Best Selling Books by Raymond Keene

The 1978 world chess championship in the Philippines was the most riotous of modern times. Pitting the soviet defector Korchnoi against the golden boy of the soviet establishment - Karpov - the players were not just content to hammer each other over the chess board; they also enlisted such weird assistants as the parapsychologist Dr Vladimir Zukhar and orange-robed gurus from the Ananda Marga sect. The dramatis personae were completed by President Marcos, his shoe-collecting First Lady Imelda and a gaggle of shady characters from the KGB. Grandmaster Ray Keene was Korchnoi''s chief second during this wild chess extravaganza and this book tells the inside story of one of the most exotic chess competitions ever staged.

The match was held in the sports facility in Sochi, Russia on the Black Sea coast that had been constructed for the 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games which were held from 7 to 23 February 2014. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, stepped forward and offered to fund the match. This was the first time ever in history that a head of state has offered to sponsor a World Chess Championship Match. The prize fund was one million Euros. This is the minimum prize fund stipulated by FIDE in the official regulations. The prize fund was to be divided 60 percent to the winner and 40 percent to the loser if the match ended within the 12 regular games. In the case that the winner was decided by tie-break games, the winner would have received 55 percent and the loser 45 percent.

"First published in Great Britain by Batsford in 1992"--T.p. verso.

Investigates the view that there is a polarity in modern chess. On the one hand are those who systematically analyse forcing openings, such as the Sicilian Defence; on the other are those who deliberately select offbeat openings.Are both approaches valid?

An ideal book for any chess player with a strategic frame of mind who wishes to carve out an openings repertoire based on 1d4! The author gives a number of illustrative games in all key lines which show how White can maintain control against any Black defence. If you want to stay in charge in the opening without taking risks this is the book for you!

È credenza comune che un volta superati i vent''anni il nostro cervello inizi un lento declino segnato da neuroni che muoiono, memoria che se ne va e rallentamento nelle associazioni e collegamenti. Convinti di questo, ci avviciniamo agli "anta" pensando che le nostre performance intellettuali non potranno che peggiorare. Giovani per sempre ribalta la visione che abbiamo sull''invecchiamento mentale. Il cervello non si deteriora con l''età, anzi può migliorare: ha infatti possibilità virtualmente infinite di apprendere e creare connessioni, e questa capacità aumenta con l''età perché una maggiore esperienza e i numerosi adattamenti avvenuti nel corso della vita lo rendono più flessibile. In questo libro, Tony Buzan, maestro delle mappe mentali e delle tecniche di memoria, mostra non solo come sia possibile ricordare meglio nomi, fatti e cifre, ma anche come organizzare più chiaramente i pensieri, avere maggiore concentrazione, comunicare in modo più efficace e aumentare il livello di creatività. Una lettura per conoscere come le nostre capacità di apprendere, perseguire ciò che desideriamo e avere successo possono migliorare con gli anni. Sta a noi capire come sviluppare il loro naturale potenziale.

Ray Keene, responsible for organising more world championship matches outside the USSR than any other person in the history of official contests, in 2000, after a five year gap with no world title match, persuaded Kasparov to defend his title against Kramnik.

Brussels 1986 was a ground breaking event in many respects. It was Kasparov''s first tournament after his gruelling series of marathons against Anatoly Karpov for the world title, and it was the first major tournament televised by the BBC and containing commentary by the players themselves. The majority of the notes are by Grandmaster Ray Keene but readers will also find analysis by Kasparov and others of the greats involved, including Nigel Short and Viktor Korchnoi.

Lorraine Gill, born at Yagoona, Australia in 1941, has had an eclectic painting career. Her work is owned and praised by an ever-growing list of influential international collectors and institutions which include Prince Philip of Lichtenstein, Tony Buzan - best-selling international author and speaker, Raymond Keene OBE - International Chess Grand Master, author and chess correspondent for The Times, International Herald Tribune and Spectator, John Berger - Art Critic, Steve Redgrave OBE and renowned theatrical lighting designer Count Roderick Sangorski.As a working artist, Lorraine has lived, studied and painted in Spain, England, France, Italy and Australia. She has had a television documentary of her life and work produced by the BBC, been the subject of chapters in three books devoted to exceptional women, and appeared with Henry Moore in a feature one-hour BBC television documentary on the work of Cezanne.

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