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In a world awash in educational chess content, knowing how to study the game most effectively can be challenging.As the Perpetual Chess Podcast host, USCF Master Ben Johnson has spent hundreds of hours talking chess with many of the world's top players and most accomplished trainers. In the popular Adult Improver Series, he has spoken with dozens of passionate amateurs who have elevated their games significantly while pursuing chess as a hobby.Guests like former World Champion Viswanathan Anand and YouTube Stars IM Levy Rozman and GM Hikaru Nakamura have shared insights and told memorable stories. And Ben has learned just as much from the many dedicated amateurs who applied their considerable professional (non-chess) experience to their chess learning.In Perpetual Chess Improvement, Ben looks for common ground and shared principles in all chess advice given on the podcast. Chess players do not always agree on the best improvement methods, so he even adjudicates a few disagreements! The book will show you the following:How to approach and study different aspects of the game, including openings, endgames, tactics, tournament games, and speed chess.How to find a chess coach and a like-minded chess community.How to properly utilize all the powerful chess study tools available.Instructive chess positions illustrate the topics discussed.The guests shared a wealth of beautiful stories, and chess study advice on the Perpetual Chess Podcast. This book compiles the highlights and will help you make a holistic plan for your chess studies.

The Pirc Defence and the Modern Defence are two naturally entwined chess openings that are both flexible and rich in strategic and tactical ideas. They feature in the repertoire of great players like Grischuk, Ivanchuk, Nakamura and Carlsen.In The Perfect Pirc-Modern, Viktor Moskalenko, a renowned propagator of dynamic chess who has championed the Pirc-Modern for many years, explains:the ideas and plans that matterthe various pawn structures and how to handle themtricky transpositions: opportunities and risksa wealth of new resources for both Black and White.In this updated version of Moskalenko's 2013 book of the same name, 33 of the 42 games are new, the structure has been updated in places, and there are fresh ideas on every page.Moskalenko expertly guides you through this ground-breaking opening book with the enthusiasm, ease and humour that characterize his style.

Chess players can look ahead, formulate a clear plan, and act accordingly. That's why chess is the perfect learning environment for becoming a strategic expert. But how do you train this? It starts with playing many games and analysing them carefully afterwards.At the same time, you should learn from the best by studying the games of the world's strongest players and gradually build their techniques into your play. This book offers you 100 strategic exercises from the games of the best of the best, the World Champions from Bobby Fischer to Ding Liren.You will learn foundational techniques such as: how to improve your worst-placed piece; how to exploit a lead in development; or make the right piece trade; and how to create a strong square; plus numerous others.Solving these exercises will help every ambitious club player better understand how to make and execute plans.

ABC's of Chess Openings For Kids will take you on an informative journey of chess openings from A to Z. This book provides an overview of chess notation and explains the importance of chess openings. Opening concepts covered include defenses, gambits, and attack openings.

Improve Your Chess Now is a modern chess classic and one of the most inspiring chess improvement manuals. Adult improvers frequently name this book as one of their primary sources in the popular Perpetual Chess Podcast of Ben Johnson. The author is an American grandmaster now living in Norway. With infectious enthusiasm, Tisdall covers a wide range of topics, including visualization and calculation, pattern recognition, the psychological aspects of chess, the art of defence and the wisdom of blindfold chess - all still relevant more than 25 years later. The 1997 classic is reprinted with a modern design and a new foreword by the author.

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.

This second-volume workbook in Davorin Kuljasevic's How to Study Chess on Your Own series is optimized for chess players with an Elo rating between 1500 and 1800 but is helpful for anyone between 1200 and 2000. The astounding success of his How to Study Chess on Your Own made clear that thousands of chess players want to improve their game and like to work on their training at least partially by themselves. Kuljasevic has used his coaching experience to identify the typical mistakes of club players and create a broad and exciting training schedule to address them. Tasks like these will challenge you:Solve visualization puzzles, Find the best middlegame move - and find a hidden tactic, Evaluate a critical piece-trade decision, Analyze a practical endgame position. With these exercises and tools, any chess student can start training immediately.

Genna Sosonko is widely acclaimed as the most prominent chronicler of a unique era in chess history. In the Soviet Union chess was developed into an ideological weapon that was actively promoted by the country's leadership during the Cold War. Starting with Mikhail Botvinnik, their best chess players grew into symbols of socialist excellence. Sosonko writes from a privileged dual perspective, combining an insider's nostalgia with the detachment of a critical observer. He grew up with legendary champions such as Mikhail Tal and Viktor Korchnoi and spent countless hours with most of the other greats and lesser chess mortals he portrays.In the late 1980s he began to write about the champions he knew and their remarkable lives in New In Chess Magazine. First, he wrote primarily about Soviet players and personalities, and later, he also began to portray other chess celebrities with whom he had crossed paths. They all vividly come to life as the reader is transported to their time and world. Once you've read Sosonko, you will feel you know Capablanca, Max Euwe and Tony Miles. And you will never forget Sergey Nikolaev.This monumental book is a collection of the portraits and profiles Genna Sosonko wrote for New in Chess magazine. The stories have been published in his books: Russian Silhouettes, The Reliable Past, Smart Chip From St. Petersburg and The World Champion I Knew. They are supplemented with further writings on legends such as David Bronstein, Garry Kasparov and Boris Spassky. They paint an enthralling and unforgettable picture of a largely vanished age and, indirectly, a portrait of one of the greatest writers on the world of chess.

Are you ready to take your chess game to the next level? Whether you're a beginner seeking to grasp the fundamentals or an advanced player looking to refine your endgame skills, "ESSENTIAL CHESS ENDGAME TRAINING BOOK" is the definitive guide you need. This extraordinary book is meticulously crafted to cater to chess enthusiasts of all levels, from novices to grandmasters.Inside these pages, you'll embark on an exhilarating journey through the intricate world of chess endgames, where every move holds the power to shape your victory. Discover the secrets to strategic thinking and masterful decision-making as you explore a vast array of endgame positions. From basic checkmates to complex pawn structures and rook endgames, each chapter delves into a specific concept, gradually building your understanding and honing your skills. No matter your current level of expertise, you'll find the perfect blend of theory, practical examples, and insightful explanations to enhance your gameplay.With "ESSENTIAL CHESS ENDGAME TRAINING BOOK," you'll unlock invaluable strategies and techniques that will set you apart from your opponents. Learn how to leverage the strengths of different piece combinations, exploit weaknesses, and execute flawless endgame plans. Whether it's studying classic endgame masterpieces or analyzing recent grandmaster encounters, this book will transform you into a true endgame virtuoso.This comprehensive guide offers:Progressive Learning Structure: Start with the fundamentals and gradually progress to more advanced concepts, ensuring a solid foundation for players of all levels.Extensive Coverage: From basic principles to intricate strategies, every essential aspect of chess endgames is covered in-depth, providing you with a well-rounded education.Practical Examples: Hundreds of illustrative positions and annotated games allow you to practice and apply what you've learned, reinforcing your understanding of key concepts.Expert Insights: Benefit from the wisdom of an esteemed chess master, as Peter Stevens shares his vast experience and imparts invaluable tips and advice.Suitable for All Levels: Whether you're a beginner, club player, or aspiring grandmaster, the content is tailored to meet your specific needs, with explanations that are accessible yet highly informative.Boost Your Elo: Designed to accelerate your progress, this book will equip you with the tools and knowledge necessary to reach the coveted 2400 Elo rating and beyond."ESSENTIAL CHESS ENDGAME TRAINING BOOK" is more than just a book-it's your gateway to unlocking endgame brilliance and transforming your chess game forever. With its engaging writing style, meticulously crafted exercises, and unparalleled insights, this is the definitive resource for chess enthusiasts who strive for excellence.Don't miss out on this extraordinary opportunity to become a true master of chess endgames. Order your copy of "Mastering Chess Endgames" today and embark on a transformative journey that will revolutionize your chess strategy and elevate your gameplay to new heights.

A complete opening repertoire based on 1 d4 and adhering to fundamentally strategic principles.

The Sicilian Defence is the most attractive and most complicated opening in chess. If you don't play the Sicilian with White or Black, you miss much of the beauty and the challenges our royal game offers. For White 1.e4 players, building a repertoire against 1...c5 should be their priority.Croatian top grandmaster Ivan Saric is one of today's greatest Sicilian experts. He plays 1.e4 with White and the Najdorf with Black! With The Open Sicilian, based on his highly acclaimed Chessable course, he has managed something impressive: a watertight repertoire against the Sicilian of just over 400 pages. But reading this one volume, your knowledge of this opening and chess, in general, will make a spectacular jump.The Open Sicilian is not a phonebook crammed with computer lines but a textbook full of 21st-century chess wisdom. Saric covers the entire range of Sicilians, from obscure sidelines to the main lines: the Najdorf, the Taimanov, the Rauzer, the Kan, the Sveshnikov, and the various Dragons. His approach, firmly based on the ideas of the English Attack, is very ambitious, and he supports his claims with deep analysis and illuminating and elaborate verbal explanation.Saric has written a book that will serve as a standard work for many years. He offers you the content to be fully armoured against all the intricacies of all the topical Sicilian lines.

Are you ready for new strategic insights about thirty-five of the most fascinating and complex chess games ever played by World Champions and other top grandmasters? Grandmaster Matthew Sadler and renowned chess writer Steve Giddins take a fresh look at some classic games ranging from Anderssen-Dufresne, played in 1852, to Botvinnik-Bronstein (1951) and Geller-Euwe (1953). They unleashed the collective power of Leela, Komodo and Stockfish to help us humans understand what happened in games of fan favourites such as Boris Spassky, Mikhail Tal, Bent Larsen and Bobby Fischer.The first chess engines improved our appreciation of the classic games by pointing out the tactical mistakes in the original, contemporary game notes. But the expertise of Matthew Sadler is to uncover the positional course of a game with the help of the second generation of chess engines that emerged after 2018.This book will change your perception of these games' strategic and technical patterns. You will, for example, learn to appreciate and understand a classic Capablanca endgame. And a classic Petrosian exchange sacrifice. And a winning, and then losing, king-hunt endgame between Spassky and Tal. You will see how Larsen already understood the strength of the h-pawn march far before AlphaZero's revelation. The engines offer new strategic ideas and plans that human players have yet to consider. Even the ?the best ever anti- King's Indian player', Viktor Korchnoi, would be amazed by the engine's unique ideas about White's breakthroughs on the queenside.The most instructive games are often those which are more strategic and technical. Using modern engines, the authors have re-engineered a wonderful collection of classic games, generating dozens of positional chess lessons that will help every club player and expert to improve their game.