Biographies

"Collector's volume, developed by FIDE for the 100th anniversary - printed in only 1000 copies"For...

The beginning of the 20th century was a different time in chess. The World Champion was the German...

Boris Spassky is the most underappreciated World Champion in chess history, remembered as the...

Many historical chess books focus on individual 19th century masters and tournaments yet little is...

In Chess Survivor – The Last of the Greats a chess legend shares his life story and annotates his...

"The Life & Games of Géza Maróczy"Ask any chessplayer today if they recognize the name...

This is the autobiography of chess grandmaster and journalist Andy Soltis, one of the very few...

"A Chess Biography with 1,832 Games"Emanuel Lasker (1868–1941) had the longest reign of any world...

Two years ago, when we agreed with Tuinkers Publishing House on a series of books under the title...

"The Fascinating Chess and Football Careers of Simen Agdestein" Simen Agdestein was...

"The Musketeer Years 1908–1939"Gideon Ståhlberg (1908–1967) reigned among the world’s best...

"The Musketeer Years 1908–1939"Gideon Ståhlberg (1908–1967) reigned among the world’s best...

"This is the second of a 4-volume series on Korchnoi. Volume III is expected later this year...

The third volume of Elk and Ruby’s treatise on Viktor Korchnoi, penned by FM Hans Renette and IM...

In his heyday, Samuel Reshevsky was one of the great contenders for the world title and, according...

"De Hollandse Opening in analyses en beschouwingen" Met de serie “Mijn Hollands...

One of the most sought after chess books out there. Second-hand but in excellent condition....

While today, Reginald Pryce Michell (1873-1938) is largely forgotten, he was a quiet giant of his...

In 1967, 25-year-old Rolf Martens won the Swedish Championship playing faster than anyone before....

"Chess and Life Lessons - From the South Bronx to the White House"David MacEnulty dared to dream...

Hundreds of games, thousands of pages! For forty years Paul Keres remained one of the...

Born in Bakhmut, Ukraine, and brought up in Odessa, Boris Verlinsky (1888-1950) was the first...

We all have an intuitive feeling of the stress, pressure and frustration on the path to winning a...

"His Life and Chess Games"Paul Morphy might well be the most brilliant and enigmatic chess champion...