Following a biography and player profile, there are chapters on Ding’s early years, turning pro, reaching 2700, entering the Top 10, reaching 2800, becoming challenger and finally winning the title.

...an updated version of the author’s highly-acclaimed original work

In this sequel, Tiviakov and his co-author turn their attention to piece play.

...how to keep pressing in apparently dull and lifeless positions

***the knotty issue of chess improvement

Dragon Masters is unlike any other book you will have seen on the Dragon

...aimed at players rated 1500-1800, so should find a wide readership

....a collection of Sosonko’s essays from New in Chess magazine and his earlier works

Botvinnik’s accounts of his three world championship matches v the former and his swansong v the latter

This is a revised and updated edition of the original work published in 2013.

...an in-depth look at how ordinary mortals can learn from those at the summit

This is a revised edition of the original

This is the second volume by the author on Carlsen’s endgames

Boris Zlotnik is an extraordinary trainer and coach

The Give and Take of Chess Tactics

I hope that with this book I can convey....the pleasure that comes with analysing endgames

Our task in working on this book is to bring you as many typical positions and methods of play as possible, which you can then use in similar situations in your own games

Have you ever wondered why strong players immediately grasp what is happening in complex positions?

an easy, good fun read

A main line repertoire for White against the Sicilian

The Fascinating Games and Tragic Life of Chess Grandmaster Alexey Vyzhmanavin

Marin puts Larsen’s creative legacy under the microscope via forty-six games and twelve test positions from the period 1953-1991

This attractive hardback celebrates the 85th anniversary of the well-known Wijk aan Zee events...

The warfare of the title refers to the literary set-to between two of the big names of the late nineteenth century, William Steinitz and Johannes Zukertort

In the Hedgehog, the middlegame is an integral part of the opening, and our work is for at least 50% a middlegame study’

...an easy-to-learn yet super-solid repertoire for Black against everything

The Exchange Sacrifice According to Petrosian is about far, far more than just exchange sacs, and reveals far, far more about the ninth world champion and his approach to the game than you ever thought possible.

The subtitle, Stories and Games of the Oldest Chess Tournament in the World, gives you an idea of what to expect between the covers.

This is a sequel to the original book which I reviewed in November 2021

It is exactly what it says on the cover, a collection of 1001 puzzles/positions.....

Kavalek has quite a story to tell

A Chessable course on the Nimzo Indian Semi-Tarrasch as a lifetime defence to 1 d4.

The name Fred Reinfeld might not ring many bells nowadays....

"one of the world’s most successful coaches"

...a huge pot-pourri of writings, games and reminiscences by the American IM, teacher and writer,

...the inside story of the 1972 Fischer-Spassky match, from the keyboard of the President of the Icelandic Chess Federation

Weighing in at over a kilo this wristbreaker is based on the authors’ Chessable course of the same name.

This one should need no review.

A series based on a novel gave rise to an openings book!

...a sturdy hardback...based on the author’s Chessable course on the topic, 1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e5

This is the third book by the author devoted to the endgame

Not king hunts, king walks.

...winning high-pressure opens requires certain attributes

The author is a Ukrainian-born German GM and trainer who has been voted German Chess Trainer of the Year

The Singular Skills of the World’s Strongest Chess Player Uncovered and Explained

...the word advanced indicates that the fare this time is more sophisticated and more demanding

An in-depth look at the Four Knights Sicilian

Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual could easily serve as an ‘ordinary’ player’s only endgame book.

This sturdy hardback is the print version of the author’s course on Chessable.

This is a linear, often anecdotal, account of the American junior’s path to becoming the youngest grandmaster ever, a feat he achieved on 30 June 2021 at the age of twelve years,

This is a collection of one hundred puzzles from real games, dating from 1906 to 2019, in which one player resigned early, needlessly or inexplicably.

This is the second compilation that Steve Giddins has assembled from the pages of New in Chess …well-known chess names are asked all the traditional ‘what is your favourite’ type questions, and has put together a collection of forty-four of the most exciting games nominated.

What’s the first name that comes to mind when you think of the great attacking players? Tal? Alekhine? Kasparov? Of course, but the subject of this book, Rashid Nezhmetdinov, certainly deserves a place on the short leet.

What it says on the cover: very detailed coverage of an area which surprisingly has hitherto not received much individual attention.

TRICKS, TRAPS, AND TIPS IN THE CHESS OPENING by Dean Ippolito

THE ROSSOLIMO FOR CLUB PLAYERS by Victor Bologan, 240 pp., and TROMPOWSKY ATTACK & LONDON SYSTEM by Viktor Moskalenko, 200 pp., New in Chess, publ. 2022. Two openings monographs from NiC, both recent (Bologan’s introduction is dated March 2022, Moskalenko’s foreword April 2022).

A lavish 500+ page illustrated hardback on one of the greatest players of all time which was years in the making. What are you waiting for?

THE SCANDINAVIAN FOR CLUB PLAYERS by Thomas Willemze, New in Chess, 267 pp., publ. 2021.

Like the London System, the Scandinavian (or Centre Counter as old fogeys like me fondly remember it) has the power to polarise opinions.

With contributions by Vasyl Ivanchuk, Ruslan Ponomariov, Mariya and Anna Muzychuk and many, many others

This is just what it says it is – a floppy workbook in larger-than-usual format (so it opens flat!) designed to be worked through and written on.

This is essentially a transcript by Sean Marsh of Caruana’s 2019 ChessBase videos Navigating the Ruy Lopez, so if you’re familiar with those you’ll know what to expect.

The Life and Games of Manuel Bosboom. Chess biographies are rare, biographies of players still alive even rarer.

Colle? The guy who invented that wimpy club player’s opening? Don’t know much about him. He couldn’t have been that good. And how do you pronounce his name?