Tim R Harding

Eminent Victorian Chess Players: Ten Biographies

This book portrays British chess life in the nineteenth century through biographical studies of ten players who shaped the modern game. From Captain Evans, inventor of the famous gambit, to Isidor Gunsberg, England's first challenger for the world championship, personal narratives are blended with g...

Joseph Henry Blackburne: A Chess Biography

During a career spanning more than 50 years, J.H. Blackburne (1841-1924) won the British Chess Championship and several international tournaments, at his peak becoming one of the world's top three chess masters. A professional player who derived his livelihood from annual tours of chess clubs in Eng...

64 Great Chess Games: Instructive Classics from the World of Correspondence Chess

The Write Move: An Anthology of the Best Writing on Correspondence Chess

Correspondence Chess in Britain and Ireland, 1824-1987

Exploring a bygone aspect of intellectual sport, this book details the history of British and Irish correspondence chess from the first formal match between Edinburgh and London in 1824 well into the 1980s, the most successful period in British correspondence chess. It traces the development of post...

Why You Lose at Chess (Dover Chess)

Updated chess classic shows how to learn from losses by recognizing the warning signals and by analyzing what went wrong in losing games. Revised chapters focus on shift from correspondence chess to play based on e-mail and internet; benefits of computer chess, plus analysis of face-off between Kasp...

Better Chess for Average Players

Designed for the typical amateur player who wants to improve his or her chess skills, this clear, straightforward guide provides the extra knowledge and technique that turns a losing player into a winner.The author, a well-known chess teacher and author of a dozen books on openings, coaches the read...

The Marshall Attack (The Macmillan chess library)

Written by John Nunn, a British Grandmaster, and Tim Harding, co-author of two previous books on the Marshall attack, this book provides an analysis of the Marshall Attack, a popular opening variation in chess. All variations are covered including the various Anti-Marshall systems.

The Classical French

The Marshall Attack

Better Chess for Average Players

Openings for the Club Player