Popular Chess, formerly known as Everyman Chess and Cadogan Chess, is a major publisher of books and CDs about

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

. "Everyman" is a registered trademark of

Random House Random House is an imprint and publishing group of Penguin Random House. Founded in 1927 by businessmen Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer as an imprint of Modern Library, it quickly overtook Modern Library as the parent imprint. Over the foll ...

and the company headquarters is in London. Former

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Garry Kasparov Garry Kimovich Kasparov (born Garik Kimovich Weinstein on 13 April 1963) is a Russian Grandmaster (chess), chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion (1985–2000), political activist and writer. His peak FIDE chess Elo rating system, ra ...

is their chief advisor and John Emms is the general editor, assisted by

Richard Palliser Richard David Palliser (born 18 September 1981) is an English chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. ...

. The company is now known as "Gloucester Publishers". In 2024 it was announced that Popular Chess was sold to Quality Chess. Due to a rights issue, Everyman had to continue under the name Popular Chess. 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 Yasser Seirawan (; born March 24, 1960) is a Syrian-born American chess grandmaster and four-time United States Chess Championship, United States champion. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1979. Seirawan is also a published chess au ...

* ''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, Adam Hunt, Colin Crouch, and Cyrus Lakdawala * '' My Great Predecessors'' series of five volumes by Garry Kasparov * '' Modern Chess'' 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 A theory is a systematic and rational form of abstract thinking about a phenomenon, or the conclusions derived from such thinking. It involves contemplative and logical reasoning, often supported by processes such as observation, experimentation, ...

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 reviewerSjakkboken 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.

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