Newest Chess Books

In Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy, International Grandmaster Neil McDonald examines the games of players who are famous for making a large contribution to strategic play in chess. The players include world champions like Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian and Capablanca.

Not only does McDonald point out the difference between the players' style, he also explains how chess strategy has deve...

You may be a brilliant strategical chess player, without the necessary tactical vision, you will never win a chess game. Therefore you will have to practice your tactics reguraly and what is easier and more fun that practising it with tactical problems? With only a couple of minutes a day, a player can improve his tactical skills. So where can you find a collection of tactical problems to enable y...

Do you like to complicate the game right from the beginning? Do you feel the need to use tactics of all sorts? Are you in for a lot of calculation? Do you hate quite positional games? Are you a Gambiteer? If you can answers all these questions with 'Yes!' than you will definitely like this book!

In the Gambiteer series, Nigel Davies, well known for his attacking openings, has designed a...

The Classical variation of the Sicilian Defence is one of the most reliable responses to white's first move 1.e4, therefore it is included in the repertoires of world class players like Viswanathan Anand, Alexei Shirov and, at the time of writing, World Champion Vladimir Kramnik. This book deals with all the popular, aggressive replies, like the Richter-Rauzer Attack, the Sozin Attack, favoured by...

Most chess books that cover the endgame, discuss a few basic positions like the Philidor position and the Saveedra. Others go on endlessly about all the different positions that can occur in a pawn- or a rookending. In Practical Endgame Play, International Grandmaster Glenn Flear has decided to take a whole different approach.

Flear has studied a statistical database, containing...

After being faced with 1.e4, Black’s most popular answer at all levels of chess would be The Sicilian Defence. Why you might ask? The answer is simple: by the very first move Black will unbalance the position on the board and will play for a win without having to take unjustified risks. Regarding the Open Sicilian, this is particularly the case, since Black controls the centre with h...

Are you constantly struggling with the black pieces? Can’t make up your mind which openings to play? Are you looking for something new: an all-in-one solution to your problems? Look no further!

Christoph Wisnewski provides every chess enthusiastic with an aspiring and all-embracing repertoire for Black, based on the initial move 1...Nc6, against every main line opening White can pl...

Are you playing at your top level? Don’t you think there’s more to achieve? For chess players who want to expand both results and skills: read on!

Grandmaster and expert tournament player John Emms explains in this book how to maximize your potential, results and skills. Emms takes care of essential aspects of pratical play such as concentration, playing for a win or a draw, handli...

The Colle is a solid, reliable system of development based on the popular opening move 1 d4. Although this system is easy to learn and play, it leads to very complex and different middlegame positions. At this point White often launches a aggressive attack on Black’s king.

A few of the most famous chess players who are often spotted examining the Colle in action are the former World Champ...

The Grünfeld has become very popular at all levels of chess as being a great, dynamic answer to 1.d4. Garry Kasparov himself is responsible for a great part of this popularity since he used it in many of his chess battles.

The Grünfeld is often adored by ambitious players. This is mostly due to the fact that the Grünfeld often results in very complex and tactical play. However, this is a ...