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In the unusual Queen's Gambit, grandmaster Chris Ward covers three
offbeat but nevertheless important defences to this ancient
opening. The Chigorin Defence (1 d4 d5 2 c4 Nc6) creates dynamic
imbalance in the position. White often ends up with a big centre
but Black's active pieces can create havoc. The Albin Counter
Gambit (1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5) is a tricky tactical line which can be
deadly against an unprepared White player. The final variation (1
d4 d5 2 c4 Bf5) is an interesting way to try to sovle immediately
the age old problem of how to develop the queen's bishop in the
Queen's Gambit Declined. * Provides detailed coverage of unusual
but dangerous counters to the Queen's Gambit * Full coverage of all
recent developments
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The Nimzo-Indian (Paperback)
John Emms, Chris Ward, Richard Palliser
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R524
R468
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Are you tired of constantly following the same old opening moves?
Fed up with always having to keep up with modern chess theory? Or
perhaps you simply wish to try something new and exciting, but
cannot decide between the numerous choices available? We have the
answer! In this book, John Emms, Chris Ward and Richard Palliser
team up to examine one of the most popular and respected openings
at all levels of chess: the Nimzo-Indian. Instead of pursuing the
well-trodden paths, they choose an original approach, concentrating
on fresh or little-explored variations of the Nimzo, and selecting
a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colours. Whether playing
White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and
fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover! "Dangerous
Weapons" is a brand-new series of opening books which supply the
reader with an abundance of hard-hitting ideas to revitalize his or
her opening repertoire. Many of the carefully chosen weapons are
innovative, visually shocking, incredibly tricky, or have been
unfairly discarded; they are guaranteed to throw even your most
experienced opponent off balance.
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The Benoni and Benko (Paperback)
Richard Palliser, John Emms, Chris Ward, Gawain Jones
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R695
R616
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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 amaze your opponents with new and exciting opening
ideas!In this book," "four renowned opening experts get together to
take a revolutionary look at the Benoni, the Benko and all their
associated variations. Instead of travelling down well-trodden and
analysed paths, they concentrate on fresh or little-explored
variations, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both
colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will
leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for
cover!"Dangerous Weapons" is a series of opening books which supply
the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting ideas to revitalize
his or her opening repertoire. Many of the carefully chosen weapons
are innovative, visually shocking, incredibly tricky, or have been
unfairly discarded; they are guaranteed to throw even your most
experienced opponent off balance. *The Benoni and Benko in a whole
new light*Packed with original ideas and analysis*Ideal lines to
shock your opponents
These books are perfect for enthusiastic chess players who are
starting out in the game, and who are seeking to understand the
basic principles behind these most important openings: the
Sicilian, the King's Indian, the Nimzo-Indian, and the French. All
four books are written in a user-friendly style with an abundance
of notes, tips, and warnings scattered throughout, while key
strategies, ideas, and tactics for both sides are clearly
illustrated. The authors of these books are all very skilled and
experienced chess writers, who are used to writing for players of
all levels and are renowned for their ability to explain ideas in a
lucid and straightforward manner.
-- User-friendly design to help readers absorb ideas
-- Concentrates on the fundamental principles of the openings
-- Ideal for the improving player
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 decide between the numerous options available? Don't despair
- help is on hand! In "Dangerous Weapons: The Queen's Gambit",
opening experts Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear and Chris Ward team
up to investigate one of the most popular openings in chess
history, but in a revolutionary way. They concentrate on
little-explored and fun-to-play variations of the Queen's Gambit,
selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both colours. Whether
playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you
confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover!
"Dangerous Weapons" is an exciting series of opening books which
supply the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting ideas to
revitalize his or her opening repertoire. Many of the carefully
chosen weapons are innovative, visually shocking, incredibly
tricky, or have been unfairly discarded; they are guaranteed to
throw even your most experienced opponent off balance. It features
large array of opening weapons for both White and Black. It
explains The Queen's Gambit in a completely new light. It is ideal
for ambitious and adventurous players.
Grandmaster Chris Ward explains the important ideas behind every
major opening, unraveling among others the secrets of the Sicilian,
the mysteries of the Modern and the fundamentals of the French. He
emphasizes the need to understand the key elements of each opening
rather than simply memorize a series of complicated variations that
leave you stranded if the opponent varies from the expected route.
This book deals with every important opening, focuses on the
application of simple principles and has a revolutionary layout to
help readers absorb the key ideas. (6 7/8 x 9 5/8, 144 pages,
b&w illustrations)
3 Chess classics in one one volume. It's Your Move: This book
provides the reader with a selection of puzzles to solve. However,
unlike other books of the White to play and mate in three' variety,
it simulates real game scenarios, offering readers a choice of
tempting alternatives and requiring them to pick the best. It's
Your Move Improvers: In this highly original and instructive test
yourself book Chris Ward invites readers to solve a selection of
carefully chosen puzzles. In this, the second book in the series,
the positions are aimed at improving players, specifically the low
level club players who are looking to hone their skills in order to
climb further up the chess ladder. The reader is given a choice of
five plausible plans for each position and has to decide which is
the most likely to succeed. The answers then identify the most
promising plan and explain why the other choices are less
attractive. It's Your Move Tough Puzzles: The puzzles might be a
bit more difficult this time but, in the same style of the previous
two books, the reader is once again helped by the choice of five
plausible plans and has to decide which is the most likely to
succeed.
These three titles, brought together for the first time in one
volume, explain the important ideas behind every major opening,
provide an understanding of the middlegame to the aspiring player
and tips to all players wishing to improve their endgame play.Chris
Ward unravels the secrets of the Sicilian, the mysteries of the
Modern and the fundamentals of the French. He emphasises the need
to understand the key elements of each opening rather than simply
memorise a series of complicated variations which leave you
stranded if the opponent varies from the expected route. -----
Andrew Kinsman uses examples from practical play to develop
tactical and positional skills and awareness to enable you to make
the most of your opportunities in the middlegame. ------ Glenn
Flear explains the fundamental principles which must be mastered in
the endgame. Taking examples from his own games and those of other
players, he shows how drawn positions can be converted into
victories and lost positions saved at the last moment.- ---- *
Deals with every important opening --- * Explains the basic ideas
of tactical and positional play --- * Provides numerous exercises
for readers to test themselves --- * Explains the important
principles of every type of ending --- * Easy step-by-step guide to
better endgame play --- * Revolutionary layout to help readers
absorb key ideas ---
Three classic titles from the Everyman Chess Starting Out Series in
one volume. ----- Starting Out: Pawn Endgames by Glenn Flear ---
Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames by John Emms --- Starting Out:
Rook Endgames by Chris Ward ----- Endgames involving only kings and
pawns are the most fundamental of all chess positions, and a firm
understanding of them is required in order to become confident of
tackling more complex endings that preceded them. As is commonplace
with the renowned Starting Out series, there are an abundance of
notes, tips and warnings throughout the book to help the improving
player. ----- In Starting Out: Pawn Endgames, Grandmaster and
distinguished endgames expert Glenn Flear focuses on the very
basics of pawn endings. Beginning with the simplest of positions
and only gradually working through to more challenging material,
Flear outlines the key principles and rules, and demonstrates how
these work in practical examples. As one of the priorities of such
endings is to promote pawns to queens, Flear additionally deals
with queen endings that arise naturally from the simpler form.
----- In Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames Grandmaster and notable
endgame authority John Emms begins with the absolute fundamentals
of minor piece endings. This slowly but surely arms the reader with
the essential knowledge and confidence to move onto slightly
trickier positions. Using examples from practical play, Emms
highlights the correct procedures as well as the typical mistakes
made by both attacker and defender. ----- In Starting Out: Rook
Endgames Grandmaster Chris Ward begins with the absolute
fundamentals of rook endgames. He gradually arms the reader with
the indispensable knowledge and confidence needed to move onto
slightly trickier positions. Using examples from practical play,
Ward highlights the correct plans as well as the typical mistakes
made by both attacker and defender.
In this highly original and instructive test-yourself book, Chris
Ward presents a selection of 50 carefully chosen puzzles for you to
solve. In a welcome departure from the usual 'White to play and
mate in three' scenarios, he focuses on the type of critical
situations that occur in nearly every game. The reader is given a
choice of five plausible plans for each position and has to decide
which is the most likely to succeed. The puzzles aren't easy - but
then chess isn't a simple game! (5 7/8 x 8 1/4, 144 pages,
diagrams)
Many of the 617 Squadron crews who took part in the famous attacks
on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams and also the raids on the
Dortmund-Ems Canal did not return.
This book takes the reader to many of the crash sites that
resulted. They include the coast off Texel, Rees, Marbeck,
Emmerich, Hamm, Ostonnen, just north of the Mohne Dam, the former
airfield at Gilze-Rijen in Holland and Castricum-aan-Zee, also
Holland. The Dortmund-Ems Canal sites are Noordhorn, Recke,
Bergeshovede, Ladbergen and Den Ham in Holland. All these sites can
be visited within a week's tour by car or public transport.
The book is illustrated with then-and-now photographs of the
sites, the personnel involved and the aircraft originally flown.
Local places of interest are listed to allow those aficionados of
this famous squadron to broaden their knowledge and also enjoy a
continental break.
Once a chess player has figured out how all the chess pieces move,
what is the next step on the chess ladder? This helpful and
entertaining book provides players with the complete answer. In
this easy-to-follow guide, renowned chess teacher Chris Ward
explains all the crucial checkmating patterns, plus how to catch
out opponents with an assortment of tricks and traps, commonly
known as chess tactics. There is something for everyone in this
book: improving players can benefit from learning the basic
checkmates and the key tactics such as attacking and defending
pieces, forks, pins, and skewers, while more experienced players
can discover the delights of advanced checkmates and sneaky tricks,
ones that can flummox even the world's best players!
Learning chess tactics is fun and one of the quickest ways of
improving in chess, and it's even more enjoyable when opponents
begin falling for these tricks! Read this book and, with the help
of a Grandmaster, any chess player will be ready to unleash the
weapons in their chess battles, whoever their opponent is.
>An ideal chess tactics and checkmates guide for the improving
player
>Written by a distinguished chess author
>Full of notes, tips, and warnings to help the reader
The Nimzo-Indian Defence continues to be one of Black's most
reliable ways of meeting the queen's pawn opening. It's popular at
all levels of chess and a constant source of anxiety for White
players. How can White find a worthwhile line against this
incredibly firm defense? How can White set his Nimzo opponent
difficult tasks from the outset? Perhaps it's time to look
somewhere different from the well-trodden main lines.
In this book Grandmaster and renowned openings expert Chris Ward
investigates unusual white tries, including three uncompromising
and underrated ways of battling against the Nimzo: the Samisch, the
Leningrad and the 4 f3 variation. Each line is ideal for putting
your opponent under immediate pressure from the start of the game.
By studying the various strategies and tactics in these variations,
White players can confidently arm themselves with three new
menacing lines against the Nimzo, while Black players must again
search carefully for antidotes!
*All the principal lines are covered
*Written by a renowned Nimzo-Indian expert
*Explains the basic elements, strategies and tactics for both
sides
*Ideal for club and tournament players
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