Small Encyclopedia ABCDE - 3° Edition

Survol en un volume de l'ensemble de la théorie des ouvertures. C'est sérieusement fait, mais avec grosso modo deux pages par grande variante, il ne faut pas demander l'impossible... L'un dans l'autre, on ne voit guère pourquoi un lecteur français choisirait ce livre plutôt que le Traité Moderne des Ouvertures de Kallai - ni ce qu'un amateur possédant déjà ce dernier pourrait bien retirer du présent volume - un livre de ce genre paraissant tout de même bien suffisant.""

Have you ever wondered why it takes grandmasters just seconds to see what's happening in a chess position? It's all about pawn structures, as Ivan Sokolov explained in his groundbreaking book Winning Chess Middlegames.

In his 2010 bestseller, Grandmaster Sokolov focused on structures arising from 1.d4 openings; in this new companion guide, 1.e4 players get their turn. This new volume covers a dozen topical structures including various pawn formations in the flexible Ruy Lopez, Italian and Petroff openings. But also Black's doubled f-pawn in the Rauzer Sicilian, the notorious Maroczy Bind, the mysterious Hedgehog, the versatile Sveshnikov and the paradoxical French Winawer. Deeply analysed top-level games illustrate the motifs in all these structures.

Club players who study Winning Chess Middlegames 1.e4 or 1.d4 will:

• significantly improve their middlegame skills
• develop an accurate sense of which positions suit their style
• gain new strategic and practical knowledge of openings

Ivan Sokolov's analysis is profound but accessible, and he doesn't take anything for granted. As reviewer Sean Marsh wrote of the first volume: "The lucid and informative explanations convey a large amount of genuine Grandmasterly wisdom. This is easily one of the best middlegame books of recent times."

Ivan Sokolov is a top grandmaster who was born in Bosnia and lives in the Netherlands. He is a former Yugoslav and Dutch Champion and has beaten World Champions Garry Kasparov, Vladimir Kramnik and Viswanathan Anand. As a coach, he led Uzbekistan to victory at the 2022 Chennai Olympiad. Sokolov has written a dozen highly acclaimed books.

Un répertoire pour les blancs avec 1.e4 qui ne manque pas d'estomac, puisque l'ami McDo a la gentillesse de contourner quelques uns des débats théoriques les plus brûlants (en employant l'Ecossaise, la Panov ou la Tarrasch), il ne s'est pas retenu de nous envoyer à l'assaut de la Sicilienne avec 2.Cf3 -3.d4 (et pas avec des petites variantes...) La qualité des explications et du style assurent l'agrément de l'ouvrage; faut juste aimer les répertoires...""

Coach Christof has thoroughly revised and updated his 2018 best-selling chess opening manual. It covers everything you need to know when opening with 1.e4. You will get a complete White chess opening repertoire.

Why is this opening repertoire called simple? For the simple reason that the variations are easy to remember and require little or no maintenance.

International Master Christof Sielecki has created a hit series with his reliable opening lines for chess players of almost all levels. He developed this repertoire by working with students looking for something easy to understand and learn. Sielecki always clearly explains the plans and counter plans and keeps you focused on the position's requirements. Ambitious players rated 1500 or higher will benefit from studying this extremely accessible book.

Christof Sielecki is an International Master from Germany. He has taught and trained chess for many years and runs a popular YouTube channel called ChessExplained. He won numerous awards with his course on Chessable and has created three volumes of the Keep it Simple opening manuals.

Hardcover 630 pages

Si vous en avez assez d'étudier de la théorie d'ouverture, ce livre pourrait vous aider!
Il vous donne tout un arsenal de variantes fortes pour surprendre votre adversaire. Toutes les défenses possibles des noirs sont couvertes.

Voilà pour une fois un titre parfaitement clair - sauf bien sûr pour le attacking qui est tout au plus une pétition de principe, s'agissant d'un répertoire blanc. Aucun gambit tonitruant en effet ici, ni même de ligne vraiment agressive. Le répertoire e