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John Emms (1) (1967–)

Author of The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games

For other authors named John Emms, see the disambiguation page.

47 Works 1,218 Members 7 Reviews

About the Author

John Emms is one of Britain's strongest Grandmasters and is a member of the English national team

Works by John Emms

The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games (1998) 219 copies, 1 review
Nunn's Chess Openings (Everyman Chess Series) (1999) 109 copies
The Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book (2001) 86 copies, 3 reviews
Discovering Chess Openings: Building Opening Skills from Basic Principles (2006) 78 copies
Starting Out: The Sicilian (Starting Out - Everyman Chess) (2002) 66 copies
Survival Guide to Rook Endings (1999) 50 copies
Attacking with 1e4 (Everyman Chess) (2001) 41 copies
Starting Out: King's Indian Attack (Starting Out - Everyman Chess) (2005) 41 copies
The Scandinavian (1997) 39 copies
Simple Chess (2001) 32 copies
Play The Open Games As Black (2000) 29 copies
Nimzo-Indian: Move by Move (2011) 24 copies
Starting Out: Minor Piece Endgames (Starting Out - Everyman Chess) (2004) 24 copies
Dangerous Weapons: 1e4e5: Dazzle Your Opponents in the Open Games! (Everyman Chess) (2008) 24 copies
More Simple Chess: Moving on from the basics (2004) 24 copies
Easy Guide to the Ruy Lopez (1999) 23 copies
Easy Guide to the Nimzo-Indian (1998) 22 copies
Sicilian Kan (Everyman Chess) (2002) 21 copies
Starting Out: The Scotch Game (Starting Out - Everyman Chess) (2005) 21 copies
Sicilian Taimanov: Move by Move (2012) 20 copies
The French Tarrasch (Batsford Chess Opening Guides) (1998) 18 copies, 1 review
Play the Najdorf: Scheveningen Style--A Complete Repertoire for Black in this Most Dynamic of Openings (2003) 18 copies
Dangerous Weapons: The Sicilian: Dazzle Your Opponents (2006) 17 copies
Starting Out: The Queen's Indian (Starting Out - Everyman Chess) (2004) 16 copies
Starting Out: The c3 Sicilian (2008) 16 copies, 1 review
Dangerous Weapons: The Nimzo-Indian: Dazzle Your Opponents (2006) 16 copies
Concise Chess: The Compact Guide for Beginners (2003) 16 copies
Most Amazing Chess Moves of All Time (2000) 15 copies
Beating 1e4 e5: A Repertoire For White In The Open Games (2010) 14 copies
Dangerous Weapons: The Caro-Kann: Dazzle Your Opponents! (Dangerous Wepaons) (2010) 14 copies
The Survival Guide to Competitive Chess : Improve Your Results Now! (2007) 14 copies
Dangerous Weapons: Anti-Sicilians: Dazzle Your Opponents! (Everyman Chess) (2009) 14 copies
First Steps: 1 e4 e5 (Everyman Chess) (2018) 11 copies, 1 review
Dangerous Weapons: The Ruy Lopez: Dazzle Your Opponents! (2012) 5 copies
Simple and More Simple Chess (2018) 4 copies
La Defensa Siciliana (1900) 3 copies
Trends in the Sicilian Paulsen (Vol 2) (1997) 3 copies
Geheimnisse des königsindischen Angriffs 2 copies
La Defensa Nimzoindia (2022) 1 copy
Adolf Anderssen - Lionel Kieseritzky, London, 1851 “Immortal Game” 1 copy
Johannes Zukertort - Joseph Blackburne, London 1883 1 copy
William Steinitz - Mikhail Chigorin, Havana Wch (4) 1892 1 copy
Harry Pillsbury - Emanuel Lasker St Persburg 1895/6 1 copy
William Steinitz - Emanuel Lasker, St Petersburg 1895/6 1 copy
Ossip Bernstein - Jose Raoul Capablanca, Moscow, 1914 1 copy
Friedrich Samisch- Aron Nimzowitsch, Copenhagen, 1923 “Immortal Zugzwang Game” 1 copy
Attacking with the Isolated Queen's Pawn (2010) 1 copy
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Canonical name
Emms, John
Legal name
Emms, John Michael
Birthdate
1967-03-14
Gender
male
Occupations
chess grandmaster
author
Nationality
United Kingdom
Birthplace
Norwich, England, UK
Map Location
United Kingdom

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georgee5369 reviews
First Steps: 1 e4 e5 by John Emms
Excellent introduction to playing 1. e4 e5 (the Open Games) for average club players and relatively new players. My only criticism: please lose the exclamation marks! They should be used vary sparingly in writing.
May 11, 2018
farbror17 reviews
Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games (Mammoth Book of) by Graham Burgess
A fine, low budget collection of master games. Recommended.
Nov 25, 2008
kokan59273 reviews
Starting Out: The c3 Sicilian by John Emms
Knjiga u PDF formatu
Mar 18, 2026
marshallchesslibrary220 reviews
The French Tarrasch (Batsford Chess Opening Guides) by John Emms
Algebraic Notation
Dec 15, 2022
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