Chess Informant


*Chess Informant 101* brings together a thoroughly refined selection of 459 annotated games and 516 game fragments from the events held between September 1st, 2007 and December 31st, 2007. GAMBIT The New York Times Chess Blog


A Triumph of quality over quantity! From all the games ever published in Chess Informants, the Editorial Board and a jury of leading grandmasters chose the ten best games from each volume, and among them - a golden winner for each volume. These 1,000 games (100 of them are "golden") have been compiled in a book that represent the greatest achievements in chess. Martin Rieger Review Eugene Manchester Review


In 4 different formats (CIE, PGN, CBH, CA) Chess Informants 1-100 CD brings a selection of 101,031 fully annotated theoretically important games played between January 1966 and August 2007.


In 4 different formats (CIE, PGN, CBH, CA) Trademark sections included Chess Informants 98-100 CD brings a selection of 1,296 fully annotated theoretically important games and 1,479 accompanying game fragments played between September 2006 and August 2007.

Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
The five volume Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings - A, B, C, D, E - consists of 500 sections based on opening codes. Its key quality, unique among openings books, is a system of elimination which helps the reader to find the critical lines in the midst of the abundance of information. In 4 different formats (CIE, PGN, CBH, CA)

The Best of Chess Informant
"When I played in the World Junior in Kiljava 1984, there was a big queue outside the door of Mark Condie because he had a copy of the latest Informant 36! Remembered seeing the game Tukmakov - Dreev there before giving it to the next boy in the queue. This was game 36/449." Viswanathan Anand More...


The total of 2494 examples contains the output over the span of nearly four decades (1968 - 2007), thus offering a rich treasury of available endgame material. In 4 different formats (CIE, PGN, CBH, CA) The Pearl in the Endings



The Small Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings gives easy access to clear and reliable information for the numerous chess players who have competitive ambitions but only limited time to dedicate to chess. In 4 different formats (CIE, PGN, CBH, CA)


Various moves without 1. d4, 1. e4 1. d4 without 1... Nf6, 1... d5 1. d4 Nf6 without 2. c4 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 without 2... e6, 2... g6 English Openings, Dutch Defence, Benoni, Reti, Volga Gambit… In 4 different formats (CIE, PGN, CBH, CA)


1. e4 without 1... c5, 1... e6, 1... e5 1. e4 c5 Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Pirc, Modern, Alekhine, Scandinavian… In 4 different formats (CIE, PGN, CBH, CA)


1. e4 e6 1. e4 e5 Ruy Lopez, French, Petroff, King's Gambit, Two Knights', Philidor, Italian, Scotch … In 4 different formats (CIE, PGN, CBH, CA)



Many wrote about Kramnik's play. His greatest strength lies in subtle positional outmaneuvering of the opponent and subsequent conversion of the advantage in the ending. His harmonious piece coordination is astounding, and his mental stability guarantees his best performance in decisive games. Foreword by Zdenko Krnic


"Many of Karpov's intentions become understandable to his opponents only when salvation is no longer possible." Mikhail Tal Fourteen best games


Meet the Greatest Champion of all times: GK - Up Close & Personal Foreword by Garry Kasparov *"We are all Children of the Informant"* Frank Grosse's Review Mark Weeks's Review


One of the most popular books on tactics and combinations ever released is now available on CD for the first time. It comes with Chess Informant Solver's Kit, a new CI product for self-testing in the field of chess combinations with powerful features such as searching combinations, viewing in HTML and exporting & sending combinations subsets to other Solver users by e-mail.


In 4 different formats (CIE, PGN, CBH, CA) Chess Informants 1-91 CD brings a selection of 92,478 fully annotated theoretically important games played between January 1966 and September 2004.


New features in this professional database software include create your own ECO tables, play through exported games on the Internet, instant transpositions and refined ECO codes and many more.