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After a long break from writing, mostly due to the lack of classical chess national events with available games, as well as personal health issues, I decided to reactivate this habit with some sort of responsibility and duty. Watching some games live of national players and friends, as well as reading some chatting on social Medias, not to mention the Corona issue, forcing recluse of people at home, were the main motives behind writing this article.

Most of the questions posed by the new comers to our chess community were focused around the openings (what to play and which opening is better for me) and how to improve their level of play. All this is accompanied by a will to play and win, and raising their online ratings.

I will try in what follow to give a guide of how to choose or construct your opening repertoire, give some hints and tips on making a training-weekly schedule, recommend some books to improve and/or fill the gaps in their chess knowledge and education, as well as opening the path to reach their goal.

Firstly, some technical terms that dominate certain openings:

-        Pawn structure: pawn chain, isolated pawn, hanging pawns, backward pawn, double pawns, etc.

-        Space: lack of space (not necessarily lack of active play) from one side or another

-        Fianchetto: putting the bishop on the long diagonal

-        Closed position: the pawns in the center are fixed

-        Imbalance: unequal exchange of pieces (like bishop vs knight)

Openings and defences with structural similarities	Factors in common
Slav, Caro-Kann, Scandinavian, Torre, London	Pawn structure, queen’sbishop outside the chain
Dutch Stonewall, French, Open Spanish	Pawn structure,opposing pawns in the centre
Benoni, Pirc, Closed Spanish	Pawn structure, dark square play
Nimzo-Indian, Queen’s Indian, Bogo-Indian, Sicilian Scheveningen, Taimanov and Kan	Pawn structure, queenside fianchetto
King’s Indian, Pirc, Modern, Sicilian Dragon	Pawn structure, kingside fianchetto
Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Petroff	Pawn structure, open game
Grunfeld, Catalan (some lines)	Pawn structure, kingside fianchetto
Sicilian Dragon Accelerated, English with g3, Symetrical English (with Black)	Pawn structure, kingside fianchetto
Sicilian Rossolimo, English with 1..e5 and Bb4 (with Black)	Pawn structure
Colle, Semi-Slav	Pawn structure
King’s Indian Attack, King’s Indian, Pirc, Old Indian	Pawn structure
Tarrasch, Petroff, Sicilian Alapin, Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Caro-Kann Panov Attack	Pawn structure (IQP)

Openings and defences with general (style) similarities	Factors in common
Queen’s Gambit Accepted, Petroff, Spanish Berlin, Sicilian Alapin, Spanish Exchange, French Tarrasch	Solidity, Piece exchanges, endgame perspective
King’s Indian, Sicilian Dragon, Dutch Leningrad, French with 3 Nc3, Open Sicilian	Aggressiveness, closed or semi-open positions
Semi-Slav, Spanish Marshall, Arkhangelsk and Schlimann, Caro-Kann with 3 f3, Open Sicilian	Aggressiveness, open or semi-open positions
French, King’s Indian, Czech Benoni	Closed positions, pawn chain battle
Queen’s Gambit Declined, French	Solidity, closed positions
Dutch Stonewall, Sicilian Sveshnikov	Weak points, activity
Sicilian Najdorf, Grunfeld, Sicilian Dragon, semi-Slav Botvinnik var.	Theoretical battle, sharp play
Nimzo-Indian, French Winawer, Sicilian Rossolimo, Englisj with 1…e5 and ..Bb4	Surrender of the king’s bishop, doubled enemy pawns
Catalan, Benko Gambit, other gambits	Pawn sacrifices, activity
Sicilian Scheveningen, Kan and Taimanov, Alekhine, Pirc, English Hedgehog	Space disadvantage, flexibility, few pieces exchanges
Trompowsky, Chigorin	Surrender of the queen’s bishop, imbalance play
King’s Indian Samisch, Classical Nimzo-Indian	Space advantage, slow development

I think  that now you are asking yourself the important question: what should I adopt from the somewhat scary list above? Well, first off all, you can’t study everything, as you may need 3 or 4 lives (may be more) to do it. There are some books that recommend this or that repertoire. But do the authors of those books know your personality or potential? Do they cover every need? I will assure you, dear reader, that there is no book that can cover everything. So, here come in the concept of making your own library that contains not just your opening repertoire books, but also books that help in increasing your tactical vision, understanding of middle game motives, the technical phase of the endgame, as well as practical and psychological hints of over-the-board play.

Did the big legends, like Karpov, Kasparov, Anand or Carlsen, study all those? Well, the reply is No. They did it, not just by reading chess books, but also by having a team of assistants composed of trainers and  Grand Masters specialized in certain openings (and other practical phases) that let them reach the desired level and goals.

(I remember a chatting with a Grandmaster who was paired in a certain tournament against Vassily Ivantchuk. He was very glad about the pairing. When asked why you are so happy? You should go and prepare for your game against the legendary Ivantchuk. The Grandmaster replied: well, Ivantchuk knows everything, so I can’t prepare against everything. The best preparation that I can do is to get some rest and enjoy my time and my game with Ivantchuk!)

Another important question: what about the analysis of engines, the YouTube videos and the specialized DVDs?

Firstly, the engine will not explain to you how to think. It will give you what you missed tactically in your game. When it recommend as positional move, this will be part of a forced variation(s) that lead to material gain or part of a variation that it was trying to improve another one. Sometimes it will install a rook on an open file because it is programmed to do so.

Sometimes it misleads you. Take for example the theoretical endgame of Bishop and side pawn where the promoted square is of opposition color of the bishop. The engine with give you +5 or so, while theoretically it is a draw as the defending side, after blocking the promoting pawn or controlling the corresponding corner with his king, can easily snatch the half point. Of course the engines are now very strong and it was not a surprise when Carlsen adopted some of the AlphaZero approach after reading the book (Game Chalenger).

Concerning the YouTube videos and DVDs, some are useful, but some aren’t. It is important to know that most of them are on the market, even for free download or watch, for marketing purposes, especially the ones containing opening traps. And most of them are out of date from the theoretical evolution of openings. Let’s take an example. (My Black Secrets in the Modern Italian by Wesley So). A fantastic player explains how to play the black side of the Italian opening. The games collection used are huge, but based on what? What you can take from are the instructive games that explain the plan and ideas behind it, but also you can find all those games, and much more, in other books and DVDs. If you spend one week or 2 studying the DVD contents, you may get an idea of what is happening in the opening. But then, how to continue? How to think? You are not Wesley So!

Which lead us to more important approach: studying the different types of middle game issuing from a certain opening. Here you can get profit to the full from the author’s work.

One important thing: are you going to study those materials using just your computer? Or you are going sit in front of your screen, watching and listening to video in front of you? The answer depends on your level of ambition. Some players like to be a passive player, I mean, enjoying what they are watching and gathering some chess education without competing in tournaments. Not bad, but what is the age average of those players?

I have and had a lot of pupils that take sessions with me, but not for sporting/competing purposes. They want just to have a chess education, see some nice and instructive games that help in training their brain in making decision in critical situations in their lives. For sure, theoretical chess DVDs and YouTube videos are useless for them, at least from time consuming angle. Of course the sessions are done using board and pieces.

Which lead us to another topic: How to train? With computer or real chess board and pieces? Well, all depends on your level. Even if you have an advanced level, chess board and pieces are a must in the training. You have to make a feeling toward the pieces, the squares and its relations with the x-ray the pieces are generating. You have to create a connection between your inner and the pieces in front of you. This can come from practice and a good training guide.

How much time should I spend on my chess? The answer is not easy, as it depends of what you are lacking of, and your consistency. Let me give you a practical example: I will suppose that you know how the pieces moves, know some traps, but always nearly in your games, most of the time you face the Sicilian defense, and didn’t, or haven’t time to,  study seriously the middle game phase of different openings that you may face.

Firstly, allocate some 20-25 minutes every day to practice some tactics, being from books or websites, preferably using a real chess board without indices (as this will increase your memory, and push you to save time with bad calculation as if all the squares have the same name: here and there, then I will go there and return back my queen to here, etc..). Try not to shuffle the pieces (like if you are playing in a real tournament). When you made your decision, write down the solutions and the variations that you propose so you can analyze them with your trainer (or checking the solutions located at the end of the book/chapter). I mentioned the (trainer) because he can improve your way/method of processing the variations. It is not important how many puzzles or exercises you worked on, but the quality of work that count.

Secondly, Opening repertoire: If you are lucky that you can afford to have a trainer, he will construct an opening repertoire for you, depending on your style, what type of game to like to play (though of course your opponent will try not to let you do it), with typical plan and games to study, with the issuing middle and end games that will normally issue from the mentioned repertoire. This type of work is most time consuming for you and our trainer. On average, you will need 2 to 3 sessions per week for duration of at least one year work (the average is 2 -2.5 years as all depends on the consistency of the player).

Thirdly, middle game themes: Here we enter the chess education where the joy of studying chess is far away from tiring study of opening theory. Of course there is tendency that you like to study games of your favorite player(s), but preferable that this will done under the supervision of the trainer, as the later knows what games to study and what to skip.

Fourthly, Endgame: some players find it very dull to open a book on endgame and start studying its contents. Each player must know the basics of the endgame phase, with different pieces, as well as the most theoretical ones. This is unavoidable. Try to study a page or certain endgame topic once per week.

If an endgame book takes a year or 2 from your schedule to finish, it is normal.

Check the books list below.

When you have advanced in the scheduled stage of constructing your repertoire, it will be time to reduce the related sessions, and replace some with middle game ones as guided by your trainer. May be he sees that it will be more appropriate to concentrate more on your calculations of variations rather than studying the endless theory of the Najdorf for example, or he remarks that your play is shaky on a certain types of color complex or you underestimate your opponents counter-play, or you overestimate your attack, or your endgame phase needs some rectification etc., so a certain adjustment is needed in your play.

Finally, how to prepare for your next tournament? This is a very complex topics, I will skip it for now (as I am afraid of revealing some secrets of itJ (are there some secrets?)). May be when the corona issue is resolved. Then we will be free to go out from our home to live back normally.

I sorted the following books titles by the level of the pupils, although a large set of it can be used from one level to another. I omitted intentionally a large set of titles (for example, New in Chess yearbooks series or psychology chess related), as they are too advanced and only a professional player can profit from it.

B: Biography

C: Collection

E: Endgame

M: Middle game

O: Openings

T: Tactics

Ref/Adv.: Reference/Advanced

L: Level

 

 

 

 

 

Title	Author	Type	Publisher	Level
Alekhine move by move	Giddins	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Anand move by move	Franco	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Botvinnik move by move	Lakdawala	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Bronstein move by move	Giddins	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Capablanca move by move	Lakdawala	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Carlsen move by move	Lakdawala	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Fischer move by move	Lakdawala	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Ivanchuk move by move	Tay	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Karpov move by move	Collins	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Keres move by move	Franco	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Kramnik move by move	Lakdawala	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Larsen move by move	Lakdawala	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Morphy move by move	Franco	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Petrossian move by move	Engqvist	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Reti move by move	Engqvist	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Rubinstein move by move	Franco	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Spassky move by move	Franco	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Stein move by move	Engqvist	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Steinitz move by move	Pritchett	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Tal move by move	Lakdawala	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Victor Korchnoi Move by Move	Lakdawala	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
1..d6 move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Anti-Sicilian move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Bird’s Opening move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
First Steps: The Queens’ Gambit	Martin	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Starting out : The Sicilian	Emms	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Starting out: 1.d4!	Cox	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Starting out: sicilian Grand Prix Attack	Jones	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Starting out: sicilian Scheveningen	Emms	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Starting out: Sicilian Sveshnikov	Cox	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Starting out: the King’s indian	Gallagher	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Starting out: The Nimzo-Indian	Ward	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Starting out:Benoni systems	Raetsky	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Starting out:The Sicilian (2nd ed)	Emms	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Alekhine defence move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Benko Gambit move by move	Tay	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The caro-kann move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Classical French move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Colle Move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The English move by move	Giddins	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Four Knights move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The French Winawer move by move	Giddins	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The King’s Indian Attack move by move	McDonald	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Modern Defence move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Nimzo-Indian move by move	Emms	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Nimzo-Larsen attack move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Old Indian Move by Move	Tay	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Panov-Botvinnik attack move by move	D’ Costa	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Petroff move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Pirc Move by Move	Davies	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Queen’s Indian move by move	D’ Costa	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Ruy Lopez move by move	McDonald	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Scandinavian move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Sicilian Dragon move by move	Hansen	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Sicilian Scheveningen move by move	D’ Costa	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Sicilian Sveshnikov move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Sicilian Taimanov move by move	Emms	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Slav move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Tarrasch Defence move by move	Collins	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Torre Attack move by move	Palliser	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Trompowsky Attack move by move	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
The Versov move by move	Liew	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Basics
Fundamental Checkmates	Gude	T	G A M B I T	Basics
Learn Chess Tactics	Nunn	T	G A M B I T	Basics
Chess Openings for Kids	Watson	O	G A M B I T	L1
Chess Tactics for Kids	Chandler	T	G A M B I T	L1
How to Beat your Dad at Chess	Chandler	T	G A M B I T	L1
Chess Endgames fro Kids	Muller	E	G A M B I T	L1-2
Chess Strategy for Kids	Engqvist	M	G A M B I T	L1-2
Power Chess for Kids Vol 1	Hertan	M	New In Chess	L1-2
Power Chess for Kids Vol 2	Hertan	M	New In Chess	L1-2
1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners	Masetti/Messa	T	New In Chess	L1-2
Tactics Time	Brennan/Carson	T	New In Chess	L1-2
Tactics Time 2	Brennan/Carson	T	New In Chess	L1-2
A complete Chess Course	Gude	OMET	G A M B I T	L1-3
1001 Deadly Checkmates	Nunn	T	G A M B I T	L1-5
Basic Chess Openings for Kids	Hertan	OM	New In Chess	L2
Chess Puzzles for Kids	Chandler	T	G A M B I T	L2
101 chess Endgame tips	Giddins	E	G A M B I T	L2-4
The Art of Checkmate	Renaud/Kahn	M	Batsford Chess	L2-4
Instructuve Chess Miniatures	Ataman	M	G A M B I T	L2-4
A simple Chess Opening Repertoire for White	Collins	O	G A M B I T	L2-4
My first chess opening repertoire for White	Moret	O	New In Chess	L2-4
The Complete Chess Workout	Palliser	T	EVERYMANCHESS	L2-4
The Complete Chess Workout II	Palliser	T	EVERYMANCHESS	L2-4
50 essential chess lessons	Giddins	OME	G A M B I T	L3
Art of planning	McDonald	M	Batsford Chess	L3-4
Chess Success: Planing after the opening	McDonald	M	Batsford Chess	L3-4
Chess:The art of logical thinking	McDonald	M	Batsford Chess	L3-4
Logical Chess Move by Move	Chernev	M	Batsford Chess	L3-4
Art of attack in Chess	Vokovic	M	EVERYMANCHESS	L3-4
Chess Strategy move by move	Hunt	M	EVERYMANCHESS	L3-4
Fighting Chess move by move	Crouch	M	EVERYMANCHESS	L3-4
How to win at chess quickly!	Williams	M	EVERYMANCHESS	L3-4
Improve your positional chess	C. hansen	M	G A M B I T	L3-4
Understanding Chess Middlegames	Nunn	M	G A M B I T	L3-4
Understanding Your Chess	Rizzitano	M	G A M B I T	L3-4
Attacking Chess for Club Players	Grooten	M	New In Chess	L3-4
Chess Strategy for Club players	Grooten	M	New In Chess	L3-4
Chess Training for Post-Beginners	Srokovski	M	New In Chess	L3-4
Techniques of positional play	Bronznik	M	New In Chess	L3-4
The Power of Pawns	Hickl	M	New In Chess	L3-4
100 chess master trade secrets	Soltis	ME	Batsford Chess	L3-4
Chess Explained: Classical Sicilian	Yermolinsky	O	G A M B I T	L3-4
Chess Explained: Sicilain taimanov	Rizzitano	O	G A M B I T	L3-4
Chess Explained: The English Opening	Franco	O	G A M B I T	L3-4
chess explained: the french	Eingorn	O	G A M B I T	L3-4
chess explained: the Grunfeld	Bogdanov	O	G A M B I T	L3-4
Chess explained: the modern benoni	Franco	O	G A M B I T	L3-4
chess explained: the nimzo-indian	Vera	O	G A M B I T	L3-4
Just the Facts!	Alburt	O		L3-4
Test your Chess IQ	Livshitz	T	EVERYMANCHESS	L3-4
Test your Chess IQ – GrandMaster Chalenge	Livshitz	T	EVERYMANCHESS	L3-4
Test your Chess IQ – Master Chalenge	Livshitz	T	EVERYMANCHESS	L3-4
Pawn Structure Chess	Soltis	M	Batsford Chess	L3-5
Mastering Chess Strategy	Hellsten	M	EVERYMANCHESS	L3-5
Chess Self improvement	Franco	M	G A M B I T	L3-5
Counterattack!	Franco	M	G A M B I T	L3-5
Elements Of Chess Strategy	Kosikov	M	G A M B I T	L3-5
John Nunn’ Chess Course	Nunn	M	G A M B I T	L3-5
Secrets of Attacking Chess	Marin	M	G A M B I T	L3-5
The Art of Attacking Chess	Franco	M	G A M B I T	L3-5
The Ultimate Chess Strategy Book: Volume 1	Romero	M	G A M B I T	L3-5
Winning Chess Explained	Franco	M	G A M B I T	L3-5
Improve Your Chess Patern Recognition	Van De Oudeweetering	M	New In Chess	L3-5
Mastering Chess Middlegames	Panchenko	M	New In Chess	L3-5
Risk & Bluff In Chess	Tukmakov	M	New In Chess	L3-5
Sacrifice and Initiative	Sokolov	M	New In Chess	L3-5
The Complete Manual of Positional Chess	Sakaev	M	New In Chess	L3-5
Train your chess Patern Recognition	Van De Oudeweetering	M	New In Chess	L3-5
Chess Lessons	Popov	M	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Chess Structures A grandmaster Guide	Rios	M	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Grandmaster versus Amateur	Shaw	M	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Learn from the Legends	Marin	M	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Mating the Castled king	Gormally	M	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Positional Chess Sacrifices	Suba	M	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Pump up your rating	Smith	M	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Soviet Chess Strategy	Suetin	M	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Soviet Middlegame Technique	Romanovsky	M	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Test your chess	Franco	M	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
The Grandmaster Battle Manual	Kotronias	M	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Boost your Chess 1 – The Fundamentals	Yusupov	OME	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Boost your Chess 2 – Beyond the Basics	Yusupov	OME	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Boost your Chess 3 – Mastery	Yusupov	OME	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Build up your Chess 1 – The Fundamentals	Yusupov	OME	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Build up your Chess 2 – Beyond the Basics	Yusupov	OME	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Build up your Chess 3 – Mastery	Yusupov	OME	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Chess Evolution 1 – The Fundamentals	Yusupov	OME	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Chess Evolution 2 – Beyond the Basics	Yusupov	OME	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Chess Evolution 3 – Mastery	Yusupov	OME	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
Revision & exam 1	Yusupov	OME	QUALITY CHESS	L3-5
The Gambit book of Instructive Chess Puzzles	Burgess	T	G A M B I T	L3-5
The Giant Chess Puzzle Book	Franco	T	G A M B I T	L3-5
Tune your chess tactics antenna	Neimann	T	New In Chess	L3-5
Improve your Chess Tactics	Neishtadt	T	New In Chess	L4
New Art of Defence in Chess	Soltis	M	Batsford Chess	L4-5
How to play dynamic chess	Beim	M	G A M B I T	L4-5
Chess Training for Candidate Masters	Kalinin	M	New In Chess	L4-5
Dynamic Chess Strategy	Suba	M	New In Chess	L4-5
Winning Chess Manoeuveres	Guliev	M	New In Chess	L4-5
Winning Chess Middlegames	Sokolov	M	New In Chess	L4-5
Attacking Manual – Vol 1	Aagaard	M	QUALITY CHESS	L4-5
Attacking Manual – Vol 2	Aagaard	M	QUALITY CHESS	L4-5
The Exchange sacrifice – a practical Guide	Kasparov	M	Russell Enterprises	L4-5
A rock-solid chess opening repertoire for Black	Eingorn	O	G A M B I T	L4-5
Secrets of Chess Transformations	Marovic	OME	G A M B I T	L4-5
Test your tactical ability	Neishtadt	T	Batsford Chess	L4-5
365 ways to Checkmate	Gallagher	T	G A M B I T	L4-5
The New Old Indian	Cherniaev/Prokuronov	O	EVERYMANCHESS	L5
The new Sicilian dragon	Williams	O	EVERYMANCHESS	L5
the Queen’s indian defence	Aagaard	O	EVERYMANCHESS	L5
The Sniper	Storey	O	EVERYMANCHESS	L5
Unusual Queen’s gambit declined	Ward	O	EVERYMANCHESS	L5
a strategic chess opening repertoire for White	Watson	O	G A M B I T	L5
An explosive chess opening repertoire for Black 1..d6!	Yrjola	O	G A M B I T	L5
Attack with Black	Aveskulov	O	G A M B I T	L5
Declining the Queen’s Gambit	Cox	O	G A M B I T	L5
Play the Alekhine	Bogdanov	O	G A M B I T	L5
Play the Open Games as Black	Emms	O	G A M B I T	L5
Play the Sicilian Kan	Hellsten	O	G A M B I T	L5
Play the Sicilian Najdorf	Rizzitano	O	G A M B I T	L5
The Fianchetto System	Lemos	O	New In Chess	L5
The four knights game	Obodchuk	O	New In Chess	L5
The Kaufman Repertoire for Black and White	Kaufman	O	New In Chess	L5
John Nunn’ Chess puzzle book	Nunn	T	G A M B I T	L5
My 60 memorable games	Fischer	B	Batsford Chess	Ref./Adv.
Chess Secrets: Giants of Innovation	Pritchett	C	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Chess Secrets: Great Attackers	Crouch	C	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Chess Secrets: Great Chess Romantics	Pritchett	C	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Power Play	McDonald	C	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy	McDonald	C	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Chess Secrets:Heroes of Classical Chess	Pritchett	C	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Secrets: Winning Quicly at Chess	Nunn	C	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
How to crush your chess opponents	Williams	C	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Improve your Chess by learning from Champions	Hansen	C	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Instructive Modern Chess Masterpieces – Enlarged ed.2009	Stohl	C	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
The Mammoth book of the World’s greatest chess games	Burgess/Nunn/Emms	C	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Zurich 1953	Bronstein	C	Dover	Ref./Adv.
Zurich 1953	Najdorf	C	Russell Enterprises	Ref./Adv.
Winning Endgame technique	Mikhalchinshin	E	Batsford Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Endgame	Makarov	E	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Mastering Endgame Strategy	Hellsten	E	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
The greatest Ever chess endgames	Giddins	E	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Fundamental Chess Endings	Muller/Lamprecht	E	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Nunn’s Chess Endings Vol 1	Nunn	E	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Nunn’s Chess Endings Vol 2	Nunn	E	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Practical Endgame play – Beyond the basics	Flear	E	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Secrets of Rook Endings	Nunn	E	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Understanding chess endgames	Nunn	E	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
100 Endgames You Must Know -New Edition	Jesus de la Villa	E	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Endgame tactics – New Edition	Van Perlo	E	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Liquidation on the Chess Board	Benjamin	E	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Mastering Complex Endgames	Naroditsky	E	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster preperation: Endgame play	Aagaard	E	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dvoretsky’s Endgame Manual 4th ed.	Dvoretsky	E	Russell Enterprises	Ref./Adv.
Critical Moments in Chess	Gaprindashvili	M	Batsford Chess	Ref./Adv.
My System & Chess Praxis (New edition 2016)	Nimzowitsch	M	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Sicilian Attacks	Yakovich	M	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster preparation: Calculation	Aagaard	M	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster preparation: Positional play	Aagaard	M	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster preparation: Strategic play	Aagaard	M	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster preperation: Attack & Defence	Aagaard	M	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Practical Chess Defence	Aagaard	M	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster preperation: Thinking Inside the Box	Aagaard	M	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
My System	Nimzowitsch	M		Ref./Adv.
Secrets of Chess Defence	Marin	ME	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Play 1.d4!	Palliser	O	Batsford Chess	Ref./Adv.
An Expert’s guide to the 7.Bc4 Gruenfeld	Sakaev	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
How to get the edge against the Grunfeld	Sakaev	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for Black According to Karpov	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Anand 1.e4 Vol 2	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Anand 1.e4 Vol 3	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Anand 1.e4 Vol 4	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Anand 1.e4 Vol 5	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Anand 1.e4 Vol 6	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Anand 1.e4 Vol 7	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Anand 1.e4 Vol 8	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Anand 1.e4 Vol 9	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Kramnik 1.Nf3 Vol 1	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Kramnik 1.Nf3 Vol 2	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Kramnik 1.Nf3 Vol 3	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Kramnik 1.Nf3 Vol 4	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Opening for White according to Kramnik 1.Nf3 Vol 5	Khalifman	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
The Anti-Meran	Sakaev	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
The Safest Sicilian	Delchev	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
The Sharpest Sicilian	Delchev	O	Chess Stars	Ref./Adv.
Attacking with 1.d4	Dunnington	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Attacking with 1.e4	Emms	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Beating 1 e4 e5	Emms	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Beating the King’s Indian and grunfeld	Taylor	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Beating unusual chess defences: 1 e4	Greet	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Chess Developments: The Modern Benoni	Palliser	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Chess Developments: The Sicilian Dragon	Vigorito	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Classical Dutch	Pinski	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dangerous weapons: Anti Sicilians	Emms/Palliser/Walls	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dangerous Weapons: The Benoni and Benko	Palliser/Emms/Ward	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dangerous Weapons: The Dutch	Palliser/Williams/Vigus	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dangerous Weapons: the French	Watson	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dangerous Weapons: The King’s indian	Palliser/Flear/Dembo	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dangerous Weapons: The Pirc and Modern	Palliser/McNab/Vigus	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dangerous Weapons: The Queen’sGambit	Palliser/Flear/Ward	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dangerous Weapons: The Ruy  Lopez	Emms/Kosten/Cox	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dangerous Weapons: The Sicilian	Emms	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dangerous Weapons:Nimzo indian	Palliser/Emms/Ward	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dealing with d4 deviations	Cox	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Dutch Stonewall	Aagaard	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Fighting the Anti-Sicilian	Palliser	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Fighting the Ruy Lopez	Pavlovic	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Gambit Busters	Collins	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Italian game aand Evans gambit	Pinski	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Mastering Opening Strategy	Hellsten	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Meeting 1.e4	Raetsky	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Modern Defence	Gurevich	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Offbeat King’s Indian	Panczyk	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Offbeat Nimzo Indian	Ward	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Play 1 e4 e5!	Davies	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Play 1..b6	Bauer	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Play 1.b4!	Lapshun/Conticello	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Play the London system	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Play the Najdorf:Scheveningen style	Emms	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Play the Ruy Lopez	Greet	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Queen’s gambit declined	Sadler	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Queen’s Gambit Declined:Bg5 systems	Lalic	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Satrting out: d-pawn attacks	Palliser	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Slay the Sicilian !	Taylor	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Slay the Spanish	Taylor	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
The dark knight system	Schuyler	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
The Scotch game	Dembo/Palliser	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Opening Repertoire: 1.e4	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Opening Repertoire: …c6 Playing the Caro-Kann and Slav as Black	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Opening Repretoire: The Modern Sämisch	Montany	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Opening Repertoire: The English	Cummings	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Opening Repertoire: The French Defence	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Opening Repertoire: The Sicilian Najdorf	Doknjas	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Opening Repertoire: 1 d4 with 2 c4	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Opening Repertoire: The Queen’s Gambit	Lemos	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Opening Repertoire: The Petroff Defence	Lakdawala	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
A Killer chess opening repertoire	Summerscale	O	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
FCO	Van Der Stern	O	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Mastering the Chess Openings Vol 1	Watson	O	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Mastering the Chess Openings Vol 2	Watson	O	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Mastering the Chess Openings Vol 3	Watson	O	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Mastering the Chess Openings Vol 4	Watson	O	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
the Cambridge Springs	Panczyk/Ilczuk	O	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
The Queen’s Gambit & Catalan for Black	Janjgava	O	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Understanding the Marshall Attack	Vigorito	O	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Understanding the Scandinav	Kasparov	O	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
A chess opening Repertoire for Blitz and Rapid	Sveshnikov	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
A Cunning chess opening for Black	Kasparov	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Beat the Guerillas	Bronznik	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Bologan’s Black Weapons	Bologan	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Bologan’s Ruy Lopez for Black	Bologan	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Play 1. b3!	Odessky	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Sabotage the Grunfeld	Kaufman	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Steamrolling the Sicilian	Kasparov	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Sveshnikov vs the Anti Sicilian	Sveshnikov	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Taming Wild Chess Openings	Watson/Schiller	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Agile London system	Romero	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Chebanenko Slav	Bologan	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The complete c3 Sicilian	Sveshnikov	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Diamond Dutch	Moskalenko	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Dynamic Benko Gambit	Kasparov	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The English Attack Against the Taimanov Sicilian	Andriasyan	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Even More Flexible French	Moskalenko	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Fianchetto Solution	Neiman/Shoker	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Lazy Man’s Sicilian	Bonsnik/Giddins	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Modern Bogo 1.d4 e6	Antic/Maksimovic	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Modern French	Antic/Maksimovic	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Perfect Pirc-Modern	Moskalenko	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Powerful Catalan	Bologan	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Ragozin Complex	Barsky	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Rossolimo Sicilian	Bologan	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
the strategic nimzo indian 4e3	Sokolov	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
The Zaitsem System	Kuzmin	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Winning with the Najdorf Sicilian	Andriasyan	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
Winning with the Slow (but Venomous!) Italian	Muller/Souleidis	O	New In Chess	Ref./Adv.
A Classical Repertoire: Playing 1.e4 e5	Ntirlis	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Challenging the Nimzo-indian	Vigorito	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Experts on the Anti-Sicilian	Aagaard/Shaw	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire 1A: 1.d4: The Catalan	Avrukh	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire 1B: 1.d4: The Queen’s Gambit	Avrukh	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: 1.e4 vs The French, Caro-Kan & Philodor	Negi	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: 1.e4 vs The Sicilian I	Negi	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: 1.e4 vs The Sicilian II	Negi	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: 1.e4 vs The Sicilian III	Negi	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: Beating the Anti-Sicilians	Kotronias	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: Beating the Minor Openings	Mikhalevski	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The Classical Slav	Avrukh	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The Dragon Volume one	Jones	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The Dragon Volume two	Jones	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The English Opening 1	Marin	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The English Opening 2	Marin	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The English Opening 3	Marin	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The French Defence Vol 1	Berg	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The French Defence Vol 2	Berg	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The French Defence Vol 3	Berg	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The Modern Benoni	Petrov	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Grandmaster Repertoire: The Nimzo-Indian defence	Roiz	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The Semi-Slav	Schandorff	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The Sicilian Svenshnikov	Kotronias	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
GrandMaster Repertoire: The Tarrasch Defence	Aagaard	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Kotronias on the King’s Indian Vol1 – Fianchetto Systems	Kotronias	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Kotronias on the King’s Indian Vol2 – Mar del Plata I	Kotronias	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Kotronias on the King’s Indian Vol3 – Mar del Plata II	Kotronias	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Kotronias on the King;s Indian Vol4 – Classical Systems	Kotronias	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Kotronias on the King’sIndian: Samisch and the rest	Kotronias	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Opening Repertoire: The English	Cummings	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Playing 1.d4 the Indian Defences	Schandorff	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Playing 1.d4 the Queen’s Gamabit	Schandorff	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Playing 1.e4-Caro-Kann, 1…e5 & Minor Lines	Shaw	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Playing the Queen’s Gambit: A GrandMaster Guide	Schandorff	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Playing the Ragozin	Pert	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Playing the Trompowsky	Pert	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
The Berlin Wall	Cox	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
The Modern Tiger	Hillarp Persson	O	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Bf4 in the Queen’s Gambit and the Exchange Slav	Dreev	O		Ref./Adv.
The Art of the King’s Indian – New Edition	Gufeld	O	Russian Chess House	Ref./Adv.
The Zukertort System: A guide for White and Black	Bogdanovich	O		Ref./Adv.
A course in chess tactics	Boykov	T	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Perfect your chess	Volokitin	T	G A M B I T	Ref./Adv.
Chess Tactics from Scratch 2nd edition	Weteschnik	T	QUALITY CHESS	Ref./Adv.
Anthology of Chess Combinasons	Informant	T	Informant	Ref./Adv.
My Great Predecessors Vol 1	Kasparov	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
My Great Predecessors Vol 2	Kasparov	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
My Great Predecessors Vol 3	Kasparov	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
My Great Predecessors Vol 4	Kasparov	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
My Great Predecessors Vol 5	Kasparov	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Revolution in the 70′s	Kasparov	O	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Kasparov-Karpov 84-85	Kasparov	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Kasparov-Karpov 86-87	Kasparov	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Kasparov-Karpov 88-2009	Kasparov	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Kasparov on Kasparov Part 1	Kasparov	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Kasparov on Kasparov Part 2	Kasparov	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.
Kasparov on Kasparov Part 3	Kasparov	B	EVERYMANCHESS	Ref./Adv.