Dangerous Weapons: The Benoni and Benko 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" and...

Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit Are you tired of playing the same old openings time and time again? Fed up with constantly having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or perhaps you simply wish to play something new and inspiring, but cannot...

Starting Out: The Modern Defense The Modern Defense chess opening is a dynamic, ambitious and universal first move - one that can be used against any system White may care to play. Black's provocative strategy is based on allowing White...

Kasparov on Modern Chess, Part 3 Kasparov vs Karpov, 1986-1987 Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov are unquestionably the protagonists who featured in the greatest ever chess rivalry. Between 1984 and 1990 they contested five long matches for the World...

Starting Out: The Sicilian Grand Prix Attack (Download) The Grand Prix Attack is one of White's most aggressive ways of fighting the Sicilian. It leads to a sharp, complex battle in which White often launches a direct attack against the Black King...

The New Sicilian Dragonby Simon Williams Grandmaster and well-known Sicilian Dragon expert Simon Williams takes a totally fresh look at this famous opening. Concentrating on his favorite Dragon Variation, Williams constructs a cutting-edge repertoire...

The Veresov Opening (Download) Surprise Your Opponents with the Tricky 2.Nc3! Looking for a new opening? The Veresov could be the one for you! It's a surprisingly tricky system that, in the right hands, can be a powerful attacking weapon. White...

Play the Najdorf:Scheveningen Style The Najdorf Sicilian is one of the most sharp, dynamic and popular openings that Black can play and is a firm favorite among the world's elite players, including world number one Garry Kasparov. From very early on,...

Starting Out: d-pawn AttacksThe Colle-Zukertort, Barry and 150 Attacks Are you looking to attack with 1.d4? Then look no further... In this book Richard Palliser provides in-depth coverage of three of the most dangerous attacking set-ups available to...

Starting Out: The Sicilian Sveshnikov (Download) No opening in recent times has captured the imagination of the chess public more than the Sicilian Sveshnikov. Initially popularized in the 1970s, the Sveshnikov has exploded onto the chess scene at the...

Fighting the Anti-King's Indians: How to Handle White's Tricky Ways of Avoiding the Main Lines E-Book "I love playing the King's Indian, but nobody ever allows me to reach my favorite opening!" Does this sound like an all too familiar complaint?...

Art of Attack in Chess One of the finest chess books ever written, the Art of Attack has been transcribed into algebraic notation for the first time. In this revised edition of the great classic, the author expounds both the basic principles and the...

Fighting the Anti-Sicilians:Combating 2.c3, the Closed Sicilian, the Morra Gambit and other Tricky Ideas The Sicilian Defense is by far Black's most popular answer to 1.e4 at all levels of chess. The reason for this is easy to understand: from...

Beating Unusual Chess Openings:Dealing With the English, Reti, King's Indian Attackand Other Annoying Systems  Beating Unusual Chess Openings is a godsend to those chess players fed up with struggling against all opening moves other than White's...

Winning Chess Tactics (Revised Edition) Learn sure-fire tactics and combinations from one of the worlds top chess players. Attack? Defend? Swap pieces? Tactics are the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or...

Winning Chess Strategies (Revised Edition) Gain the advantage over your opponent with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the worlds top chess players! Strategy is the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his...

The Trompowsky Attack From relative obscurity to one of White's favorite Queen's pawn openings, the rise in popularity of the Trompowsky Attack over the last decade or so has been quite staggering. Largely inspired by a group of English players headed...

The Scandinavian Defense, 2nd Edition (Download) From a theoretical backwater to a fully blown main line opening, the rise of the Scandinavian Defense (1.e4 d5) has been nothing short of meteoric. Over the past fifteen years the Scandinavian has...

The French Defense, Advance Variation (2nd Edition) The Advance Variation is a popular and direct way of meeting the ultra-solid French Defense. Very early on in the game White opts to fix the pawn structure and establishes a genuine space advantage,...

The Dynamic Reti Opening (Download) The Reti Opening has been a popular choice at all levels of chess for many years and is a favorite among hypermodern players who like to control the center with pieces. Yet there remains a dearth of published...