Effective recipes for club players No matter how unconventional, irrational or even crazy a chess opening is, sooner or later every chess player will have to face it. When that happens, you can count on a well-prepared opponent who is more than happy to roll out his pet line. John Watson and Eric Schiller provide club players with solutions to a huge selection of these rarely-played or tricky chess openings. They concentrate upon ideas and strategy, with enough analysis to satisfy the needs of practical play. Only when a sharp reply is required, Watson and Schiller will recommend a more complex variation filled with tactics. In the vast majority of cases they present a simple and safe way to approach the position, requiring little memorization and still leading to a promising game. There is a lot of fun material in this book, and you may be surprised to see how even strong grandmasters have indulged in the craziest variations. Chess isn’t all main lines and 20 moves of theory! John Watson (1951) is an International Master who has written over 30 books, several of which have won prestigious awards. He coached Tal Shaked, the 1997 World Junior Champion. Eric Schiller (1955) is an American FIDE Master who is a highly productive chess book writer. He has taught chess for over 30 years. ISBN: 978-90-5691-570-4

FRITZ furzt ... ... laut und vernehmbar, wenn Rainer Schlenker seine quixotischen Eröffnungen zum Besten gibt. Vor einigen Jahren hat er seinen "Arbeitsplatz" von Turniersälen und Vereinsheimen in örtliche Kaffeehäuser und sonstige Wärmestuben verlegt. Dort findet er regelmäßig spielstarke Versuchskaninchen, die er am Brett meist kunstvoll zerlegt. Sein Handwerkszeug stammt noch aus höheren Gefilden, beispielsweise der 2. Bundesliga und der nationalen und internationalen Turnierarena; manche seiner hier veröffentlichten Eröffnungsideen erblickten aber erst vor Kurzem das Licht der Welt. Das Buch soll als Anregung und Hilfestellung für alle experimentierfreudigen und mutigen Spieler dienen, die sich von neuen Ideen inspirieren lassen wollen. Vorhang auf! ISBN: 978-3947648153