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	Easy Guide to the Dragon Mikhail Golubev, Everyman Books $19.95/£13.99 In this book the young Ukrainian grandmaster Mikhail Golubev provides an objective guide to the Dragon, one of the most critical lines of the Sicilian Defence. In common with other books in the Easy Guide series, Golubev provides both White and Black players with everything they need to know to play the Dragon with confidence. He offers a full repertoire for Black and recommends the dynamic Yugoslav Attack 9 0-0-0 line for White.
	Easy Guide to the Najdorf Tony Kosten, Everyman Books $18.95/£12.99 The Najdorf is one of the sharpest king’s pawn openings at Black’s disposal. It leads to exciting positions in which fearless attacking play is usually rewarded and even the slightest slip by either side can prove immediately fatal. Here Tony Kosten, author of the French Advance, explains not only the theory, but also the important concepts behind Garry Khtmlarov’s favourite opening.
	Practical Rook Endings Victor Korchnoi, Olms $18.95/£12.99 It is hard to think of anyone in chess history who is better qualified to write such a work. Korchnoi takes the reader through some of his greatest rook endings, including game 31 from his epic encounter with Karpov in the Philippines in 1978. An invaluable volume for the serious student of endings or anyone who simply enjoys superb analysis.
	Secrets of Rook Endings John Nunn, Gambit Publications $19.95/£14.99 The first edition of the book ushered in a new era in chess publishing. It was the first book based on computer generated position databases that are guaranteed to provide a definitve result. In this second edition there are 34 extra pages filled mainly with new reader exercises.
	Chess on the Web Sarah Hurst, B T Batsford $13.99/£8.95 A modern meeting ground for people of all ages and from all walks of life, the internet offers an exciting opportunity to play chess worldwide. Chess on the Web is the definitive guide to internet chess resources from game-play to news, software to history.
	Your Chess Questions Answered Susan Lalic, BT Batsford Publications $16.95/£10.99 "Everything you wanted to know about chess but were afraid to ask!" Aimed at the player who knows the moves but wants to know more. Starts with the basics and goes on to cover a wide range of subjects such as computers, puzzles, openings or chess clocks.
	101 Winning Chess Strategies Angus Dunnington, Gambit Publications $17.95/£12.99 Without strategy, a chess game is just a series of tactical tricks. A good strategy binds together the tactics, and enables a player to make methodical progress towards victory. This book makes sure you will never be short of winning strategies. Angus Dunnington utilizes his many years of chess playing and training to provide an arsenal of ideas that can be employed in many types of position. These plans have been proven in many grandmaster games, so you can be sure that by using them your game will be soundly based.
	The Survival Guide to Rook Endings John Emms, Everyman Books $18.95/£13.99 Despite the fact that rook endings arise in about 20% of all chess games, many players lack the knowledge and understanding to play them accurately. John Emms, co-author of Nunn’s Chess Openings and one of England’s leading modern writers on the game, shows that they are not as difficult as they may appear. He provides the essential specific knowledge and explains the key ideas that will enable readers to fight the right plan in most common types of rook endgame.
	The Gambit Guide to The English Opening 1...e5 Carsten Hansen, Gambit Publications $23.95/£15.99 1...e5 systems of the English Opening lead to positions rich in tactical and strategic subtelties, making them suitable for playersof all standards and temperaments. This lines have not been covered properly for twenty years, and this thouroughly-researched book fills a gaping void.
	CHESSDON Don Schultz, Chessdon £17.95/$19.99 Starting in a small town chess club, thev story rapidly moves to Iceland and purported KGB attempts to influence the Spassky/Fischer World Championship match. A defection in Thessolonika, an attempt at ping-pong style diplomacy in Dubai, KGB blackmailing of a FIDE official in Moscow and a terror stricken KGB colonel in Merano are constant reminders of how corrupt governments attempt to use sports for political gain.
	SECRETS OF MODERN CHESS STRATEGY John Watson £19.99/$29.95 It is now seventy years since Nimzowitsch wrote his monumental work My System. John Watson's book fulfils the need for a thorough, profound work on the modern handling of chess positions, and how Nimzowitsch's theories have been refined and used alongside classical concepts. "A masterpiece... its feast of featured themes is wonderfully elucidated by very clear explanations and hundreds of illustrative examples" - Paul Motwani, THE SCOTSMAN

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