Congratulations to Jan Markos and David Navara for winning the FIDE Award for the best book published in 2021! The Secret Ingredient impressed the jury of three respected Grandmasters: Antoaneta Stefanova, Thomas Luther, and Boris Gelfand. You can read the full announcement on the FIDE website here, along with details of the runners-up and other […]
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Congratulations to Mickey Adams and Philip Hurtado, whose Think Like a Super-GM won top prize as the English Chess Federation’s 2022 Book of the Year. You can read the ECF judges’ full remarks at the previous link, but a few highlights are: “The two authors, in conjunction with the publisher, have produced a book of
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As Michael wrote on his website, “I am very much looking forward to an evening of chess at the excellent London Mind Sports Centre, home of the Hammersmith Chess Club. The event begins at 19.30 on Monday 26th September. More details are in this blog.” Signed copies of ‘Think Like a Super-GM’ will be available
Meet Michael Adams in London! Read Post »
We are continuing our free-fourth-book offer – if you buy three books or more and live in the normal European Union zone (as defined by UPS – for example, they exclude some islands and remote areas) we will send you an extra book free. Please note that if you buy a Special Offer and are
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Magnus Carlsen looks very happy receiving his copy of Ivan Sokolov’s book about his games: Magnus Carlsen’s Middlegame Evolution. The book was available in Hardcover only, but in a few days, it will also be available in Paperback. Order your copy here.
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At the very end of August, we will publish two new books: Fischer – Spassky 1972 by Tibor Karolyi plus Korchnoi and his Chess Grandchildren by Vladimir Barsky. On Fischer – Spassky 1972 the title only tells part of the story – yes, there is in-depth study of the famous Reykjavik match, but Karolyi also
Today is the publication date of Jacob’s A Matter of Endgame Technique. This hardcover is big and beautiful. You can read an excerpt here. Today is also the day when Nigel Short’s Winning becomes available in paperback. You can read an excerpt here.
For July & August, we are continuing our free-fourth-book offer – if you buy three books or more and live in the normal European Union zone (as defined by UPS – for example, they exclude some islands and remote areas) we will send you an extra book free. The previous default option on the free
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