PETTS WOOD AND ORPINGTON CLUB

www.pwchessclub.org.uk

The club meets at St John’s URC, Lynwood Grove, Orpington, BR6 0BG Fridays 19:30 to 22:15 mid-September to the end of April Visitors are most welcome. Please contact the club secretary with any enquiries.

Chairman: Paul Jones 98 Eden Way, Beckenham, BR3 3DH H: 020 8663 6212 Secretary: Ralph Ambrose 12 Ringshall Road, Orpington BR5 2LZ M: 07976 726 765 Treasurer: Rajesh Suseelan 89 Clareville Road, Orpington, BR5 1RU M: 07771 976 327

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RECOMMENDED READING

These can be obtained from www.amazon.co.uk, often at a discount and with free delivery. Alternatively, your local library is obliged to obtain any title you’d like to borrow (if it is in print).

The Right Way to Play Chess by D Brine Pritchard; Elliott Right Way Books; 223pp pb £7.99 General guidance and principles for the complete beginner or novice player.

The Mammoth Book of Chess by and ; Robinson; 538pp pb £9.99 A superb introduction to chess for the more serious player. Tactics; delivering mate; the openings; attack and defence; and just about every other subject is at least touched on. BCF Book of the Year, 1997.

The World’s Greatest Chess Games by Graham Burgess, et alia; Robinson; 560pp pb £9.99 The companion volume. 100 pyrotechnic games by all the world champions and other great players, each annotated by a (John Nunn or ) or International Master (Graham Burgess).

My System by ; Hays Publishing; 260pp pb £14.99 A superb introduction to more advanced principles by one of the most famous ‘hypermodern’ players. Restrain, blockade, destroy; overprotection; chains; isolated or doubled pawns; and much more. Illustrated by 50 games against the likes of Paulsen, Tartakower, Capablanca, Alekhine, and Rubinstein.

Chess Praxis by Aron Nimzowitsch; Hays Publishing; 296pp pb £14.99 124 annotated games which illustrate the ‘System’ including 14 by modern GMs. Algebraic notation.

The Sorceror’s Apprentice by David Bronstein; ; 304pp pb £16.99 220 games by a most entertaining player and author, consisting of 40 combinations with explanations (full games, one per page, with a discussion of the combination only); 50 games with comments; 60 games with diagrams; and 70 “picturesque” games. Algebraic notation.

Strategic Chess by GM Edmar Mednis; Dover; 236pp pb £9.99 30 closed games annotated by a most entertaining player and author. Algebraic notation.

The World Champions Teach Chess by Yakov Estrin & Isaac Romanov; A&C Black; 208pp pb £11.95 One article by each of the official undisputed world champions: Steinitz, Lasker, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Karpov and Kasparov, plus Estrin (World Correspondence Chess Champion). Algebraic notation.

303 Tactical Chess Puzzles by Fred Wilson & Bruce Alberston; Sterling; 220pp pb £12.95 100 for “advanced beginners”, 100 for intermediate players, 100 for tournament players, plus two bonus problems in each section. (Yes, that’s 306 problems). Great for train journeys. Algebraic notation.

202 Surprising by Fred Wilson & Bruce Alberston; Dover; 112pp pb £6.95 100 mates in one; 100 mates in two; and two mates in three. All entertaining. Algebraic notation.

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