All chess players have heard about the power of the bishop pair – but many have no understanding of when the two bishops are superior, nor why they are superior, when they are, and least of all, what to do with the advantage of the two bishops, when achieved.

This book is a logical follow up of Semkov’s previous work on the Nimzo-Indian Defence. It covers the Exchange Variation 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 against the Queen’s Gambit Declined. Practical results of 63% in White’s favour and the endorcement of Carlsen, Gukes, Caruana, Aronian, Sarana and many others of the elite confirm the prominent status of this system.

Lately second players tend to deviate from the traditional main lines and resort to 3...a6, 3...h6, 3...Be7, 5...Bb4 and other exotic set-ups, so the author analyses them in separate chapters.

Dan Heisman has been teaching chess for over 50 years and has been doing so full-time since 1996. He therefore knows very well what kind of advice actually helps players improve. This book is a distillation of that advice.

Taktyka - maty w 2 posunięciach

W celu wyłonienia nowego mistrza świata, w minionym roku odbyły się dwa bardzo ważne turnieje:

1.Turniej kandydatów w Toronto, którego zwycięzca Dommaraju Gukesh (Indie) zagwarantował sobie prawo do walki o mistrzostwo świata.

2.Mecz Dommaraju Gukesh-Ding Liren (Chiny) w Singapurze, który wyłonił najlepszego szachistę globu.

O obydwu tych wydarzeniach opowiada właśnie ta książka. Autorzy szczegółowo, bo aż na 320 stronach opisali szczegółowo te turnieje.

One of the sharpest lines to meet 1 d4 is the Modern Benoni (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 c5 3 d5 e6 4 Nc3 exd5 5 cxd5 d6). The hallmark of this opening is that Black makes the positional concession of allowing White a central majority and in return hopes for counterchances via active piece play. However, there are many other weird and wonderful ways to handle these "Benoni structures" as the very experienced chess coach and author Andrew Martin demonstrates in this highly engaging book.

Chess theory ebbs and flows. Lines that have been discarded for decades suddenly become all the rage and everyone starts playing them. A case in point are queenside openings where White plays Bf4. For years these had been the chess equivalent of flared trousers but in recent times they have been reinvented and even the best players in the world are now sporting them.

Czym jest gra w szachy? Formalnie jest to wojna zabawek, prowadzona przez drewniane bierki pod dowództwem dwóch generałów — graczy, posiadających białe i czarne figury. W każdej wojnie, nawet zabawkowej, ważne jest, aby żołnierz nie wpadł na minę, nie znalazł się pod ostrzałem wrogiego snajpera, a raczej, aby to on przechwycił nieostrożnego pionka lub figurę przeciwnika. 

Te stylowe kolczyki w kształcie serca wykonane z akrylu to oryginalny dodatek dla osób, które cenią modę i niebanalne wzory. Ich design inspirowany jest szachownicą, co nadaje im unikalny i dynamiczny charakter.

The book about defense is created as an endeavor to help players who struggle with this very difficult set of chess skills.

How to organize a proper defense?

I have returned to my book from a few years ago, to an opening that at the time was a rare guest among books as a topic – and not only among books, but also in tournament practice. In the intervening years it has become very popular to use this old and somewhat forgotten method of playing and I have found lots of interesting new games.

We all love the dynamics of chess. Spectacular sacrifices, combinations and attacks on the king never fail to enchant us. But how do we improve our understanding of dynamics? How can we recognize the ‘dynamic energy’ in a position? When can we turn 2+2 into 5, as the legendary tactician Mikhail Tal could? The answers can be found in the Hidden Laws of Chess.

Piękny zestaw turniejowy renomowanej firmy DGT na wzór szachownic elektronicznych turniejowych 

Szachownica turniejowa orzechowa (na wzór elektronicznej tylko bez czujników)  + figury turniejowe Timeless (na wzór elektornicznych figur tylko bez czujników)

Hikaru is a five-time US chess champion, ranked as high as second in the world with a stratospheric peak rating of 2816, the 10th highest of all time. He is also a top chess streamer with over a million followers across social media, consistently on the list of the five wealthiest gamers in the world. Nakamura has represented the US in 5 Olympiads, earning a team Gold and two Bronze medals.

PROFESJONALNE SZACHY TURNIEJOWE ( rozmiar szachownicy oraz figur zgodny w wytycznymi Polskiego Związku Szachowego oraz FIDE)

Profesjonalny zestaw szachów w rozmiarze turniejowym nr 6. 
Szachownica intarsjowana, z wewnętrzną kasetką na figury.

M Richard Palliser outlines a combative Trompowsky (1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5) repertoire for White. The lines analysed deal with all of Black’s common responses. A perennial favourite of creative players, the ‘Tromp’ sets Black complex problems from the very beginning.

PRACTICAL CHESS TUTOR - FROM BASIC TO MASTERY 2 is a complete manual of chess strategy for club players, with some introductory tactical themes at the very end of the book. All the crucial elements of strategy are examined in great detail by examining the most instructive classical and modern games (100 games in total).

Presents 320 pages of the very best in chess:

Velickovic - Editor's Corner

Speelman - Real-Time Action and British Miscellany

Perunovic - Serbian Chess Championship

Afek - Dutch Chess Championships

Kotronias - Najdorf Variation - 6. h3 e6! Repertoire for Black

Prusikin - Michael's Musings

Perelshteyn - Sicilian Dragondorf

Sprenger - Obstructing the Opponent's Plan

Edwards - Correspondence Chess Matters

Gonen - World of Correspondence Chess

Rogers - Candidates Semifinal Matches, London 1983

Griffin - From the Chess Informant Archives

Traditional sections: 287 games and fragments, combinations, endings, Tournament reviews, the best game and the most important theoretical novelty from the preceding volume.

The periodical that pros use with pleasure is at the same time a must have publication for all serious chess students!

Trzej Muszkieterowie czyli o mechanizmie szachowego poświęcenia - Zeszyt nr 4 - czyli o mechanizmie szachowego poświęcenia.
Furtka do ewakuacji , czy okazja dla włamywacza?. O specyfice ruchu h7-h6 (h2-h3).

"The motif is the effect that a chess piece has towards another (own or opposing) piece, or square" so is the definition by the author in the introduction chapter.

According to Meszaros, motifs fall into two categories: basic or combinational. The elements of both groups can be simple or complex, depending on the number of their components.

Concepts like Potential Attack, Undefended piece or square, X-Ray, Blockade are explained with illustrative examples. 

Ta wyjątkowa bluza z kapturem to idealny wybór dla miłośników szachów, którzy cenią sobie zarówno komfort, jak i styl. Wykonana z wysokiej materiału, zapewnia ciepło i wygodę nawet w chłodniejsze dni.

Design:

Motyw szachowy: Bluza ozdobiona jest eleganckim wzorem szachowym, który nadaje jej unikalnego charakteru.

Elementy szachownicy na rękawach: Na rękawach znajdują się subtelne elementy szachownicy, które dodają bluzie sportowego i jednocześnie intelektualnego wyglądu.

Kolory: Dostępna w klasycznych kolorach, takich jak czarny, szary i biały, które doskonale komponują się z szachowym motywem.

Funkcjonalność:

Kaptur: Kaptur zapewnia dodatkową ochronę przed wiatrem i chłodem.

Kieszenie: Praktyczne kieszenie kangurki pozwalają na przechowywanie drobiazgów lub ogrzanie rąk.

Ściągacze: Elastyczne ściągacze przy mankietach i na dole bluzy zapewniają idealne dopasowanie i komfort noszenia.

Have you ever admired an amazing game of chess, simultaneously thinking “I could never play like that”? In Tiger’s Chaos Theory, you will find a different perspective, treating extraordinary play and creativity as a learnable skill. Thinking outside the box is a stock phrase of the commentators; champions expand their box.

The Nimzo-Indian Defence is an ideal weapon for Black at all levels. It has been popular for over a century due to its positional soundness, yet has experienced a revolution in recent years, with modern analysis increasingly highlighting its dynamic potential.

I used to play a lot of chess as a teenager many decades ago. Those days, there were hardly any computers that played the game and there was certainly no Internet. Learning new ideas in the game was possible only through books or magazines and if something was not clear, there weren’t too many people to consult for explanations. 

Develops your combinative flair while highlighting the beauty and profundity of chess.

1000 Chess Problems will develop your combinative flair while highlighting the beauty and profundity of chess.

Turbo-Charge Your Tactics 2 concludes a multi-year effort by GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko and world-renowned trainer IM Vladimir Grabinsky to create the perfect chess puzzle books. This second volume builds upon the first, using games from the World Champions and their challengers. Most chess games are decided by tactics, so solving tactical puzzles is the most effective path to improvement.

This book also contains a special chapter with expert guidance on how to use chess engines. The engines might analyse precisely but they can also harm our chess understanding if followed blindly, so we must know when and how to use them.

Turbo-Charge Your Tactics 1 is essentially a chess puzzle book, but not a typical one. It’s a multi-year effort by GM Mykhaylo Oleksiyenko and his world-renowned trainer IM Vladimir Grabinsky to introduce you to the world of ”unnatural“ tactical moves.

Presenting examples of extreme beauty, no matter where they come from be it online bullet or world-class grandmaster praxis this book will cure your ”selective blindness“ by destroying the false notion of chess principles being a set of rules, instead of helpful guidelines. Most chess games are decided by tactics, so solving tactical puzzles is the most effective path to improvement.

Georgy Lisitsin (1909-72) was a respected Soviet master, theoretician and writer. In 1958 he published a revised edition of his most ambitious work, entitled Strategy and Tactics of Chess, which became one of the most legendary manuals in the Soviet chess school, and no doubt one of the books that motivated the young Bobby Fischer to learn Russian.

Georgy Lisitsin (1909-72) was a respected Soviet master, theoretician and writer. In 1958 he published a revised edition of his most ambitious work, entitled Strategy and Tactics of Chess, which became one of the most legendary manuals in the Soviet chess school, and no doubt one of the books that motivated the young Bobby Fischer to learn Russian.

Классики учили: самый простой и действенный способ переиграть менее опытного шахматиста – получить позицию, в которой конь борется со слоном. Считается, что фигуры эти равны по силе, но уж очень разные у них характеры! Если провести аналогию с хоккеем, то слоны – это скоростные и прямолинейные игроки с мощным броском, любящие свободное пространство. 

The sequel, or the second part of the “Secrets of Positional Sacrifice” manual is titled “Positional Sacrifice in Modern Chess”. We assume that readers will conclude that the subject of our analysis are recently played games, especially the games played over the last few years. The book is intended for chess players who aspire to raise the level of positional play in this particular field of expertise, as well as coaches working on chess education.

An informative guide to understanding and implementing the fundamentals of the Caro-Kann, the easy way.

The Caro-Kann defence, named after the German chess players Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann, is notorious for its simple solidity and is a popular chess opening that players of all levels benefit from having in their arsenal. It is a firm favourite of grand masters past and present, including Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Anand.

The Dutch Grandmaster Paul van der Sterren was a professional chess player for over twenty years. At the peak of his career, he qualified for the Candidate Matches for the World Championship – and was only four victories away from the World Title. In Mindful Chess, you will get his long and short answer to whether meditation or mindfulness will help your chess.

The clarity, simplicity, and pure instructiveness of this book is striking.

The analysis is first rate, the commentary cogent, and the production excellent.

The emphasis is on general principles that readers will be able to use in their own games.

The key is to always stay ahead of your opponent and know how to control the chaos on the chess board. Armin Juhasz explains all this in detail without losing sight of practical decision making.

With the right strategies, anyone can become a champion and level up their game to become unstoppable. This book is for the ambitious and keen player!

A repertoire for Black providing all answers to White’s options.

Paced with exciting games, original ideas and analysis.

Thorough and up-to-date coverage of one of the most topical openings.

Positionally motivated lines, but none the less never forgetting the needed dynamics.

Aggressive ideas to tackle head-on white’s solid set-ups.

Are you passionate about chess and eager to improve without dedicating countless hours to training? Look no further! Introducing “365 Endgame Lessons for Novices” a practical guide focused on the endgame.

Repertuar dla czarnych bazujący na: 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd6

Całkowicie zmienione wydanie, które zachowuje strukturę pierwszego wydania, ale opiera się na nowej analizie wszystkich krytycznych linii.

This book presents a Black repertoire based on the Scandinavian Defence with 3...Qd6. This is the safest yet aggressive queen retreat. It allows Black to increase pressure on d4 with ...0-0-0 or ...Rd8 while keeping coordination in the centre. Kotronias offers new plans for Black in the most topical lines. They are backed with deep analysis based on solid chess understanding.

Zestaw Szachy Bursztynowe składa się z wykonanej z tworzywa sztucznego szachownicy wyglądem swoim imitującej drewno.  Szachownica o wymiarach 51x51 cm oraz wyjątkowe figury szachowe imitujące bursztyn i szkło. Zestaw zawiera także woreczek materiałowy na figury.

Szachownica nr 6 z tworzywa zmywalnego, składana na dwa w kolorze imitującym drewno

Wymiary szachownicy: 51 x 51 cm

Wymiary pola: 57 x 57 mm

Waga: 0,6 kg

2. Figury szachowe turniejowe, plastikowe, przezroczyste, turniejowe nr 6 w oryginalnych barwach bursztynu i szkła

Wysokość króla: 98 mm, średnica - 35 mm.

Wysokość pionka: 48 mm, średnica - 26 mm

Waga: 0,50 kg

Presents 350 pages of the very best in chess:

- In Memoriam – Remembering Aleksandar Matanovic

- Leitao – World Cup 2023 (Tournament Review)

- Shyam Sundar – This or that? – World Cup Edition

- Perunovic – Instructive positions from the World Cup

- Foisor – Women FIDE World Championship Match (Tournament Review)

- Gormally – British Chess Championship (Tournament Review)

- Moradiabadi – Biel Chess Festival (Tournament Review)

- Yochanan Afek – Prague Chess Festival (Tournament Review)

- Kotronias – The Classical Scotch 4…Bc5 (Theoretical Survey)

- Davies – The Sandipan Dutch (Theoretical Survey)

- Prusikin – The Exchange Slav Ideas (Instructive Lesson)

- Davies – The Catalan 7.dc5 (Theoretical Survey)

- Szabo – The King’s Indian Defence E91 (Theoretical Survey)

- Perelshteyn – The Hyper-Accelerated Dragon (Theoretical Survey)

- Petrov – World Championship Game Changers – part 7

- Rogers – The Japan 1978 Zonal Tournament (Roger’s Reminiscences)

- Griffin – Spassky-Portisch, Toluca Interzonal 1982 (From Informant Archives)

- Barak Gonen – Correspondence Chess

Traditional sections: games, combinations, endings, Tournament reviews, the best game from the preceding volume and the most important theoretical novelty from the preceding volume.

The periodical that pros use with pleasure is at the same time a must have publication for all serious chess students!

Kompletny repertuar dla czarnych na 1 d4

The Queen’s Gambit Accepted (1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4) has a long history and has always been popular at all levels of play. However, in the past few years it has undergone an explosion of interest, thanks to many new discoveries of possibilities for very dynamic play from Black.