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The September 2017 issue of Chess Life is here! It's Cover Story is on the the Cuban Chess Community. It also features coverage of the 2017 National Open, the 2017 Norway Chess event and the 2017 World Team Championships.

Former Russian champion GM Nadya Kosintseva brings you 15 hours of training on every aspect of the game, transforming you from club player to chess machine.

The third in his "weapons" series for Thinker's Publishing, Grandmaster Milos Pavlovic analyzes the Benoni and introduces many new and unexplored ideas in this exciting opening. We are convinced that this book will inspire the Benoni player to use his "reloaded weapons" and achieve great results!

Super GM Ivan Sokolov, once the youngest GM in the world and several times ranked #12, brings you 15 hours of elite training to transform your game.

In this, the fifth and final volume of the epic Kotronias on the King’s Indian series, Grandmaster Vassilios Kotronias completes his masterpiece by tackling all major variations after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 which were not covered in the previous volumes. Starting with 3.f3 and working through numerous set-ups including the Smyslov, Sokolov and Seirawan Systems, followed by the Four Pawns Attack and culminating in the mighty Sämisch System, Kotronias has produced perhaps the finest book of his career.

A study in concrete ideas in chess that are strategic and fundamental. Included are lectures on The Minority Attack, Blockade, Isolated Queen Pawn, Principal of Two Weaknesses and Strongpoint.

“This book was meant to do what all great annotations do: instruct, explain, and entertain. And it succeeds spectacularly.” – Andy Soltis in his Foreword.   Experience the unique genius of Savielly Tartakower in this 21st Century Edition of his games collection – 201 games, 49 game fragments, all deeply annotated and quintessentially Tartakower!

It is crafted out of Blood Rosewood and Maple and features a hinged lid that can be closed when the chessmen are in use.