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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.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
21. Berliner (H.) The System. A
World Champion’s Approach to Chess. Gambit 1999. 176pp. World CC Champion
explains his methods in the openings. £10
3. Brash (M.G.) Chess Openings for Progressive
Players. Methuen,1949. 67pp. h/b. Scarce. £10.00
4. Dunnington (A.) Gambit Play. Sacrificing in the Opening.
EM 2003. 128pp. “Explores the key aspects of successful gambit play.” £10.00
2.Dvoretsky (M.)
& A.Yusupov. Opening Preparation. Bats.1994. 304pp. Comprehensive work.
£10.00
5. 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
6.Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings. C. 1.e4, e6 and
1.e4, e5. Chess Informant, 1974. 349pp.
£8.00
37.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
8.Estrin & Panov: Comprehensive Chess Openings. Vol.1-3. Perg.1980. 3 volume set contained in card box, corners worn. 271, 192, 278pp., 100 illustrative games. Translated by Ken Neat from the acclaimed Russian work. (D.) £24.00
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
95.Fine (R.) The
Ideas Behind the Chess Openings. McKay, US 1943. 1st Edn. VG in scarce d/w (dusty).
240pp. A pioneering treatment of the openings. (D.) £12.00
106. ---- Another: 1st
US. 1943. G £6.00
117.Fine (R.) Ideas behind the Chess
Openings. Bell, 1964 repr. h/b, VG. 240pp. (D.) £6
12. 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
13. Giddins (S.) 101 Chess Opening Traps. Gambit 1998. 112pp. Focuses on traps that club players are most
likely to fall for. £7.50
14. Golombek (H.) Modern Chess Opening Strategy.
MacGibbon & Kee, 1959. 304pp. h/b, d/w. £6.00
158.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
1610. Griffith
& White, Pocket Guide to the Chess Openings. Bell, repr.1923. Some wear to
covers o/w G. 116pp. h/b. (D.) £6.00
1711. Griffith
& Golombek, Pocket Guide to the Chess Openings. Bell,1949. New & Rev
Edn.105pp.(D.) £4.00
1812. 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
19. Hodgson (J.) Quick Chess Knockouts. Cadogan 1996.
143pp. Opening traps,
intended for the beginner to club player. £6.00
2013.Horowitz (I.)
New Traps in the Chess Opening. Faber, repr.1970. h/b, d/w. 181pp. (D.) £6.50
2114. Howson (J.B.)
Two Hundred Modern Chess Traps in the Fianchetto Openings. Barnes, US 1971.
h/b, d/w. 203pp. (D.) £107.00
22. Khalifman (A.) Opening for Black According to
Karpov. Chess Stars, 2001. 191pp. Building a repertoire based on Karpov’s black
openings. £9.00
23. KASPAROV: Borik (O.) Kasparov’s Chess Openings.
Crowood 1991. 127pp. How to build a repertoire based on Kasparov’s. Many
complete annotated games. £9.00
24. Kasparov & Keene: Batsford Chess Openings. 3rd
revised impr.1985. 345pp.
Cover corners creased. £6.00
2516.Kasparov
& Keene.: Batsford Chess Openings 2. 1989. Large p/b. G. 413pp. (A.)
"Completely rewritten." £10.00
17. Kaufman (L.)
The Chess Advantage in Black & White. McKay, US 2004. 500pp. Covers most
openings using numerous recent games by top players. £10.0026. Keene (R.) The Evolution of Chess Opening Theory
from Philidor to Kasparov. Perg.1985. 220pp. 16 chapters on various openings
with many annotated games. £7
27. 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
2818.
Lane (G.) Victory in the Opening! The Art of Winning Quickly. Bats.1999.
144pp. £6.00
2919.Levy &
Keene: How to Play the Opening in Chess. Collins, 1974. h/b, d/w. 224pp. (D.)
£6
3020.Marovic (D.)
& B.Parma: An Opening Repertoire for Black. Bats.1991, repr. 157pp. QGD,
Pirc, French. £6
31. Marovic (D.) An Active Repertoire for Black.
Bats.1991. 184pp. In particular the Sicilian Scheveningen and King’s Indian Def. £6.00
3221.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
33. 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
3423. 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
3523a. ----another
copy: Some spine wear o/w G. Not interleaved. £10
3624.Modern Chess
Openings. 5th Edn. Revised P.Sergeant, R.Griffith & M.Goldstein.
1932. h/b. VG. 292pp. (D.) £9
3725.Modern Chess
Openings. 6th Edn. Completely Revised by R.Fine. 1939. h/b, G.
324pp. (D.) £87
3826.Modern Chess
Openings. 7th Edn. Revised W.Korn. 1946. h/b.VG. 390pp. (D.) £68
3926a.
Modern Chess Openings. 9th Edn. Completely Revised by Korn &
Collins. 1960. h/b. VG. 360pp. (D.) £7
4027.Modern
Chess Openings. 10th Edn. Evans & Korn. 1965. 514pp. h/b. (D.) £6
4128.
---- Another: 10th edn. VG in d/w £10.00
4230.Modern
Chess Openings. 11th Edn. W.Korn. Repr.1973. h/b. G,d/w. 374pp. (D.) £7.50
4331.Modern
Chess Openings. 13th Edn. W.Korn & N. De Firmian. 1990. 708pp. Some pen
marks, G-. £8
44. Modern Chess Theory. Ed: R.Keene. (Chess Player.)
Vol.3 No.1-12, July 1980 – June 1981. Bound
in 1 volume, p/b, VG. (384pp in all), index. (A.) Numerous articles by leading
players, mainly British, but also Larsen, Euwe, Kasparov, Timman etc. Many
complete games included. Starts with Miles on his famous win with a6 & b5
vs. Karpov. £10
45. 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
4633. 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
47
36.
Reuben (S.) Chess Openings – Your Choice! Maxwell Macmillan, repr.Perg.199285. H/b. 240pp. Aims to help the less experienced
player to choose suitable openings, with much practical advice. Library stamp
o/w G. £57.00
4837.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. £6.0049.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
5038.
Shamkovich (L.) & E.Schiller: Kasparov's Opening Repertoire. Batsford, 1990.
1st Edn. p/b. VG. 154pp. Includes numerous complete games. £8.00
51.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
5240. 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
53. Soltis (A.) Pawn Structure Chess. McKay, NY 1976.
G. 300pp. Profiles the pawn structures of each opening and advice on how to
play the positions arising. (D.) £9.00
41. Speelman &
Keene: Essential Chess Openings. Bats.1992. 160pp. Handy-size in MCO style.
£7-50
5443.Suetin (A.S.)
Modern Chess Opening Theory. Pergamon, 1965. 322pp. (D.) £5
5544.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
56. 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
57. 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
5845.
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
5946.
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
6047.Znosko-Borovsky
(E.) Traps on the Chessboard. Hollings, 1938. 1st. h/b. VG. 138pp. (D.) £107.00
* * * OPENINGS - KING'S PAWN
* * *
61. Aagaard (J.) Easy Guide to the Sveshnikov Sicilian.
EM 2000. 144pp. £9.00
62.Adorjan & Horvath: Sicilian: Sveshnikov Variation. Perg.1987. 172pp. £6.00
63.Alburt & Schiller: The Alekhine for the Tournament Player. Updated by A.Kinsman. Bats.2nd Edn.1991. 144pp. £7.50
6448. Anderson
(S.) Center Counter Defense. Portuguese Variation. 1 e4 d5 2 ed5 Nf6 3 d4 Bg4.
Pickard, US 1997. 95pp. £7.00
8.5065
49. Arizmendi &
Moreno: Mastering the Najdorf. A Complete Guide. Gambit, 2004. 224pp. £10.00
Bagirov (V.K.) Alekhine’s Defence. Kalnajs, US
1973. 160pp. (D.) The first
monograph on Alekhine’s Def. (Foreword).
£8.00
6650.Barden
(L.) The Ruy Lopez. Perg.1963. 1st. 170pp. (D.) £5.00
67.Bikhovsky (A.) Spanish (Ruy Lopez): Chigorin. Bats.1983. 117pp. Pen notes on 3 pages o/w G. £5.00
68. Blackstock (L.S.) Ruy Lopez: Breyer System.
Bats.1976. 102pp. £6.00
69. Botterill & Harding: The Scotch. Bats.1977. 140pp. h/b, d/w. Club stamp to
title-page. £7.50
70. Burgess (G.) The Complete Alekhine. Bats.1995 repr.
252pp. £9.00
71.Burgess (G.) New Ideas in the Alekhine Defence. Bats.1996. 128pp. Surveys how this opening is being treated in the 1990’s. £7.00
7251.. 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
73. 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
74. 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
7553.
Chandler (M.) Sicilian 2 c3. Bats.New Edn.1987. 128pp. £6.00
76. 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
77. Curtacci (S.) Caro-Kann Defence. Knight Variation 4…Nf6. S1 Editrice 1992. 96pp.
c.400 correspondence games. £4.00
78. 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
79. Davies (N.) Alekhine’s Defence. EM 2001. 158pp.
Includes 62 complete games. £10.00
80. Davies (N.) Taming the Sicilian. EM 2002. F. 144pp.
Repertoire for white against open Sicilians. £9.00
81. 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
82. 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. £15.00
83.Eales
& Williams: Alekhine’s Defence. Bats.1973. h/b, d/w. 140pp. (D.) £8.00
84. Emms (J.) Attacking with 1 e4. EM 2001. 160pp. All
defences to 1 e4 are covered. £10.00
85. Emms (J.) Easy Guide to the Ruy Lopez. EM 1999. F.
144pp. The main ideas of each variation. £8.00
86. Emms (J.) Scandanavian. 1.e4, d5. ChP 1997. 144pp.
Incl.82 complete games. £9.00
87. Emms (J.) Sicilian Kan. EM 2002. F. 192pp. 2…e6 and
4…a6 lines. £9.00
88.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
89. 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
90. 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
91. 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. £13.00
92. Estrin (Y.) The Two Knights Defence. Chess SC
(1970). 131pp. H/b.
Some pages yellowed. (D.) £6.00
93. Flear (G.) Open Ruy Lopez. EM 2000. 159pp. Includes
88 complete games. £10.00
94. Flear (G.) Offbeat Spanish (without 3…a6) EM 2000. 143pp.
Includes 53 complete games. £10.00
95. Forintos & Hagg: The Petroff Defence.
Bats.1983. Spine faded. 248pp. A comprehensive work. £7.50
96. 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
97. Goring Gambit. CD 1976. 71pp. (D.) £3.00
9Evans &
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
8.Grefe
& Silman: Center Counter. CE 1983. Cover stains, pencil ticks. 96pp.
Includes 40 illustrative games. £5.00
9954. Gufeld & Stetsko:
The Classical French. Bats.1999. 144pp. £7.50
100. Gufeld & Stetsko, The Complete Dragon.
Bats.1997. VG. 352pp. Comprehensive work. £10.00
101. 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
102. Gufeld (E.) The Sicilian Defence. Bats.1983. 198pp.
Covers all lines for the average club player. £5.00
103. Harding (T.) Evans Gambit & System Vs Two
Knight’s Defence. CD 1996. Rev.2nd Edn. F. 220pp. £9.00
104. Harding (T.) Nimzowitsch Defence. 1 e4,Nc6.
Bats.1981. 144pp. £8.00
55. Gufeld (E.) The Modern French
Tarrasch. Cadogan, 1996. F. 144pp. Includes 52 games. £7.00
Gufeld & Stetsko: The Giuoco Piano. (With
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. Bats.1979. 158pp. £7.00
57. Harding (T.)
The Classical French. Bats.1991. VG. 194pp. £7.00 105. Harding & Botterill: The
Italian Game. Bats.1977. h/b, d/w. 136pp. (D.) All lines after 3.B-B4. £9.00
10658. Harding
& Markland, Sicilian:...e5. Bats.1976. 110pp. £56.00
10759. Harding &
Markland: Sicilian Richter-Rauzer. Bats.1975. h/b,d/w 146pp. (D.) £7.50
10860. Harding, Botterill
& Kottnauer: Sicilian Sozin. Bats.1974. h/b,d/w. 192pp. (D.) £7.50
109. 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.
£6.00
11063. Hooper
(D.) A Complete Defence to 1.P-K4. Petroff’s Defence. Perg.1973 repr. G. 180pp.
(D.) £5.00
11164.
Hort (V.) Alekhine’s Defence. A&C Black, 1981. 256pp. £7.00
112. Jacobs (B.) Caro-Kann Advance. ChP 1997. 144pp.
Incl. 75 complete games. £8.00
113. Jacobs (B.) French Classical. EM 2001. 176pp.
Includes 78 complete games. £10.00
Ilic (Z.) The Sicilian with …Qb6.
Bats.1998. 144pp. A repertoire with considerable surprise value. Qb6 after
either 2…e6 or 2…Nc6. £7.00114. Jovicic (M.) Modern Chess. “Black
is Good!” 1.e4, c5. Caissa Commerce, 1994. 76pp. Full Najdorf repertoire. £5.00
115.Kasparov
& Shakarov: Caro-Kann: Classical 4…Bf5. Bats.1984. 148pp. £7.00
116. ---- 2nd Edn.,Enlarged. 1992. 166pp. £8.00
117. Kasparov & Nikitin: Sicilian …e6 & …d6 Systems. Bats.1983. 2