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Modern Chess Openings (usually called MCO) is a reference book on chess openings, first published in 1911 by the British players Richard Clewin Griffith (1872–1955) and John Herbert White (1880–1920). The fifteenth edition was published in 2008.
He has written a number of books on chess, including several on the endgame, among them Analysing the Endgame (1981), Endgame Preparation (1981) and Batsford Chess Endings (co-author, 1993). Among his other books are Best Games 1970–1980 (1982), an analysis of nearly fifty of the best games by top players from that decade, and Jon Speelman's ...
Often called MCO-15 or simply MCO, this is the 15th edition of a work that has been the standard English language reference on chess openings since the first (1911) edition. This book is a valuable reference for club and tournament players. Kasparov, Garry; Keene, Raymond (1994) [1989]. Batsford Chess Openings 2. Henry Holt. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.
My 60 Memorable Games was enthusiastically received by the chess community and was an immediate success. [6] A review in British Chess Magazine in December 1969 called it "a great book without a doubt, and [it] can go straight on the shelf alongside Alekhine and Tarrasch and fear no comparisons."
Batsford Chess Openings 2, Garry Kasparov and Raymond D. Keene, Henry Holt, 1989. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9. The Big Book of Busts, John L. Watson & Eric Schiller, Hypermodern Press, 1995. ISBN 1-886040-13-3. The Big Book of Chess, Eric Schiller, Cardoza Publishing, 2006. ISBN 1-58042-133-4. The Big Book of Combinations, Eric Schiller, Hypermodern ...
Soltis learned how the chess pieces moved at age 10 when he came upon a how-to-play book in the public library in Astoria, Queens where he grew up. He took no further interest in the game until he was 14, when he joined an Astoria chess club, then the Marshall Chess Club and competed in his first tournament, the 1961 New York City Junior Championship.
He thrice won the Leningrad City Chess Championship, in 1933/34 (joint), 1939, and 1947 (joint). He was a frequent participant in the USSR Chess Championship. His best result was in 1933 when he shared 3rd, behind the winner Mikhail Botvinnik. [3] He also played in international tournaments, finishing 15th in Moscow 1935.
The Sicilian for the Tournament Player, Batsford, 1989. ISBN 0-7134-6167-5. My Life in Chess, Intl Chess Enterprises, 1993. ISBN 1-879479-21-4. Stetsko, Oleg (1994). Winning With the Torre Attack. H. Holt. ISBN 0805032800. The Modern French Tarrasch, Cadogan, 1996. ISBN 1-85744-103-6. with Oleg Stesko: The Giuoco Piano, Batsford, 1996.