Chess - Openings from Glynn's Books

London: London Chess Centre, 1990. Pb, 120pp. Fair+. Front cover sunned/darkened on lower half, contents clean, light speckles along edge of page block. 110 annotated games from the late 1980s, organized into French Winawer, Classical, Tarrasch and Advance variations.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dallas: Chess Digest, 1998. Pb, 263pp. Good, light corner wear, speckles along edge of page block, clean contents. Examines the 3 Be3 Alapin Gambit, the Wing Gambit, the Milner-Barry Gambit and the Winckelmann-Reimer Gambit, plus some lesser-known gambits against the French in the opening chapter. Features illustrative and study games, including many from correspondence play.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo… Read more about this item

Dallas: Chess Digest, 1992. Pb, 128pp. Fair+, corner wear, clean contents. Examines the Moeller Attack in the Giuoco Piano and the Max Lange against the Two Knights. Contents: The positional Giuoco and other alternatives; Intro: Moeller Attack; Old Main Moeller; New Moeller; Euwe's Strong Point variation; Intro: Max Lange; Max Lange Main Line; Anti-Max Lange variation; Other Giuoco defences..… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1998. Pb, 144pp. Fair+, corner wear, speckles along edge of page block, clean contents. clean contents. Analysis, clear explanations and 85 annotated games from the 1980s/1990s, illustrating the Tarrasch Variation ( 1e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2).. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Ramsbury: Crowood, 2006. Pb, 256pp. VG, clean contents. Explains the principles which underlie correct opening play and shows how they can be developed to produce strong positions for attack and defence in different situations. Examines five classic openings - Queen's Gambit, Giuoco Piano, Nimzo-Indian Defence, Morra Gambit and Sicilian Dragon - which together can be used to form the basis… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1991. Pb, ix + 148pp. Good, corner crease, slight tanning/ yellowing to page edges, contents clean. Taimanov's own games, deeply annotated, organized into the Rauzer Attack, Boleslavsky Variation, Paulsen System and Taimanov System.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 2000. Pb, 158pp. Good, slight cover wear, clean contents, slight yellowing to page edges. Explains the Catalan structure, focusing on the key plans for White and analysing in detail the various lines. Includes 25 illustrative games, mainly from the mid 1990s.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Alkmaar: New In Chess, 2017. Pb, 285pp. VG, clean contents. With 115 illustrative games. Revised and expanded edition with new analysis and games. Contents : Bishops vs Knights - The Schlechter Knight; the solid Nbd2; Black Jet or the Fianchetto. Pawns vs Pieces - The attacking machine; Knight jumps. Classical Style - Beyond Rubinstein; The Maroczy attack; War… Read more about this item

Coraopolis, Pennsylvania: Chess Enterprises, 1988. Pb, 84pp. Good, clean contents, a couple of small marks on edge of page block. Survey on 1 g4 which includes 50 illustrative games, especially by practitioners such as Basman, Bloodgood and Grob himself.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Glasgow: Quality Chess, 2011. Hb, pictorial covers, 216pp. Fine clean copy, looks almost as new. Contents : Topalov variation; Perenyi attack; Main line; Scheveningen; 6 . . . e5.. Hard Cover. Fine.

London: Cadogan, 1996. Pb, 144pp. Good, clean contents, light mark on edge of page block Entertaining explanation of opening traps, organized into : 1 e4 e5 openings, Giuoco Piano, Ruy Lopez, Sicilian defence, Anti-Sicilians, Pirc/Modern defence, French defence, Caro-Kann defence, Modern Black defences to 1 d4, Classical Black defences to 1 d4.. Soft Cover. Good.

Alkmaar: New In Chess, 2022. Pb, 416pp. VG+ clean copy. Contents: Tactics in the opening; Move order and the art of interpolating moves; Novelty!; Preparing for a specific opponent or situation; Deep opening preparation (is 0.00 equal?); Gambits love them or hate them; Surprise variations the benefit of playing your own systems; Entering the main lines; The opening strategy of… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 2005. Pb, 219pp. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Guide to the opening also known as the Pseudo-Trompowsky, which follows the format of other books in the "Revealed" series, with First moves, Heroes and Zeroes looking at the performances of key proponents such as Julian Hodgson as well as pitfalls, Tricks and Traps, and a look at the… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1994. Pb, 304pp. Good, previous owner's name on fep, light wear. Survey of the Semi-Slav variation of the Queen's Gambit. Includes 37 analysed games. Contents in three main sections : 5 Bg5; Meran system; 6 Qc2 and Others.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Glasgow: Quality Chess, 2018. Hb, pictorial covers, 271pp. Fine clean copy, looks almost as new. Contents: Introduction; Evolution of the Isolated Pawn (80+ pages); Key ideas and positions; Computer preparation vs human common sense; Modern trends in the opening; Memorizing opening lines; Overview of critical positions; How to build your opening repertoire. . Hard Cover. Fine.

Glasgow: Quality Chess, 2008. Pb, 458pp. Good(-), laminate peeling slightly on edge of back cover, contents clean. Covers the openings after 1 d4 d5 2 c4, especially the Catalan, Queen's Gambit Accepted, Semi-Slav, Slav and other Queen's Gambit lines. " A brilliant contribution to the literature" (John Watson).. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Gambit, 2001. Pb, 256pp. Good, a couple of small marks along edge of page block, contents clean. Coverage of the French Winawer (Nimzowitsch), Classical (including Steinitz), and MacCutcheon variations, as well as 3 . . . dxe4.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Batsford, 1992. Pb, 144pp. Good(-). Covers have a couple of dents and creases, clean contents, slight tanning/yellowing to page edges, Contents: White Third Moves other than d4; Unusual Black replies to 3 d4; Mestel's variation; Larsen's variation; Antoshin's variation; Morphy's variation; Hanham variation; Exchange variation.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Alkmaar: New In Chess, 2018. Pb, 459pp. VG, clean contents. Updated, revised edition of a book originally produced in Russian by Kirill Kuznetsov. 753 annotated miniature games (20 moves or less) illustrating the reasons for quick victories. They are organized by opening and are from a wide variety of players ranging from world champions to amateurs.. Soft Cover.… Read more about this item

London: Everyman, 2008. Pb, 206pp. Good, back cover crease, clean contents. Repertoire to combat all White's moves after 1 d4 Nf6 and also including King's Indian solutions to 1 Nf3 and 1 c4. Contents: Trompowsky, Veresov, Barry Attack, London system, the Colle, Kingside fianchetto vs the King's Indian, Kingside fianchetto vs the Grunfeld, the BDG, Various 2nd moves, Fianchettoing vs… Read more about this item