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Chess Wizardry:
The New ABC of Chess Problems by John Rice
Batsford 1995
ISBN 0 7134 8013 0; 352 pages
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An updated edition of a 1970 classic, and quite simply the best guide in English
to problem terminology. Fully illustrated with example problems.
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Schach für Nußknacker by Friedrich Chlubna
Friedrich Chlubna, Vienna 1994
ISBN 3 9500310 0 6; 144 pages, in German
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‘Chess for Nutcrackers’ is an up-to-date guide to chess problems,
written not for problem experts but for over-the-board players,
to show them the beauties of ‘chess without a partner’.
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Pick of the Best Chess Problems compiled by Barry P. Barnes
Revised edition, Elliot Right Way Books, 1991
ISBN 0 7160 2002 5; 158 pages
White to Play and Mate in Two compiled by Barry P. Barnes
Elliot Right Way Books, 1991
ISBN 0 7160 2001 7; 156 pages
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Two entertaining collections of Meredith two-movers
(using from 8 to 12 pieces) containing 200 and 150 problems respectively,
fully explained in light-hearted style by the compiler.
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Mostly Three-Movers: Collected Chess Problems 1939-1993
by R. C. O. Matthews
EDITIONS feenschach-phénix, 1995; 184 pages
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Robin Matthews is one of the world's leading composers of three-movers.
This volume contains all of his published problems up to 1993.
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Das Matt des weißen Königs by Friedrich Chlubna
Friedrich Chlubna, Vienna 1995
ISBN 3 9500310 3 0; 160 pages, in German
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Books devoted to selfmates are rare. This instructive introduction
illustrates the wide variety of ideas characteristic of the genre.
Also includes chapters on the selfmate maximummer and the reflexmate.
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Black to Play: Schwarz am Zug by C. J. Feather
Friedrich Chlubna, Vienna 1994
ISBN 3 9500310 2 2; 200 pages,
text duplicated in English and German
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An essential work for fans of the helpmate. This book, the only general introduction
in English, is written in a questioning and sometimes subversive style, challenging
the solver/reader to look deeper into the workings of the hundreds of examples shown.
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Endgame Magic by John Beasley & Timothy Whitworth
Batsford, 1996
ISBN 0 7134 7971 X; 192 pages
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An excellent introduction to studies by two experts in the genre.
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Endgame Challenge by John Nunn
Gambit, 2002
ISBN 1 901983 83 8; 256 pages
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A superb collection of the author's choice of the best 250 studies ever composed,
fully analysed.
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Solving in Style by John Nunn
Gambit, 2002 (reprinted from the 1985 edition by Allen & Unwin)
ISBN 1 901983 66 8; 238 pages
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A thorough guide to the techniques of solving chess compositions.
John Nunn won the Solving World Championship in 2004 and is one of
only three holders of both the over-the-board and solving Grandmaster titles.
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Versunkene Schätze:
Problemkunst von 1891-1913 by Friedrich Chlubna
Friedrich Chlubna, Vienna 1998
ISBN 3 9500310 6 5; 160 pages in German
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The ‘Sunken Treasures’ are 350 chess problems from the period 1891-1913;
forgotten masterpieces which deserve to survive even in the 21st century.
The period before 1914 is extremely poorly documented in modern chess problem literature,
so this book fills a gap!
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Chess Problems: Tasks and Records by Jeremy Morse
Revised edition, Faber & Faber, 2001
ISBN 0 571 20454 6; 390 pages
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The chess problem equivalent of the Guinness Book of Records!
Task problems are positions which feature maximum effects, and Sir Jeremy Morse
is the world's leading expert on the subject. A thorough survey of two-move tasks,
with supplementary chapters on other fields.
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Miniature Chess Problems by Colin Russ
St. Martin's Press, New York 1981
ISBN 0 312 53370 5; 262 pages
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Miniature compositions (using 7 or fewer men) are a great favourite
with both solvers and composers, and this volume containing 400 directmates
of all lengths is one of the most entertaining collections.
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The Chessboard Adventures of Norman Macleod
edited by John Rice
EDITIONS feenschach-phénix 1997; 308 pages
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A collection of the work of Norman Macleod (1927-1991), the most versatile
British composer of his time and one of only two British composers to gain the title
of FIDE Grandmaster of Composition. Includes a biography, tributes and obituaries,
and a selection of lectures and articles by the late GM.
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Secrets of Spectacular Chess
by Jonathan Levitt & David Friedgood
Batsford. 1995
ISBN 0 7134 7721 0; 222 pages
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A highly original and thought-provoking work in which the authors expound their
theory of chess aesthetics. They discuss the elements of chess beauty and offer
a wide range of examples of spectacular chess from games and various types of composition.
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