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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.
* * * 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
41. Berliner (H.) The System. A
World Champion’s Approach to Chess. Gambit 1999. 176pp. World CC Champion
explains his methods in the openings. £10
5. Brash (M.G.) Chess Openings for Progressive
Players. Methuen,1949. 67pp. h/b. Scarce. £10.00
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
9. Dvoretsky (M.) & A.Yusupov: Opening Preparation.
Batsford 1994. Repr.
p/b. VG. 304pp. Another work by the highly regarded Russian trainer and his
former "star-pupil." General principles, building a repertoire,
novelties, many complete games. (A.)
£12.00
2.Dvoretsky (M.)
& A.Yusupov. Opening Preparation. Bats.1994. 304pp. Comprehensive work.
£10.00
10. Eingorn (V.) Creative Chess Opening Preparation.
Trans: J.Sugden. Gambit 2006. F. 159pp. Includes some novel opening systems, practical testing and
refinement of the ideas,
and numerous complete games. £11.00
11. Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. C. 1.e4, e6 and
1.e4, e5. Chess Informant, 1974. 349pp.
£8.00
312. .Encyclopaedia of
Chess Openings. D. 1.d4, d5 & 1.d4, Nf6 2.c4, g6 without 3…d5. Chess
Informant, 2nd Edn 1987. h/bG,, d/w torn. 493pp. £12.00
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
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.) £6
16. Fine (R.) Practical
Chess Openings. McKay,US, 1948. 1st Edn. H/b, a little wear head and foot of
spine o/w G. 470pp. Arranged as in MCO, and a U.S. rival to that work, although
rarely found now.(D.) £12.00
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
18. Greig (E.A.): One Hundred Pitfalls of the
Chessboard. New Edition Revised by M.W.Stevens. Frank Hollings, 1914. Original green
cloth. VG. 72pp., interleaved with plain paper for notes, adverts. Opening
traps. (D.) £10.00
198.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
21. Gunsberg (I.): The Chess Openings. Bell 1915.
(Reprint). Original grey pictorial cloth, VG. pp (xi),104,plus adverts. (D.) £12.00
11. Griffith &
Golombek, Pocket Guide to the Chess Openings. Bell,1949. New & Rev
Edn.105pp.(D.) £4.00
***22. Hall (J.) Opening Systems for
Competitive Chess Players. Hays,
1992. Some pages becoming loose o/w G. 192pp. 24 illustrative games. The Torre
Attack as white, Caro
Kann and QGD Tartakower as black. £7.50
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. Hodgson (J.) Quick Chess Knockouts. Cadogan 1996.
143pp. Opening traps,
intended for the beginner to club player. £6.00
***26. Horowitz (I.A.): Chess Openings Theory and
Practice. Faber, 3rd
impr.1973.
Large format thick hardback, VG with d/w. 789pp. Arranged in tabular form, plus 439
complete games. Collaborators included Euwe, Grunfeld & Kmoch. The
definitive work at the time. (D.) £18.00
***26a. paperback copy of above work.
Fireside Books. 789pp. G. £12.00
2713.Horowitz (I.)
New Traps in the Chess Opening. Faber, repr.1970. h/b, d/w. 181pp. (D.) £6.50
2814. Howson
(J.B.) Two Hundred Modern Chess Traps in the Fianchetto Openings. Barnes, US
1971. h/b, d/w. 203pp. (D.) £107.00
***29. 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
30. Karpov (A.): The Open Game in Action. Batsford 1988. 1st.
VG. 109pp. 1.e4, e5 openings. Includes many complete annotated games,
mainly from 1984-87. £6.00
31.
Karpov (A.): The Semi-Closed Openings in Action. Batsford 1989. 1st. VG.
134pp. Grunfeld, Kings-Indian,
Queen's Indian, Nimzo-Indian. Includes many complete annotated games, mainly
from 1984-88.. £7.00
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. £6.00
3416.Kasparov
& Keene.: Batsford Chess Openings 2. 1989. Large p/b. G. 413pp. (A.)
"Completely rewritten." £10.00
***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
***36. KASPAROV. S.Shestakov, Compiler: Kasparov Plays the
Sicilian Defence. Russian Chess Report No.6, Moscow 1996. 167pp. 253 games,
arranged by variation, with Kasparov as either white or black. Annotations in
Informator style. £9.00
***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
4018.
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, 19746, repr. h/b, d/w. 224pp. (D.) £6
42. Long (T.): Positions in the Chess Openings most
frequently Played. Illustrated with Copious Diagrams. Being a Supplement to the
"Key to the Chess Openings." W.W.Morgan, 1874. 1st Edn. Original
green cloth, torn with loss at top of spine, Birmingham Chess Club label on
front cover and ink inscription on title-page o/w G. Coloured frontispiece, pp
212, (3) adverts. LN 1813. Long
became President of the Irish Chess Association. Uses the novel method of a
half-turned piece to indicate the last move played in each diagram. (D.) £50.00
43. Long (Thomas): Key to the Chess Openings, on a
Novel Plan, Theoretically and Practically Considered. Dublin, 1871. 1st Edn.
Original purple cloth, spine faded, top joint split on cloth, endpapers foxed
o/w G. Frontispiece diagram, 198pp. LN 1812. Long became President of the Irish
Chess Association. Uses the novel method of a half-turned piece to indicate the
last move played in each diagram, and aims to teach the character, spirit and
meaning of an opening, rather than listing lengthy variations! (D.) £80.00
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
4520.Marovic (D.)
& B.Parma: An Opening Repertoire for Black. Bats.1991, repr. 157pp. QGD,
Pirc, French. £6
46. Marovic (D.) An Active Repertoire for Black.
Bats.1991. 184pp. In particular the Sicilian Scheveningen and King’s Indian Def. £6.00
***47. Martin (A.) Secret Weapons. TC 1991. 125pp. Chapters include lines in the Trompowski, King’s Indian, Nimzo-Indian, Ruy
Lopez exchange deferred, Sicilian Kalashnikov, Icelandic Gambit. £7.00
48. 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, G.
324pp. (D.) £87
5226.Modern Chess
Openings. 7th Edn. Revised W.Korn. 1946. h/b.VG with torn d/w. 390pp. (D.) £78
5326a.
Modern Chess Openings. 9th Edn. Completely Revised by Korn &
Collins. 1960. h/b. VG. 360pp. (D.) £7
5427.Modern
Chess Openings. 10th Edn. Evans & Korn. 1965. 514pp. h/b. (D.) £6
5528.
---- 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.) £7.50
5731.Modern
Chess Openings. 13th Edn. W.Korn & N. De Firmian. 1990. 708pp. Some pen
marks, G-. £8
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. Basic coverage of popular openings with clear notes rather than move
variations. £7.00
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. £8.00
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.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
66. Revised and Expanded 2nd
edn. 1997. 172pp. £8.00
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. £9.00
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
6944.Tartakower
(S.G.): Ideas Modernas en las Aperturas de Ajedrez. Buenos Aires, 1960. p/b,
lower cover partly loose, o/w G. 127pp. £86.00
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.) £7.50
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
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. Scarce. £5.00
47.Znosko-Borovsky
(E.) Traps on the Chessboard. Hollings, 1938. 1st. h/b. VG. 138pp. £10
* * * OPENINGS - KING'S PAWN
* * *
74. Aagaard (J.) Easy Guide to the Sveshnikov Sicilian.
EM 2000. 144pp. £9.00
***74a. Adams (J.) Schliemann / Jaenisch
Gambit. CP 1982. 120pp. Cover
creased. £5.00
***75. Adams (J.) Sicilian Defence. Najdorf Poisoned Pawn.
CP 1977. 111pp. £5.00
***76. Adams
(J.) Siclian Defence 10. Main Line Najdorf. CP 1977. 104pp. (D.) £5.00
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. 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
8451.. 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. £184.00
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
86. Cafferty & Hooper: Complete Defence to 1 e4.
(Petroff Def.) Perg.1986. 3rd Edn. H/b.VG. 135pp. £7.50
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. £14.00
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. £14.00
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. £10.00
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
96.Eales
& Williams: Alekhine’s Defence. Bats.1973. h/b, d/w. 140pp. (D.) £8.00
97. Emms (J.) Attacking with 1 e4. EM 2001. 160pp. All
defences to 1 e4 are covered. £10.00
98. Emms (J.) Scandanavian. 1.e4, d5. ChP 1997. 144pp.
Incl.82 complete games. £9.00
99. Emms (J.) Sicilian Kan. EM 2002. F. 192pp. 2…e6 and
4…a6 lines. £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. £8.00
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
105. Flear (G.) Open Ruy Lopez. EM 2000. 159pp. Includes
88 complete games. £10.00
106. Flear (G.) Offbeat Spanish (without 3…a6) EM 2000.
143pp. Includes 53 complete games. £10.00
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. £8.00
110. Goring Gambit. CD 1976. 71pp. (D.) £3.00
111Evans &
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
. Grefe & Silman:
Center Counter. CE 1983. Cover stains, pencil ticks. 96pp. Includes 40
illustrative games. £5.00
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113. Gufeld & Stetsko, The Complete Dragon.
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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
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variation, stressing the key strategical ideas in each line.” £8.00
116. Harding (T.) The Classical French. Bats.1991.
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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
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Murray Chandler on the Evan’s Gambit.) Bats.repr.2000. 160pp. 50 complete games
demonstrate the key ideas. £8.00
56. Harding & W.Heidenfeld: French, Classical Lines.
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57. Harding (T.)
The Classical French. Bats.1991. VG. 194pp. £7.00
12158. Harding
& Markland, Sicilian:...e5. Bats.1976. 110pp. £56.00
12259. Harding &
Markland: Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Bats.1975. h/b,d/w 146pp. (D.) £7.50
12360. Harding, Botterill
& Kottnauer: Sicilian Sozin. Bats.1974. h/b,d/w. 192pp. (D.) £7.50
***123a. Harman (R.) & S.Taulbut: Winning with the
Scandanavian. Bats.1993. 146pp. A few pen marks. Includes many complete games. £7.50
124. Hodgson (J.) & L.Day: Grand
Prix Attack: f4 against the Sicilian. Bats.1985. 89pp. £6.00
62. Hodges (P.)
with GM A.Fishbein: Center Counter! Power Play Series, US 1994. 67pp. 64 games.
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12563. Hooper
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12664.
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Edn. CP 1977. 79pp.
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128. Jacobs (B.) French Classical. EM 2001. 176pp. Includes
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either 2…e6 or 2…Nc6. £7.00129. Jovicic (M.) Modern Chess. “Black
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130. Kasparov & Shakarov:
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Defence. Russian Chess Report No.6, Moscow 1996. p/b. G. 167pp. 253 games,
arranged by variation, with Kasparov as either white or black. Annotations in
Informator style. £9.00
13265.Keene &
Taulbut: French Def. Tarrasch Var. New Edn. Bats.19870. 1021pp. £65
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Defence.
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13466. Keres (P.)
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£9.00
67. King (D.)
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£7.50
135. King (D.) Closed Sicilian. ChP 1997. 144pp. Incl.
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68. Korchnoi &
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13769. Kosanovic (G.)
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70.Kosten (T.)
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Beating the Petroff. Bats.2004. 240pp. Provides a repertoire of attacking weapons,
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***140. Krasenkov (M.) The Sveshnikov Sicilian. Cadogan,
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£8.00
***142a. Lane (G.) Ruy Lopez for the Tournament Player.
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cover crease. 242pp.
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143. Lane (G.) Vienna Game. EM 2000. 144pp. Includes 77
complete games. £10.00
14471. Lane (G.) Winning
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144pp. Includes many
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Sicilian games and open games where black plays 2...Nc6, 4...Nf6 and
5...d6. £8.00
***145a. Leach (C.) Falkbeer-Counter
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72.Lein (A.)
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155pp. Includes numerous complete games. £8
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(D.) £65.00
147.
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14873. Levy (D.)
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(D.) £6.00
14974. Levy (D.) Sicilian Accelerated
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15075. Levy (D.) The Sicilian
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151. Levy (D.) Siclian Dragon: Classical &
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***151a.
Mayer
(S.) The Soltis Variation of the Yugoslav Attack. Hypermodern Press, US 1995.
333pp. A meticulously
researched monograph on 12.h4, h5 in the Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack.
£10.00
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.
Includes 62 games. LN 2013. £8.00
77. Mayer (S.) The Soltis Variation of the Yugoslav
Attack. Hypermodern Press, US 1995. 333pp. A meticulously researched monograph on 12.h4, h5 in the
Sicilian Dragon, Yugoslav Attack. £10.00
152. McDonald (N.) French Winawer. EM 2000. VG. 144pp.
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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
15379. McDonald
(N.) The King’s Gambit. Bats.1998. 160pp. Includes 59 games. £10
154. another copy: (Scribble or
signature on first page). £8.00
***154a.
McDonald (N.) Main
Line Caro-Kann. EM 2000. 143pp. Comprehensive survey with 49 illustrative
games. £9.00
McDonald (N.) The Sicilian Bb5 Revealed.
Bats.2005. New. 211pp. Key ideas
are explained using fresh, clear presentation, ideal for improving players,
including test positions. £8.00
15580. McDonald (N.)
Sveshnikov Sicilian. Bats.1999. 144pp. £67.00
***155a. Miles & Moskow: Sicilian Dragon: Yugoslav
Attack. Bats.1979. 151pp. £7.00
81. Moles & Wicker: French Winawer, Modern &
Auxiliary Lines. Bats.1979. h/b, d/w. 265pp. (D.) £8.00
15682. Mortazavi (A.) Winning with the Kan. Bats.1996. 144pp.
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157
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15985.
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and other replies to 1.P-K4. Also includes large addenda to his Queen's Gambit
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16488.
Palliser (R.) Starting Out: Siclian Najdorf. Everyman 2006. New p/b.
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16589.
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games, repertoire based on Sicilian four knights variation. £10.00
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plans and tactics for both sides using 74 illustrative games. £8.00
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2071.04. Watson (J.)
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