Elk and Ruby Publishing House
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Over 130 great chess books. Chess Journalists of America Book of the Year winner 2025, ECF Book of the Year winner 2021, short-listed by ECF and FIDE many times
Oleg Skvortsov, patron and organizer of @zurichchess. He was brave enough to play a mini-match against Gelfand! :-)
My first chess idol was Spassky, the favorite of my father and who became world champion in 1969 as I got interested in chess. But the first game collection to inspire me was Alekhine's, esp the Capablanca match, and commentators on my youthful attacking play often invoked him.
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Just got this thanks to @ilan_ruby and @ChessAndBridge ! I am excited to read it! #chess #chessbook
Just got this thanks to @ilan_ruby and @ChessAndBridge ! I am excited to read it! #chess #chessbook
@samsinm @WadimRosenstein @PHChess In the past four years, whenever Wadim made a commitment, he honored it. No loopholes, no backpaddeling. When he says this is what he will do, he will do it.
Elk and Ruby publishes Alexander Alekhine – The Russian Sphinx: Volume II (1921-1934) by Sergey Voronkov *** Available in paperback, hardback and Amazon Kindle, and coming soon on Forward Chess *** Buy here: elkandruby.com/books/alexande… Sample: dropbox.com/scl/fi/dkdfwq1… *** The second volume of Sergey Voronkov’s epic psychological biography of the fourth world champion covers the period in which Alekhine played his strongest chess and was at his most dominant. The author draws on contemporary publications from countries throughout the world to craft a living history of Alekhine’s thoughts, feelings, activities and career, as though viewed in a film. The journey now takes us to his first years of exile in France, major international tournaments on both sides of the Atlantic, his rivalries with Rubinstein and Nimzowitsch, his training match with Euwe, the drama and tension of three world championship matches with Capablanca and Bogoljubov, and a host of simultaneous displays in the Americas, Europe and Asia. One area explored in particular detail is Alekhine’s psychological approach to the match with Capablanca and how he adapted his style to win it. 84 games and fragments are presented, including 46 never before published in books, using contemporary commentary from the protagonists themselves and other well-known players, writers and journalists of the period. Extended commentary by Euwe, Nimzowitsch and Kmoch is prominent. The annotations are supported by modern engine analysis from International Master Dmitry Plisetsky. This work is supplemented by over 100 photographs and drawings, many of which are also published in a book for the first time.
The Chess Federation of Russia 🇷🇺 denies that @WadimRosenstein running for FIDE President, is a project initiated by them: tass.ru/sport/27902293
The set is available from us at chess.co.uk
♟ Chess, concentration, and community: An interview with Timur Turlov The FIDE ISCF World Schools Team Championship has grown rapidly since its pilot edition in Aktau in 2023, developing into a global cycle spanning four continents. During the African Continental Stage in Stellenbosch, South Africa, ISCF President Timur Turlov (@turlov) reflected on the championship’s expansion, the importance of school teams, and the broader role chess can play in education. Read the interview here: fide.com/chess-concentr… @ischoolchess
Good to do a simul for @CSCYorkshire and some of York's best @schoolschess pupils yesterday. It was also a warm-up for @Chess_Fest! If you're in or anywhere near London on Sunday, do pop down to Trafalgar Square between noon and 7pm. There will be an awful lot of fun and #chess!
