Chess

The Catalan is a solid opening system in which White combines the Queens Gambit with a kingside fianchetto. In recent years it has become an increasingly popular choice at all levels of chess, and elite grandmasters such as Vladimir Kramnik have developed major new ideas for both White and Black.

Grandmaster Alexei Shirovs best selling books, Fire on Board and Fire on Board Volume 2 are now brought together in a single volume.

Paperback. This book provides a rock solid opening repertoire for Black, using systems based on the move ..c6. The backbone of this repertoire is the Caro-Kann versus 1 e4 and the Semi-Slav (via a Slav move order) versus 1 d4. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: WDMG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170. .

These three books are now published in one volume, carefully graduated in order of difficulty.

Brought together for the first time in one volume are three books by the titan of chess, Jose Capablanca: My Chess Career, Chess Fundamentals and A Primer of Chess.

Argentine grandmaster, Zenon Franco has long been a fan of Paul Keres and has now collected together 38 of his finest games, along with numerous extracts from other encounters.

This book provides a rock solid opening repertoire for Black, using systems based on the move ...c6. The backbone of this repertoire is the Caro-Kann versus 1 e4 and the Semi-Slav (via a Slav move order) versus 1 d4.

Richard Reti is one of the most fascinating characters in the history of chess. His new approach to chess theory was dubbed "Hypermodern" and led to the development of the Reti Opening (1 Nf3).