Schaak Set Meghdoot

Identiek op de vorigen, enkel zijn ze iets breder: 8.5 mm

This book – the sequel to Studies for Practical Players released over a decade ago – is mostly aimed at practical players who wish to improve their chess skills by developing imaginative and preventive thinking, while perfecting calculation of variations and knowledge of basic endings. In addition, this work will certainly be appreciated by every lover of beauty, logic and paradoxicality of the game. 176 pages

The book is in three parts. Part One, besides introducing the book generally, covers the very first moves of the Scandinavian Defense and White’s early deviations. Anyone who plays the Scandinavian will find this section quite helpful. Then Part Two covers Qd6 + g6 systems, while Part Three covers the very different Nf6 system. 176 pages

Après l'incroyable succès du jeu Les piliers de la terre inspiré du roman de Ken Follett, Filosofia vous propose l'adaptation pour deux joueurs de ce classique littéraire et ludique !

Angleterre, fin du XIIème siècle. Le conflit entre le prieur Philip et l'évêque Waleran prend de l'ampleur. Tandis que Philip s'affaire à la construction de la cathédrale de Kingsbridge, Waleran entreprend d'ériger une imposante forteresse en symbole de sa puissance. Les deux adversaires s'affrontent afin de collecter les matériaux nécessaires et de s'entourer des meilleurs artisans possibles pour parvenir à leur but. En se reposant sur le soutien de leurs alliés les plus fidèles, peut-être parviendront-ils à terminer leur œuvre avant leur concurrent !

Tournament 48x48 cm chessboard inlaid with walnut and maple. This brilliant board with square size of 50mm fits perfectly to our chess pieces with king's height of 90mm or maximum 95mm. The bottom of the board is inlaid with walnut too. 

This remarkable book is a tribute to a man who is probably the greatest chess coach of all time. Mark Dvoretsky was a fascinating, intelligent, honest, decent, hard-working and good-natured man who dedicated his life to chess and its players.

When Dvoretsky started coaching after a fairly successful career as a player, he became a kind of doctor who could quickly spot what his students needed help with. He made them better chess players but also better people. In this book, not only his most famous students Artur Yusupov and Sergey Dolmatov explain what made Dvoretsky so special, but also former World Champions such as Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand, Veselin Topalov and Magnus Carlsen, and many others.

In addition to a wealth of delightful and often touching stories, Chess Coach contains 39 of Dvoretsky's games, which show what a strong player he was. They have been analysed by Dvoretsky himself and by many of his former students. Several interviews and articles complete this colourful compilation. One of Dvoretsky's own most famous books was called For Friends and Colleagues – as Garry Kasparov writes in his extensive foreword, this book is a worthy reply 'From Friends and Colleagues'.

Mark Dvoretsky (1947-2016) was known as ‘the strongest International Master in the world’ in the mid-1970s when he decided to pursue a career as a chess trainer. His students Artur Yusupov and Sergey Dolmatov became World Championship Candidates. A meticulous chess analyst, Dvoretsky wrote many highly acclaimed books, his most famous being Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual. He became so popular as a coach that dozens of world-class players repeatedly sought his advice. 324 pages