Elk and Ruby Publishing House

Over 130 great chess books. Chess Journalists of America Book of the Year winner 2025, ECF Book of the Year winner 2021, short-listed by ECF and FIDE many times

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

Sergey Voronkov's Alexander Alekhine: The Russian Sphinx Volume 1 wins book of the year by the CJA!! 🍾🍾
https://t.co/3MZL1xZPTz
Well, we knew it was the best book of the year, but it's nice to have our opinion validated!

[Ajedrez21 @A21Ajedrez21]

Ya disponible en español el primero de cuatro volúmenes dedicados a la carrera ajedrecística de Korchnoi: https://t.co/tnmmPB3cyv

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

@GMastrokoukos @Schachbund @Meyer_Dunker @WadimRosenstein We have been asking Vadim to explain himself for the last two years. His only response was to block us...

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

@GMastrokoukos @Schachbund @Meyer_Dunker @WadimRosenstein Yes, and will they? This is important.

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

@GMastrokoukos @Schachbund @Meyer_Dunker Has WR ever condemned Russian aggression? His engineering company made RUB 1.6 BN revenues in Russia in 2025. Perhaps to fund FIDE?

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

Elk and Ruby publica Petrosian año por año: Volumen I (1942-1962) por Tibor Karolyi y Tigran Gyozalyan

https://t.co/d7HmDOB2dC

El Maestro Internacional Tibor Karolyi y el Maestro FIDE Tigran Gyozalyan han escrito un exhaustivo tratado en dos volúmenes sobre la vida y las partidas de Tigran Petrosian, campeón mundial entre 1963 y 1969. El presente Volumen I lleva al lector en un recorrido desde la infancia de Tigran, pasando por los años de guerra, sus éxitos en los campeonatos nacionales de Georgia y Armenia, su surgimiento como jugador de élite al conquistar el campeonato soviético y la medalla de oro olímpica, hasta su victoria en el famoso Torneo de Candidatos de Curazao de 1962.
Karolyi y Gyozalyan ofrecen un profundo análisis moderno de 148 partidas completas y fragmentos, y hacen un sumario de casi todas las partidas conocidas jugadas por Petrosian en este período. También aportan abundante contexto histórico y narrativo sobre cada partida, con análisis ronda por ronda de los torneos y encuentros en los que fueron disputadas. Muy pocas de estas partidas habían sido analizadas previamente en detalle en libros modernos, y aun aquellas que sí lo fueron han sido sometidas aquí a un análisis considerablemente mejorado.
Entre los rivales de Petrosian en este Volumen I se encuentran campeones mundiales y aspirantes al título como Fischer, Tal, Spassky, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Euwe, Korchnoi y Bronstein, así como destacados jugadores como Keres, Geller, Benko, Polugaevsky, Reshevsky, Taimanov, Kotov, Gligoric y muchos otros. Hay además un enfoque especial en sus entrenadores Ebralidze, Lilienthal y Boleslavsky.
Un valor añadido es la inclusión de fotografías poco comunes tomadas de colecciones privadas de Georgia y Armenia, muchas de las cuales nunca antes habían sido publicadas en Occidente.
Con un prólogo del mejor ajedrecista armenio de los tiempos modernos, Levon Aronian.

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

Elk and Ruby publishes The Chess Course by Praful Zaveri

The Chess Course is a comprehensive chess training program specially designed for students, trainers, schools, academies, and self-learners. Created by renowned FIDE Trainer and chess educator Praful Zaveri, this structured curriculum systematically guides the learner from the fundamentals of chess to the level of a strong competitive player.
This 424-page training manual contains 75 carefully designed lessons divided into six progressive sections — Fundamentals, Checkmates, Openings, Middlegame, and Endgame. Every concept is explained in simple language using 628 illustrative examples and diagrams, followed by practical exercises that bring the total number of exercises in the book to 650.
What makes The Chess Course unique is its scientific and academic training methodology. Each lesson is designed not only to teach concepts, but also to develop calculation, thinking process, discipline, and practical understanding through guided exercises and evaluation.
Legendary Indian Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay describes the book as:
“A notable contribution to chess literature. With simple language and hundreds of illustrative examples, the author has made a genuine effort to help readers improve their chess playing skills.”
He further emphasizes that the book provides readers an opportunity to understand “the thinking process of champions” — one of the most important factors in improving at chess.
Whether used in classrooms, chess academies, or for self-study at home, The Chess Course serves as a complete roadmap for mastering the royal game in a clear, structured, and enjoyable manner.
Recommended for players, trainers, schools, academies, and parents.
This book is jointly published by Elk and Ruby and Indian Chess House. A series of workbooks to reinforce the course will be published later.
https://t.co/Fb7DEr89aZ

[Sean Marsh @CSCTeesside]

Today!

[Peter Heine Nielsen @PHChess]

The Chess Federation of Russia🇷🇺 has war criminal Shoigu in its board of trustees, and Komarova, sanctioned for her responsibilities towards kidnapping of Ukrainian🇺🇦 children in their supervisory board.

https://t.co/P9IwxVhL1H
https://t.co/o1gx0FVeog

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

Ridiculous. Will @WadimRosenstein stand up and condemn this perverse act? Or will he confirm he is a Kremlin stooge by not doing so. @Meyer_Dunker and @Schachbund we need your help here...

[Peter Heine Nielsen @PHChess]

Russia 🇷🇺 has filed an complaint to the FIDE Ethics committee against the President of the Ukrainian 🇺🇦 chess federation for war propaganda supporting attacks on Russian🇷🇺 cities.

Ukraine🇺🇦 makes legal counterattacks to stop Russia🇷🇺 illegal attacks.

https://t.co/724oXucbVe

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

💔Sad news from the Czech Republic. We just found out that GM Karel Mokry has died after a long illness. His wife wrote to us. She is winding down his chess book shop.

[David Llada ♞ @davidllada]

"The Thinkers" contains:

177 photos in 208 pages.
111 pictures in black and white, 66 in full colour.
16 breathtaking double spreads.

The most visually stunning book ever devoted to chess; order your copy at:
https://t.co/o8BdOXvHmS

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

@Montaillac @benmoor All the best freaks...

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

@benmoor Lt. Colonel Haddon?

[Luis Fernández Siles @capakhine]

💯 Libros de HISTORIA del AJEDREZ 📚 (Parte 8)

[Carl S. Portman MBE 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 @Carl_Portman]

Superb day Richard and thank you for giving your fantastic simul against 30 players on a very hot day.
In a world of negativity, we made our own joy and chess as ever won the day.

[Luis Fernández Siles @capakhine]

¿Cuáles, cuándo, cómo y por qué? Esas son preguntas relativas a los cambios de piezas en ajedrez que tendrán una mejor respuesta después de leer este libro. Otro gran título de Diego Valerga, editado por Ventajedrez y distribuido en Europa por @ilan_ruby.

[Richard Palliser @richardpalliser]

A great day for #chess in Kenilworth yesterday! The Mayor, Alison Insley, made a very welcome appearance, pictured alongside sterling organisers @Carl_Portman @GreenBGambit. Was a long day (talk and simul), but great fun. Good warm-up too for July 12th, @Chess_Fest!

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

@Meyer_Dunker Yeah but you still haven't explained why you appointed Putin's man WR as your federation rep.

[Elk and Ruby Publishing House @ilan_ruby]

Rosenstein's engineering company in Russia recorded revenues of 1.56 billion rubles, approx 19 million Euros, in 2025. After the war began he travelled to Moscow and played chess with Karjakin.
@Meyer_Dunker this is increasing the Kremlin's influence in chess, not decreasing it as, apparently, you have strangely claimed.
https://t.co/bvw9WG1WW2