Books published by Everyman Chess

This book provides the reader with the fundamental knowledge required to play chess with confidence.

This is a comprehensive coverage of this important chess opening in which White aims to stifle Black's normal piece play. This strategy has been used both by Kasparov and Karpov.

Part of the "Starting Out" series, acclaimed for its approach to tackling chess openings, this work provides the basics of the Queen's Gambit Declined, an opening of historical importance, introducing the key moves and ideas, and explaining the reasoning behind them. It also provides tips and warnings highlighting the characteristics of this move.

Grandmaster and renowned chess teacher Johan Hellsten provides an essential foundation of opening strategy and an abundance of carefully selected exercises so that readers can monitor their progress.

Neil McDonald studies the key components of successful rule-breaking in chess. He examines how to avoid stereotypical thinking, how to exploit typical thinking patterns, and how to win with unexpected ideas.

International Master Gary Lane is convinced that successful chess attacks are all about preparation. He focuses on planning and strategy, and introduces easy-to-learn attacking techniques for club players.

Sam Collins explores gambit play and facing aggressive chess: how to beat unsound gambits, how to deal with pressure, how to counterattack and how to make your extra material count.

Former US Open Champion Timothy Taylor presents weapons for Black against the hugely popular Spanish Opening, with a repertoire based on the Modern Steinitz Defence.

Well-known opening experts take a revolutionary look at the Caro-Kann Defence and select a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both White and Black.

Lorin D'Costa presents an essential guide to attacking and defending the king, covering the crucial skills and techniques that are required to be successful.

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

Timothy Taylor takes a contemporary look at one of Black's most ambitious counters to 1 e4, the Alekhine Defence. He constructs a practical repertoire for Black, ideal for the modern-day player.

Using his favourite weapon - the Tarrasch Variation - Andreas Tzermiadianos reveals an abundance of opening ideas and novelties, and provides the reader with a complete repertoire against the French Defence.

Grandmaster Nigel Davies revisits the fundamentals of the Modern Defence, studying in depth the crucial early moves and plans for both sides. This book is ideal for up-and-coming players.

Christoph Scheerer examines in depth the greatest opening ideas of all time. Discover the stories behind them and learn how you can use these ideas to improve your own chess.

Joel Benjamin is one of the most prominent faces in the history of US chess. At thirteen years of age, he broke Bobby Fischer's record as the youngest ever national master, and this was followed by countless tournament successes. Here, he takes the reader on a journey through chess adventures spanning more than thirty years.

Takes a look at one of the most famous and widely-played chess openings. This book concentrates on little-explored variations, selecting 'dangerous' options for both colours. It is suitable for ambitious and adventurous players.

In Gambiteer, opening expert Nigel Davies produces a complete opening repertoire which is certainly not for the faint-hearted: a no holds barred weaponry of wild attacking ideas for both colours. Whilst the first volume dealt with a gambit-style approach for White, this second book concentrates on an ambitious Black repertoire.

Offering a different approach to tackling chess openings, this book presents the basics and elaborates on the crucial early moves and ideas for both sides. It contains notes, tips and warnings that highlight the vital characteristics of the Accelerated Dragon and of opening play in general. It also covers the Hyper-Accelerated Dragon.

In this book, Timothy Taylor gets to grips with the King's Indian and Grunfeld, providing White with a number of easy-to-learn and effective weapons which are specially designed to cause Black maximum discomfort. Taylor examines the typical tactical and positional ideas for both players, highlighting the tricks and pitfalls one must look out for.

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.

Rudolph Spielmann was one of the most fearsome attacking players in the history of chess. In this book, Neil McDonald takes a look back some of Spielmann's most glorious attacks and famous combinations.

Fire on Board begins where the best-selling first edition left off in 1996. Grandmaster Alexei Shirov traces his progress at the top of the chess world since that year and presents a delightful collection of his favorite games, all explained in great detail to readers.

This book enables keen students to improve their understanding of the opening phase of the game. It develops themes originally discussed in Improve Your Opening Play.

The return in 1992 of American Grandmaster Bobby Fischer against his old rival Boris Spassky has reawakened interest in the games of one of the most determined World Champions of all time. To Fischer, chess is a highly competitive sport which requires not only meticulous opening preparation, a high state of tactical alertness and perfect technique, but also a constant striving for the initiative, immense will to win and even calculated risk-taking. In 1972, when he won the supreme crown, he was years ahead of his time in his chess understanding and he influenced the way competitive chess is played today. Now he is back, all chess enthusiasts will be able to compare Fischer with the younger generation such as Kasparov and Short, neither of whom has played a single competitive game against the enigmatic American. By studying the deeply researched and thematically arranged material in this book, players of all strengths will change their attitude towards the game and improve their own play. (5 11/16' X 8 1/4', 276 pages, index, illustrations)