King - Power Play 25 Popular Queen's Pawn Openings DVD

Le mal rasé de Bakou ayant donc changé d'avis en cours de route, voici, en lieu et place de l'attendu My Great Predecessors 6, le premier volume d'une nouvelle série consacrée à l'évolution de la théorie des ouvertures à l'époque moderne - celle-ci démarrant, assez arbitrairement, à la retraite de Fischer. C'est l'occasion de passer en revue aussi bien des systèmes effectivement nés durant les années 70 (Sveshnikov...) que d'autres simplement développés durant la même période (Caro-Kann classique avec 4...Ff5), ou encore certains dont l'heure de gloire viendra en fait nettement plus tard (6.Fe3 dans la Najdorf, 4...a6 dans la Slave). Au total, beaucoup de choses intéressantes, mais une impression globale un peu confuse et un intérêt pratique peut-être discutable. A part çà, nos bons amis anglais ont apparemment décidé que la vache à lait ne meuglait pas encore assez fort : ils en ont donc remis une couche sur le prix. Merci, Everyman !

Processeur Pentium à 300Mhz ou +
64MB RAM
Windows XP, Windows VISTA, Windows 7
Lecteur de DVD, souris, carte son

Swedish chess Grandmaster Axel Smith returns with a sequel to his colossal bestseller, The Woodpecker Method, which was on the tactics of the World Champions. For The Woodpecker Method 2, he has found 1002 foundational positional exercises and prepared them for ‘woodpecking’ – solve the puzzles repeatedly, and boost your positional intuition.

The quick explanation of the Woodpecker Method is that you need to solve a large number of puzzles in a row; then solve the same puzzles again and again, only faster. It’s not a lazy shortcut to success – hard work is required. But the reward can be re-programming your unconscious mind. 383 pages

Folding tournament chess board, with alphanumeric markings, finished with mahogany and sycamore marquetry. The overall size of the unfolded chessboard is 50 x 50 cm

he Anand Files offers a detailed insight into the strategies Viswanathan Anand used to win three World Championship matches in a row. It takes the reader behind the scenes to show the inner workings of Team Anand, including pre-game planning and preparing opening novelties, some of which have yet to be used.

Meticulously researched over several years, during which the author conducted numerous interviews with members of Team Anand, this book follows Anand and his team of seconds for his dramatic matches against Kramnik, Topalov and Gelfand. The reader will gain a deep understanding of how top chess players work on their game and deal with the stress of elite competition. Over a hundred colour photographs illustrate the story.

Michiel Abeln is a FIDE Master from the Netherlands with extensive experience as a chess trainer and as a leadership coach in the corporate world.

From the Foreword by Viswanathan Anand:
"I love this book. The level of detail is fabulous, and as I read it I felt I was reliving the entire five-year period during which these three matches happened... This is the definitive book on those three matches."

512 pages

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Pentium 300 Mhz, 64 Mo RAM, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, lecteur DVD-ROM, souris, carte son.