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Rocking the Ramparts Larry Christiansen £15.99/$22.95 The ultimate book to instill in the reader an understanding of the middlegame with an emphasis on tactical alertness. All major opening systems are examined from both the White and Black viewpoint, taking into account the individual pawn structures and identifying appropriate attacking plans and strategies for White and counterattacking schemes for Black – where these 'ramparts' are undermined. A final chapter contains anecdotes, combinational examples and even swindles. |
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Decision-Making
at the Chessboard Viacheslav Eingorn £15.99/$24.95 Chess is a game of decisions. As well as deciding about which move to play and which plan to adopt, players must also make practical decisions about how to use their clock time and whether to use intuition rather than trying to calculate every line to a finish. Viacheslav Eingorn draws upon his vast experience to provide guidance on how to weigh the various factors in positions and decide on the best course of action. He examines many practical examples and explains how the critical decisions were made, and investigates whether they were correct. By following Eingorn on this voyage of discovery, the reader will gain a greater understanding of decision-making and develop an enhanced feel for the harmonious use of intuition and calculation. |
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Creative
Chess Strategy Alfonso Romero £17.99/$24.95 A Spanish grandmaster explains how creativity can be used to overcome technical obstacles on the chessboard. Once they have obtained an advantage, too many players make the mistake of assuming that the exploitation of this advantage will just be a matter of technique, requiring accuracy but little imagination. Romero shows that the opposite is often the case: sometimes it is the paradoxical solution that works, whereas the mechanical method would fritter away the hard-earned advantage. By following Romero in his investigation of the many outstanding practical examples in this book, readers will inevitably increase their understanding of chess strategy in general, and fine-tune their instinct for sensing those critical moments when non-standard solutions are necessary. |
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Chess
Endgame Training Bernd Rosen £13.99/$19.95 This is an endgame manual with a difference. As soon as a topic has been introduced and a few basic ideas discussed, you are immediately invited to immerse yourself in the subject by solving a series of relevant positions. The solutions to these positions feature a wealth of practical advice and further discussion of endgame principles and the key theoretical points. All the main types of endgames are covered: pawn endings, minor-piece endings, rook endings and queen endings. Rosen discusses important elements in endgame strategy, such as pawn-structure, passed pawns, space advantage, breakthrough and Zugzwang. Endgames are often highly tactical, and this is reflected throughout this book in exercises that require precise calculation, and in sections devoted to typical tactical themes. There is a wealth of exercises throughout the book. |
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The Times Winning Moves Raymond Keene and Byron Jacobs £12.99/$18.95 The daily chess column in The Times is one of the leading chess columns in the UK broadsheets. A regular part of the coverage is the 'Winning Move' puzzle. This book contains the pick of the crop. |
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Find the Checkmate Gary Lane £14.99/$21.95 Find the right way to deliver a checkmate in one, two or more moves from hundreds of chess positions provided by the author. By tackling theses puzzles, lower-level players, including children and novices, will start to think like chessplayers - trying this and that move, visualizing and calculating - guiding them on to the road of further chess advancement. |
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Depth and Beauty The Chess Endgame Studies of Arthur Mandler £11.99/$18.95 Arthur Mandler (1891-1971) was one of the giants of 20th-century chess endgame study composition; he had a mastery of the natural endgame study which has perhaps been equaled only by his friend, Richard Reti and the famous Russian composer Nikolei Grigoriev. This book contains many brilliant studies with a translation into English of Mandler's perceptive and illuminating commentary, and the whole is supplemented by notes based on the results of modern computer examination. |
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It's Your Move Chris Ward Everyman Chess £12.99/$18.95 Feeling up to a challenge? In this highly original and instructive test yourself book, Grandmaster Chris Ward presents a selection of carefully chosen puzzles for you to solve. Hot on the heels of his very successful 'It's Your Move' and 'Improvers It's Your Move', comes 'It's Your Move: Tough Puzzles', which this time aims to rack the brains of even the most experienced chess players. The puzzles might be a bit more difficult this time but, in the same style of the previous two books, the reader is once again helped by the choice of five plausible plans and has to decide which is the most likely to succeed. The answers then identify the most promising plan and explain why the other choices are less attractive. Instead of opting for the traditional 'check. check, check, mate ... mate!' type of puzzles, Ward concentrates on situations which are more likely to occur in practical games. |
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Advance and other Anti-French Variations Lev Psakhis £14.99/$21.95 The French Defence has been and still is a popular choice against White's king's pawn opening, with top-class grandmasters such as Korchnoi, Morozevich, Bareev and Short continuing to practise it with success. Since the publication of the Complete French by Lev Psakhis in 1992 - a highly acclaimed standard work - the volume of theory has increased to such an extent that the author has now produced four volumes to cover it all. Following on from French Defence 3.Nd2, this second volume in the series covers the aggressive 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 as well as the Exchange Variation and various other "Anti-French" lines. It features a wealth of illustrative games as well as up-to-date theory, which frequently leads to gambit play and dangerous attacking scenario. The author's thoroughly objective approach makes this an essential work of reference whether you are for or against the French! |
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School
of Chess Excellence 4 Opening Developments Mark Dvoretsky £18/$29.95 This long-awaited and ground-breaking work, which was previously published only in Russian and German, has finally become available also in English." Compared with the other books in this series, substantially more space is given to the analysis of the opening problems that confront a player in a particular game. The first half of the book is devoted to opening preparation, and also in the second half nearly every game is accompanied by detailed opening information." |
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The Art of Giving Mate Attila Schneider £13.99/$21.95 This is one of the last books of the twice Hungarian Champion, Attila Schneider, who died recently of heart failure. His work is characterized by what is termed an ironic humour, and is interspersed with wisecracks by classics as Moliere, Groethe, Shakespeare, Dostoyevski, Villon and others. The annotations to this splendid selection of games are funny, original, and instructional. It is a highly entertaining book for beginners and professionals alike, as well as for all those who are interested in fine games of chess ended in spectacular mates. |
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Dynamics of Chess Strategy Vlastimil Jansa £16.99/$26.95 Jansa's book explores the stages of play between the opening and the planning in the early middle game, an area in which most club and tournament players would like to do better. Rather than focusing on following established µcorrect| principles, Jansa examines the exceptions to the rules, which are an essential part of achieving mastery rather than just being a 'good student' |
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Essential Chess Sacrifices David Lemoir £15.99/$24.95 Sacrifices are an essential part of chess. Those who never consider sacrificing will miss countless opportunities and find that promising positions repeatedly slip away. Players who do not appreciate their opponents' sacrificial possibilities will be unable to see danger signs, and find themselves on the wrong end of too many king-hunts. In this unique book, popular author David LeMoir investigates in detail the most important standard sacrificial ideas. |
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Lessons in Chess Strategy Valeri Beim £13.99/$19.95 Following on from his successful book Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster's Kitchen, Valeri Beim serves up a further series of lessons on important general chess topics. His expert advice will help you to handle a whole range of typical situations with greater confidence and understanding. |
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Das Colle-Koltanowski System Valeri Bronznik £15.99/$23.99 German language book on the Colle Koltanowski system, characterised by the white setup d4, Nf3, e3, Bd3, c3, Nbd2, 0-0. Assuming a quite set up does not mean that White is playing for a quiet game - in fact many games end up with strong attacking chances on the kingside. With 220 pages of detailed analysis by this talented Ukranian IM, this is a useful resourse on a much under rated opening system. |
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Der Linksspringer 1 Nc3 Harald Keilhack £19.99/$29.99 An immense 400 book on 1 Nc3 (more commonly known as the Dunst or the Van Geet Opening), written by a German FM, Harald Keilhack. Whilst not in favour at the very highlest levels of chess, openings such as this provide an original battleground for many players who wish to avoid heavyweight theoretical duels. This is surely an essential book for anyone who is considering taking the opening up. |
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New in Chess Yearbook 68 £16/$25.95 New In Chess Yearbooks have become an important addition to any aspiring chess players book shelves, and so we always look forward to the latest offering. The sixty-eighth edition sees all of the usual features - Sosonko's Corner, the New In Chess Forum, Book reviews by Glenn Flear - as well as 34 detailed surveys on openings including the Grunfeld, Sicilian Najdorf, Caro-Kann Advance, French Winawer, Nizmo and Kings Indians. |
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Tactics
in the Chess Opening 1 - Sicilian Defence A. C. van der Tak & Friso Nijboer £13.99/$21.95 Every chess player loves to win, but nothing compares to winning with a flourish. How happy we are when the tactics work and we decide a game with a cunning trick, a devilish trap or a delightful coup de grâce. The Sicilian is one of the sharpest and most popular chess openings and offers endless possibilities for players looking for fireworks. It’s not for nothing that among the most loyal fans of the Sicilian we find tactical geniuses like Garry Kasparov, Bobby Fischer and Judit Polgar! In this book you will find more than 250 carefully selected and expertly annotated Sicilian games full of unexpected turns and brilliant surprise attacks. You can study these games or just enjoy them, but either way they will end up making you a stronger player! |
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Chess Software: A User's Guide Byron Jacobs, Jacob Aagaard, John Emms £14.99/$22.95 Interested in chess and computers?Then this groundbreaking book is perfect.Whether you are talking about the latestchess playing programs or chess database software, this book answers all of the questions you ever needed to ask. A team of experts, all experienced chess software users, review all the latest software available, highlighting the positives, the negatives and underlining what's value for money and what's not. The experts also provide fundamental answers to all those niggling little technical problems that always seem to arise with chess software. Whether you're looking for a way to defeat your chess computer, whether you wish to prepare thoroughly against an old adversary, or whether you just wish to make the most of your chess software, then this is the book for you. |
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Opening for White according to
Anand - Vol.1 Alexander Khalifman £14.99/$23.95 From the same series as the incredibly popular "Opening for Black according to Kramnik", Alexander Khalifman brings us the first in a multi-part series covering Anand's weapons of choice. Volume One covers what to play against the Latvian Gambit, Philidor's Defence, Petroff Defence, Ruy Lopez Alapin Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bb4) Cozio Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7), Fianchetto Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6), Bird’s Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4), Old Steinitz Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6), Classical Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Bc5), Jaenisch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5), and Berlin Defence (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6). |
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The Reliable Past Genna Sosonko £14.95/$22.95 The Reliable Past is the eagerly awaited sequel to Russian Silhouettes, Genna Sosonko's marvellous collection of portraits from the golden age of Soviet chess. Sosonko, who left Leningrad to settle in Holland in 1972, described champions and other key figures of Soviet chess from a privileged dual perspective. In this new book, the author again shows himself a perceptive chronicler of a time when chess occupied a unique position in his native country; but he also wanders across its borders with his memories of Dutch World Champion Max Euwe and a touching tribute to the first ever British grandmaster, Tony Miles. |
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Secrets
of Opening Surprises Jeroen Bosch £14.99/$22.95 Look at your opponent sitting there in blissful ignorance. Fully at ease, everything under control, not a worry in the world. Or so he thinks. He’s checked his repertoire, double-checked his main lines. He wanted to come well-prepared and he did. Or did he? Because what he doesn’t know is that today is not his day. For the simple reason that he’s playing you. And you are going to spring a surprise on him. No main variations today, nothing mainstream, he’s going to be initiated into a world of secrets: Secrets of Opening Surprises! In this book you will find an extensive selection of the best SOS columns that Jeroen Bosch wrote for New In Chess Magazine. In addition you will find two chapters from Bosch's contributions to the New In Chess Yearbook. All of them have been reworked and updated. Tired of main lines? Looking for a weapon to perplex your opponent? Here’s a refreshing source overflowing with baffling ideas and stunning finds. |
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First Anglo-Pacific Invitational Chess
Championship Erik Osbun £15.99 22.95 Caissa Editions The First Anglo-Pacific Invitational Championship is the first high class postal chess event organized by the Anglo-Pacific Tournament Bureau under the auspices of the I.C.C.F -US. This book is a record of this event, with all of the high spots and the low spots exposed for your examination. |
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Dutch
Defence - New and Forgotten Ideas Minev & Donaldson £14.99/$22.95 The Dutch Defense has always been about one thing, dynamic win-or-get-killed games. The clash of forces can be quick and deadly, leading to a miniature (a game of 25 moves or less). IM Minev and IM Donaldson present to you 200 of these "short stories" pointing out the critical error of the game and how to correct it. Most of the participants of the games are top-flight players including: Yermolinsky, Larsen, Khalifman, Topalov, Polugaevsky, Browne, Lasker, Leko, Kramnik, Denker, Steinitz and Capablanca, to name a dozen. This is the perfect book for the Black player who needs a win, not a draw. |
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Red
Letters Tim Harding & Sergey Grodzensky £16.99/$25.95 This is the previously untold story of 21 classic chess tournaments and the masters who competed in them. The book includes 84 exciting annotated games and eight pages of photographs. The USSR Correspondence Championships began in the 1940s and featured dozens of great players including Estrin, Ragozin, Simagin, Umansky and Zagorovsky. The final cycle of tournaments begun in the dying days of the USSR, ended only in the 21st Century, ten years after the Soviet Union had ceased to exist! The book is the fruit of several years' research by both authors. It includes a free CD-ROM with a database featuring hundreds of brilliant chess games rescued from obscurity. It also has the complete original Russian text. |
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Play
1 d4! Richard Palliser £15.99/$24.95 A must-have book for players who like a reliable yet initiative-seeking opening repertoire for White, based on the opening moves 1 d4 followed by 2 c4. Specific main lines and variations are given to combat Black's possible choices of the King's, Queen's and Bogoljubow-Indian defences as well as the Modern Benoni and Benko Gambit. The author also recommends promising methods against the various Black defences to the Queen's Gambit. A practical opening guide for competitive players who prefer to base their game on solid moves rather than speculation. Richard Palliser is an international master who has recently been given a special British Chess Federation young player's award for achievement. He writes regularly for CHESS magazine and other periodicals and is noted for his theoretical knowledge and analytical ability. The author lives in Harrogate. |
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English
...e5 A. Raetsky & M. Chetverik £14.99/$22.95 Renowned opening theoreticians Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik explain in detailmthe positional and tactical possibilities for both white and black in the 1 …e5 English |
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Gambit
Play Angus Dunnington £14.99/$22.95 Angus Dunnington takes an in-depth look at gambits in the modern game. By using illistrutive examples, he explores the key aspects of succesfull gambit play, whilst also underlining the reasons why some gambits work whilst others flounder. |
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