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* * * OPENINGS * * *
All books on this list are p/b or flexi-cover, first edition, in good to very good condition, with
algebraic notation, unless o/w stated.
Abbreviations: Bats.= Batsford. Perg.= Pergamon.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.
See separate link for more
Batsford titles. www.chessbooks.co.uk/BatsfordOpenings.htm
* * * 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. Barden (L.): The Guardian Chess Book. Coronet
Books, 1973. 5th impr. 166pp. Includes an introduction to chess, how to
improve, puzzles, and large section on the author's "method chess" -
recommended openings for club players which are easy to learn. (D.) £4.00
3a. Barden (L.): A Guide to Chess Openings. Routledge
& Kegan Paul, 1957. 1st Edn. VG,d/w (wear to spine). 238pp. Inscribed on
endpaper "With best wishes to my good friend Martin
Blaine. Leonard Barden." £18.00
4. Berliner (H.) The System. A World Champion’s
Approach to Chess. Gambit 1999. 176pp. World CC Champion explains his methods
in the openings. £10
1. Berliner (H.)
The System. A World Champion’s Approach to Chess. Gambit 1999. 176pp. World CC
Champion explains his methods in the openings. £105. Brash (M.G.) Chess Openings for
Progressive Players. Methuen,1949. 67pp. h/b. Scarce. (D.) £10.00
5a. 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
6. Cook (W.): The Chess Players' Compendium. A
Practical Guide to the Openings. Bristol (1902.) Roy8vo, original red cloth,
spine a little faded, a little marking, endpapers removed o/w G. pp (vii),301. The
openings arranged in tabular form, including index of players of games. LN
1880. Scarce First Edition. (D.)
£25.00
7. Cook (W.): The Chess Players' Compendium. A
Practical Guide to the Openings. Hollings 1910. 5th Edn, with a New Supplement
by Alfred Emery. Roy8vo, original green cloth, spine faded o/w G. pp (v),301,
31 (Supplement). Includes indexes of players and authorities consulted. (D.)
£20.00
8. Dunnington (A.) Gambit Play. Sacrificing in the
Opening. EM 2003. 128pp. “Explores the key aspects of successful gambit
play.” £10.00
10. Emms (J.) Discovering Chess Openings. Building
Opening Skills from Basic Principles. EM 2006. VG. 248pp. Improve opening understanding rather than
memorising countless variations. £10.00
2.Dvoretsky (M.)
& A.Yusupov. Opening Preparation. Bats.1994. 304pp. Comprehensive work.
£10.00
11. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. C. 1.e4, e6 and 1.e4,
e5. Chess Informant, 1974. 349pp.
£6.00
12. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. D. 1.d4, d5 &
1.d4, Nf6 2.c4, g6 without 3…d5. Chess Informant, 2nd Edn 1987. h/b,
d/w. 493pp. £10.00
3.Encyclopaedia
of Chess Openings. D. 1.d4, d5 & 1.d4, Nf6 2.c4, g6 without 3…d5. Chess
Informant, 2nd Edn 1987. G, d/w. 493pp.
£12.0013.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
4. Evans (L.)
& others: How to Open a Chess Game. RHM, US 1974. 1st. p/b. Pen notes at
end o/w G. 227pp. Includes some very useful sections by
Portisch (Developing an Opening Repertoire), Petrosian, Larsen (A Personal
Approach to the Openings), Keres (Secret Workshop of a GM), Hort, Gligoric.
(D.) £7.00
14.5.Fine (R.) The Ideas Behind the
Chess Openings. McKay, US 1943. 1st Edn. VG in scarce d/w (dusty). G. 240pp. A pioneering
treatment of the openings. (D.) £126.00
6. ---- Another:
1st US. 1943. G £6.00
157.Fine
(R.) Ideas behind the Chess Openings. Bell, 1964 repr. h/b, VG. 240pp. (D.) £65
***15a. Fletcher (L.E.) Gambits Accepted. A Survey of
Opening Sacrifices. Routledge 1954. H/b, spine faded. 254pp. Covers 84 gambits
with opening theory followed by 84 games. (D.) £10.00
16. Giddins (S.) 101 Chess Opening Traps. Gambit,
repr.2006. 112pp. Focuses on traps that club players are most likely to fall
for. £7.50
17. Gossip (G.H.D.): The Theory of the Chess Openings. W.H.Allen,
1891. 2nd Edition, Revised and Improved. Roy8vo, original red cloth, spine
faded o/w G. Half-title, pp xviii, 336. Arranged in tabular form as in MCO,
with introduction and notes. LN 1821. (D.) £35.00
8.Greig (E.A.) Pitfalls
of the Chessboard. New Edn 1927, Rev: W.A.Fairhurst. G. 109pp. 113 opening
pitfalls and traps. (D.) £7
9. Greig (E.A.)
One Hundred Pitfalls on the Chessboard. New Edn 1914, Rev: M.W.Stevens. h/b.
VG. 72pp., interleaved with blank pages for notes. (D.) £10
2010. Griffith
& White, Pocket Guide to the Chess Openings. Bell, repr.1923. Some wear to
covers o/w G. 116pp. h/b. (D.) £6.00
20a. ----1958 revised edn. H/b. G,d/w. (D.) £5.00
11. Griffith & Golombek,
Pocket Guide to the Chess Openings. Bell,1949. New & Rev Edn.105pp.(D.)
£4.00
2312. Harding
(T.D.) Counter Gambits. Black to Play and Win. BCM Quarterly No.15. 1974. G.
204pp. Gambits for black, 67
complete games. £87.00
24. Hobart: BCM Guide to the Openings in 178 Games.
Selected and Arranged by "Hobart." n.d.(1898). Only Edn. Original
blue cloth, G. (vi),102pp. Last 2 pages partly loose. Inscription of Birmingham
Chess Club on title-page. 178 named games arranged by opening, with notes. LN
1878. Hobart was the pseudonym of Francis Joseph Young who emigrated to
Australia and died in Hobart, Tasmania in 1922. (D.) £30.00
***25.Horowitz (I.) New Traps in the Chess Opening.
Faber, repr.1970. h/b, d/w. 181pp. (D.) £6.00
26. 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
----- Also: Hardback, with worn d/w. £13.00
27. Howson (J.B.) Two Hundred Modern Chess Traps in
the Fianchetto Openings. Spearman, 1970. h/b, d/w. 203pp. (D.) £8.00
13.Horowitz (I.) New
Traps in the Chess Opening. Faber, repr.1970. h/b, d/w. 181pp. (D.) £6.50
14. Howson (J.B.)
Two Hundred Modern Chess Traps in the Fianchetto Openings. Barnes, US 1971.
h/b, d/w. 203pp. (D.) £10.0029. Jansa (V.): Dynamics of Chess Strategy. Batsford, 2003. 219pp. "Offers a fresh approach to
opening play" encouraging the reader to be self-reliant when analysing
specific positions, rather than memorizing theory or exact calculation of
variations. £10.00
32.
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
33. Kasparov & Keene: Batsford Chess Openings. 3rd
revised impr.1985.
345pp. Cover corners creased. £5.00
33a. --- another copy. Repr.1988. VG. £7.00
3416.Kasparov
& Keene.: Batsford Chess Openings 2. 1989. Large p/b. G. 413pp. (A.)
"Completely rewritten." £109.00
35. KASPAROV. O.Borik: Kasparov's Chess Openings. Crowood
1991. Large p/b. G. 127pp. How to build a repertoire based on Kasparov's. Many
complete annotated games. £10.00
37. Keene (R.) The Evolution of Chess Opening Theory
from Philidor to Kasparov. Perg.1985. 220pp. Many complete annoated games.
£7.50
17. Kaufman (L.)
The Chess Advantage in Black & White. McKay, US 2004. 500pp. Covers most
openings using numerous recent games by top players. £10.00
39.
Keene & Levy: An
Opening Repertoire for the Attacking Player. Bats.1980. 2nd
Edn. 152pp. A few pen underlinings. Covers in particular 1.P-K4 as
white, and Pirc and Benko Gambit as black. (D.) £5.00
18. Lane (G.)
Victory in the Opening! The Art of Winning Quickly. Bats.1999. 144pp. £6.00
4119.Levy & Keene:
How to Play the Opening in Chess. Collins, 19744. h/b, d/w. 224pp. (D.) Describes the basic features of
each opening and the aims behind the play. £67.00
44. Longman (F.W.): Chess Openings. Longmans, Green,
1889. 4th Edn. Original cloth, spine faded and worn at head and foot, inner
hinge split, internally good, but without one contents page (p.xiii) - a copy
provided. pp xii, 64, adverts. This edition not in LN or Betts. (D.) £18.00
45. Marovic (D.) & B.Parma: An Opening Repertoire
for Black. Bats.1978. 157pp. QGD, Pirc, French in particular. £6.00
20.Marovic (D.)
& B.Parma: An Opening Repertoire for Black. Bats.1991, repr. 157pp. QGD,
Pirc, French. £648. Mason (J.): Chess Openings. H.Cox
1905. 2nd Edn. Original cloth. G. pp xx,120. LN 1864. (D.) £12.00
4921.Mednis (E.):
From the Opening into the Endgame. Pergamon 199183. Repr.with corrections.Cover corners creased. p/b. F.
151pp. Discusses 11 different openings showing the best routes to particular
endgame positions. £7.50£5.00
50. Mednis (E.) Practical Opening Tips. Cadogan, 1997.
159pp. Much advice on building a repertoire. £7.50
22. Also: 1st Edn. 1983. pencil
marks o/w G. 151pp. £5.00
23. Modern Chess
Openings. Whitehead & Miller,Leeds,1925. 4th Edn completely revised by
R.C.Griffith & M.E.Goldstein. h/b, waterstain to lower covers o/w G.
220pp., interleaved with thin plain paper for notes, loose errata leaf. (D.)
£10
23a. ----another
copy: Some spine wear o/w G. Not interleaved. £10
24.Modern Chess
Openings. 5th Edn. Revised P.Sergeant,
R.Griffith & M.Goldstein. 1932. h/b. VG. 292pp. (D.) £9
5125.Modern Chess
Openings. 6th Edn. Completely Revised by R.Fine. 1939. h/b, VG. 324pp. (D.) £88.00
5226.Modern Chess
Openings. 7th Edn. Revised W.Korn. 1946. h/b.VG with d/w worn at edges. 390pp. (D.)
£7-50
53. Modern Chess Openings. Pitman 1946. 7th Edn
Completely Revised by W.Korn. Joints partly split on cloth o/w G. 390pp. Signed by Elaine
Saunders, 1947, 4-time British Woman Champion. £12.008
54. Modern Chess Openings. 9th Edn.
Completely Revised by Korn & Collins. 1960. h/b. G. 360pp. (D.) £7
26a. Modern Chess Openings. 9th Edn.
Completely Revised by Korn & Collins. 1960. h/b. VG. 360pp. (D.) £7
5527.Modern Chess Openings.
10th Edn. Evans & Korn. 1965. 514pp. h/b, VG in d/w. (D.) £10.006
28. ---- Another: 10th edn. VG in d/w
£10.00
5630.Modern
Chess Openings. 11th Edn. W.Korn. Repr.1973. h/b. G,d/w. 374pp. (D.) £79.500
----Another copy. Good only. £7.00
***56a. Modern Chess Openings. 12th
Edn. W.Korn. 1982. Covers worn. 457pp. £6.00
5731.Modern Chess Openings.
13th Edn. W.Korn & N. De Firmian. 1990. 708pp. Some pen marks, G-. £8VG. £12.00
57b. Neishtadt (I.): Catastrophe in the Opening. Perg.1980. VG.
271pp. Over 150 short games arranged by opening, with advice to help the
average player avoid disaster during the opening! £9.00
58. 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
5933. Nunn’s Chess Openings.
Everyman 1999. Large thick p/b. 544pp. Like MCO in style. £14.00
34. Pachman (L.)
The Opening Game in Chess. Routledge 1982. 198pp. Practical advice and basic
principlesbased around 23 key games. £6.00
35.. 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
59a. 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
36. Reuben (S.)
Chess Openings – Your Choice! Maxwell Macmillan, repr.1992. 240pp. Aims
to help the less experienced player to choose suitable openings, with much practical
advice. Library stamp o/w G. £5.00
6037.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. £87.00
60a. 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
Schiller (E.) Gambit Opening Repertoire
for Black. Cardoza Pub. NY 1998. F. 168pp. Main lines for black are
Scandanavian (Center Counter) and QGD. £6.0061.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
6238.
Shamkovich (L.) & E.Schiller: Kasparov's Opening Repertoire. Batsford,
1990. 1st Edn. p/b. VG. 154pp. Includes numerous complete games. £8.00
63. Smith (K.) Ed: Modern Opening Theory 1973. The
Complete Translation of All Theoretical Opening Articles from Schahmatny
Bulletin. CD 1975. 119pp. (D.) £5.00
64. Smith (K.) Ed: Modern Opening Theory 1974. The
Complete Translation of All Theoretical Opening Articles from Schahmatny
Bulletin. CD 1975. 124pp. (D.) £5.00
***65. 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
Soltis (A.) A Black Defensive System for the Rest
of your Chess Career. CD 1987. 187pp. Caro-Kann v 1.e4 and Slav v 1.d4. £6.00
39. Soltis (A.) Opening
Ideas and Analysis for Advanced Players. Vol.1. CD 1991. 281pp. Based around 52
complete games, covering Sicilian, reversed openings, Benoni & Benko,
Indian defences. £9.00
6740.
Soltis (A.) Opening
Ideas and Analysis for Advanced Players.----- as above: Vol.2.
CD 1992. 218pp. 40
games with Ruy Lopez, Petroff, QGD, QGA, Slav/Semi-Slav, Semi-Tarrasch. £98.00
41. Speelman &
Keene: Essential Chess Openings. Bats.1992. 160pp. Handy-size in MCO style.
£7-50
6843.Suetin (A.S.)
Modern Chess Opening Theory. Pergamon, 1965. 322pp. (D.) £5
---- also: hardback copy. VG. £8.00
44.Tartakower
(S.G.): Ideas Modernas en las Aperturas de Ajedrez. Buenos Aires, 1960. p/b,
lower cover partly loose, o/w G. 127pp. £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
71. Yudovich (M.) The Gambit. Moscow 1989. 183pp. An
insight into the history of gambits. Covers all the main gambits, plus some
illustrative games. £7.50
71a. 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
45.
Znosko-Borovsky (E.) How to Play the Chess Openings. Hollings, 1935. 1st English Edn.
H/b. 147pp. A general work with the emphasis on general advice rather than lots
of variations. (D.) £9.00
7246. 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
47.Znosko-Borovsky
(E.) Traps on the Chessboard. Hollings, 1938. 1st. h/b. VG. 138pp. £10
* * * OPENINGS - KING'S PAWN
* * *
(Also see final section for Pirc
Defence.)
74. Aagaard (J.) Easy Guide to the Sveshnikov Sicilian.
EM 2000. 144pp. £8.00
74a. Adams (J.) Schliemann / Jaenisch Gambit. CP 1982.
120pp. Cover creased. £5.00
75. Adams (J.) Sicilian Defence. Najdorf Poisoned Pawn.
CP 1977. 111pp. £4.00
76. Adams (J.) Siclian
Defence 10. Main Line Najdorf. CP 1977. 104pp. (D.) £4.00
Adorjan & Horvath:
Sicilian: Sveshnikov Variation. Perg.1987. 172pp. £6.00
Alburt &
Schiller: The Alekhine for the Tournament Player. Updated by A.Kinsman. Bats.2nd Edn.1991.
144pp. £7.50
77
48. Anderson
(S.) Center Counter Defense. Portuguese Variation. 1 e4 d5 2 ed5 Nf6 3 d4 Bg4.
Pickard, US 1997. 95pp. £7.00
8.5078
49.. Arizmendi &
Moreno: Mastering the Najdorf. A Complete Guide. Gambit, 2004. 224pp. £10.00
78a. Baker (C.) A Startling Chess Opening Repertoire.
Cadogan 1998. 240pp. Based
on 1.e4 for white, using lines slightly off the beaten track, with rapid
development and central control. £10.00
Bagirov (V.K.) Alekhine’s Defence. Kalnajs, US
1973. 160pp. (D.) The first monograph
on Alekhine’s Def. (Foreword).
£8.00
7950.Barden
(L.) The Ruy Lopez. Perg.1963. 1st. 170pp. (D.) £5.00
***80.Bikhovsky (A.) Spanish (Ruy Lopez): Chigorin.
Bats.1983. 117pp. £5.00
Bikhovsky (A.) Spanish (Ruy Lopez): Chigorin. Bats.1983.
117pp. Pen notes on 3 pages o/w G. £5.00
81. Blackstock (L.S.) Ruy Lopez: Breyer System.
Bats.1976. 102pp. £6.00
82. Botterill & Harding: The Scotch. Bats.1977. 140pp. h/b, d/w. Club stamp to
title-page. £7.50
83.Burgess (G.) New Ideas in the Alekhine Defence.
Bats.1996. 128pp. Surveys how this opening is being treated in the 1990’s.
£7.00
84. Cafferty (B.) & T.Harding. Play the Evans
Gambit. A Study in Depth. Hale, 1976. 1st Edn. H/b,d/w. 176pp. Scarce.
£14.00
Burgess (G.) New Ideas in the Alekhine Defence.
Bats.1996. 128pp. Surveys how this opening is being treated in the 1990’s.
£7.00
51. Cafferty (B.)
& T.Harding. Play the Evans Gambit. A Study in Depth. Hale, 1976. 1st Edn. H/b, d/w.
176pp. Signed presentation from Cafferty. Scarce. £18.00
85. 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
52. ---- another
copy: F,d/w. £14.00
8753.
Chandler (M.) Sicilian 2 c3. Bats.New Edn.1987. 128pp. £6.00
88. Collins (S.) An Attacking Repertoire for White.
Bats.2004. 192pp. Includes 51 recent model games. 1.e4, with the Scotch Game against …e5, and 2.c3 v the Sicilian. £12.00
89. Curtacci (S.) Caro-Kann Defence. Knight Variation 4…Nf6. S1 Editrice 1992. 96pp.
c.400 correspondence games. £4.00
90. Czerniak (M.): La Defensa Francesa. Editorial Sopena
Argentina, 1960. Tercera Edicion. p/b. VG. 143pp. Includes many games and part
games. £10.00
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. De Firmian (N.) &
J.Fedorowicz. The English Attack. Bats.2004. F. 256pp. Sicilian lines where
white plays Be3 & f3 against many black systems. £9.00
94. Du
Mont (J.): Chess Openings Illustrated. I. Centre Counter. Bell, 1919 1st Edn.
Original pictorial cloth, a bit discoloured on back cover o/w G. 75pp. 31
illustrative games. LN 1935. (D.)
£14.00
95. Du Mont (J.): Chess Openings Illustrated.II. The
Centre Game and Danish Gambit. Bell, 1920. 1st Edn. Original green cloth. G.
80pp. 42 illustrative games. LN 1935. Quite scarce. (D.)
£15.00
95a. Eade (J.) Remember the MacCutcheon (in French Def.). CE 1991. 86pp. £6.00
96.Eales
& Williams: Alekhine’s Defence. Bats.1973. h/b, d/w. 140pp. (D.) £8.00
96a. Emms (J.) Easy Guide to the Ruy Lopez. EM 1999.
144pp. £9.00
97. Emms (J.) Attacking with 1 e4. EM 2001. 160pp. All
defences to 1 e4 are covered. £9.00
100.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
101. 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
102. 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
103. 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
104. Estrin (Y.) The Two Knights Defence. Chess SC
(1970). 131pp. H/b.
Some pages yellowed. (D.) £6.00
106. Flear (G.) Offbeat Spanish (without 3…a6) EM 2000. 143pp.
Includes 53 complete games. £9.00
107. Forintos & Hagg: The Petroff Defence.
Bats.1983. Spine faded. 248pp. A comprehensive work. £7.50
108. Fuller (M. & L.Pickett. Sicilian Defence 11.
Lines with c3. CP 1977. 69pp. Some pen notes. 2.c3 and 3.c3. £4.00
109. Gligoric & Sokolov: Sicilian Defence. Book 1 (All published). Perg.1970. 381pp. (D.) Includes Morra gambit, closed
lines, Bb5 lines, open lines where black plays 2…Nc6. £7.00
110. Goring Gambit. CD 1976. 71pp. (D.) £3.00
Evans & Smith: An Unbeatable White Repertoire
after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3. CD 1988. 150pp.
The Three or Four Knight’s Game after 2…Nc6 3.Nc3. £6.00
Forintos & Haag: The Petroff Defence.
Bats.1983. Spine faded. 248pp. A comprehensive work. £7.50
Geller, Gligoric, Kavalek & Spassky: The
Najdorf Variation. RHM, NY 1976. 388pp. Some cover wear. Includes 46 complete
games. (D.) £7.00
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11254. Gufeld & Stetsko:
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del Dragon. Barcelona 1974. 124pp. £4.00
114. Gufeld & Schiller: Secrets of the Sicilian Dragon.
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attacking plans for both sides, including many complete games. £8.00
115. Gufeld (E.) The Sicilian Defence. Bats.1983. 198pp.
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116. Harding (T.) The Classical French. Bats.1991.
194pp. £7.00
117. Harding (T.) French: MacCutcheon and Advance Lines.
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118. Harding & Heidenfeld: French: Classical Lines.
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removed o/w G. £5.00
119. Harding (T.) Evans Gambit & System Vs Two
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120. Harding (T.) Nimzowitsch Defence. 1 e4,Nc6.
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55. Gufeld (E.) The Modern French Tarrasch.
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demonstrate the key ideas. £8.00
56. Harding & W.Heidenfeld: French, Classical
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57. Harding (T.)
The Classical French. Bats.1991. VG. 194pp. £7.00
12158. Harding
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121a.
Harding &
Markland. Sicilian: Lines with …e5. Bats.1982. Revised Edn. 105pp. £7.00
12259. Harding &
Markland: Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Bats.1975. h/b,d/w 146pp. (D.) £7.508.00
12360. Harding, Botterill
& Kottnauer: Sicilian Sozin. Bats.1974. h/b,d/w. 192pp. (D.) £78.500
124. Hodgson (J.) & L.Day: Grand
Prix Attack: f4 against the Sicilian. Bats.1985. 89pp. £6.00
62. Hodges (P.)
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12563. Hooper
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126. Hort (V.) Alekhine’s Defence. A&C Black, 1981. Cover corner creased, little
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64. Hort (V.)
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128. Jacobs (B.) French Classical. EM 2001. 176pp.
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either 2…e6 or 2…Nc6. £7.00129. Jovicic (M.) Modern Chess. “Black
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13466. Keres (P.)
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Edn. H/b, covers worn.
369pp. Deals with
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67. King (D.)
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68. Korchnoi &
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70.Kosten (T.) The
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cover crease. 242pp.
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144pp. Includes many
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145. 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
72.Lein (A.)
& S.Pickard. The Latvian Gambit. A Grandmaster View. Hays, US 1995. F.
155pp. Includes numerous complete games. £8
146. Levy & O’Connell:
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147. Levy (D.) Sacrifices in the Sicilian. Bats.1974. 1st Edn. H/b,VG,d/w.165pp. Many complete games. (D.) £7.50
73. Levy (D.)
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complete games. (D.) £6.00
14974. Levy (D.) Sicilian
Accelerated Dragons. Bats.1975. h/b, d/w. 164pp. (D.) £7.050
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151. Levy (D.) Siclian Dragon: Classical &
Levenfish. Bats.1981. 112pp. £5.00
76.Lionnais
(F.le): L'Ouverture Francaise 1 e4-e6. "Cahiers de l'Echiquier
Francais." n.d.(1935) 1st Edn. p/b. Spine very worn, internally G. 167pp.
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77. Mayer (S.) The Soltis Variation of the Yugoslav
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***153.
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78. McCormick (G.H.) &
A.Soltis: Bird’s Defense to the Ruy Lopez. McFarland, US 1981. h/b. 187pp.,
biography, playing record, and 24 games of Henry Bird, 216 other games &
variations. (D.) £15.00
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Bats.2005. New. 211pp. Key ideas are
explained using fresh, clear presentation, ideal for improving players,
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15580. McDonald (N.)
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155a. Miles & Moskow: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav
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155b. Minev (N.) French Defence 2. New and Forgotten
Ideas. TP 1998, Revised Edn.328pp. Contains 520 complete and instructive games,
with another 203 in the
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155c. Moiseev (O.) Sicilian Defence 2: Paulsen Variation.
Revised by M.Horton. CP 1972. 74pp. (D.) £3.00
155d. Moles & Wicker: French
Winawer, Modern & Auxiliary Lines. Bats.1979. h/b, d/w. 265pp. (D.) £10.00
81. Moles & Wicker: French Winawer, Modern & Auxiliary
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156a. Myers (D.R.) French Defence Winawer Var. C15-C19.
s1 Editrice, Italy 1994. 121pp. Many complete annotated games. £6.00
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159.
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84. Nunn (J.)
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85. Nunn (J.) Beating
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other replies to 1.P-K4. Also includes large addenda to his Queen's Gambit
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88. Palliser (R.)
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166. Pedersen (S.) Easy Guide to the Sicilian
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167a. Pickett (L.) Sicilian Defence 4. Gurgenidze System,
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167b. Pickett (L.) Sicilian Defence 5. Four Knights
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95pp. (D.) £3.00
168. Pickett (L.) & A.Swift. Sicilian Defence 6.
Closed Variation. CP 1976. 72pp. Some pen notes. (D.) £3.00
168a. Pickett
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91.Sapi (L.)
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92. Scandanavian
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18393. Schiller
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complete games. Includes
most of Sicilian except Najdorf, Dragon & Scheveningen. £8.00
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94. Soltis &
Smith: How to Play the Sicilian Defense. CD 1987. 184pp. Advocates the
Lowenthal variation 2…Nc6 & 4…e5, plus how to meet other 2nd moves for White.
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95. Speelman (J.) New Ideas in the
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98. Sveshnikov (E.) The Sicilian Pelikan. Bats.1989.
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