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Fire on Board: Best Games from 1983-2004 by Alexei Shirov
RRP: $33.49Booksplease Price: $27.81Grandmaster 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: $20.09Booksplease Price: $19.26In 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... -
Mastering Opening Strategy by Johan Hellsten
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $22.12Study brings wisdom. Practice brings perfection. This book is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Johan Hellsten's acclaimed Mastering Chess Strategy. In this new book Hellsten focuses exclusively on... -
The Classical French: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $21.16This 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 Trompowsky Attack: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $21.16This 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 Slav by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.62The 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... -
Attack with Mikhail Tal by Mikhail Tal
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.47Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorThe legendary Mikhail Tal was the finest ever exponent of attacking chess. His all-out sacrificial style... -
Squeeze Play by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.76The hero has no advantage whatsoever but somehow manages to keep setting the opponent problems. Their opponent goes slightly astray and suddenly hero has a tiny advantage. It's not much but now that... -
The Nimzo-Indian: Move by Move by John Emms
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $22.12'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'... -
Play the Queen's Gambit by Chris Ward 9781857444117
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.44Few 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:... -
Why We Lose at Chess by Colin Crouch 9781857446364
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $17.07The main reason why we lose at chess is no big secret: we all make unnecessary mistakes! But simply acknowledging this fact isn't enough to help us improve. The big question is, how can we eliminate... -
Gambit Busters: Take it, Keep it ... and Win! by Sam Collins 9781857446425
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $17.07We have all experienced nasty gambits and ultra-aggressive opening play. It's scary and it's always been difficult to find good, practical advice on how to react. Now, however, help is at hand. In... -
The AI Revolution in Chess by Joshua Doknjas 9781781945988
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.83In 2018 DeepMind published the shocking results of their chess-playing artificial intelligence software, AlphaZero. Chess players looked in disbelief and immediately wondered how AI would affect the... -
Rook Endgames by Chris Ward 9781857443745
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $17.77Endgames with kings, rooks and pawns are by far the most common type--it is estimated that rook endgames are reached in nearly one in five of all chess games. Grandmaster and well-known endgames... -
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Power Play: Learn from Topalov, Geller, Bronstein, Alekhine and Morphy by Neil McDonald 9781857445978
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $18.00Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess: strategy, attack, opening play and gambits, classical play, endgames and preparation. In each... -
Opening Repertoire: The Sicilian Najdorf by John Doknjas 9781781944837
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $22.12The 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... -
Opening repertoire: The Iron English by Simon Williams
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $26.16Grandmaster 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... -
A Disreputable Opening Repertoire by Jonathan Tait
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.76A highly adventurous repertoire designed to meet 1 e4 with 1...e5 and take the initiative! The main problem Black faces in answering 1 e4 with 1...e5 is the plethora of opening systems available to... -
Closed Sicilian: Move by Move by Carsten Hansen
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $26.16The opponent who answers 1 e4 with an emphatic 1...c5 (The Sicilian Defence) is often looking for a fight. Such players can be highly theoretically prepared and itching to launch into their own pet... -
The Starting Out: The Scotch Game by John Emms
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $18.76The Scotch Game is one of the oldest openings in chess and has a great history, but more recently it was catapulted back into the limelight due to the enterprise of World number one Garry Kasparov,... -
Winning Chess Openings by Yasser Seirawan
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $19.40Start every game with confidence! The two greatest challenges for beginning chess players are not only to survive the openings phase, but also to choose appropriate attack and defence formations in... -
Dynamic Defence by Neil McDonald 9781781945902
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.76Every chessplayer, from beginner to world champion, loves to win a game with a brilliant attacking display. However many, if not most, attacks that end in victory do so due to inaccurate defence... -
The Unknown Fischer by Cyrus Lakdawala 9781781947142
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.76It 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... -
Play the Budapest Gambit Andrew Martin 9781781945889
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.76The Budapest Gambit (1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e5) is an aggressive, dynamic approach for meeting 1 d4 and is a great line for throwing opponents onto their own resources. It is certainly double-edged as Black... -
The Killer Dutch Rebooted by Simon Williams
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.50Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781781946411Author Simon WilliamsFormat PaperbackPage Count 400Imprint -
Tactical Training in the Endgame by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $20.76Goethe once wrote, "Everything is both simpler than we can imagine, and more complicated than we can conceive." He could well have had chess endgames in mind. Endgames have fewer pieces on the board... -
Play Winning Chess by Yasser Seirawan
RRP: $21.43Booksplease Price: $17.07Play Winning Chess is an introduction to the moves, strategies and philosophy of chess, with clear explanations of the games, fundamental and instructive examples, question-and-answer sections,... -
Bird's Opening: Detailed Coverage of an Underrated and Dynamic Choice for White Timothy Taylor 9781857444025
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $15.80Bird'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... -
The Colle: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $26.16This 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... -
Art of Attack in Chess by Vladimir Vukovic
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $18.76One of the finest chess books ever written Vukovic expounds both the basic principles and the most complex forms of attack on the king. A study of this masterpiece will add new power and brilliance... -
Chess for Rookies: Learn to Play, Win and Enjoy by Craig Pritchett 9781857445350
RRP: $18.75Booksplease Price: $15.72Chess is an enthralling game that provides countless hours of enjoyment for players young and old, but it's true that for the beginner it can often seem like an intimidating prospect. Have you tried... -
Checkmate!: My First Chess Book Garry Kasparov 9781857443585
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.64Discover all the various pieces - the king, the queen, the knights, the bishops and the pawns. Find out how the pieces move, the values of the chessmen, how to attack and how to defend, how to... -
The Slav: Move by Move by Cyrus Lakdawala 9781857446784
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $21.16Move by Move is a 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 greatly... -
A Complete Repertoire based on Nc3 and Nc6 by Cyrus Lakdawala 9781781944950
RRP: $26.79Booksplease Price: $21.16Tired of playing the same old openings? Bored with stuffy opening theory? A Ferocious Opening Repertoire provides a welcome antidote! Former American Open Champion Cyrus Lakdawala presents a range of... -
Opening Repertoire: The Sicilian Taimanov by Nigel Davies 9781781946022
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $19.83The Sicilian Taimanov (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 Nc6) is a very flexible Black system in the Sicilian Defence developed by Mark Taimanov. It is characterised by the development of the... -
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack by Gawain Jones 9781857445473
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $17.58The Grand Prix Attack is one of White's most aggressive ways of fighting the Sicilian. It leads to a sharp, complex battle from the very beginning, and White's play is characterized by its lightning... -
Surprise in Chess by Amatzia Avni 9781857442106
RRP: $14.73Booksplease Price: $11.64Written by a professional psychologist, this book explains the importance of suprise in disorienting and disarming an opponent in a game of chess. 'About the AuthorFIDE Master Amatzia Avni is a... -
Bobby Fischer: His Approach to Chess by Elie Agur 9781857440010
RRP: $22.77Booksplease Price: $16.78The return in 1992 of American Grandmaster Bobby Fischer against his old rival Boris Spassky reawakened interest in the games of one of the most determined World Champions of all time. To Fischer... -
The Scotch Game by Yelena Dembo 9781857446326
RRP: $25.45Booksplease Price: $20.73Yelena Dembo takes a modern-day look at the Scotch Game, providing thorough coverage of the critical main lines and studying the key tactical and positional ideas for White and Black.About the... -
Starting Out: 1e4: A Reliable Repertoire For The Opening Player by Neil McDonald 9781857444162
RRP: $20.09Booksplease Price: $16.78Building 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...