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  • The Chiburdanidze Variation of the French Winawer

    Opening Hacker Files

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Series series Opening Hacker Files
    The French Defense has once more become a viable way for Black to meet 1.e4, and against 3.Nc3, Winawer's 3...Bb4 is considered Black's strongest and most combative weapon. The Chiburdanidze Variation, 4.Qd3, allows White to immediately depart from main line theory and take Black onto turf that only White is familiar with.It was introduced into master play by then Women's World Champion Maia ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Chess Tactics - Vol 1

    Daily Chess Training, #1

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Series Book 1 - Daily Chess Training
    An essential part of improving at chess is tactics. Tactics occur at every level of chess but once the players become stronger the elements involved in spotting the puzzles tend to become more complex and deeper, whereas, among weaker players, elementary skewers, forks, and deadly pins are more frequent visitors. ... Read more

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  • The Carlsen Variation - A New Anti-Sicilian

    Opening Hacker Files, #1

    by Carsten Hansen, Simon Wiiliams ...
    Series Book 1 - Opening Hacker Files
    Get ready to rattle your opponents from the get-go! Opening Hacker Files is a new series created for players who are interested in playing interesting chess, fun openings and have good results without having to learn endless amounts of opening theoryCarlsen Variation? In 2018, World Champion Magnus Carlsen unveiled a new Anti-Sicilian to beat Polish top grandmaster Radoslaw Wojtasczek: 1.e4 c5 2 ... Read more

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  • The Navara Gambit - An Aggressive Weapon against the Reti Opening: featuring a complete repertoire for Black against the Reti

    Opening Hacker Files, #11

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Series Book 11 - Opening Hacker Files
    Are you ready to shock your opponent on move 3?The Reti Opening is a dynamic opening invented by Richard Reti more than a century ago. It has since been featured in the repertoires of countless grandmasters and world champions, including Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura, Garry Kasparov, Tigran Petrosian, Vassily Smyslov, and many others.The Navara Gambit takes dynamic chess into a bizarro world on ... Read more

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  • The Adhiban & Bellon Gambits: Attacking the English Opening

    Opening Hacker Files, #13

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Series Book 13 - Opening Hacker Files
    The English Opening is typically a solid and reliable opening for White, one where both sides develop their pieces to reasonable squares before the combat begins in earnest. The gambits covered in this book change that manuscript entirely. Before either side has completed any kind of development, Black tries to grab the initiative by sacrificing a pawn. Both gambits arise after 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3 ... Read more

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  • Mazukevich's Madness: A repertoire for Black against the Four Knights

    Opening Hacker Files, #14

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Series Book 14 - Opening Hacker Files
    In Mazukevich's Madness, Black stuns White with a piece sacrifice on move 5, completely changing the direction of the game of this otherwise solid and rather predictable opening.FIDE Master, FIDE Trainer, and opening specialist Carsten Hansen carefully analyzes all options for White after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Nxe4!, showing that Black not only is doing fine, but can often ... Read more

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  • The Canal & Prins Gambits - Two Surprising Weapons against the Queen's Gambit

    Opening Hacker Files, #15

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Series Book 15 - Opening Hacker Files
    The Queen's Gambit can be rather boring, especially for Black, so a couple of weapons to make things more excitement.In this book, FIDE Master Carsten carefully analyzes two gambits for Black that both arise after the initial moves 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c5!?. The Canal Gambit arises when White captures 5.cxd5, and Black responds 5...Qb6. The gambit is somewhat dubious, but very effective ... Read more

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  • Chess Tactics for Improvers - Volume 1

    Daily Chess Training, #1

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Series Book 1 - Daily Chess Training
    Are you ready to improve your tactical game?It has been said that chess is 99% tactics but whether that is an accurate reflection is hard to tell. Nevertheless, it is important.This is a massive collection of tactical puzzles. The puzzles vary in difficulty, some are relatively easy, some are little more difficult, but you will find that all of them are easier and more straight-forward than the ... Read more

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  • Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Boxset 1

    Winning Quickly at Chess Box Sets, #1

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Series Book 1 - Winning Quickly at Chess Box Sets
    Omnibus edition of volumes 1-3 in the popular Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening series.Volume 1 covers all of the Indian Defenses: Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, King's Indian, Gruenfeld Indian, and the Bogo-Indian as well as the Catalan Opening and Blumenfeld Gambit.Volume 2 covers all openings starting with 1.d4 d5, including the Queen's Gambit and Slav Defense as well as many popular ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Smyslov Workbook

    Chess Endgame Magic & Tactics, #1

    by Carsten Hansen, Cyrus Lakdawala ...
    Series Book 1 - Chess Endgame Magic & Tactics
    In this book, the authors aim to assist the reader in becoming better at finding combinations, constructing plans, and calculating long, forcing variations. For the purpose of instruction, the material is based on the output of former World Champion Vassily Smyslov (1921-2010), using his endgame compositions from various works and publications as well as several of his practical endgames from ... Read more

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  • Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 1: Indian Defenses

    Winning Quickly at Chess Series, #1

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Series Book 1 - Winning Quickly at Chess Series
    Winning Fast is Fun!Everybody wants to win fast, preferably straight out of the chess opening. This book is a collection of games played by top players in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of blunders, an accumulation of mistakes or brilliant chess tactics.Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your opening play, opening repertoire, ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Back to Basics: Openings

    by Carsten Hansen ...
    Chess Openings Can Be Simple! Because of the sheer volume of variations, possible transpositions and ever-changing theory, chess openings can be overwhelming � even intimidating. This book is an introduction to understanding and playing chess openings. The author, Danish Master Carsten Hansen, stresses opening play based on comprehending opening principles as well as useful, fundamental ... Read more

    $8.99 USD