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Play like a champion with the Championship Chess Set. An exact reproduction of the European Pattern Chessmen, it has been used at every major chess Chapionship match...

"An exact reproduction of the most popular Chessmen used at tournament and Chess Clubs in the United States."   The House of Staunton is proud to offer the Club...

The November 2020 Issue of Chess Life is here! It's Cover Story is on The Queen's Gambit, a new Netflix limited series highlighting the Royal Game. Other articles include "Master Class: Analyzing Your Games with Engines" and "Improving Your Tactical...

THE TOP 3 BOOKS EVERY PLAYER SHOULD READ, AS RECOMMENDED BY CHESS.COM! Read the article here Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess Learn to think the same way Bobby Fischer did. This is the fastest, most efficient, most enjoyable book on chess ever compiled. As...

ChessBase 16 ChessBase is a personal, stand-alone chess database that has become the standard throughout the world. Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World Champion...

The House of Staunton is proud to offer the Manila Series Chess Pieces. It features a 3.75" King with a 1.325" diameter base. The Chess pieces are hand carved by our...

The House of Staunton is proud to offer the Aversa Series Chess set. A full tournament-sized Chess set, it features a 4.0" King with a 1.875" diameter base. The Chess...

The House of Staunton is proud to offer another masterpiece - The Benevento Artisan Series Chessmen. These Chessmen feature a 4.4" King with a 1.8" Diameter base...

"A faithful reproduction of one of the most historically important Chess sets ever produced, the Chess set used in the legendary 1972 World Chess Championship,...

"With a distinct European flair and styling, a stunning reproduction of one of the most popular chess sets used in the major international Chess tournaments during the...

"Crafted to replicate the design and proportions of the original Staunton pattern Chessmen, registered by Nathaniel Cooke in March of 1849 and first manufactured by...

The House of Staunton is proud to offer the Improved Fischer Spassky Series Chess set from the Camaratta Collection.. A full tournament-sized chess set, it features a...

To pamper you, The House of Staunton is proud to offer the Piatagorsky Cup Series Luxury Chess set from the Camaratta Collection. This full-tournament sized chess set...

Features of the Championship Series Chess Pieces: Tournament sized chess set 3.75" king height 1.5" base diameter Hand-Carved Pieces Weighted Includes Extra...

"Crafted to replicate the design and proportions of the original Staunton pattern Chessmen, registered by Nathaniel Cooke in March of 1849 and first manufactured by...

<p><img alt="" src="/media/wysiwyg/No-Coupons-b.jpg" /></p>The House of Staunton is proud to offer the Dubrovnik Series Chess set. A full...

"The Maestro has improved upon perfection by combining our legendary Collector Series Chessmen with the Imperial Knight, without a doubt one of the finest Knight...

"The Maestro has improved upon perfection by combining our legendary Collector Series Chessmen with the Imperial Knight, without a doubt one of the finest Knight...

FRITZ 17 The giant PC chess program, now with Fat Fritz* At the turn of the century, Fritz fascinated the chess world with victories over Garry Kasparov and...

  When you purchase this DIGITAL DOWNLOAD from Chess.com you will receive a link and serial number to download the software. FRITZ 17 The giant PC chess program, now with Fat Fritz* At the turn of the century, Fritz fascinated the chess world...

American Chess Magazine is "the chess magazine that the chess world needs and deserves!". The winner of six awards and five honorable mentions by the Chess Journalists of America in 2018, this large, beautifully produced magazine not only brings a slew...

American Chess Magazine is "the chess magazine that the chess world needs and deserves!". The winner of six awards and five honorable mentions by the Chess Journalists of America in 2018, this large, beautifully produced magazine not only brings a slew...

Includes Endgame Turbo 4 **A $69.95 value** FREE with ChessBase 16 Starter...

What is the difference between ChessBase Download Edition and ChessBase Starter Edition? ChessBase Download doesn't come with ChessBase Big Database or the issues of ChessBase Magazine. The actual ChessBase software is the same. ChessBase...

 ChessBase 16 ChessBase is a personal, stand-alone chess database that has become the standard throughout the world. Everyone uses ChessBase, from the World Champion to the amateur next door. It is the program of choice for anyone who loves the...

KOMODO CHESS 14 Komodo 14 thinks like no other chess program Inspired by AlphaZero, two years ago Komodo programmers GM Larry Kaufman and Mark Lefler began to...

Among great chess masters, Emanuel Lasker (1868-1941) stands unique for the depth and broad scope of his intellect. Most of the game’s world champions have been single-mindedly chess-obsessed, with few outside interests. Lasker, however, was very...

One of the most important publications of German publisher Exzelsior-Verlag was the monumental Lasker monograph, published in 2009, which quickly sold out. Now a new, three-part Lasker biography will be published in English.The first volume deals with...

The former ICCF World Champion Dr. Fritz Baumbach (Germany), with his undoubted range of talents, has written a wonderful book which is surely one of the best ever produced. He has been assisted by American author and grandmaster Robin Smith and Swiss...

Emanuel Lasker was world champion for a remarkable 27 years (1894-1921) and is generally regarded as having been way ahead of his time in his understanding of chess. He primarily regarded chess as a fight and considered that the strongest move in a...

In his third full-length memoir about one of the world’s greatest ever chess players Genna Sosonko portrays a warm picture of the seventh world champion Vasily Smyslov, with whom he spent considerable time over the board, during tournaments and...

ChessBase 16 ChessBase is a personal, stand-alone chess database that has become the...

ChessBase 16 ChessBase is a personal, stand-alone chess database that has become the...

  When learning a new opening, the very last thing that an improver or busy person needs to be confronted with a lot of information. You don't need books hundreds of pages thick. You don't need large databases with thousands of games. You...

Bobby Fischer was a devoted Sicilian player. But the American chess genius and 11th World Champion was also a devoted 1.e4 (“Best by test” as he said) player, and his results against the Sicilian are remarkable. In almost all variations he...

C.J.S. Purdy, Australia's greatest chess player and the first World Correspondence Chess Champion, was widely acclaimed as one of the world's greatest chess writers and teachers. In this book the editors present not only an absorbing account of Pudy's...

Everybody knows (or ought to know) of the meteoric career of Paul Morphy, who vanquished the mighty paladins of chess and became the first uncrowned champion of the world. And everyone enjoys (or ought to enjoy) the games, the men and the scene when...

Back in Print! Ever wondered why grandmasters take only seconds to see what's really going on in a chess position? It's all about structures, as Grandmaster Ivan Sokolov explains in this groundbreaking book. ‘Winning Chess Middlegames' addresses...

Akiva Rubinstein occupies a unique position in chess history. One of the greatest artists ever to sit down at a chessboard, Rubinstein was also the strongest player never to get a shot at the title of World Champion.The Life & Games of Akiva...

In this, the third and final volume of his landmark series, award-winning author Tibor Károlyi concludes his investigation into the life and career of Mikhail Tal, the most entertaining and popular world chess champion of all time. This book...

Hosted by: Grandmaster Roman DzinzichashviliRunning Time: Over 180 MinutesThis DVD is Grandmaster Roman Dzindzichashvili's tribute to "the greatest pure chess genius of all time" ---Robert J. "Bobby" Fischer. Item Returns - Computer Software and...

Hosted by: International Master Andrew MartinRunning Time: Over 89 MinutesIn the mid-1960s, Bobby Fischer unveiled a new wrinkle in his beloved Ruy: The Exchange Variation. He showed it was not the virtual drawing line it had once been thought to be. IM...

First published in Russian in 2016 and written by Valentin Kirillov – Mikhail Tal’s close friend, sparring partner, team member and second – this book of memoirs describes key events from Tal’s life, portrays his mentors and...

Chess Informant 132 proudly presents: -   GM Milos Perunovic and GM Danilo Milanovic made an extensive report on the 2017 European Individual Chess Championship held in Minsk, Belarus, presenting two fully annotated and very important...

Estonian grandmaster Paul Keres is one of the greatest players in chess history. Along with Viktor Korchnoi he is one of the best never to have gained the ultimate title of world champion. He was numbered among the very top players in the world for more...

Fred Reinfeld found that there were many great games by Alekhine that were not included in his My Games Book. Fred set about collecting and going though these games. He found 102 interesting and exciting games not found in the other volumes. So he called...

The Gentleman ChampionThe fifth book of the World Chess Champions series focuses on the life and career of the Dutchman Max Euwe. This soft-spoken professor of mathematics rocked the chess world in 1935 when he defeated the seemingly irresistible force,...

There has never been a top ranked woman chess player. But suppose if an American girl were born with abilities in chess that matched the greatest players. What would happen to her in a highly competitive field dominated by men? Starting from this...

A Look into Bobby’s Mind From December 1966 until January 1970, Bobby Fischer wrote a chess column for Boys’ Life, the official magazine of the Boy Scouts of America. Now, for the first time, all of these columns have been collected in one volume. It is...