Chess

Improve Your Chess will help you to improve your technique and master your game. This lively new edition is written by William Hartston, an experienced chess player and daily columnist for the Independent. It is structured in 75 easy-to-follow lessons,...

The 125 greatest chess games of all time, selected, analysed, re-evaluated and explained by a team of British experts and illustrated with over 1,000 chess diagrams. Join the authors in studying these games, the cream of two centuries of international...

The Petroff Defence has traditionally been regarded as a reliable defensive mechanism to counter the aggressive 1 e4. It also has a reputation for being one of the most drawish of all openings and a choice that Black only makes when content to achieve a...

I have aimed to find a good balance of verbal explanations without ignoring the hardcore variations you have to know. In case you find some of the analyses a bit too long, don't be discouraged! They have been included mainly to illustrate the thematic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789083336626Author Davorin KuljasevicFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint New in ChessPublisher New in Chess

Genius in the Background introduces brilliant chess that will be unfamiliar to even well-read chessplayers. Twelve chess stars are profiled with examples of their greatest achievements, but these stars are not famous - they are geniuses who stay in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486205830Author E.A. Znosko-BorovskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 212Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907982200Author Marc EssermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 669gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901983999Author Murray ChandlerFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Gambit Publications LtdPublisher Gambit Publications Ltd

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486254470Author Siegbert TarraschFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

The Complete Manual of Positional Chess, probably the most thorough grounding in the history of teaching chess, was recently created for chess teachers at the DYSS, the special sports school for young talents in Russia. Konstantin Sakaev and Konstantin...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784831882Author Sam ShanklandFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 672g

Follow the easy steps to grandmaster greatness with How To Play Chess. From the opening move to checkmate, How To Play Chess will help your child play chess like a champion. With plenty of master tips and cool 3D images, How To Play Chess is the perfect...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781515070115Author Maxen TarafaFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 245gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 9mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493257511Author Christof SieleckiFormat HardbackPage Count 416Imprint New in ChessPublisher New in ChessWeight(grams) 966g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784831219Author Axel SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm) 240mm...

A graphic novel biography following the life of Bobby Fischer, from chess wunderkind and national hero to his eventual spiral into madness and infamyThe life of Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) had many unexpected moves-from his solitary childhood to his...

Strategies and examples for beating a superior opponent in chess. Chess history is littered with David vs Goliath chess struggles where the weaker player has prevailed. Chess masters, even international grandmasters, can be defeated by young, improving...

Richard Reti (1889-1929) was both a master player and a superb endgame composer. He was also a prominent member of the hyper-modern school and author of two of the greatest chess books ever written, Masters of the Chessboard and Modern Ideas in Chess...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587368011Author Ray ChengFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint WheatmarkPublisher WheatmarkWeight(grams) 290gDimensions(mm) 207mm * 150mm * 14mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486238005Author D.I. BronshteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784831813Author Milos PavlovicFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 672g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789083328430Author Alexey BezgodovFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint New in ChessPublisher New in ChessWeight(grams) 526g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910093641Author Antonio GudeFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Gambit Publications LtdPublisher Gambit Publications Ltd

Viktor Moskalenko is one of the leading chess instructors of our time. Not only has he coached Masters and Grandmasters, including Ukrainian star Vassily Ivanchuk, he has also taught hundreds of classes for amateurs and his best-selling books have...

Across the Board is the definitive work on chessboard problems. It is not simply about chess but the chessboard itself--that simple grid of squares so common to games around the world. And, more importantly, the fascinating mathematics behind it. From...

Bird's Opening is an underrated and dynamic choice for White that immediately directs the game into relatively unexplored territory, setting Black players early problems and forcing them to think for themselves rather than having the luxury of relying on...

Simon Williams presents an ambitious opening repertoire for Black based on the ever-popular French Defence. In this book one of the world's most imaginative Grandmasters combines his unique attacking ideas with the traditionally solid French structure,...

'Timely... wonderfully entertaining' - The Wall Street JournalIn It's All A Game renowned games expert Tristan Donovan opens the box on the incredible and often surprising history and psychology of board games. He traces the evolution of the game across...

Master the fascinating game of Go with this expert guidebook.Go is a two-player board game that first originated in ancient China but is also very popular in Japan and Korea. There is significant strategy and philosophy involved in the game, and the...

The Grunfeld Defence is is a combative reply to 1 d4 which has been favoured by many world champions including those two legends of the game, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. It is an opening in the hypermodern style, in that Black generally allows...

Many club players think that studying chess is all about cramming as much information in their brain as they can. Most textbooks support that notion by stressing the importance of always trying to find the objectively best move. As a result amateur...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607966067Author David BronsteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint WWW.Snowballpublishing.comPublisher WWW.Snowballpublishing.comWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906552039Author Isaac LipnitskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 441gDimensions(mm)...

This is the first book fully devoted to the double fianchetto for both colors, White and Black. GM Daniel Hausrath draws upon his vast experience to provide guidance on how to use the different kinds of set-ups the double fianchetto has available for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784831158Author Lars SchandorffFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 638gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493257573Author Ruslan PonomariovFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint New in ChessPublisher New in ChessWeight(grams) 318g

The Slav (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6) is a great choice against 1 d4 for players who are after a solid position from the opening but one that also contains dynamic possibilities. The pawn on c6 guarantees Black a firm foothold in the centre but there is also the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784831752Author Gawain JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 664Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 1220gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486273020Author Irving ChernevFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...