Tired of constantly defending passive positions with the black pieces? Looking for something new and exciting to unleash at the chessboard? This book provides an answer to these perennial questions. International Master and renowned openings theoretician Richard Palliser presents a complete repertoire for Black against queen's pawn openings based on the dynamic and very much underrated Black Knights Tango. Using illustrative games, Palliser gives a thorough grounding on the key tactics and strategies behind this ambitious opening, while also highlighting the various tricks and traps that both...

Grandmaster Joe Gallagher studies the Sicilian Najdorf in a simplistic way, introducing the crucial initial moves and ideas and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them, something that has sometimes been neglected or taken for granted.

The Bb5 Sicilian is a logical and practical weapon against Black's most popular defence to 1 e4 and is an excellent choice for White players who are fed up of constantly trying to keep abreast of the latest developments in the Open Sicilian. The early bishop move signals White intention to develop rapidly and it can lead to both wild gambit play and calmer positional waters. Significantly, this opening weapon has the seal of approval from many of today's elite Grandmasters, including Vishy Anand, Mickey Adams and Peter Leko, while Garry Kasparov utilized it successfully in his famous Internet...

International Master Richard Palliser studies the Closed Sicilian in a clear-cut way introducing the crucial initial moves and ideas and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them something that is sometimes neglected or taken for granted

In Dangerous Weapons: The Sicilian, John Emms and Richard Palliser team up to investigate by far the most popular and widely-played chess opening, but in a revolutionary way. They select an abundance of opening weapons for both White and Black, many of wh

In this book, opening experts John Emms, Chris Ward and Richard Palliser team up to examine one of the most popular and respected openings at all levels of chess: the Nimzo-Indian. However, instead of pursuing the well-trodden paths, they choose an origin

You may be happy with your main openings sorted with the Sicilian and content with the King s Indian but are you afraid of the unknown? Do you fall to pieces if your opponent plays something strange in the opening? Here s some good news... Beating Unusual Chess Openings is a godsend to those chess players fed up with struggling against all opening moves other than White s main two: 1 e4 and 1 d4. From the respectable (English Opening, Reti and King s Indian Attack) through to the offbeat (Nimzo-Larsen Attack, Bird s Opening) and the totally bizarre (Orang-utan, Grob); everything Black needs...

In Dangerous Weapons: The Queen s Gambit, opening experts Richard Palliser, Glenn Flear and Chris Ward team up to investigate one of the most popular openings in chess history, but in a revolutionary way. They concentrate on little-explored and fun-to-pla"

Everyman Chess are proud to present a new title in their much-admired Dangerous Weapons series, which specializes in supplying the reader with an abundance of hard-hitting opening ideas. Many of the carefully chosen weapons are innovative, visually shocking and incredibly tricky; they are guaranteed to throw even your most experienced opponent off balance.In this new book, four renowned opening experts examine the Benoni and the Benko, and select a number of original or little-explored variations for both colours. Whether playing White or Black, a study of this book will leave you confident...

Features coverage of three of the most dangerous attacking set-ups available to White: the Colle-Zukertort, the Barry, and the 150 attacks. This book is a guide to d4 attacks and covers various main lines. It is intended for improvers, club players and tournament players.