Board games: Chess Books
Everyman Chess Opening Repertoire: 1 d4 with 2 c4
Book SynopsisThese days the move 1 d4 is often used as the precursor to quieter opening choices such as the London System, the Colle System or the Trompovsky. In this book the highly experienced chess author and coach Cyrus Lakdawala goes back to basics, outlining an aggressive repertoire for White based on 1 d4, following up with the traditional 2 c4. The emphasis of the repertoire is to gain space as quickly as possible and set Black the task of finding quick counterplay or face the risk of being overrun. Lakdawala recommends lines with f2-f3 against the Nimzo-Indian, the Petrosian System against the King’s Indian and the Flick Knife (f4 with Bb5+) against the Benoni. With thorough explanations on pawn structures and piece placement, this book provides insight to both strong masters and less experienced players alike. The format is ideal for the chessplayer keen to improve their game. While reading you are continually challenged to answer probing questions – a method that greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of chess knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. * Presents a powerful, aggressive repertoire starting at move one. * Thorough explanations of typical pawn structures and piece manoeuvres. * Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study.
£16.99
Everyman Chess The French Defence: Move by Move
Book SynopsisThe French Defence is a classical opening that has featured in the repertoire of many elite grandmasters. Black generally concedes a slight spacial disadvantage early but in return gains a sound structure and middlegame opportunities to undermine the white centre. A close study of the French Defence can be very rewarding for all players as the structures and themes that arise are found in numerous other openings. In this book grandmaster Damian Lemos guides the reader through the complexities of this dynamic opening and explores all the important variations. 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 practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of opening knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to study any chess opening and at the same time improve your general chess skills and knowledge. * Essential guidance and training in the French Defence * Analyses all key variations * Utilizes an ideal Q+A approach to chess study
£16.99
Everyman Chess Opening Repertoire: The Grünfeld Defence
Book SynopsisThe Grünfeld 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 White to build a strong centre early on in the expectation of being able to undermine it in the middlegame play. Opening Repetoire: The Grünfeld Defence book cuts through the dense theory that surrounds this opening and establishes a straightforward repertoire is based around consistent strategies and concepts. It has all the information necessary to enable the reader to begin playing the Grünfeld with confidence. There are also “Grünfeld-type” suggestions to counter White systems based on the English and Réti openings. In Opening Repertoire: The Grünfeld Defence, Nigel Davies guides the reader through the complexities of the Grünfeld and carves out a repertoire for Black. He examines all aspects of this highly complex opening and provides the reader with well-researched, fresh, and innovative analysis. Each annotated game has valuable lessons on how to play the opening and contains instructive commentary on typical middlegame plans. * A complete repertoire for Black against 1 d4. * A question and answer approach provides an excellent study method.
£16.19
Batsford Ltd What It Takes to Become a Chess Master: chess
Book SynopsisSo you're a fairly decent chess player. You compete in tournaments, you play on the Internet. But you would love to make that leap to become a chess master. What do you need to know, how much do you have to practise, and how much of the success of the masters is simply a matter of innate talent, superior brainpower or just good luck? This useful book, aimed at all chess players who aspire to become chess masters, shows you what the masters know and you don't. Written by one of our biggest-selling and best-loved chess authors, in his trademark chatty, accessible but always informative style, this book is filled with practical exercises and test games that will reveal the secrets of how to join chess's elite ranks.
£15.29
Batsford Reveal Your Chess Style
Book SynopsisUse this unique book to identify your own individual chess-playing style, then discover a wealth of tips and tricks to avoid pitfalls, improve strengths and become the best player you can be.
£17.09
Everyman Chess Analyse Your Chess
Book SynopsisLeading chess author Colin Crouch believes that the key to sustained chess improvement lies in the critical analysis and assessment of your own games. Each and every game you play provides a significant learning opportunity, and this opportunity should never be squandered. In this sequel to his acclaimed Why We Lose at Chess, Crouch examines what we should do to maximize our chess results and ratings, how to turn losses into draws, and draws into wins. Here he focuses on key issues such as improving decision making, how to plan after the opening, how to maintain objectivity, improving endgame skills, the psychological aspects of the game, and much more. Read this book, analyse your chess, and get ready to improve your results! *An indispensible guide to chess improvement *Key advice on planning, strategy and tactics *Covers opening, middlegame and endgame play
£14.39
Gambit Publications Ltd Chess Strategy for Kids
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£13.29
Gambit Publications Ltd Chess Opening Workbook for Kids
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£13.29
Tuttle Publishing Japanese Chess: The Game of Shogi
Book SynopsisLearn and master the fascinating game of Japanese Chess or "Shogi" with this expert guide and chess set.Japanese Chess: The Game of Shogi is the ultimate strategy guidebook for players of any skill level to improve their game and winning strategies. Played by millions around the world, Shogi is the uniquely Japanese variant of chess. It is the only version in which an opponent's captured piece can be dropped back onto the board as one's own. This makes for extremely exciting, dynamic gameplay in which momentum can quickly shift back and forth between players. Trevor Legett, expert player and longtime resident of Japan, gives you all the information you need to play the game, form its basic rules to winning tactics.Also included in this book are: Sample game and commentary Discussion of various opening strategies and game positions Explanation of how to read a Japanese score Fold-out Shogi board Sturdy paper playing pieces Japanese Chess features everything you need to get started playing this challenging and fun game!Trade Review"Invaluable as a guide for beginners and as a review for seasoned players." --The Oriental Economist
£15.29
New In Chess Winning Ugly in Chess: Playing Badly is No Excuse
Book SynopsisWhen was the last time you won a perfect game? A game that was not tainted by inferior moves? Every chess player knows that smooth wins are the exception, that play is often chaotic and positions are frequently irrational. The road to victory is generally full of bumps and misadventures. Welcome to the world of imperfection! Chess books usually feature superbly played games. In this book you will see games where weird moves are rewarded. Cyrus Lakdawala knows that playing good chess is all very well, but that beating your opponent is better. He demonstrates the fine art of winning undeserved victories by: miraculously surviving chaos; throwing vile cheapos; refusing to resign in lost positions; getting lucky breaks; provoking unforced errors, and other ways to land on your feet after a roller-coaster ride. Lakdawala shows how you can make sure that it is your opponent, not you, who makes the last blunder. If youd rather win a bad game than lose a good one, then this your ideal guide. The next time the wrong player wins, you will be that player!
£18.89
Thinkers Publishing The Thinkers Game
Book SynopsisThis book is written for beginners who are interested in the game andwould like to learn more about its various aspects.It covers the technicalaspects of chess: the use of algebraic notation (Chapter 3), chess evaluation(Chapter 4), the opening phase (Chapter 5), the middle game (Chapter 6),the endgame (Chapter 7), and the chess rating system (Chapter 8). It introducesa number of chess problems, formulated with a chess board and chesspieces and presupposing a working knowledge of chess (Chapter 9).It offersan account of variants of chess such as Fischer random chess (Chapter 10). It also covers the cultural aspects of chess: its history (Chapter 2) and statusas an immortal game that might enable it to play a role in the search forextraterrestrial intelligence (Chapter 11). Wherever possible, chess diagramsare provided to help chess beginners make sense of certain points about chess. Algebraic notation will also guide them in understanding certain chess-basedlines of reasoning.Whenever you are ready, let us begin this odyssey ofchess!
£25.19
Quality Chess UK LLP Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 Volume 1
Book SynopsisCoffeehouse Repertoire is a 1.e4 chess player?s dream: an arsenal of ideas from a world-class grandmaster to surprise and confound your opponents, combining coffeehouse trickery with complete theoretical soundness. In Volume 1, GM Gawain Jones shows how to put pressure on the Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian and Alekhine?s Defences, using lines which feature a potent combination of surprise value, objective soundness and practical effectiveness.
£21.24
Edition Olms Chess is My Life
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£17.99
New In Chess How to Become a Candidate Master: A Practical
Book SynopsisSurprise yourself and reach higher! This book is based on real amateur games and shows you how an average club player can proceed through the ranks and reach Candidate Master level. Its a hard struggle, nothing comes for free and your path will be strewn with setbacks and disappointments. Just like in real life. Alex Dunne guides you in the more than 50 games that you will be playing and offers lots of practical, straightforward and effective advice. Slowly but surely, you will improve in all phases of the game: the opening, the middlegame and the endgame. Dunne explains when and how to activate your pieces and how to recognize and punish the errors your opponents are bound to make. At the end of the book, having absorbed these lessons, your experience, technique and confidence will have improved in such a way that your first win against a master will not come as a big surprise.
£17.95
Continental Sales My First Chess Opening Repertoire for Black and
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£15.96
Chronicle Books House of Novelties Chess
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£16.20
Gambit Publications Ltd Understanding Chess Middlegames
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£17.99
Gambit Publications Ltd Applying Logic in Chess
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£19.35
Quality Chess UK LLP Reimagining 1.e4
Book SynopsisEvery chess player faces an opening dilemma: big main lines are complicated and time-consuming to learn, while easy-to-learn sidelines usually suffer from other defects. Finding the best of both worlds has been an impossible dream until now!Reimagining 1.e4 offers the Holy Grail of a simple, easy-to-learn White repertoire, which packs a punch against all of Black's main defences. In some lines, White unleashes a surprise as early as move 3. In others, White follows the known paths for a little longer, but only when there are big rewards to justify a modest effort.
£25.08
Quality Chess UK LLP Questions of Modern Chess Theory: A Soviet
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£14.39
Zeitgeist Winning Chess Exercises for Kids
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£12.34
Quality Chess UK LLP Karpov's Strategic Wins 1: The Making of a
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£17.84
New In Chess Winning Quickly with 1.b3 and 1...b6: Odesskys
Book SynopsisI left chess in 2012. I did not touch it for several years. Then I decided to test my strength in Internet blitz. I started from scratch. The board floated before my eyes, and my knee twitched. Less than two months later, I crossed the grandmaster rating mark. My opponents, among them lots of players with a big name, played chess better than me. Surprisingly though, I knew more. On a small island of chess theory, onto which I lured them, I was better equipped. Much better! About 30% of the games ended in wins around the 20th move. A quarter of the games simply ended in mate. In all games, I opened with the moves 1.b3 and 1b6. International Master Ilya Odessky is the worlds leading expert on the 1.b3 and 1b6 chess opening systems. Despite their apparent calm, these openings can get extremely sharp. Now Odessky presents his findings and achievements of recent years. His baffling traps will help you crush your opponents in the opening, with both White and Black. Odessky admits that some of his lines may objectively be somewhat dubious. But in blitz and rapid games they will lead to spectacular play and many surprising wins. Ilya Odessky will entertain, amuse and surprise you in this highly unusual chess opening book full of ultra-romantic chess.
£21.21
Continental Sales The Tricky Tromp
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£20.85
New In Chess The 100 Tactical Patterns You Must Know Workbook
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£18.86
Quality Chess Key Elements of Chess Tactics
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£21.24
Continental Sales Strategic Play with 1 E4
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£20.85
Quality Chess UK LLP Grandmaster Repertoire 15 - The French Defence
Book SynopsisThe French Defence is one of the most popular and reliable responses to 1.e4. Grandmaster Repertoire 15 The French Defence 2 covers the most critical variation of the Winawer, which occurs after the opening moves 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4. This volume presents three contrasting ways of meeting White''s aggressive opening system: 7cxd4 leading to the notorious Winawer Poisoned Pawn; 700 8.Bd3 f5, a solid yet strategically complex system; and 700 8.Bd3 Nbc6, which leads to a tense, full-blooded battle.Volume One of the series covers White''s other options in the Winawer Variation. Volume Three will deal with the Tarrasch, Advance and all of White''s other options.
£17.99
Quality Chess UK LLP Decision Making in Major Piece Endings
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£17.99
New in Chess Trompowsky Attack & London System: New Ideas,
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£22.91
Gambit Publications Ltd A Complete Chess Course
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£12.82
Quality Chess UK LLP Playing 1.d4 d5: A Classical Repertoire
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£17.99
Quality Chess UK LLP Coffeehouse Repertoire 1.e4 Volume 2
Book SynopsisGM Gawain Jones and GM Jacob Aagaard on Thinking Aloud in Killer Chess Training Coffeehouse Repertoire is a 1.e4 player''s dream: an arsenal of ideas from a world-class grandmaster to surprise and confound your opponents, combining coffeehouse trickery with complete theoretical soundness.In Volume 2, GM Gawain Jones shows how to fight for an advantage against 1e5, plus the French, Pirc, Modern, Philidor and other miscellaneous Defences, using lines which feature a potent combination of surprise value, objective soundness and practical effectiveness. Volume 1 completes the Coffeehouse 1.e4 Repertoire, and covered the Sicilian, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian and Alekhine''s Defences.
£22.49
Quality Chess UK LLP Grandmaster Opening Preparation
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£18.89
Quality Chess UK LLP Playing the Trompowsky: An Attacking Repertoire
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£17.99
New in Chess The Most Exciting Chess Games Ever: The Experts'
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£20.66
New in Chess The How to Study Chess on Your Own Workbook:
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£19.46
Quality Chess 1000 Chess Problems
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£21.24
New in Chess The Greatest Attacker in Chess: The Enigmatic
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£22.91
Quality Chess TurboCharge your Tactics 2
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£25.08
The Crowood Press Ltd Chess Openings
Book SynopsisChess Openings explains the principles which underlie correct opening play and shows how they can be developed to produce strong positions from attack and defence in different situations. Mike Basman consolidates these lessons by investigating five classic openings -the Queen''s Gambit, Giuoco Piano, Nimzo Indian, Morra Gambit and Sicilian Dragon - which together can be used to form the basis of a formidable opening repertoire.
£12.50
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Psychology of Chess
Book SynopsisDo you need to be a genius to be good at chess? What does it take to become a Grandmaster? Can computer programmes beat human intuition in gameplay?The Psychology of Chess is an insightful overview of the roles of intelligence, expertise, and human intuition in playing this complex and ancient game. The book explores the idea of practice makes perfect', alongside accounts of why men perform better than women in international rankings, and why chess has become synonymous with extreme intelligence as well as madness.When artificial intelligence researchers are increasingly studying chess to develop machine learning, The Psychology of Chess shows us how much it has already taught us about the human mind.Table of Contents1. Opening 2. The eye of the master 3. Chunks! 4. The best move 5. Practice makes (almost) perfect 6. Men vs. women 7. Style and intuition 8. Errare humanum est 9. Psychological warfare and training techniques 10. The magic bullet? 11. Costs of playing chess 12. Endgame
£15.58
Union Square & Co. Puzzlewright Guide to Chess
Book SynopsisYou don't have to be a genius to enjoy chess. The practical instruction provided here can help anyone progress from first-timer or novice to capable intermediate player in no time at all, while instilling an understanding of the game's fundamentals, and providing a strong foundation for future advancement. The game's history, the basic moves for each piece, and strategies for openings, middle game, and endgame positions are all covered, and you can measure your progress with the exercises that follow each section. Checkmating tips are included, as is advice for salvaging a draw when you have a weakened position. Unlike many other chess books, the lessons included here are designed for real-world play, using positions that newer players are more likely to encounter. Also featured is a foreword by renowned chessmaster, teacher, and columnist Bruce Pandolfini, who was the instructor played by Ben Kingsley in the filmSearching for Bobby Fischerand the chess consultant for the miniseriesThe
£10.44
Little, Brown & Company Rebel Queen
Book SynopsisA real life Queen's Gambit, this captivating memoir tells the story of one of the most renowned women in chess history, Susan Polgar, taking on a sexist establishment, standing up to an authoritarian empire and rewriting the rules of what women could achieve against the oppressive backdrop of Cold War Eastern Europe.
£22.50
Everyman Chess Ivanchuk: Move by Move
Book SynopsisVassily 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 Super-Grandmaster event. In a distinguished career he has won countless elite tournaments and was a FIDE World Championship finalist. Ivanchuk is considered by many contemporaries to be a chess genius, and he has acquired a huge fan base that delights in his enterprising and creative play. His original style has helped to create games full of brilliant attacking chess and masterful strategy. In this book, Junior Tay invites you to join him in a study of his favourite Ivanchuk games, and shows us how we can all improve by learning from Ivanchuk's masterpieces. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. 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 the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge.Trade Review... if you enjoy games collections, or are interested in one of the most creative minds of the last thirty years, then it's one you should consider adding to your collection. -- Ian Marks Chess Scotland This book is wonderful. It features 40 very well annotated games (only 1 of which is in common with Kalinichenko's Ivanchuk book) with question and answer sections at instructive/critical moments. These are interspersed with diagrams, averaging over one a page. It is a large book, over 500 pages,with quality binding and glossy cover. -- Stephen Ward ChessMastery.co.uk
£21.24
Everyman Chess Opening Repertoire: The Open Games with Black
Book Synopsis1...e5 enjoys an excellent reputation as a reliable defense against White's most popular opening choice, 1 e4. However, anyone who is primed to face the Ruy Lopez must also be prepared to face a number of White alternatives. This collection of variations make up the Open Games and include not only popular choices such as the Italian Game, Scotch Game, Bishop's Opening, King's Gambit, Vienna Game and Four Knights, but also many tricky sidelines and some wild and wacky gambits. Many of these might not be theoretically strong but can be both daunting and dangerous for the uninformed player. In this book, FIDE Master Martin Lokander tackles all these lines head on and presents a practical repertoire for Black in the Open Games. This book tells you everything you need to know about facing the Open Games when White avoids the Ruy Lopez. *Essential reading for 1...e5 players *Every opening bar the Ruy Lopez is covered *Packed with new ideas and critical analysis
£16.99
Everyman Chess Nimzowitsch: Move by Move
Book SynopsisAron Nimzowitsch is one of the most important figures in chess history. He was one of the World's strongest players and contributed enormously to the development of chess both through his games and his writings, which influenced many grandmasters who followed him. Nimzowitsch was a leader of the Hypermodern School, which formed revolutionary ideas on chess strategy to challenge previously held beliefs and created many new opening systems. In this book, Steve Giddins selects and studies his favourite games by Nimzowitsch and examines Nimzowitsch's skills in the vital areas of attack, defence, strategy and endgame play. He demonstrates how we can all improve by learning from Nimzowitsch's masterpieces. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge. *Learn from the games of a chess legend *Important ideas absorbed by continued practice *Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study
£16.19
Everyman Chess Carlsen: Move by Move
Book SynopsisDespite his relatively young age, Magnus Carlsen has already secured his place in chess history as a legend of the game. In a short space of time his accomplishments have been extraordinary. In December 2012 he broke Garry Kasparov's record to become the highest-rated chess player of all time. He followed up this achievement in 2013 by defeating Vishy Anand to become World Chess Champion. Carlsen's universal style, positional mastery and incredible mental strength add up to make him a formidable opponent. In this book, former American Open Champion Cyrus Lakdawala invites you to join him in a study of his favourite Carlsen games. Lakdawala examines Carlsen's skills in attack and defence, exploiting imbalances, accumulating advantages and endgame play, and shows us how we can all improve by learning from Carlsen's masterpieces. Move by Move provides an ideal platform to study chess. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the book, the Move by Move format greatly encourages the learning and practising of vital skills just as much as the traditional assimilation of knowledge. Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge. *Learn from the games of a chess legend *Important ideas absorbed by continued practice *Utilizes an ideal approach to chess study
£16.99
