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From Practical Games of 2019
Many puzzle books are based on artificial positions or selected only for their beauty. The concept of my book is different. The highest priority is to “use the practical side of the puzzles” and take the level of calculation to a completely new dimension.

Greatest 468 Puzzles Part 2
From Practical Games of 2019
This book is the continuation of the successful puzzle-book series from Chess Evolution. The new book is the 8th from the series and it contains 460 puzzles divided into 3 chapters. You will find a huge range of tactical ideas that you can use in your own games! All the puzzles have been collected from practical games throughout the first half of 2019. In each section, the puzzles are sorted according to the date of the game.

Greatest 460 Puzzles - Part 1
From practical games of 2018
This book is the continuation of the successful puzzle-book series, which started with the “Greatest 365 Puzzles” and “Greatest 501 Puzzles” from 2012. It was followed by „Tactics, Tactics, Tactics!” Volumes 3 and 4 which covered the best practical puzzles of 2013-2015 and the next ones of the series were the "Greatest 551 Puzzles" and the Greatest 550 puzzles" with the combinations of 2016 and 2017.

Greatest 525 Puzzles
From Practical Games of 2017
This book is the continuation of the successful puzzle-book series. It contains 550 puzzles divided into 3 chapters. You will find a huge range of tactical ideas that you can use in your own games! All the puzzles have been collected from practical games throughout 2017.

Greatest 550 Puzzles
We are very proud to present the first FIDE-approved endgame manual, written by 3 of the world leading experts: FIDE Senior Trainers IGM Mikhalchishin, IGM Grivas and IGM Balogh. A total of 8 endgame books will take you step-by-step from king & pawn endgames all the way through to extremely complex and materially-unbalanced endgames. Become an expert and learn to enjoy even more the "silent beauty" of the endgame.

The Modern Endgame Manual - Mastering Rook vs. Pieces Endgames
We are very proud to present the first FIDE-approved endgame manual, written by 3 of the world leading experts: FIDE Senior Trainers IGM Mikhalchishin, IGM Grivas and IGM Balogh. A total of 8 endgame books will take you step-by-step from king & pawn endgames all the way through to extremely complex and materially-unbalanced endgames. Become an expert and learn to enjoy even more the "silent beauty" of the endgame.

The Modern Endgame Manual - Mastering Queen vs. Pieces Endgames
Topalov vs. Caruana - 36.. Re8!!
Arkadij Naiditsch, Csaba Balogh, and Sebastien Maze analyse the 50 most exciting games in practical games of 2016.

Most Exciting Games of 2016
Radjabov vs. Bortnyk - 21. Qxh5!!
Arkadij Naiditsch, Csaba Balogh, and Sebastien Maze analyse the 50 most stunning victories in practical games of 2016.

Most Stunning Victories of 2016
Kramnik vs. Nakamura - 30. Ra4!!
Arkadij Naiditsch and Csaba Balogh analyse the most instructive endgames from the years of 2016. The authors aim to explain mainly by words to make it understandable for the players on any level.

Most Instructive Endgames of 2016
From Practical Games of 2016
The new book contains 551 puzzles divided into 3 chapters. You will fi nd a huge range of tactical ideas that you can use in your own games! All the puzzles have been collected from practical games throughout 2016.

Greatest 551 Puzzles
We are very proud to present the Second Book from the first FIDE-approved endgame manual, written by 3 of the world leading experts. The second book of the Modern Endgame Manual series is dedicated to the bishop endgames. Bishop endgames are the second most common type of endgames after rook endgames, therefore mastering them is essential. The book contains many theoretical and practical positions. It is divided into three sections - Opposite colored bishop endgames, Same colored bishop endgames and Bishop vs pawns

The Modern Endgame Manual - Mastering Minor Piece Endgames - Vol. 1
We are very proud to present the Third book from the first FIDE-approved endgame manual, written by 3 of the world leading experts: This volume is dedicated to knight and knight vs bishop endgames. The authors have collected the most important theoretical positions - which are the base of any kind of endgames - and combined them with many different practical examples.

The Modern Endgame Manual - Mastering Minor Piece Endgames - Vol. 2
Become and expert and learn to enjoy even more the "silent beauty" of the endgame. Part 1 of the first FIDE-approved endgame manual, written by 3 of the world leading experts: FIDE Senior Trainers IGM Mikhalchishin, IGM Grivas and IGM Balogh.

The Modern Endgame Manual - Mastering Queen and Pawn Endgames
Carlsen Vs. Anand 25. Nh3!!
Arkadij Naiditsch and Csaba Balogh analyse 50 positional masterpieces from the years of 2012-2015. The readers will see many deep ideas, subtle maneouvres, unexpected regrouping of the pieces and of course a positionally justified masterpiece often finishes with a nice combination. The authors aim to explain mainly by words to make it understandable for the players on any level.

Positional Masterpieces of 2012-2015
Caurana vs. Gelfand 33... Re3!!
Arkadij Naiditsch and Csaba Balogh analyse the 50 most interesting draws from the years of 2012-2015. Draw has a very bad reputation in chess and indeed it can be really boring sometimes. However, there are also plenty of fighting games as well, where both players are trying their best in order to win the game, but it finally ends in draw. This kind of extremely tense battles is exactly what the book is about. The authors aim to explain mainly by words to make it understandable for the players on any level.

Most Interesting Draws of 2012-2015
Kramnik vs. Tomashevsky 73. Rxd5!!
Arkadij Naiditsch and Csaba Balogh analyse the 80 most instructive endgames from the years of 2012-2015. The authors aim to explain mainly by words to make it understandable for the players on any level.

Most Instructive Endgames of 2012-2015
Carlsen vs. Li Chao 24. d5!!
Arkadij Naiditsch and Csaba Balogh analyse the 50 best fighting games from the years of 2012-2015. The authors aim to explain mainly by words to make it understandable for the players on any level. GM Adrian Mikhalchishin: "Nowadays, many players rely on "computer" evaluations much more than their own "human" understanding. Is this fatal to the rise of a chess player?!

Best Fighting Games of 2012-2015
Aronian vs. Anand - 16... Nde5!!
Arkadij Naiditsch and Csaba Balogh analyse the 50 best attacking games from the years of 2012-2015. The readers will not only see the brilliant sacrifices and mating combinations at the end of the games, but also how it was all built up from the beginning. The authors aim to explain mainly by words to make it understandable for the players on any level.

Best Attacking Games of 2012-2015
Thoughtful Edition!
Many puzzle books are based on artificial positions or selected only for their beauty. The concept of this book is different. The highest priority is to “use the practical side of the puzzles” and take the level of calculation to a completely new dimension.

Tactics, Tactics, Tactics - Volume 4
Fun Edition!
Tactics, Tactics, Tactics! Volume 3 is the continuation of the successful series of the "Greatest 365 Puzzles" and "Greatest 501 Puzzles" from 2012. The book contains 551 puzzles. You will find a huge range of tactical ideas, what you can use in your own games! All the puzzles have been collected from practical games from the beginning of 2013 to the middle of 2015. Great combinations by Carlsen, Caruana, Anand, Topalov and many more Top players. In each section the puzzles are sorted according to the date of the game.

Tactics, Tactics, Tactics - Volume 3
From Practical Games of 2012 - Part I
There is one proven practice exercise that helps you improve chess ratings and stay in shape while having fun - chess puzzles. And what better than having the latest puzzles from the year 2012 by a top GM, and all that in one book!

Greatest 365 Chess Puzzles
From Practical Games of 2012 - Part II
The book consists of 501 practical puzzles from the second part of the Year 2012, selected into 3 different groups: ''easy'', ''medium'', and ''hard''. At the end of the book you can check your tactical skills in a test format and also can enjoy the 10 most beautiful pearls of the given period.

Greatest 501 Chess Puzzles
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Choose from a huge selection of chess books, including a wide variety of topics, players and strategies from The House of Staunton. There is a chess book for nearly every chess move or chess defense you can think of. Looking for a chess book talking about a specific chess player? Browse the many different miscellaneous chess books available. Need to strengthen your opening game? Middle game? Or maybe your end game is lacking. There are chess books covering all of these topics and much more. The purpose of a majority of the chess books available is to serve as guides for beginners and advanced chess players alike, and to address different tactics and strategies to help improve your game. There are also biographical chess books that talk about specific Chess Players such as Magnus Carlsen or Vishwanthan Anand if you are interested in reading about a chess player and their life.