Black & White Magic. Color complexes in chess explained. Hardcover NEW BOOK

Black & White Magic Color complexes in chess explained By Axel Smith Publisher: Quality Chess Europe Format: Hardcover ISBN: 9781784831912 Number Of Pages: 264 Publication Year: 2023 Language: English During his long journey as a chess player and coach, GM Axel Smith came to the realization that understanding color-complex strategies is one of the key differences between strong and weak players. After many years of delivering lectures and training material to his students, Smith produced a Chessable course on the topic, which has been extensively edited and reorganized by Quality Chess to produce this book. In these pages, the award-winning author breaks down color complexes into various sub-topics such as blockades, opposite-colored bishops and exchange sacrifices, with carefully chosen exercises to test and reinforce the reader’s newfound understanding. Use Black & White Magic to improve your chess strength! GM Axel Smith is the award-winning author of The Woodpecker Method, Pump Up Your Rating, e3 Poison and Street Smart Chess, which were all enthusiastically received by readers and reviewers. Using the Woodpecker as part of his training, as an adult he improved from a rating of 2100 to becoming a Grandmaster.

Conceptual Rook Endgames. By Jacob Aagaard. Hardcover NEW CHESS BOOK

Conceptual Rook Endgames Grandmaster Knowledge By Jacob Aagaard Publisher: Quality Chess Europe Format: Hardcover ISBN: 9781784831950 Number Of Pages: 416 Publication Year: 2023 Language: English Rook endgames are the most frequently recurring endgames and also one of the most exciting areas of chess, with mind bending tactical opportunities and dizzying nuances available. They have unsurprisingly been a big topic in endgame literature, with a heavy focus on the set theoretical positions and their logic and fixed conclusions (see the excellent Theoretical Rook Endgames by GM Sam Shankland, published as a sister volume to this book as the peak example of this). Conceptual Rook Endgames goes in a different direction. Focused on two dozen major concepts, the book explains the mechanisms of rook endgames in a novel way, by building foundations with simple examples, which can be seen in the most complicated examples as well. Rook endgames will remain rich and surprising, as they are for the greats, but armed with this book, your comprehension of them will skyrocket. Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard is the most talented chess writer of his generation. He won the British Championship in 2007, but is mostly known for his multi-award winning books and his work with students that have won club, country, state, national, continental and world championships, as well as Olympiad golds (board and overall), the World Cup and Candidates tournament.