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Improve your chess by studying the greatest games of all time, from Adolf Anderssen's 'Immortal Game' to Magnus Carlsen's world championship victories, and featuring a foreword by five-times World Champion Vishy Anand.This book is written by an all-star team of authors. Wesley So is the reigning Fischer Random World Champion, the 2017 US Champion and the winner of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour. Michael Adams has been the top British player for the last quarter of a century and was a finalist in the 2004 FIDE World Championship. Graham Burgess is the author of thirty books, a former champion of the Danish region of Funen, and holds the world record for marathon blitz chess playing. John Nunn is a three-time winner of both the World Solving Championship and the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award. John Emms is an experienced chess coach and writer, who finished equal first in the 1997 British Championship and was chess columnist of the Young Telegraph.The 145 greatest chess games of all time, selected, analysed, re-evaluated and explained by a team of British and American experts and illustrated with over 1,100 chess diagrams. Join the authors in studying these games, the cream of two centuries of international chess, and develop your own chess-playing skills - whatever your current standard. Instructive points at the end of each game highlight the lessons to be learned.First published in 1998, a second edition of The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games in 2004 included an additional twelve games. Another new edition in 2010 included a further thirteen games as well as some significant revisions to the analysis and information regarding other games in earlier editions of the book, facilitated by the use of a variety of chess software. This 2021 edition, further updated and expanded, now includes 145 games.The authors have made full use of the new generation of chess analysis engines that apply neural-network based AI.

Presents a repertoire for White after 1 e4 e5, based on the Italian Game and the Bishop's Opening. This book provides what you need to know about playing the Italian Game and the Bishop's Opening. It covers both the main variations and the tricky sidelines, and highlights crucial move-order subtleties.

This is an updated and largely expanded edition of the highly acclaimed Starting Out: The Sicilian. John Emms goes back to basics, studying the fundamental principles of the Sicilian and its many variations.

Volker Schleputz and Grandmaster John Emms offer a unique framework to study chess tactics. The reader assumes the role of a tactics detective, checking for mistakes and missed opportunities in games. This training method resembles the real board situation far more realistically than traditional chess puzzles.

First Steps books are based around carefully selected instructive games which demonstrate exactly what both sides are trying to achieve. There is enough theory to enable the improving player to get to grips with the opening without feeling overwhelmed.

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

Two books by Grandmaster John Emms in one volume: Simple Chess and More Simple Chess

Brought together in one volume as part of Everyman Chess's series of compilation books: Play the Najdorf: Scheveningen Style by John Emms and Play the King's Indian: A complete Repertoire for Black in this most dynamic of openings by Joe Gallagher.

Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, Starting Out: The Nimzo Indian by Chris Ward and Starting Out: The Queen’s Indian by John Emms, brought together in one volume.

Two great books from the Everyman Chess Library, The Chess Tactics Detection Workbook by Volker Schleputz and John Emms and The Survival to Competitive Chess by John Emms , brought together in one volume.

The 125 greatest chess games of all time, selected, analysed, re-evaluated and explained by a team of British experts and illustrated with over 1,000 chess diagrams. Join the authors in studying these games, the cream of two centuries of international chess, and develop your own chess-playing skills - whatever your current standard. Instructive points at the end of each game highlight the lessons to be learned. First published in 1998, a second edition of The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games in 2004 included an additional 12 games. This edition includes a further 13 games as well as some significant revisions to the analysis and information regarding other games in earlier editions of the book, facilitated by the use of a variety of chess software.

This book provides the reader with the fundamental knowledge required to play chess with confidence.

A chess book on the openings, aimed at a club audience.

Grandmaster and leading openings expert John Emms takes an in-depth view of the Sicilian Kan, one of the most flexible opening variations available to Black players. Using illustrative games, Emms guides the reader through the positional and tactical intricacies of this modern opening.

In this book Grandmaster and opening expert John Emms produces a comprehensive but workable black repertoire against all of White's possible options in the Najdorf.The Najdorf is one of the most sharp, dynamic, and popular openings that Black can pla

Endgames with kings, bishops, knights, and pawns are generally considered among the most complex and can seem quite bewildering to improving players. This is hardly surprising given that even Grandmasters have been known to struggle in some areas of these endgames, with some examples resulting in embarrassing failure to deliver elementary checkmates! In this user-friendly book, Grandmaster and notable endgame authority John Emms begins with the absolute fundamentals of minor piece endings. This slowly but surely arms readers with the essential knowledge and confidence to move onto slightly trickier positions. Using examples from practical play, Emms highlights the correct procedures as well as the typical mistakes made by both attacker and defender. As is normal with the famed Starting Out series, there are an abundance of notes, tips, and warnings throughout the book to help improving players. Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames is perfect for those who have previously honed their chess skills with the earlier books Starting Out in Chess, Tips for Young Players and Improve Your Endgame Play.Key features: *Covers all crucial minor piece endings *Easy step-by-step guide to better endgame play *Ideal for improving players *User-friendly layout to help readers absorb the key ideas

The Queen's Indian is one of Black's most dependable and respected defences to the queen's pawn opening. It's an established favorite amongst world-class Grandmasters such as Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Michael Adams, and Judit Polgar, not to mention Anatoly Karpov, who has been a loyal Queen's Indian supporter and theory developer for over three decades. Rather than classically occupying the central squares with pawns, Black adopts a hypermodern approach and endeavors to control this key area with pieces. This procedure leads to rich and varied positions that will appeal to players who like complex play. In this easy-to-read guide, Grandmaster and Queen's Indian expert John Emms goes back to basics, studying the essential principles of the Queen's Indian and its numerous variations. Throughout the book there are an abundance of notes, tips, and warnings to guide improving players, while key strategies, ideas, and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated. Highlights include: *User-friendly lay out to help readers absorb ideas *Concentrates on the key principles of the Queen's Indian *Ideal for improving players

From a theoretical backwater to a fully blown main line opening, the rise of the Scandinavian Defence (1 e4 d5) has been nothing short of meteoric. Over the past 15 years the Scandinavian has become more and more popular both at club and Grandmaster level. It even managed to obtain an ultimate seal of approval when Vishy Anand employed it in his World Championship match with Garry Kasparov! This book provides a complete update of Emms's original and best-selling edition of The Scandinavian, published in 1997. Since then there have been many new and important discoveries from both sides of the board, and these are included here.

Going back to the basics, this book studies the essential principles of the Scotch Opening and its numerous variations. Throughout this book there are an abundance of notes, tips and warnings to guide the improving player, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are illustrated.

The King's Indian Attack was a favourite of the legendary Bobby Fischer. This guide goes back to basics, studying the fundamental principles of the King's Indian Attack and its numerous lines. It has abundance of notes, tips and warnings to help the improving player, while key strategies, ideas and tactics for both sides are clearly illustrated.

In The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess Grandmaster John Emms reveals the secrets of how to maximise your potential and improve your results in competitive play.

In Discovering Chess Openings John Emms argues that studying openings doesn't have to be hard work at all -- indeed, it can be great fun! The key to successful opening play is the understanding of the basic principles, and here the reader is guided through the most crucial themes: swift development, central control, and king safety.

In Dangerous Weapons: The Sicilian, John Emms and Richard Palliser team up to investigate by far the most popular and widely-played chess opening, but in a revolutionary way. They select an abundance of opening weapons for both White and Black, many of which are innovative, visually shocking, incredibly tricky, or have been unfairly discarded.

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.

Takes a look at one of the most famous and widely-played chess openings. This book concentrates on little-explored variations, selecting 'dangerous' options for both colours. It is suitable for ambitious and adventurous players.

Everyman Chess are proud to present a new title in their much-admired Dangerous Weapons series, which specializes in supplying the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting opening ideas. Many of the carefully chosen weapons are innovative, visually shocking and incredibly tricky; they are guaranteed to throw even your most experienced opponent off balance. In this new book, four renowned opening experts examine the Benoni and the Benko, and select a number of original or little-explored variations for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident and fully-armed, and your opponents running for cover!

Prominent opening specialists take a revolutionary look at a popular group of openings - the Anti-Sicilians - and select a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both Black and White.

Well-known opening experts take a revolutionary look at the Caro-Kann Defence and select a wealth of 'dangerous' options for both White and Black.

Grandmaster John Emms revisits the Nimzo-Indian, his favourite opening for over 30 years. He shares his experience and knowledge, and continually challenges the reader to answer probing questions, thereby encouraging the learning and practising of vital opening skills.