Books by Richard Palliser

Two compelling titles now brought together in one volume!Beating Unusual Chess Defences: 1 e4 and Beating Unusual Chess Openings

Brought together for the first time in one volume, How to play against 1 d4 and 1 e4.

From the English Opening, Reti and King's Indian Attack through to the Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird's Opening and the Orang-utan, Grob; this work covers the details Black needs to know about facing unusual openings. It provides an understanding of White's possibilities, examining their strengths and weaknesses and organizing a repertoire for Black.

International Master and renowned openings theoretician Richard Palliser presents a complete repertoire for Black against queen's pawn openings based on the dynamic and very much underrated Black Knights Tango.

Chess Developments is a brand new series providing state-of-the-art openings coverage. Richard Palliser examines the most theoretically important and instructive Modern Benoni games from recent years, highlighting the main developments and novelties for both sides.

Investigates one of the most popular openings in chess history. This work concentrates on little-explored and fun-to-play variations of the Queen's Gambit, selecting 'dangerous' options for both colours. It is suitable for ambitious and adventurous players.

The Colle is a solid, reliable system of development based on the popular opening move 1 d4. One of its major advantages is that although the system is very easy to learn and play, it leads to exciting middlegame positions. This book examines the fundamentals of the Colle, elaborating on the crucial early moves and ideas for both sides.

Presents the reader with 1200 puzzles. This comprehensive training manual for chess tactics is suitable for various levels of player.

Grandmaster Joe Gallagher studies the Sicilian Najdorf in a simplistic way, introducing the crucial initial moves and ideas and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them, something that has sometimes been neglected or taken for granted.

Prominent opening specialists take a revolutionary look at the ambitious Dutch Defence and select a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both White and Black.

Are you tired of constantly following the same old opening moves? Fed up with always having to keep up with modern chess theory? This book examines one of the popular and respected openings at various levels of chess: the Nimzo-Indian. It supplies the reader with ideas to revitalize his or her opening repertoire.

The Closed Sicilian is an ideal weapon for chess players who wish for an aggressive way to attack the Sicilian. This CD examines this popular opening at a fundamental level, presenting the early moves and ideas for both sides, explaining the reasoning behind them.

Prominent opening specialists take a revolutionary look at a popular group of openings - the Anti-Sicilians - and select a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both Black and White.

Prominent opening specialists take a revolutionary look at the ever-popular King's Indian and select a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both White and Black.

In this book Richard Palliser provides in-depth coverage of three of the most dangerous set-ups available to White after 1 d4: The Colle-Zukertort, the Barry, and the 150 attacks.

Starting Out: The Trompowsky Attack is a further addition to Everyman's best-selling Starting Out series. Richard Palliser revisits the fundamentals of the Trompowsky, examining the crucial moves and plans for both sides.