated by

difficulty and the problems gradually become more difficult as

you move through the book, leading you into the world of

high-level chess tactics. This book will greatly improve the

readers chess game.

From the Publisher
Sharpen your Tactics! is a delightful and most instructive

chess combination book. The book starts with easy combinations

and progresses to difficult. The unique thing about this

combination book is that most of the problems come from master

games played in the old Soviet Union and very few of these have

been seen in the west. The authors suggest a systematic

training method to get the most benefit from your study time.

"Chess is 99% tactics" as Teichmann once said, and tactics will

greatly strengthen your game after you have seen and studied

the more than 1,000 brilliant combinations in "Sharpen your

Tactics!."

About the Author
Grandmaster Anatoly Lein came to the United States from the

Soviet Union in 1975 and has been among the strongest U.S.

players for the past two decades. He won the World Open in 1976

and was a participant in the Soviet Championship many times

before coming to the U.S. He is still a regular tournament

player. Lein's co-author Boris Archangelsky is a leading chess

teacher in Russia today. He is the trainer of many top Russian

players.

Paperback: 270 pages
Publisher: Hays Publishing.

Mastering the Spanish by Daniel King & Pietro

Ponzetto (July 2001)

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256 pages.

Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy by John Watson

(March 1999)

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Product Description
It is now seventy years since Nimzowitsch wrote his monumental

work My System. While it remains a fundamental work on chess

strategy, the way chess positions are handled has changed

greatly since Nimzowitsch's time - both refinements to existing

ideas, and completely new concepts. John Watson's book fulfils

the need for a thorough, profound work on the modern handling

of chess positions, and how Nimzowitsch's theories - still

controversial and revolutionary at the time My System was

written - have been refined and used alongside classical

concepts.
The first section of the book discusses how the understanding

of classical themes, such as pawn majorities, the centre, and

structural weaknesses, have been refined. Watson then moves on

to discuss new concepts, including the willingness of modern

players to accept backward pawns in return for dynamic play,

the idea of a good 'bad' bishop, knights finding useful roles

at the edge of the board and the exchange sacrifice idea that

became prevalent with the post-war Soviet champions. This

profound yet thoroughly practical work is rounded off with

sections on prophylactic thinking, dynamism, modern concepts as

they apply to the critical contemporary opening systems, and

some thoughts on the future of chess.

About the Author
International Master John Watson is one of the world's most

respected writers on chess. His groundbreaking four-volume work

on the English firmly established his reputation in the 1980s,

and he has produced a string of top-quality works since.

Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy, Watson's first book for

Gambit, won the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award

and the United States Chess Federation Fred Cramer Award for

Best Book. He reviews chess books for The Week in Chess

(website) and hosts a weekly radio show on the Internet Chess

Club.

Paperback: 274 pages
Publisher: Gambit Publications
600 dpi.

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Product Description
These books are perfect for enthusiastic chess players who are starting out in the game, and who are seeking to understand the basic principles behind these important openings: the Pirc/Modern and the Grünfeld. These 2 books are written in a user-friendly style with an abundance of notes, tips and warnings scattered throughout, while key strategies, ideas, and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated.
The authors of these books are very skilled and experienced chess writers, who are used to writing for players of all levels and are renowned for their ability to explain ideas in a lucid and straightforward manner.
These books will be especially beneficial to those players who have previously sharpened their chess skills with the earlier books Starting Out in Chess, Tips for Young Players and Improve Your Opening Play.

*User-friendly design to help readers absorb ideas
*Concentrates on the fundamental principles of the openings
*Ideal for the improving player

The Grünfeld is an energetic and popular defense to queen's pawn openings and is a favorite of the world number one Garry Kasparov. From the start of the game Black allows White to build an apparently strong centre but then attacks it with all his forces. Play can become extremely sharp and theoretical and this opening very much appeals to dynamic players. In this book, International Master Jacob Aagaard revisits the fundamental principles of the Grünfeld and its numerous variations. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips and warnings to guide the improving player, while important strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated.
User-friendly design to help readers absorb ideas
Concentrates on the main ideas of the Grünfeld
Ideal for the improving player

Gloucester Publishers
600 dpi, 178 pages.

Lessons in Chess Strategy by Valeri Beim (November 2003)

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Product Description
Following on from his successful book Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster's Kitchen, Valeri Beim serves up a further series of lessons on important general chess topics. His helpful advice will help you to handle a whole range of typical situations with greater confidence and understanding. These include: geometry of the chessboard; symmetrical pawn-structures; space advantage; central passed pawn in the middlegame; static and dynamic features. In each chapter there are exercises for the reader, with full solutions given.

About the Author
Valeri Beim is a grandmaster who lives in Austria. He has won numerous tournaments and plays in the Austrian and German leagues. For many years he was the head trainer at the chess school in Odessa, and he was also the trainer of the Israeli Olympiad team. This is his third chess book; see also Understanding the Leningrad Dutch, How to Play Dynamic Chess, and How to Calculate Chess Tactics.

Gambit Publications | ISSN: 1901983935 | PDF | 176

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Product Description
The Sozin Attack is White's most overtly aggressive counter to the Sicilian. White puts his bishop on c4 and often follows up with direct play against the black king. Unless Black defends with the utmost precision, the bishop's influence often fuels a deadly attack leading to a cascade of sacrifices and a brutal king hunt. The Sozin set-up can be employed against the Classical Sicilian, the Najdorf, and even the Scheveningen. Mikhail Golubev is a young grandmaster who has employed the Sozin with devastating effect throughout the whole of his adult chess career. Here he explains how White carries out that attack in its various forms (including some relatively positional lines), and presents in detail the theory of all its variations, including the razor-sharp Velimirovic Attack.

About the Author
Mikhail Golubev is a grandmaster from Odessa, Ukraine, who plays regularly in tournaments in eastern and central Europe. He is a noted expert in several sharp and aggressive opening systems, including the King's Indian and the Dragon. His first book, "Easy Guide to the Dragon" has been praised for the quality and quantity of its original analysis, and for Golubev's objectivity in identifying the critical lines.

Gambit Publications | ISSN: 0124841503 | PDF | 272 Pages.

Modern King's Indian Attack A Complete System For White by SM John Hall and Jan R.Cartier (1996-11)

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Academic Press | ISSN: 1880673118| PDF | 160 Pages | 5,92 Mb.

Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry and Ed Eusebi (1994-02-08)

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Review
"Best Lessons of a Chess Coach welcomes you to the of the master. Sunil Weeramantry is a strong player, but more important, he's a gifted teacher -- one of the most successful the U.S. has ever had.... His inexorable logic should clear away misconceptions and start chess players looking at the game from a fresh perspective."
-- from the introduction by Bruce Pandolfini
This series of lessons by the master player and nationally recognized teacher Sunil Weeramantry brings the fundamentals of strategy and tactics to life and shows players at all levels how to think like a master.

"Best Lessons of a Chess Coach welcomes you to the of the master. Sunil Weeramantry is a strong player, but more important, he's a gifted teacher -- one of the most successful the U.S. has ever had.... His inexorable logic should clear away misconceptions and start chess players looking at the game from a fresh perspective."

-- from the introduction by Bruce Pandolfini

This series of lessons by the master player and nationally recognized teacher Sunil Weeramantry brings the fundamentals of strategy and tactics to life and shows players at all levels how to think like a master. -- Review

Review
"Best Lessons of a Chess Coach welcomes you to the of the master. Sunil Weeramantry is a strong player, but more important, he's a gifted teacher -- one of the most successful the U.S. has ever had.... His inexorable logic should clear away misconceptions and start chess players looking at the game from a fresh perspective."

-- from the introduction by Bruce Pandolfini

This series of lessons by the master player and nationally recognized teacher Sunil Weeramantry brings the fundamentals of strategy and tactics to life and shows players at all levels how to think like a master.
Random House Puzzles & Games | ISSN: 0812922654 | PDF | 336 Pages | 5,33 Mb.