Fighting the Ruy Lopez Defense The Ruy Lopez is a hugely popular opening, and anyone who plays 1.e4 e5 as Black needs to have a reliable answer ready. This book provides a solution. Drawing upon his years of experience facing the Lopez, Grandmaster...

Dangerous Weapons:The Dutch - Dazzle your Opponents! Are you tired of playing the same old openings again and again? Perhaps it's time for a change and here's the answer: choose Dangerous Weapons and amaze your opponents with new and exciting opening...

The Pirc in Black & White:Detailed Coverage of an Enterprising Chess Opening The Pirc is an ambitious counter-attacking response to White's most popular opening move, 1.e4. Black's philosophy is based around allowing White to build a large and...

Nimzo-Indian, Kasparov Variation: 4.Nf3 The Nimzo-Indian Defense is certainly one of Black's most respectable ways of meeting 1.d4; it's popular at all levels of chess and white players have been banging their heads against brick walls in trying to...

Excelling at Combinational Play:Learn to Identify and Exploit Tactical Chances  Being able to solve puzzles and combinations is one of the principal components of a successful chess player. But how can one improve on such an important skill? How...

Play the Queen's Indian Defense (Download) The Queen's Indian is a dynamic and flexible way to meet 1 d4. Using Nimzowitsch's principles, Black adopts the hypermodern plan of controlling the center with pieces rather than the traditional idea of pawn...

Dangerous Weapons: 1.e4 e5 Do you need a well-deserved break from your normal chess openings? Are you tired of constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to try out something new and inspiring, but...

Excelling at Technical Chess: Learn to Identify and Exploit Small Advantages "And the rest is a matter of technique" is an annoyingly common phrase used in chess literature. The implication from the author is that the task of converting a typically...

Excelling at Chess Calculation:Capitalizing on Tactical Chances There are many differing opinions among the top players in the world of chess, but there is one thing upon which World Champions, Grandmasters and other experts all agree: the art of...

Starting Out: The Classical Sicilian Defense (Download)  The Classical Sicilian is one of Black's most popular and highly regarded opening choices against 1.e4, and it's been a favorite of such greats as Vladimir Kramnik, Alexei Shirov and Vishy...

Garry Kasparov on Fischer:My Great Predecessors, Part 4 This book brings together the two greatest names in the history of chess. The author, Garry Kasparov, is the world number one and, by common consent, the greatest player ever. The subject of the...

Dangerous Weapons: The Pirc and Modern Do you need to freshen up your opening repertoire? Choose Dangerous Weapons and amaze your opponents with new and exciting opening ideas! In this book, three leading experts take a revolutionary look at two...

Dangerous Weapons: Flank Openings:Dazzle Your Opponents Are you tired of playing the same old openings time and time again? Perhaps it's time for a change, but you cannot decide between the numerous options available? Here's the answer: choose...

The Budapest Gambit (Download) The Budapest Gambit is an ambitious and adventurous opening for Black, who offers a pawn as early as the second move in return for active and rapid development. It has always been a particular favorite at the club level,...

Starting Out: The c3 Sicilian (Download) The c3 Sicilian is a logical and sensible way of meeting Black's most popular defense to 1.e4. With his second move White sets about constructing a strong pawn center and cleverly sidesteps the labyrinth of...

How to Play against 1.e4 It's not easy finding a good opening to play against 1.e4, especially if - like the majority of chess players - you don't have endless time available to study the latest theoretical developments. If you choose fashionable...

Beating the King's Indian and Grunfeld Defenses  The King's Indian and the Grunfeld are two of Black's most popular answers to 1.d4; unsurprising given that they were long-time favorites of chess legends Garry Kasparov and, before him, Bobby...

Dangerous Weapons: The King's Indian Defense Are you tired of playing the same old openings time and time again? Perhaps it's time for a change, but you cannot decide between the numerous options available? Here's the answer: choose Dangerous Weapons...

Play the Catalan Opening The Catalan is a sophisticated opening system which is popular at all levels of chess. In recent years it has been catapulted into the limelight by Vladimir Kramnik, who has revitalized it with many new ideas and has used it...

Starting Out: The Colle Opening The Colle System is a solid, reliable chess opening based on the popular first move 1.d4. One of its major advantages is that although the Colle is very easy to learn and play, it leads to exciting middlegame positions...