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The journey of Gukesh Dommaraju, a chess prodigy who became the youngest challenger for the World Chess Championship at 17, is explored through 70 annotated games against elite opponents, including world champions. His strategic style, reminiscent of Anatoly Karpov, focuses on subtly improving positions while neutralizing threats early. The book features key matches from the Candidates Tournament and highlights Gukesh's rapid rise in the chess world, showcasing his remarkable achievements and battles against top players like Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura.

Sometimes games appear that seem to have been played on a different planet. Conventional strategies go out of the window and familiar tactical themes are nowhere to be seen. Pieces appear to be in open rebellion and are steadfastly refusing to do the natural jobs that they were designed for. This is irrational chess.

The Tarrasch Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined is a fierce counter-attacking line arising after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 c5. In this variation Black gains free and easy piece play but in return usually has to accept the structural weakness of an Isolated Queen's Pawn (IQP). In the early development of chess theory this line was somewhat frowned upon due to the vulnerability of the IQP. However, Siegbert Tarrasch, after whom the opening is named, famously declared that, “he who fears an Isolated Queen's Pawn should give up chess”. The Tarrasch has had many powerful adherents over the years including the legendary Garry Kasparov who made much use of it in the early part of his career. In this book Cyrus Lakdawala guides the reader through the complexities of the Tarrasch and carves out a repertoire for Black, based on a modern treatment popularised by the Russian grandmaster Daniil Dubov. He examines all aspects of this highly complex opening and provides the reader with well-researched, fresh, and innovative analysis. Each annotated game has valuable lessons on how to play the opening and contains instructive commentary on typical middlegame plans.

The book delves into the career of Ian Nepomniachtchi, a remarkable chess player known for his unique and creative playing style. It offers a thorough analysis of his games, featuring extensive annotations that highlight his innovative strategies. As a challenger to Magnus Carlsen's World Championship title in 2021, Nepomniachtchi's journey and skills are explored in detail, making this a valuable resource for chess enthusiasts looking to understand his contributions to the game.

This book analyses an important opening that has not been well represented in chess theory.

This book provides a complete repertoire that is based on solid strategic considerations when facing the very popular 1 d4.

Rashid Nezhmetdinov (1912-1974) played fearless attacking chess. His games, full of tactical pyrotechnics, are his legacy and have reached an ever-growing audience. Nezhmetdinov's shocking strategic queen sacrifice, in 1962 against Chernikov, as shown on Agadmator's YouTube channel, has become the best-watched chess video of all time with millions of views. In this book, Cyrus Lakdawala shows in more than one hundred impressive and instructive games and positions how Nezhmetdinov fought for the initiative, how he bluffed and sacrificed, and how he kept his cool to out-calculate his opponents.

A squeeze play occurs when a player with a minimal advantage is able to nurse this edge to victory by continually setting their opponent difficult problems. In this book Cyrus Lakdawala explains all the key concepts

This book on tactical play is designed to aid practical play by focusing on typical combinational themes that crop up consistently in chess.

This book that provides fundamental guidelines to improve the reader's understanding of tactical themes in the endgame.