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Game Changer by Matthew Sadler & Natasha Regan AlphaZero’s Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI. In stock now: https://shop.chess.co.uk/Game-Changer-Mat thew-S…/cb07223.htm
It took AlphaZero only a few hours of self-learning to become the chess player that shocked the world.
... The artificial intelligence system, created by DeepMind, had been fed nothing but the rules of the Royal Game when it beat the world’s strongest chess engine in a prolonged match. The selection of ten games published in December 2017 created a worldwide sensation: how was it possible to play in such a brilliant and risky style and not lose a single game against an opponent of superhuman strength? For Game Changer, Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan investigated more than two thousand previously unpublished games by AlphaZero. They also had unparalleled access to its team of developers and were offered a unique look ‘under the bonnet’ to grasp the depth and breadth of AlphaZero’s search. Sadler and Regan reveal its thinking process and tell the story of the human motivation and the techniques that created AlphaZero.
Game Changer also presents a collection of lucidly explained chess games of astonishing quality. Both professionals and club players will improve their game by studying AlphaZero’s stunning discoveries in every field that matters: opening preparation, piece mobility, initiative, attacking techniques, long-term sacrifices and much more.
The story of AlphaZero has a wider impact. Game Changer offers intriguing insights into the opportunities and horizons of Artificial Intelligence. Not just in solving games, but in providing solutions for a wide variety of challenges in society.
With a foreword by former World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov and an introduction by DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.
Matthew Sadler (1974) is a Grandmaster who twice won the British Championship and was awarded an individual Gold Medal at the 1996 Olympiad. He has authored several highly acclaimed books on chess and has been writing the famous ‘Sadler on Books’ column for New In Chess magazine for many years. Natasha Regan is a Women’s International Master from England who achieved a degree in mathematics from Cambridge University. Matthew Sadler and Natasha Regan won the English Chess Federation 2016 Book of the Award for their book Chess for Life.
ISBN: 978-90-5691-818-7, Paperback, 416 pages, New in Chess
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Learn from Michal Krasenkow: https://shop.chess.co.uk/Learn-from-Micha l-Kras…/cb07218.htm
'Learn from Michal Krasenkow' is a splendid walk through the games and life of the author. Michal presents his games in the most instructive way and presents the reader a deeper look of his own thinking. We are convinced you will find many fascinating aspects improving your own play along the way.
... Michal Krasenkow was born in Moscow in 1963. He became an International Master in 1988 and shortly after a Grandmaster in 1989. He became champion of Georgia in 1987 and team champion of the USSR with his "Tigran Petrosian Chess Club", Moscow in 1990.
In 1992 he emigrated to Poland. Since 1996 he represented Poland at many international competitions. Krasenkow became twice Polish champion and holds an unofficial record of winning the Polish team championships, which he has won 14 times. European Cup winner in 1997 with his Russian team "Ladia Azov" and silver medalist in 2001, 2003, 2005 with "Polonia Plus GM". Also he became German team champion (2006. 2007), German Cup winner (2003, 2005, 2007, 2008) with "Ooser Schachclub Baden-Baden", French team champion (2010) with "L'Echiquier Chalonnais", and Turkish team champion (2016) with "Hatay Buyuksehir Belediyesi Genclik Spor Kulubu".
ISBN 9789492510464, Paperback, 420 pages, Thinkers Publishing
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Understanding Before Moving 2: Queen's Gambit Structures by Herman Grooten: https://shop.chess.co.uk/Understanding-Be fore-M…/cb07191.htm
Club players love to study openings as so much material is available. However, it has often been shown that results do not match the amount of study invested, as in practice it is much harder to navigate your way around an opening when the opponent deviates from theory. This is why Herman treats the study of openings in a completely differen...t way. He focuses on increasing insight.
In this book he discuses the backgrounds of openings, provides guidelines and explains in an instructive and accessible way the basic principles of a position. This book, the second in its series, provides an overview of the positions and corresponding plans arising from the Queen's Gambit. The method is based on the column 'Understanding Before Moving' in the chess magazine of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation; readers who follow it may hope to significantly increase their skill.
ISBN: 9789492510426, Paperback, 240 pages, Thinker Publishing
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Carlsen v Caruana by Raymond Keene & Byron Jacobs has been removed from sale. We apologise to customers who purchased it from us and offer a refund/exchange. Our customers deserve better, see review by Olimpiu Urcan: http://tinyurl.com/y96ec699
Our action is unprecedented but we believe justified. Annotations by Jacobs are fine. The foreword by Nigel Short is interesting and thought-provoking yet even there, "finallist" (sic) is spelt incorrectly. If you still want to buy the book, it’s being plugged via @TheTimes

Crucial Chess Skills for the Club Player Volume 2 by Robert Ris: https://shop.chess.co.uk/Crucial-Chess-Sk ills-f…/cb07190.htm
In his second volume Ris continues to explore the essentials elements of practical play for any club player. Again, the result is that Ris offers a course to help chess students master all facets of the game.
... Appraisal for Volume 1 of Crucial Chess Skills for the Club Player: "Ris' Crucial Chess Skills for the Club Player, Vol.1, was one the year's best. Ris does an excellent job of focusing on three areas where most sub-2200 players might improve. Readers are not burdened with extensive analysis in his book. Instead they are treated to an appropriate and instructive mix of words and moves." - John Hartmann, US Chess Life
Robert Ris (1988) is an International Master from Amsterdam. He has represented the Netherlands in various international youth events, but lately his playing activities are limited to league games. Nowadays he is a full-time chess professional, focusing on teaching in primary schools, coaching talented youngsters and giving them online lessons to students all around the world. He has recorded several well received DVDs for Chessbase. Since 2015 he has been the organiser of the Dutch Rapid Championships. This is his second book for Thinkers Publishing, his first being widely appraised by the press and his audience.
ISBN: 9789492510457, Paperback, 392 pages, Thinker Publishing
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World Chess Championship 2018: Fabiano Caruana vs. Magnus Carlsen by Jerzy Konikowski & Uwe Bekemann: https://shop.chess.co.uk/World-Chess-Cham pionsh…/cb07204.htm
The duel for the crown of the world's best player has been the absolute highlight of international chess since the beginning of tournament chess. In November the world champion was determined in London in a match over 12 games and a tie-break – between the title defender Magnus Carlsen from Norway and his challenger... Fabiano Caruana from the USA.
In the run-up there was no doubt that an interesting showdown was to be expected, as the two protagonists were holding the first two places in the world rankings. Accordingly, the chess world was feverishly awaiting this event. After winning the Candidates Tournament in Berlin earlier this year, the American Grandmaster had also shown great form at numerous other top events, and his accomplishments left no doubt that he was an absolutely worthy opponent for the defending champion.
In this book all the games are analyzed in detail and commented in an entertaining and understandable way. In addition, it also offers a close look at the framework conditions and the events that led to the finale. So you will find, for example, chapters like 'The Opponents in Short Portrait' and 'The Previous Fights of the Protagonists'. Then there are interviews with various top players and experts under the title 'Predictions Before the Fight' – rounded off by a playful opportunity to compete with the champions: 'Try to Find Combinations Like Carlsen and Caruana!'
Paperback, 180 pages, Joachim Beyer Verlag
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The Tactics Bible by Efstratios Grivas 'Magnus Opus': https://shop.chess.co.uk/The-Tactics-Bibl e-Efst…/cb07192.htm
Grandmaster Grivas presents the reader with a massive amount of amazing puzzles including their historical background. All the famous and rare tactical themes are covered, promising a most enjoyable read.
... Efstratios Grivas is a highly experienced chess trainer and author. He has been awarded by FIDE the titles of GM, Senior Trainer, International Chess Arbiter and International Chess Organiser. His main successes over the board are the Silver Medal Olympiad 1988 (3rd board), the Gold Medal European Team Championship 1989 (3rd board) and the 4th place World Junior Championship U20 1985. He has written 95 books in different languages such as Arabic, English, Greek, Italian, Spanish & Turkish. Since 2009 he has been Secretary of the FIDE Trainer's Commission and sine 2012 the Director of the FIDE Grivas Chess International Academy (Athens).
ISBN: 9789492510433 , Paperback, 470 pages, Thinker Publishing
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Opening Repertoire: The Sicilian Najdorf by John Doknjas & Joshua Doknjas: https://shop.chess.co.uk/Opening-Repertoi re-The…/cb07201.htm
The Najdorf Sicilian is one of Black’s most respected and popular responses to 1 e4. It was favoured by those two titans of the game, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov and in the modern game it features in the repertoire of many elite players. This rich opening creates a wealth of opportunities for vigorous attacks, causing most games to be te...nse and engaging. The Najdorf is that very rare thing – an opening for Black that is highly aggressive but is also recognised as being objectively sound.
In this book, FIDE Master John Doknjas and National Master Joshua Doknjas navigate through the main lines of the Najdorf and provide the reader with well-researched, fresh, and innovative analysis. Each annotated game has valuable lessons on how to play the opening, and contains instructive commentary on typical middle-game plans. With thorough variations and explanations on pawn structures and piece placement, this book provides insight to both strong masters and less experienced players alike.
The format is ideal for the chessplayer keen to improve their game. While reading you are continually challenged to answer probing questions – a method that greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of chess knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study chess while providing the best possible chance to retain what has been learnt.
Foreward by Grandmaster Emil Sutovsky
ISBN: 9781781944837, Paperback, 352 pages, Everyman Chess
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The Longest Game: The Five Kasparov — Karpov Matches for the World Chess Championship Timman chronicles the many twists and turns of this fascinating saga: https://shop.chess.co.uk/The-Longest-Game -The-F…/cb07196.htm
On September 10, 1984, Anatoly Karpov and Garry Kasparov appeared on the stage of the Hall of Columns in Moscow for the first game of their match for the World Chess Championship. The clash between the reigning champion and his brazen young challenger was highly ...anticipated, but no one could have foreseen what was in store. In the next six years they would play five matches for the highest title and create one of the fiercest rivalries in sports history. The matches lasted a staggering total of 14 months, and the ‘two K’s’ played 5540 moves in 144 games.
The first match became front page news worldwide when after five months FIDE President Florencio Campomanes stepped in to stop the match citing exhaustion of both participants. A new match was staged and having learned valuable lessons, 22-year-old Garry Kasparov became the youngest World Chess Champion in history.
His win was not only hailed as a triumph of imaginative attacking chess, but also as a political victory. The representative of ‘perestroika’ had beaten the old champion, a symbol of Soviet stagnation. Kasparov defended his title in three more matches, all of them full of drama. Karpov remained a formidable opponent and the overall score was only 73-71 in Kasparov’s favour.
In The Longest Game Jan Timman returns to the Kasparov-Karpov matches. He chronicles the many twists and turns of this fascinating saga, including his behind-the scenes impressions, and takes a fresh look at the games.
Jan Timman is a former World Championship Candidate who rose to the number two spot of the FIDE world rankings. He is the author of highly acclaimed books such as Curacao 1962 and The Art of the Endgame. His best-selling Timman’s Titans won the 2017 English Chess Federation Book of the Year Award.
ISBN: 9789056918118, Paperback, 304 pages, New in Chess
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Man vs Machine: Challenging Human Supremacy at Chess by Karsten Muller & Jonathan Schaeffer: https://shop.chess.co.uk/Man-vs-Machine-C hallen…/cb07198.htm
Technology continues to advance at a rapid pace. It may sound quaint today, but not so long ago, computers battled humans for supremacy at the game of chess. The challenge of building a computer program capable of defeating the best of human-kind at chess was one of the original grand challenges of the fledgling field of art...
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Pawns, Time and Space in Modern Chess by Grandmaster Dragan Barlov
The essential knowledge of pawn structures, chess dynamics and spatial aspect of chess presented in a highly readable tome. The author addresses the most frequent questions that arise in all the three aspects of a modern chess game (material, pawn structure - space, and dynamics). The core of the book cosists of 49 deeply annotated games played by the elite players. On top of that, there are 127 practical test...s, so the material presented as a whole may be extremely useful to a wide audience. Of course, chess trainers and will find many of the games and test positions adequate for their chess lectures.
Chess Informant, Hardback, 264 pages
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American Chess Magazine Issue 9 Brothers in Arms https://shop.chess.co.uk/American-Chess-M agazin…/cb07188.htm
The American Chess Magazine brings you 156 colorful pages, packed with amazing chess material, ranging from world class play to local and state news and games. Instructive and entertaining games from recent events are presented with outstanding annotations, while special attention is given to overviews of latest trends in the openings, and explanations of practical en...dgame techniques.
ACM #09 features an extensive coverage of the World Championship Match in London with each game played being thoroughly examined by our regular GM-contributors Mackenzie Molner, Joel Benjamin and John Burke.
The 43rd Chess Olympiad was under the scope of Bassem Amin, Robert Hungaski, Elshan Moradiabadi, Jennifer Yu and Susan Polgar.
Jacob Aagaard’s regular column also focuses on games from Batumi.
Key games from one of the strongest open tournaments ever, Isle of Man 2018, are annotated by none other than the winning couple – Radek Wojtaszek and his wife Alina Kashlinskaya.
The best Olympiad performer, Peruvian Jorge Cori, added another success by winning the very strong SPICE Cup Open from where he annotates a couple of his interesting games, while his only defeat in the tournament is presented by his opponent, young US star Awonder Liang.
Former World Junior Champion Alex Ipatov shares his own analysis of a fresh idea in the deeply explored Breyer Variation of the Ruy Lopez, based on revitalization of a different move order applied at the early stage of the game.
Chess journalist from London, Leon Watson was so full of positive impressions after participating in a chess event in New York’s Central Park that he wanted to share them with our readers and pay his compliments to the chess scene in the US.
There’s even more chess in the Big Apple as ACM presents the USA Chess Tour – a new and ambitious player on the American tournament circuit.
In his regular column for ACM, Alex Fishbein deals with pawn endgames and suggests a way of approach them in the 21st century.
Other regular columns are here too: news from chess technology, book reviews, chess-doubles, tournament reviews. And a very special guest in our 5x5 is Asia’s first grandmaster, Eugenio Torre from the Philippines.
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Play the Dutch! Part 1 and Part 2 by Tibor Karolyi (2 books): https://shop.chess.co.uk/Play-the-Dutch-P art-1-…/cb07185.htm
The Dutch defense is a highly popular opening nowadays with the idea to get a sharp and assymetrical position against 1.d4.
GM Mateusz Bartel - 4-times Polish Champion:... "Are you bored with the classical or popular positions after 1.d4? Are the tonnes of theoretical lines overwhelming for you sometimes? Then you should try the Dutch Defence instead! In this book, a well-respected author provides you with a solid foundation for including the Dutch in your repertoire, dealing with almost all the sidelines you could possibly meet after 1. d4 f5. I have been playing this opening for more than 20 years now and I am positively surprised by the amount of useful material inside. Studying it (and later the second part with the main lines) can help you to acquire a lifetime weapon, which is especially efficient against solid players."
These two books gives the reader a full Dutch repertoire with black.
ISBN: 978-615-5793-08-0 & ISBN: 978-615-5793-09-7, Paperbacks, 512 combined pages, Chess Evolution
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CHESS Magazine - January 2019 World Champion Again! Magnus Carlsen https://shop.chess.co.uk/CHESS-Magazine-J anuary…/cb07184.htm
Magazine, 60 pages
... All the regular features of the UK's best-selling CHESS magazine and more! Regular features include: How Good is Your Chess? by GM Daniel King, Saunders on Chess, Find the Winning Moves, Never Mind the Grandmasters..., Studies, Home & Overseas News, Forthcoming Events Calendar and Book Reviews.
In this issue:
60 Seconds with...Harriet Hunt - Britain’s no.1 female player has some sage advice Late Drama - Jon Speelman explores some of the endgames from the WCC match Caru Can’t - Fabiano Caruana complicated well, but missed a big chance in Game 8 Chess - A Spectator Sport? - Ben Graff visited the match to see if it trumped watching online Chess for Common People - Tim Wall shares the joys of the packed press room during Game 12 A Royal Occasion - Peter Lord witnessed Shreyas Royal’s first clock simul in Uxbridge A Year in Review - Sean Marsh presents more of the best works of 2018 No Moves - Matthew Lunn found his opponent tied up in knots from the opening How Good is Your Chess? - Daniel King was impressed by Praggnanandhaa Rameshbabu White Christmas - John Henderson sits down to enjoy a Christmas classic Another Christmas Carol - A new ghost story of Christmas, by James Essinger Boxed History - Bob Jones presents the unusual story of not just one Walter Stephens Christmas Chess Quiz - In need of some festive distraction? Try and solve these puzzlers! Christmas Reading - Ben Graff presents his favourite chess memoirs Never Mind the Grandmasters... - Carl Portman’s yule tiding greetings include some fine sorcery Find the Winning Moves - Can you do as well as the players at the opening 4NCL weekend? Overseas News - Ding Liren and Ju Wenjun both had Novembers to remember Home News - Gediminas Sarakauskas won the British Rapidplay in Ilkley Saunders on Chess - John reflects on the big match and ponders what might change
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Great range of stock and orders arrive promptly and well packaged. Also the store is good to browse around too.

Great online service and in the shop the guys are really helpful.

Great Chess Shop.

First of all the staff are A1. Scores of times I've seen them really trying hard to find the best product for some clueless punter who has a chess-loving child. They never oversell, they always listen!



There is a huge range here in the shop as well. Apart from the drool-inducing chess sets, they have up to date chess computers and loads of brilliant games like Hive, Carcassonne, Bridge and, especially, poker. They sell those hard to get plastic playing cards that cost about a tenner but last forever.



Beautiful poker sets, with solid chips! Lovely Go sets, and I saw some backgammon sets that I seriously wanted to buy even though I am worse then patzer!



Well worth a visit. Get off the tube at Baker Street, then walk or, as I do, take an 82 bus about three stops.

Always a right good laugh as the is so many game's films and through provided answers !!

Really helpful staff, great recommendations and service! A must for Chess players of all levels

Excellent shop and very helpful staff. I went in yesterday and couldn’t remember the title of the book I was after as I’d seen it about a month ago. They looked it up on their site and found it! Thanks again guys.

What a fab idea ������thankyou all xxxxxxxxxxxx

Great range of stock and orders arrive promptly and well packaged. Also the store is good to browse around too.

Great online service and in the shop the guys are really helpful.

Great Chess Shop.

First of all the staff are A1. Scores of times I've seen them really trying hard to find the best product for some clueless punter who has a chess-loving child. They never oversell, they always listen!



There is a huge range here in the shop as well. Apart from the drool-inducing chess sets, they have up to date chess computers and loads of brilliant games like Hive, Carcassonne, Bridge and, especially, poker. They sell those hard to get plastic playing cards that cost about a tenner but last forever.



Beautiful poker sets, with solid chips! Lovely Go sets, and I saw some backgammon sets that I seriously wanted to buy even though I am worse then patzer!



Well worth a visit. Get off the tube at Baker Street, then walk or, as I do, take an 82 bus about three stops.

Always a right good laugh as the is so many game's films and through provided answers !!

Really helpful staff, great recommendations and service! A must for Chess players of all levels

Excellent shop and very helpful staff. I went in yesterday and couldn’t remember the title of the book I was after as I’d seen it about a month ago. They looked it up on their site and found it! Thanks again guys.