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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

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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
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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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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.
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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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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
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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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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
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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

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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
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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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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
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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

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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,
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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 ï¿½ 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

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Chess Openings Can Be Simple! Because of the sheer volume of variations, possible transpositions and ever-changing theory, chess openings can be overwhelming ï¿½ 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
Specialized Chess Opening Tactics – Budapest & Fajarowicz Gambits

Specialized Chess Tactics, #1

by Carsten Hansen ...

Series Book 1 - Specialized Chess Tactics
Tired of being recommended to study chess tactics but the tactics in the books do not look anything like what could arise in the openings you play? So am I! Well, here is the answer: opening specific tactical exercises split up by variation from actual games.In this book, you will face hundreds of tactical positions, not only combinations but positions with tactical elements for you to solve and ... Read more

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Tired of being recommended to study chess tactics but the tactics in the books do not look anything like what could arise in the openings you play? So am I! Well, here is the answer: opening specific tactical exercises split up by variation from actual games.In this book, you will face hundreds of tactical positions, not only combinations but positions with tactical elements for you to solve and
... Read more
The Sicilian Accelerated Dragon - 20th Anniversary Edition

by Carsten Hansen, Peter Heine Nielsen ...

The 20th Anniversary Edition!In 1998, the authors set out to demonstrate the viability of the Accelerated Dragon as a weapon for Black, not fearing the Maroczy Bind or any other set-up White can come up with.In the intervening year, the opening has been part of the opening repertoires of world top players such as Carlsen, Ivanchuk, and numerous other top grandmasters.Even though the original ... Read more

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The 20th Anniversary Edition!In 1998, the authors set out to demonstrate the viability of the Accelerated Dragon as a weapon for Black, not fearing the Maroczy Bind or any other set-up White can come up with.In the intervening year, the opening has been part of the opening repertoires of world top players such as Carlsen, Ivanchuk, and numerous other top grandmasters.Even though the original
... Read more
Stark Beauty - The Endgame Studies of Mattison

Chess Endgame Magic & Tactics, #3

by Carsten Hansen, Cyrus Lakdawala ...

Series Book 3 - 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 the brilliant endgame composer and player Herman Mattison (1894-1932), using his endgame compositions from various works and publications as well as several of his ... Read more

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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 the brilliant endgame composer and player Herman Mattison (1894-1932), using his endgame compositions from various works and publications as well as several of his
... Read more
Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Boxset 2

Winning Quickly at Chess Box Sets, #2

by Carsten Hansen ...

Series Book 2 - Winning Quickly at Chess Box Sets
Omnibus edition of volumes 4-6 in the popular Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening series.Volume 4 covers a variety of 1 d4 openings: Anti-Dutch, Dutch Mainline, Benonis, Benko Gambit, Trompowsky, Torre Attack, London System, Colle System, Fianchetto Anti-Indian, Old Indian, Budapest & Fajarowicz Gambits and more.Volume 5 covers all of the Anti-Sicilians, including Alapin, Grand Prix Attack ... Read more

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Omnibus edition of volumes 4-6 in the popular Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening series.Volume 4 covers a variety of 1 d4 openings: Anti-Dutch, Dutch Mainline, Benonis, Benko Gambit, Trompowsky, Torre Attack, London System, Colle System, Fianchetto Anti-Indian, Old Indian, Budapest & Fajarowicz Gambits and more.Volume 5 covers all of the Anti-Sicilians, including Alapin, Grand Prix Attack
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