Kornev - Play the Alekhine Defence

Échecs électroniques DGT - plateau Bluetooth + pièces Ébène

Le jeu d'échecs électronique DGT vous apporte le confort d'un jeu d'échecs en bois conjugué à la technologie d'un ordinateur et aux fonctionnalités d'Internet.

Grâce à la technologie Bluetooth, l'échiquier électronique DGT est connecté à votre ordinateur en mode sans fil. Vous pouvez jouer contre vos logiciels favoris sans vous fatiguer les yeux sur l'écran : déplacez vos pièces sur le plateau DGT en bois et l'ordinateur se charge d'analyser vos coups.

L'échiquier DGT fonctionne uniquement avec les pièces DGT, en bois également. Chaque pièce est signée magnétiquement pour être reconnue avec précision par des capteurs situés dans le plateau, même dans les parties rapides.

Grâce à votre échiquier DGT vous pouvez aussi jouer en ligne contre un adversaire ou sur les sites Internet d'échecs puisqu'il se connecte à Internet via votre ordinateur.

Cet ensemble d'échecs DGT est composé de l'échiquier électronique DGT palissandre, aux cases noires et à la bordure brun-rouge, très semblable à notre plateau palissandre classique, et des pièces électroniques DGT Ébène, les plus luxueuses des jeux d'échecs DGT.

En bref, cet ensemble d'échecs électronique DGT Bluetooth :

- Se présente sous la forme d'un beau plateau en bois de 1,8 cm d'épaisseur avec des cases de 5,5 cm accompagné des pièces compatibles DGT Ébène.

- Est compatible avec tous les logiciels de Chessbase (Fritz, Schredder, Hiarcs, Junior, ChessBase...).

- Est doté de la technologie Bluetooth qui vous permet de jouer en mode sans fil jusqu'à 10 m de votre ordinateur.

- A une autonomie de 24 heures de jeu grâce à sa batterie rechargeable via le câble USB à un PC ou un adaptateur secteur (câble USB inclus).

- Peut se connecter à une pendule électronique DGT XL qui affiche les coups joués par le programme.

Inclus : un CD d'installation pour Windows XP/Vista/7 (32 et 64 bits)

An informative guide to understanding and implementing the fundamentals of the Caro-Kann, the easy way.

The Caro-Kann defence, named after the German chess players Horatio Caro and Marcus Kann, is notorious for its simple solidity and is a popular chess opening that players of all levels benefit from having in their arsenal. It is a firm favourite of grand masters past and present, including Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Anand.

This is the fifth book from International Master Thomas Engqvist, and it avoids overcomplicated details and endless computer variations, focusing instead on key variations of the Caro-Kann that can be committed to memory. Examining classic games to demonstrate key moves in action, Engqvist brings the defence to life and provides you with the knowledge you need to put strategy into practice. 330 pages

This book is dedicated to the match-tournament of 1948, which gave rise to the first Soviet World Champion - Mikhail Botvinnik. The main content of the book is the detailed analysis of the fifty games played in this event. Detailed commentary to the games has been written for a very wide circle of qualified chessplayers, in which connection particular attention has been paid to the accessibility of the presentation and the appearance in the games of important turning points. The criticism of the mistakes committed by the participants could seem at times to be overly severe, but represents the fruits of painstaking analysis and should bring benefit to chessplayers who wish to draw the necessary theoretical and practical conclusions from the games of the match-tournament.It is very difficult, and often impossible, to claim absolute accuracy in chess analysis, but at any rate, I have endeavoured to fulfil my work with the maximum thoroughness. 257 pages Hardcover

Translator’s Foreword

It is exactly 75 years since one of the most significant events in chess history – the 1948 Match-Tournament for the World Chess Championship – took place in The Hague and Moscow. To mark this anniversary, my colleagues at Chess Informant have agreed to publish a new English translation of Paul Keres’ book on the tournament.

The original work has been extended to include historical context to the event – in this case, excerpts from the contemporary Soviet chess press and from the memoirs of Mikhail Botvinnik. Keres’ book on the event was first published in his native Estonian language in 1949. A year later it appeared in Russian translation and it came to be regarded as one of the best books on chess ever written. For instance, the likes of Garry Kasparov and Boris Gelfand are both on record as listing it among their favourites.

In this book, Keres’ annotations to the games have been faithfully reproduced. They have not been corrected by computer analysis; instead, they have been supplemented in some cases by the analysis of other masters – generally with that of the other players. In addition, historical context has occasionally been added in those cases where Keres’ assessments of certain openings have been overturned, or at least challenged, by many decades of tournament practice.

It has been a considerable pleasure to work on this project. Keres, as well as being an outstanding grandmaster, was also a superb analyst and annotator. His notes to the games represent a fine blend of general considerations and concrete variations; unlike in many books published today, the latter are never allowed to dominate. It is my sincere hope that the combination of these notes with the additional historical context will succeed in bringing Keres’ work to a new audience, and that this book will be a valuable addition to the libraries of chess enthusiasts of all abilities

Douglas Griffin