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NIGEL SHORT: QUEST FOR THE CROWN

By: Forbes, Cathy

Price: $8.00

Publisher: London, Cadogan: 1993

Seller ID: 02122

ISBN: 185744048X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good in wrappers, red star on bottom edge, crease in front wrap, some edgewear

A biograpy of the English grandmaster taking us up to the eve of his unsuccessful world championship match with Kasparov
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FOUR GAMBITS TO BEAT THE FRENCH

By: Harding, Tim

Price: $31.99

Publisher: Grand Prairie TX, Chess Digest: 1998

Seller ID: 04478

ISBN: 0875682952

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good in wrappers; some spotting to front wrap; circular stain on title page bleeding thought to next page.

Includes my favorite: the Milner-Barry; also the Winkelmann-Reimer, the French Wing Gambit, the alapin-Diemer and a selection of lesser gambits.
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200 MODERN CHESS TRAPS IN THE FIANCHETTO OPENINGS

By: Howson, J.B.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cranbury NJ, A.S. Barnes and Company: 1970

Seller ID: 00358

ISBN: 0498079198

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: VG/VG, wear at tail of spine, name stamped on fep, some chipping to dust jacket

THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT & CATALAN FOR BLACK

By: Janjgava, Lasha

Price: $19.99

Publisher: London, Gambit Publications: 2000

Seller ID: 04471

ISBN: 1901983374

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Better than Very Good in wrappers; text clean and unmarked.

A solid, classical approach to defending the Queen Pawn Opening.
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BRIDGE CONVENTIONS: A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING TECHNIQUES OF MODERN BIDDING

By: Kantar, Edwin B.

Price: $6.00

Publisher: North Hollywood CA, Wilshire Book Company: [1972]

Seller ID: 02503

ISBN: 0-87980-013-5

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good in wrappers, red star on bottom edge, some edgewear

A collection of bridge conventions that attemps to go deeper than just the basics
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KASPAROV: HOW HIS PREDECESSORS MISLED HIM ABOUT CHESS

By: Karolyi, Tibor

Price: $7.99

Publisher: London, Batsford: 2009

Seller ID: 03938

ISBN: 1906388261

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine in wrappers

A tongue-in-cheek look at Garry's losses supposedly for following his great predecessors too closely
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WINNING WITH THE SPANISH

By: Karpov, Anatoly

Price: $11.99

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt & Company: 1994

Seller ID: 03714

ISBN: 0805032894

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Better than Very Good in wrappers; top edge a bit dirty

Spends most of the book on the Zaitsev and 9...Nd7 variations but also surveys the rest
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DEEP THINKING: WHERE MACHINE INTELLIGENCE ENDS AND HUMAN CREATIVITY BEGINS

By: Kasparov, Garry with Greengard, Mig

Price: $19.99

Publisher: New York, PublicAffairs: 2017

Seller ID: 04504

ISBN: 161039786X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine in dust jacket

The great chess champion looks back with hindsight on his 1997 loss to Deep Blue and even apologizes for his boorish behavior.
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WORLD CUP CHESS

By: Kavalek, Lubomir

Price: $17.50

Publisher: North Pomfret VT, Trafalgar Square: 1990

Seller ID: 00288

ISBN: 0943955319

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine in dustjacket

The Grandmasters' Grand Prix
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WORLD CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP: KASPAROV V ANAND

By: Keene, Raymond

Price: $10.00

Publisher: New York, Owl / Henry Holt & Co: [1995]

Seller ID: 02728

ISBN: 0-8050-4231-8

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine in wrappers, red star on bottom edge

Raymond Keene's take on the 1995 World Championship
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ESSENTIAL CHESS SACRIFICES

By: Lemoir, David

Price: $13.99

Publisher: London, Gambit Publications: 2003

Seller ID: 04529

ISBN: 1904600034

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good in wrappers; top corner bumped.

Great collection of sacrifices that every chess player should know; from the e6 sacrifices in the Sicilian to the double bishop sac; includes 28 exercises, and indexes of games and openings.
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THE IRISH AMERICAN PUB QUIZ

By: Mcatasney, Liam

Price: $3.99

Publisher: Kansas City MO, Andrews McMeel Publishing: [1999]

Seller ID: 04434

ISBN: 0740703390

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine in wrappers

This pot of golden Irish trivia on everything and everybody Irish, from Daniel Patrick Moynihan to Daniel Day-Lewis, from legends to limericks.
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FIGHTING CHESS WITH MAGNUS CARLSEN (PROGRESS IN CHESS)

By: Mikhalchishin, Adrian and Stetsko, Oleg

Price: $17.99

Publisher: Zurich, Edition Olms AG: 2012

Seller ID: 04678

ISBN: 328301020X

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Near Fine in wrappers with french flaps; price sticker on rear wrap

64 of the young Carlsens best games annotated in detail
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VISHY ANAND: CHESS SUPER-TALENT

By: Norwood, David

Price: $5.99

Publisher: New York, Henry Holt & Company: 1995

Seller ID: 03900

ISBN: 0805042237

Binding: Paperback

Condition: About Very Good in wrappers; red star on bottom edge; a bit dirty

Part of the Batsford Chess Library; an early work on the five-time world champion
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BRIDGE FOR BRIGHT BEGINNERS

By: Reese, Terence

Price: $3.99

Publisher: New York, Dover Publications, Inc.: [1973]

Seller ID: 04252

ISBN: 0486229424

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fine in wrappers

Terence Reese, (the world's best bridge player and best bridge writer [The New York Times]), turns his attention in this book to you, the bright beginner.
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SURVIVE & BEAT ANNOYING CHESS OPENINGS: THE OPEN GAMES

By: Schiller, Eric and Watson, John

Price: $7.99

Publisher: New York, Cardoza Publishing: [2003]

Seller ID: 03706

ISBN: 1580420737

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Almost Very Good in wrappers; a bit dirty

Suggested lines for all those bizarre openings after 1.e4 or in response to it; suggestions for both white and black
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KONIGSINDISCH I: HANDBUCH DER SCHACH-EROFFNUNGEN, BAND 9

By: Schwarz, Rolf

Price: $12.00

Publisher: Hamburg, Das Schach-Archiv Kurt Rattmann: [1976]

Seller ID: 03527

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Better than Good in green cloth; pretty beat up and worn, but still intact; inked notes to front free endpaper and pages 114-117 and 299-301

140 games covering the Samisch and Four Pawns variations
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