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United Kingdom flag  29th November 2023 – 1001 Deadly Chess Puzzles is now also available worldwide in Kindle format. The print edition is also available direct from Amazon outside the US and Canada. The US print edition will follow later.
United Kingdom flag  29th November 2023 – Secrets of Queen Endgames is now available in Kindle and print format worldwide direct from Amazon. There is also a hardback edition available for those who prefer this format.
United Kingdom flag  21st November 2023 – Our new title Secrets of Queen Endgames is now available in app format for iOS and Android. There isn’t much literature available on queen endings and this book contains a wealth of original analysis, together with general explanations useful for practical play. Kindle and print editions will be available in due course.
United Kingdom flag  14th November 2023 – As an experiment, we have released a hardback edition of Chess for Zebras, one of our classic titles. We know that some of you would like a hardback edition, especially for books which you can dip into time and time again. The new edition can be purchased directly from Amazon, just choose the appropriate country: USA flag, United Kingdom flag or German flag.
United Kingdom flag  11th November 2023 – Our brand-new title 1001 Deadly Chess Puzzles is now available in app format for iOS and Android.
Spanish flag United Kingdom flag German flag 24th August 2023 – All our Kindle editions (174 English, 58 German and 3 Spanish) now have the interactive Lichess feature!
United Kingdom flag  8th August 2023 – We have now extended the powerful Lichess feature in our Kindle books to over 200 titles in English, German and Spanish. This feature allows you to tap on a diagram and transfer that position to a Lichess analysis board, where you can use an analysis engine, search for games reaching the position, use tablebases and so on. Our dedicated page explains this feature in more detail. Most of our Kindle books now support this feature, but to find out if a particular book includes it please refer either to the individual book page or see our list of Kindle books (United Kingdom flag for English-language or German flag for German-language).
Spanish flag USA flag 8 de agosto de 2023 – Tres libros Kindle en español de Gambit tienen ahora una nueva característica: ¡cada diagrama es también un enlace a un tablero de análisis de lichess! (database, evaluación, etc.) Los secretos de la estrategia moderna en ajedrez Spanish flag USA flag, El camino hacia el progreso en ajedrez Spanish flag USA flag y Aprende ajedrez Spanish flag USA flag
United Kingdom flag  8th July 2023 – All three books in John’s Nunn classic endgame trilogy Secrets of Rook Endings, Secrets of Pawnless Endings and Secrets of Minor-Piece Endings are now available as Gambit re-releases. The final volume of the series, Secrets of Minor-Piece Endings, has been re-typeset in B5 format with many extra diagrams. It is available immediately in three formats: print, Chess Studio app and Kindle.
German flag  7. Mai 2023 – Sechs deutschsprachige Bücher werden erstmals im Kindle-Format zur Verfügung gestellt. 101 Angriffsideen im Schach, Geheimnisse der Schachintuition, Jon Speelmans Buch der Schachaufgaben, Entscheidungsfindung am Schachbrett, Wie man Glück im Schach hat und Lektionen zur Schachstrategie können ab sofort bei amazon.de bestellt werden.
United Kingdom flag  2nd May 2023 – In 2014 we re-released the classic book John Nunn’s Best Games in Kindle and app format. Now it is also available in print for the first time in many years. The book has been re-typeset in B5 format and has many extra diagrams.
United Kingdom flag  2nd May 2023 – Six backlist titles are now available in Kindle format for the first time: Easy Guide to the Réti Opening, Easy Guide to the Najdorf, Easy Guide to the Nimzo-Indian, Understanding Your Chess, How to Crush Your Chess Opponents and 101 Chess Endgame Tips.
United Kingdom flag  13th March 2023 – Some of our titles have become out of stock or difficult to obtain in certain territories (especially the UK and Europe). We have addressed this issue and made over 40 hard-to-get titles, both English and German-language, easily available from Amazon. There are too many to list here so please go to the individual book pages for availability information.
United Kingdom flag  13th March 2023 – It’s been some time since the last update, but we haven’t been idle at Gambit. We have reissued a wide range of backlist books which are now all available direct from Amazon. These are The Gambit Book of Instructive Chess Puzzles, A Course in Chess Tactics, 50 Ways to Win at Chess, 365 Ways to Checkmate, Elements of Chess Strategy, How Chess Games are Won and Lost, Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces, Chess Explained: The English Opening, 101 Chess Questions Answered, King’s Indian and Grünfeld: Fianchetto Lines, Play the Najdorf Sicilian, Chess Explained: The Modern Benoni.
German flag  30. Dezember 2022 – Viele unserer Kindle-Bücher haben eine attraktive neue Funktion, bei der jedes Diagramm mit einem Lichess-Brett verlinkt ist, so dass Sie alle Lichess-Funktionen nutzen können, wie z. B. eine Analyse-Engine, Stellungssuche usw. Diese Funktion wurde nun zu einigen unserer deutschen Kindle-Titel hinzugefügt. Weitere Einzelheiten finden Sie auf dieser Seite.
United Kingdom flag  22nd December 2022 – Gambit have released another five backlist titles in Kindle format for the first time: 101 Attacking Ideas in Chess, Secrets of Chess Intuition, Creative Chess Strategy, Winning Unorthodox Openings and Chess Highlights of the 20th Century. They are now all available from Amazon. These five Kindle titles include an exciting new feature in which each diagram links to a Lichess board allowing you to use all the Lichess features, such as an analysis engine, position search and so on. See our dedicated page for more details.
United Kingdom flag  7th December 2022 – For Apple users of our app Chess Studio 2, the compatability issues with iOS16 have been solved. See our dedicated app page for more details.
German flag  10. November 2022 – Fünf deutsche Bücher werden im Printformat neu aufgelegt und sind bei Amazon erhältlich. Diese sind Das Verständnis der Schachendspiele, Erstürmung der Barrikaden, Moderne Schachanalyse, Geheimnisse moderner Schacheröffnungen Band 3 und Schachstrategie in Aktion.
United Kingdom flag  8th October 2022 – The expanded edition of Solving in Style, originally available only in electronic format, is now also available in print form direct from Amazon here United Kingdom flag USA flag or from your national Amazon store.
United Kingdom flag  8th October 2022 – A further batch of five Gambit reissued titles are now available from Amazon: A Killer Chess Opening Repertoire - new enlarged edition, Decision-Making at the Chessboard, Beating the Fianchetto Defences, Chess Explained: The Main-Line Slav and The Gambit Guide to the Benko Gambit.
United Kingdom flag  17th September 2022 – Five more Gambit reissued titles are now available from Amazon: Chess Self-Improvement, The Queen’s Gambit and Catalan for Black, Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster’s Kitchen, Chess Explained: The Meran Semi-Slav and The Sicilian Sozin.
United Kingdom flag  10th September 2022 – A further batch of five Gambit reissued titles are now available from Amazon: Grandmaster Secrets: Counter-Attack!, Chess Explained: the Taimanov Sicilian, The French: Tarrasch Variation, Chess Champion from China and The English Attack.
United Kingdom flag  10th September 2022 – Gambit have released another five backlist titles in Kindle format for the first time: The System: A World Champion’s Approach to Chess, Elements of Chess Strategy, 50 Ways to Win at Chess, Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book and Chess Endings Made Simple. They are all available from Amazon.
United Kingdom flag  11th August 2022 – A further batch of Gambit reissued titles is now available from Amazon: Winning Chess Explained, How to Play Dynamic Chess, Chess Explained: The Classical Sicilian, French: Advance and Other Lines and Grandmaster Secrets: Winning Quickly at Chess.
United Kingdom flag  7th August 2022 – Gambit have released two backlist titles in app format for the first time: Chess Endgame Training and Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy. They are both available on the Gambit Chess Studio 2 app for Apple (iOS) and Android.
United Kingdom flag  28th July 2022 – Gambit have released five more backlist titles in Kindle format for the first time: How to Defend in Chess, Improve Your Attacking Chess, Chess Self-Improvement, Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster’s Kitchen and 101 Chess Questions Answered. They are all available from Amazon.
United Kingdom flag  24th July 2022 – Two Gambit editions are newly released in printed format. Göran Forslund’s Problem Chess is published for the first time in print, and is a wide-ranging and entertaining introduction to chess problems. A ‘remastered’ edition of Graham Burgess’s The Slav, featuring hundreds of revisions and expansions to the analysis and many extra diagrams, is also available. Both books are available direct from Amazon, as well as on Gambit’s Chess Studio app.
United Kingdom flag  9th July 2022 – Our new title Understanding Pawn Endgames (Valentin Bogdanov) is now available in all formats, app (on the Apple and Google stores), Kindle and finally print direct from Amazon here USA flag or from your national Amazon store.
Spanish flag  30 de mayo de 2022 – Tres libros se reeditan en forma impresa y ahora están disponibles en Amazon: Los secretos de la estrategia moderna en ajedrez Spanish flag USA flag, El camino hacia el progreso en ajedrez Spanish flag USA flag y Aprende ajedrez Spanish flag USA flag
Spanish flag  30 de mayo de 2022 – También en Kindle: Los secretos de la estrategia moderna en ajedrez Spanish flag USA flag, El camino hacia el progreso en ajedrez Spanish flag USA flag y Aprende ajedrez Spanish flag USA flag
United Kingdom flag  26th May 2022 – Gambit are releasing five more backlist titles in Kindle format for the first time: The Most Valuable Skills in Chess, World Champion at the Third Attempt, Decision-Making at the Chessboard, How to be Lucky in Chess and Foundations of Chess Strategy. They are all available from Amazon.
United Kingdom flag  26th May 2022 – For several years Secrets of Grandmaster Chess has only been available in electronic format. Now Gambit has reissued this award-winning title in print format, using a larger B5 page size and including many extra diagrams. It is available direct from Amazon.
United Kingdom flag  26th May 2022 – A further batch of Gambit reissued titles is now available from Amazon: 50 Essential Chess Lessons, Chess Explained: The Queen’s Indian, Chess Explained: The French, 101 Chess Endgame Tips, Improve Your Chess - by Learning from the Champions and Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book.
United Kingdom flag  10th May 2022 – Two more Gambit titles have been reissued and are now available from Amazon: Understanding Your Chess and The Taimanov Sicilian.
German flag  10. Mai 2022 – Drei deutsche Bücher werden im Printformat neu aufgelegt und sind bei Amazon erhältlich. Diese sind Geheimnisse der Bauernführung im Schach, Schach konkret: der klassische Sizilianer und Schachtraining für angehende Champions.
United Kingdom flag  5th May 2022 – Five backlist Gambit titles have been issued in Kindle format for the first time: Understanding the Grünfeld, The Art of Attacking Chess, Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy, Chess Endgame Training and Improve Your Chess - by Learning from the Champions.
United Kingdom flag  7th April 2022 – The sixteenth batch of Gambit reissued titles is now available from Amazon: The Ultimate Chess Strategy Book volume 1, Play the Sicilian Dragon, A Complete Guide to the Grivas Sicilian, Play the 2 c3 Sicilian and How to be Lucky in Chess.
United Kingdom flag  4th April 2022 – A further batch of Gambit titles have been reissued in print format and are available from Amazon: Lessons in Chess Strategy, Play the Classical Dutch, The Most Amazing Chess Moves of All Time, Play the 4 f3 Nimzo-Indian and The Ruy Lopez: A Guide for Black.
United Kingdom flag  21st March 2022 – A fourteenth batch of Gambit titles have been reissued in print format and are available from Amazon: Beat the Grandmasters, 101 Winning Chess Strategies, Modern Chess Planning, Creative Chess Opening Preparation and Chess Explained: The Queen’s Gambit Declined.
United Kingdom flag  15th March 2022 – Another batch of Gambit titles have been reissued in print format and are available from Amazon: Modern Chess Analysis, The Gambit Guide to the Modern Benoni, Creative Chess Strategy, The Queen’s Indian and Chess Endings Made Simple.
German flag    8. März 2022 – Wir haben eine preisgünstigere Taschenbuchausgabe unseres Bestsellers Schach für Kinder herausgegeben. Sie kann direkt bei amazon.de gekauft werden.
United Kingdom flag  5th March 2022 – A twelfth batch of Gambit titles have been reissued in print format and are available from Amazon: Secrets of Chess Intuition, Secrets of Chess Transformations, Essential Chess Sacrifices, Chess Explained: The Nimzo-Indian and The Grandmaster’s Mind.


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