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War Record 1915-1919

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Product Description: Harry Westerman spent much of the First World War as a horsedriver for the Royal Field Artillery, driving teams of horses to supply ammunition to gun batteries on the front line. War Record is a diary of his experiences, compiled in 1923 directly from notes he kept in the field...read more

By Graham Burgess

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9781502572219 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 30, 2014, cover price $7.50 | About this edition: Harry Westerman spent much of the First World War as a horsedriver for the Royal Field Artillery, driving teams of horses to supply ammunition to gun batteries on the front line.

A Cunning Chess Opening Repertoire for White

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Product Description: A good opening repertoire need not require an enormous amount of study to be highly effective. A cunning choice of lines and move-orders can steer the game to positions that we like and deny the opponent his preferred strategies.In this book, highly experienced chess opening writer Graham Burgess presents a repertoire based on 1 d4 and Nf3 with precisely those aims...read more

By Graham Burgess

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9781906454630 | Gambit, October 15, 2013, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: A good opening repertoire need not require an enormous amount of study to be highly effective.

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Product Description: When I first published on this topic I called the book "Why is the letter A at the beginning of the alphabet" It was too complex and so was the book. After lots of questioning on the topic I have decided to approach the topic again in a simpler way...read more

By Graham Burgess

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9781477159903 | Xlibris Corp, September 11, 2012, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: When I first published on this topic I called the book "Why is the letter A at the beginning of the alphabet" It was too complex and so was the book.

The Gambit Book of Instructive Chess Puzzles

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By Graham Burgess

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9781906454289 | Gambit, November 22, 2011, cover price $16.95

Chess Openings for Kids

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By Graham Burgess

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9781906454265 | Gambit, June 21, 2011, cover price $16.95

The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games

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First Edition. First Printing. Shelf and edge wear and creasing to DJ. Red mark bottom edge. Pages are clean and binding is tight.

By Graham Burgess (editor), John Emms (editor) and John Nunn (editor)

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9780192812513, titled "Emily Bronte: A Biography" | Oxford Univ Pr, February 1, 1979, cover price $9.95 | also contains Emily Bronte: A Biography

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9780786714117 | Running Pr Book Pub, September 20, 2004, cover price $13.95

9780786705870 | Carroll & Graf Pub, October 1, 1998, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: First Edition.

101 sorpresas de apertura / 101 Chess Opening Surprises

A group of leading chess masters and grandmasters liven up the match with opening surprises and quick-strike potential that run against the grain of conventional play, land like bombshells in the apparent calm of standard openings, and disorientate opponents as they grapple with original problems.

By Graham Burgess

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9788425516443 | Italian edition edition (Hispano Europea, February 28, 2006), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of surprise openings from chess masters and grandmasters that run against the grain of conventional play, forcing opponents to adapt to original problems.

King's Indian and Grunfeld Fianchetto Lines

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Product Description: By calmly fianchettoing his king's bishop in reply to the King's Indian and GrÃ¼nfeld, White seeks to draw the sting from these dynamic defences and exert positional pressure throughout the middlegame. By refusing to create a massive pawn-centre, he offers Black no target for counterplay...read more

By Graham Burgess (trans) and Lasha Janjgava

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9781901983746 | Gambit, August 1, 2003, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: By calmly fianchettoing his king's bishop in reply to the King's Indian and GrÃ¼nfeld, White seeks to draw the sting from these dynamic defences and exert positional pressure throughout the middlegame.

Beating the Indian Defences: Take on the King's Indian, Nimzo-Indian, Grnfeld and All Other Indian Complexes

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Product Description: A detailed repertoire for the Queen's Pawn player, this book provides an aggressive system against the Indian defences. It includes Burgess describing dangerous lines against the King's Indian, and Pedersen showing how to attack the Dutch defence, drawing from his experience in the black side...read more

By Graham Burgess and Steffen Pedersen

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9780713478013, titled "Beating the Indian Defences: Take on the King's Indian, Nimzo-Indian, Grnfeld and All Other Indian Complexes" | B T Batsford Ltd, December 1, 2002, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: A detailed repertoire for the Queen's Pawn player, this book provides an aggressive system against the Indian defences.

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Product Description: Comprehensive and easy to follow, this invaluable guide to this age-old game will enable even players with very little experience to progress. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Graham Burgess

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9780785815167 | Castle, August 1, 2002, cover price $9.99 | About this edition: Comprehensive and easy to follow, this invaluable guide to this age-old game will enable even players with very little experience to progress.

King's Indian for the Attacking Player

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In recent years the theory of the King's Indian defence has undergone a remarkable transformation, with whole new defensive systems being introduced to grandmaster practice. This topical book, by one of England's leading young theoreticians, deals with each of these new discoveries. Over 40 illustrative games are used to highlight key points raised. Graham Burgess is the author of "The Complete Alekhine".

By Graham Burgess

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9780713485660, titled "King's Indian for the Attacking Player" | B T Batsford Ltd, July 1, 2002, cover price $17.95

9780805029369, titled "The King's Indian for the Attacking Player" | Henry Holt & Co, September 1, 1993, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: In recent years the theory of the King's Indian defence has undergone a remarkable transformation, with whole new defensive systems being introduced to grandmaster practice.

New Ideas in the Alekhine Defence

By Graham Burgess

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9780713478334 | B T Batsford Ltd, January 1, 2002, cover price $17.95

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Product Description: The Slav has been played by 11 of the first 13 World Champions, and has been favored by many stars of modern chess, including Anand, Kramnik, Shirov, Ivanchuk, and Morozevich. Its great popularity is due to its extreme solidity and abundant possibilities for dynamic counterplay...read more

By Graham Burgess

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9781901983449 | Gambit, August 1, 2001, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: The Slav has been played by 11 of the first 13 World Champions, and has been favored by many stars of modern chess, including Anand, Kramnik, Shirov, Ivanchuk, and Morozevich.

The Queen's Gambit & Catalan for Black

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Product Description: Every chess-player needs a reliable defense against the Queen's Pawn Opening. The fundamental question is whether to go all-out for counterplay, which may involve a great deal of risk, or to adopt a more solid, classical approach, and first carefully neutralize White's iniative...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Graham Burgess (trans) and Lasha Janjgava

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9781901983371 | Gambit, March 1, 2001, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Every chess-player needs a reliable defense against the Queen's Pawn Opening.

The Taimanov Sicilian

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Product Description: The Taimanov Variation is one of Black's most flexible approaches to the Sicilian. With his "ideal" move order, Black maintains plenty of options while sidestepping some of White's most dangerous attacking plans. The main game-plan is counterattack, but unlike in many Sicilian lines, Black can tailor his plan of development according to how White arranges his pieces...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Graham Burgess

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9781901983333 | Gambit, November 1, 2000, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: The Taimanov Variation is one of Black's most flexible approaches to the Sicilian.

The Mammoth Book of Chess

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Product Description: For rookie chess players or advanced players who simply want to hone their skills, this new edition of the chess classic has been fully revised and updated. With this guide, which includes courses in tactics and attacking strategy, a selection of the greatest games ever played, helpful advice on club and tournament chess, and a useful glossary of chess terms, victory will be yours...read more

By Graham Burgess

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9780762437269 | Rev upd edition (Running Pr Book Pub, January 5, 2010), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: For rookie chess players or advanced players who simply want to hone their skills, this new edition of the chess classic has been fully revised and updated.

9780786707256 | Running Pr Book Pub, May 3, 2000, cover price $12.95

9780786704316 | Carroll & Graf Pub, May 1, 1997, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Includes the main chess openings, glossary to chess terms, tactics and strategy, a selection of the greatest games ever played, computer chess, chess on the Internet, and the future of chess

Gambit Guide to the Torre Attack

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By Graham Burgess

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9781901983173 | Gambit, February 1, 2000, cover price $22.95

Chess Highlights of the 20th Century

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Product Description: The best chess, 1900-1999, in historical context: like the rest of the world, the game of chess has changed enormously during the 20th century. This book surveys these developments by focusing on the top events, greatest achievements and most brilliant games, year-by-year...read more

By Graham Burgess

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9781901983210 | Gambit, February 1, 2000, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: The best chess, 1900-1999, in historical context: like the rest of the world, the game of chess has changed enormously during the 20th century.

Nunn's Chess Openings

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Four expert authors share their knowledge of all chess openings, offering original analysis and reference tables that have been computer-checked for accuracy

By Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher and John Nunn (editor)

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9781857442212 | Everyman Chess, February 1, 1999, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Four expert authors share their knowledge of all chess openings, offering original analysis and reference tables that have been computer-checked for accuracy

The Quickest Chess Victories of All Time: An Encyclopaedia of Chess Opening Disastes from 1575 to the Present Day

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By Graham Burgess

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9781857445381, titled "Quickest Chess Victories of All Time: An Encyclopaedia of Chess Opening Disastes from 1575 to the Present Day" | Everyman Chess, October 1, 1998, cover price $19.95

101 Chess Opening Surprises

By Graham Burgess

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9781901983029 | Gambit, March 1, 1998, cover price $17.95

The Complete Dragon

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Product Description: Written by a Dragon expert and a well-known theoretician, this guide represents cut-throat chess at its best. It contains many spectacular games and is designed to have wide appeal for club and tournament chess players.

By Graham Burgess (trans), Eduard Gufeld and Oleg Stetsko

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9781879479630 | Intl Chess Enterprises, December 1, 1997, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: Written by a Dragon expert and a well-known theoretician, this guide represents cut-throat chess at its best.

Chess: The Complete Self-Tutor

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By Graham Burgess, Edward Lasker and John Nunn

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9780713481600 | B T Batsford Ltd, October 1, 1997, cover price $35.00

New Ideas in the Alekhine Defense

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Product Description: 128 Pages

By Graham Burgess

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9780805047257 | Henry Holt & Co, August 1, 1996, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: 128 Pages

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Product Description: This is part of the "Think Like a Chess Master" series, written by young ambitious players on popular topics. It uses questions and exercises to draw the reader into the subject, and offers practical tips which will bring results...read more

By Graham Burgess

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9780805038989 | Henry Holt & Co, May 1, 1995, cover price $11.95 | About this edition: This is part of the "Think Like a Chess Master" series, written by young ambitious players on popular topics.

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