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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. |
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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 Kasparov’s
favourite opening. |
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Secrets of Rook
Endings
John Nunn, Gambit Publications
£14.99/$19.95
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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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The Gambit Guide to
The English Opening 1...e5
Carsten Hansen, Gambit Publications
$15.99/$23.95
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.
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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.
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