The famous Russian Grandmaster Evgeny Bareev took a real challenge in writing this book: "Say No to Chess Principles!". The author presents his material in a typically humorous style, but not forgetting the players behind the moves. The material is divided into several chapters including ' A Queen Behind Enemy Lines', 'At the Edge of the Board' and 'Killer Delayed Castling'. In his introduction Bareev explains: "However it also happens that chess players often discover significant resources which formally exist outside the typical rules of chess. Those who know how to break all the rules and work around those specific guidelines reach the very top". This book is simply an amazing read discovering an unique tool: break the dogmatic rules when possible!

Team competitions Bareev was a member of the Soviet national team in the 1990 Chess Olympiad and of the Russian national team in the Chess Olympiads of 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2006. He won the team gold medal in 1990, 1994, 1996 and 1998. He is also two-time winner of the World Team Chess Championship (1997 and 2005) and two-time winner of the European Team Chess Championship (1992 and 2003). Bareev is four-time winner of the European Club Cup with three different clubs: “Lion” of France (1994), “Ladia” of Russia (1997) and “Bosna” of Bosnia and Hercegovina (1999 and 2000). Trainer In 1992 Bareev graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physical Culture. Bareev was a second to Vladimir Kramnik in the Classical World Chess Championship 2000 against Garry Kasparov and Peter Leko in 2004. In 2006, Bareev organized a grandmaster chess school for top Russian junior players and headed it until 2010. In 2009-10, Bareev worked with Lê Quang Liêm, who became World Blitz Champion in 2013. From 2010 to 2011, he was the head coach of the Russian men's chess team. During that time, they won silver medals at the 2010 Chess Olympiad. Between 2010 and 2014, Bareev was the head coach of Russia’s Junior’s, Men’s and Women’s national teams. Writer With Ilia Levitov, Bareev wrote «From London to Elista» awarded as “Best Book of 2007 ” by BCF.

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What I do look at when I think about a chess book is whether the material will help me to improve, and whether I will recall any of it in six months’ time. I feel that this book fulfils those goals, because what is within is both thought-provoking and inspiring. And is Bareev’s book worth the investment? Well, I would say: yes! Grandmaster Danny Gormally - Chess 06.19

“A magnificent book about the immense variety in chess – it is very inspiring and makes a lot of fun.” German IM Dirk Schuh. 230519