Lakdawala - The Classical French move by move

This chess set package includes a set of our Parker Staunton chess pieces in boxwood matched with our Classic  walnut  Chess Board. Imagine you and a good friend sitting at a table playing a game of chess on this stunning chess board with these elegant chess pieces. The Parker offers a traditional Staunton design but with a unique burnt design carved into the pieces. To create the black, chess pieces are actually burnt followed by the final carving and design work which creates a beautiful contrast in colors between the blackened areas and the natural golden wood colors underneath. Chess pieces are then finished in high gloss lacquer giving the chess pieces a glass-like finish. We include 2 extra queens for pawn promotion, size of the king is 9,3 cm and size of the board is 50 cm and square is 5 cm.

1500 ans d'histoire des jeux d'échecs.

Beautiful wooden box that will allow you to store your pieces and protect them if you store your game or if you move it. The size of the box allows you to store a complete set of pieces with a maximum king size of 93 mm (standard size). The box is closed with a lid fitted with small magnets.

dimensions: 225 x 142 x 83 mm

With this work, the author aims to illustrate the modern ideas of the Italian Opening to players at a medium level. It deals with positions based on White's slow plan, i.e. if he chooses a calm approach characterized by positional ideas. The author does not attempt to offer the reader a complete repertoire, but rather to explain the ideas of the emerging middlegame positions. The material primarily includes the systems 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 h6 6.0-0 d6 7.Re1 a6 8.a4 Ba7 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.h3 and 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 d6 6.0-0 0-0 7.h3 h6 8.Re1 a5, where especially the latter has gained enormous popularity in current practice

Employée assez régulièrement dans les grands tournois jusque vers 1920, la défense scandinave (1.e4 d5) s'était ensuite vue affligée d'une réputation douteuse et avait été reléguée au rang de curiosité exotique à l'usage des excentriques, à peine tirée de l'oubli par la célèbre victoire de Larsen sur Karpov au tournoi de Montreal 1979. Un important travail théorique mené depuis une dizaine d'années a conduit à sa réhabilitation, et ce CD Rom vient faire le point sur sa pratique récente. Comme toujours, vous y trouverez une base de données exhaustive (29.000 parties), de nombreuses parties commentées, des textes explicatifs et douze parties d'entraînement pour tester vos connaissances nouvellement acquises.

The Greatest Ever chess endgames, Steve Giddins

' Les plus grandes ', c'est toujours une affaire d'appréciation Disons donc que ce livre présente 50 finales parmi les plus remarquables de l'histoire des échecs (les parties sont données intégralement, mais les commentaires commencent à l'entrée en finale). Il n'y a pas tant de livres qui donnent des finales dans leur intégralité, et Giddins reste un des auteurs les plus plaisants du circuit - on peut donc se laisser tenter

Système requis : PC Windows XP (SP3), Vista or Windows 7, Windows Media Player, DVD-drive

Are you a parent of a junior chess player who feels that because you don’t know how to play chess, you can’t help your child? Or are you an adult or junior chess player who has taken private chess lessons for years, but feels you haven’t been progressing?

In both cases, there can be a lot of reliance on a chess coach who has been given free rein with lesson content and direction. They probably have some sort of plan but it is likely to be a plan used for all their students. This is not ideal. More important is a well-thought out, individualized plan, that focuses on a specific player’s unique strengths and weaknesses. Formulating such a plan is crucial for making improvements.

Victoria Doknjas and her son John Doknjas are an ideal writing partnership to tackle this topic. John is a FIDE Master who has already established himself as an excellent and highly-respected author who understands the improvement process very well. Victoria has over a decade of experience navigating the competitive chess arena with her three master-level sons, including also running her own chess academy. Together they offer a unique and informative insight to those wanting to get more out of their chess studies, as well as presenting practical advice in areas including:

- Identifying important goals and how to work towards them.
- Understanding how to objectively analyse your games.
- Maximising the efficiency of software and engines for learning.

Reading this book can broaden your horizons in the essential areas of chess study, and ideally let you better evaluate what your chess coach is teaching you. And if you don’t have a chess coach, this book will provide you with an excellent foundation for serious chess study. 384 pages