RECOMMNDED BOOKS
The Ultimati Guide to Chess
FULL PRICE : £9.95
The Ultimati Guide to Chess
A highly instructive tactical book presented in a puzzle format, which chess players would benefit by working through. This, together with its companion volumes 2 and 3 provide an essential foundation for playing chess at tournament level and introduces the fundamental concepts and techniques.
Suitable for Beginners (White Ultimati, Blue Ultimati)
Two Birds With One Stone
FULL PRICE : £3.95
Two Birds With One Stone
A landmark in chess exposition, these 14 sections and 114 puzzles, assembled by chess teachers give the new player an excellent grounding in tactical motifs.
Suitable for Beginners (White Ultimati, Blue Ultimati)
Basman
FULL PRICE : £5.95
Synopsis
Mike Basman is one of the most famous eccentrics of the chess world – but was he always like this? This book of his early years, written when he was about 15 years old, show a more orthodox player, who, steeped in the books of the great chess popularisers Fred Reinfeld and Irving Chernev, played regular openings such as the Giuoco Piano, Queen’s Gambit and Sicilian Defense. As such, the book is a marvellous instructional work for any young player hoping to rise up from amateur and novice ranks to become a successful performer on the national and international stage.
How far can you go?
Suitable for Beginners (White Ultimati, Blue Ultimati)
UFOs: or Play Like An Alien
FULL PRICE : £1.95
Synopsis
The aliens can teach us a lot about chess. Enter the twilight zone and much-neglected but important part of the game. Leaving Unguarded, Focused attacks, Opening/closing lines these describe an approach to chess that is neither entirely material nor yet tactical.
Suitable for Beginners (White Ultimati, Blue Ultimati)
Secrets of Chess
FULL PRICE : £3.95
Synopsis
Vital knowledge for chess players, strikingly explained with large clear diagrams and red arrows. Scholar’s Mate, the Lawn Mower, the swap, the Lasso and ‘Deathtrap Castle’ are some of the subjects amusingly discussed.
Suitable for Beginners (White Ultimati, Blue Ultimati)
