Books published by Everyman Chess

Grandmaster Zenon Franco examines in detail Anand's chess career to date. He selects and studies his favourite Anand games, and demonstrates clearly how we can all improve our chess by learning from Anand's play.

Grandmaster Simon Williams presents a complete repertoire for Black with the Dutch Defense, which is based on his own repertoire he has used successfully at grandmaster level for many years.

Grandmaster Damian Lemos presents an easy-to-learn repertoire for White against both the King's Indian and Grunfeld defences. His choices are largely based on his own repertoire he used on the way to becoming a Grandmaster.

Lorin D'Costa invites you to join him in studying the Panov-Botvinnik Attack in the Caro-Kann, plus the closely related 2 c4 variation.

Christof Sielecki presents a repertoire for Black against mainline 1 d4, with the Nimzo-Indian and Bogo-Indian defenses. Sielecki focuses on lines where Black adopts a dark-square strategy. This creates a system-type approach linking variations to a common theme, making the repertoire much easier to learn and understand.

Lakdawala outlines a repertoire for White, examines the main ideas for both sides and tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing the Trompowsky.

Sam Collins highlights the typical plans and tactics for both sides, presents repertoire options for Black and provides answers to all the key questions.

Most competitive players are very familiar with the idea of a sacrificial checkmating attack, but the positional sacrifice has been strangely neglected. By means of a subtle positional sacrifice, a player can sometimes fundamentally alter the course of a game in his or her favor. In this instructive and entertaining book International Master Neil McDonald demonstrates just how effective well-executed positional sacrifices are. Topics covered include sacrifices to open lines for the pieces, sacrifices as a defensive weapon, the exchange sacrifice, the psychology of sacrifice and much more.

Michal Krasenkow provides a treasure trove of chess puzzles designed to stretch the minds of all players. Solutions are often hidden, spectacular and unexpected, and are specifically designed to improve a player's imagination and calculation.

The Queen's Gambit is one of the most important openings in chess and is White's best chance for an advantage after 1 d4 d5. This CD aims to solve the problem by presenting a workable repertoire; and covers various Black's defences. It is useful for improvers, club players and tournament players.

Peter Lalic presents a repertoire for Black in the Accelerated Dragon. He outlines a reliable system of development, examines thematic positions and answers all the frequently asked questions.

Cyrus Lakdawala examines the popular Scandinavian Defence, focusing on the modern lines with 3...Qd6. He presents a repertoire for Black and tells you everything you need to know about playing the Scandinavian.

In Survival Guide for Chess Parents, Tanya Jones concentrates on the numerous aspects of being a "chess parent" and answers the many questions facing those with chess-playing children.

Colin Crouch examines the tremendous fighting qualities of today's top players.

This entertaining and instructive book uses the author's own tried and tested training methods and is ideal for any player in the 100-160 BCF (1400-1900 ELO/USCF) grading range.

The reader is invited to step into a Grandmaster's shoes, work out all the relevant tactics and strategies of the game, and select a move out of a possible four choices.

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

Craig Pritchett chooses and examines five chess legends, whose spirit expresses a commitment to the discovery and revelation of truth and beauty on the chessboard.

Opening expert Tony Rotella presents a Sicilian repertoire for Black, the backbone of which consists of the Kalashnikov Variation.

International Master Craig Pritchett studies the Sicilian Scheveningen in a clear-cut way, introducing the crucial initial moves and ideas and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them, something that is sometimes neglected or taken for granted.

In this easy-to-read guide, Grandmaster and renowned endgames expert John Emms concentrates on the absolute fundamentals of minor piece endings and slowly but surely arms readers with the essential knowledge and confidence to move onto slightly trickier positions. As is normal with the "Starting Out" series, there are an abundance of notes, tips, and warnings throughout the book to help improving players.

In this book Matthew Sadler shares his secrets and reveals how to incorporate unorthodox openings into your repertoire; how to study middlegame situations and how to understand what is important in the endgame.

In this book Grandmaster Nigel Davies presents readers with up-to-date coverage of this ever-expanding opening. Using model games for both White and Black, he studies the key strategies and tactics associated with the Trompowsky.

In this highly original and instructive test yourself book, Grandmaster Chris Ward presents a selection of carefully chosen puzzles for the reader to solve.

This book provides the reader with a selection of puzzles that simulate real game scenarios, offering readers a choice of tempting alternatives and requiring them to pick the best

In this easy-to-read guide, the author goes back to the basics of the Queen's Gambit Declined, studying the key principles of its many variations. This book is part of the Starting Out series, which also includes: The Sicilian, The Nimzo Indian, The French, The King's Indian, and The Caro-Kann.

Cyrus Lakdawala examines Kramnik's skills in attack and defence, exploiting imbalances, dynamic elements, accumulating advantages and endgame play.

With the Nimzo-Indian being such a fashionable opening, Black players are put off by the possibility of having to learn a labyrinth of variations. In this book, the author solves this problem by constructing a repertoire for Black, offering a solution against each of White's tries, whether it's a critical main line or a tricky side variation.