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New In Chess Yearbook 55 £15/$22.50(Softback) £18/$26.99 (hardback) These days an increasing number of opening variations are dissected to the very bone. Join the search of our contributors for the ultimate truth, including: Sicilian English Attack 11.h4 b4 12.Nb1 |
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ChessBase Magazine 76 (CD) £17.95/$26.50 The multimedia database is dedicated to a single subject: Fritz at the Dutch Championship. The event and the participation of the computer created a world-wide stir. While Fritz tried its luck against top GMs the controversy raged. Frederic Friedel discusses the issues of humans Vs computers with the world's top players on video. In his thought-provoking multimedia report you will find interviews with tournament director Gert Gijssen, with the most vocal opponents Tim Krabbé and Gert Ligtering, with proponent Jaap van den Herik, and with the players Loek van Wely and Jeroen Piket. Also games from Linares and Bundesliga Final - more than 1,800 in total. |
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ChessBase Magazine 76 Extra
(CD) £15/$22.50 Multimedia Reports: * Linares 2000. Interviews with Garry Khtmlarov and Vladimir Kramnik * Blitzturnier in Kuppenheim. Database with 6000 games: * Frankfurt Chess Classics * EU ch (Women) * Dreiflüsse * Open in Passau * Hamburg ch-In * CZE-ch Opava * IND-ch Mumbai * TKM-ch Ashgabat * New York Open * Ljubljana Open * Pula Open |
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Kramnik: My Life and Games Kramnik & Damsky £17.99/$24.95, 270 pages. Kramnik celebrates his forthcoming World Championship match with Khtmlarov with the publication of a superb chess autobiography. The book describes his life and chess career, beginning with his unusual childhood. It features more than 50 of his best games, deeply annotated, plus numerous additional games and games extracts. |
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Batsford's Modern Chess
Openings Nick De Firmian £19.99/$29.99 708 pages. Its been 10 years since the last edition of MCO was released, and this latest volume (of over 700 pages) has been completely revised to incorporate the latest in opening trends. However, the presentation of analysis which made MCO so popular remains. The book is divided into five sections of major groups of openings, each section containing chapters of the specific openings. Chapter openings give an overview of the strategic concepts and some historical information. |
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Archangel and New Archangel
two dynamic systems to counter the Ruy Lopez - Panczyk &
Emms £12.99.$18.95 160 pages The first book devoted to these dynamic opening variations (which are played by Shirov). Latest theory (includes games from 2000) with full index of variations. |
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Action Chess Purdy's
24 Hours opening Repertoire Purdy £16.99/$24.99 191 pages Taken from his series of articles entitled "Openings in 10 hours" Purdy presents in his inimitable way an All Purpose Opening System. The aim of the book is to give Black the best chances out of the opening with the minimum of preparation. Openings considered: French Defense, Sicilian, Colle System, Queen's Gambit and much more! |
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Vienna Game Lane £14.99/$19.95 144 pages The Vienna Game ( 1e4 e5 2 Nc3) gives white great flexibility - allowing him to choose between tactical or positional lines depending on his style of play. The opening has been employed by Michael Adams, Nigel Short and Boris Spassky with great success. Lane provides comprehensive coverage of every important variation in the Vienna using only the latest material (games up until April 2000). |
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Chess Tournaments
and Matches 1904 Gillam £13.99/$19.95 142 pages All the games of the top chess events of 1904: including Monte Carlo, Cambridge Springs, Coburg, Schlechter-Teichman, Marco-Janowski. Includes opening index, player index and tournament cross-tables. |
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The Most Amazing
Chess Moves of All Time Emms £13.99/$19.95 192 pages In this book, John Emms has selected, from hundreds of candidates, the 200 most amazing chess moves of all time. In each case, the reader is given the chance to try find the move for himself- making this one of the most challenging chess puzzle books ever published. he provides full solutions, focusing on what can be learned from each Amazing Move, and what makes it so hard to see. |
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Learn Chess Nunn £7.99/$9.95 192 pages No prior knowledge is assumed. The reader learns step-by-step, with each new point illustrated by clear examples. By the end of the book, the reader will be fully ready to take on opponents across the board, or on the internet, and start winning. Topics include: - The rules of chess - Chess notation - How to win material - Attacking play - The Opening - The Middlegame - The Endgame - Chess Psychology. |
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Easy Guide to the
Nge2 King's Indian (winning with the Hungarian Attack) Forintos & Haag £12.99/$18.95 128 pages This book offers white a complete and potentially deadly system against the King's Indian, co-authored by Forintos, the world's leading exponent of this variation. It is a positionally sound system which also offers White attacking chances against the Black king - Black can easily end up in a hopeless position without doing anything obviously wrong. Material up till the end of 1999 and detailed analysis |
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Easy Guide to the
Classical Sicilian (featuring the Richter-Rauzer and Sozin Attacks) Jouni Yrjola £12.99/$18.95 128 pages Complete coverage of the Classical Sicilian, split into sections on the Boleslavsky position-type, the Dragon, the Sozin and Velimirovic Attacks, the Rauzer and Richter-Rauzer. Written from Black's perspective giving him a complete repertoire. With material up till the end of 1999 and detailed analysis, including conclusions on Black's options at the end of each chapter, this book provides all the information to enable the reader to play the Classical Sicilian with confidence. |
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Soviet Chess Andrew Soltis £44.99/$67.50 450 pages Soviet Chess provides a comprehensive history of the period 1917-91 in the USSR - detailing the leading players of the period against the economic and political conditions of a communist society. This beautiful book contains comprehensive indexes, bibliography and sources, and comes highly recommended.
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GM-Ram by Rashid Ziyatdinov £14.95/$22.50 150 pages. Over 250 challenging positions to solve from the middlegame and endgame, many containing valuable tricks that recur time and time again. The positions are made even more challenging by the fact that no solutions are given, so you've got to work them out all by yourself! |
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The Chess -
Monthly Volume II. 1880-1 Edited by Hoffer & Zukertort £24.99/$37.50 381 pages Hoffer's impressive magazine, with the collaboration of Zukertort until his death in 1888, ran from 1879 to 1896, (not to be confused with Morphy's periodical of the same name which ended its short run in 1861. 381 pages packed with extensively annotated games, problems, endgames and world chess news |
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The Chess
Player's Chronicle Vol. VIII. 1847 Edited by H. Staunton £24.99/$37.50 425 pages Another in this great series of Howard Staunton's own periodical, with 425 pages filled with games, problems, news from the British chess scene. |
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Tal-Botvinnik
1960 Mikhail Tal $22.50/£14.99 220 pages (Released May'2000) This is a revised and expanded fifth edition of Tal-Botvinnik 1960, that was first published in English in 1970. This excellent book is packed full of annotations by Tal himself, giving a rare insight into the mind of one of the world's finest tacticians. |
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