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Reviews are by Ken Smith, FIDE 2365.

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BUY $10.00 AND PICK FREE ANY ONE TITLE FROM THIS SECTION: These are foreign books that have value if you can play over algebraic notations. I urge low rated players as well as the strong to "get their feet wet."

C-32 HYPER-ACCELERATED FIANCHETTO
C-451 CLOSED SICILIAN -Chess Digest
H-130 MY ONCE IN A LIFETIME BRILLIANCY - Castleberry
B-12 THE PHILOSOPHY OF CHESS -William Cluley, London 1857 (edited fragments of 4 pages)
E-57 CHESS MOVE BY MOVE -Abramov


BUY $20.00 AND PICK FREE ANY ONE TITLE FROM THIS SECTION: These books are dated, but to "know" an opening you must know what was recommended so that you will know what has changed. You will also find not much is different and most of the analysis is still good. Here you find lines that are left out of a lot of up-to-date books:

C-6A SICILIAN FLANK GAME: - O'Kelly
C-202 PRAKLISCHE (Open Ruy Lopez)-Larsen (in German)
C-337 DISCOVER THE BLACKMAR-DIEMER GAMBIT Vol 4-Kampars&Tyler. Bogolujbov Defense 5...P-KN3.
C-445 NIMZO INDIAN DEFENSE
C-652 QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED
C-658 SICILIAN: KANN/PAULSEN.
C-666 CATALAN SYS. OPEN VAR.
C-676 CLOSED SICILIAN
C-801 CATALAN
C-806 PONZIANI OPENING -Harding
C-852 CARO-KANN 4...N-KB3
G-304 MILAN MOMIC: ALABAMA'S FIRST MASTER
L-145 HELSINKI 1972: Gheorghiv.
L-491 BATH 1973: Team Championship
L-583 THE 1986 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
L-486 LENINGRAD 1973 INTERZONAL
Z-1 GRAB-BAG #1 A chess magazine or book of our choice.


BUY $30.00 AND PICK FREE ANY ONE TITLE FROM THIS SECTION: More great tournaments. Playing over specific player's games round by round gives you his White -side repertoire and then his defenses as he defends with Black everything White can throw at him. Do it round by round and see the amazing improvement in your thinking about the opening.

A-58 101 QUESTIONS ON HOW TO PLAY CHESS
C-460 THE GORING GAMBIT 1976-Chess Digest
C-459 THE RETI
C-488A SICILIAN DFENCE Vol 1 - Chess Digest
C-782 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NIMZO INDIAN
C-830 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ALEKHINE DEFENSE
C-831 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE OPEN SPANISH
C-1204 THEORETICAL NOVELITIES 1 d4 - Blackstock
C-1205 THEORETICAL NOVELITIES 1 e4 - Blackstock
D-16 MIDDLEGAME: THE DEFENSE TRIUMPHS
H-42 SIXTY BEST GAMES
L-493 PETROPOLIS 1973 INTERZONAL
L-506 WIJK ANN ZEE 1974: Browne!
J-93 PRACTICAL CHESS PROBLEMS


BUY $40.00 AND PICK FREE ANY ONE TITLE FROM THIS SECTION. Expose yourself to different opening authors with their ideas and suggestions. Know what was recommended a few years ago so, as some of it changes-and every variation undergoes change-you will start realizing why. You will be an authority as you add current theory as the years go by. The following books will never be completely outdated because they are the basis for you to build upon.

C-425 FUTURISTIC CHESS OPENINGS (2 P-QN4)
C-446 WHITE OPENING SYSTEM 1 P-Q4
C-449 MEET Center Attack In Ruy L.
C-475 A MODERN APPROACH TO BIRD'S
C-501 ENTERPRISING STRATEGY...
C-514 SICILIAN #4 - Pickett - Accelerated Fianchetto
C-516 SICILIAN #5 - Pickett-Four Knights Variation
C-531 THE DEFENSE 1...P-QN3
C-609 VERESOV OPENING-Chess Digest
C-714 SICILIAN DEFENSE RICHTER-RAUZER - Dempsey
C-817 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE ORTHODOX QUEEN'S GAMBIT
C-869 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SICILIAN SVESHIKOV
C-1173 THE POLUGAYEVSKY VARIATION OF NAJDORF -Salome
H-42 SIXTY BEST GAMES 1972
J-136 PRACTICAL MODERN ENDINGS: Bishop vs Knight
L-474 LENINGRAD INTERZONAL 1973
L-579 NICE OLYMPIAD 1974
L-732 KARPOV vs KAMSKY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 1996-Jacobs


BUY $50.00 AND PICK FREE ANY ONE TITLE FROM THIS SECTION: The following Chess Player series are better than the Informant covering the same time period. The games are annotated with symbols just as the Informants. Easy to read Indexes put your fingers right on the opening variation.

A-38 LEARN CHESS Vol 2
C-496 KING PAWN OPENINGS - MCO format. A great selection for there are opening lines found no where else. Cloth.
C-521 THE SICILIAN DEFENSE
C-538E RUY LOPEZ 100 EXAMPLES
C-610 FRENCH DEFENSE I
C-634 BASIC CHESS OPENINGS Book 4 Routledge Handbook
C-687 PHILIDOR'S DEFENSE-A RE-APPRAISAL -T.D Harding 1984
C-710 PLAY THE FRENCH-Watson
C-740 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CARO-KANN -Speelman
C-783 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE GRUNFELD
C-843 DEVELOPMENTS IN KING'S GAMBIT 1980-1988
C-988 GEWINNIN mit SIZILIANISCH-TAIMANOV (in German)
C-1067 WINNING WITH THE SICILIAN DEFENSE-Silman
C-1424 THE WINGER! SICILIAN WING GAMBIT
E-194 FURTHER STEPS IN CHESS Book 2 Routledge Handbook
J-41 IMAGINATION IN THE ENDGAME -Brieger
J-64 UNUSUAL ENDINGS - Chess Digest
L-401 STEINITZ vs ZUKERTORT 1886


BUY $75.00 AND PICK FREE ANY ONE TITLE FROM THIS SECTION: A mixed selection of titles - some old, some new. Many are getting short in supply and their analysis will be lost to those that don't have them.

C-157 CHESS PLAYER #8 748 annotated games.
C-457 DUTCH DEFENSE-Chess Digest
C-470 THEORY SMITH-MORRA GAMBIT IN GAMES 1846-1967
C-527 HOW TO PLAY THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT EXCHANGE
C-867 SOKOLSKY OPENING 1 b4
C-931 TRENDS IN THE TORRE & TROMPOVSKY Vol 1
C-935 TRENDS IN THE PETROFF
C-936 TRENDS IN THE KING'S INDIAN 6 Be2 Vol 1
C-942 TRENDS IN THE CLASSICAL PIRC Vol 1
C-943 TRENDS IN THE MODERN BENONI
C-971 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SMITH-MORRA GAMBIT
C-977 TRENDS IN THE SCHEVENINGEN WITH 0-0
C-978 TRENDS IN THE ALEKHINE DEFENCE Vol 1
C-979 TRENDS IN THE SVESHNIKOV Vol 1
C-983 TRENDS IN THE GRUNFELD WITHOUT cxd5
C-984 TRENDS IN THE SICILIAN PAULSEN Vol 1
C-995 TRENDS IN CARO-KANN PANOV-BOTVINNIK Vol 1
C-1000 TRENDS IN ENGLISH 1 ...c5 Vol 1
C-1020 TRENDS IN THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPT Vol 1
C-1034 TRENDS IN THE BUDAPEST DEFENSE Vol 1
C-1035 TRENDS IN THE CZECH & SCHMID BENONI Vol 1
C-1081 TRENDS IN THE QUEEN'S INDIAN WITHOUT g3
C-1115 TRENDS IN THE MODERN DEFENSE WITH c6
C-1116 TRENDS IN THE RETI - Wade
C-1234 GROBER GAMBITSCHOLERSSOEL-Druke (in German)
C-1236 MODERN LEVENFISH ATTACK-Salome
G-230 SHORT
L-666 GREAT WORLD CHESS MATCH BELGRADE 1970
L-674 BOBBY FISCHER THE 5,000,000 COMBACK


BUY $100.00 AND PICK FREE ANY ONE TITLE FROM THIS SECTION: Some are beautiful clothbounds. Paperbacks are indicated. Here are some "cream of the crop", with values to $20.00. It's unbelievable that you can pick one of these free.

C-510 RUY LOPEZ BREYER SYSTEM (paperback)
C-615 SICILIAN 2 c3 -Thomas (1981)
C-662 SCHLIEMANN-JAENISCH GAMBIT (Ruy Lopez) -Adams
C-745 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE BENKO GAMBIT - Wade
C-796 DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SICILIAN NAJDORF - Wade
C-848 THE FRENCH WINAWER A LINE FOR BLACK -Martin
C-855 SICILIAN: SCHEVENINGEN FOR BLACK- Soltis (1983 Ed)
C-937 DYNAMIC WHITE OPENINGS-Harding
C-938 DYNAMIC BLACK DEFENSES-Harding
C-961 BEATING THE SICILIAN CHAMELEON VARIATION - Soltis
C-990 CLASSICAL KING'S INDIAN -Nunn (1990 1st Ed)
C-1125 PLAY THE BENKO GAMBIT
C-1197 BLACK TO PLAY THE CLASSICAL DEFENSES -Shiller
C-1216 BEATING THE KING'S INDIAN & BENONI -Soltis
C-1240 BEATING SICILIAN WITH SHORT NUNN ATTACK -Soltis
C-1323 FRANKO-BENONI A BLACK DEFENSIVE SYSTEM -Soltis
C-1369 LISITSIN GAMBIT C-1412 PLAY THE SCHLIEMAN DEFENSE (Ruy Lopez)- Ivanov
D-36 COMBINATIONS IN THE MIDDLEGAME - Bondarevsky
G-122 DEUX CENTS PARTIES d'ECHECA par A. ALEKHINE Vol 1 (in French)
G-125 DEUX CENTS PARTIES d-ECHECA par A. ALEKHINE Vol 2 (in French)
G-276 CHESS EMPERORS: GATA KAMSKY
L-540 BUENOS AIRES 1979 - Miles
L-713 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP KASPAROV vs AMAND 1995
L-745 AUSTRALIA AT THE YEREVAN OLYMPIAD 1997 (also has all results and other games)


BUY $150.00 AND PICK FREE ANY ONE TITLE FROM THIS SECTION:

C-800 CHESS OPENINGS FOR JUNIORS- Walker
C-976 MODERN EXCHANGE GRUNFELD -Dempsey
C-1136 WHITE TO PLAY 1 e4 AND WIN-Schiller
C-1174 ESSENTIAL CHESS OPENINGS -Speelman & Keene
C-784 AN OPENING REPERTOIRE FOR BLACK -Marovic
C-1219 WINNING WITH LENINGRAD DUTCH 7...Qe8! -Soltis
C-1220 BALTIC DEFENSE TO THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT-Soltis
C-1230 ACCELERATED DRAGONS -Donaldson & Silman (1993)
C-1260 HOW TO PLAY BLACK AGAINST STAUNTON GAMBIT
C-1294 NEW SICILIAN GAMBITS -Soltis
C-1417 BEATING THE RUY LOPEZ -Soltis
C-1443 THE CATALAN-Smith & Hall
C-1450 QUEEN'S GAMBIT ACCEPTED-Smith & Hall
C-1490 HOW TO PLAY THE FISCHER ATTACK IN THE NAJDORF
E-142 TEST AND IMPROVE YOUR CHESS (1992 1st Edition)
E-145 LESSONS WITH THE MASTERS -Evans & Smith
G-181 PETROSIAN THE POWERFUL -Soltis & Smith
H-29 CHESS WITH THE MASTERS -Cafferty & Gillam
L-648 KASPAROV vs KARPOV 1990 -Kasparov & Lein
Q-50 CHESS KID KIT


BUY $200.00 AND PICK FREE ANY ONE TITLE FROM THIS SECTION:

C-700 CHESS OPENINGS YOUR CHOICE -Reuben
C-835 SEMI-SLAV DEFENSE -Donaldson & Silman
C-887 CARO-KAN -Suetin. 159 pages
C-908 WINNING WITH 1 e4 - Soltis
C-956 SICILIAN 2 c3 - Thomas (1989 Rev Edition)
C-1208 BEATING THE PIRC/MODERN WITH FIANCHETTO VARIATION - Soltis
C-1383 WINNING AGAINST 1 d4 Play Nimzo & Bogo-Tangborn
C-1464 NOTEBOOM VARIATION-Soltis
E-46 BATTLE OF CHESS IDEAS -Saidy
E-199 TACKLE CHESS -Morry
F-14 TEST YOUR CHESS PIECE POWER
G-12 KASPAROV 1981-84 -Christiansen
K-33 SAM LOYD HIS STORY & BEST PROBLEMS -Edited by Soltis
L-643 CHESS OLYMPIAD NOVI SAD
L-570 GARRY KASPAROV NEW WORLD CHAMPION -Kasparov
T-18 TOURNAMENT CHESS Vol 18 (15 tournaments 1985)
T-23 TOURNAMENT CHESS Vol 23 (15 tournaments 1986)
T-24 TOURNAMENT CHESS Vol 24 (15 tournaments 1986/87)


BUY $250.00 AND PICK FREE ANY ONE TITLE FROM THIS SECTION:

B-142 THE DYNAMICS OF CHESS PSYCHOLOGY -Utterburg
C-1004 OPENING TACTICS FOR CLUB PLAYERS
C-1197 BLACK TO PLAY CLASSICAL DEFENSES & WIN - Schiller
C-1248 BENONI DEFENSE TAIMANOV 8 Bb5ch
C-1264 PLAY DUTCH AGAINST 1 c4 & 1 Nf3
C-1332 ENGLUND GAMBIT -Smith & DeVault
C-1350 AGGRESSIVE NIMZOVITCH SICILIAN -Schiller
C-1422 A WINNING WHITE REPERTOIRE-Tangborn
C-1436 TCHIGORIN DEFENSE-Soltis
E-148 NIGEL SHORT ON CHESS -Short
E-165 HOW TO WIN QUICKLY AT CHESS -Donaldson
E-167 DEVELOPMENT OF A GRANDMASTER -Adams
L-719 KASPAROV vs ANAND 1995 INSIDE STORY -Wolff
M-153 CHESS IN THE USSR #4


BUY $300.00 AND PICK FREE ANY ONE TITLE FROM THIS SECTION:

B-84 CHESS KALEIDOSCOPE -Karpov & Gik
B-86 CHESS IN THE EIGHTIES - Bronstein & Smyslov
B-104 CHESS TRAVELLER'S QUIZBOOK
B-106 INNER GAME -Lawson
C-911 AN UNBEATABLE WHITE REPERTOIRE AFTER 1 e4, e5 2 Nf3 - Evans & Smith
C-1101 2 c3 vs THE SICILIAN AND THE SMITH-MORRA GAMBIT DECLINED - Smith
C-1292 THE FIGHTING FRENCH-Soltis
C-1314 MAX LANGE & ANTI MAX LANGE-Smith
C-1382 THE VERSOV ATTACK -Smith & Hall
C-1506 SLAV DEFENSE WINAWER COUNTER-Schiller
C-1597 CHESS OPENINGS LEXICON-DeVault
D-39 A CONTEMPORARY APPROACH TO THE MIDDLEGAME - Suetin
E-180 STRATEGY FOR ADVANCED PLAYERS (1992) - Schiller
F-57 MODERN ART OF ATTACK - Smith & Hall
F-136 MASTERPIECES OF ATTACK Velasco
G-105 HOW FISCHER PLAYS CHESS - Levy
G-118 HOWARD STAUNTON -Keene/Coles
J-165 MAMERICAN CHESS ART 250 PORTRAITS OF ENDGAME STUDY -Korn
K-26 TWO MOVE CHESS PROBLEMS - Moore. Clothbound.


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