Chess

Do you like setting your opponent problems from the very first move? And are you happy to roll the dice and take some risks? Then enter the intriguing world of the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit! The Blackmar-Diemer Gambit is a dangerous attacking opening which...

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Positional chess remains a mystery to many and yet an understanding of the finer points of the game so often makes the difference between two equally matched players. Improve your positional play and you will see chess in a totally new dimension! In this...

The Modern Defence leads to sharp and dynamic positions from the very first moves. Black concedes space in the centre with a view to launching a counter-attack based on his powerful bishop fianchetto. When it works, the Modern Defence is truly a...

The Sicilian Defence is by far the most popular chess opening. If you play 1 e4 as White, on average you are likely to meet the Sicilian in virtually every other game! You need to be prepared to face the Sicilian at all times, and a ready-to-use...

Grandmaster Damian Lemos presents a repertoire for White in the Queen's Gambit, one of the most famous chess openings. The Queen's Gambit enjoys a long and illustrious past. It has been played by virtually all the strongest grandmasters in the history of...

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How do chess players react in the line of fire? Are they able to remain calm in a storm? Defending against a threatening attack on their own king is one of the most difficult aspects to master in chess. Yet given the frequency of such offensives, it's...

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If you are aware of endgame patterns, you spot key moves quicker, analyse and calculate better, avoid making errors and memorise what you have studied more fully. The Queen's Gambit is easily the most talked-about chess opening since the immensely...

Building and maintaining an opening repertoire can be a demanding task -- for a start there are an enormous number of different lines to choose from. There's a strong temptation amongst beginners and improving players to opt solely for tricky lines in...

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An intimate and gripping account of the 1993 World Chess Championship between Nigel Short and Garri Kasparov. 'A wonderful achievement... so tense, so gripping and so readable' STEPHEN FRY 'A remarkable book - The Inner Game has all the compulsion...

The Queen's Gambit Declined is one of the central pillars of chess opening theory. Virtually every world champion has played the opening with both the white and black pieces and it is a great favourite at all levels in chess. The reason for its enduring...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911465423Author Graham BurgessFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Gambit Publications LtdPublisher Gambit Publications Ltd

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910093658Author Sergey KasparovFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Gambit Publications LtdPublisher Gambit Publications Ltd

Starting Out: The Reti is a further addition to Everyman's best-selling Starting Out series. Grandmaster Neil McDonald revisits the fundamentals of the Reti, examining the key moves and plans for both sides.About the AuthorGrandmaster Neil McDonald is an...

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The history of the World Chess Championship continues in this volume with the epic struggles between Botvinnik, Bronstein, Smyslov, Tal and Petrosian, via the brief but spectacular advent of Bobby Fischer, and on to the modern superstars Karpov and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493257894Author Boris ZlotnikFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint New in ChessPublisher New in ChessWeight(grams) 470g

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This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practicing of vital skills just as much as...

The French Defence provides a good choice for players who want to create a dynamic, unbalanced situation out of the opening but baulk at the level of study required to master the ferociously complex Sicilian Defence. The French is one of Black's soundest...

This book provides a rock solid opening repertoire for Black, using systems based on the move ...c6. The backbone of this repertoire is the Caro-Kann versus 1 e4 and the Semi-Slav (via a Slav move order) versus 1 d4. In general these systems aim to...

The Modern Defence is an opening that will appeal to player of an experimental nature. Black allows White to establish an apparently impressive position in the centre. The plan is to use this structure as a target - it will be restrained, undermined and...

Paul Morphy is a chess legend and without doubt one of the greatest players in the history of the game. His understanding of the game was years ahead of his time and in his era he was easily the best player in the world. His chess career was brief but...

It is not really in doubt that Bobby Fischer is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) chess players of all-time. His name is one that it is recognized immediately by almost anyone with even a passing interest in chess. His numerous brilliant games...

Chess Evolution 3 continues Artur Yusupov's complete course of chess improvement, with the third volume at the Mastery level. Yusupov covers a variety of topics - Tactics, Strategy, Positional Play, Endgames, Calculating Variations, Openings - using...

Aimed at young players looking to improve their play and practical results, this book is packed with advice on every area of the game.About the AuthorWith victory in the British Championship in 1995, Matthew Sadler established himself as one of the...

The essential sequel to Peter Clarke's companion book on Tal, Mikhail Tal's Best Games of Chess. Cafferty takes us further on Tal's career path, covering his loss to Botvinnik in the revenge match, but also the triumphs of Bled 1961 and Tal's remarkable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784831011Author Mihail MarinFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 641gDimensions(mm)...

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A illustrated introduction to the fundamental principles of chess, which explains the important concepts of the game, with details of ninety exercises to test key chess skills.Book InformationISBN 9781857441642Author Garry KasparovFormat PaperbackPage...

The Najdorf is that very rare thing - an opening for Black that is highly aggressive but is also recognised as being objectively sound. In this book, FIDE Master John Doknjas and National Master Joshua Doknjas navigate through the main lines of the...

Some players become good at chess, some very good, while others excel at the game. In this book Jacob Aagaard identifies the key factors that separate the very strong players from the rest. In Excelling at Chess, he includes chapters on when to...

Prominent opening specialists take a revolutionary look at the Pirc and Modern Defences and select a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both White and Black.About the AuthorRichard Palliser, Colin McNab and James Vigus are highly respected authors who are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906552329Author Mihail MarinFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 501g