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This is our complete list of chess books sorted alphabetically from a to z. Follow these links to get a full description and picture. For sorting, the title prefixes of "the", "a", and "an" have been ignored.


Name Product Description Price
Play the 4 f3 Nimzo Indian The Nimzo-Indian is an extremely popular and reliabl... $21.95
Secrets of Chess Transformations One of the most important skills in chess is the abi... $24.95
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Improve Your Positional Chess Throughout a game of chess, the players must constan... $22.95
The Grandmaster's Mind My banner makes an attractive headline; but I would ... $21.95
French: Advance and Other Lines In the third and final volume of his series on the F... $21.95
The French: Tarrasch Variation This book continues the coverage of the French Defen... $21.95
Caro-Kann Advance International chess master Byron Jacobs explains the... $17.95
Art of Chess Analysis, The All Grandmasters are able to devote themselves body ... $19.95
Art of Defence in Chess, The One of the finest chess books ever written, now in t... $21.95
Attack with Mikhail Tal The legendary Mikhail Tal was the finest ever expone... $17.95
Averbakh's Selected Games Here we see distinguished Russian grandmaster, Yuri ... $19.95
Blunders and How to Avoid Them: Eliminate Mistakes from your Play No one likes to make mistakes, but all chess players... $17.95
Brain Games World Championship Book, The The dramatic World Championship match in which Vladi... $12.95
Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit Are you tired of playing the same old openings time ... $21.95
Choose the Right Move Most chess books focus on chess theory and technique... $16.95
Bird's Opening: Detailed coverage of an underrated and dynamic choice for White Bird's Opening is an underrated and dynamic choice f... $21.95
American Grandmaster: Four Decades of Chess Adventures Joel Benjamin is one of the most prominent faces in ... $21.95
Closed Sicilian, The The Closed Sicilian has always been a great favorite... $17.95
Creative Chess After a discussion of the characteristics and proces... $17.95
Dealing with d4 Deviations: Fighting the Trompowsky, Torre, Blackmar-Diemer, Stonewall, Colle and other problem openings This book fills an enormous void in chess literature... $21.95
Dutch Leningrad, The Grand chess Master Neil McDonald explains the strate... $17.95
Khalifman: life & games This book provides an inside account of Khalifman's ... $21.95
Magic of Mikhail Tal In this book Grandmaster Joe Gallagher takes a fresh... $22.95
Queen's Gambit Declined 5 Bf4! The Orthodox Defence to the Queen's Gambit is an ext... $19.95
The Masters: Mikhail Tal Tactical Genius Mikhail Tal was simply a chess phenomenon. The magic... $16.95
Tips for Young Players Grandmaster Matthew Sadler, answers key questions su... $11.95
Petroff Defence The Petroff Defence is considered as one of Black's ... $17.95
Play 1...b6!: A dynamic and hypermodern opening system for Black Fed up with getting difficult positions with the bla... $21.95
Play 1 e4 e5!: A complete repertoire for Black in the Open Games There is no doubt that playing the Open Games is one... $21.95
Practical Opening Tips In this book Grandmaster Edmar Mednis provides a tho... $17.95
Quick Chess Knockouts Grandmaster and twice British Champion, Julian Hodgs... $13.95
Quickest Chess Victories of all Time This book contains a comprehensive collection of the... $17.95
Rate Your Endgame This instructive book for competitive players, based... $19.95
The Masters: Rudolf Spielmann Master of Invention Rudolf Spielmann was one of the most fearsome attack... $19.95
Scandinavian (2nd edition), The From a theoretical backwater to a fully blown main l... $21.95
Sicilian Kalashnikov The Kalashnikov is one of the most modern variations... $17.95
Sicilian Taimanov The Sicilian Taimanov (1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 e6 3 d4 cxd4 Nx... $17.95
Simple Winning Chess The first step towards self-improvement is self-asse... $16.95
Surprise in Chess All chess players know the impact of a surprising mo... $15.95
Life and Games of Makhail Tal Mikhail Tal, the 'magician from Riga,' was the great... $25.95
Unusual Queen's Gambit Declined Chris Ward covers three offbeat but important defenc... $17.95
An Opening Repertoire for the Positional Player One of the hardest tasks faced by competitive chess ... $17.95
Most Instructive Games of the Young Grandmasters, The Paul Motwani has selected the finest games of the be... $17.95
Practical Endgame Tips The endgame is the part of the game in which the res... $16.95
Positional Sacrifices Most competitive players are very familiar with the ... $13.95
Practical Endgame Play Most chess books focus on chess theory and technique... $15.95
Easy Guide to Chess First published in 1942, the late B. H. Wood's class... $10.95
Starting Out: Sicilian Grand Prix Attack The Grand Prix Attack is one of White's most aggress... $17.95
Starting Out: Sicilian Scheveningen The Scheveningen is an uncompromising and flexible v... $21.95
Starting Out: Sicilian Sveshnikov No opening in recent times has captured the imaginat... $21.95
Endgame Virtuoso The endgame is a subtle phase of the game many ordin... $17.95
Endgame Strategy Shereshevsky's masterful guide to endgame play is an... $17.95
Discovering Chess Openings : Building a repertoire from basic principles There's no denying that the opening is one of the mo... $14.95
Dangerous Weapons: The Sicilian Are you bored of playing the same old openings time ... $21.95
Dangerous Weapons: The Nimzo-Indian Are you tired of constantly following the same old o... $21.95
Beating the King's Indian and Grunfeld The King's Indian and the Grünfeld are two of Black'... $17.95
An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player One of the hardest tasks competitive chess-players f... $17.95
Complete Chess Workout: Train your brain with 1200 puzzles!, The All top chess players agree that to keep your tactic... $17.95
Dangerous Weapons: The French Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal c... $17.95
Practical Endgame Play - Beyond the Basics: The definitive guide to the endgames that really matter Welcome to a new type of endgame book. A book that i... $17.95
Pirc in Black & White: Detailed coverage of an enterprising chess opening, The The Pirc is an ambitious counter-attacking response ... $17.95
Play the Ruy Lopez The Ruy Lopez is an incredibly popular opening at al... $17.95
It's Your Move This book provides the reader with a selection of pu... $17.95
Gambiteer II: A hard-hitting chess opening repertoire for Black Are you fearless in your approach to chess openings?... $17.95
Gambiteer I: A hard-hitting chess opening repertoire for White Are you fearless in your approach to chess openings?... $19.95
French Advance (2nd edition), The The Advance Variation is a popular and direct way of... $17.95
Excelling at Technical Chess "And the rest is a matter of technique" is an annoyi... $17.95
Fighting the Anti-Sicilians: Combating 2 c3, the Closed, the Morra Gambit and other tricky ideas The Sicilian Defence is by far Black's most popular ... $17.95
Test Your Chess IQ: Master Challenge Is the ability to make combinations something you ar... $17.95
Samisch King's Indian Uncovered, The The Samisch King's Indian continues to be one of the... $17.95
Starting Out: Rook Endgames Endgames with kings, rooks and pawns are by far the ... $17.95
Starting Out: The Sicilian The Sicilian Defence is perhaps the most famous open... $17.95
Starting Out: Pawn Endgames Endgames involving only kings and pawns are the most... $17.95
Starting Out: The King's Indian The King's Indian is one of the most exciting defenc... $17.95
Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames Endgames with kings, bishops, knights and pawns are ... $17.95
Starting Out: Queen's Gambit Declined The Queen’s Gambit Declined is an opening of great h... $17.95
Starting Out: King's Indian Attack The King's Indian Attack was a firm favourite of the... $19.95
Starting Out: Attacking Play Attacking the opponent's king is one of the most exh... $17.95
Starting Out: Alekhine's Defence Alekhine's Defence is a sharp and controversial open... $17.95
Starting Out: Benoni Systems This book is a study of all the crucial Benoni syste... $17.95
Starting Out: Classical Sicilian The Classical Sicilian is one of Black's most popula... $17.95
Starting Out: Closed Sicilian The Closed Sicilian is an ideal weapon for players w... $17.95
Starting Out: Chess Tactics and Checkmates Once you have figured out how all the chess pieces m... $17.95
Starting Out: Defensive Play How do you react in the line of fire? Are you able t... $17.95
Starting Out: The Colle The Colle is a solid, reliable system of development... $17.95
Play the English: An active opening repertoire for White The English is a sophisticated opening which is very... $17.95
Play the King's Indian: A complete Repertoire for Black in this most dynamic of openings The King's Indian has always been one of the sharpes... $17.95
Play the French 3rd edition This is a fully revised edition of John watson's cla... $17.95
Play 1...Nc6!: A complete chess opening repertoire for Black Are you constantly struggling with the black pieces?... $17.95
Play the Najdorf: Scheveningen Style The Najdorf Sicilian is one of the most sharp, dynam... $17.95
Philidor Files, The The Philidor is a dynamic and underrated answer to W... $17.95
Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess, part 1: Revolution in the 70s This book is the first in a brand new series that fo... $17.95
Russians versus Fischer This magnificent volume contains the extraordinary s... $17.95
Garry Kasparov on Fischer: My Great Predecessors part 4 This book brings together the two greatest names in ... $17.95
Breaking Through: How the Polgar sisters changed the game of chess In a major event in chess publishing, Susan Polgar p... $17.95
The Masters: Boris Spassky Master of Initiative Boris Spassky is a true chess legend, a World Champi... $17.95
Times Winning Moves, The The daily chess column in the The Times is the game'... $16.95
English ...e5 The 1...e5 variation of the English Opening, sometim... $17.95
Survival Guide for Chess Parents Do you have a child who is interested in chess, but ... $16.95
Nimzo-Indian Rubinstein, The The Nimzo-Indian Defence continues to be one of Blac... $17.95
Two Knights Defence, The The Tow Knights Defence is one of the trickiest tact... $17.95
Nimzo-Indian Kasparov Variation The Nimzo-Indian Defence is one of the great headach... $17.95
It's Your Move Tough Puzzles Feeling up to a challenge? In this highly original a... $16.95
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors Part II The battle for the World Chess Championship has witn... $31.95
More Simple Chess Most experts agree that to reach a high standard at ... $17.95
Excelling at Combinational Play Being able to solve puzzles and combinations is one ... $21.95
Catalan, The The Catalan is one of the most popular openings and ... $17.95
Ruy Lopez Main Line, The The Ruy Lopez (also known as the Spanish Game) is an... $17.95
Concise Chess Middlegames Some might say that it is impossible to learn middle... $13.95
Inside the Chess Mind What separates a Grandmaster from an International M... $21.95
Checkmate! my first chess book Learn to play the great game of chess with none othe... $11.95
Excelling at Chess Calulation There are many differing opinions among the top play... $21.95
Offbeat King's Indian The King's Indian is one of the most exciting and co... $17.95
Starting Out: The Queen's Indian The Queen's Indian is one of Black's most dependable... $15.95
Italian Game and Evans Gambit The Italian Game (sometimes referred to as the Giuoc... $21.95
Fire on Board Part II: 1907-2004 Alexei Shirov has dazzled and inspired a generation ... $21.95
Ruy Lopez Exchange The Ruy Lopez Exchange (or Spanish Exchange) is a cl... $21.95
Catastrophe in the Opening There are not too many feelings more satisfying in c... $21.95
Starting Out: Slav and Semi-Slav The very closely linked Slav and Semi-Slav Defences ... $19.95
Starting Out: 1 e4! Building nd maintaining a chess opening repertoire c... $21.95
English Opening: Symmetrical The English Opening is one of the most flexible and ... $21.95
Winning Quickly with White All players enjoy inflicting quick victories on thei... $17.95
Winning Quickly with Black It is much harder to win quickly with the black rath... $17.95
Winning Chess Combinations Combinations are the central element in chess; they ... $21.95
The Dynamic Reti The Reti Opening has been a popular choice at all le... $17.95
Chess Fundamentals Jose Capablanca's classic instructional manual Chess... $13.95
Caro-Kann: Smyslov System 4...Nd7 An objective, detailed coverage of all of the lines ... $16.95
Improve Your Chess Now In a strikingly original self-improvement manual, Jo... $17.95
Accelerated Dragons Many players are attracted to the Dragon Sicilian, b... $23.95
Meeting 1e4 Fed up having to defend with Black? Annoyed by all t... $17.95
Modern Benoni The dynamic Modern Benoni Defence has undergone some... $17.95
Mastering the Opening These three books are ideal for keen club players wh... $17.95
Starting Out in Chess International Master Byron Jacobs provides a thoroug... $11.95
Caro-Kann Main Line An up-to-date survey of the always popular Main Line... $17.95
Mastering the Middlegame All three books are written in a user-friendly style... $16.95
Starting Out: The French The French is one of Black's soundest defences to 1 ... $14.95
Easy Guide to the Bb5 Sicilian All players who open with 1 e4 need a good weapon ag... $16.95
French Classical In this book International Master Byron Jacobs offer... $17.95
Mastering the Endgame All three books are written in a user-friendly style... $17.95
Improve Your Opening Play Grandmaster Chris Ward explains the important ideas ... $12.95
Chess on the Net Whether its playing against humans, playing against ... $13.95
The Grunfeld Defence The Grunfeld Defence is a dynamic and popular weapon... $17.95
Improve Your Middlegame Play A thorough understanding of the middlegame is essent... $12.95
Offbeat Spanish Glenn Flear studies a wide variety of ambitious and ... $17.95
Interview with a Grandmaster There are many talented chess players in the world, ... $17.95
Easy Guide to the Nge 2 King's Indian An easy to follow guide to an aggressive and little-... $16.95
Improve Your Endgame Play In this ideal book for players wishing to improve th... $12.95
Multiple Choice Chess Are you realising your chess potential? In this book... $17.95
How to Defend in Chess Many books discuss how to attack in chess, but many ... $17.95
Dutch Stonewall The Stonewall is an ideal choice for those players w... $21.95
Alekhine's Defence Alekhine's Defence is a sharp and often underrated c... $17.95
Queen's Gambit Declined In this book grandmaster Sadler explains the ideas b... $21.95
Could you be a Tactical Chess Genius? Test your tactical chess skills with a quiz book wit... $17.95
Archangel and New Archangel This is the first book ever devoted to these two dyn... $16.95
Open Ruy Lopez The Open Ruy Lopez (also known as the Open Spanish) ... $17.95
Classical Nimzo-Indian The 4 Qc2 (or the Classical Variation, as it's commo... $14.95
Could you be a Positional Chess Genius? Test your positional chess expertise with a quiz boo... $17.95
Kramnik: My Life and Games Kramnik annotates his best games and talks about him... $21.95
Excelling at Chess Some players become good at chess, some very good, w... $21.95
Chess Brilliancy What do we understand by brilliancy in chess? The au... $17.95
Easy Guide to the Dragon This is an objective guide to the Dragon, the sharpe... $17.95
Its Your Move Improvers In this highly original and instructive test yoursel... $16.95
Easy Guide to the Sveshnikov Sicilian All chess-players need a reliable defence to 1 e4, p... $14.95
Modern Defence The Modern Defence leads to sharp and dynamic positi... $17.95
Winning Unorthodox Openings This objective guide covers all 16 of White's altern... $17.95
c3 Sicilian The c3 Sicilian has been one of the most widely play... $17.95
Sicilian Grand Prix Attack A new look at the sharp and dangerous Grand Prix Att... $17.95
Symmetrical English The Symmetrical Variation is one of Black's most pop... $14.95
English Defence Grandmaster Daniel King explains the basic elements,... $17.95
Queens Indian Defence The Queens Indian Defence is one of black's toughest... $17.95
Taming the Sicilian The Sicilian Defence is Black's most ambitious and p... $17.95
Sicilian Kan The Sicilian Kan is one of the most flexible and eas... $17.95
Starting Out: The Caro-Kann The Caro-Kann Defence has a well-deserved and establ... $14.95
Classical Dutch The Classical Dutch is an ambitious and underrated d... $17.95
The Four Knights The Four Knights has the distinction of being one of... $17.95
Concise Chess Endings How well do you know your endgames? Even many experi... $13.95
Starting Out: The Ruy Lopez Ideal for those wanting to understand the basics of ... $14.95
Starting Out: The English Ideal for those wanting to understand the basics of ... $14.95
Chess Psychology Why do so many chess players only draw winning posit... $17.95
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors Part 1 The battle for the World Chess Championship has witn... $31.95
The Veresov Looking for a new opening? The Veresov could be the ... $17.95
Starting Out: The Pirc/Modern The very closely linked Pirc and Modern Defences are... $14.95
Winning Chess Brilliancies This book by International Grand Master Yasser Seira... $17.95
Winning Chess Endings Approach every endgame with a winning strategy! Goo... $14.95
Winning Chess Openings Start every game with confidence! The two greatest ... $17.95
Art of Attack in Chess One of the finest chess books ever written, now in t... $21.95
Easy Guide to the Queens Gambit Accepted The Queen's Gambit Accepted is one of Black's most t... $16.95
Easy Guide to the Classical Sicilian The Classical Sicilian is perhaps the most natural w... $16.95
Easy Guide to the Najdorf The Najdorf has always been one of the sharpest line... $16.95
Easy Guide to the Sicilian Scheveningen The Sicilian Scheveningen is an uncompromising yet f... $16.95
Excelling at Positional Chess Positional chess remains a mystery to many and yet a... $21.95
Understanding Chess Move by Move John Nunn is one of the most highly regarded chess w... $17.95
The Gambit Guide to the English Opening: 1...e5 The 1...e5 systems of the English Opening lead to po... $21.95
The Symmetrical English The Symmetrical systems of the English Opening const... $20.95
The Gambit Guide to the Benko Gambit The Benko Gambit has enormous appeal to those who li... $17.95
Chess Champion from China Xie Juns meteoric rise to stardom is virtually unpre... $9.95
Vishy Anand: My Best Games of Chess A splendid collection of 40 games and autobiographic... $21.95
Play the Open Games as Black This book fills a gaping chasm in chess literature. ... $21.95
Understanding the Grunfeld The Grunfeld has always been a popular choice with p... $21.95
John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book Most chess puzzle books put you in an artificial sit... $17.95
The Seven Deadly Chess Sins Everyone loses chess games occasionally, but all too... $21.95
The Gambit Guide to the Bogo-Indian The Bogo-Indian is one of the most solid defenses at... $17.95
Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy It is now seventy years since Nimzowitsch wrote his ... $21.95
The Gambit Guide to the Torre Attack The Torre Attack is a very attractive system for Whi... $20.95
The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book This book provides a wealth of puzzle positions to t... $21.95
S.T.A.R. Chess Acclaimed author and grandmaster Paul Motwani discus... $10.95
The Taimanov Sicilian The Taimanov Variation is one of Black's most flexib... $19.95
Chess Highlights of the 20th Century The best chess, 1900-1999, in historical context: li... $24.95
101 Winning Chess Strategies Without strategy, a chess game is just a series of t... $15.95
The Meran System The Meran is an opening rich in both strategy and ta... $19.95
The Botvinnik Semi-Slav Most of todays top grandmasters have relied on the r... $19.95
The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black Every chess-player needs a reliable defense against ... $19.95
101 Brilliant Chess Miniatures This chess book is an entertaining collection of sen... $17.95
64 Things You Need to Know in Chess This is a basic primer for those who know how to pla... $15.95
The Cambridge Springs The Cambridge Springs is a popular defense to the Qu... $16.95
The Complete Sveshnikov Sicilian The Sveshnikov Variation is one of the most uncompro... $20.95
Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess This book tackles fundamental questions such as: 'Ho... $19.95
How to Become a Deadly Chess Tactician A guide for chess-players to help them spot unlikely... $17.95
How to be Lucky in Chess Some players seem to have an inexhaustible supply of... $15.95
King's Indian and Grunfeld: Fianchetto Lines By calmly fianchettoing his king's bishop in reply t... $20.95
The Main Line French: 3 Nc3 The French is a sound and resilient defense, which a... $20.95
The Nimzo-Indian: 4 e3 Ever since Nimzowitsch introduced his flexible, dyna... $21.95
Play the 2 c3 Sicilian A book that guides readers in how to handle a popula... $19.95
The Petroff The Petroff has for a long time been regarded as a v... $19.95
Secrets of Pawnless Endings After the success of Secrets of Rook Endings, John N... $17.95
The Sicilian Sozin A life-long Sozin devotee explains the subtleties of... $20.95
The Slav The Slav's great popularity is due to its extreme so... $20.95
Solving in Style In this book, John Nunn, a top-class grandmaster who... $15.95
Anti-Sicilians A Guide for Black The Sicilian is far and away the most popular chess ... $20.95
Play the Classical Dutch In this book, one of the most enthusiastic adherents... $16.95
Chess Strategy in Action John Watson fleshes out the theory presented to enor... $21.95
Chess Endings Made Simple Most chess-players are all too painfully aware of ho... $17.95
Secrets of Chess Defence Good defensive abilities earn players a great many h... $21.95
The Gambit Guide to the Modern Benoni The Modern Benoni is one of Black's most swashbuckli... $20.95
The Queen's Indian This book provides detailed coverage and strategic e... $21.95
The System: A World Champion's Approach to Chess American Hans Berliner is one of the most successful... $21.95
Starting Out: The Queens Gambit The Queen's Gambit Declined is one of the most popul... $14.95
Attacking with 1e4 Tired of playing the same old openings? Worried abou... $17.95
Foundations of Chess Strategy Chess is a game where profound strategic thinking mu... $24.95
Storming the Barricades Many books provide training in how to round off a su... $17.95
How to Beat Your Dad at Chess This is not just a book for kids - for Dad read any ... $12.95
How to Play Dynamic Chess Chess is fundamentally a dynamic game. Each move cha... $20.62
Improve Your Attacking Chess Checkmating the enemy king is the ultimate goal in c... $17.95
A Complete Guide to the Grivas Sicilian This book is in every way a definitive guide: Efstra... $21.95
Chess for Zebras Jonathan Rowson, author of the highly acclaimed Seve... $22.45
Modern Chess Analysis "Computers are incredibly fast, accurate and st... $21.95

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