Fighting the Anti-Sicilians

The Sicilian Defence is by far Black’s most popular answer to 1 e4 at all levels of chess. The reason is easy to understand: from the very first move Black unbalances the position and can...

Play 1...Nc6

Are you constantly struggling with the black pieces? Can’t make up your mind which openings to play? Are you looking for something new: an all-in-one solution to your problems? Look no fu...

The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess

Reveals the secrets of how to maximize potential and improve results in competitive play. Drawing upon years of his own experience, Emms tackles the all-important practical aspects of che...

Starting Out: The Colle

The Colle is a solid, reliable system of development based on the popular opening move 1 d4. One of its major advantages is that although the system is very easy to learn and play, it lea...

Play the Grunfeld

The Grünfeld is an exciting and dynamic answer to 1 d4, and has become very popular at all levels of chess. A major reason for this is that it has been a long-time favourite of the World’...

Charlie and the Chess Set

Charlie is a pretty normal kid. But he is shortly going to find things taking a turn for the extraordinary! Join Charlie as he embarks on the adventure of a lifetime, in a world that is l...

Modern Chess Planning

Good planning is central to good chess. A plan gives meaning to manoeuvres and tactical devices, forming a coherent whole that brings us closer to our goals.

The modern underst...

Mastering the Chess Openings, Volume 2

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 understan...

How to Defend in Chess: Learn from the World Champions

Many books discuss how to attack in chess, but resourceful defensive play is also a vital ingredient in competitive success. This is an area largely neglected in the literature of the gam...

Starting Out: Sicilian Sveshnikov

No opening in recent times has captured the imagination of the chess public more than the Sicilian Sveshnikov. Initially popularized in the 1970s, the Sveshnikov has exploded onto the che...