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Sale of chess books

All these items are on sale to the general public at £5.00 each. They can be ordered from James Toon.

Postage and packing depends on weight but is about £2 per item on average. Items are sent using Royal Mail 1st Class.

Number of items in collection: 90. Recent additions are in bold type.

Author Title
Date
OPENINGS
Franco, Z Chess Explained: The English Opening
2006
Cummings, D Symmetrical English
2001
Hansen, C The Gambit Guide to the English Opening: 1…e5
1999
Beim, V Understanding the Leningrad Dutch
2002
Aagaard, J Dutch Stonewall
2002
Gallagher, J Starting Out: The Pirc / Modern
2003
Nunn, J & Gallagher, J Beating the Sicilian 3
1995
Cox, J Starting Out: Sicilian Sveshnikov
2007
Rogozenko, D The Sveshnikov Reloaded
2005
Wells, P & Osnov, V The Complete Richter-Rauzer
1998
Dearing, E Play the Sicilian Dragon
2004
Gufeld, E & Stetsko, O Ultimate Dragon volume 1: the Rauzer Attack
2001
Palliser, R Starting Out: Sicilian Najdorf
2006
Jacobs, B Starting Out: the French
2002
Emms, J Starting Out: The Scotch Game
2005
Kinsman, A The Spanish Exchange
1998
Cox, J Starting Out: 1.d4
2006
Müller, K & Knaak, R 222 Opening Traps after 1.d4
2008
Lane, G Ideas behind Modern Chess Openings
2002
Buckley, G Easy Guide to the Queen's Gambit Accepted
1998
Flear, G The ...a6 Slav
2003
Davies, N The Trompowsky (2nd Edition)
2005
Khodarkovsky, M The Gruenfeld Defence Revealed
2003
Emms, J Starting Out: The Queen's Indian
2004
Emms, J Easy Guide to the Nimzo-Indian
1998
Gallagher, J Play the King's Indian
2004
Cherniaev, A & Prokuronov, E The Saemisch King's Indian Uncovered
2007
Watson, J & Schiller, E The Big Book of Busts
1995
Dvoretsky, M & Yusupov, A Opening Preparation
1994
Ward, C Improve Your Opening Play
2000
Nunn, J and others Nunn's Chess Openings
1999
ENDINGS
Flear, G Starting Out: Pawn Endgames
2004
Ward, C Starting Out: Rook Endgames
2004
Chernev, I Capablanca's Best Chess Endings
1978
TACTICS
Brunthaler, H My Daily Exercise: 365 Tactical Tests (vol.1)
2007
Wilson, F & Alberston, B 303 Tactical Chess Puzzles
2002
Lamford, P Improve Your Game: 100 Chess Puzzles
1999
Lane, G Sharpen Your Chess Tactics
2009
Weteschnik, M Understanding Chess Tactics
2006
Khmelnitsky, I Chess Exam and Training Guide
2004
Khmelnitsky, I Chess Exam and Training Guide: Tactics
2006
Gallagher, J 365 Ways to Checkmate
2004
Reitstein, L Test Your Chess – 2
2005
Nunn, J John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book
1999
Levy, D Play Chess Combinations and Sacrifices
1980
Wade, R & Bott, R & Morrison, S Chess Tactics: Puzzles for Beginners (Descriptive Notation)
1970
Keene, R & Whiteley, A Ray Keene's Good Move Guide
1982
Meyer, C & Muller, K The Magic of Chess Tactics
2002
STRATEGY / GENERAL ADVICE
Nimzowitsch, A My System (algebraic version)
1991
Dunnington, A Can You be a Positional Chess Genius?
2002
Nunn, J Secrets of Practical Chess
1998
Emms, J The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess
2007
Burnett, A Streetfighting Chess
2008
Davies, N The Chess Player's Battle Manual
1998
Christiansen, L Storming the Barricades
2000
Marovic, D Understanding Pawn Play in Chess
2000
McDonald, N Chess: the Art of Logical Thinking
2004
Silman, J The Amateur's Mind
1999
Aagaard, J Excelling at Combinational Play
2004
Aagaard, J Excelling at Chess Calculation
2004
Buckley, G Multiple Choice Chess (vol.1)
2001
Buckley, G Multiple Choice Chess (vol.2)
2002
BIOGRAPHICAL / GAME COLLECTIONS
Capablanca, J My Chess Career (Expanded Edition)
1994
Agur, E Fischer: His Approach to Chess
1992
Keene, R Karpov–Korchnoi 1978 (Descriptive Notation)
1978
Keene, R Nigel Short World Chess Challenger
1992
Forbes, C Nigel Short Quest for the Crown
1993
Lawson, D The Inner Game
1993
Nunn, J John Nunn's Best Games 1985–1993
1995
Nunn, J Understanding Chess Move by Move
2001
Nunn, J Grandmaster Chess Move by Move
2005
Burgess, Nunn & Emms The World's Greatest Chess Games
1998
Summerscale, A & Summerscale, C Interview with a Grandmaster
2001
BEGINNERS
King, D How to Win at Chess
1995
Del Rosario, F A First Book of Morphy
2004
Jacobs, B Starting Out in Chess
1999
Taulbut, S An Introduction to Chess
1984
Pandolfini, B The ABCs of Chess
1986
Sadler, M Tips for Young Players
1999
OTHER BOOKS
Evans, L This Crazy World of Chess
2007
Wells, A Football and Chess
2008
Knudsen, J Essential Chess Quotations
2000
Schmaltz, R The Complete Chess Server Guide
2004
Burgess, G The Mammoth Book of Chess
1997
Kasparov, G How Life Imitates Chess
2007
Geuzendam, D The Day Kasparov Quit and other chess interviews
2006
Alburt, L & Lawrence, A Three Days with Bobby Fischer and other chess essays
2003
Kongsted, C How to use Computers to improve your Chess
2003
DVDs
Martin, A Accelerated Dragon Assault
2003
Bangiev, A King's Gambit Training
2002