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Aagaard, J Attacking Manual – Volume 1 Basic Principles Quality 2008
  264pp Deals with activating pieces, momentum, strong & weak points etc. AN PB F £14.00
Aagaard, J Attacking Manual – Volume 1 Basic Principles 2nd & expanded ed. Quality 2010
  320pp AN PB F £12.00
Abrahams, G Technique In Chess 1st ed. Bell 1961
  216pp Classic Bell DW in protective cover. VG+ £8.00
Abrahams, J Brilliance In Chess 1st ed. Pitman 1977
  143pp In numerous games & 157 diagrams, the author looks at moments of brilliance, especially his own. DW VG £6.00
Adorjan, A Black Is Still OK! 1st ed. Batsford ‘04
  224pp How to be more ambitious with Black. PB AN F- £8.00
Agur, E Bobby Fischer – A Study of His Approach To Chess Cadogan ‘92
  276pp The author uses Fischer’s games to illustrate his themes, including pawn structure, the g-pawn plan, active defence etc. PB AN VG £8.50
Alburt/Palatnik Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player NY 2000
  335pp Teaching points from 80 games. Clearly set out for easy access, using Russia’s once-secret training methods. PB AN VG+ £9.75
Alburt, L Test & Improve Your Chess Cadogan ‘95
  128pp Practical methods of self-improvement explained, with exercises & tests etc. PB AN VG £7.00
Alexander C Chess 3rd ed. Pitman 1956
  196pp DW VG £5.50
Alexander C Learn Chess: A New Way For All Vol. 2 Winning Methods with T.Beach Pergamon’63
  212pp Insc. PB G £4.00
Alexander C The Penguin Book of Chess Positions Penguin ‘76
  171pp PB Some light marginalia o/w G £2.00
Alexander (Charles) Knight Moves – An Original Perspective Of the Knight’s Potential For Movement. CEI 1999
  82pp AN PB F- £7.50
Ault, L. H. The Chess Tutor – Elements of Combinations Jenkins ‘75
  329pp DW Ex-Lib Pages browning o/w G- £4.50
Averbakh, Y Chess Middlegames – Essential Knowledge 1st ed. Cadogan ‘96
  112pp PB AN VG+ £7.50
Averbakh, Y Chess Tactics For Advanced Players. retailed in UK by Batsford Berlin 1984
  328pp 31 full games and many diagrammatic examples. DW AN VG £7.00
Avni, A Practical Chess Psychology Batsford ‘01
  160pp Looks at many aspects of the psychological dimension. PB AN G £7.50
Avni, A Devious Chess – How To Bend The Rules And Win Batsford ‘06
  144pp Professional psychologist applies his skills to the game.PB AN F £7.50
Baker, C Simple Winning Chess Everyman 99
  144pp “A complete self-improvement course” PB AN F- £6.50
Barden, L How Good Is Your Chess? Dover 1976
  112pp “Rate your skill by participating in 35 master games”. PB G+ £6.00
Beim, V Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster’s Kitchen - Gambit 2002
  128pp Lessons in chess strategy & thinking methods PB AN F- £5.00
Bellin, R Test Your Positional Play with Ponzetto Batsford ‘85
  192pp Explanation, then 30 tests with detailed explanations. Some v. small pencil marginalia. PB AN Paper yellowing o/w G+ £6.75
Blokh, M Combinational Motifs Moscow 2000
  304pp 1206 positions grouped in themes. Minimal language in English, German & Russian. PB AN VG £7.50
Bosch, J The Chess Combat Simulator – Test & Improve Your Chess with 50 Instructive GM Games NIC 2006
  262pp PB AN 4 pages written on o/w VG £10.00
Bouwmeester Winning Chess Combinations Batsford ‘77
  138pp Guide to the most common types of combination. PB VG £7.00
Bronstein, D The Modern Chess Self-Tutor Cadogan ‘96
  148pp Discusses how strong players decide on their moves. PB AN F £8.00
Bronstein, D Chess In The Eighties 1st UK ed. Pergamon ‘82
  115pp Discusses several themes inc. chess as an art form vs the need for a team win. No games. F- £9.00
Buckley, M Practical Chess Analysis –A Systematic Method for Analyzing. 1st ed. Thinkers ‘87
  165pp Full & part games with diagrams. PB AN £4.50
Burgess, G The Mammoth Book Of Chess 1st ed. Robinson ‘97
  537pp Tactics & Strategy; 900 illustrations; gms; tests etc PB AN VG+ £7.00
Burgess, G The Mammoth Book Of Chess fully revised & updated ed. Robinson ‘09
  570pp Something for everyone. Signed by author PB AN F £8.00
Burgess, G Instructive Chess Puzzles Gambit 2011
  160pp Improve Your Chess with 300 carefully selected puzzles. PB AN F £5.75
Capablanca Chess Fundamentals 3rd reprint Bell 1931
  184pp A classic work. Red cloth boards. VG £7.75
Capablanca Chess Fundamentals
  184pp Another copy Insc. DW spine faded & foxed o/w G £4.00
Capablanca Chess Fundamentals 18th printing Bell
  Another copy PB VG £4.00
Charusin, V Tactician’s Handbook No. 1 Alekhine’s Block Pickard 1997
  95pp 164 explanatory games PB AN F £7.50
Cheng, R Practical Chess Exercises – 600 Lessons from Tactics To Strategy USA 2007
  212pp PB AN F- £9.75
Coles, R. N. Chess – A Step-By-Step Book 1st ed. Museum ‘65
  104pp Introduction via history of the “modern” game DW VG- £4.50
Cordingly, E. The Next Move Is …. Studies in Chess Combinations Bell 1944
  88pp 250 diagram examples with solutions. Wartime standards VG- £6.00
Damsky, I Chess Brilliancy Everyman 02
  224pp Examples taken from 250 games by the masters. PB AN VG+
Davies, N 10 Great Ways To Get Better as Chess Everyman 10
  159pp Explains how some GMs got better. PB AN VG £8.00
De la Maza Rapid Chess Improvement – a study plan for adult players Everyman ‘04
  126pp Study programme plus 42 exercises. PB AN VG+ £8.50
Dunnington, Blunders and How To Avoid Them Everyman ‘04
  144pp PB AN F- £9.95
Dunnington Starting Out: Defensive Play Everyman ‘05
  151pp PB AN F- £9.95
Dunnington Gambit Play – Sacrificing in the Opening Everyman 03
  128pp 33 annotated games illustrating the theme. PB AN 1 short margin note o/w VG+ £9.95
Dvoretsky, M Secrets Of Chess Training Batsford ‘94
  218pp BCF Book of the Year 1991 PB AN VG+ £12.00
Dvoretsky, M Secrets Of Chess Tactics Batsford ‘95
  275pp PB AN VG £10.00
Dvoretsky, M Training For The Tournament Player Batsford ‘93
  189pp PB AN VG+ £10.00
Dvoretsky, M Technique For The Tournament Player with A. Yusupov Batsford ‘95
  240pp PB AN VG+ £12.00
Emms, J The Most Amazing Chess Moves Of All Time Gambit 2000
  192pp 200 puzzle positions arising out of historic games PB AN VG+ £10.00
Estrin, Y The World Champions Teach Chess with I. Romanov 1st UK ed. Black 1988
  208pp Top games from 13 OTB + 2 postal champions. PB AN VG+ £10.00
Euwe, M The Road To Chess Mastery with W. Meiden 1st UK ed. Allen 1968
  273pp 25 games annotated to demonstrate ways to improve. DW VG+ £10.00
Euwe, M Chess Master & Grandmaster with W. Meiden 1st UK ed. Allen 1978
  367pp 25 illustrative games between masters & GMs. X-lib DW VG- £9.00
Euwe, M Chess Master v Chess Amateur with W. Meiden 1st UK ed. Allen 1973
  315pp Avoiding or making the most of amateurs’ errors. DW torn but in protective covers o/w VG £10.00
Euwe, M The Middle Game – Book 1: Static Features with H. Kramer Bell 1972
  292pp Insc. DW torn but in protective covers o/w VG £10.00
Euwe/ Kramer The Middle Game - Book 2: Dynamic & Subjective Features. Bell 1973
  346pp DW in protective covers VG+ £13.50
Euwe Another copy with Insc. & DW nibbled in covers o/w VG £9.50
Euwe Another copy Insc. 1st ed. but no DW £8.50
Euwe, M The Development of Chess Style 1st UK ed. Bell 1968
  152pp 44 games from Greco to Spassky to illustrate their current style. DW nibbled o/w VG £10.00
Euwe, M The Logical Approach To Chess with M. Blaine & J. Rumble 1st ed. Pitman 1958
  217pp Insc. signed by the author Jack Rumble to a friend. DW VG £12.00
Evans, L New Ideas In Chess Pitman 1960
  196pp DW torn but in protective covers o/w VG £8.00
Fabrego, L True Lies In Chess Quality ‘07
  164pp Identifies the fundamentals of positions (the truth). PB AN G+ £10.00
Fine, R The Middle Game In Chess 1st ed. Hollis 1953
  442pp 14 chapters with many examples & diagrams. DW chipped VG £10.00
Fischer, R. J. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess 1st UK ed. Gower ‘72
  334pp An early example of “programmed learning”, popular at the time. Pages are intentially not sequential. DW VG+ £15.00
Flear, G Tactimania – Find The Winning Combination Quality 2011
  263pp 13 themed & graded sections from positions limited to Mr. & Mrs. Flear’s own games. SB AN F+ £12.00
Flesch, J Planning In Chess Batsford ‘83
  82pp PB AN G+ £4.50
Franco, Z The Art Of Attacking Chess: 33 Inspirational & Instructive Masterpieces Gambit 2008
  255pp SB AN F £9.00
Franco, Z Winning Chess Explained: How chess games are won & lost in practice Gambit 2006
  191pp SB AN F £8.00
Gallagher, J 101 Attacking Ideas In Chess: Aggressive concepts from a GM’s arsenal Gambit 2000
  128pp PB AN VG £8.50
Gallagher, J 365 Ways To Checkmate: Gambit 2004
  208pp A series of diagrams each with a reader’s challenge. SB AN VG+ £8.00
Gaprindhavili Critical Moments In Chess Batsford ‘10
  271pp Identifying them in 250 games PB AN Ex-Lib but a clean copy. £8.50
Gelfer, I Positional Chess Handbook Dover 2001
  212pp Examples in ascending order of difficulty. SB AN VG+ £8.00
Geller, Y The Application of Chess Theory reprint Cadogan ‘94
  263pp 100 annotated games showing the practical benefits of a sound understanding of opening strategy. PB AN Brown stain to top corner of page edges but not visible internally o/w G £9.00
Giddins, S 101 Chess Questions Answered Gambit 2008
  127pp The author poses common questions and responds with games or positions to illustrate the answer. PB AN F £7.75
Gillam, A. J. Simple Checkmates 1st cased ed. Batsford ‘91
  128pp 433 diagrams with mates pending. AN G+ £4.50
Gillam, A. J. Simple Chess Tactics 1st cased ed. Batsford ‘90
  128pp 438 diagrams with good moves waiting to be discovered. AN VG £5.00
Gligoric, S Shall We Play Fischerandom Chess? 1st ed. Batsford ‘02
  144pp Examines Fischer’s idea with 8 example games. PB AN VG £4.50
Goldman, W New Ideas In Old Settings Chess
  77pp SB G+ £3.00
Golombek, H Chess with H. Phillips 1st ed. Witherby ‘59
  434pp DW clean copy VG+ £6.50
Golz & Keres Chess Combination As A Fine Art Crowood ‘89
  255pp Drawn on articles by Kurt Richter PB VG+ £8.25
Greif, M 200 Classic Chess Puzzles Sterling ‘93
  143pp Positions designed to help spotting quick mates. PB F £4.75
Griffiths, P Better Chess For Club Players EP 1982
  117pp 18 games by club players analysed. PB G+ £4.75
Grivas, E Chess College 3: Technique Gambit 2006
  111pp Uses c.100 games to illustrate his points. SB AN F £7.50
Grover, K. Chess with T. Wiswell. 1st UK ed. after having had 10 US editions. Redman 1951
  109pp DW G+ £4.50
Gufeld, E Chess Strategy with N. Kalienchenko Batsford ‘03
  272pp Examines every stage of the game, and every diagram comes with questions to be answered. PB AN VG+ £9.50
Gulko, B Lessons With A Grandmaster with Dr. J. R. Sneed Everyman 2011
  298pp Conversation between GM Gulko and student Sneed, with questions asked and answered using many diagrams. PB AN F £11.75
Gulko, B Lessons With A Grandmaster II with Dr. J. R. Sneed Everyman 2012
  301pp Taking the coaching a stage further in the same way. PB AN F £11.75
Hansen, L. B. How Chess Games Are Won & Lost Gambit 2008
  255pp “In search of excellence in the five stages of a chess game”. SB AN F- £10.00
Harding T. D. Why You Lose At Chess Batsford ‘82
  120pp PB AN G+ £4.75
Harding T. D. The New Chess Computer Book Pergamon 87
  312pp PB AN VG+ £6.00
Hartston, W How To Cheat At Chess – Everything you wanted to know about chess but were afraid to ask.
  96pp A sideways look at the game by a great humorist, with cartoons by the great Bill Tidy. PB VG £4.00
Healy, J Coffee House Chess Tactics – An astonishing trip into the world of competitive chess. NIC 2010
  135pp Having been rescued by chess from a life of crime, as related in his autobiography, he now draws on his games PB AN F £10.00
Karpov & Gik Chess Kaleidoscope 1st ed. 1981 Pergamon
  168pp Covers a variety of topics plus 15 of his games annotated in detail. Typescript with diagrams. HB AN F £9.00
Kasparov Kasparov Teaches Chess Batsford 86
  124pp PB AN pages yellowing o/w G £4.25
Karneges, W The Six Power Moves of Chess – The Missing Key To Finding Good Moves From Any Position! Lingo 2009
  264pp PB AN VG+ £10.00
Keene, R Winning Moves Batsford ‘91
  111pp 240 positions from actual games where the reader is challenged to find the killing move, with solutions. PB AN G+ £6.00
Keene, R Discover Your Chess Strength 1st US ed. Holt 1992
  144pp Award yourself points while playing through 12 top games. PB AN Marginalia on 1 page o/w VG £6.50
Keene, R Winning Chess Batsford ‘95
  144pp Self-rating tests to do before going on to face the GMs. PB AN VG
Keene, R Winning Moves 2 Batsford ‘96
  96pp 250+ diagrams from real games and a self-marking system. PB AN G+ £5.00
Keene, R (ed.) Learn From The Grandmasters Batsford ‘75
  120pp 10 GMs contribute & annotate 2 of their outstanding games. inc. Tal, Korchnoi, Larsen, Browne Timman et al. PB VG £7.50
Keene & Levy How To Beat Your Chess Computer Batsford ‘91
  104pp Levy represented mankind against computer programmers in the 70s & 80s. HB AN paper yellowing o/w VG £5.00
King, D How To Win At Chess – 10 Golden Rules To Follow Cadogan ‘95
  127pp SB AN VG+ £7.00
Kmoch, H Pawn Power In Chess 2nd printing McKay 1964
  304pp 182 diagrams & c. 160 full or part illustrative games. G+ £8.00
Kmoch, H Pawn Power In Chess USA 1990
  272pp PB AN VG £9.25
Kongsted, C Beat The Grandmasters – Can You Rise To The Challenge? Gambit 2005
  176pp 351 positions from real GM games in which you must find the winning move. Solutions with self-rating system to check progress. PB AN VG £9.50
Korn, W The Brilliant Touch in Chess Dover 1966
  240 fascinating positions commented on by the author. SB VG- £7.00
Kopec, D Winning The Won Game – Lessons From The Albert Brilliancy Prizes with L. Ftacnik. Batsford ‘04
  208pp 64 games annotated to exemplify their theme. SB AN VG+ £6.75
Kotov, A Think Like A Grandmaster 1st ed. Batsford ‘71
  200pp One of the modern classics. DW VG £8.00
Kotov, A Another copy Batsford ‘75
  SB VG £7.00
Kotov, A Play Like A Grandmaster Batsford ‘84
  221pp Follow to his highly successful “Think Like… PB AN VG- £6.50
Kotov, A Train Like A Grandmaster 1st ed. Batsford ‘81
  124pp 3rd in his series. SB AN VG £6.50
Kotov, A Chess Tactics 1st ed. Batsford ‘83
  147pp PB AN paper starting to yellow o/w VG £6.50
Kostyev, A From Beginner To Expert In 40 Lessons Batsford ‘86
  147pp PB AN pages starting to yellow o/w VG £6.25
Krogius, N Psychology In Chess RHM 1976
  243pp PB pages edges spotting o/w G+ £4.75
Kurzdorfer, P The Tao Book of Chess - 200 Principles to Transform Your Game & Your Life. Adams 2004
  242pp A guide to chess and to the game of life. PB AN VG £4.50
Lamford, P Improve Your Game – 100 Chess Puzzles Deutsch ‘99
  127pp PB AN VG £3.95
Lane, G Find the Winning Move Batsford 04
  176pp 400+ diagrammed positions in 16 chapters. PB AN VG+ £8.00
Lasker, Ed. Chess For Fun & Chess For Blood Dover 1962
  224pp SB VG+ £4.75
Lasker, Ed. Chess Batsford ‘73
  468pp VG £7.50
Lasker Eduard Chess Strategy 1st ed. Bell 1915
  282pp 48 games. G £12.00
Lasker, Ed. Chess Strategy Dover 1959
  282pp Insc. “To Rowena” (Bruce) SB G £7.50
Lasker, Em Lasker’s Chess Primer 1st ed. London 1934
  110pp LN 1598 DW spilt o/w G VG- £12.00
Lasker, Em Lasker’s Manual Of Chess Dover 1960
  349pp Republication of the original 1932 2nd ed. £5.50
LeMoir, D How To Become A Deadly Chess Tactician – Bewilder & Defeat Your Opponents! Gambit 2002
  240pp Themed examples with following tests. PB AN VG+ £9.50
LeMoir, D How To Be Lucky In Chess – encourage your opponent to self-destruct Gambit 2001
  176pp PB AN VG £9.50
Levitt, J. Secrets Of Spectacular Chess 2nd ed. Everyman 08
  287pp Covers games, studies & problems. PB AN F- £9.50
Levitt, J Genius In Chess – Discover & Develop Your Chess Talent Batsford ‘97
  128pp  
Levy, D Learn Chess From The World Champions 1st ed. Pergamon 79
  206pp VG+ £7.25
Levy, D How Computers Play Chess with M. Newborn USA 1991
  246pp SB AN VG+ £7.50
Levy, D The Chess Computer Handbook Batsford 84
  128pp PB AN VG £4.00
Linder, I Faszinierendes Schach (Fascinating Chess) 1st German ed. of Russian 1981 original Berlin 1986
  285pp AN DW VG+ £5.00
Lipnitsky, I Questions of Modern Chess Theory – A Soviet Classic Quality 2008
  230pp A lost masterpiece of Soviet literature from 1956. PB AN F £12.00
Littlewood, J How To Play The Middle Games In Chess Batsford ‘00
  176pp 300+ instructive examples PB AN VG+ £6.75
Livshitz, A Test Your Chess IQ – Grandmaster Challenge 2nd ed. Cadogan ‘93
  133pp 6 diagrams per page with solutions on rear. SB AN VG £9.00
Livshitz, A Test Your Chess IQ – Book 1 2nd ed. Pergamon ‘88
  124pp 6 diagrams per page with solutions on rear. SB AN VG+ £8.25
Love, J Tactical Ideas In Chess Bell 1981
  150pp Explanation of tactics plus 10 illustrative gms. Insc. PB AN VG £4.25
McDonald, N. Mastering Checkmates Batsford 03
  160pp Many examples and 120 exercises. PB AN VG £7.75
McDonald, N. Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking from the 1st move to the last. Batsford 04
  256pp 30 thematic games. PB AN F £6.50
Marin, M Learn From The Legends – Chess Champions At Their Best Quality 2004
  312pp 65 illustrative game fragments + 7 complete games. SB AN F £10.00
Matanovic ed Anthology Of Chess Combinations 3 Chess Informant 2005
  575pp Informator style languageless approach to 2,709 diagrams in thematic sections. DW AN F £12.00
Matanovic ed Anthology of Chess Combinations Chess Informant 1995
  423pp Informator style languageless approach to 2,001 diagrams in thematic sections. DW AN F £10.00
Matanovic ed Encyclopaedia of Chess Middlegames – Combinations. Batsford ‘80
  352pp Informator style languageless approach to 1,817 diagrams in thematic sections. DW AN VG £10.00
Mieses, J Instructive Positions From Master Chess 1st ed. Bell 1938
  75pp 125 part games. Green cloth boards spotted o/w G £3.50
Montgomerie The Quiet Game 1st ed. UK 1972
  192pp A pot-pourri of topics including 30 games. DW VG- £5.00
Motwani, P H. O. T. Chess Batsford ‘96
  192pp A series of mnemonics to help remember the correct procedures in various parts of the game, with full explanations. PB AN F £6.50
Mullen, I Blunders & Brilliancies with Moe Moss Pergamon 90
  128pp Deals with a range of common themes. PB AN VG £5.00
Muller, K The Magic Of Chess Tactics – A Training Book For Advanced Players Russell 2002
  259pp With D. Meyer. PB AN F £10.00
Negyesy Combination in Chess with J. Hegyi 1st ed. Corvina 1965
  304pp DW VG £8.00
Neishstadt, Y Improve Your Chess Tactics – 700 Practical Lessons & Exercises NIC 2012
  382pp Pt. 1 is a course on tactical themes: Pt. 2 has many tests based on these. PB AN F £12.75
Neishstadt, Y Your Move! Batsford ‘90
  145pp 344 exercises based on diagrams. PB AN G £6.50
Nimzowitsch My System – A Chess Treatise Bell 1961
  265pp An all-time classic. G+ £5.00
Nimzowitsch Blockade CEI 1980
  91pp Nimzo’s 1st published book, quickly overshadowed by My System, but not devalued thereby. PB AN Cover spotting o/w G £7.00
Nimzowitsch Blockade 4th reprint CEI 1983
  91pp 1st Eng translation. 21 annotated games. PB AN VG £7.50
Norwood, D Usborne Book of Better Chess Pt. 1 – Improving Your Game Usborne ‘92
  128pp Includes Pt. 2 – Chess Puzzles. Multi-coloured with countless diagrams & pictures. SB AN VG+ £4.50
Norwood, D Usborne Guide To Advanced Chess Usborne ‘90
  64pp Multi-coloured with countless photos & diagrams SB AN VG+ £4.00
Nunn The King Hunt with W. Cozens Batsford ‘96
  160pp 55 famous annotated games involving king hunts. PB AN VG £7.75
O’Kelly Assess Your Chess Fast Batsford ‘76
  228pp 13 lessons with 121 diagrams. HB Some spotting o/w G £6.00
Pachman, L Modern Chess Tactics RKP 1979
  220pp Text illustrated by 21 annotated games & 200+ extracts. PB VG £8.00
Pachman, L Attack & Defence in Modern Chess Tactics. Trans. by P. H. Clarke RKP 1973
  248pp SB G+ £5.00
Pachman, L The Middle-Game In Chess 1st English ed. RKP 1982
  188pp 267 diagrams & 5 annotated games. Insc. AN PB VG £8.00
Pachman, L Pachman’s Modern Chess Strategy Pitman 1966
  318pp VG £6.00
Pachman, L Modern Chess Tactics – Pieces & Pawns In Action RKP 1972
  220pp PB with some creasing o/w G £6.00
Pachman, L Complete Chess Strategy – Pawn-Play & the Centre 1st ed. Batsford ‘76
  184pp 92 illustrative annotated games. PB G+ £10.00
Pachman, L Complete Chess Strategy Vol 2 Principles of Pawn-Play & the Center USA 1978
  184pp Pub. Cornerstone Library NY. PB pages yellowing o/w G+ £7.50
Pandolfini, B Chess Movie 2 – The Means and Ends Russell 2011
  200pp 64 endgames with a diagram for every move. PB AN F+ £17.00
Pandolfini, B Pandolfini’s Ultimate Guide To Chess Fireside ‘03
  383pp Written as a dialogue between teacher & student, covering basic to advanced strategies. 354 diagrams PB AN G+ £650
Petrosian, T Chess Logic. Translated into English by special permission of the author and issued in a limited edition of 250. Denmark ‘68
  39pp “Personal summary by the author of a dissertation contending for the degree of Master of Philosophical Science”. SB typescript £10.00
Pfleger Chess: The Mechanics of the Mind with G. Treppner Crowood ‘88
  156pp SB AN F- £5.00
Pongo, I Tactical Targets in Chess Vol 1-Getting A Decisive Material Advantage Caissa ‘99
  323pp Combinations aiming to get decisive material advantagePB AN F £12.50
Pongo, I Tactical Targets in Chess Vol. 2 – Mating Combinations Caissa ‘99
  274pp 1,845 diagrams PB AN F £12.50
Plaskett, J. Playing To Win Batsford ‘88
  90pp 15 games with 80 diagrams. SB AN paper yellowing o/w G £5.00
Povah, N Chess Training 1st ed. Faber 1981
  176pp PB AN G+ £4.50
Pritchett, C Chess Secrets – Giants of Innovation 1st ed. 2011 Everyman
  288pp Teaching points drawn for 35 games by Steinitz, Lasker, Botvinnik, Korchnoi & Ivanchuk. PB AN F £12.00
Ravikumar, V Chess Tactics Quiz Book Chennai ‘08
  179pp PB AN F £5.75
Reinfeld, F The Secret of Tactical Chess – A Manual of Chess Victory Collier 1973
  229pp PB £4.00
Reinfeld, F Chess For Amateurs – How To Improve Your Game Pitman 1946
  98pp G £3.00
Reinfeld, F Great Moments In Chess 1st UK ed. Pitman 1964
  182pp HB Insc. G+ £5.00
Reinfeld, F Chess In A Nutshell 1st UK ed. London 1960
  128pp DW Insc. VG £5.00
Reinfeld, F Chess Traps: Pitfalls & Swindles – how to set & avoid them. 1st ed. Arco 1956
  243pp With Horowitz. DW Insc. G+ £8.00
Reinfeld, F Why You Lose At Chess 1st ed. Arco 1957
  237pp VG £5.00
Reinfeld, F Win At Chess – Improve Your Play With 300 Forceful Combinations Dover 1958
  120pp SB G £2.75
Reinfeld, F Complete Book Of Chess Stratagems Dover 1972
  188pp SB VG £5.00
Reinfeld, F How To Think Ahead In Chess with Horowitz Fireside ‘79
  268pp PB VG £7.50
Reinfeld, F Chess Mastery By Question and Answer Pitman 1944
  176pp Insc. 1 page torn o/g G £2.50
Reitstein, L Test Your Chess! 240 Positions from South African Games. 1991
  84pp SB AN VG £5.00
Renaud, G The Art of Checkmate with Victor Kahn 1st ed. Bell 1955
  208pp DW Some foxing on endpapers o/w G £8.00
Renaud, G The Art of Checkmate with Victor Kahn Dover 1962
  208pp PB F £8.00
Reti, R Modern Ideas In Chess 1st ed. Bell 1923
  181pp “This pioneer work is a classic of chess literature” Whyld. Original brown cloth boards with bright gilt titles. Insc. VG £10.00
Samarian, S Das Systematische Schachtraining (Systematic Chess Training) Ed. Olms ‘92
  152pp In Swiss German. PB AN F £8.00
Samarian, S Opening Tactics For Club Players Hale 1980
  170pp Ex-Lib. DW front endpaper excised o/w G £5.00
Schiller, E World Champion Combinations 1st ed. Cardoza ‘98
  260pp 84 annotated games from 14 world champions. PB AN F- £8.50
Schiller, E 7 Steps To Better Chess – A Guide To Immediately Making You A Better Player Cardoza 2010
  191pp Includes 54 “Game Lessons” with diagrams & analysis. PB AN F £7.50
Seirawan, Y Winning Chess Brilliancies Microsoft ‘95
  257pp 12 games 1972-91 explained move-by-move. PB AN VG+ £12.00
Shamkovich Tactical Chess Training 300 Brilliant Tactical Studies from 1985 - 95 Hays 1995
  176pp PB AN F £8.00
Shashin, A Best Play – A New Method For Discovering The Strongest Move Mongoose ‘13
  401pp PB AN F £12.00
Shaw, J Quality Chess Puzzle Book Quality 2010
  352pp 735 21st century puzzles. PB AN F £15.00
Short, N Learn Chess With Nigel Short Paul 1993
  196pp SB AN VG £4.00
Silman, J The Complete Book Of Chess Strategy – GM Techniques From A-Z Siles 1998
  360pp PB AN VG £10.00
Sokolsky, A Your First Move – Chess For Beginners Raduga ‘84
  296pp HB AN VG £5.00
Soltis, A The Art of Defence In Chess Unwin 1980
  262pp DW VG+ £10.00
Soltis, A Rethinking the Chess Pieces Batsford ‘04
  223pp Examines the way in which the relative strength of pieces can change during a game, and the factors involved. PB AN VG+ £9.75
Soltis, A Studying Chess Made Easy Batsford ‘10
  256pp Author explains his techniques for learning new materials. PB AN VG+ £9.50
Speelman, J Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book Gambit 2008
  143pp 250+ themed diagrams. PB AN F £9.00
Spielmann, R The Art of Sacrifice In Chess 1st ed. McKay
  216pp DW VG £15.00
Stean, M Simple Chess 1st ed. Faber 1978
  116pp Highly regarded work. Ex-Lib AN paper yellowing o/w G- £2.50
Suetin, A Three Steps To Chess Mastery Pergamon ‘83
  192pp PB AN VG- £8.00
Tal Tal’s Winning Chess Combinations with V. Khenkin 1st UK ed. Routledge 80
  409pp Tal explains 200+ mating combinations… and who better to do it. DW with protective clear cover. VG+ £16.00
Tarrasch, The Game of Chess – A Textbook for Beginners & More Experienced Players 1st ed. McKay 1935
  423pp Original blue cloth boards. Book plate G £5.00
Tarrasch, Another copy Chatto 1938
  Bookplate G £4.50
Tartakower A Breviary of Chess G- Routledge 44
  267pp   £4.00
Taylor, T Pawn Sacrifice! – Winning at Chess the Adventurous way. Everyman 08
  239pp The author examines 67 games involving sacs. PB AN VG+ £9.95
Taylor, T True Combat Chess – Winning Battles Over The Board. Everyman 09
  208pp Examines 31 illustrative games. PB AN G+ £9.00
Teschner, R It’s Your Move with Tony Miles Batsford ‘76
  139pp 345 testing positions plus solutions. PB G- £4.00
Thomas ARB Chess Techniques RKP 1975
  173pp 300+ diagrams illustrate the theme. SB VG- £4.00
Timman, J Power Chess With Pieces Guide to the Bishop Pair & Strong Knights. NIC 2004
  229pp 28 illustrative games annotated. PB AN VG+ £9.00
Volotikin, A Perfect Your Chess with V. Grabinsky Gambit 2007
  159pp 369 positions where reader is asked a question or given a task. PB AN F- £10.00
Vukovic, V The Chess Sacrifice 1st English ed. signed by the translator, P. H. Clarke Bell 1968
  219pp 100 annotated games. Classic Bell DW VG+ £18.00
Vukovic Another copy. not signed. Bell 1968
  DW VG+ £12.00
Vukovic Another copy. DW some spotting on page edges & endpapers o/w VG £8.00
   
Vukovic Another copy. Reprint Bell 1973
  Pale blue DW VG+ £8.00
Vukovic, V The Art of the Attack In Chess. 1st ed. Pergamon 65
  422pp 75 annotated illustrative games. PB G+ £8.00
Vukovic, V The Art of the Attack In Chess. Cadogan ‘98
  352pp 1st algebraic edition of a classic.
Walker, J. N. Test Your Chess – Piece Power. Cadogan ‘95
  151pp PB AN VG+ £6.75
Ward, C Starting Out: Chess Tactics & Checkmates. Everyman 06
  172pp c. 450 illustrative diagrams etc. DW AN F- £9.75
Ward, C Chess Choice Challenge with John Emms Batsford ‘98
  144pp Diagrams with multiple choice answers for the reader to choose from, with subsequent analysis. PB AN VG+ £6.50
Ward, C Chess Choice Challenge Vol. 3 Batsford ‘ 04
  159pp Many tests. PB AN VG £6.50
Watson, J Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy: Advances Since Nimzowitsch Gambit 2007
  272pp PB AN F £12.00
Webb, S Chess For Tigers Batsford ‘05
  152pp Highly respected book. PB AN VG+ £7.50
Webb, S Chess For Tigers – 2nd edition. Pergamon 90
  120pp PB AN F £7.50
Weteschnik, Understanding Chess Tactics Revised ed. Quality 2007
  235pp 320+ illustrative diagrams PB AN VG £7.75
Williams, S How To Win At Chess Quickly! Everyman 10
  192pp Nine themes illustrated with 50 games of u-25 moves. PB AN F £12.00
Wiseman Chess Deck – Chess basics the Easy Way Wiseman 09
  179pp 1 diagram & teaching point per page, clearly set out. PB AN VG+ £6.00
Wolff, P The Complete Idiot’s Guide To Chess 2nd ed. Alpha 2002
  367pp All good basic stuff… and much more. PB AN VG+ £8.00
Yusupov, A Beyond The Basics – 2 :: Build Up Your Chess Quality 2009
  284pp The 2nd level of Yusupov’s training course, in which he uses selected positions and advice, backed up by tests. SB AN F £14.75
Yusupov, A Beyond The Basics – 2 :: Chess Evolution Quality 2012
  301pp The 2nd part of Yusupov’s 2nd level of chess training which follows the same pattern as the previous book. SB AN F £14.75
Yusupov, A Mastery – 1 :: Build Up Your Chess Quality 2009
  300pp The 1st part of Yusupov’s 3rd and final level of chess training, which follows the same pattern as before. SB AN F £14.75
Yusupov, A Mastery – 2 :: Chess Evolution. Quality 2013
  319pp The final section of his training manual. SB AN F £14.75
Zak, V Improve Your Chess Results Batsford ‘85
  201pp 80 annotated games. Insc. PB AN G £4.00
Znosko Borovsky How Not To Play Chess Dover 1961
  119pp PB F £5.25
Znosko Borovsky The Art of Chess Combination Dover 1959
  212pp SB VG+ £7.00
Znosko Borovsky The Middle Games In Chess 1st reprint (1st ed. 10 months earlier) Bell 1923
  226pp Original blue cloth boards with bright gilt lettering. VG £10.00
Znosko Borovsky Another copy rewritten and updated by the author Bell 1955
  222pp Classic Bell DW of the time. Bookplate. VG £8.00

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