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The Dutch Defence by Neil McDonald
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £12.74The Dutch Defence is an ambitious and underrated counter to the queen's pawn opening. With his very first move Black creates an asymmetrical pawn structure, thus unbalancing the position from a very... -
The Rules of Winning Chess by Nigel Davies
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £12.61The Rules of Winning Chess provides you with the key fundamentals of the game, principles that you can easily learn and remember, and that will help you to achieve both greater understanding and... -
Play the Dutch by Neil McDonald
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £13.49The Dutch Defence is one of Black's most enterprising answers to 1 d4. Black strives to unbalance the position by creating an asymmetrical pawn structure on the very first move, giving himself every... -
The Trompowsky by Nigel Davies
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.91From relative obscurity to one of White's favorite queen's pawn openings, the rise in popularity of the Trompowsky Attack over the last decade or so has been quite staggering. Even the World number... -
Play the Sicilian Kan by Johan Hellsten
RRP: £17.99SciFier: £13.98The Kan is an ideal choice against 1 e4, as it is one of the easiest variations of the Sicilian to learn and play. It's relatively theory free, and success is more likely to occur through the... -
The Colle by Richard Palliser
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £14.24The Colle is a solid, reliable system of development based on the popular opening move 1 d4. A major selling point is that although the system is very easy to learn and play it leads to complex,... -
Excelling at Chess Calculation by Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £13.78There are many differing opinions among the top players in the world of chess, but there is one thing upon which World Champions, Grandmasters, and other experts all agree: the art of chess... -
The Scandinavian by John Emms
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.91From a theoretical backwater to a fully blown main line opening, the rise of the Scandinavian Defence (1 e4 d5) has been nothing short of meteoric. Over the past 15 years the Scandinavian has become... -
Excelling at Technical Chess by Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £13.29"And the rest is a matter of technique" is an annoyingly common phrase used in chess literature. The implication from the author is that the task of converting a typically winning position into a... -
How to Win at Chess - Quickly! Simon Williams 9781857446319
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £12.61Let's face facts: everyone enjoys winning. And the only thing better than winning is to win quickly! Mistakes are often made in the early part of the game - at all levels of chess - but a key skill... -
Starting Out: Pawn Endgames by Glenn Flear
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £12.74Endgames involving only kings and pawns are the most fundamental of all chess positions, and a firm understanding of them is required in order to become confident of tackling more complex endings... -
Slav and Semi-Slav by Glenn Flear
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £13.29The very closely linked Slav and Semi-Slav Defences are two of the most popular and combative openings that Black can play against the Queen's Gambit. They have provided the battleground for... -
The Offbeat King's Indian by Krzysztof Panczyk
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.91The King's Indian is one of the most exciting and complex defences that Black can employ against the queen's pawn opening. The main lines of the King's Indian are very sharp and tactical but they are... -
Discovering Chess Openings by John Emms
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.91In Discovering Chess Openings John Emms argues that studying openings doesn't have to be hard work - it can be both enjoyable and enlightening. The key to successful opening play is not simply... -
Chess on the Net by Mark Crowther
RRP: £12.99SciFier: £10.00Whether it's playing against humans, playing against computers, learning from Grandmasters or simply finding out the latest chess results and gossip, chess on the internet has become a massive... -
Mikhail Tal: Tactical Genius by Maxim Chetverik
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £12.61Mikhail Tal was simply a chess phenomenon. The "magician from Riga" stunned the chess world when he became the youngest ever World Champion (at that time) in 1960, and he won countless supporters for... -
Starting Out: Modern Benoni Endre Vegh 9781857443660
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £11.91Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorEndre Vegh is an International Master from Hungary. He is an experienced writer, an openings expert, and has... -
Starting Out: the Queen's Indian John Emms 9781857443639
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £12.74The Queen's Indian is one of Black's most dependable and respected defences to the queen's pawn opening. It's an established favorite amongst world-class Grandmasters such as Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy... -
How to Play Against 1 D4 by Richard Palliser
RRP: £15.99SciFier: £15.49Finding a suitable defence to 1 d4 isn't an easy task, especially if you don't have endless time available to study all the latest theoretical developments. If you choose fashionable openings, it's... -
Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames by John Emms
RRP: £16.99SciFier: £13.29Endgames with kings, bishops, knights, and pawns are generally considered among the most complex and can seem quite bewildering to improving players. This is hardly surprising given that even... -
Starting Out: Alekhine Defence John Cox 9781857443707
RRP: £14.99SciFier: £12.74In this easy-to-read guide, openings expert John Cox goes back to basics, studying the essential principles of Alekhine's Defence and its numerous variations. Throughout the book there are an...