Thomas Engqvist Livres

An International Master's guide to the essential positions and strategies in chess.

An International Master's guide to essential tactical strategies and positions in chess. The perfect guide for players who want to reach a higher level but don't have time to spend hours every week on less productive study.

Swedish chess legend Ulf Andersson was a positional genius with a crystal clear style. The former world number 4 almost never lost a game and always scored victories from quiet positions. But he could also be a fierce attacker. This book offers 56 thrilling games, both entertaining and instructive.

International Master Thomas Engqvist examines his favourite games of the former World Champion and chess legend Tigran Petrosian, and shows us how we can all learn and improve our chess by studying Petrosian's masterpieces.

Provides a course that will help you understand the potential of your pieces and play more purposefully in your games; chess will stop feeling like a series of random events as you take command of your forces and direct them like a general in charge of an army.

Richard Reti is one of the most fascinating characters in the history of chess. His new approach to chess theory was dubbed Hypermodern and led to the development of the Reti Opening (1 Nf3).

Lessons, motivation and coaching to make you a better chess player. Any aspiring chess player, at almost any level, would get better with a coach. If that's not possible, having chess champion coach Thomas Engqvist's book next to your chess set is the next best thing.

An informative book on understanding the fundamentals of the Caro-Kann through analysis of classic games that you can implement in your own play.

An informative and accessible new book by Thomas Engqvist, filled with 300 engaging chess exercises and solutions to test and consolidate your knowledge.