Bøger af Chris Ward

The Queen's Gambit is one of the most important openings in chess and is White's best chance for an advantage after 1 d4 d5. This CD aims to solve the problem by presenting a workable repertoire; and covers various Black's defences. It is useful for improvers, club players and tournament players.

In this highly original and instructive test yourself book, Grandmaster Chris Ward presents a selection of carefully chosen puzzles for the reader to solve.

This book provides the reader with a selection of puzzles that simulate real game scenarios, offering readers a choice of tempting alternatives and requiring them to pick the best

Are you tired of constantly following the same old opening moves? Fed up with always having to keep up with modern chess theory? This book examines one of the popular and respected openings at various levels of chess: the Nimzo-Indian. It supplies the reader with ideas to revitalize his or her opening repertoire.

Beginning with the fundamentals of rook endgames, this book gradually arms the reader with the knowledge and confidence needed to move onto slightly trickier positions. Using examples from practical play, it highlights the correct plans as well as the typical mistakes made by both attacker and defender.

This book covers three offbeat but nevertheless important defences to these ancient opening

Illustrated with photographs of the sites, the personnel involved and the aircraft originally flown during the Dambuster Raids, this book takes the reader to 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, and more.

Here, Grandmaster Chris Ward explains the important ideas behind every major opening, unravelling among others, 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.

In this easy-to-follow guide, renowned chess teacher Chris Ward explains the most important tactical patterns and how chess players can catch out their opponents with a variety of tricks and traps. Everything players need to know about chess tactics and checkmates is contained here.

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 the opponent under immediate pressure from the start of the game.