Author: Cyrus Lakdawala

This new series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout th...

Move by Move is a new series which provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing ques...

The French Defence provides a good choice for players who want to create a dynamic, unbalanced situation out of the opening but baulk at the level ...

This new series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout th...

The hero has no advantage whatsoever but somehow manages to keep setting the opponent problems. Their opponent goes slightly astray and suddenly he...

The Modern Defence is an opening that will appeal to player of an experimental nature. Black allows White to establish an apparently impressive pos...

Italian-American grandmaster Fabiano Caruana is the perfect role model for any aspiring player. Already a very strong grandmaster, he announced his...

This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the bo...

Viktor Korchnoi is a chess legend. In a career which has spanned over 60 years, he won countless grandmaster tournaments, was a four-time Soviet Ch...

This book provides a rock solid opening repertoire for Black, using systems based on the move ...c6. The backbone of this repertoire is the Caro-Ka...

This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the bo...

The Slav (1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6) is a great choice against 1 d4 for players who are after a solid position from the opening but one that also contains dy...

In this book, prolific chess author Cyrus Lakdawala recommends a repertoire for White players who like to open 1 e4. The repertoire is based around...

These days the move 1 d4 is often used as the precursor to quieter opening choices such as the London System, the Colle System or the Trompovsky. I...

The Petroff Defence has traditionally been regarded as a reliable defensive mechanism to counter the aggressive 1 e4. It also has a reputation for ...

The Sveshnikov Variation of the Sicilian Defence provides a battleground for one of the key conflicts in chess: structure versus activity. Black vo...

The Move by Move series provides an ideal format for the keen chessplayer to improve their game. While reading you are continually challenged to an...

Many players, of all levels, use their chess study time to concentrate almost exclusively on the openings. Very few players spend much time at all ...

Bent Larsen was one of the most influential chess players of the 20th century. He was a four-time Candidate for the World Championship and the firs...

This series provides an ideal platform to study chess openings. By continually challenging the reader to answer probing questions throughout the bo...

The Modern Defence is an important opening that can be played by Black against absolutely any White opening system. It is an ambitious, counteratta...