What is How to Win at Chess, Next Level?
You know how the pieces move. You can spot a fork or a mate in one. But what do you do when there is no obvious tactic? Levy Rozman's new book takes on the decisions that come after the basics: finding a plan, improving your pieces, defending difficult positions and making a winning advantage count.
The publisher describes it as a guide for intermediate players around 1000-1600 Elo. Across 240 pages, it includes more than 500 instructional illustrations and bonus content on Chessly, Rozman's teaching platform. It also discusses using engines, game analysis, chess bots and training puzzles as part of your practice.
Inside the book: nine chapters
1. How to Make a Plan, Part One (page 14)
The book begins with planning, before turning to the individual parts of a position.
2. The Pawns (page 22)
Pawn structures, isolated pawns, backward pawns, doubled pawns and pawn islands, and the relationship between pawns and pieces.
3. How to Use Your Pieces (page 40)
Knights, bishops and rooks: a closer look at the pieces that carry out your plans.
4. Tactical Play (page 64)
Three levels of tactics, followed by a section on spotting your opponent's tactics.
5. Attacking (page 86)
Same-side castling, the uncastled king and opposite-side castling.
6. Defending (page 108)
Defending the king, defending when down material, and handling positions with equal material but a worse position.
7. Converting Winning Positions (page 132)
Converting through an attack or simplification, playing with equal material but a dominant position, and making the most of an advantage that may be temporary.
8. Endgames (page 160)
Theoretical endgames, king and pawn endgames, rook endgames, king journeys and simplification.
9. How to Make a Plan, Part Two (page 198)
A return to planning through twelve positions, bringing the book back to the question it began with: what should you do next?
The introduction also covers practising chess and "How to NOT Win at Chess". Key terms and concepts, acknowledgments, an author profile and an index complete the book.
Our price
How to Win at Chess, Next Level is available at ChessBase India for Rs. 1,099, including taxes.
Ten Speed Press, the book's US publisher (Penguin Random House), lists the hardcover (ISBN 9780593837818) at USD 32.00. At the 12 October 2026 mid-market reference rate of USD 1 = Rs. 95.78, that works out to approximately Rs. 3,065. Our Rs. 1,099 price is approximately Rs. 1,966 lower, a saving of about 64.1% against that converted US list price.
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