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Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, Mastering the Opening by Byron Jacobs and Mastering the Middlegame by Angus Dunnington in one volume. These books are ideal for keen club players who want to improve and are seeking to better their understanding of these key stages of a chess game: the opening, when the battle lines are drawn and the middlegame when the armies commence hand to hand combat. Both books are written in a user-friendly style with plenty of notes, tips and warnings to illustrate key points. The authors are experienced at writing for players of all levels and are particularly noted for their ability to explain ideas in a clear and straightforward fashion. The books are particularly useful for those players who honed their skills with the earlier Everyman Chess books Improve Your Opening Play and Improve Your Middlegame Play.

Three brilliant books from Everyman Chess brought together in one volume. The Masters: Alexander Alekhine, Master of Attack The Masters: Boris Spassky, Master of Initiative The Masters: Mikhail Tal, Tactical Genius By Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik

Three classic titles from the Everyman Chess Starting Out Series in one volume. ----- Starting Out: Pawn Endgames by Glenn Flear --- Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames by John Emms --- Starting Out: Rook Endgames by Chris Ward

Brought together in one volume as part of Everyman Chess's new series of compilation books: Play the Caro-Kann and Play the Slav.

In Play 1...Nc6!, Christoph Wisnewski provides the reader with an ambitious and all-encompassing chess opening repertoire for Black against every main line opening that White can play, based on the initial move 1...Nc6. Reading through this book will allow you to being playing this opening with the necessary skill and confidence in your own games.

For the first time in many years, Richard Palliser provides a comprehensive study of the Bb5 Sicilian and its many variations. Using illustrative games, he examines both the crucial main lines and the more unusual tries for White and Black.

This instructive book for competitive players, based on Edmar Mednis' classic Practical Endgame Lessons, provides the reader with a wealth of useful instruction in endgame play, reinforced by a a series of tests presented as simulations of tournament play.

In this collection of his best games, former world champion Mikhail Botvinnik demonstrates the deep strategic style that took him to the title . Written by one of the greatest players of all time

Test your chess skills with the world champion! In this stimulating book Garry Kasparov selects the best chess combinations from recent grandmaster play and presents them in a test-yourself format that all players will enjoy. Each chapter demonstrates the tactical properties of a particular piece, with a series of puzzles of varying difficulty.

In this revolutionary book, Grandmaster Chris Ward revisits the basic principles behind the Nimzo-Indian and its many variations. Throughout this easy-to-read guide, the reader is helped along by an abundance of notes, tips and warnings from the author, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated.

In this revolutionary book, Christian Bauer reveals for the first time the secrets of how to play 1...b6 with success, creating a comprehensive repertoire for the Black player.

The Caro-Kann is a reliable and highly respected answer to White's popular opening move, 1 e4. This book presents the reader with a concise repertoire within the Caro-Kann, providing a solution against various White's main options, and methods to deal with tricky sidelines. It examines the important tactical and strategic plans for both sides.

One of the best ways to improve is to study the games of a top Grandmaster, and Ivan Sokolov's uncompromising style and tactical flair make him a perfect role model. In this book Sokolov demonstrates the deadly effectiveness of his systems against openings such as The Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Gambit, Slav and King's Indian

Four opening experts take a revolutionary look at the Benoni and the Benko. They concentrate on fresh or little-explored variations, selecting a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both White and Black.

In this unique book, International Master Jacob Aagaard selects many original examples of positional chess, the creme de la creme of those that he uses for training and study.

Former world champion Jose Capablanca's introduction to chess, available for the first time in English in algebraic notation, is an ideal first chess book for players of all ages

International Master Cyrus Lakdawala examines both openings in detail and provides a highly practical repertoire for White based on a mix of the Colle and the London.

Grandmaster Zenon Franco examines in detail Morphy's chess style, selects and studies his favourite Morphy games, and demonstrates how we can all improve our chess by learning from Morphy's masterpieces.

The Grunfeld is an exciting and dynamic answer to 1 d4, and has become very popular at all levels of chess. This work presents a comprehensive repertoire for Black, offering a solution against each of White's tries, whether it's a critical main line or a tricky sideline. It covers White's main tries, and reveals the tactical ideas for both sides.

In this book, Andrew Greet provides a comprehensive and yet concise repertoire for White in the popular Ruy Lopez, one that can be assimilated into an opening armoury with relative ease. A study of this book will allow the reader to begin playing the Ruy Lopez with confidence in his or her own games.

International Master Jimmy Liew invites you to join him in a study of his favorite opening. He provides answers to all the key questions and tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing the Veresov.

IM Cyrus Lakdawala examines Bird's Opening. Using illustrative games, he explains the main positional and tactical ideas for both sides, provides answers to all the key questions and tells you everything you need to know about successfully playing 1 f4.

In Play the English! Craig Pritchett produces a comprehensive and yet practical repertoire for White in this sophisticated opening favoured by World Champions Kasparov and Kramnik, presenting an answer to all of Black's key defences, whether they are in the crucial main lines or the tricky offbeat variations.

Per Ostman describes in detail a clear thinking process he has developed over several years as a chess teacher, a process to guide us in our ultimate search to find the best move, time after time.

In this book Nigel Davies offers a complete repertoire for Black after 1 e4 e5, including a dependable defence to the Ruy Lopez--White's most popular attacking try in the Open Games.

Award-winning chess coach Erik Czerwin provides a complete and solid foundation of chess fundamentals.

Steve Giddins selects and studies his favourite games by Aron Nimzowitsch, one of the key figures in the history of chess. Giddins demonstrates how we can all improve by learning from Nimzowitsch's masterpieces.

Former American Open Champion Cyrus Lakdawala studies his favourite Korchnoi games and examines Korchnoi's skills in the key areas of attack and defence, initiative, exploiting imbalances, accumulating advantages and endgame play. He demonstrates clearly how we can all improve by learning from Korchnoi's play.

Alexander Raetsky and Maxim Chetverik revisit Mikhail Tal's brilliant victories. The authors have carefully picked his most famous and instructive games and combinations, ones which set the chess world alight with admiration. A study of this tactical genius is sure to entertain and benefit the aspiring chess student.

Bryan Paulsen examines the most theoretically important and instructive games in the 5 Bg5 Semi-Slav. This includes the fascinating Botvinnik Variation, the solid Moscow Variation, the razor-sharp Anti-Moscow Gambit and the popular Cambridge Springs Defence.