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A long-overdue book on the records, from the trivial to the monumental, set over the decades in ...

192 pages: ORIGINAL RRP £15.99. Too many chess players adopt an unnecessarily defensive approach with the Black pieces when the ...

The King's Gambit is the most daring and dangerous classic chess opening. It was all the rage in the 19th century and has now c ...

224 pages: ORIGINAL RRP £14.99. The Queen's Bishop Attack, also known as the Pseudo-Trompowsky, is used by bold, enterprising p ...

The accelerated development of the White queen's bishop after 1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5 was for many years considered a bizarre chess open ...

Wouldn't you like to have more forced wins when you reach the endgame? If so, then national maste ...

Max Euwe was the fifth official world champion, and met many of the other champions in chessboard battles. Here, he assesses th ...

Today, many chess players are better informed than ever before and have a greater appreciation of good chess play. Games tend t ...

A lively explanation of an important opening, the Queen's Gambit Accepted (QGA) is Black's most straightforward answer to the p ...

Dutch Grandmaster Hans Ree is one of the most respected writers in the chess world today. Champion of the Netherlands four time ...

A cornucopia of games, positions, biographies, mysteries, howlers, reviews, quotations, etc., featuring a cast of hundreds from ...