Southwest Chess Club Book List

Name of Book/Year	Author	Box #
Openings
Albin Countergambit, How to Play the, 1991	Eric Schiller	2
Albin Counter-Gambit, 1983	Paul Lamford	2
Anti-Dutch, The Contemporary, 1990	Andrew Martin	2
Batsford Chess Openings 2, 1989	Garry Kasparov & Raymond Keene	6
Benoni, Guide to the Modern, 2001	John Watson	2
Bishop’s Opening, Winning with the, 1993	Gary Lane	2
Black Defense System for the Rest of your Chess Career, A, 1987	Andrew Soltis	2
Black Defense System With 1…d6, A, 1994	Andrew Soltis	2
Bogo-Indian, Play the; 1985	S. Taulbut	7
Budapest Gambit, The Fighting Fajarowicz, 1996	Tim Harding	2
Budapest for the Tournament Player, The, 1992	Mikhail Tseitlin & Igor Glaskov	2
Cambridge Springs Defense, 1984	Eric Schiller	2
Caro-Kann Defense, Winning with the, 1993	Jeremy Silman	2
Caro-Kann Defense Knight Variation 4…Nf6 (B15-16), 1992	Sergio Curtacci	2
Caro-Kann Defense, New Ideas in the, 1992	Jon Speelman	2
Caro-Kann, Play the, 1991	Egon Varnusz	2
Caro-Kann Defence, 1988	Alexei Suetin	2
Caro-Kann Classical 4…Bf5, 1984	Gary Kasparov & Aleksander Shakarov	2
Center Counter Defense: The Portuguese Variation, 1997	Selby Anderson	2
Center Counter 1.e4 d5, Winning with the, 1991	Ken Smith & John Hall	2
Chess Opening for You, The; 1975	Larry Evans	7
Chess Openings: Theory and Practice, 1964	I.A. Horowitz	6
Chess Tutor, The: Opening Moves; 1976	Schwob & Kane	7
Colle System, Winning with the, 1990	Ken Smith & John Hall	2
Complete Defence to 1.d4, A: A Study of the Queen’s Gambit Accepted; 1981	Cafferty & Hooper	7
Complete Defence to 1.P-K4, A: A Study of Petroff’s Defence; 1979	Cafferty & Hooper	7
Dragon: Classical and Levenfish Variations, Sicilian, 1990	Laszio Sapi & Attila Schneider	2
Dragon: Yugoslav 9.Bc4, Sicilian, 1989	Laszio Sapi & Attila Schneider	2
Dragon, Winning with the, 1994	Chris Ward	2
Dragons, Accelerated Sicilian, 1975	D.N.L. Levy	2
Dutch for the Attacking Player, The, 1996	Steffen Pedersen	2
Dutch Defence 7…Nc6, The Leningrad Variation in the, 1994	Massimo Luccion	2
Dutch Defense Against 1.c4 and 1.Nf3 (including the Lisitsin Gambit), Play the, 1993	Roy DeVault & Herb Hickman	2
Dutch 7…Qe8, Leningard, Winning with the, 1993	Andrew Soltis	2
Dutch Defense, 1989	Larry Christiansen & Jeremy Silman	2
Dutch, The Leningard, 1976	T.D. Harding	2
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings A; Chess Informat (Fide); 1979		6
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings: A 86-89 Dutch Defence; Chess Informat (Fide); 1994		6
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings B; Chess Informat (Fide); 1984		6
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings C; Chess Informat (Fide); 1974		6
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings: C 82 Ruy Lopez; Chess Informat (Fide); 1994		6
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings D; Chess Informat (Fide); 1976		6
Encyclopedia of Chess Openings E; Chess Informat (Fide); 1978		6
English Defense, 1999	Daniel King	2
English Defense, Winning with the, 1994	Andrew Soltis	2
English Defense …e6, b6, Bb7, The, 1987	Raymond Keene, Pames Plaskett & Jon Tisdall	2
Evans Gambit & A System vs. Two Knights’ Defense, 1991	Tim Harding	2
Evolution of Chess Opening Theory, The; 1985	Raymond Keene	7
Fischer-Sozin Attack, Winning with the, 1994	Gary Lane	2
French Defence, How to Play the; 1983	Shaun Taulbut	7
French, Play the, 1984	John W. Watson	2
French: Classical Lines, 1979	T.D. Harding & W. Heidenfeld	2
Giuoco Piano & the Max Lange Attack, Winning with the, 1992	Andrew Soltis	2
Grand Prix Attack, Attacking the Sicilian Defense with 2.f4, 1995	Ken Smith & John Hall	2
Grand Prix Attack: f4 Against the Sicilian, 1985	Julian Hodgson & Lawrence Day	2
Grenfeld, Beating the, 1992	Anatoly Karpov	2
Grunfeld, Winning with the, 1987	Andras Adorjan & Jeno Dory	2
Grunfeld Defense, The, 1971	William R. Hartston	2
Hanning Schara Gambit, 1995	Ken Smith & John Hall	2
How to Play Good Opening Moves; 1982	Edmar Mednis	7
Ideas Behind The Chess Openings; 1949	Reuben Fine	8
Italian Game, The, 1977	T.D. Harding & G.S. Botterill	2
Kalashnikov, Winning with the, 1995	Neil McDonald	2
Kasparov’s Opening Repertoire, 1990	Eric Schiller & Leonid Shamkovich	2
Keres Defence 1.d4 d5, 2.c4 Bf5, 1992	Giovanni Falchetta	2
Kings Gambit as White, The, 1984	Larry Christiansen, Lou Maser & Robert Raingruber	2
Kings Gambit, The, 1975	Viktor Korchnoi & Vladimir Zak	2
King’s Indian Attack; 1988	Smith & Hall	7
King’s Indian Attack, The, 1993	Ron Henley & Don Maddox	2
King’s Indian Defense	A. Vetkov	2S
King’s Indian, The Classical, 1990	John Nunn	2
Marshall Attack, The; 1974	Wade & Harding	7
Modern Chess Openings 11th Edition; 1972	Walter Korn	7
Modern Chess Openings, 13th Edition, 1990	Nick De Firmian	6
Modern Chess Openings Traps; 1972	William Lombardy	7
Najdorf, Winning with the, 1993	Daniel King	3
Nimzo-Indian Defense, New Ideas in the, 1994	Tony Kosten	2
Nimzo-Indian Defence, Play the, 1985	Svetozar Gligoric	2
Nimzovich Attack: The Norfolk Gambits, 1997	Claude F. Bloodgood	2
Nimzo-Larsen Attack, 2001	Byron Jacobs & Jonathan Tait	2
Nimzowitsch/Larsen Attack, 1977	Raymond Keene	2
Opening Ideas and Analysis for Advanced Players, 1992	Andrew Soltis	2
Opening Systems for Competitive Chess Players, Torre Attack, Tartakower’s Legacy, and Caro-Kann Defense, 1992	John Hall	2S
Orangutan, The, 1989	Bill Wall	2
Penguin Book of Chess Openings, The; 1981	W.R. Hartston	7
Petroff Defense Cochrane Gambit, 1994	W. John Lutes	2
Petroff, Winning with the, 1993	Anatoly Karpov	3
Philidor Counter-Gambit, The Dynamic, 1996	James R. West	3
Philidor Countergambit, The, 1994	James R. West	3
Pirc Defence, New Ideas in the, 1993	John Nunn	3
Pirc, The Complete, 1989	John Nunn	3
Ponziani Opening, The Modern, 1993	E. Salome & J. Bickford	3
Ponziani Opening, 1984	T.D. Harding	3
Practical Chess Openings; 1948	Reuben Fine	8
Queen’s Gambit Accepted, New Ideas in the, 1994	Glenn Flear	3
Queen’s Gambit Declined, 1974	Sergiu Samarian	3
Queen’s Indian, Winning with the, 1987	Zoltan Ribli & Gabor Kallair	3
Queen Pawn Openings, Complete Defense to, 1998	Eric Schiller	3
Richter-Veresov the Chameleon Chess Repertoire, 1999	Oleg Stetsko & Eduard Gufeld	3
Ruy Lopez, Arkhangelsk System, 1987	Jerzy Konikowski	3
Scandinavian Defense, Anderssen Counter Attack, 1988	W. John Lutes	3
Scotch Game, The, 1998	Peter Wells	3
Semi-Slav, the Botvinnik (and also Moscow Variation), 2000	Steffen Pedersen	3
Semi-Slav, The Complete, 1994	Peter Wells	3
Sveshnikov Reloaded, The; 2005	Dorian Rogozenko	1
Sicilian Defense Chameleon Variation, Beating The, 1990	Andrew Soltis	3
Sicilian: Keres Attack, 1981	Jon Kinlay	3
Sicilian: Lasker-Pelikan, 1978	J.S. Speelman, N.E. Povah & L.S. Backstock	3
Sicilian Pelikan, The; 1989	Sveshnikov	7
Sicilian Richter-Rauzer, The; 1975	Harding & Markland	7
Sicilian Sozin, The, 1974	T.D. Harding, G.S. Botterill, & C. Kottnauer	3
Sicilian, New Ideas in the Sveshnikov, 1996	Valery Neverov & Peter Marusenko	3
Sicilian Defense, How to Play the, 1987	David Levy & Kevin O’Connell	3
Sicilian 2.c3, Trends, 1989	Dario Doncevic	3S
Slav, Winning with the, 1994	Yuri Markov & Boris Schipkov	3
Slav for the Tournament Player, The, 1988	Glenn Flear	3
Smith-Morra Gambit, Winning with the, 1994	Graham Burgess	3
Sokolsky Opening with 1.b4 e5, The Modern, 1993	E. Salome & J. Bickford	3
Spanish, Winning with the, 1994	Anatoly Karpov	3
St. George, The New, 1993	Michael Basman	3
Starting Out: The French, 2002	Bryon Jacobs	3
Starting Out: The King’s Indian, 2002	Joe Gallagher	3
Starting Out: The Pirc/Modern, 2002	Joe Gallagher	3
Starting Out: The Ruy Lopez, 2003	John Shaw	3
Starting Out: The Sicilian, 2002	John Emms	3
Sveshnikov Sicilian, 1996	Mikhail Krasenkov	3
Tennison Gambit 1.Nf3 d5, 2.e4, 1995	John Lutes	3
Torre Attack, Winning with the, 1993	Eduard Gufeld & Oleg Stetsko	3
Torre Attack, How to Play the, 1991	Eric Schiller	3
Trompovsky Attack, 1979	Jimmy Adams	3S
Two Knights Defence, The, 1983	Yakov Estrin	3
Van Geet Opening 1.Nc3, 1994	D.D. van Geet	3
Vienna Game and Gambit, 1992	A.E. Santasiere & Ken Smith	3
Vienna Opening, 1976	T.D. Harding	3
Von Hennig - Schara Gambit, 1992	Eric Schiller	3
Vulture & Associated Opening Systems, The, 1989	Stefan Bucker	3
White Opening System Combining Stonewall Attack, Colle System, and Torre Attack, 1992	Andrew Soltis	3
White Repertoire after 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3, An Unbeatable, 1988	Larry Evans & Ken Smith	3
Winning Chess Openings; 1973	Fred Reinfeld	8
End Games
Basic Chess Endings, 2003	Reuben Fine	4
Domination in 2,545 Endgame Studies; 1974	Kasparyan	7
Endgame Artillery: Queen & Rook Endings; 1982	Alex Angos	7
Guide to Chess Endings, A, 1979	Dr. Max Euwe & David Hooper	4
How to Play the Endgame in Chess, 1975	Leonrad Barden	4
How to Win in the Chess Endings, 1973	I.A. Horowitz	4
Minor-Piece Endings, Secrets of, 1995	John Nunn	4
Pawn Endings, Secrets of, 2000	Karsten Muller & Frank Lamprecht	4
Practical Chess Endings, 1974	Paul Keres	4
Rook Endings, Secrets of, 1999	John Nunn	4
Tactical Chess Endings; 1981	John Nunn	7
Matches
Fischer vs. Spassky, 1972	R. Robert, H. Schonberg, A. Horozitz, & S. Reshevsky	3
Fischer vs. Spassky, The Chess Match of the Century, 1972	Svetozar Gligoric	3
Fischer-Spassky 1992 World Chess Championship Rematch; 1993	Shmkovich & Cartier	7
Karpov vs. Kasparov II, Maneuvers in Moscow, 1985	Raymond Keene & David Goodman	3
New World Chess Champion: Karpov-Kasparov; 1986	Garry Kasparov	7
Karpov-Kasparov 1990; 1991	Maddox & Henley	7
Kasparov-Korchnoi: The London Contest; 1983	Keene & Lawson	7
Korchnoi vs. Karpov, The World Chess Championship, 1978	Raymond Keene	3
Persona Non Grata; 1981	Kortchnoi	7
Tal Botvinnik 1960	Mikhail Tal	3
Puzzles and Problems
101 Questions on How to Play Chess; 1994	Fred Wilson	7
200 Perplexing Chess Puzzles, 1997	Martin Greif	4
1001 Winning Chess Sacrifices and Combinations; 1955	Fred Reinfield	7
Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess; 1966	Bobby Fischer	7
Chess 5334 Problems, Combination and Games, 1994	Laszio Polgar	4
It’s Your Move; 1976	Teschner & Miles	7
Looking for Trouble, 2003	Dan Heisman	4
What’s the Best Move?, 1973	Larry Evans	4
Winning Chess, How to See Three Moves Ahead, 1948	Irving Chernev & Fred Reinfeld	4
Tournaments
22nd U.S.S.R. Chess Championship	H. Golombek	4
15th World Student Team Chess Championship 1968	Jaroslav Sajtar	4
40th U.S.S.R. Final, Baku, 1972		4
Alekine Memorial Tournament, Moscow 1971		4
First Piatigorsky Cup, Los Angeles 1963, printed in 1965	Isaac Kashdan	4
Games of the 1993 U.S. Women’s Championship, Bloomington, IL	Terese Hatch & David Hatch	4
Great Chess Tournaments & Their Stories, The; 1975	Andy Soltis	7
Lenigrad Interzonal 1973		4
London 1980, printed in 1981	W.R. Hartston & S. Reuben	4
Lone Pine, The Best of; 1981	Grefe & Waterman	7
Maroczy Memorial Tournament, Budapest 1952	H. Golombek	4
New York International Chess Tournament, The Book of the, 1961	Helms & Alekhine	8
San Francisco 1995, Grandmaster Invitational Chess Tournament	James Eade	4
Sousse 1967, printed in 1968	R.G. Wade	4
Tallin International Chess Tournament, Iallinn 1973		4
Wijk aan Zee Grandmaster Chess Tournament 1975; 1976	By the Players	7
World Chess Championship, The, 1972	R.G. Wade	4
Zurich International Chess Tournament 1953, printed in 1979	David Bronstein	4
Great Players and Their Games
Alexander Alekhine, 1975	Alexander Kotov	4
Alexander Alekhine, My Best Games of Chess 1908-1937, printed in 1985	Alexander Alekhine	4
Anatoly Karpov, The Games of; 1974	Adams & O’Connell	7
[Anatoly] Karpov’s Collected Games 1961-1974; 1975	David Levy	7
Application of Chess Theory, The; 1984	Y.P. Geller	7
Best Chess Games 1970-80; 1982	Jon Speelman	8
Bisguier, The Art of, 2003	Arthur B. Bisquier & Newton Berry	1
Bobby Fischer, How to Beat; 1974	Edmar Mednis	7
Bobby Fischer, The Chess of; 1975	Robert Burger	7
Bobby Fischer, Complete Games of the American World Chess Champion, 1995	Lou Hays	4
Bobby Fischer: Profile of a Prodigy; 1965	Frank Brady	7
Capablanca’s 100 Best Games of Chess	H. Golombek	4
Chess Champion, The; 1973	Frederick Edge	7
Chess Praxis: The Praxis of My System; 1936	A. Nimzovich	7
David Lees, The Chess Games of, 1992	David Lees	1
Emanuel Lasker: The Life of a Chess Master, 1991	Dr. J. Hannak	4
Garry Kasparov on Modern Chess Part 2 Kasparov .vs Karpov 1975-1985; 2008	Garry Kasparov	1
Garry Kasparov’s Greatest Games, Volume 1, 2005	Igor Stohl	1
Search for the Chess Perfection: The Life, Games, and Writings of C.J.S. Purdy, The, 1997	C.J.S. Purdy	4
Kramnik: My Life and Games; 2000	Kramnik & Damsky	1
My 60 Memorable Games; 1969	Bobby Fischer	7
My Best Games of Chess 1908-1923; 1927	A. Alekhine	7
My Best Games of Chess 1935-1957; 1958	V.V. Smyslov	7
One Hundred Selected Games; 1960	Botvinnik	7
Paul Keres, The Complete Games of; 1977	Paul Keres	7
Paul Morphy, The Exploits & Triumphs in Europe of		7
Paul Morphy; 1976	David Lawson	7
Morphy, The Unknowny: Games Writings, Biography; 1973	Philip Sergeant	7
Polgar Sisters, The; 1992	Cathy Forbes	7
Reti’s Best Games of Chess; 1974	Reti & Golombek	7
Rubinstein’s Chess Masterpieces; 1941	Hans Kmoch	1
Viktor Korchnoi’s Best Games; 1977	Viktor Korchnoi	7
Strategy, Tactics, Combinations, Game Collections, and Middle Game
200 Miniature Games of Chess; 1965	J. du Mont	8
500 Master Games of Chess, 1975	S. Tartakower & J. Du Mont	5
Analyse to Win, Visualising Victory, 1997	Byron Jacobs	5
Art of Attack in Chess, 1998	V. Vukovic	5
Art of Defense in Chess, The; 1975	Andrew Soltis	8
Art of Sacrifice in Chess, The; 1951	Rudolf Spielmann	8
Art of the Checkmate, The; 1953	Renaud & Kahn	8
Attack and Defence in Modern Chess Tactics, 1973	Ludek Pachman	5
Attacking Technique, 1996	Colin Crouch	5
Batsford Chess Yearbook, The; 1975	Kevin O’Connell	8
Catalog of Chess Mistakes; 1979	Andrew Soltis	8
Championship Chess; 1963	P.W. Sergeant	8
Chess Catechism; 1970	Larry Evans	8
Chess for Fun & Chess for Blood, 1962	Edward Lasker	8
Chess Instructions: Move By Move; 1984	Chess Digest	8
Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters, 1969	Edward Lasker	8
Chess Strategy; 1976	Fred Reinfeld	8
Chess: Tactics and Strategy, 1997	Graham Burgess	5
Chess: Tactics for Advanced Players, 1992	Yuri Averbakh	5
Chess Traps, Pitfalls & Swindles; 1954	Horowitz & Reinfeld	8
Chess for Tigers, 1990	Simon Webb	5
Chess Middlegames: Essential Knowledge, 1996	Yuri Averbakh	5
Combinations, The Heart of Chess, 1960	Irving Cherney	5
Combinations, Winning Chess Series, 2006	Yasser Seirawan	5
Common Sense in Chess, 1965	Emanuel Lasker	8
The Complete Chess Course; 1953	Fred Reinfeld	8
Complete Chess Player, The, 1953	Fred Reinfeld	5
Complete Chess Strategy: Play on the Wings, 1978	Ludek Pachman	5
Complete Chess Strategy: Volume 2: Principles of Pawn Play and the Center;	1978 Pachman	8
Encyclopedia of Chess Middlegames: Combinations, 1980	Chess Informant	5
Essential GM Chess Knowledge (GM-RAM); 2000	Ziyatdinov & Dyson	1
Evans on Chess; 1974	Larry Evans	8
Fire on Board Part II: 1997-2004; 2005	Alexei Shirov	1
Fireside Book of Chess, The; 1949	Chernev & Reinfield	8
Game of Chess, The; 1977	Tarrasch	8
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors: Part I, 2003	Garry Kasparov	1
Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors: Part II, 2003	Garry Kasparov	1
Garry Kasparov on Fischer My Great Predecessors: Part IV, 2004	Garry Kasparov	1
Golden Dozen, The; 1976	Irving Chernev	8
Great Chess Victories and Defeats, 1990	Robert Byrne	5
How to Beat the Russians; 1978	Edmar Mednis	8
How to Play the Middle Game in Chess; 1974	John Littlewood	8
Inner Game of Chess, The: How to Calculate and Win, 1994	Andrew Soltis	5
Journal of a Chess Original, 1996	Stephan Gerzadowicz	5
Judgment and Planning in Chess, 1979	Max Euwe	8
King Power in Chess; 1982	Edmar Mednis	8
Learn Chess from the World Champions; 1979	David Levy	8
Mammoth Book if Chess, The; 1997	Graham Burgess	5
Masters of the Chessboard; 1976	Richard Reti	8
Modern Chess Sacrifice, The; 1978	Shamkovich	8
Modern Chess Strategy, 1963	Ludek Pachman	5
Modern Chess Strategy; 1973	Edward Lasker	8
My System, 1975	Aron Nimzovich	5
New Chess Player 6 (1979B), The; 1980 Game Collection		8
New Traps in the Chess Opening; 1972	A. Horowitz	8
Passion For Chess, A; 1958	Reuben Fine	8
Play Like a Grandmaster, 1978	Alexander Kotov	5
Point Count Chess, 1960	I.A. Horowitz & Geoffrey Mott-Smith	5
Positional Play, 1996	Mark Dvoretsky & Artur Yusupov	5
Principles of the New Chess; 1986	Bruce Pandolfini	8
Rapid Chess Improvement; 2002	Michael de la Maza	1
School of Chess Excellence 2: Tactical Play, 2002	Ken Neat	5
Secrets of Grandmaster Play, 1987	John Nunn & Peter Griffiths	5
Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy, 1998	John Watson	5
Tactics in the Sicilian, 1993	Gennady Nesis	5
Technique in Chess; 1961	Gerald Abrahams	8
The Right Way to Play Chess; 1950	Pritchard	8
Think like a Grandmaster, 1995	Alexander Kotov	5
Training for the Tournament Player, 1996	Mark Dvoretsky & Artur Yusupov	5
Chess Informant 54; Chess Informant (Fide); 1992		6
Chess Informant 55; Chess Informant (Fide); 1992		6
Chess Informant 56; Chess Informant (Fide); 1993		6
Chess Informant 57; Chess Informant (Fide); 1993		6
Chess Informant 59; Chess Informant (Fide); 1994		6
Chess Informant 60; Chess Informant (Fide); 1994		6
Chess Informant 61; Chess Informant (Fide); 1994		6
Chess Informant 65; Chess Informant (Fide); 1996		6
Chess Informant 66; Chess Informant (Fide); 1996		6
Chess Informant 67; Chess Informant (Fide); 1996		6
Miscellaneous
British Chess Masters, 1947	F. Reinfeld	4
Chess Coaching, 1991	John Littlewood	4
Chess Encyclopedia, The, 1990	Nathan Divinsky	1
Chess Greats of Germany and Austria, 1994	Newton Berry	4
Dragon Variation, The; 1969 (Reading Book)	Anthony Glyn	8
Queen’s Gambit, The, 1983 (Reading Book)	Walter Tevis	4
Rating of Chess Players, The, 1978	Arpad E. Elo	4