Chess

What is it that makes Magnus Carlsen the strongest chess player in the world? Why do Carlsens opponents, the best players around, fail to see his moves coming? Moves that, when you replay his games, look natural and self-evident? Emmanuel Neiman has been...

Every club player knows the problem: the opening has ended, and now what? First find the right plan, then the good moves will follow! With this book, International Master Herman Grooten presents to amateur players a complete and structured course on how...

The Italian Game (sometimes referred to as the Giuoco Piano) is one of the oldest openings around, and also one of the first lines players learn when they are introduced to chess. It leads to play that is easy to understand: both sides develop their...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783283004194Author Mark DvoretskyFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Edition OlmsPublisher Edition OlmsWeight(grams) 522g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789083328485Author Thomas WillemzeFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint New in ChessPublisher New in Chess

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906552107Author Artur YusupovFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 545gDimensions(mm)...

The King's Indian is one of the most exciting defences in chess and is favoured by ambitious and aggressive players. At the highest level it has been a major weapon for World Champions Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov. In this easy-to-read guide,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789493257337Author Judit PolgarFormat HardbackPage Count 510Imprint ChessablePublisher ChessableWeight(grams) 1080g

With his fine technique, great inventiveness and iron determination Magnus has won countless endgame positions in which almost everyone else would have settled for a draw. He also has saved endgames that seemed impossible to hold. International Master...

There arent many chess players who can say theyve both beaten Garry Kasparov in an official blitz game and crushed Peter Leko in a classical game in 26 moves. And who regularly win blitz tournaments high on marihuana. But then Manuel Bosboom is not an...

The Hippopotamus Defence is just what a club player needs. Its a straightforward and clear-cut chess opening that avoids the ever growing body of mainline theory. Its universal: Black can use the Hippo against virtually all of Whites choices (1.e4, 1.d4,...

A new title aimed at club and tournament chess players which explains how to apply the Slav Defence. Draws upon model games to highlight basic theoretical elements, practical strategies, and tactics used, as well as recent alternative variations.About...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976196273Author Todd BardwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 220Imprint Chess Detective PressPublisher Chess Detective PressWeight(grams) 216g

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...

In the first completely instructional book ever written on chess openings, National Master and game strategist for Netflix's The Queen's Gambit Bruce Pandolfini teaches players how to take charge of the game's crucial opening phase.Of the three...

Every chess player, from club level up, can improve their game by using engines. That is the message of Matthew Sadlers thought-provoking new book, based on many years of experience with the worlds best chess software. You may not be able to replicate...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906552916Author Nikolaos NtirlisFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm)...

Increase your chess knowledge within the year! In this book, Andrew Soltis analyzes 365 key chess games in an easy way for busy people. In this book, 365 of the most instructive short games of chess are analyzed, step by step, by well-respected author...

The King's Indian Attack was a firm favorite of the legendary Bobby Fischer, and more recently it has been utilized with great success by world-class Grandmasters such as Alexander Morozevich. The renowned chess coach Mark Dvoretsky regards the King's...

Fed up with getting difficult positions with the black pieces? Tired of always having to keep up with all the latest developments? Take a break from the mountains of opening theory and play 1...b6! With the move, preparing a bishop fianchetto, Black...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784831738Author Gawain JonesFormat PaperbackPage Count 688Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 1295gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789464201079Author Alexander KalininFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Thinkers PublishingPublisher Thinkers PublishingWeight(grams) 170g

Boost Your Chess 3 with Artur Yusupov continues his complete course of chess improvement, with the second volume at the Mastery level. Yusupov covers a variety of topics - Tactics, Strategy, Positional Play, Endgames, Calculating Variations, Openings -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906552459Author Artur YusupovFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 498gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781641522571Author Yelizaveta OrlovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Zephyros PressPublisher Zephyros PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 201mm *...

With more than 400 illustrations, and detailed maps, this immense and deeply researched account of the history of chess covers not only the Persian and Arab game familiar to most Westerners for the past 500 years, but also variants going back 1500 years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781906552404Author Artur YusupovFormat PaperbackPage Count 268Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 511gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486419497Author Israel GelferFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Matthew Sadler is the world's greatest expert in computer chess and what it brings to us humans in new insights. In this book, the authors have unleashed the collective power of Leela, Komodo and Stockfish to look at 35 classic games played by fan...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781910093870Author Thomas EngqvistFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Gambit Publications LtdPublisher Gambit Publications LtdWeight(grams) 200g

Jovanka Houska reveals everything you need to know about the Scandinavian, whether you are playing it as Black or facing it with White.About the AuthorJovanka Houska has represented the English team at numerous Chess Olympiads and qualified for the 2006...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486261546Author Harry GolombekFormat PaperbackPage Count 238Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams)...

Genna Sosonko is widely acclaimed as the most prominent chronicler of a unique era in chess history when the Soviet Union developed chess into an ideological weapon to demonstrate the power of socialism. Sosonko was born in Leningrad, where he lived for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784831622Author Jacob AagaardFormat HardbackPage Count 896Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 1811gDimensions(mm)...

Calculation is key to winning chess games. Converting your chess knowledge into concrete moves requires calculation and precise visualisation. The bad news: calculation is hard work. You cannot rely on feeling or intuition -- you will have to turn on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780976196266Author Todd BardwickFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint Chess Detective PressPublisher Chess Detective PressWeight(grams) 363g

Winning Chess is a truly classic chess book, beloved of chess-mad teenagers since it was first published in 1970, updated and repackaged in algebraic format. Written in lively, conversational style by two prolific and popular chess authors, it is aimed...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781784830878Author Artur YusupovFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Quality Chess UK LLPPublisher Quality Chess UK LLPWeight(grams) 499g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781901983074Author John WatsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Gambit Publications LtdPublisher Gambit Publications Ltd

Seven years after his acclaimed and bestselling The Kaufman Repertoire for Black and White, Grandmaster Larry Kaufman is back with his new repertoire book, covering the entire scope of chess openings for both White and Black, in one volume. Two important...