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The Sicilian by John Emms 9781857444230
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.52Are you bored of playing the same old openings time and time again? Fed up with constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to play something new and exciting,... -
Sicilian Kalashnikov by Jan Pinski 9781857442571
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.74The Kalashnikov Variation is one of the most modern variations of the Sicilian Defence. As early as move four, Black lashes out in the centre and sets the tone for the rest of the game. Play can... -
The Rules of Winning Chess by Nigel Davies 9781857445961
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.93The Rules of Winning Chess provides you with the key fundamentals of the game, principles that you can easily learn and remember, and that will help you to achieve both greater understanding and... -
The Grunfeld Defence by Nigel Davies 9781857442397
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.52The Grunfeld Defence is a dynamic and popular counterattacking weapon for Black against queen's pawn openings. Former World Champion Bobby Fischer and current world number one Garry Kasparov head a... -
The Torre Attack: Move by Move by Richard Palliser 9781857446869
RRP: £18.99Booksplease Price: £15.47This new 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... -
Test Your Chess IQ: Bk. 2: Master Challenge by A. Livshitz 9781857441444
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.05A chess handbook which contains over 450 test positions and a course on how to develop combinational skills, based on the recognition of key themes.Book InformationISBN 9781857441444Author A... -
Morphy: Move by Move by Zenon Franco 9781781943618
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.49Paul 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... -
Gambiteer I: Hard-hitting Chess Opening Repertoire for White by Nigel Davies 9781857445169
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.52In his two-volume Gambiteer series, opening expert Nigel Davies produces a complete opening repertoire which is certainly not for the feint-hearted: uncompromising and wild attacking ideas for both... -
Starting out: the Ruy Lopez by John Shaw 9781857443219
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.05Ideal for those wanting to understand the basics of the Ruy Lopez. The Ruy Lopez is one of the most famous of all chess openings. It has a long and distinguished history and has been played by... -
Test Your Chess IQ x 3: First Challenge, Master Challenge, Grandmaster Challenge by August Livshitz 9781781943953
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £16.21Is the ability to make combinations something that you are born with or can be acquired by practice? Russian chess trainer Livshitz, who has had extensive experience teaching a wide range of players... -
The Masters: Boris Spassky Master of Initiative by Alexander Raetsky 9781857444254
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £13.26In Boris Spassky Master of Initiative, Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik look back over Spassky's long and distinguished career to examine how he defeated his long-time adversaries, carefully... -
Test Your Chess IQ: Bk. 3: Grandmaster Challenge by A. Livshitz 9781857440027
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781857440027Author A. LivshitzFormat PaperbackPage Count 134Imprint -
The Offbeat King's Indian: Lesser Known Tries to Counter This Most Popular of Defences by Krzysztof Panczyk 9781857443615
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.23The King's Indian is one of the most exciting and complex defences that Black can employ against the queen's pawn opening. The main lines of the King's Indian are very sharp and tactical but they are... -
The Nimzo-Indian by John Emms 9781857444247
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.43Are you tired of constantly following the same old opening moves? Fed up with always having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to try something new and exciting, but... -
Chess Developments: the Modern Benoni by Richard Palliser 9781857446814
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.43Chess Developments is a brand new series providing state-of-the-art openings coverage. Chess Developments focuses on the current trends - concentrating on critical lines, theoretical novelties and... -
Attacking with 1 d4 by Angus Dunnington 9781857442588
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.05Tired of playing the same old openings? Worried about having to learn too much theory? Then this book is what you're looking for! International Master Angus Dunnington presents you with an all-new... -
Great Games by Chess Legends, Volume 3 by Craig Pritchett 9781781944714
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.49Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess, such as strategy, attack, defence, opening play, endgames, off-board preparation and mental... -
Mikhail Tal: Tactical Genius by 9781857443653
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.93Mikhail Tal was simply a chess phenomenon. The "magician from Riga" stunned the chess world when he became the youngest ever World Champion (at that time) in 1960, and he won countless supporters for... -
Dangerous Weapons: The French by John Watson 9781857444353
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.73Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings? Are you tired of constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to try out something new and... -
Lessons with a Grandmaster 2: Improve Your Tactical Vision and Dynamic Play with Boris Gulko by Boris Gulko 9781857446975
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?This book is the much anticipated... -
Improve Your Middlegame Play by Andrew Kinsman 9781857442410
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.95This work offers a thorough understanding of the middlegame in chess, which is so essential to the aspiring player who wishes to improve their game. The book uses examples from practical play to... -
The Dark Knight System: A Repertoire with 1...Nc6 by James Schuyler 9781857449952
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £13.26Welcome to the Dark Knight System, a weapon which can be used against virtually every opening White can play! In the Dark Knight System, Black begins with 1...Nc6 and adopts a dark-square strategy... -
Starting Out: Sicilian Scheveningen by Craig Pritchett 9781857444131
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £13.26International Master Craig Pritchett studies the Sicilian Scheveningen in a clear-cut way, introducing the crucial initial moves and ideas and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them,... -
The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess: Improve Your Results Now! by John Emms 9781857444124
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.05John Emms reveals the secrets of how to maximize potential and improve results in competitive play. Drawing upon years of his own experience, Emms tackles the all-important practical aspects of chess... -
Flank Openings: Dazzle Your Opponents! by Richard Palliser 9781857445831
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.05Three well-known opening experts get together to take a revolutionary look at Flank Openings. They concentrate on fresh or little-explored variations, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for... -
Break the Rules!: A Modern Look at Chess Strategy by Neil McDonald 9781857446739
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.74As we progress as chess players we quickly learn a set of guidelines which help us to formulate plans, develop typical strategies and recognize key tactics. However, chess is not an easy game, with... -
Secrets of Spectacular Chess by Jonathan Levitt 9781857445510
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.52In the modern classic Secrets of Spectacular Chess, Jonathan Levitt and David Friedgood shared their joy and appreciation of chess beauty, engulfing readers with a wealth of amazing and magnificent... -
Steinitz: Move by Move by Craig Pritchett 9781781942543
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.11Wilhelm Steinitz was the first undisputed World Chess Champion, and a true legend of the game. Steinitz played chess in precisely the same highly innovative, risk-taking, hard-hitting, yet thoroughly... -
Open Ruy Lopez by Glenn Flear
RRP: £15.99Booksplease Price: £12.74The Open Ruy Lopez (also known as the Open Spanish) has always been a popular choice both at club level and at grandmaster level, where it has withstood the test of time after decades of close... -
Opening Repertoire: Nimzo and Bogo Indian by Christof Sielecki
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £19.52International Master Christof Sielecki presents a repertoire for Black based on the Nimzo-Indian and Bogo-Indian defenses. The Nimzo-Indian has always enjoyed a reputation as a dynamic, reliable... -
Ivanchuk: Move by Move by Junior Tay
RRP: £24.99Booksplease Price: £19.22Vassily Ivanchuk has been one of the World's leading chess players for over two decades. He announced his arrival as a 21-year-old when he defeated Garry Kasparov on the way to winning the Linares... -
Anti-Sicilians: 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... -
Opening repertoire: The Iron English by Simon Williams
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £19.52Grandmaster Simon Williams was taught the English Opening at the age of six and 1 c4 was his weapon of choice until long after he became an International Master. For this new work, he teamed up with... -
Khalifman: My Life and Games by Alexander Khalifman
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.43This book provides an inside account of Khalifman's life and chess career, describing his emergence from promising junior to FIDE World Champion.About the AuthorGennady Nesis has worked with... -
First Steps: The Colle and London Systems by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.11The Colle and London are opening systems for White starting with 1 d4. They are very popular choices at club level and for two very good reasons: 1. Both openings are easy to learn and understand. 2... -
Vasily Smyslov: Endgame Virtuoso V.V. Smyslov 9781857441987
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £10.42Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorGrandmaster Vasily Smyslov is renowned for his artistic mastery of the endgame, and his 1957 World... -
Excelling at Positional Chess: by Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £14.00Positional 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... -
The Samisch King's Indian Uncovered by Alexander Chernaiev
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £12.05The Samisch King's Indian continues to be one of the fiercely contested openings in chess. White's play is based around an extremely solid centre, and there's the very real possibility of launching a... -
The New Old Indian: A Repertoire for Black Against 1 D4 by Alexander Cherniaev
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £13.43The Old Indian Defence is considered to be a sound way for Black to meet 1 d4. Some might argue that it is steady rather than spectacular, but is this reputation totally deserved? Grandmaster... -
A Complete Guide to the Modern/Pirc Complex by Nigel Davies
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.41Everyman Chess's Starting Out series has firmly established itself as the leading guide to studying openings for up-and-coming players. These books are distinguished by their easy-to-read layout, the...