Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019. — 388 p. This book describes the intense rivalry—and collaboration—of the four players who created the golden era when USSR chess players dominated the world. More than 200 annotated games are included, along with personal details—many for the first time in English. Mikhail Tal, the roguish, doomed Latvian who...
London: The Abbey Library, 1977. — 375 p. Chess, perhaps the most internationally popular pastime, is a fascinating subject for study. This book sets out, in as entertaining a manner as possible, to follow all the intricacies of the colourful history of the game. With innumerable illustrations in black and white and full colour accompanying the very lively text, even the...
London: Oxford University Press 1975. — 272 p. The main purpose of this book is to enable players of all standards to enjoy the best of Karpov's play and thus to become better acquainted with the intricacies of his style. Markland has devoted a whole chapter to some common middle-game themes in order to try and give the reader a greater understanding of the way Karpov thinks and...
Alkmaar: New In Chess, 2006. — 235 p. Modern attacking chess has become one of the popular styles of play in the world. This volume explains how to build an advantage, turn it into an aggressive strategy with great attacking moves, and how to exploit weaknesses in an opponent's position. It presents the most instructive games from great players such as Kasparov, Topalov and Karpov.
Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2014. — 274 p. The games of Mikhail Botvinnik, world chess champion from 1948 to 1963, have been studied by players around the world for decades. But little has been written about Botvinnik himself. This book explores his unusual dual career—as a highly regarded scientist as well as the first truly professional...
Guinness, 1996. — 224 p. The Guinness Book of Chess Grandmasters charts the history of the game through an historical overview of its greatest players, from ancient masters such as Lopez, Leonardo and Greco to the modern practitioners such as Kasparov, Short and Anand.
Berlin: Walter de Gruyter & Co., 1955. — 148 p. Wer sonst als Kurt Richter, der aufgrund eines zeitlebens praktizierten verwegenen Angriffsstils als Scharfrichter von Berlin in die Schachgeschichte einging, wäre berufener, ein Buch über Kombinationen abzufassen? Das hier vorliegende Werk versammelt unzählige taktische Motive und kombinatorische Abwicklungen aus der Praxis des...
Alkmaar: New In Chess, 2008. — 479 p. Here is help for those who are tired of studying endgames that never come up in real life! Why is it that most amateur chess players love opening and middle game tactics but hate endgames and why do they usually look at only a couple of pages in any chess endgame theory book they own? Enjoying the entertainment of endgame tactics, and (at...