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...

Judit Polgar Teaches Chess 3This exceptional book completes the unique project where one of the...

Adolf Albin, a Romanian-born chess master of German origins, was renowned in epoque for his...

‘The Man Chess Made’Albert Beauregard Hodges is a legend among chess aficionados. One of the...

Award-winning historian Sergey Voronkov has written a four-volume psychological biography of...

Hikaru is a five-time US chess champion, ranked as high as second in the world with a stratospheric...

The Ultimate Fischer Collection!The years after the Second World War saw international chess...

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

Mikhail Botvinnik is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time, in the same...

“My overall conception of this book poses a challenge, as most books on chess history don't focus...

José Raúl Capablanca (1888-1942, World Champion 1921-1927) had a way of posting his pieces on...

"How the Game Was Played, Glorified, and Abused in Nazi Germany, 1933–1945"The USSR is famous as...

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...

"How Alexander Alekhine Alienated the World and Changed the Game"Starting his reign in 1927,...

"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...

Robert Hübner (1948-2025) was one of the world’s leading players in the 1970s-1980s, reaching...

This is the most complete and thorough biography of José Raúl Capablanca, one of the greatest...

Het eerste deel van Judith Polgar's schaakautobiografie vertelt het fascinerende verhaal van haar...

"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...

The fourth and final volume of FM Hans Renette and IM Tibor Karolyi's treatise on the life and...

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

Louis Paulsen (1833–1891) was one of the 19th century’s strongest chess players and a world...

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

‘Mastering the Sunshine State’In this book I would like to tell the story of my chess journey...

19th Century Berlin Chess BiographiesAround 1860 a wave of talented youth intensified the Berlin...

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

A critical examination of Lasker's writings on a variety of subjects World War I, history, science,...

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....

Drawing on new research, this biography of William Steinitz (1836–1900), the first World Chess...

"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 world’s...

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

Who is the greatest chess player of all time, the GOAT? Who is in the top ten? Let the debate...

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

"A Year with the Chess Genius"Bobby Fischer, the enigmatic 11th World Chess Champion, lived in...

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

It is not really in doubt that Bobby Fischer is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) chess...

Swedish chess legend Ulf Andersson was a positional genius with a crystal-clear style. In his...