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	The Road to Chess Improvement Alex Yermolinsky, Gambit $24.95/£17.99 "How can I improve my game?" is a perennial question facing chess players. While there are no easy answer, Yermolinsky is better qualified than most to offer advice. Having found the famed 'Soviet School of Chess' wanting, he trained himself, slowly but surely raising his game to top-class grandmaster standard. In this book he passes on many of the insights he has gained over the years. He steers the reader away from 'quick-fix' approaches, and focuses on the critical areas of chess understanding and over-the-board decision making.
	The Human Comedy of Chess - A Grandmaster's Chronicles Hans Ree $24.95/£18.99 Dutch Grandmaster Hans Ree is one of the most respected writers in the chess world today. "This is a collection of Ree's longer articles, where he takes the time to elaborate and reflect. These articles give the reader an excellent overview of the diverse events of the last decade...." -- Jan Timman
	Popular Chess Variants D.B. Pritchard $/£14.99 Popular chess variants introduces the reader to some challenging alternatives to traditional chess. The majority of games discussed involve standard pieces. In addition there are a few examples using Chinese (Xianggi), Japanese (Shogi) and four-handed chess sets.
	Secrets of Pawn Endings Karsten Müller & Frank Lamprecht $24.95/£17.99 Endgames with just kings and pawns are the most basic type of ending. Without an understanding of them it is impossible to master more complicated endings. This book provides a through course in pawn endings, from the simple to the highly complex. Many interesting and beautiful positions are included, and there are test positions for reader to solve.
	Play the Open Games as Black John Emms $23.95/£15.99 This book fills the gaping chasm in chess literature. For years, those who wish to take on the black side of the Ruy Lopez have had to muddle their way through against the variety of alternative openings at White's disposal, as there have been no books to assist them.
	The Botvinnik Semi - Slav Steffen Pedersen $21.95/£14.99 The Semi-Slav has been on of the most topical openings of the last decade, and its most critical variation is the Botvinnik System (5Bg5 dxc4). Most of today's top grandmasters, including Khtmlarov, Kramnik and Shirov, have relied on it as Black, White or both, especially in make-or-break situations.
	Mikhail ChiGorin- The first Russian Grandmaster Khalifman & Soloviov, Chess Stars $26.95/£17.99 This book of the "Chess Stars" series introduces the reader to the legacy of the Russian genius - the chess player Mikhail Chigorin. The authors - the 1999 FIDE World Champion Alexander Khalifman and IM Sergei Soloviov - have selected 200 of Chigirin's best wins and have annotated them from the viewpoint of contemporary chess theory. The book contains also a brief recount of Chigorin's participation in chess tournaments and his activities popularising chess in Russia. the appendix presents further 575 games, played by Chigorin in the most important Russian and international chess events of his time.
	Šahovski informator $31.50/£20.99 Selection of 995 games played from June till September 1999, annotated by the best world players (Anand, Kramnik, Karpov, Ivanchuk, Shirov, Adams, Svidler, Khalifman and others).
	New In Chess Yearbook 52 (The Masters Choice) $22.50/£15.00 Sometimes one single move betrays the Eye of the Master. In cases where everybody follows the beaten track, he comes up with an original idea that others are unlikely to even consider. The Master's Choice! Includes an excellent theoretical article on The French Tarrasch by Sergey Ivanov.
	Soviet Chess Andrew Soltis, McFarland (h/b) $67.50/£44.99 450 pages. Andrew Soltis follows the history of Soviet Chess right through the large part of the 20th Century starting with players such as Alekhine, Levenfish through the Golden era with World Champions Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, then the Spassky-Fischer rivalry right up to the Karpov-Khtmlarov era.
	ABCDE $37.50/£24.99 A, B, C, D and E refer to the five main groups of the Chess Informant classification of openings. They provide readers with a comprehensive collection of modern opening theory. Examples from over 120 000 games and analyses are included. Contributors and authors of this important working tool are superclass chess players from all over the world.
	Strategic Chess Edmar Mednis, $13.50/£8.99 Highly instructive, fun to read, and full of revealing insights into the intricacies of the game, 'Strategic Chess' is an invaluable guide to playing strategically clear openings more successfully, and achieving a higher level of play. Masters and amateurs alike will find a wealth of instructive tactics and techniques in this informative work.
	The Unknown Bobby Fischer Donaldson & Tangborn, ICE $20.99/£13.99 'The Unknown Bobby Fischer' is really four books in one. Part one is a detailed look at Fischer's formative years when he went from a struggling Class B player to U.S. Champion in the space of two and a half years! Published accounts of the time, reminiscences and rare photos serve to shed light on a part of Bobby's career that is rarely examined. The book also offers the reader 87 games, many with heavy annotations. Thirty-seven of them has never been published or have appeared only in periodicals or tournament bulletins! This book finishes with rare interviews and an in-depth look at the large body of literature surrounding Bobby.
	Attack and Defence Dvoretsky & Yusupov, Batsford $26.99/£17.99 The fifth in the series of phenomenally successful manuals by the world's best trainer and his star pupil. Dvoretsky and Yusupov's final set of lessons addresses the key htmlects of the chessboard struggle: attack, defence, counterattack and the initiative.
	The Complete Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings, C57 - C59 $17.99/£11.99 The Two Knights' Defence ... full encyclopaedic coverage of the line beginning with 4. Ng5. 400 pages packed with theory and games
	Aron Nimzowitsch: A Reappraisal Raymond Keene, Batsford $23.99/£15.99 A modern view of the most influential chess thinker of the 20th century. For more than a quarter of a century until his death in 1935, Aron Nimzowitsch was recognised as one of the world's foremost players. The leading Grandmaster of the Hypermodern school, his games was full of new ideas and plans, which were accompanied by landmarks in chess literature such as 'My System' and 'Chess Praxis'. Keene covers Nimzowitsch's career in details, continuing the themes of 'My System' and drawing on Nimzowitsch's own notes, which had not appeared in English before this book. A wide selection of the Grandmaster's games is included, along with an analysis of his influence on modern opening play.
	Three Hundred Chess Games Siegbert Tarrasch, Hays $22.45/£14.99 Grandmaster Tarrasch, in 'Dreihundert Schachpartien (Three Hundred Chess Games)' takes the combinational school of Paul Morphy and combines it with the positional school founded by Wilhelm Steinitz. The result is a powerful system of chess play utilized by the greatest masters since the turn of the twentieth century. Dr. Tarrasch's system reflects the entire store of knowledge of chess up to the hypermodern age. Now available for the first time in English, the book is a must for every serious chessplayer's library.
	C78 Beliavsky Mikhalchishin, Chess Informant $17.25/£11.50 Latest theory on The Ruy Lopez from the Chess Informant series of monographs; a given variation is scrutinized most thoroughly: all the relevant games are inventoried, from the earliest which gave birth to that variation to their most recent developments, featuring excerpts from published comments and suggestions.
	The Benko Gambit Jacobs & Kinsman, Batsford $22.45/£14.99 The Benko Gambit is one of the most challenging replies to 1d4 which Black contests the initiative from the outset and strikes fear into the hearts of many White players. Despite being a reletively young opening the Benko is now highly respected and considered to be quite sound.
	Budapest Gambit Dimitri Oleinikov, ChessBase $26.93/£17.95 Oleinikov introduces you to the development of the Budapest Gambit and the current state of theory. In many database text articles and model games he explains the fundamental ideas of this opening. There are 60 training quizzes, sorted according to strategy, tactics and traps. they are ideally suited to test your knowledge after you have gone through the course. The CD also contains teaching and training databases, but also full reference database with over 3000 games from the Budapest gambit and a full position tree.
	Chess Highlights of the 20th Century Graham Burgess, Gambit $29.99/£19.99 Like the rest of the world, the game of chess has changed enormously during the 20th century. This book surveys the developments by focusing on the top events, greatest achievements and most brilliant games, year-by-year.
	Mastering the Bishop Pair Srokovsky & Borulia & Braslawski, ICE $22.49/£14.99 A bishop is worth three pawns, the same as a knight. But what about two bishops versus bishop and knight or versus two knights? the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Frequently the bishop pair is an advantage, sometimes decisive. discover and master the secrets of the bishop pair, and how to combat it.
	The Power Chess Program: Book 2 Nigel Davies, Batsford $25.49/£16.99 The real secret of mastering chess is to blend fast and accurate calculation with good positional understanding. In order to foster the development of these skills, Davies developed an unique training program that has enabled many supposedly 'average' club players to increase their playing strength out of all recognition.
	Starting out in Chess Byron Jacobs, Everyman Chess $12.95/£9.99 IM Jacobs provides newcomers to the chess with a through grounding in the fundamental principles of the game. In this book he takes the novice player to the standard at which they can enjoy a friendly or competitive game. Start out on a fascinating journey of chess discovery with this fun, easy-to-follow book!
	The Sveshnikov Sicilian Neil McDonald, Batsford $22.49/£14.99 The Sveshnikov Sicilian is arguably the most dynamic line in the whole of the Sicilian Defense. Black takes on certain structural weaknesses but gains active piece play as compensation which is very much in keeping with the modern style of play. Black is not content to equalise but from the start sets out to wrest the advantage from his opponent's hands.

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