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Celebrate launch of ChessVibes Openings and Training magazines in SmartChess!. Download for free (Jan 27-29) and save on CVT 37.

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OUT NOW — ChessVibes Openings. Which openings are hot in top level chess? Which are not? Download the weekly magazine covering the latest openings news and the latest opening novelties. Co-authored by IM Merijn van Delft and IM Robert Ris; published by ChessVibes.

OUT SOON — ChessVibes Training 35 and 37 written by GM Anish Giri, IM Merijn van Delft, IM Robert Ris and IM Thomas Willemze. Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual: Chapters 8, 9 and 15; Opening books by IM Martin and NM Dan Heisman.

Enjoy Chess Evolution September 2011 - deep analysis by elite GMs led by super-GM Arkadij Naiditsch. Volumes A and C are now on sale. Volumes D and E soon to follow.

Twelve Monthly Opening Updates by best-selling authors published by ChessPublishing.com, the world's leading purveyor of the latest advances in Opening theory are now in the Bookstore.

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