Books published by Everyman Chess

Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings? This title takes a different look at one of the most famous and widely-played chess openings: the French Defence. It concentrates on fresh or little-explored variations of the French, selecting many options for both colours. It aims to offer many ideas to the reader.

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.

Russian international master Alexander Raetsky draws upon his wealth of experience in playing in the tough chess tournament circuit to supply the reader with a complete repertoire for Black against White's very popular opening move 1 e4.

Brought together in one volume as part of Everyman Chess's series of compilation books: Play the Najdorf: Scheveningen Style by John Emms and Play the King's Indian: A complete Repertoire for Black in this most dynamic of openings by Joe Gallagher.

In this book, prolific chess author Cyrus Lakdawala recommends a repertoire for White players who like to open 1 e4

Egon Varnusz concludes his authoritative study of Keres' finest games with commentaries on a further 240, all this selection opening 1 e4.

First published in 1942, the late B.H. Wood's classic Easy Guide to Chess has been successfully used by thousands of chess players around the world.

Building and maintaining an opening repertoire can be a demanding task. In this book, the author solves this problem by providing the reader with a repertoire with the white pieces based on the popular opening move 1 d4. The recommended lines given here have stood the test of time and are regularly employed by Grandmasters.

Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, Mastering the Opening by Byron Jacobs and Mastering the Middlegame by Angus Dunnington in one volume. These books are ideal for keen club players who want to improve and are seeking to better their understanding of these key stages of a chess game: the opening, when the battle lines are drawn and the middlegame when the armies commence hand to hand combat. Both books are written in a user-friendly style with plenty of notes, tips and warnings to illustrate key points. The authors are experienced at writing for players of all levels and are particularly noted for their ability to explain ideas in a clear and straightforward fashion. The books are particularly useful for those players who honed their skills with the earlier Everyman Chess books Improve Your Opening Play and Improve Your Middlegame Play.

Three brilliant books from Everyman Chess brought together in one volume. The Masters: Alexander Alekhine, Master of Attack The Masters: Boris Spassky, Master of Initiative The Masters: Mikhail Tal, Tactical Genius By Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik

Three classic titles from the Everyman Chess Starting Out Series in one volume. ----- Starting Out: Pawn Endgames by Glenn Flear --- Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames by John Emms --- Starting Out: Rook Endgames by Chris Ward

In Play 1...Nc6!, Christoph Wisnewski provides the reader with an ambitious and all-encompassing chess opening repertoire for Black against every main line opening that White can play, based on the initial move 1...Nc6. Reading through this book will allow you to being playing this opening with the necessary skill and confidence in your own games.

This instructive book for competitive players, based on Edmar Mednis' classic Practical Endgame Lessons, provides the reader with a wealth of useful instruction in endgame play, reinforced by a a series of tests presented as simulations of tournament play.

One of the best ways to improve is to study the games of a top Grandmaster, and Ivan Sokolov's uncompromising style and tactical flair make him a perfect role model. In this book Sokolov demonstrates the deadly effectiveness of his systems against openings such as The Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Gambit, Slav and King's Indian

In this unique book, International Master Jacob Aagaard selects many original examples of positional chess, the creme de la creme of those that he uses for training and study.

International Master Cyrus Lakdawala examines both openings in detail and provides a highly practical repertoire for White based on a mix of the Colle and the London.

The Grunfeld is an exciting and dynamic answer to 1 d4, and has become very popular at all levels of chess. This work presents a comprehensive repertoire for Black, offering a solution against each of White's tries, whether it's a critical main line or a tricky sideline. It covers White's main tries, and reveals the tactical ideas for both sides.

In this book, Andrew Greet provides a comprehensive and yet concise repertoire for White in the popular Ruy Lopez, one that can be assimilated into an opening armoury with relative ease. A study of this book will allow the reader to begin playing the Ruy Lopez with confidence in his or her own games.

International Master Jimmy Liew invites you to join him in a study of his favorite opening. He provides answers to all the key questions and tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing the Veresov.

In Play the English! Craig Pritchett produces a comprehensive and yet practical repertoire for White in this sophisticated opening favoured by World Champions Kasparov and Kramnik, presenting an answer to all of Black's key defences, whether they are in the crucial main lines or the tricky offbeat variations.

Per Ostman describes in detail a clear thinking process he has developed over several years as a chess teacher, a process to guide us in our ultimate search to find the best move, time after time.

In this book Nigel Davies offers a complete repertoire for Black after 1 e4 e5, including a dependable defence to the Ruy Lopez--White's most popular attacking try in the Open Games.

Award-winning chess coach Erik Czerwin provides a complete and solid foundation of chess fundamentals.