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The Reti: Move by Move by Sam Collins
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £14.80This book examines what might be described as the "pure" Reti Opening. White starts with 1 Nf3 and intends to meet 1...d5 with the "Reti" response 2 c4. One of the major advantages of playing these... -
Opening Repertoire: The Grunfeld Defence by Nigel Davies 9781781945742
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £13.87The 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... -
Opening Repertoire: Beating the Sicilian Main Lines by Jonas Hacker 9781781945711
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.49The Sicilian Defence is the most popular reply to 1 e4. With 1...c5 Black comes out fighting, immediately challenging any sense of a "natural white advantage". Sicilian Defence players are often very... -
Fire on Board: Best Games from 1983-2004 by Alexei Shirov
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £20.75Grandmaster Alexei Shirov's best selling books, Fire on Board and Fire on Board Volume 2 are now brought together in a single volume. ln this collection of his best games from 1983 to 2004,... -
Discovering Chess Openings: Building A Repertoire From Basic Principles by John Emms
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.31In Discovering Chess Openings John Emms argues that studying openings doesn't have to be hard work - it can be both enjoyable and enlightening. The key to successful opening play is not simply... -
The Scandinavian: Move by Move Cyrus Lakdawala 9781781940099
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £19.52This 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... -
The Schliemann Defence: Move by Move by Junior Tay
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.49White players who enjoy playing the Ruy Lopez (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5) often expect to have an easy time in the opening. Numerous Black systems allow White to complete development with natural moves... -
First Steps: The King's Indian Defence by Andrew Martin
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.11The King's Indian Defence is one of the great classical counter-attacking openings. The most aggressive world champions (including Mikhail Tal, Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov) have all scored... -
Tango!: A Complete Defence to 1 D4 by Richard Palliser
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.05Tired of constantly defending passive positions with the black pieces? Looking for something new and exciting to unleash at the chessboard? This book provides an answer to these perennial questions... -
The Classical French: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £19.52This 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... -
Anand: Move by Move by Zenon Franco
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.79Viswanathan Anand is undoubtedly one of the World's greatest ever chess players. He first shot to fame in his youth, when he enthralled the chess public with his results and his amazing speed of play... -
Simple and More Simple Chess by John Emms
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.73Two books by Grandmaster John Emms in one volume: It's been said many times before that chess is an easy game to learn, but a difficult one to master. The game is full of difficult questions such as,... -
Opening Repertoire: The Modern Benoni by John Doknjas
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.79The Modern Benoni is just about the most aggressive method that Black can choose to counter White's 1 d4. In the main line variations Black allows White to have a preponderance of central pawns... -
Planning: Move by Move by Zenon Franco
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.79"First the idea and then the move!" Miguel Najdorf used to say in his habitually enthusiastic fashion; that statement is the perfect summary of planning in chess. Planning is of crucial importance... -
Petroff Defence by Alexander Raetsky
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.52Until a few years ago, the Petroff was opening that was favored by a few top Grandmasters, including Anatoly Karpov and Artur Yusupov. However, the last few years have seen a dramatic rise in its... -
Fighting the Anti-Sicilians: Combating 2 C3, the Closed, the Morra Gambit and Other Tricky Ideas by Richard Palliser
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £15.23The Sicilian Defence is by far Black's most popular answer to 1 e4 at all levels of chess. The reason is easy to understand: from the very first move Black unbalances the position and can play for a... -
Lessons with a Grandmaster: Enhance Your Chess Strategy And Psychology With Boris Gulko by Boris Gulko
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.00Imagine you are a club player who has been given the opportunity to talk at length with a famous grandmaster. How would you make the most of this opportunity? Club players are unaware of the... -
Opening Repertoire: The Slav by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.39The 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... -
Practical Chess Puzzles: 600 Positions to Improve Your Calculation and Judgment by Guannan Song
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.11Chess puzzle books are undoubtedly popular - and with good reason. Solving chess puzzles helps to sharpen a player's tactical and combinational skills. This ability is absolutely fundamental for... -
The Queens Gambit Declined by Neil McDonald
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £10.73Everyman Chess continues its original and best-selling Starting Out series with detailed coverage of the Queen's Gambit Declined, an opening that is very much at the forefront of contemporary chess... -
The Tarrasch Defence: Move by Move by Sam Collins
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.11This 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... -
The Killer Dutch by Simon Williams
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.79Grandmaster Simon Williams has played the Classical Dutch for over twenty years. It remains his favourite opening and has featured in some of his greatest individual results, including a win over... -
First Steps: The French: The French Cyrus Lakdawala 9781781943434
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.11The French Defense is a highly reliable response to 1 e4 which is popular at all levels. With the first two moves, Black creates a solid foundation in the center and seeks to put pressure on White's... -
Queen's Gambit Declined: Move by Move by Nigel Davies
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £16.51The 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... -
Reti: Move by Move by Thomas Engqvist
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.79Richard Reti is one of the most fascinating characters in the history of chess. Reti developed theories that were regarded as little less than revolutionary in his era. He asserted that, contrary to... -
Starting Out: The Reti by Neil McDonald
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.43Starting 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... -
Sicilian Kan by John Emms
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.05The Sicilian Kan is one of the most flexible and easy-to-play variations of the entire Sicilian complex. In contrast to opening monsters such as the infamous Dragon and Najdorf Variations, Black... -
The Killer Sicilian: Fighting 1 e4 with the Kalashnikov by Tony Rotella
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £19.52Are you searching for a new weapon against 1 e4? Look no furtherchoose the Killer Sicilian! In this book, opening expert Tony Rotella presents a Sicilian repertoire for Black, the backbone of which... -
Starting out: King's Indian by Joe Gallagher
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £14.37The 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... -
Play the Ponziani by Dave Taylor
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.00For some unknown reason the Ponziani Opening has been neglected in recent times. Don't be fooled by its apparently harmless reputation: the Ponziani is full of tricks and catches many unsuspecting... -
The Ruy Lopez: Move by Move by Neil McDonald
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £15.03'Move by Move' is a brand new series which provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, 'Move by Move'... -
Paul Keres' Best Games: Open and Semi-Open Games: Volume 2 by Egon Varnusz
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.00The legendary Estonian player Paul Keres was one of the strongest players never to win the World Chess Championship. The 'Crown Prince of Chess' was universally admired for his clear-cut style of... -
Classical Sicilian by Alexander Raetsky
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.52Everyman Chess are delighted to present two further offerings from their original and best-selling Starting Out opening series. The Classical Sicilian is one of Black's most popular and highly... -
Starting Out: The Scandinavian by Jovanka Houska
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.73Jovanka 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... -
Mastering Chess Strategy by Johan Hellsten
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £18.46This book provides a basic foundation of strategy in all three phases of chess - the opening, middlegame and endgame - as well as an abundance of carefully selected exercises to monitor progress... -
A Ferocious Opening Repertoire by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.43Tired of playing the same old openings? Bored with stuffy opening theory? This book provides a welcome antidote! Former American Open Champion Cyrus Lakdawala presents a range of vicious weapons for... -
Play the Queen's Gambit by Chris Ward 9781857444117
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.05Few would disagree that the Queen's Gambit is one of the most important openings in chess. It has a long and distinguished history and has been played by virtually all the strongest Grandmasters:... -
Pressure Play by Neil McDonald 9781781946527
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.49Having you ever been tortured at the chessboard? If so, then you have probably been a victim of pressure play. Elite players are brilliant exponents of pressure play. In situations where they have... -
The Modern Defence: Move by Move Cyrus Lakdawala 9781857449860
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.79This 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... -
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part One by Garry Kasparov 9781781945155
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £23.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781945155Author Garry KasparovFormat PaperbackPage Count 466Imprint