Chess - Openings from Glynn's Books

N.Y.: Dover, 1998. Pb, 172pp. VG, clean contents. Reprint of " Openings for the Club Player" originally published in 1987. Includes coverage of the Benko gambit, Bird's opening, Centre game, Dutch defence, Four Knights' game, Grob's attack, King's gambit, Old Indian defence, Ruy Lopez, Queen's gambit declined and Stonewall attack.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Everyman, 2004. Pb, 272pp. VG(-), marginal wear, clean contents. 3rd revised edition of Watson's well-regarded book, providing Black with a complete repertoire in the French defence. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Wylie, Texas: Pickard & Son, 2000. Pb, 160pp. VG clean copy. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Dallas: Chess Digest, 1993. Pb, 71pp. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Monograph on 7. . . Qe8 for the Dutch Defence Leningrad variation, with illustrative games. Contents cover : Evolution and strategy, getting to the Main Line; White freezes the centre with 8 d5; White opens a File with 8 Nd5!?; White tries to push his own e-pawn (8… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1994. Pb, 128pp. Good+, clean contents, a couple of light speckles along edge of page block. Updated edition of the authors' popular work, with illustrative games. Recommendations for White playing 1 e4 includes 2 c3 vs the Sicilian, the Scotch game vs 1 . . .e5 and the Advance variation vs the Caro-Kann and the French. Recommendations… Read more about this item

London: Batsford, 1992. Pb, 224pp. VG, clean contents. Arranged alphabetically, this survey covers every recognized gambit at the time it was published and includes complete games and a playability star system evaluating risk.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Batsford, 1994. Pb, 144pp. VG clean copy. Theory and annotated games for the Scotch Opening. Includes lines for the Classical Variation, Scotch Four Knights, Mieses Variation, Neo-Mieses Variation, Steinitz Variation, Other Black defences. . Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 2007. Pb, 219pp. Good, light wear, clean contents. Examines transpositional tricks in chess openings, covering all key opening variations, discussing the benefits and drawbacks of move orders and using illustrative examples from master play. Contents: Double King Pawn openings; Ruy Lopez; Sicilian Defense; Semi-open games; Double Queen Pawn openings; Indians; Dutch Defense and Flank openings.. Soft Cover. Good.… Read more about this item

Secausus, NJ: Citadel Press, 1975. Pb, 116pp. Good(-), small mark on edge of page block, clean contents. Contents: Dutch Stonewall; Indian formations; Black systems; On the virtues of obstructing; The perfect opening. With illustrative master games. Descriptive notation.. Soft Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Everyman, 2006. Pb, 144pp. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents. With 65 illustrative games. Contents : Closed Reti; Open Reti; Reti Slav; Reti Benoni; Reti Accepted; Symmetrical Englis; Reti King's Indian; Reti Dutch; Others.. Soft Cover. Good.

N.Y.: Henry Holt, 1995. Pb, 127pp. Good, sunned spine and top edge, contents clean, slight tanning/yellowing to page edges. Comprehensive coverage of the Vienna opening with many variations reappraised and a thorough analysis of Black's defensive and counterattacking schemes. Contents: Rare replies to 2 Nc3; 2 . . . Nc6: unusual lines; The Solid 2. . . Nc6 3… Read more about this item

London: Cadogan, 1995. Pb, 148 pp. Good(-), a couple of related articles have been glued-in. Covers Black's major and minor alternatives against 4 Qc2 by White in 70 annotated games.. Soft Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Batsford, 1995. Pb, 144pp. Good+, clean contents, a couple of light speckles along edge of page block. Repertoire for White playing 1 d4 and generally following up with 2 c4. One line is recommended against each of the major Black defences (Nimzo-Indian, King's Indian, Grunfeld, Old Indian, QGD Orthodox, Tarrasch & Slav, QGA, Albin Countergambit, Chigorin, Benko, Modern Benoni,… Read more about this item

Dallas: Chess Digest, 1995. Pb, 79pp. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents. Provides a simple opening repertoire using illustrative games : the K.I.A. for White and the K.I.D. and Sicilian Accelerated Dragon vs 1 d4 and 1 e4 respectively. Plus a chapter on the use of the pieces and further tips for improvement.. Soft Cover. Good.

Hagerstown: R & D Publishing, 1993. Pb, 54pp. Good, light cover wear, clean contents. Part of the ChessBase University Power Play series. Includes 70 games and 48 positions for study.. Soft Cover. Good.

Landegem, Belgium: Thinkers Publishing, 2020. Pb, 345pp. VG, clean contents. Offbeat openings for White. Part 1 analyses sidelines in mainstream openings ( QGD, Slav, Catalan, English, Grunfeld, Anti-Grunfeld); Part 2 presents systems which can be used against more than one opening ( Mamedyarov Attack, Jobava System); Part 3 analyses some modern games illustrating early surprises or ambitions by a player..… Read more about this item

Dallas: Chess Digest, 1995. Pb, 96pp. Good+, marginal wear, clean contents. Mostly an opening repertoire - the Torre Attack, Caro-Kann defence and Nimzo-Indian/Bogo-Indian defences. Plus a section which looks at strategy/planning, tactics, time trouble, the ending. With illustrative games.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Everyman/Gloucester, 2008. Pb, 189pp. VG, clean contents. Key moves and ideas of the Modern defence with the usual tips/warnings/notes typical of this series. Includes 58 illustrative games and a selection of positions to solve.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

London: Everyman, 2010. Pb, 207pp. VG, clean contents. Examines gambit play and gambit defence, covering basic approaches, typical mistakes, techniques used by top level players in defence and counterattack, and some theory on popular gambit openings. Includes over 70 annotated games.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

N.Y.: RHM, 1973. Hb, 143pp. Fair+ in a Good, price-clipped dj which has slight wear. Marks on endpapers and along edge of page block. Contents: History of the gambit (with games); Theory of the gambit; 20 selected games played by Pal Benko. Descriptive notation. . Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.