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Storming
The Barricades Larry Christiansen $19.95/£13.99 Many books provide training in how to round off a successful attack with a final combination, but that's really just the easy part. The difficult thing is to decide how and where to attack in the first place, and to build up the offensive without giving the opponent real counterchances. Grandmaster Larry Christiansen is one of the strongest American-born players of recent decades, and was part of the team that won the World Team Championship in 1993. |
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The Munich 'Olympiad' 1936 edited by A J Gillam $17.95/£12.00 127 pages. (Released May'2000) The event in 1936, held alongside the now infamous Olympic games, was not endorsed by FIDE and neither Great Britain nor the USA competed. This well researched book contains 612 complete games, together with a cross-table and detailed index. |
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The Meran System Steffen Pedersen $21.95/£14.99 224 pages (Released May'2000) The Meran (1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3) . Contains 11 chapters on The Meran System with further 11 chapters on the Anti-Meran, making it ideal for players seeking to win with either colour. |
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The
Mammoth Book Of Chess Revised and updated edition Graham Burgess- Foreword by Dr. John Nunn $11.99/£7.99 538 pages (Released May'2000) A fully revised and updated edition of the book that won the 1997 British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award. Contains complete guide to the main chess openings, test positions, courses in tactics, attacking strategy and a selection of the greatest games ever played. As well as updated sections on computer and internet chess. |
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Vladimir
Simagin Aidan Woodger $14.95/£9.95 99 pages (Released May'2000) A rare chance to peruse 76 well annotated games from this famed Russian tactician. |
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Rare
and Unpublished Tournaments edited by A J Gillam (Released May'2000) A selection of rare and unpublished tournaments containing detailed indexes, tournament information and cross-tables:
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Winning
with Unorthodox Openings Angus Dunnington $19.95/£13.99 144 pages. (Released May'2000) IM Angus Dunnington covers all the main alternatives to 1e4, 1d4, 1c4 and 1Nf3. The Sokolsky (1b4), The Nimzo-Larsen (1b3), 1Nc3, The Birds (1f4), 1g3 and a chapter on others besides. |
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Informator
77 $29.95/£20.95 400 pages. (Released May'2000) 393 Pages packed with all the latest theoretical novelties from the first part of the new Millenium. |
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Open
Lopez Glenn Flear $19.95/£14.99 159 pages. (Released May'2000) 159 Pages. New tome on the Open
Lopez covering all variations following 1e4 e5 2
Nf3 Nc6 4 Bb5 a6 5 0-0 Nxe4 6 d4 b5 7 Bb3
d5 8 dxe5 Be6. Covers all lines including the
dangerous Dilworth Gambit. |
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Queens
Gambit Declined Mathew Sadler $19.95/£14.99 176 pages. (Released May'2000) At last! A great book on the QGD covered by one of the world's top players. If you play it as white or black this is a must. |
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Botvinnik's
Best Games - Volume 1 (1925-1941) Mikhail Botvinnik $34.99/£29.99 (Released April'2000) An excellent selection of 121 games from Botvinnik's early career. Every single game is fully annotated in a verbose style. Hardback, 391 pages with all Tournament and Match Cross-Tables from this period published at the back of the book. |
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How
To Defend in Chess Colin Crouch $19.95/£15.99 224 pages. (Released Apr'2000) Many books discuss how to attack in chess, but good, resourceful defensive play is also a vital ingredient in competitive success. However, this is an area largely neglected in the literature of the game. This book fills the gap admirably, by explaining the basics of defending against direct offensives, and taking an in-depth look at how the all-time greats have fended off their opponents' attacks. |
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Queens
Gambit Bg5 Systems Bogdan Lalic $19.95/£14.99 208 pages. (Released May'2000) Covers: Exchange Variation, lines with an early Nf3 for white a la Kramnik (Ragozin, Manhattan, Vienna, anti-Bf4), 4 Bg5 with early deviations for both sides such as the Peruvian and Cambridge Springs etc.., finally all the Main Lines such as the Tartakower, Lasker, Rubinstein etc... Very useful for all those d4 and QGD players out there - and well annotated. |
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Chess
Software Sourcebook Robert J. Pawlak, PhD $19.99/£12.99 (Released Feb'2000) This is the first book to focus exclusively on the latest chess-related computer programs. Several chapters review in detail the various types of software available. Summery feature tables help you decide which software best matches your specific needs, and screenshots show the graphical interface for each program. Playing live chess over the Internet is also discussed. Other chapters cover opening study, computer handicapping, game analysis, and time saving tips so you can get the most out of the software you own or plan to purchase. |
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Improve
Your Opening Play Chris Ward $16.99/£10.99 143 pages. (Released May'2000) Grandmaster Chris Ward explains the important ideas behind every opening. He emphasises the need to understand the key elements of each opening rather simply memorise a series complicated variations. |
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Improve
Your Middlegame Play Andrew Kinsman $16.99/£10.99 144 pages. (Released May'2000) A thorough understanding of the middlegame is essential for any htmliring player wishing to improve their game. This book uses examples from practical play to develop tactical and positional skills and awareness to make the most of your opportunities in the middlegame. |
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Improve
Your Endgame Play Glen Flear $16.99/£10.99 160 pages. (Released May'2000) An ideal book for players wishing to improve their endgame play Grandmaster Flear clearly explain the principles which must be mastered. Taking examples from his own games and those of other players, he shows how drawn positions can be converted into victories and lost positions saved at the last moment. Includes a variety of test position for the reader to try. |
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Ruy
Lopez C 68 - 69 I
$19.99/£11.99 (Released March'2000) An encyclopaedic coverage of all lines commecing 1e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Bc6 bc6 5 0-0 ... Qd6 and f6 in the Exchange Lopez. |
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Queens
Gambit D16 - 17 $19.99/£11.99 (Released March'2000) An encyclopaedic coverage of all lines commecing 1d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 dc4 5 a4 ... The Main Line Slav. |
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The
CHESS MONTHLY, 1879-80 Edited by Hoffer & Zukertort $34.99/£24.99 (Released May'2000) Volume I - a whole years worth packed with news and games and much more from the late 19th Century Chess scene. |
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Brooklyn
Chess Chronicle, 1882-1883 Edited by Munoz $29.99/£19.99 (Released May'2000) "The BROOKLYN CHESS CHRONICLE is respectfully submitted to the public in a spirit neither ostentatious nor speculative ...", so begins this time honoured gem, full with news annotated games, readers letters and much more. |
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Quarterly
for Chess History Summer 2/1999 $44.99/£29.99 564 pages. (Released April'2000) Chess reprints published by Morovian Chess Publishing House includes: International Chess Magazine, American Chess Bulletin, Capablanca Magazine, American Chess Magazine, Lasker's Chess Magazine, The Chess Monthly, The Chess Player's Chronicle and Casopis Ceskıch Šachistu |
