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Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy
John Watson
Gambit Publications, 1999
History and practice
I am about half way through Watson's book. It is very clearly written. I like it because it contributes to two areas. As a student of the game, I am interested in chess's history. It is intriguing to learn more about Nimzowitsch's contributions and to learn how chess ...
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Chess Tactics for Kids
Murray Chandler
Gambit Publications, 2003
Chess Tactics, Traps and Combination books - the best way to get better
When you are a beginner there is nothing better than studying books on Tactics, Traps and Combinations in chess. This is because the mind of a beginner can certainly understand 1 + 1 = 2. The value of the pieces is clear and coming out ahead can be calculated. This is ...
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Understanding the Chess Openings
Sam Collins
Gambit Publications, 2005
GREAT concise book that covers a lot of territory....
There are many different openings books which focus on different aspects of opening play. This book is like a survey of the territory and covers the most likely openings to come up and the many variations of each. What I most like about it is that it is logically ...
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Understanding Chess Move by Move
John Nunn
Gambit Publications, 2001
Chess
My word; I took up this magnificent game only a very short while ago, and now, three months later, I'm hooked. To learn, I saw at once the need for expert guidance, and I can confirm that there is plenty of guidance to be had, and most of it turned upon pure vanity. I ...
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Chess for Children
Murray Chandler, Helen Milligan
Gambit Publications, 2004
Great!!!
I am using this book to teach my two older children (6 and 4) and my wife (who never learned) how to play chess.
It is WELL done at having bite sized lessons followed by exercises. (I add some additional ones of my own.)
I was concerned about the algebraic chess ...
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Learn Chess Tactics
John Nunn
Gambit Publications, 2004
Never studied tactics? pick this one first
I have quite a few books on tactics and if I had to start all over again I would start by this book. Not that this book presents a huge collection of problems, which it does not, but because it explains the concepts behind tactic motifs very well.
Each chapter starts ...
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Mastering the Chess Openings, volume 3
John Watson
Gambit Publications, 2008
For many chess-players, opening study is sheer hard work. It is difficult to know what is important and what is not, and when specific knowledge is vital, or when a more general understanding is sufficient. Tragically often, once the opening is over, a player won't know what plan to follow, or even understand why his pieces are on the squares on ...
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How to Beat Your Dad at Chess (Gambit Chess)
Murray Chandler
Gambit Publications, 1998
Amazing book for wannabe attacking players
Before reading this book, I played chess like a scared chipmunk, obsessing about little details like whether pushing this pawn would weaken my position by a picounit. This book helped me see that the way to win games at the amateur level is to attack, to be aggressive, ...
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Mastering the Chess Openings: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Modern Chess Openings, Volume 1
John Watson
Gambit Publications, 2006
Best opening book for the amateur player
Watson has succeeded in producing a great book that introduces the opening and the correct approach to developing an understanding of the various openings. He first gives three chapters on the elements underlying the openings for the weaker player. Then follows the ...
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Mastering the Chess Openings: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Modern Chess Openings, Volume 2
John Watson
Gambit Publications, 2007
Most Excellent Work!!
First, I must confess that I have only read the chapters on the Queen's Gambit Declined and the King's Indian Defense.
Queen's Gambit Declined chapter
He gives detailed descriptions of the major themes of both the classical and exchange variations. I especially ...
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Fundamental Chess Endings
Karsten Muller, Frank Lamprecht
Gambit Publications, 2001
Ten stars
If you are looking for the definitive one-volume endgame manual, this is the book, make no mistake. FCE is sensational. Somehow the authors have achieved the almost super-human feat of writing a monumental reference work that is at the same time instructive and ...
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Chess Explained: The Queen's Indian
Peter Wells
Gambit Publications, 2006
worth buying even if you dont play the queens indian
what a great book! relatively easy to read, and i'm learning a great deal about structures and middlegame plans. lots of explanations of ideas, manoevers, when you want to do something and when you don't, etc. i'd give it six stars if i could.
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Chess Self-Improvement
Zenon Franco
Gambit Publications, 2005
Tough tests mean real improvement
This book will make you better. Believe me! Buying this book will do for your chess what buying a set of weights will do for your figure. All you have to do (in both cases) is put in the effort, and I mean serious effort. This guy has gone to an enormous amount of ...
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The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book
John Emms
Gambit Publications, 2000
Nicely Choosen Puzzles
I am a firm believer that tactical work books, books on chess traps in the opening, and going over analysis of instructive games are the best type of books to improve your play.
There are one thousand nicely choosen problmes containing some of the more important ...
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Learn Chess
John Nunn
Gambit Publications, 2000
Shows how to play and win at chess
An experienced scholastic chess coach enthusiastically recommended this book to me (there are so many beginner books out there that for a novice the choice is confusing). My friend explained that this book is easily the best guide for an adult looking to learn - well ...
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