222 annotated games, each beginning with 1.e4 and featuring an opening trap. The games are arranged according to opening with separate chapters for each major opening system e.g. French, Sicilian, Spanish, Caro-Kann and introductions outlining typical tactical motifs for each opening complex. You can use this book to learn and avoid traps or just to play through some sharp games of chess and improve your tactical skills. Both authors are German Grandmasters; Rainer Knaak is an openings expert and Karsten Muller has written extensively on endgames.
Pub. 2008, softback, 162 pages. 


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Three years after the appearance of volume 1 the second book in the series continues in similar vein, advocating lesser known but very sharp opening systems. Here the authors focus on two opening systems, one for White and one for Black. For White they focus on the "Golden Spike" against the Modern Defence (1.e4,g6; 2.d4;Bg7; 3.Nc3,d6; 4.g4). They also reprint the "Spike - Anti-Pirc" chapter from volume one thus including a complete "Spike" repertoire for White against the Pirc/Modern in one book. A brief chapter covers the "Krazy Kat Variation" against the Modern. (1.e4,g6; 2.d4,Bg7; 3.Na3) For Black they examine the "Chaos Counter-Attack" (1.d4,g6; 2.c4,Bg7; 3.Nc3,c5; 4.d5,Bxc3+; 5.bxc3,f5;) and the "Accelerated Chaos Counter-Attack" (1.d4,c5; 2.d5,f5;). Analysis is largely languageless with game fragments quoted to support the authors' own ideas. The ideas in the book seem to stem mostly from Vladimir Okhotnik, a Ukrainian I.M. and chess coach. Co-author, Croatian GM Bogdan Lalic, is now settled in England and is a noted theoretician and author of several books.
Pub. 2008 softback, 367 pages. 


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Russian Grandmaster Kalinichenko offers a repertoire for both White and Black based around 1.e4 for White and the Sicilian Dragon and Leningrad Dutch Defences for Black. For White he recommends the Sicilian Grand Prix Attack, Vienna Game and lines against the French, Caro-Kann and Alekhine Defences. For Black the main repertoire counters 1.e4 and 1.d4 but he also suggests responses to the English, Bird's and other Flank Openings.
Pub. 2008, hardback, 231 pages. 


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Russian Grandmaster Kalinichenko offers a repertoire for both White and Black based around 1.e4 for White and the Classical Sicilian and King's Indian Defences for Black. For White he recommends the c3 Sicilian, Scotch Game and lines against the French, Caro-Kann and Alekhine Defences. For Black the main repertoire counters 1.e4 and 1.d4 but he also suggests responses to the English, Bird's and other Flank Openings.
Pub. 2008, hardback, 240 pages. 


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Readers of this series can ignore large areas of the ever expanding chess opening theory. They can concentrate on these surprising ideas, because SOS variations deviate very early from the regular lines in mainstream openings. Ideal for players who don’t have enough time to keep abreast with main line theory.

Contents:
1 Jeroen Bosch - The SOS Files
2 Ruben Felgaer - Meeting the Caro-Kann with 2.Ne2
3 Dimitri Reinderman - The Meszaros Variation of the Sicilian
4 Jeroen Bosch - SOS versus Anti-Berlin
5 Alexander Finkel - SOS versus the Paulsen
6 Mazé & Cornette - Nimzo-Indian with 6...Qe8!?
7 Arthur Kogan - The Budapest Gambit Can Still Surprise!
8 Jeroen Bosch - French Prophylaxis
9 Adrian Mikhalchishin - Caro-Kann: Dementiev Variation
10 Dimitri Reinderman - The Porcupine Variation
11 Jeroen Bosch - Gajewski’s Incredible Spanish Novelty
12 Arthur Kogan - Play the Spielmann Attack
13 Alexander Finkel - An Old Idea in the Modern Defence
14 Jeroen Bosch - A Modest Indian
15 Igor Glek - A 19th Century Weapon versus the French
16 Leonid Gofshtein - A Dynamic Ruy Lopez Surprise
17 Dorian Rogozenko - Kamsky’s ‘Spare’ Slav
18 Who is Who? - Authors and their Subjects
Pub. 2008, softback, 143 pages. 


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The world's top trainer, Mark Dvoretsky, and one of his best-known pupils, grandmaster Artur Yusupov, present a five-volume series based on courses given to talented young players throughout the world. The books contain contributions by other leading trainers and grandmasters, as well as games by pupils who have attended the courses. The second volume explains the basic principles of the opening, discusses how to build an opening repertoire and produce opening novelties, and explores the connection between the opening and the later stages - the middlegame and the endgame.
Pub. 2007, softback, 277 pages. 


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SOS brings you a wide variety of unusual opening ideas. They may seem outrageous at first sight, but have proven to be perfectly playable. An SOS deviates very early from the regular lines in a mainstream opening, usually even before move six! That is why it is so easy to actually bring the variation on the board. You will baffle your opponent without having studied large quantities of stuffy theory.

A quick look at the SOS's in vol. 7
Jeroen Bosch - The SOS Files
John van der Wiel - A Harmless Little Bishop Move
Jeroen Bosch - Sicilian: the O'Kelly Variation
Glenn Flear - Really Accepting the QGA
Friso Nijboer - The Shirov Gambit versus the Philidor
Dorian Rogozenko - Early Surprise in a Classical Nimzo
Adrian Mikhalchishin - The Caro-Kann of Bukhuti Gurgenidze
Jeroen Bosch - Bayonet Blow in the Bogo
Arthur Kogan - Inspiration versus the Dragon
Jeroen Bosch - Chasing the "Trompowsky" Bishop
Dimitri Reinderman - Edgy Knight against the Bird
Glenn Flear - The Semi-Slav with 6.a3
Alexander Finkel - Modern for Advanced Players
Jeroen Bosch - Taimanov’s Surprise Sac in the Kan
Adrian Mikhalchishin - Anti-Grünfeld and Anti-Volga
Igor Glek & J.-O. Leconte - French: the Gledhill Attack
Hikaru Nakamura - Not Going for Scholar’s Mate
pub. 2007, softback, 143 pages. 


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* Helps beginners to develop a solid understanding of fundamental opening ideas
* Gives casual players the ability to choose the opening that suits their style and taste
* A tool for club players to test and review their opening repertoire

Chess Opening Essentials offers a mixture of explanation, analysis and sample games to help the reader understand the basics of each of the different e-pawn openings. It gives a flavour of how every opening works and explains the similarities with other openings as well as the differences. In addition, it also points at the various middlegame plans that apply after the opening has ended.

The authors do not propagate forcing tactical variations to be memorized mechanically, but explain what you should actually be trying to achieve when playing the opening of your choice. They include the main alternative responses and give clear indications for further study.

Chess Opening Essentials helps you to get out of any opening in good shape. This thorough, understandable, and very readable manual gives you a foundation on which to build your repertoire on.

* Comprehensive: covers all main variations likely to arise
* Easy-to-use: important moves and key positions are highlighted in colour
* Long-lasting: it doesn’t outdate because it is about basics - not the latest fashions
* Complete: explains the plans and counterplans for both Black and White
* Down-to-earth: simple, verbal introductions (not a database dump full of dead trees)
* Convenient: every opening is illustrated with a number of instructive games
* Prize-winning: received the Golden Award of the Italian Chess Federation
Pub. 2007, softback, 358 pages. 


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Many opening positions in chess can be reached by a variety of move orders - but only with the consent of both players! In this book Grandmaster Andrew Soltis examines how move order transpositions can be used by both sides to avoid certain lines of play or positions. In a book which covers all the major opening systems he shows how you can often transpose moves to reach the type of position you want but which your opponent does not. The seven chapters cover Double KP Openings, Ruy Lopez, Sicilian Defence, Semi-Open Games, Double QP Openings, Indians and Dutch and Flank Openings. Andrew Soltis is a popular chess writer and International Grandmaster.
Pub. 2007, softback, 218 pages. 


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In part one of this series GM Nigel Davies offers some sharp gambit ideas for 1.e4 players against all Black's major defences. These include the Sicilian Wing Gambit, Danish Gambit, French Wing Gambit, Caro-Kann Fantasy Variation, Alekhine Defence 3.Nc3, Pirc Austrian Attack 5.a3, Scandinavian with 5.b4 and lines against the Nimzowitsch and Pseudo-Philidor defences. The repertoire is illustrated with 60 annotated games packed with ideas which will have your opponents scratching their heads from early on in the game. A book for the brave only! Nigel Davies is a Grandmaster, chess coach and former British Rapidplay Champion.
Pub. 2007, softback, 176 pages. 


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In volume two of this series GM Nigel Davies suggests some sharp gambit openings for players of the Black pieces against both 1.e4 and 1.d4. Against 1.e4 he recommends the Schliemann Defence to the Ruy Lopez (1.e4,e5; 2.Nf3,Nc6; 3.Bb5, f5;) and against 1.d4 he advocates the Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4,d5; 2.c4,e5;) There are also recommendations against 1.d4, d5; 2.Nf3, the Giuoco Piano and the "stodgy" English Opening. The repertoire is illustrated using 62 annotated master games packed with gambit ideas which will give your opponent pleny to think about. Nigel Davies is a Grandmaster, chess coach and former British Rapidplay Champion.
Pub. 2007, softback, 192 pages. 


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