{"title":"Chess Sets and Books","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"chess-set","title":"Chess Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eWant to be able to play chess at home against your family members and friends?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOur portable chess set comes with a rollable white and green chessboard, black and white chess pieces, and a convenient carrying case!  This is a standard tournament chess set and is highly durable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silver Knights Chess Academy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37759270748320,"sku":"Chess Set Combo #1","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0520\/9138\/8064\/files\/IMG_9027.jpg?v=1757004283"},{"product_id":"chess-book-club-beyond-material","title":"Book Club: Beyond Material","description":"\u003cp\u003eOur first book club book is Beyond Material, by Davorin Kuljasevic!  We'll be working through it over the course of the summer on Thursdays, talking about ideas and practicing positions.  Each week will also have suggested reading.  This is the paperback book - you can also get an \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.newinchess.com\/beyond-material\" title=\"Beyond Material chess e-book from New in Chess\"\u003ee-book from New in Chess\u003c\/a\u003e or a \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.chessable.com\/beyond-material\/course\/71438\/\" title=\"Chessable course of Beyond Material chess\"\u003eChessable course\u003c\/a\u003e version.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/chessacademy.com\/pages\/onlinechessacademy\" title=\"Online Chess Lessons\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eTo join the book club, join the online academy!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGiving up material is one of the most difficult decisions a chess player has to take. But the reality is that winning a game very often requires you to make that choice. The nagging question is always: what about my compensation? The old school used to relate compensation to ‘correctness'. A sacrifice was correct if the material was swiftly returned, if possible with interest. Generations of chess players spent lots of time counting, quantifying the static value of their pieces almost by reflex.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this book, Grandmaster Davorin Kuljasevic teaches you how to look beyond the material balance when you evaluate positions. With many instructive fragments he shows how the actual value of your pieces fluctuates during the game, depending on many non-material factors. Some of those factors are space-related, such as mobility, harmony, outposts, weaknesses, structures, squares, files and diagonals. Other factors are related to time, and to the way the moves unfold: tempo, initiative, a threat, an attack.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silver Knights Chess Academy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43095272980713,"sku":"Book","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0520\/9138\/8064\/products\/BeyondMaterial.jpg?v=1652993012"},{"product_id":"master-your-chess-with-judit-polgar-book-club","title":"Master Your Chess with Judit Polgar (Book Club)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/chessacademy.com\/pages\/onlinechessacademy\" title=\"Online Chess Lessons\" style=\"color: #2b00ff;\" data-mce-style=\"color: #2b00ff;\"\u003eTo join the book club, join the online academy!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe are excited to announce that our weekly Book Club bonus lesson will be featuring the brand new “Master Your Chess” series from chess legend Judit Polgar!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe'll be working through it over the course of September and October on Thursdays, talking about ideas and practicing positions.  Each week will also have suggested reading, and Judit will join at the end!  This is the hardcover version - you can also get an \u003ca title=\"Master Your Chess e-book\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newinchess.com\/master-your-chess-with-judit-polgar\"\u003ee-book from New in Chess\u003c\/a\u003e or a \u003ca title=\"Chessable course of Beyond Material chess\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chessable.com\/author\/JuditPolgar\/\"\u003eChessable course\u003c\/a\u003e version (3 parts).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of the Polgar sisters is extraordinary. The idea that Laszlo Polgar, a mediocre chess player, could decide to turn his children into chess geniuses, and then succeed beyond his wildest dreams, is incredible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt suggests that, with the right training, anything’s possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, Judit Polgar - the strongest of the three sisters and a former world top-10 player – reveals some of the secrets of her success. Together with the prize-winning coach,  International Master Andras Toth, she has created a course based on the training she received as a young player. It is like having a private lesson from one of the best players in the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou will learn how to punish the three most common opening mistakes. And how to spot hidden tactical opportunities and how to force your opponent to play weakening moves. You will understand how to master one of the most difficult skills in chess: seizing the initiative. And you will find the tools to turn yourself into a lean, mean, attacking machine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaster Your Chess with Judit Polgar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ecovers all aspects of the game: from the opening to the endgame. The manual is accessible both for ambitious beginners wanting to build their chess development on a strong foundation and for intermediate players who have hit a plateau and need new insights to leap forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody said mastering chess was easy! But with Grandmaster Judit Polgar and International master Toth behind you, you will learn to Master Your Chess and attack like the chess legend herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cquillbot-extension-portal\u003e\u003c\/quillbot-extension-portal\u003e","brand":"Silver Knights Chess Academy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43568356131049,"sku":"Book","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0520\/9138\/8064\/products\/MasterYourChess.jpg?v=1661793765"},{"product_id":"dark-squares-how-chess-saved-my-life-signed-by-danny-rensch","title":"Dark Squares: How Chess Saved My Life (signed by  Danny Rensch)","description":"\u003cp\u003eBooks will be signed on-site at the \u003ca title=\"Maryland State Chess Tournament for kids\" href=\"https:\/\/chessacademy.com\/products\/maryland-state-scholastic-chess-championships\"\u003eMaryland State Chess Tournament\u003c\/a\u003e on Saturday, April 18th and can be picked up there.  If a book isn't picked up on-site we'll ship it after the event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDanny Rensch is the Chief Chess Officer at Chess.com, an International Master, a national middle school champion, and a national high school champion.  He also grew up in a cult called the Church of Immortal Consciousness, and his memoir is about all of those things.  For more details, check out the \u003ca title=\"Hachette Publishing Page on Dark Squares by Danny Rensch\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hachettebookgroup.com\/titles\/danny-rensch\/dark-squares\/9781541703285\/\"\u003epublisher's page\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Silver Knights Chess Academy","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50092788678889,"sku":"Book","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0520\/9138\/8064\/files\/Screenshot_2026-02-03_124458.png?v=1770141106"}],"url":"https:\/\/chessacademy.com\/collections\/chess-sets-and-books\/book.oembed","provider":"Silver Knights Chess Academy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}