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Do you struggle to score against the Hedgehog and find it difficult to break the Black fortress? This opening manual, which could double as a positional middlegame manual, will show you how White can use a space advantage in this chess opening with maximum results.The Hedgehog System, a personal favourite of many club players, is important to understand for all White players as the positions are near-universal. They can arise from the English Opening, the Nimzo-Indian and Queen's Indian Defences and the Sicilian Opening. The Hedgehog is a flexible defence as Black can undermine your centre with ...b6-b5 or ...d6-d5. Black can attack your kingside dark squares with a queen-and-bishop battery or go after your king by launching the g-pawn.That's why Beating The Hedgehog System focuses on the most airtight variations, taking the sting out of Black's counterplay and making White's space advantage count. You will learn the general strategies but also essential features such as:how to get the ideal queenside formation versus the Hedgehoghow to use x-rays and little tactics to stop Black's ...d6-d5 breakhow to provoke Black's e-pawn to move to e5when to push your a-pawn to the fourth rank... and when to hold it backIncluded are fifteen model games and thirty strategy and tactics exercises to fine-tune your feel for this Opening. This book has been adapted from the MoveTrainer® and video Chessable course with the same name.

Magnus Carlsen's brilliant endgame play is one of the key reasons for his success. The World Chess Champion can win positions which look drawn to anybody else. And more than any other player, he is able to save bad endings.For this second volume of Magnus Carlsen Endgame Virtuoso, International Master Tibor Karolyi has selected Carlsen's best endgames from 2018-2022, whereas the first volume covered 1999-2017. Reviewing these new games and explaining what Magnus was doing, the author was thoroughly impressed. Even Carlsen, who in 2017 was already the best endgame player of all time with Anatoly Karpov, had managed to improve his skills further.Carlsen has it all. He can find deep ideas, play very technically, and is exceptionally well-versed in strategic and tactical endgames. The author is convinced that this new selection contains even better and more instructive games than Volume one.Karolyi explains the general ideas in the games and gives concrete variations. Exploring these annotated endgames, you will soon get a good sense of what is happening. You will find out that Carlsen does not rush unless it is necessary. You will learn how Carlsen increases the pressure and uses all available resources. And you will see that sooner or later, his opponents will start playing second-best moves, feeling uncomfortable, following up with some dubious decisions, and, finally, cracking.Endgame Virtuoso Magnus Carlsen - Volume 2 is a highly instructive, inspiring and entertaining book. It will help you appreciate Magnus' endgame magic and improve your skills in this important game phase.

Kavalek could speak from experience as he had played with or met all the chess greats of the last century. He assisted Bobby Fischer during the legendary Match of the Century in 1972, and in later years, he was the second of Nigel Short and Jan Timman. He also was the tournament director of the prestigious World Cup organized by the Grandmasters Association. But first and foremost, he was an elite player, winning countless tournaments and brilliancy prizes.

The Ukrainian chess community is helping Ukraine in the war against Russia. The chess genius Vasyl Ivanchuk is giving online simuls to raise funds. European champion and Olympic gold medal winner Natalia Zhukova is working as a politician in Odessa. And FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov coordinated this wonderful collection of chess games from Ukrainian players, published by New In Chess. All games were nominated and annotated by the players themselves. The proceeds of this book will support Ukrainian charities. The book also covers the three legendary Olympic victories by Ukraine, in 2004 and 2010 for the men's team and 2006 for the women's team. Oleg Romanishin remembers his training match against Mikhail Tal. And Jan Timman has a look at his favourite Ukrainian study composers. With contributions by Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ruslan Ponomariov, Anna and Mariya Muzychuk, Anton Korobov, Vladimir Tukmakov, Pavel Eljanov, Andrei Volokitin, and many, many others. Michael Prusikin presents the prerequisites and the rules for a King attack in a lucid and attractive manner. In 15 thematic chapters he teaches you how to assess the nature of the position, identify the appropriate offensive patterns, find the preliminary moves and conduct your attack in a clear and effective way. Battering rams, obstructive sacrifices, pawn storms, striking at the castled position, sacrificing a knight on f5, Prusikin demonstrates the most important patterns of attack with lots of clear and well chosen examples. Next, Prusikin tests your newly acquired insights and your attacking intuition with exercises covering all the themes and motifs. You will find that studying Attacking Strategies for Club Players is both entertaining and rewarding.

The number of hours you can spend on opening preparation is endless. Books, videos and databases offer hundreds of ever-widening variations. But how do you find your way through this labyrinth? Where do you start? And, maybe even more importantly: where do you stop? International Master Jeroen Bosch provides a solution to those answers. He presents a structured approach to the study of openings and the preparation for a club match or a tournament game. Every time-strapped chess improver will love Bosch's approach: instead of studying more hours or memorizing more lines he advises you to start making smart choices. The goal is not to reach a slight advantage in every possible line. The goal is to dictate what will happen on the board. You want to get a position you understand and are happy to play, and make your opponent feel uncomfortable. Jeroen Bosch provides you with all the tools you need to dominate the opening phase of the game: how to use move order and how to use tactics. He explains when to play a main line, when to come up with an opening surprise, or when to risk a gambit. And much, much more.

Hein Donner (1927-1988) was a Dutch Grandmaster and one the greatest writers on chess of all time. He was born into a prominent Calvinistic family of lawyers in The Hague. His father, who had been the Minister of Justice and later became President of the Dutch Supreme Court, detected a keen legal talent in his son. But Hein opted for a bohemian lifestyle as a chess professional and journalist. He scored several excellent tournament victories but never quite fulfilled the promise of his chess talent. Hein Donner developed from a chess player-writer into a writer-chess player. His provocative writings and his colourful persona made him a national celebrity during the roaring sixties. His book ';The King', a fascinating and often hilarious anthology spanning 30 years of chess writing, is a world-wide bestseller and features on many people's list of favourite chess books. The author Harry Mulisch, his best friend, immortalized Hein Donner in his magnum opus The Discovery of Heaven. In 2001 the book was adapted for film, with Stephen Fry playing the part that was based on Donner. Included in Hein Donner is the interview in which Harry Mulisch tells about his friendship with Donner. After suffering a stroke at the age of 56, Donner lived his final years in a nursing home. He continued writing however, typing with one finger, and won one of the Netherlands' most prestigious literary awards. Alexander Munninghoff has written a captivating biography of a controversial man and the turbulent time and age he lived in.

Am 10. September 1984 startete in Moskau das Match um die Schachweltmeisterschaft zwischen Anatoli Karpow und Garri Kasparow. Der Zusammenprall zwischen dem regierenden Weltmeister und seinem aufmüpfigen jungen Herausforderer wurde mit viel Spannung erwartet, aber niemand konnte ahnen, was für eine epische Schlacht damit begann. In den nächsten sechs Jahren sollten sie fünf Matches um den höchsten Titel austragen und eine der heftigsten Rivalitäten in der Geschichte des Sports begründen.Die Matches zogen sich im Gesamten über atemberaubende 14 Monate hin, und die beiden "Ks" spielten 5.540 Züge in 144 Partien.Das erste Match machte Schlagzeilen und kam auf die Titelseiten der Tageszeitungen, als der FIDE-Präsident Florencio Campomanes nach fünf Monaten Spielzeit eingriff und das Match aus immer noch mysteriösen Gründen beendete. Ein neues Match wurde abgehalten, und der 22jährige Kasparow wurde der jüngste Weltmeister aller Zeiten.Sein Gewinn wurde nicht nur freudig begrüßt als ein Triumph des erfindungsreichen Angriffsschachs, sondern auch als politischer Sieg. Der Vertreter der "Perestroika" hatte den alten Champion geschlagen, der als Symbol der sowjetischen Stagnation galt. Kasparow verteidigte seinen Titel in drei weiteren Matches, die allesamt voller Dramen waren.In Die längste Partie zeichnet Jan Timman die vielen Drehungen und Wendungen dieser faszinierenden Heldensage nach. Miteinbegriffen sind seine persönlichen Eindrücke hinter den Kulissen; auf die Partien wirft er einen frischen, unverbrauchten Blick.

Jeder Schachspieler liebt es, den feindlichen König anzugreifen. Das Ziel ist klar umrissen, das Denken konkret, die Kreativität fließt und der schnelle Sieg lugt schon um die Ecke. Es gibt im Leben wenige Dinge, die besser sind als ein erfolgreicher Abschluss eines schneidigen Angriffs auf den gegnerischen König!Aber wie gut sind Sie tatsächlich beim Angreifen? Haben Sie jemals Ihre Leistungen einer genauen Analyse unterzogen? Haben Sie dabei Rechenfehler entdeckt, nicht wahrgenommene Chancen oder fruchtlose Anstrengungen? Nach dem großen Erfolg seines Klassikers Schachstrategie für Vereinsspieler hat Herman Grooten nun einen gleichfalls leicht zugänglichen Nachfolgeband über Angriffsschach geschrieben. Er klärt Sie darüber auf, wie man Chancen wahrnimmt, Schwächen ausnutzt, seine Kräfte zur Front bringt und im richtigen Moment zuschlägt.Grooten konzentriert sich darauf, die für diesen Prozess wichtigsten mentalen Fertigkeiten zu trainieren: visualisieren, strukturieren, vorausahnen, rechnen und erinnern. Dies ist nicht nur eine weitere Sammlung nützlicher und thematischer Züge und Motive, sondern ein umfassender und höchst strukturierter Lehrgang der Angriffstechniken. Dabei verwendet er fantastische neue Beispiele, klare Erläuterungen und viele instruktive Aufgaben.

Die Mustererkennung ist eines der wichtigsten Werkzeuge bei der Verbesserung im Schach. Die Erkenntnis, dass die Stellung auf dem Brett Ähnlichkeiten mit etwas hat, was man bereits gesehen hat, erleichtert Ihnen, rasch den Gehalt der Stellung zu erfassen und die vielversprechendste Fortsetzung zu finden. MUSTERERKENNUNG IM MITTELSPIEL versorgt Sie mit einem reichhaltigen Schatz an wichtigen und doch leicht einzuprägenden Bausteinen für Ihr Schachwissen.In 40 kurzen, scharf umrissenen Kapiteln präsentiert der erfahrene Schachtrainer Arthur van de Oudeweetering hunderte Beispiele zu verblüffenden Mittelspielthemen. Um Ihr Verständnis zu testen, gibt es zu jedem Abschnitt Aufgaben.Nach der Arbeit mit diesem Buch wird sich Ihr Schachwissen ganz wie von selbst um die Kenntnis zahlreicher Stellungstypen, Bauernstrukturen und Figurenkonstellationen vermehrt haben. Im Ergebnis werden Sie den richtigen Zug häufiger und auch rascher finden!

Giving mate is the ultimate goal of every chess player. Finding that all-decisive combination is immensely satisfying. But how are you supposed to spot a checkmate when you are sitting at the board with the clock ticking?In this guide International Master Vladimir Barsky teaches the method created by his mentor Viktor Khenkin (1923-2010). It's based on an ingenious classification of the most frequently occurring mating schemes. A wide range of chess players will find it an extremely useful tool to recognize mating patterns and calculate the often narrow path to the kill.All the 1,000 examples (850 of them in exercise format) that Barsky presents are from games played in 21st century. He has carefully selected the most instructive combinations and lucidly explains the typical techniques to corner your opponent's king. More often than you would expect, positions that look innocent at first sight, turn out to contain a mating pattern.This is not just another book full of chess puzzles. It's a brilliantly organized course that has proven to be effective. Finding mate isn't rocket science, but you need to know what to look for. Vladimir Barsky teaches you exactly that.