Books from Everyman Chess

  • Collected Stories
    By Franz Kafka, Gabriel Josipovici

    The stories, which range from tiny fragments to substantial narratives, have been arranged both to illuminate one another and to illustrate Kafka's evolution as a writer - which, as Professor Josipovici shows, is more complex and radical ...

  • Starting Out: The Colle
    By Richard Palliser

    That said, the club player would do well to find a line they are happy with against 10...h6 because it has been recommended in two recent books (Rizzitano's How to Beat 1 d4 and Watson and Schiller's How to Succeed in the Queen Pawn ...

  • Poems
    By William Butler Yeats

    A leader of the 20th-century Irish nationalist movement, William Butler Yeats is also among that nation's greatest poets.

  • The Killer Dutch
    By Simon Williams

    It remains his favourite opening and has featured in some of his greatest individual results, including a win over World Championship finalist Boris Gelfand. In this book, Williams examines the Classical Dutch in great depth.

  • Opening Repertoire: The Iron English
    By Richard Palliser, Simon Willams

    This book focuses on the set-up popularised by the sixth world champion, Mikhail Botvinnik, the so-called Botvinnik formation with 2 Nc3, 3 g3, 4 Bg2, 5 e4 and 6 Nge2.

  • The Sicilian Dragon: Move by Move
    By Carsten Hansen

    Kramer, Beverwijk 1953. 15 Qe1 Answer: White sets up the standard Nc3d5 trick so that Black cannot capture on d2 with a check. This is a motif we will come across several times throughout this book. Other tries are: a) Rogozenco ...

  • Opening Repertoire The Sicilian Najdorf
    By John Doknjas, Joshua Doknjas

    However, Black can easily thwart White's strategy with a timely ... b4 push as we will soon see. ... exd5 (12 Qxd5 Rb8 13 Be3 0-0 is better for Black, as seen in R.Dzierzak-H.Raja, Warsaw 2016; Black will chase White's queen away with .

  • Practical Chess Puzzles: 600 Positions to Improve Your Calculation and Judgment
    By Guannan Song, Dachey Lin, Edward Song

    600 Positions to Improve Your Calculation and Judgment Guannan Song, Dachey Lin, Edward Song. Solution 234)J.Ruiz-R.Taghizadeh, Burlingame 2019 Black to play Solution 235)J.Yoos-L.Davies, 2012 Vancouver White to play.

  • Poems
    By Christina Georgina Rossetti

    This is a selection of Rossetti's work, from poems of fancy to the famous sonnets of unrequited love to her intense, devotional poet

  • Winning in the Opening
    By John Walker

    The layout of the book, incorporating exciting illustrative games and test positions, is clear and simple.

  • Improve Your Backgammon
    By Paul Lamford, Simon Gasquoine

    The ideal book for those looking to advance from the basics and build a better understanding of the intricacies of backgammon.

  • Starting Out in Backgammon
    By Paul Lamford

    An introduction to the game of backgammon, written by a world-champion player.

  • Vasily Smyslov: Endgame Virtuoso
    By Vasily Smyslov, Vasiliĭ Vasilʹevich Smyslov

    Unlike standard endgame manuals, which concetrate purely on the most basic and technical positions, this book has numerous examples with many pieces on the board - the type of endgame you are in fact most likely to reach.

  • Fischer: Move by Move
    By Cyrus Lakdawala

    In this book, former American Open Champion Cyrus Lakdawala studies his favourite Fischer games.

  • If this is a Man ; The Truce
    By Primo Levi

    Primo Levi's account of life as a concentration camp prisoner falls into two parts. IF THIS IS A MAN describes his deportation to Poland and the twenty months he spend working in Auschwitz.

  • Capablanca: Move by Move
    By Cyrus Lakdawala

    Carefully selected questions and answers are designed to keep you actively involved and allow you to monitor your progress as you learn. This is an excellent way to improve your chess skills and knowledge.

  • Kramnik: Move by Move
    By Cyrus Lakdawala

    Kramnik held on to his crown for seven years, and today he remains one of the World's elite players. In this book, former American Open Champion Cyrus Lakdawala invites you to join him in a study of his favourite Kramnik games.

  • The Maltese Falcon: The Thin Man ; Red Harvest
    By Dashiell Hammett

    As an operative for Pinkerton's Detective Agency Dashiell Hammett knew about sleuthing from the inside, but his career was cut short by the ruin of his health in World War I. These three celebrated novels are therefore the products of a ...

  • Can You be a Tactical Chess Genius?
    By James PLASKETT, Jim Plaskett

    Either on your own or with friends, this book will provide hours of brain-teasing enjoyment. (6 1/4 x 9 1/4, 144 pages, diagrams)

  • Grandmaster Gambits: 1 e4
    By Simon Williams, Richard Palliser

    Qa1+ 17 Kd2 Qxb2 18 hxg6 Bxd4 19 gxf7+ Kh8 20 Qd3 followed by Rb1 and/or Ke1 when, amidst all the debris, White's attack appears much the more potent. 15 g4! Here we go ... 15 ... Nf6 Nikolic hurries across a defender, but even here his ...