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Abbreviations: Bats.= Batsford. Perg.= Pergamon
TP = Thinker's Press(USA)
CP = Chess Player. CD = Chess Digest(USA) CE = Chess Enterprises(USA)
TC = Tournament Chess. EM = Everyman.
(D.) = descriptive notation h/b = hardback d/w = dustwrapper
repr.= reprint
edn.= edition. NY = New York.
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* GENERAL * * *
1. ADORJAN (A.): Black is Still OK!
Batsford 2004. 224pp. Encourages a positive attitude with the black pieces,
with recommended openings and many illustrative games, many by Adorjan. £10.00
2.Alburt, Dzindzichashvili &
Perelshteyn: Chess Openings for Black, Explained. A Complete Repertoire. CIRC,
NY 2005. New. 549pp. How to defend against every white opening. £12.00
3. Brash
(M.G.) Chess Openings for Progressive Players. Methuen,1949. 67pp. h/b. Scarce.
(D.) £10.00
4. Chessman Quarterly. Ed: Wade
& Boyd. Vol.1 No.1-4. 1968. 4 issues, nos.1&2 reprinted. (Also included
nos.19 & 22). The magazine specializing in opening theory. 40pp each issue.
(D.) £6.00
7. Dunnington (A.) Gambit Play. Sacrificing in the
Opening. EM 2003. 128pp. “Explores the key aspects of successful gambit
play.” £10.00
9. Chess
Informant. (Sahovski Informator). Classification of Chess Openings. 1971. 67pp. £5.00
10. Edwards (R.) Basic Chess
Openings. Routledge 1976. 95pp. Covers general principles and most openings.
Includes 43 complete games. (D.) £5.00
12. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
C. 1.e4, e6 and 1.e4, e5. Chess Informant, 1974. 349pp. £6.00
***12a. Estrin (Y.) Gambits. Trans from
Russian by J.Marfia. CE 1982. 91pp. Numerous complete games all with opening
gambits. £6.00
13.Estrin & Panov: Comprehensive
Chess Openings. Vol.1. Perg.1980. 271pp., 37 illustrative games. Translated by
Ken Neat from the acclaimed Russian work. (D.) £7.00
14..Fine (R.) The Ideas Behind the
Chess Openings. McKay, US 1943. 1st Edn. G. 240pp. A pioneering treatment of
the openings. (D.) £6.00
16. Fletcher (L.E.) Gambits Accepted.
A Survey of Opening Sacrifices. Routledge 1954. H/b, spine very faded, internally
G. 254pp. Covers 84 gambits with opening theory followed by 84 games. (D.)
£10.00
17. Giddins (S.) 101 Chess Opening
Traps. Gambit, repr.2006. 112pp. Focuses on traps that club players are most
likely to fall for. £7.50
18. Griffith & White, Pocket Guide to the Chess
Openings. Bell, repr.1923. Some wear to covers o/w G. 116pp. h/b. (D.) £6.00
18a. ----1958 revised edn. H/b. G,d/w. (D.) £5.00
***18b. Grob (H.):
Die Eroffnungen in der Schachpartie unter Anwendung des Kampfplanes. Zurich
1938. 1st Edn. Small p/b, VG. 96pp. A few tiny English translations in text.
Openings handbook. £12.00
19. Harding (T.D.) Counter Gambits. Black to Play and
Win. BCM Quarterly No.15. 1974. G. 204pp. Gambits for black, 67 complete games.
£7.00
22. Hodgson (J.) Quick Chess Knockouts. Cadogan 1996.
143pp. Opening traps, intended for the beginner to club player. £6.00
22a.Horowitz (I.) New Traps in the
Chess Opening. Faber, repr.1970. h/b, d/w. 181pp. (D.) £6.00
22b. also: Arco, NY 1964 1st Edn.
H/b,d/w. Collection of 175 traps. (D.) £7.00
23. Horowitz (I.A.): Chess Openings
Theory and Practice. Fireside Books, repr.of 1964 edn. Large format thick p/b, G. 789pp. Arranged
in tabular form, plus 439 complete games. Collaborators included Euwe, Grunfeld
& Kmoch. The definitive work at the time. (D.) £10.00
23a.----- Also: 1973 3rd
impression. Hardback, G. £13.00
24. Howson (J.B.) Two Hundred
Modern Chess Traps in the Fianchetto Openings. Spearman, 1970. h/b, d/w. 203pp.
(D.) £8.00
27. Karpov (A.):
The Semi-Open Game in Action. Batsford 1988. 1st. VG. 126pp. Sicilian, French, Caro-Kann & Pirc.
Includes many complete annotated games, mainly from 1984-87.. £6.00
28. Kasparov & Keene: Batsford
Chess Openings. Repr.1988. 345pp. VG. £7.00
29.Kasparov & Keene.: Batsford
Chess Openings 2. 1989. Large p/b. G. 413pp. (A.) "Completely
rewritten." £9.00
30. Keene (R.) The Evolution of Chess
Opening Theory from Philidor to Kasparov. Perg.1985. 220pp. Many complete
annotated games. £7.50
***30a. Keene
& Levy: An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player. Bats.1980. 2nd
Edn. 152pp. Covers in particular 1.P-K4 as white, and Pirc and Benko Gambit as
black. (D.) £6.00
33. Marovic (D.) & B.Parma: An
Opening Repertoire for Black. Bats.1978. 157pp. QGD, Pirc, French in
particular. £6.00
35.Mednis (E.): From the Opening
into the Endgame. Pergamon 1983. 151pp. Discusses 11 different openings showing
the best routes to particular endgame positions. £6.00
36. Mednis
(E.) Practical Opening Tips. Cadogan, 1997. 159pp. Much advice on building a
repertoire. £7.50
37.Modern Chess Openings. 7th Edn.
Revised W.Korn. 1946. h/b.G with d/w worn at edges. 390pp. (D.) £7-50
39. Modern Chess Openings. 9th
Edn. Completely Revised by Korn & Collins. 1960. h/b. G. 360pp. (D.) £7
40.Modern Chess Openings. 11th Edn.
W.Korn. Repr.1973. h/b. G,d/w. 374pp. (D.) £9.00
40a.----Another copy. Good only.
£7.00
41. Modern Chess Openings. 12th
Edn. W.Korn. 1982. Covers worn. 457pp. £6.00
42.Modern Chess Openings. 13th Edn.
W.Korn & N. De Firmian. 1990. 708pp. VG. £12.00
***42a. another copy with one section of
loose pages, could be glued, o/w G. £8.00
44. Nunn’s Chess Openings. Nunn,
Burgess, Emms & Gallagher. EM 1999. Large thick p/b. 544pp. Laid out like
ECO, with introductions. Computer-checked for accuracy, plus original analysis.
£15.00
45. Pachman
(L.) The Opening Game in Chess. Routledge 1982. 198pp. Practical advice and
basic principles based around 23 key games. £7.00
59. Pachman
(L.) Moderne Schachtheorie. Artia, Prag/ Sportverlag Berlin 1956. German
Edn.(v.1-2 2nd edn, v.3 1st edn.) 3 volume set.
VG,d/w’s. £18.00
60. Purdy (C.J.S.) Action Chess.
Purdy’s 24 Hours Opening Repertoire. How to Get a Playable Middlegame. Ed:
R.J.Tykodi. Commentary by R.J.Wieck. Thinkers’ Press, US 2000. VG. 191pp.
Includes much on French Def and Colle System. £10.00
61. Robertie (B.) Winning Chess
Openings. 25 Essential Opening Strategies. Cardoza, 2nd edn, 2002.
176pp. Cover corner crease. Very basic coverage of popular openings with
clear notes rather than move variations. £6.00
62.Samarian (S.) Opening Tactics
for Club Players. Hale, 1980. h/b, d/w. 170pp. Pen marking to contents page o/w
VG. (D.) Section on gambits, and repertoires for white and black. £7.00
63. Schiller (E.) Standard Chess
Openings. Cardoza, US 1998. Thick p/b. F. 756pp. Brief coverage of all
openings, with explanation of ideas, including 250 complete annotated games,
various indices. £15.00
64.Schiller (E.) Unorthodox Chess
Openings. The Complete & Definitive Guide. Cardoza Pub. NY 1998. F. 520pp.
Hundreds of the more unusual opening systems and variations with explanations
and useful indexes. £12.00
65. Shamkovich (L.) & E.Schiller: Kasparov's Opening
Repertoire. Batsford, 1990. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 154pp. Includes numerous complete
games. £8.00
66. Smith
(K.) Ed: Modern Opening Theory 1973. The Complete Translation of All
Theoretical Opening Articles from Schahmatny Bulletin. CD 1975. 119pp. (D.)
£5.00
67. Smith
(K.) Ed: Modern Opening Theory 1974. The Complete Translation of All
Theoretical Opening Articles from Schahmatny Bulletin. CD 1975. 124pp. (D.)
£5.00
68. Sokolsky (A.P.)
The Modern Openings in Theory and Practice. Trans & Ed: Golombek &
Strauss. Pitman 1972. 1st English Edn. H/b, VG,d/w. 241pp. Includes
many complete games. £9.00
***68a. Soltis
(A.) A Black Defensive System. CD 1973. 72pp. Tape on spine, G- 1…P-Q4 and 2…P-QB3 against any white opening
moves. (D.) £4.00
***68b. Speelman
(J.) Pocket Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. Bell 1981. 142pp. Layout like a
mini MCO. £4.00
69.Suetin (A.S.) Modern Chess
Opening Theory. Pergamon, 1965. 322pp. (D.) £5
69a.---- also: hardback copy. VG.
£8.00
70. Wincor
(R.) Baroque Chess Openings. Citadel Press, US 1975. 116pp. A little staining
to some page corners o/w G. Mainly on Dutch Stonewall and various Indian
systems. (D.) £6.00
72. Znosko-Borovsky (E.) How to Play
the Chess Openings. Hollings, 1937. Repr. H/b. 166pp. A general work with the
emphasis on general advice rather than lots of variations. Includes the 18pp
supplement. (D.) £8.00
73. Znosko-Borovsky: A Supplement to How to Play the Chess
Openings. 1936. Small p/b. 16pp. Issued to accompany the 1st
edition. (D.) Scarce. £5.00
74.Znosko-Borovsky (E.) Traps on
the Chessboard. Hollings, 1949 repr.
h/b. VG,d/w. 136pp. (D.) £7
* * * OPENINGS - KING'S PAWN * * *
(Also see final section for Pirc Defence.)
76. Adams (J.) Schliemann / Jaenisch
Gambit. CP 1982. 120pp. Cover creased.
£5.00
80. Arizmendi
& Moreno: Mastering the Najdorf. A Complete Guide. Gambit, 2004. 224pp.
£10.00
81.Barden
(L.) The Ruy Lopez. Perg.1963. 1st. 170pp. (D.) £5.00
82.Bikhovsky
(A.) Spanish (Ruy Lopez): Chigorin. Bats.1983. 117pp. £5.00
83. Bikhovsky
(A.) The Closed Spanish. Karpov/Zaitsev Systems. Bats.1993. 141pp. £7.00
84. Blackstock
(L.S.) Ruy Lopez: Breyer System. Bats.1976. 102pp. £6.00
85. Botterill
& Harding: The Scotch. Bats.1977. 140pp. h/b, d/w. Club stamp to
title-page. £7.50
87. Cafferty
(B.) & T.Harding. Play the Evans Gambit. A Study in Depth. Hale, 1976. 1st
Edn. H/b,d/w. 176pp. Scarce. £14.00
88. Cafferty
& Hooper: A Complete Defence to 1.P-K4. A Study of Petroff’s Defence. 2nd
Edn. Perg.1979. Corners creased. 149pp. (D.) £7.00
89. Chandler
(M.) Sicilian 2 c3. Bats.New Edn.1987. 128pp. £6.00
***89a. CHESS
OPENING ESSENTIALS. (Djuric, Komarov & Pantaleoni) Vol.1: The Complete
1.e4. New In Chess, 2007. VG. 358pp. An explanation of each opening, the
various plans for the middlegame, the main variations, numerous instructive
games. £16.00
90. Curtacci
(S.) Caro-Kann Defence. Knight Variation 4…Nf6. S1 Editrice 1992. 96pp. c.400
correspondence games. £4.00
91. Davidson
(J.): Caro-Kann Opening. De Soliede Verdediging Tegen den Koningspion.
Amsterdam (1937.) 1st Edn. Original green card covers. G. 96pp. Includes 8
complete games. LN 2022. £12.00
92. Davies (N.) Taming the Sicilian.
EM 2002. F. 144pp. Repertoire for white against open Sicilians. £9.00
93.Eales
& Williams: Alekhine’s Defence. Bats.1973. h/b, d/w. 140pp. (D.) £8.00
***94. Emms (J.)
The Scandinavian. Chess Press 1997. 144pp. Based around 82 illustrative games.
£8.00
97.Emms (J.)
Starting Out: The Sicilian. EM 2002. Title-page removed o/w F. 176pp. 59 illustrative
games. User-friendly design explains the key principles. £7.00
98. Encyclopaedia
Modern Chess Opening: Sicilian Defence. A.Karpov & other Russian GMs.
Schmidt Schach, 1996. Large hardback, d/w.
Russian work arranged like ECO, with preface, intro and code in other
languages. 697pp. £14.00
99. Encyclopaedia Modern Chess
Opening: Semi-Open Games. (All 1.e4 except 1…c5 & 1…e5.) A.Karpov &
other Russian GMs. Schmidt Schach, 1996. Large p/b, front cover creased. Russian work arranged like ECO, with preface,
intro and code in other languages. 339pp. £10
100. Estrin
& Glaskov: Play the King’s Gambit. Vol.1 Accepted. Vol.2 Declined.
Perg.1982. 1st English Edn (trans from Russian by K.Neat.) 175,
133pp. A few neat pen notes. £15.00
***101. Estrin
(Y.) The Two Knights Defence. Chess SC (1970). 131pp. H/b. Some pages yellowed.
(D.) £6.00
102. Flear
(G.) Offbeat Spanish (without 3…a6) EM 2000. 143pp. Includes 53 complete games.
£9.00
103. Forintos
& Hagg: The Petroff Defence. Bats.1983. Spine faded. 248pp. A comprehensive
work. £7.50
***103a. another:
2nd fully revised edn. 1991. VG. 254pp. £9.00
104. Fuller
(M. & L.Pickett. Sicilian Defence 11. Lines with c3. CP 1977. 69pp. Some
pen notes. 2.c3 and 3.c3. £4.00
106. Gallagher
(J.) Starting Out: The Caro-Kann. EM 2002. 192pp. User-friendly design explains
the key principles. £8.00
107. Gligoric
& Sokolov: Sicilian Defence. Book 1 (All published). Perg.1970. Hardback. 381pp.
(D.) Includes Morra gambit, closed lines, Bb5 lines, open lines where black
plays 2…Nc6. £7.00
108. Gligoric
& Uhlmann: The French Defence. RHM Press, US 1975. 309pp. Includes 72
complete games. (D.) £8.00
109. Goring
Gambit. CD 1976. 71pp. (D.) £3.00
110. Grivas
(E.) A Complete Guide to the Grivas Sicilian. Gambit 2005. VG. 144pp. 2..Nc6
and 4…Qb6. £9.00
111. Gufeld
& Kalinichenko: An Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player. EM 2002
repr. 160pp. Based on 1 e4 as white and the Sicilian Dragon and Dutch Defences
as black. £9.00
112. Gufeld
& Kalinichenko: An Opening Repertoire for the Positional Player. Cadogan
1997. 192pp. Based on 1 e4 as white and the Sicilian d6/Nc6 and King’s Indian
Defences as black. £9.00
114. Gufeld & Schiller: Secrets of
the Sicilian Dragon. Cardoza, repr.2000. F. 197pp. The important principles,
tactical themes and attacking plans for both sides, including many complete
games. £8.00
115. Gufeld
(E.) The Sicilian Defence. Bats.1983. 198pp. Covers all lines for the average
club player. £5.00
118. Harding (T.) Evans Gambit &
System Vs Two Knight’s Defence. CD 1996. Rev.2nd Edn. F. 220pp.
£9.00
119. Harding
(T.) Nimzowitsch Defence. 1 e4,Nc6. Bats.1981. 144pp. £8.00
***119a. Harding,
Spanish (Ruy Lopez): Marshall. Bats.1977. H/b, VG,d/w (spine faded).
176pp. £7.50
120. Harding
& Markland, Sicilian:...e5. Bats.1976. 110pp. £5.00
121. Harding
& Markland. Sicilian: Lines with …e5. Bats.1982. Revised Edn. 105pp. £7.00
123. Harding, Botterill & Kottnauer: Sicilian Sozin.
Bats.1974. h/b,d/w. 192pp. (D.) £8.00
***123a. Harding, Vienna Opening. Bats.1976. 104pp. (D.) £4.00
125. Hodgson (J.) & L.Day: Grand Prix Attack: f4
against the Sicilian. Bats.1985. 89pp. £6.00
126. Hooper (D.) A Complete Defence to 1.P-K4. Petroff’s
Defence. Perg.1973 repr. G. 180pp. (D.) £5.00
127. Hort
(V.) Alekhine’s Defence. A&C Black, 1981. Cover corner creased, little
staining o/w G. 256pp. £6.00
128. Horton
(M.H.) French Defence 1. 2nd Edn. CP 1977. 79pp. (D.) £3.00
129. Jacobs
(B.) Starting Out: The French. EM 2002. 176pp. User-friendly design
explains the key principles. All important variations are covered. £9.00
132. Keene
& Blackstock: Sicilian Defence 3: Unusual Second Moves for Black. CP 1974.
56pp. (D.) £3.00
133. Keene, Soltis, Mednis: Understanding the Caro-Kann
Defence. RHM 1980. 142pp. £5.00
135. Keene & Taulbut: How to Play the Caro-Kann
Defence. Bats.1989.109pp. £6
138. King (D.) The Closed Sicilian. Chess Press 1997.
144pp. Includes 103 complete games. £10.00
141. Kosten
(T.) The French Advance. Chess Press, 1998.
144pp. Includes 92 model games. £9.00
142. Kotronias & Tzermiadianos: Beating the Petroff.
Bats.2004. 240pp. Provides a repertoire of attacking weapons, including many
new ideas. £7.50
143. Kovacs
(L.) Sicilian: Poisoned Pawn Variation. Perg.1986. 156pp. £7.00
144. Lane
(G.) The c3 Sicilian. Crowood Press 1990. 202pp. Based around 40 complete
games. £7.00
145. Lane (G.) Ruy Lopez for the Tournament Player.
Bats.1991. Corner cover crease. 242pp. Explains the ideas of each system with
key illustrative games. £7.00
***145a. Lane (G.) The Ultimate Closed Sicilian. Bats.2001.
176pp. £8.00
146. Lane
(G.) Vienna Game. EM 2000. 144pp. Includes 77 complete games. £9
***147a. Leach (C.) KGA: Becker, Fischer
and Cunningham Defences. Colin Leach,1990. 77pp. 187 complete games, plus
part-games. £6.00
***147b. Leach (C.) Spanish Four Knights
Game. Part 2. Caissa 1990. 105pp. 430 games plus extra part games from all
eras. Languageless notes. £6.00
148. Leach (C.): Chess in the USSR
1945-72. Part 3. Sicilian Defence I. 1994. 76pp. 214 games with languageless
notes. Includes closed Sicilian games and open games where black plays 2...Nc6,
4...Nf6 and 5...d6. £7.00
149. Levy & O’Connell: How to Play the Sicilian
Defence. Bats.1978. 152pp. A few
pinholes to first few page corners. Explains the ideas and standard positions,
for the club player. (D.) £5.00
150. Levy
(D.) Sacrifices in the Sicilian. Bats.1974. 1st Edn. H/b,VG,d/w.165pp. Many complete
games. (D.) £7.50
****150a. another: 2nd Edn 1980. H/b, VG,d/w. 186pp.
(D.) £9.00
151. Levy
(D.) The Sicilian Dragon. Bats.1973. Repr. h/b,d/w. 202pp. (D.) £7.50
153. McDonald
(N.) Winning with the Kalashnikov. Bats.1995. 144pp. Sicilian Open variation
2…Nc6 & 4…e5. £8.00
154. McDonald (N.) Sveshnikov Sicilian. Bats.1999. 144pp. A
very dynamic line for black (Nc6,Nf6,e5,d6) Includes 43 complete games. £5.00
155. Moiseev
(O.) Sicilian Defence 2: Paulsen Variation. Revised by M.Horton. CP 1972. 74pp.
(D.) £3.00
156. Myers
(D.R.) French Defence Winawer Var. C15-C19. s1 Editrice, Italy 1994. 121pp.
Many complete annotated games. £6.00
157. Nunn (J.) Beating the Sicilian.
Bats.repr.1986. VG. 152pp. A complete repertoire for white. £7.00
158. Nunn
(J.) Beating the Sicilian 2. Bats.1990. 170pp. A complete repertoire for white,
revised and updated. £8.00
***159a. Nunn & Harding: The Marshall
Attack. Bats.1989. 217pp. £7.50
160.
Pachman (L.) Semi-Open Games. Chess,1969. 350pp. h/b. Includes French,
Caro-Kann, Sicilian and other replies to 1.P-K4. Also includes large addenda to
his Queen's Gambit & Indian Defence books. (D.) £8.00
164. Pickett (L.) & A.Swift.
Sicilian Defence 6. Closed Variation. CP 1976. 72pp. Some pen notes. (D.) £3.00
165. Pickett
(L.) & A.Swift. Sicilian Defence 7. Lines with P-KB4. CP 1976. 63pp. (D.) £3.00
***166a. Polugaevsky
(L.) The Sicilian Labyrinth. Trans: K.Neat. Vol.1 & 2. Perg.1991.
181,163pp. Includes numerous annotated games. Some corner creasing to Vol.2.
£20.00
***166b. Pritchett
(C.) The Sicilian Scheveningen. Bats.1977. H/b, VG,d/w (spine faded). 206pp.
(D.) £8.00
167. Psakhis
(L.) The Complete French. Bats.repr.1996. 272pp. £7.50
168. Richmond
(P.A.) French Defence Tarrasch Variation. CP 1980. 128pp. £4.00
169.Sapi (L.) & A.Schneider. Sicilian Dragon:
Classical & Levenfish Variations. Bats.1990. 245pp. £7.50
170.Sapi (L.) & A.Schneider. Sicilian Dragon:
Yugoslav 9.Bc4. Bats.1989. 220pp. £7.50
***170a. Schiller
(E.) & J.Goldman: The Sicilian Dragon Yugoslav Attack. 9.Bc4. WITH: Vol.2
9.O-O-O and 9.g4. CE 1987-89. 136 + 125pp. £8.00
172.Schneider
(A.) The Treasury of Chess Openings. Vol.1 Open Games. Caissa KFT 2002. F.
284pp. Based around 148 games covering 1.e4, e5 openings. £7.50
173. Schneider
(A.) The Complete Sicilian. Vol.1 Caissa KFT 2004. F. 237pp. Includes numerous
complete games. Includes most of Sicilian except Najdorf, Dragon &
Scheveningen. £8.00
174. Schneider
(A.) The Complete Sicilian. Vol.2 Caissa KFT 2004. F. 277pp. Includes numerous
complete games. Includes Najdorf, Dragon & Scheveningen. £8.00
175. Shamkovich
& Schiller: Spanish Gambits. Bats.1986. 96pp. £7.00
176. Shamkovich
& Schiller: Spanish: Schliemann (Jaenisch.) Bats.1983. 150pp. £7.50
177. Silman
(J.) The Neo-Sveshnikov (Sicilian). CE 1994, 2nd printing. 112pp.
£6.00
***177a. Silman
(J.) Winning with the Sicilian Defense. CD 1991. 172pp. Repertoire with
Accelerated Dragon plus lines against other white 2nd moves. £7.00
178. Smith
(K.) 2.P-QB3 vs Sicilian & The Smith-Morra Gambit Declined. 62pp. (D.)
£4.00
***178a. Smith & Hall: Winning with
the Centre Counter 1.e4 d5! CD 1991. 91pp. One pen note. £6.00
181. Stean
(M.) Sicilian Najdorf. Bats.1976. 127pp. £6.00
182. Suetin
(A.) Spanisch. Rubinstein-Aufbau bis Breyer-System. Sportverlag Berlin, 1981.
VG,d/w. 249pp. £6.00
183. Swift (A.) & L.Pickett.
Scotch Opening 1. Scotch Game. CP 1976. 71pp. Few pen notes. (D.) £3.00
184. Taimanov (M.) Sicilian Paulsen.
Bats.1984. 101pp. £6.00
186. Thimann (R.G.):
King's Gambit. A Game Collection. Chess Player, 1974. p/b. G. 196pp. 208 games
with brief notes, over half played since 1960.
£8.00
187. Thomas
(M.) Sicilian c3. CP 1981. 80pp. Some pen notes. £3.00
188. Thomas (M.) Spanish Exchange Variation. CP 1980.
144pp. £4.00
189. Tisdall
(J.) Trends in the Scotch Opening. 1992. 37pp. 102 games from 1988-91. Few
pencil notes. £3.00
190. Tseitlin
(M.) & I.Glazkov. The Complete Vienna. Holt/Bats.1995. 127pp. 1.e4 e5
2.Nc3. £8.00
191. Varnusz
(E.) Play the Caro-Kann. English edition edited & revised by
M.Chandler. Perg.1982. h/b, some pen notes to text.
155pp. Incl.56 annotated games. £7.00
192. Also:
2nd Edn., thoroughly revised. 1991. p/b. 261pp. 77 games. £8.00
193. Watson
(J.) Play the French. Perg,1989 repr. 212pp. £7.00
194. Watson
(J.) Play the French. New Fully Revised Edn, Cadogan,1996. Covers creased. 224pp.
£7.00
195. Yrjola
(J.) Easy Guide to the Classical Sicilian, featuring the Richter-Rauzer and
Sozin Attacks. Everyman, 2000. F. 128pp. £7.00
196. Yudovich (M.) Spanish (Ruy Lopez)
without …a6. Bats.1986. VG. 124pp. £6.50
B1. Bangiev
(A.) Developments in the Sicilian 2f4. 1980-88. 59pp. 100 games. £2.50
B3.
Blackstock, Developments in the Open Spanish 1982-87. 62pp.100 games. £2
B4. Carr
(N.) Developments in the Smith-Morra Gambit 1980-89. 1990. 49pp. 100 games,
many annotated. £2.50
B5.Carlier
(B.) Trends – Spanish Exchange. 1990. 42pp.100 games of 1987-89. £2
B6. FIDE Chess Encyclopaedia. Sicilian
Richter-Rauzer B64-65. 1994. 46pp. £2
B7. Florian
(T.) Schliemann Variation of the Ruy Lopez. CP 1970. 35pp. (D.) £2.00
B8. Hodgson
(J.) Trends – Sicilian Sveshnikov. 1990. 42pp.100 games of 1988-90. £2
B10. Jacobs,
Trends – Open Spanish. 1991. 36pp. 100 games 1989-91. £2
B11. Martin
(A.) Developments in the French Defence.1984-86. 32pp. 100 games. £2
B12.
McDonald (N.) Trends – French Winawer. 1990. 41pp. 100 games of 1988-89. £2.00
B13. Nikitin
(A.S.) Sicilian Defence 1. Scheveningen Variation. Revised by M.Horton. CP
1971. 71pp. some pen notes. (D.) £2.00
B14.
Plaskett, Trends – Sicilian Paulsen. 1990. 40pp. 100 games 1988/89. £2
B16. Smith
(K.) Sicilian: Theory of the Smith-Morra Gambit in Games 1968 thru 1973. CD
1974. 67pp. Numerous complete games. £3.00
* * * OPENINGS - QUEEN'S
PAWN * * *
201. Adorjan & Dory: Winning with the Grunfeld. Bats.1987.
154pp.Based around 45 complete games.£7.00
202. Barden,
Hartston, Keene: King's Indian Def. Bats.1st Edn, 1969. h/b, d/w. 211pp. (D.)
The first volume in the Batsford Contemporary Openings series. £7
203..----Also
Bats.1977. 2nd Edn. Revised & Enlarged. 334pp. h/b,d/w. (D.) £9
***204a. Bellin & Ponzetto: Mastering the Modern Benoni
and the Benko Gambit with the Read & Play Method. Bats.1990. G. 165pp. The
opening is explained in
terms of its essential strategic plans and typical
pawn structures. £10.00
205. Benko (P.) The Benko Gambit. Bats.1974. h/b,
corners bumped o/w G,d/w. 143pp. (D.) £8.00
***206. Borik (O.) Budapest Gambit. Bats.1986.
100pp. 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e5. Pin hole marks to lower blank page corners. £5.00
207. Botvinnik & Estrin: The
Gruenfeld Defence. RHM, US 1980. 371pp. Stain on outer page block edge o/w G.
£7.50
208. Buckley
(G.) Easy Guide to the Queen’s Gambit Accepted. Cadogan 1998. 125pp. £7.00
209. Burgess (G.) The King’s Indian for the Attacking
Player. Bats.1994, repr. 178pp. £8.00
***209a. Burgess (G.) & S.Pedersen. The Queen’s Gambit for
the Attacking Player. Bats.1995. 176pp. An aggressive repertoire for white.
£7.50
210. Cafferty & Hooper: Queen’s
Gambit Accepted. Perg.1981. 144pp. £7.00
211. Cox (J.) Starting Out: 1.d4. EM
2006. F. 239pp. A reliable repertoire for white. £10.00
212. Dempsey (A.C.) Modern Exchange Grunfeld. (7.Nf3.) CP
1989. 67pp. £5.00
213. De
Vault (R.) The Leningrad Dutch. CD 1992. 266pp. £7.50
215.Ehlvest (J.) The Leningrad Dutch. Bats.1993.
139pp. £7.00
***215a.Fedorowicz (J.) The Complete Benko Gambit.
Summit Pub. US 1990. 233pp. Comprehensive work by a leading Benko player and
theoretician. £9.00
216. Flear (G.) The Slav for the Tournament Player.
Bats.1988. 150pp. £7.00
217. Gallagher (J.) Play the King’s Indian. EM
2004. F. 208pp. KI expert presents complete repertoire for black, including 74
recent games. £10.00
219.Gallagher (J.) Starting Out: The King’s Indian.
EM 2002. F. 176pp. 68 illustrative games.
User-friendly design helps to understand the key principles. £10.00
***219a.
Gallagher (J.) The Trompowsky. Chess Press, 1998. 144pp. 85 games. £8.00
220. Geller (E.) King’s Indian
Defence: 4.e4. Four Pawns, Samisch & Classical. Bats.1980. 166pp. Paper
yellowed o/w G. £7.00
221. Geller (E.) King’s Indian
Defence: g3 Systems. Bats.1980. 133pp. Paper yellowed o/w G. £7.00
***221a. Geller (E.) Queen’s Indian Defence.
Bats.1982. 248pp. £7.00
222. Gligoric (S.) King’s Indian
Def. Mar del Plata Variation. Bats.2002. F. 160pp. Includes 38 games. £6.00
***222a. Gligoric (S.) The Nimzo-Indian
Defence. Pergamon, repr.1986. 240pp. Based around 96 annotated games. £8.00
223. Gufeld (E.) The Benko Gambit. Bats.1988.
110pp. £6.00
224. Gufeld (E.) Queen’s Gambit
Accepted. Bats.1986. 120pp. £6.00
225. Gufeld & Stetsko:
Richter-Veresov System. The Chameleon Chess Repertoire. 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5
3.Bg5. TP 1999. 192pp. 39 annotated games plus many others. Faint waterstain to
inner bottom margin of pages. £7.50
***225a. Gufeld & Stetsko: Winning
with the Torre Attack. Bats.1993. 192pp. Based around 60 annotated games. £8.00
226. Gutman (L.) Budapest Fajarowicz.
Bats.2004. 287pp. “First comprehensive coverage of the Fajarowicz” a remarkable
stand-alone defence to 1.d4, after Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4. £9.50
***226a. Hall & Cartier: Leningrad
Dutch. Strategy & Tactics. Hays, US 1997. 148pp. F. £8.00
***227a. Harding
(T.) The Leningrad Dutch. Bats.1976. H/b. VG,d/w. 179pp. (D.) £10.00
228. Harding
(T.) Queen’s Gambit Declined: Semi-Slav. Ed & Revised: A.Whiteley.
Bats.1981. 169pp. £6.00
229.
Hartston (W.) Benoni. Bats.1st Edn.1969. h/b,d/w.111pp. (D.) £4
229a..---
another copy of 2nd edn.1973. h/b, d/w. (D.) £8.00
***229b. 3rd edn and first algebraic, completely rewritten.
1977. 111pp. £7.00
230.
Hartston (W.) The Grunfeld Defence. Bats.2nd edn 1973. h/b, d/w. 192pp. (D.)
Revised & updated with 30 new games. £8.00
***230a. Also: 1st Edn. 1971. h/b, d/w.
182pp. (D.) £6.00
233. Keene
& Jacobs: The Complete King’s Indian. Bats. Repr.1994. 272pp. Based around
42 complete games. £8.00
***233a. Keene
& Jacobs: An Opening Repertoire for White. (New Edn.) Bats.1995. 144pp.
Based on the Queen’s Gambit and other replies to 1.d4. £6.00
234. Keene
& Taulbut. How to Play the Nimzo-Indian Def. Bats.1982. paper yellowed. 134pp.
Includes numerous complete games. £5.00
237. Konig (I.) The Queen’s Indian Defence. Trans &
Ed: J.Du Mont. Pitman, 1947. p/b, d/w (slightly torn on spine o/w VG). 64pp.
(D.) £8
238. Konikowski (J.) & M.Soszynski:
The Fearsome Four Pawns Attack. Russell Ent. 2005. Fine. 283pp. Includes 63
complete annotated games. £12.00
239.Konikowski (J.) & M.Thesing.
Semi-Slav, Botvinnik Var. Editrice,1993.244pp. £5
241. Langeweg (K.) King’s Indian Samisch Variation.
NIC 1995. 106pp. Introductions to variations in English, Dutch & German
plus numerous games with informator-style notes. £6.00
***241a. Levy, Benko Counter-Gambit. 3…b5.
Bats.1978. 127pp. £6.00
242. Levy & O’Connell: How to Play the King’s
Indian Defence. Bats.1980. 112pp.
(D.) £5.00
243. Marovic (D.) Play the King’s
Indian Defence. Perg.1991 repr. 242pp. Illustrates the various plans with a
large number of annotated games. £7.50
244. Marovic (D.) Play the Queen’s Gambit. Maxwell
Macmillan,1991. 370pp. A good coverage of the QGD with over 150 annotated
games. £10.00
***245a. Norwood (D.) The Modern Benoni. Cadogan
1994. 143pp. Based around 40 annotated games. One page loosening. £6.00
***245b. Nunn & Burgess: The Main Line
King’s Indian. Bats.1996. A few small stains on pages o/w G. 320pp. Detailed
work. £9.00
***245c. Nunn & Burgess: The New
Classical King’s Indian. Bats.1997. VG. 320pp. Companion to above work.
£10.00
246.Pachman (L.) Indian Systems.
Chess Ltd.(1974). h/b, d/w. 276pp. (D.)
£8.00
247.Pachman (L.) Queen's Gambit and
other Closed Games. Nevill 1963. h/b, spine faded. 383pp. (D.) £7.00
248. Pein (M.) Grunfeld Defence: Exchange
Variation. Bats.1981. 140pp. Paper yellow. £5.00
249. Pliester (L.) Rubinstein Complex of the
Nimzo-Indian Defense. ICE 1995. Cover crease o/w VG. 376pp. A very detailed
work on the 4.e3 variation including many complete games. £12.00
250. Przewoznik & Pein: The Blumenfeld Gambit.
Perg.1991. 107pp. £5.00
***250a. Ravikumar (V.) Play the Benko Gambit.
Maxwell Macmillan, 1991. 204pp.
77 complete games. £7.00
251. Richardson & Boyd: Gruenfeld. A Study by
Leading Correspondence Players with 270 Complete Games. Chess Praxis,
Merseyside 1976. 192pp. Languageless informatory style. Cover wear o/w G. £8.00
253. Schiller (E.) Complete Defense to Queen Pawn Openings.
Cardoza Pub. NY 1998. 278pp. Repertoire based on Tarrasch Defence. £8.00
256. Shamkovich (L.) & E.Schiller: Play the Tarrasch
(Def. In Queen’s Gambit.) Perg.1984. 132pp. £7.00
259. Sokolov (I.) Nimzo-Indian Defence. Classical
Variation. Cadogan, repr.1996. 148pp. Includes 70 games. Old waterstain
throughout hence £4.00
261. Staker (J.), A.Glasscoe,
G.Stayar: The Budapest Defense. TP 1980. 55pp. £5.00
262. Suetin (A.) The Complete Grunfeld.Bats.1991. 306pp.
VG. £7.50
263. Taimanov
(M.) Nimzowitsch-Indisch Rubinstein System. Sportverlag Berlin 1982. h/b, d/w.
224pp. The Nimzo-Indian 4.e3 system. £6.00
264.
Taimanov (M.) Slawisch bis Reti-Eroffnung. Berlin, 1971. 349pp. h/b, d/w. £5.00
265. Taulbut (S.) Play the
Bogo-Indian. Perg.1985. 153pp. Includes numerous complete games. £7.00
267. Thomas (M.) King’s Indian
Defence, 4 Pawns Attack. CP 1981. 96pp. £4.00
268.Tirabassi, Falchetta &
Curtacci: King’s Indian Samisch Variation. S1 Editrice, 1992. 223pp. £7
269. also: New Edn, completely revised and enlarged. 1995. 330pp.
£9.00
270. Tseitlin & Glaskov: The
Budapest for the Tournament Player. Bats.1992. 144pp. £7.50
271.Vaisser
(A.) Beating the King's Indian and Benoni. Batsford, repr.2000. F. 144pp. GM
Vaisser advocates the Four Pawns Attack. £8
272.Varnusz (E.) Play Anti-Indian
Systems. Maxwell, 1991. 213pp. 116 games. 1.d4 repertoire in which white plays
2.Nf3 and not an early c4. £7.50
273. Vegh (E.) Starting Out: Modern
Benoni. EM 2004. F. 176pp. 46 complete games. User-friendly design
concentrating on key principles, by Hungarian IM. £10.00
274. Voronkov (B.) Queen’s Indian Defence. Trans:
B.Cafferty. CP (1973). 99pp. (D.) £4.00
275. Ward (C.) The
Queen’s Gambit Accepted. Bats.1999. 160pp. 90 illustrative games. Small cover
crease. £8.00
276. Watson (J.) Queen’s Gambit:
Chigorin Defence. (2…Nc6). Bats.1981. 107pp. Paper yellowed. £7.00
277. Watson (J.) 4.Nc3 Gambit in the
Queen’s Gambit Accepted and Slav. A Repertoire for White. CE 1986. 63pp. £4.00
B22. Davies, Trends – Queen’s Indian
without g3. 1991. 36pp. 100gms 90/91 £2
B23. FIDE Chess Encyclopaedia.
Gruenfeld Exchange D85. 1994. 57pp. £2.00
B24. FIDE Chess Encyclopaedia. Slav
Exchange D13-14. 1994. 34pp. £2.00
B25. Hildebrand (A.) Blumenfeld
Gambiten. Uppsala 1966. 27pp. £2.00
B26. Hodgson, Trends in the Slav. Vol.2
1996. 36pp. 100gms 1994/95. £2
B31. Lalic, Trends – Tartakower
& Anti-Tartakower. 1995. 41pp. 100gms 93/94. £2
B32. Lalic, Trends – QGD without
Tartakower & Anti-Tartakower. 1995. 100gms 1993/94. 38pp. £2
B33. Martin, Trends – Dutch Defence.
1989. 37pp. 100 games of 1988. £2
B34. Martin – Trends – Slav Defence.
1990. 44pp.100 games 1989. £2
B35. McDonald,Trends- Queen’s Gambit
Declined.1991. 45pp.100gms 1989/90. £2
B36. McNab (C.) Trends – Catalan.
1991. 42pp. 100 games of 1989-91. £2
B37. Norwood, Trends – Modern
Benoni. Vol.2 1992. 40pp. 100games 90/91. £2
B38. Norwood, Developments in the
Modern Benoni. 1983-86. 100 games. Signed by Norwood. £7 (This item not
in free deal!)
B39. Zechiel (D.) & M.Crane:
Benoni Counter-Gambit. 1972. 36pp. (D.) £3.00
* * * OPENINGS - OTHERS * * *
***300. Adorjan
(A.) Black is OK in… Rare Openings. Caissa, Hungary 1998. 109pp. Lines against
rare white openings. £7.00
301. Bagirov (V.) English Opening. Symmetrical.
Cadogan,1995. 215pp. £7.50
302. Botterill
& Keene: The Pirc Defence. Bats.1973. h/b, d/w. 259pp. (D.) £8.00
303. Cafferty
(B.) English Opening. CP 1977. 2nd Edn. 152pp. First few pages
loose.. (D.) £4.00
304. Complete
Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. Olomouc 1997. King’s Indian Attack. I + II.
The French 1 + 11 C00. 2 volumes. One cover corner creased. C.400 pages each
and c.3200 games in all, mainly 1980s to 1996. Starting 1.e4 e6 2.d3 c5 and non …c5. £20.00
305. Complete
Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. Olomouc 1998. King’s Indian Attack. IV + V. 2
volumes. 367 + 396pp. 1388 + 1677 games. Systems starting 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2
c6 and 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 or …c5, and 1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 or …g6. £20.00
306. Dunnington
(A.) How to Play the King’s Indian Attack.. Bats.1993. 137pp.Includes many
complete games. £7.00
***309a. Keene
& Jacobs: A Complete Defence for Black. (1…Nc6 against anything.)
Bats.1996. 160pp. Includes 42 complete annotated games. £8.00
***309b. Keene
& Botterill: The Modern Defence. Bats.1979 repr. H/b, VG,d/w. 168pp. (D.)
£9.00
310.Keene
(R.) Flank Openings. BCM 1967. 170pp.
Includes Reti, Catalan, English, King's Indian Attack, 1.g3 & 1.b3. £7.50
***310a. Keene,
Nimzowitsch / Larsen Attack. 1.b3. Bats.1977. H/b,d/w. Ex-library with several
stamps. 126pp. Also chapter on Owen’s Defence
1.e4,b6. £6.00
311. Keene,
Plaskett & Tisdall: The English Defence …e6,…b6,…Bb7. Bats.1987. 100pp.
Played against 1d4 or 1.c4. Pen marking on a few pages. £5.00
312. King (D.)
English Defence. (…b6 v 1.c4 and/or 1.d4) EM 1999. 144pp. Incl. 79 complete
games. £10.00
313. Kosten
(T.) The Dynamic English. Gambit 1999. VG. 144pp. Aggressive play for white.
£8.00
314. Kotronias
(V.) Beating the Flank Openings. Bats.1996. 176pp. A complete set of weapons
against the English and Catalan openings in particular. £8.00
315. Lapshun
(Y.) & N.Conticello: Paly 1.b4! EM 2008. 173pp. 84 complete annotated
games. A complete repertoire written by a leading 1.b4 specialist. As new.
£11.00
316. Norwood
(D.) Trends – King’s Indian Attack. 1991. 38pp. 100 games of 1990-91. £3.00
317. Nunn (J.) The Complete Pirc. Bats.1989. 215pp. £7.50
***317a. Nunn (J.) Pirc for the
Tournament Player. Bats.1980. G-. 130pp. £6.00
***318a. Povah (N.) How to Play the
English Opening. Bats.1991. 2nd Edn. Small stain to lower page block
o/w G. 140pp. £6.00
319. Pritchett (C.) Play the English. An Active Opening Repertoire
for White. EM 2007. 189pp. Based around 30 illustrative games. As new £12.00
321. Schiller (E.) How to Play the King’s Indian Attack..
CE 1989. 102pp. £6.00
322. Smith & Hall: King’s Indian Attack.. CD 1991.
Revised 2nd Edn. 247pp. Lacking the spine. £7.00
***322a. another copy: 1st Edn. 1988. Owner
inscription, some pencil marks and notes throughout. 200pp. 25 illustrative
games. £5.00
323. SOKOLSKY
(A.P.): Die Eroffnung 1.b2-b4. Aus dem Russischen ubersetzt von A.Hildebrand.
Hamburg 1964. p/b. VG. 156pp. Theory and 62 annotated games (36 are Sokolsky's
games.) £12.00
***325a. Soltis
(A.) White Opening System with 1 P-QB4. CD 1974. Tape along spine, small stains
to a few pages. 42pp. £3.00
***325b. Thomas (M.) Pirc/King’s Indian
Defence, Averbakh System. CP 1979. 88pp.
Despite the title this is on the Modern Defence 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6. £4.00
***326. Watson
(John L.) Symmetrical English 1…c5. Bats.1988. 220pp. £8.00