Steve Giddins

Où jouer aux échecs sur Internet ?Que faut-il savoir sur les ouvertures que je joue ?Comment faire pour ne pas trop s'exposer tactiquement ?Comment concevoir un plan ?Comment évaluer un échange de pièces d'égale valeur ?Qu'est-ce que le "Zugzwang"... Lire la suite

Comme la position de départ est la seule que l'on retrouve dans toutes ses parties, l'étude des ouvertures s'impose. Souvent, on commence par examiner un début que l'on trouve attrayant, et cela prend déjà beaucoup de temps. Puis, on s'intéresse à... Lire la suite

Marqué dans sa jeunesse par un livre très populaire d'Irving Chernev (The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played), Steve Giddins en reprend le concept avec des parties plus récentes pour proposer un panorama clair et accessible de la stratégie... Lire la suite

Twenty years ago New in Chess magazine introduced a back page column in which a chess personality is asked to name their favourite items in many areas: food, drink, films, art, music, etc. One of the questions has always been: What is the most... Lire la suite

The Lasker Method to Improve in Chess is an efficient toolkit as well as an entertaining guide. After working with it, players will dramatically boost their skills, without carrying the excess baggage that many of their opponents will be struggling... Lire la suite

Chess players are known to be obsessed by openings. However, world champions have recommended that up-and-coming players should actually begin by studying the endgame first. This is because only by studying simplified positions can one fully develop... Lire la suite

The average chess player spends too much time on studying opening theory. In his day, World Champion Emanuel Lasker argued that improving amateurs should spend about 5% of their study time on openings. These days club players are probably closer to... Lire la suite

David Bronstein is one of the greatest and most loved chess players of all time. He won numerous major tournaments and for many years he was one of the world’s strongest grandmasters. In 1951 he came agonizingly close to winning the World... Lire la suite

Are you ready for the truth about forty of the most fascinating and complex chess games ever played by World Champions and other top grandmasters? Grandmaster Matthew Sadler and renowned chess writer Steve Giddins take a fresh look at some classic... Lire la suite

The back catalogue of New In Chess magazine is a fabulous source of chess instruction. For more than three decades every issue has been full of detailed and highly enlightening annotations by the world’s best players of their own best games.... Lire la suite

The Basman-Sale Variation is a relatively unexplored weapon for Black in the Sicilian Defence. After the perfectly normal moves 1.e4 c5, 2. Nf3 e6, 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Black lashes out with 4…Bc5! English IM Michael Basman and Croatian IM Srdjan Sale... Lire la suite

Alexander Alekhine was a two-time World Chess Champion and is widely regarded to be one of the greatest chess players of all time. During his best years he dominated tournaments, and in 1927 he defeated his great rival José Raúl Capablanca to win... Lire la suite