Everyman Chess, formerly known as Cadogan Chess, is a major publisher of books and CDs about
chess
Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...
. "Everyman" is a registered trademark of
Random House
Random House is an American book publisher and the largest general-interest paperback publisher in the world. The company has several independently managed subsidiaries around the world. It is part of Penguin Random House, which is owned by Ger ...
and the company headquarters is in London. Former
World Chess Champion
The World Chess Championship is played to determine the world champion in chess. The current world champion is Magnus Carlsen of Norway, who has held the title since 2013.
The first event recognized as a world championship was the 1886 match ...
Garry Kasparov
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born 13 April 1963) is a Russian chess Grandmaster (chess), grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer, political activist and commentator. His peak Elo rating system, rating of 2851, achieved in 1999, was the hi ...
is their chief advisor and
John Emms is the general editor, assisted by
Richard Palliser. The company is now known as "Gloucester Publishers".
In addition to individual books, the company publishes some series of books. Some of their most famous series of books are:
* ''Winning Chess'' series by
Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan
* ''Starting Out'' series by various writers, including
John Emms,
Chris Ward,
Glenn Flear,
Joe Gallagher, Richard Palliser, and John Shaw
* ''Move by Move'' series by various writers, including
John Emms,
Steve Giddins
Stephen Giddins (born 29 January 1961) is an English chess player and writer. He graduated from Keble College, Oxford, in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1982. He went on to become a FIDE Master and wrote a number of chess books, some of ...
, Adam Hunt, Colin Crouch, and Cyrus Lakdawala
* ''
My Great Predecessors'' series of five volumes by Garry Kasparov
* ''
Modern Chess
Modern chess is a chess variant played on a 9×9 board. The game was invented by Gabriel Vicente Maura in 1968. Besides the usual set of chess pieces, each player has a prime minister and an additional pawn:
: The prime minister (M) combine ...
'' series by Garry Kasparov
* ''Dangerous Weapons'' series of books on openings
The ''Starting Out''-series are introductory level books for average players, who have advanced beyond beginner level. These books generally contain a general strategic overview, along with notes on whether the lines are
theoretical or not.
John Watson has pointed out that the series' main weakness is a lack of in-depth theoretical coverage. Features of the ''Starting Out'' series are bolded and graphically labeled notices with tips, warnings and notes. The wide target readership has made the ''Starting Out'' series popular. One reviewer
Sjakkboken for de med dårlig tid
Sverre Johnsen for Nettavisen, reviewing ''Starting Out: The Colle'' expressed concern that many titles are pushed into the ''Starting Out'' series as a way of increasing sales, when they would be better suited as a more theoretical work.
See also
* List of chess books
References
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External links
Everyman Chess Website
Chess publishing companies