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    How Many Batsford Chess Books Do You Have? A Checklist

    March 10, 2021

    Just before the Fischer-Spassky Match, Batsford started publishing chess books. They were in distinct white covers (hardback). They were in English descriptive notation and often had English authors. The first four covered the openings – Najdorf Sicilian, Benoni, King’s Indian and Closed Ruy Lopez. Then came the game collections – Fischer, Spassky and Botvinnik.

    Keene, Nunn, Harding and Levy dominated the first decade as authors.

    In the 1980s, the notation switched over to the algebraic from English descriptive. The Karpov-Kasparov matches were on.

    In the 1990s old classics like Clarke’s Tal and Petrosian and Golombek’s Reti and Capablanca were republished with the modern notation. There was a variety of authors.

    Then, in 2007 publishing almost ceased, slowly returning with Andrew Soltis as the main author.

    How many chess books did Batsford publish from 1969 to present? I make it about 500. This excludes new and revised editions. I give them below, the collector might want to make a checklist.

    What made me research these is a recent offering on eBay of a complete set of Batsford Contemporary Chess Openings + Specialist and Algebraic Series. Price US $550 (starting bid).

    They come with this description: “This to my knowledge is the most complete collection of Batsford Contemporary Chess Openings published in the 1970s and 80s. It took me about 30 years to acquire them all, with some having to be purchased from Europe. Most of the 40+- Contemporary Chess Opening volumes are hard bound with dust jackets (The Sicilian Najdorf by Stein is missing the dj). The 16 Algebraic and Specialist volumes are mostly softbound.

    Unfortunately, ebay limits on the number of pictures prevents me from showing more details but I will try to answer any relevant questions. Please check the pictures that I have provided. These have all been stored in chemical resistant bags normally used for comic books and magazines. They in turn have been kept in glass door bookcases and thus have avoided dust buildup. These will be shipped in several boxes of 10-12 volumes per box via USPS media mail to the continental US only. Pickup is also available.”

    They do make a lovely set and one a collector would be proud to own.

    Some Batsford have been reprinted in North America under another publisher’s name. Some were first American editions and then reprinted by Batsford.

    I have a shelf in my office that contains 240 Batsford chess books.
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    1 O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic The Sicilian flank game: Najdorf variation 1969
    2 Hartston, William The Benoni 1969
    3 Barden, Hartston and Keene The King's Indian Defence 1969
    4 Wade, Blackstock and Booth The Closed Ruy Lopez 1970
    5 Kotov, Alexander Think like a grandmaster 1971
    6 Hartston, William The Grunfeld Dfence 1971
    7 Levenfish and Smyslov Rook Endings 1971
    8 Wade and O'Connell, Barden Bobby Fischer's chess games 1972
    9 Saidy, Anthony The Battle of Chess Ideas 1972
    10 Gligorich and Wade The world chess championship Pt. 1 1972
    11 Botinnik, Mikhail (Cafferty) Botvinnik's best games 1947-1970 1972
    12 Cafferty, Bernard Spassky's 100 best games 1972
    13 Keene and Botterill The Modern defence 1..P-KN3 1972
    14 Levy, David N. The Sicilian dragon 1972
    15 Wade, O'Connell, Barden The games of Robert J. Fischer 2nd rev. edition 1972
    16 Lasker, Edward Chess 1973
    17 Robinson and Edwards The art and science of chess: a step-by-step approach 1973
    18 Horowitz, Israel A. From Morphy to Fischer: a history of the world chess championship 1973
    19 Lombardy, William Snatched opportunities on the chessboard 1973
    20 Keene and Levy Chess Olympiad, Skopje 1972 1973
    21 Eales and Williams Alekhine's defence 1973
    22 Botterill and Keene The Pirc defence 1973
    23 Evans and Smith Fischer-Spassky move by move 1973
    24 Byrne, Nei and Euwe Both sides of the chessboard 1974
    25 Kazic, Bozidar International championship chess: a complete record of FIDE events 1974
    26 O'Connell, Kevin J. The games of Anatoly Karpov 1974
    27 Samarian, Sergiu The Queen's gambit declined 1974
    28 Benko, Pal The Benko gambit 1974
    29 Korchnoi and Zak The King's gambit 1974
    30 Vasiliev and Suetin Tigran Petrosian: his life and games 1974
    31 Brady, Frank Bobby Fischer (Profile of a prodigy) 1974
    32 Bronstein, David 200 open games 1974
    33 Averbakh and Maizelis Pawn endings 1974
    34 Wade, R.G. World Championship Interzonals : Leningrad and Petropolis 1973 1974
    35 Wade, R.G. The Marshall attack 1974
    36 Levy, D.N. Sacrifices in the Sicilian 1974
    37 Harding, T.D. The Sicilian Sozin 1974
    38 Keres, Paul Practical chess endings 1974
    39 Keene, R.D. The European team championship: Bath 1973 1974
    40 The Batsford chess yearbook 1975-1976 1975
    41 Pachman, Ludek Complete chess strategy 1975
    42 Cafferty, Bernard Tal's 100 best games 1961-1973 1975
    43 Knight, Norman King, queen and knight: a chess anthology 1975
    44 Marovic, D. King pawn openings 1975
    45 Moles, John The French defence, main line Winawer 1975
    46 Kotov, Alexander Alexander Alekhine 1975
    47 Hooper and Brandreth The unknown Capablanca 1975
    48 Keene, Ray Chess Olympiad, Nice 1974, World Team Championship 1975
    49 Harding, T.D. The Sicilian Richter-Rauzer 1975
    50 Levy, D.N. The Sicilian accelerated dragons 1975
    51 Keene, Raymond Learn from the grandmasters 1975
    52 Averbakh, Yuri Queen and pawn endings 1975
    53 Edwards, Raymond The chess player's bedside book 1975
    54 Suetin, Aleksei A contemporary approach to the middle game 1976
    55 Blackstock, L. S. Ruy Lopez: Breyer system 1976
    56 Harding, T.D. The Leningrad Dutch 1976
    57 Levy, David N. Chess and computers 1976
    58 Averbakh, Yuri Bishop v. knight endings 1976
    59 Barden, Leonard The Batsford guide to chess openings 1976
    60 Stean, Michael Sicilian: Najdorf 1976
    61 Levy, David N. An opening repertoire for the attacking club player 1976
    62 Shamkovich, Leonid Chess sacrifices 1976
    63 O'Connell, Kevin J. The complete games of world champion Anatoly Karpov 1976
    64 The Batsford FIDE chess yearbook 1977 1977
    65 Bouwmeester, J. Winning chess combinations 1977
    66 Harding, T.D. The Italian game 1977
    67 Pritchett, Craig The Sicilian Scheveningen 1977
    68 Botterill , G.S. The Scotch 1977
    69 Averbakh, Yuri Bishop endings 1977
    70 Keene, Raymond Nimzowitsch/Larsen attack: 1 b3 1977
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    71 Marovic, D. King fianchetto defences 1977
    72 Averbakh, Yuri Knight endings 1977
    73 Bellin, Robert The Classical Dutch 1977
    74 Harding, T.D. Spanish (Ruy Lopez) Marshall 1977
    75 Golombek, Harry The encyclopedia of chess 1977
    76 Keene, Raymond Becoming a grandmaster 1977
    77 Korchnoi, Victor Chess is my life: autobiography and games 1977
    78 Marovic, D. An opening repertoire for black 1978
    79 O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic Improve your chess fast 1978
    80 Gillam, A. J. Simple chess tactics: Discovering chess series 1978
    81 Gillam, A. J. Simple checkmates: Discovering chess series 1978
    82 Gillam, A. J. Starting chess: Discovering chess series 1978
    83 Nottingham, Ted The children's book of chess 1978
    84 Levy, David N. Benko counter-gambit 1978
    85 O'Connell, Kevin J. Karpov's games as world champion 1975-1978 1978
    86 Averbakh, Yuri Rook v minor piece endings 1978
    87 Wade, R.G. Sicilian: Lasker-Pelikan 1978
    88 Levy, David N. How to play the Sicilian defence 1978
    89 Macdonald-Ross, Michael Nimzo-Indian defence: Leningrad system 1978
    90 Korchnoi, Viktor Korchnoi's 400 best games 1978
    91 Keene, Raymond Karpov-Korchnoi 1978: the inside story of the match 1978
    92 Averbakh, Yuri Queen v rook/minor piece endings 1978
    93 Elo, Arpad The rating of chessplayers, past and present 1978
    94 Kotov, Alexander Play like a grandmaster 1978
    95 O'Connell, Kevin J. Spanish (Ruy Lopez) open 1978
    96 Harding, T.D. Games of world correspondence chess championships 1-7 1979
    97 Mednis, Edmar Practical endgame lessons 1979
    98 Thomas, Hilary Complete games of Mikhail Tal, 1960-66 1979
    99 Cafferty, Bernard Chess openings for you 1979
    100 Harding, T.D. French: MacCutcheon and advance lines 1979
    101 Lisitsyn, G.M First book of chess strategy 1979
    102 Harding, T.D. Vienna opening 1979
    103 Moles, John French Winawer : modern and auxiliary lines 1979
    104 Varnusz, Egon Selected games of Lajos Portisch 1979
    105 Watson, John L. English ; I: ...P-K4 1979
    106 Watson, John L. English ; II: ...N-KB3 systems 1979
    107 Harding, T.D. Colle, London and Blackmar-Diemer systems 1979
    108 Miles, Tony Sicilian dragon, Yugoslav attack 1979
    109 Thomas, Hilary Complete games of Mikhail Tal, 1967-73 1979
    110 Miles, Tony Riga Interzonal 1979 1979
    111 Miles, Tony Rio de Janeiro Interzonal 1979 1979
    112 Heidenfeld, Wolfgang French: classical lines 1979
    113 Levy, David N. More chess and computers: the microcomputer revolution, the challenge match 1980
    114 Levy, David N. How to play the King's Indian defence 1980
    115 Kazic, Bozidar The chess competitor's handbook 1980
    116 Geller, Efim King's Indian defence: 4e4 1980
    117 PrItchett, Craig Nimzo-Indian 4 e3: Nimzowitsch, Hubner & Taimanov variations 1980
    118 Nunn, John The Pirc for the tournament player 1980
    119 Watson, John L. English: III:…P-QB4 1980
    120 Thomas, Hilary Complete games of Mikhail Tal, 1967-73 1980
    121 Keene, Raymond French defence: Tarrasch variation 1980
    122 Shamkovich, Leonid The modern chess sacrifice 1980
    123 Pein, Malcolm Grunfeld defence: exchange variation 1981
    124 Kinlay, Jon Sicilian: Keres attack 1981
    125 Wicker, Kevin 200 modern brilliancies 1981
    126 Keene, Raymond Karpov-Korchnoi : massacre in Merano 1981
    127 Chandler, Murray Sicilian: 2 c3 1981
    128 Tal, Mikhail Study chess with Tal 1981
    129 Kotov, Alexander Train like a grandmaster 1981
    130 Harding, T.D. Queen's gambit declined : semi-slav 1981
    131 Flesch, Janos The Morra gambit 1981
    132 Speelman, Jon Analysing the endgame 1981
    133 Speelman, Jon Endgame preparation 1981
    134 Watson, John L. English ; IV: Franco, Slav and Flank defences 1981
    135 Levy, David N. Sicilian dragon: classical and Levenfish variations 1981
    136 Harding, T.D. The Nimzowitsch defence : 1 e4 [N]c6 1981
    137 Neishtadt, Yakov Test your tactical ability 1981
    138 Watson, John L. Queen's gambit: Chigorin defence 1981
    139 Chandler, Murray The English chess explosion : from Miles to Short 1981
    140 Keene, Raymond How to play the Nimzo-Indian 1982
    141 Harding, T.D. Why you lose at chess 1982
    142 Povah, Nigel English: four knights 1982
    143 Geller, Efim Queen's Indian defence 1982
    144 Keene, Raymond Dynamic chess openings 1982
    145 Nunn, John Sicilian defence: Najdorf variation 1982
    146 Nunn, John The Benoni for the tournament player 1982
    147 Osnos, Viacheslav Réti opening : 1 [N]f3 d5 1982
    148 Kasparov, Garry Batsford chess openings 1982
    149 Garrow, Simon The amazing adventure of Dan the pawn 1982
    150 Taulbut, Shaun How to play the French defence 1982
    151 Zagorovsky, Vladimir Romantic chess openings 1982
    152 Flesch, Janos Planning in chess 1983
    153 Kotov, Alexander Chess tactics 1983
    154 Bellin, Robert Queen's pawn: Veresov system : 1 d4 [N]f6 2 [N]c3 d5 3 [B]g5 1983
    155 Kasparov, Garry Fighting chess : my games and career 1983
    156 Shamkovich, Leonid Spanish: Schliemann (Jaenisch) : 1 e4 e5 2 [N]f3 [N]c6 3 [B]b5 f5 1983
    157 Forintos, Gyozo The Petroff defence 1983
    158 Hartston, William The psychology of chess 1983
    159 Kasparov, Garry Sicilian ...e6 and ...d6 systems : 'everything about the Scheveningen' 1983
    160 Povah, Nigel How to play the English opening 1983
    161 Bikhovsky, Anatoly Spanish (Ruy Lopez): Chigorin 1983
    162 Gufeld, Eduard The Sicilian defence 1983
    163 Lamford, Paul The Albin counter-gambit : 1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5!? 1983
    164 Bellin, Robert Trompowski opening and Torre attack 1983
    165 Keene, Raymond Kasparov-Korchnoi : the London contest 1983
    166 Taimanov, Mark Sicilian: Paulsen 1984
    167 Keene, Raymond An opening repertoire for the attacking player: 1st algebraic edition 1984
    168 Moiseyev, Oleg Catalan opening 1984
    169 Kostyev, Aleksander From beginner to expert in 40 lessons 1984
    170 Nunn, John Beating the Sicilian 1984

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      171 Levy, David N. The chess computer handbook 1984
      172 Keene, Raymond USSR v Rest of the World challenge match 1984
      173 Kasparov, Garry Caro-Kann: classical 4 ... [B]f5 1984
      174 Razuvayev, Yuri The Anti-Sicilian : 3 [B]b5(+) 1984
      175 Keene, Raymond An opening repertoire for white 1984
      176 Karpov, Anatoly Learn from your defeats 1984
      177 Eales, Richard Chess : the history of a game 1984
      178 Alburt, Lev The Alekhine for the tournament player 1985
      179 Staunton, Howard The chess-player's handbook 1985
      180 Lowenthal, J. Morphy's games of chess 1985
      181 Hodgson, Julian The Grand prix attack : f4 against the Sicilian 1985
      182 Karpov, Anatoly Miniatures from the world champions 1985
      183 Kazic, Bozidar The official laws of chess, and other FIDE regulations 1985
      184 Bellin, Robert Test your positional play 1985
      185 Gufeld, Eduard Exploiting small advantages 1985
      186 Keene, Raymond The Moscow challenge Karpov-Kasparov 1985
      187 Zak, Vladimir Improve your chess results 1985
      188 Keats, Victor Chessmen for collectors 1985
      189 Keene, Raymond Manoeuvres in Moscow : Karpov-Kasparov II 1985
      190 Keene, Raymond The centenary match Kasparov-Karpov III 1986
      191 Konstantinopolsky, Alexander Vienna game 1986
      192 Yudovich, Mikhail Spanish without... a6 1986
      193 Niemzowitsch, Aron Chess praxis 1986
      194 Kasparov, Garry Kasparov teaches chess 1986
      195 Shamkovich, Leonid Spanish gambits 1986
      196 Kostyev, Aleksander 40 lessons for the club player 1986
      197 Botterill , G.S. Open gambits : Italian and Scotch gambit play 1986
      198 Gufeld, Eduard Queen's gambit accepted 1986
      199 Staunton, Howard The chess tournament : London 1851 1987
      200 Keene, Raymond Kasparov v Short : 1987 1987

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        201 Shamkovich, Leonid Saving lost positions 1987
        202 Benjamin, Joel Unorthodox openings 1987
        203 Ribli, Zoltan Winning with the Queen's Indian 1987
        204 Keene, Raymond Showdown in Seville : Kasparov-Karpov IV 1987
        205 Bogoljubov, Efim Mikhail Chigorin : selected games 1987
        206 Nunn, John Secrets of granmaster play 1987
        207 Keene, Raymond The English defence 1987
        208 Adorjan, Andras Winning with the Grünfeld 1987
        209 Harding, T.D. Games of world correspondence chess championships I-X 1987
        210 Taulbut, Shaun How to play the Ruy Lopez 1987
        211 Gufeld, Eduard The Benko gambit 1988
        212 Suetin, Aleksei Caro-Kann Defence 1988
        213 Polugayevsky, Lev Queen's Gambit: orthodox defence 1988
        214 Watson, John L. Symmetrical English: 1 ... c5 1988
        215 Karpov, Anatoly The open game in action 1988
        216 Computer chess compendium Computer chess compendium 1988
        217 Adorjan, Andras Black is OK! 1988
        218 Suetin, Aleksei Plan like a grandmaster 1988
        219 Nunn, John Tactical chess endings 1988
        220 Plaskett, James Playing to win 1988
        221 Keene, Raymond How to play the Caro-Kann defence 1988
        222 Livshitz, August Test your endgame ability 1988
        223 Nunn, John The Najdorf for the tournament player 1988
        224 Flear, Glenn The Slav for the tournament player 1988
        225 Karpov, Anatoly The semi-open game in action 1988
        226 Suetin, Aleksei French defence 1988
        227 Sveshnikov, Evgenny The Sicilian Pelikan 1989
        228 Nunn, John The complete Pirc 1989
        229 Gufeld, Eduard The Sicilian for the tournament player 1989
        230 Karpov, Anatoly The closed openings in action 1989
        231 Karpov, Anatoly The semi-closed openings in action 1989
        232 Taulbut, Shaun Positional chess 1989
        233 Sapi, Lazlo The Sicilian dragon ; [1]: Yugoslav 9 Bc4 1989
        234 Taimanov, Mark The Sicilian defence: Taimanov system 1989
        235 Basman, Michael The Batsford chess course 1989
        236 Bellin, Robert Mastering the King's Indian defence 1989
        237 Nunn, John The Classical King's Indian 1990
        238 Bellin, Robert Winning with the Dutch 1990
        239 Shamkovich, Leonid Kasparov's opening repertoire 1990
        240 Alekhine, Alexander Alekhine's greatest games of chess 1990
        241 Neishtadt, Yakov Your move! 1990
        242 Gufeld, Eduard Winning with the King's Indian 1990
        243 Shashin, Boris Attacking the queenside 1990
        244 Divinsky, Nathan The Batsford chess encyclopedia 1990
        245 Bellin, Robert Mastering the modern Benoni and the Benko gambit 1990
        246 Sapi, Lazlo The Sicilian dragon ; [2]: Classical and Levenfish variations 1990
        247 Keene, Raymond How to beat Gary Kasparov 1990
        248 Short, Nigel New ideas in the French defence 1990
        249 Keene, Raymond Winning with the Nimzo-Indian 1991
        250 Keene, Raymond Duels of the mind : the twelve best games of chess 1991
        251 Dvoretsky, Mark Secrets of chess training 1991
        252 Nesis, Gennady Exchanging to win in the endgame 1991
        253 Marovic, Drazen An active repertoire for black : King's Indian defence and Sicilian defence 1991
        254 Nesis, Gennady Tactical chess exchanges 1991
        255 Harding, T.D. The Classical French 1991
        256 Gelfer, Israel Positional chess handbook 1991
        257 Keene, Raymond How to beat your chess computer 1991
        258 Keene, Raymond Aron Nimzowitsch, master of planning 1991
        259 Gurevich, Mikhail The Queen's Indian defence: Kasparov system 1991
        260 Clarke, P.H. Mikhail Tal, master of sacrifice : Mikhail Tal's best games of chess 1951-60 1991
        261 Suetin, Aleksei The complete Spanish 1991
        262 Neishtadt, Yakov Attacking the king 1991
        263 Keene, Raymond The Times winning moves 1991
        264 Lane, Gary The Ruy for the tournament player 1991
        265 Speelman, Jon New ideas in the Caro-Kann defence 1992
        266 Larsen, Bent Bent Larsen, master of counter-attack 1992
        267 Clarke, P.H. Tigran Petrosian - master of defence 1992
        268 Tseitlin, Mikhail The Budapest for the tournament player 1992
        269 Nesis, Gennady Tactics in the King's Indian 1992
        270 Forbes, Cathy The Polgar sisters : training or genius? 1992
        271 Kosten, Tony Winning with the Philidor 1992
        272 Burgess, Graham The complete Alekhine 1992
        273 Nesis, Gennady Tactics in the Grünfeld 1992
        274 Keene, Raymond The complete King's Indian 1992
        275 Speelman, Jon Essential chess openings 1992
        276 Keene, Raymond Nigel Short : world chess challenger 1992
        277 Keene, Raymond Complete book of gambits 1992
        278 Ribli, Zoltan Winning with the English 1992
        279 Keene, Raymond Discover your chess strength 1992
        280 Karpov, Anatoly Beating the Grünfeld 1992
        281 Gallagher, Joe Winning with the King's gambit 1992
        282 Psakhis, Lev The complete French 1992
        283 Dvoretsky, Mark Secrets of chess tactics 1992
        284 Nunn, John Secrets of rook endings 1992
        285 Keene, Raymond Fischer-Spassky II : the return of a legend 1992
        286 Basman, Michael Batsford second chess course 1992
        287 Speelman, Jon Batsford chess endings 1993
        288 Nesis, Gennady Tactics in the Sicilian 1993
        289 Karpov, Anatoly Winning with the Petroff 1993
        290 Lane, Gary Winning with the Bishop's opening 1993
        291 Nunn, John New ideas in the Four knights 1993
        292 Alekhine, Alexander World Chess Championship 1937 1993
        293 Harman, Ron Winning with the Scandinavian 1993
        294 Burgess, Graham King's Indian for the attacking player 1993
        295 Lane, Gary Winning with the Scotch 1993
        296 Nunn, John New ideas in the Pirc defence 1993
        297 Gllam, A.J. Your first chess games ; Discovering chess series 1993
        298 Dvoretsky, Mark Training for the tournament player 1993
        299 King, Daniel Winning with the Najdorf 1993
        300 Keene, Raymond Gary Kasparov's best games 1993

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          301 Keene, Raymond Chess for absolute beginners 1993
          302 Keene, Raymond Nigel Short's best games 1993
          303 Keene, Raymond Kasparov on the King's Indian 1993
          304 Keene, Raymond An introduction to the "Times" World Chess Championship 1993 1993
          305 King, Daniel Mastering the Spanish 1993
          306 Dunnington, Angus How to play the King's Indian attack 1993
          307 Nesis, Gennady Tactics in the French 1993
          308 Bikhovsky, Anatoly The Closed Spanish : Karpov, Zaitsev systems 1993
          309 Gufeld, Eduard Winning with the Torre attack 1993
          310 Keene, Raymond Kasparov v Short 1993 : the official book of the match 1993
          311 Keene, Raymond Winning with the Hypermodern 1993
          312 Markov, Yuri Winning with the Slav 1993
          313 Kosten, Tony New ideas in the Nimzo-Indian Defence 1994
          314 Kotronias, Vassilios Beating the Caro-Kann 1994
          315 Karpov, Anatoly Winning with the Spanish 1994
          316 Nunn, John Secrets of pawnless endings 1994
          317 Ward, Chris Winning with the Dragon 1994
          318 Burgess, Graham Winning with the Smith-Morra gambit 1994
          319 Wells, Peter The complete Semi-Slav 1994
          320 Lane, Gary Beating the French 1994
          321 Gallagher, Joe Beating the Anti-Sicilian systems 1994
          322 Flear, Glenn New ideas in the Queen's gambit accepted 1994
          323 Lane, Gary Winning with the Fischer-Sozin attack 1994
          324 Dunnington, Angus Pawn Power 1994
          325 Ward, Chris Opening play 1994
          326 Wells, Peter Piece power 1994
          327 Dvoretsky, Mark Opening preparation 1994
          328 Burgess, Graham Queen's gambit for the attacking player 1994
          329 Nimzowitsch, Aron My system : 21st century edition 1994
          330 British Chess Federation The official chess yearbook 1994
          331 Uhlmann, Wolfgang Winning with the French 1995
          332 Nunn, John John Nunn's best games 1995
          333 Jacobs, Byron Winning with the Benko 1995
          334 MacDonald, Neil Winning with the Kalashnikov 1995
          335 Tseitlin, Mikhail The Complete Vienna 1995
          336 Psakhis, Lev Complete Benoni 1995
          337 Dvoretsky, Mark Technique for the tournament player 1995
          338 Levitt, Jonathan Secrets of spectacular chess 1995
          339 Kosten, Tony The Latvian gambit 1995
          340 Beliavsky, Alexander Winning endgame technique 1995
          341 Gallagher, Joe Samisch King's Indian 1995
          342 Norwood, David Vishy Anand : chess super-talent 1995
          343 Pein, Malcolm The Daily Telegraph guide to chess 1995
          344 Norwood, David The Daily Telegraph chess puzzles 1995
          345 MacDonald, Neil Planning 1995
          346 Burgess, Graham Gambits 1995
          347 Nunn, John Secrets of minor-piece endings 1995
          348 Keene, Raymond World chess championship: Kasparov v Anand 1995
          349 Keene, Raymond The Times winning chess 1995
          350 Kasparov, Garry Garry Kasparov's fighting chess 1995
          351 Lane, Gary Blackmar-Diemer gambit 1995
          352 Nunn, John The main line King's Indian 1996
          353 Neverov, Valery New ideas in the Sveshnikov Sicilian 1996
          354 Mortazavi, Ali Winning with the Kan 1996
          355 Alekhine, Alexander Alexander Alekhine's best games 1996
          356 Nunn, John The king-hunt 1996
          357 Karpov, Anatoly Anatoly Karpov's best games 1996
          358 Beasley, John Endgame magic 1996
          359 Harding, T.D. Winning at correspondence chess 1996
          360 Kotronias, Vassilios Beating the flank openings 1996
          361 Chandler, Murray The complete c3 Sicilian 1996
          362 Gufeld, Eduard Giuoco Piano 1996
          363 Kosten, Tony 101 tips to improve your chess 1996
          364 Rice, John Chess wizardry : the new ABC of chess problems 1996
          365 Keene, Raymond A complete defence for black 1996
          366 MacNap, Colin The Fianchetto King's Indian 1996
          367 Gallagher, Joe Beating the Anti-King's Indians 1996
          368 Crouch, Colin Attacking technique 1996
          369 Ward, Chris Endgame play 1996
          370 Lane, Gary A guide to attacking chessA guide to attacking chess 1996
          371 Taulbut, Shaun Understanding the Spanish 1996
          372 Motwani, Paul H. O. T. chess 1996
          373 Pedersen, Steffen The Dutch for the attacking player 1996
          374 Nunn, John The complete Najdorf: 6 Bg5 1996
          375 Dunnington, Angus The Chigorin Queen's gambit 1996
          376 Golombek, Harry Capablanca's best games 1996
          377 Keres, Paul Paul Keres: the road to the top 1996
          378 Nunn, John The new classical King's Indian 1997
          379 Vaisser, Anatoli Beating the King's Indian and Benoni 1997
          380 Timmer, Robert Startling castling! 1997
          381 Dunnington, Angus Winning with the Catalan 1997
          382 MacDonald, Neil Mastering the French 1997
          383 Motwani, Paul C. O. O. L. chess 1997
          384 Nunn, John Secrets of grandmaster chess 1997
          385 Speelman, Jon Jon Speelman's best games 1997
          386 Levitt, Jonathan Genius in chess : assess and develop your chess talent 1997
          387 Keres, Paul Paul Keres: the quest for perfection 1997
          388 jacobs, Byron Analyse to win 1997
          389 Golombek, Harry Richard Réti's best games 1997
          390 King, Daniel Kasparov v Deeper Blue 1997
          391 Mayer, Steve Bishop versus knight : the verdict 1997
          392 Euwe, Max The development of chess style 1997
          393 Lasker, Eduard Chess: the complete self-tutor 1997
          394 Lane, Gary The Grand prix attack 1997
          395 Howell, James Essential chess endings 1997
          396 Burgess, Graham Beating the Indian defences 1997
          397 Wells, Peter The complete Richter-Rauzer 1998
          398 Baburin, Alexander Winning pawn structures 1998
          399 Dvoretsky, Mark Attack and defence : how creative thought develops in a chess player 1998
          400 Emms, John The French Tarrasch 1998

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            401 Davies, Nigel The chess player's battle manual 1998
            402 Nunn, John The ultimate Pirc 1998
            403 Kosten, Tony Mastering the Nimzo-Indian 1998
            404 Ilic, Zoran The Sicilian with ... Qb6 1998
            405 Wells, Peter The Scotch game 1998
            406 Motwani, Paul Chess under the microscope 1998
            407 Orlov, Georgi The Black knights' tango 1998
            408 Lalic, Bogdan The Budapest gambit 1998
            409 MacDonald, Neil The King's gambit 1998
            410 Kinsman, Andrew The Spanish exchange 1998
            411 Nunn, John The complete Najdorf: modern lines 1998
            412 Lane, Gary Victory in the opening 1999
            413 Lalic, Susan Your chess questions answered 1999
            414 Hurst, Sarah Chess on the Web 1999
            415 Ward, Chris The Queen's gambit accepted 1999
            416 Lutz, Christopher Endgame secrets 1999
            417 Gufeld, Eduard The Classical French 1999
            418 Jacobs, Byron The Benko gambit 1999
            419 MacDonald, Neil The Sveshnikov Sicilian 1999
            420 Nunn, John Secrets of rook endings 1999
            421 Beliavsky, Alexander Winning endgame strategy 2000
            422 Pritchard, D.B. Popular chess variants 2000
            423 Littlewood, John E. How to play the middle game in chess 2000
            424 Gufeld, Eduard The art of the King's Indian 2000
            425 Kopec, Danny Mastering the Sicilian 2001
            426 Gufeld, Eduard The ultimate Dragon ; Vol. 1: The Rauzer attack 2001
            427 Gufeld, Eduard The ultimate Dragon ; Vol. 2: Classical and other variations 2001
            428 Gutman, Lev 4... Qh4 in the Scotch game 2001
            429 Avni, Amatzia Practical chess psychology : understanding the human factor 2001
            430 Lane, Gary The ultimate Closed Sicilian 2001
            431 Gufeld, Eduard Chess : the search for Mona Lisa 2001
            432 Kosten, Tony The Latvian gambit lives! 2001
            433 MacDonald, Neil Mastering chess tactics 2002
            434 Gligoric, Svetozar The King's Indian defence Mar del Plata variation 2002
            435 Liu Wenzhe The Chinese school of chess 2002
            436 Gligoric, Svetozar I play against pieces 2002
            437 Barden, Leonard The Batsford chess puzzle book 2002
            438 Lane, Gary Ideas behind the modern chess openings : attacking with white 2002
            439 Gligoric, Svetozar Shall we play Fischerandom chess? 2002
            440 Beliavsky, Alexander Modern endgame practice 2003
            441 Lawton, Geoff Tony Miles: 'It's only me' 2003
            442 MacDonald, Neil Mastering checkmates 2003
            443 Gufeld, Eduard Chess strategy 2003
            444 Wells, Peter Winning with the Trompowsky 2003
            445 Christiansen, Larry Rocking the ramparts 2003
            446 Khodarkovsky, Michael The Grünfeld Defence revealed 2003
            447 Soltis, Andrew Bobby Fischer rediscovered 2003
            448 Palliser, Richard Play 1 d4! 2003
            449 Jansa, Vlastimil Dynamics of chess strategy 2003
            450 Lane, Gary Find the checkmate 2003
            451 De Firmian, Nick The English attack 2004
            452 Karyoli, Tibor Judit Polgar : the princess of chess 2004
            453 Gaprindashvili, Paata Imagination in chess 2004
            454 MacDonald, Neil The Benko gambit revealed 2004
            455 MacDonald, Neil Chess: the art of logical thinking 2004
            456 Adorian, Andras Black is still OK! 2004
            457 Ward, Chris The controversial Sämisch King's Indian 2004
            458 Kopec, Danny Winning the won game 2004
            459 Soltis, Andrew Rethinking the chess pieces 2004
            460 Collins, Sam An attacking repertoire for white 2004
            461 Plaskett, James The Scandinavian defence 2004
            462 Kotronias, Vassilios Beating the Petroff 2004
            463 Eade, James The chess player's bible 2004
            464 King, Daniel Test your chess with Daniel King 2004
            465 Lane, Gary The bishop's opening explained 2004
            466 Bohm, Hans Bobby Fischer : the wandering king 2004
            467 Gutman, Lev The Budapest Fajarowicz 2004
            468 Psakhis, Lev French defence : Steinitz, classical and other systems 2004
            469 Lissowski, Tomasz Najdorf: life and games 2005
            470 Lane, Gary Ideas behind modern chess openings: black 2005
            471 Palliser, Richard The modern Benoni revealed 2005
            472 Damsky, Yakov The Batsford book of chess records 2005
            473 Lane, Gary The Ruy Lopez explained 2005
            474 MacDonald, Neil The Sicilian Bb5 revealed 2005
            475 Plaskett, James The Queen's bishop attack revealed 2005
            476 Martin, Andrew The Hippopotamus rises 2005
            477 Soltis, Andrew How to choose a chess move 2005
            478 Soltis, Andrew Why Lasker matters 2006
            479 Karolyi, Tibor Kasparov's fighting chess ; 1: 1993-1998 2006
            480 Karolyi, Tibor Kasparov's fighting chess ; 2: 1999-2005 2006
            481 Avni, Amatzia Devious chess : how to bend the rules and win 2006
            482 Karpov, Anatoly Caro-Kann Defence : advance variation and gambit system 2006
            483 MacDonald, Neil The art of planning in chess : move by move 2006
            484 Karpov, Anatoly Caro-Kann defence : Panov attack 2006
            485 Keene, Raymond Petrosian vs the elite : 71 victories by the master of manoeuvre, 1946-1983 2006
            486 Karpov, Anatoly Find the right plan with Anatoly Karpov 2008
            487 Soltis, Andrew The Wisest Things Ever Said aout Chess 2008
            488 Lane, Gary Sharpen your chess tactics in 7 days 2009
            489 Soltis, Andrew Studying chess made easy 2010
            490 Palliser, Richard How to play against 1 d4 2010
            491 Henkin, Victor 1000 checkmate combinations 2011
            492 Byfield, Brian Play chess in 10 minutes 2011
            493 Soltis, Andrew What it takes to become a chess master 2012
            494 Soltis, Andrew Pawn Structure Chess 2013
            495 Soltis, Andrew The new art of defense in chess 2014
            496 Soltis, Andrew Your Kingdom for My Horse 2015
            497 Soltis, Andrew What it takes to become a Grandmaster 2016
            498 Soltis, Andrew David vs Goliath chess : how to beat a stronger player 2016
            499 Huczek, George A to Z Chess Tactics 2017
            500 Soltis, Andrew How to Swindle in Chess 2020
            501 Soltis, Andrew Magnus Carlsen: 60 Memorable Games 2020
            502 Engqvist, Thomas 300 Most Important Chess Positions 2021

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            • #7
              Interesting. I don't have that many their books. Are you interested in their openings books for the collection? I might still have some.

              I think it would be fair to include in the list Fischer's 60 games, the latest one ~2010, not the Nunn's version ~1995.

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              • #8
                Wow! What an impressive collection! I have only a few of their books too (~10).

                I have no clue about opening books, so not going to venture there, but some notable non-opening additions would be :

                Chernev, Irving - Logical Chess Move By Move: Every Move Explained
                Chernev, Irving - The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played
                Gaprindashvili, Paata - Critical Moments in Chess
                Georges Renaud and Victor Kahn - The Art of Checkmate
                Daniel Gormally - Calculate Like a Grandmaster: Learn from the World-Class Attacking Players
                Neil McDonald - Chess Success: Planning After the Opening

                Batsford also just released
                Thomas Engqvist - 300 Most Important Tactical Chess Positions

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                • #9
                  How Many Batsford Chess Books Do You Have? A Checklist

                  March 10, 2021

                  When I was working on the first draft of the list, I had several books that were originally with other publishers. For example, The Benko Gambit (Benko) and Alexander Alekhine (Kotov), Life and Games of Mikhail Tal (Tal) – all with R.H.M. Press and My 60 Memorable Games (Fischer) with Simon and Schuster. My reasoning was that most collectors would have these with the original publishers and not with a later Batsford reprint, so I didn’t put them on the list.

                  In the most famous case of this, Batsford bought the rights to My 60 Memorable Games and Nunn made a hash of it and Fischer blasted everyone for this failure.

                  I have the Simon and Schuster first edition, copies by Faber and Faber and I went to great lengths to get the Nunn-Batsford edition of 1995.

                  And My 60 Memorable Games is not on the list here today but should be as Egidijus mentions.

                  Amit R. mentions other books now in Batsford. These were the original publishers:

                  Chernev Logical Chess Move by Move Faber and Faber (1958)
                  Chernev The Most Instructive Games of Chess Simon and Schuster (1965)
                  Renaud and Kahn The Art of Checkmate Simon and Schuster (1953)

                  If you added later reprints then there are probably another two dozen titles on the list.

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                  • #10
                    I had no idea how many chess publishers there are until I checked my collection for Batsford books. (there are a lot of different publishers!) So thanks for prompting me to check my books.

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