El libro de New In Chess para mejorar en el ajedrez: lecciones de los mejores jugadores del mundo

The New In Chess Book of Chess Improvement: Lessons From the Best Players in the World is a chess improvement book built around annotated games and practical commentary, drawn from the archives of New In Chess to help ambitious players learn from top-level play.

What this book covers

Rather than focusing on dry theory, this collection uses instructive games to show how strong players think at the board. It brings together commentary by many leading names in chess, including eight world champions: Kasparov, Tal, Smyslov, Karpov, Kramnik, Topalov, Anand and Carlsen. Other featured players include Larsen, Kortchnoi, Timman, Ivanchuk, Short, Aronian and Shirov.

The material is organised for club players who want to improve in a practical way. It covers the key areas of real-game play: attack and defence, sacrifices, material imbalance, pawn structures, endgames and positional motifs. That makes it useful for working on judgement, not just memorising opening lines.

Why it stands out

Well-annotated master games remain one of the most effective ways to study chess, and this book gives you a carefully selected set of them in a clear, instructional format. It is aimed at players who want to understand positions more deeply and make better decisions over the board.

Steve Giddins selected and edited the material. A FIDE Master, author and chess journalist, he brings together strong content and an accessible presentation for players who want steady, structured improvement.

For readers who enjoy learning from annotated games, this book sits naturally alongside other chess study books.

Key details

• Product type: chess improvement book
• Author: Steve Giddins
• Source material: selected from the archives of New In Chess magazine
• Content: annotated games and instructional commentary
• Focus: practical improvement through model games
• Themes: attack and defence, sacrifices, material imbalance, pawn structures, endgames and positional motifs
• Featured players: includes games and commentary by eight world champions, including Kasparov, Tal, Smyslov, Karpov, Kramnik, Topalov, Anand and Carlsen
• Page count: 350 pages