I have completed writing my first openings book! It will be called "Play The Gruenfeld" and provides a complete repertoire in the Gruenfeld Defence for the black player. The book will be published by Everyman Chess in June/July 2007 and will be 192 pages long. It is available for pre-order through Amazon. You can see more information about the book and order it by clicking on the cover below:

   My second book, titled "Conversation with a Professional Trainer - Methods of Positional Play", has now been published! It costs 22 euro with postage and packaging, signed by the author! You can purchase it directly from me by emailing me!

You can download the contents here.
 

   My first chess book, "The Very Unusual Book About Chess", is about the middlegame and contains several interesting methods of playing this part of the game, complimented by many instructive examples by the world's leading players (Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Shirov, Sutovsky etc.) on each method.

   The chapter breakdown is as follows:

1.Gifted Moves (Gifted Ideas)

2. Special Chapters ("Easy But Nice")

3. "Kasparov's Rook"

4. g5-g6 followed by h5-h6 in positions with opposite-side castling

5. Kings Can Do Even The Impossible

6. f4-f5 in the Sicilian Defence

   The book is available in English and Russian (see the covers below). It is 136 pages long and includes detailed verbal comments and the special "Dembo-rules"! The english book costs 22 euros, including postage & packaging. Please note that it is not possible to purchase the book directly from this website. If you wish to obtain the book email me!

         

You can view some samples from the book in PDF format:

• from the Preface   (english)  (russian)
• from the first chapter "Gifted Moves"   (english)  (russian)
• from the fifth chapter "f4-f5"   (english)  (russian)