Most Popular Books by Raymond Keene

The 1978 world chess championship in the Philippines was the most riotous of modern times. Pitting the soviet defector Korchnoi against the golden boy of the soviet establishment - Karpov - the players were not just content to hammer each other over the chess board; they also enlisted such weird assistants as the parapsychologist Dr Vladimir Zukhar and orange-robed gurus from the Ananda Marga sect. The dramatis personae were completed by President Marcos, his shoe-collecting First Lady Imelda and a gaggle of shady characters from the KGB. Grandmaster Ray Keene was Korchnoi''s chief second during this wild chess extravaganza and this book tells the inside story of one of the most exotic chess competitions ever staged.

A handbook which provides a step-by-step guide to the game of chess, and explains ways to improve strategic thinking and using it in business matters in an increasingly complex, rapidly changing world.

A host of material by ingenious theoreticians, which has not only stood the test of time, but may well form a devastating arsenal of secret weapons for your own games. Modern Chess Theory magazine began in 1978 and continued under the editorship of grandmaster Ray Keene until 1982. It was conceived of as the world''s only chess magazine written entirely by grandmasters. Openings featured include Alekhine''s Defence, the English Opening, King''s Indian Defence, Nimzo-Indian Defence, Pirc Defence, Sicilian Defence and Spanish (Ruy-Lopez). This volume includes contributions by World Champions Botvinnik, Smyslov, and Tal, World Championship candidates Hort, Keres and Olafsson, and others.

In late 2018, for the first time in nearly two decades, the World Chess Championship was contested between the two players who are clearly number one and two in the world. The champion, Norwegian Magnus Carlsen was defending his title against Fabiano Caruana, the first American to challenge for the World Championship since the legendary Bobby Fischer. This book, co-authored by two leading chess journalists, features extensive and detailed analysis of all game sin the match, biographies and interviews with both players and a history of the world chess championship.

The match was held in the sports facility in Sochi, Russia on the Black Sea coast that had been constructed for the 2014 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXII Olympic Winter Games which were held from 7 to 23 February 2014. Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, stepped forward and offered to fund the match. This was the first time ever in history that a head of state has offered to sponsor a World Chess Championship Match. The prize fund was one million Euros. This is the minimum prize fund stipulated by FIDE in the official regulations. The prize fund was to be divided 60 percent to the winner and 40 percent to the loser if the match ended within the 12 regular games. In the case that the winner was decided by tie-break games, the winner would have received 55 percent and the loser 45 percent.

An ideal book for any chess player with a strategic frame of mind who wishes to carve out an openings repertoire based on 1d4! The author gives a number of illustrative games in all key lines which show how White can maintain control against any Black defence. If you want to stay in charge in the opening without taking risks this is the book for you!

Brussels 1986 was a ground breaking event in many respects. It was Kasparov''s first tournament after his gruelling series of marathons against Anatoly Karpov for the world title, and it was the first major tournament televised by the BBC and containing commentary by the players themselves. The majority of the notes are by Grandmaster Ray Keene but readers will also find analysis by Kasparov and others of the greats involved, including Nigel Short and Viktor Korchnoi.

Ray Keene, responsible for organising more world championship matches outside the USSR than any other person in the history of official contests, in 2000, after a five year gap with no world title match, persuaded Kasparov to defend his title against Kramnik.

Lorraine Gill, born at Yagoona, Australia in 1941, has had an eclectic painting career. Her work is owned and praised by an ever-growing list of influential international collectors and institutions which include Prince Philip of Lichtenstein, Tony Buzan - best-selling international author and speaker, Raymond Keene OBE - International Chess Grand Master, author and chess correspondent for The Times, International Herald Tribune and Spectator, John Berger - Art Critic, Steve Redgrave OBE and renowned theatrical lighting designer Count Roderick Sangorski.As a working artist, Lorraine has lived, studied and painted in Spain, England, France, Italy and Australia. She has had a television documentary of her life and work produced by the BBC, been the subject of chapters in three books devoted to exceptional women, and appeared with Henry Moore in a feature one-hour BBC television documentary on the work of Cezanne.

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