Kotov Alexander. Play Like a Grandmaster

Everyman Chess, 2004. — 192 p. — ISBN: 9781857443608. There are many differing opinions among the top players in the world of chess, but there is one thing upon which World Champions, Grandmasters, and other experts all agree: the art of chess calculation is the absolute key to the success of a player. Master this discipline and chess players can surely expect their results to...

New in Chess, 2018. — 383 p. — ISBN: 978-90-5691-760-9. Books on chess exercises are usually about tactics. But in most of the positions that you think about during a game, there is no tactical solution. What you are doing most of the time is trying to find a way to improve your position or weaken your opponent's, by applying strategic rules. Experienced chess trainer Emmanuel...

B.T. Batsford Ltd., 2004. — 186 p. — ISBN: 978-0-7134-3609-3. A classic, now available in modern algebraic notation for the first time! Few books have had as much impact on chess literature as this: the first edition sold out within months, and it was immediately recognized as a masterpiece of chess instruction. Twenty years later, it remains a bestseller in the field and one of...

Gambit, 2001. — 416 p. — ISBN13: 978-1901983531. In a major event in chess publishing, two German endgame experts have produced a masterly one-volume encyclopaedia that covers all major endgames. This is the first truly modern one-volume endgame encyclopaedia. It makes full use of endgame tablebases and analytical engines that access these tablebases; where previous authors...

Milford, CT USA: Russell Enterprises, Inc., 2008. — 250 p. —ISBN: 1-888-69043-7. International Grandmaster Karsten Muller was born in Hamburg, Germany. He has established himself as one of the great chess authors. His works include the ChessCafe Puzzle Book 1, Danish Dynamite (with Martin Voigt), The Magic of Chess Tactics (with Claus Dieter Meyer), Secrets of Pawn Endings...

Quality Chess, 2013. — 376 p. — ISBN: 978-1-907982-73-6. Any man in the street knows how to increase his physical strength, but among most chess players confusion reigns when it comes to improving their playing strength. Axel Smith's training methods have guided his friends, teammates and pupils to grandmaster norms and titles. Hard work will be required, but Axel Smith knows...