Books published by Everyman Chess

This book teaches you how to attack the Sicilian Defence by using the 'Seven Deadly Sacrifices'.

Milos Pavlovic devises a sound and yet ambitious repertoire for Black against the Ruy Lopez, the basis of which is provided by the legendary and ever-popular Marshall Attack.

The 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 enjoyment of chess.

Neil McDonald advocates his favourite opening - the French Defence - and chooses a repertoire for Black that requires minimum study.

Former US Open winner Timothy Taylor offers an instructive and entertaining account of how to improve both your understanding of chess and your results.

Jovanka Houska reveals everything you need to know about the Scandinavian, whether you are playing it as Black or facing it with White.

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.

Discover the stories behind the most cunning tricks and traps of all time; how you can utilize them to score easy wins and how you can avoid falling into them yourself.

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.

Simon Williams presents an opening repertoire for Black with the French Defence. He combines his unique attacking ideas with the traditionally solid French structure to produce a powerful armoury of weapons for Black.

Chess for Rookies is a fun-to-read guide for the regular person. Assuming no prior knowledge of this famous game, Craig Pritchett takes the reader on a journey through the crucial basics of chess. Mixed with instruction and humour, this book is an ideal way to learn chess and improve your skills.

The Philidor is a dynamic and underrated answer to White's most popular opening move, 1 e4. This work uncovers the secrets behind this opening. It also examines the key tactical and strategic ideas for both White and Black, while highlighting crucial issues such as move-order options - a major weapon for the modern Grandmaster.

A selection of some of the most prominent strategists in chess history and highlights the major contributions they made. This book examines their differing approaches and styles, and from Nimzowitsch to Kramnik, how they followed in each other's footsteps. It helps you to understand and improve in one of the most crucial elements of the game.

Provides approach to tackling chess openings. This book helps reader with a plethora of notes, tips and warnings highlighting the vital characteristics of the Sicilian Sveshnikov and of opening play in general.

Winning Chess Brilliancies by International Grand Master Yasser Seirawan provides a move-by-move account of the best chess games of the last 25 years, played by the world's foremost chess competitors.

In this revolutionary book, Grandmaster Joe Gallagher goes back to basics, studying the fundamental principles of the Pirc/Modern and its numerous variations. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips and warnings to guide the improving player, while important strategies, ideas, and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated. This book is ideal for the improving player.

In this book Grandmaster and opening expert John Emms produces a comprehensive but workable black repertoire against all of White's possible options in the Najdorf. The Najdorf is one of the most sharp, dynamic, and popular openings that Black can play and is a firm favorite amongst the world's elite players, including world number one Garry Kasparov.

Ideal for those wanting to understand the basics of the English Opening. The English is a sophisticated and popular opening system that is suitable for all types of players and can lead to both positional and tactical middlegames. Many of the world¿s top players, including Kasparov and Kramnik, include the English in their openings weaponry. In this groundbreaking book, Grandmaster Neil McDonald revisits the basic principles behind the English and its many variations. Throughout this easy-to-read guide the reader is aided by a wealth of notes, tips and warnings from the author, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated. This book is ideal for the improving player. *Written by an openings expert *All the important lines are covered *A back-to-basics look at one of the most important openings.

Are you: K.O.'d by the King's Indian? Nervous about the Nimzo? Intrigued by the English? In this comprehensive book for players of all ages, Grandmaster Kallai provides a straightforward, easy-to-use guide to surviving the maze of chess openings, covering all the popular modern openings starting with 1 d4, 1 c4, and 1 Nf3, as well as some of the lesser-known alternatives to 1 e4. Rather than present a mass of bewildering variations, as is common in most opening books, the author concentrates on developing a solid understanding of the ideas of each opening so that readers can start each game with confidence. He arms the aspiring player with the fundamental gorunding essential for achieving sound and promising positions from the opening, with an empahasis on formulating good plans for the middlegame. Hungarian Grandmaster Gabor Kallai has won numerous tournaments and is the author of several other opening books. The companion volume to this book, Basic Chess Openings, covers all of the openings starting with 1 e4, and is also available from Cadogan.

International Master Timothy Taylor unearths the secrets of Bird's Opening and its many deviations. Using illustrative games, he examines tactical and positional ideas for both colors and recommends the best paths.

The Closed Sicilian has always been a great favorite with chess club and tournament players. Here, Grand Master Daniel King explains the strategy and tactics of this dynamic opening variation, using model games for both sides to illustrate the important ideas. Armed with this book, readers will have everything they need to know to play the opening with either White or Black.

In The Dynamic Reti, Grandmaster Nigel Davies redresses the balance and advocates a repertoire for White based on this popular opening.

In this groundbreaking book, opening experts Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik provide a comprehensive coverage of the Catalan, outlining the most common plans and tactics for both White and Black, and studying the latest theoretical developments in the most important variations.

The King's Indian has always been one of the sharpest, most complex and popular openings that Black can play; it still provides the setting for many encounters at the elite level of Grandmaster chess. Straight from the start, Black fights for the initiative and in many variations, while White pursues material gains, it is Black who has the psychological advantage of trying checkmate the opponent's king. Despite its many advantages, some prospective King's Indian players are put off by the seemingly endless amount of theory one is supposed to learn. In Play the King's Indian, however, Grandmaster and life-long King's Indian devotee Joe Gallagher has produced a comprehensive and yet workable black repertoire against all of White's most dangerous possibilities. *Written by a renowned King's Indian expert *Includes up-to-date theory on a fascinating opening *Covers all of White's replies

In this book, renowned opening theoreticians Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik explain in detail the positional and tactical possibilities for both White and Black in the 1...e5 English.

The Advance variation of the Caro-Kann (1 e4 c6 d4 d5 3 e5) is a highly aggressive method of countering one of Black's most solid defenses. White immediately seizes ground in the center and lays the basis of a middlegame attack. Over the past few years Alexei Shirov, Nigel Short, Veselin Topalov and Gata Kamsky have made major contribution to update the theory of this variation and their example has inspired thousands of club and tournament plyaers to adopt it into their own repertoires. In this book, International Master Byron Jacobs explains the strategy and tactics of this highly fashionable variation. Through the use of model games for both sides, the author provides a thorough grounding in the key ideas, so that readers can quickly and confidently start to use the Advance Caro-Kann in their own games.