William Roland Hartston
William Roland Hartston is an English journalist who has written the Beachcomber column in the Daily Express since 1998. He is also a chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 and earned a highest Elo rating of 2485. He was awarded the title International Master in 1972, but is now best known as a chess author and presenter of the game on television.
Books
London 1980
1981
ISBN 9780080241418
The things that nobody knows
2012
ISBN 9780857896223
The Master Game
1981
ISBN 9780563179160
The Benoni
1969
ISBN 9780713403725
The Grünfeld defence
1971
ISBN 9780713403558
Karpov-Korchnoi 1974
1974
ISBN 9780192175304
Personality profiles of managers
1975
ISBN 9780905308005
How to cheat at chess
1976
ISBN 9781857440997
Benoni (111P) (Batsford Algebraic Chess Openings)
1977
ISBN 9780713402469
The battle of Baguio City
1978
ISBN 9780091348816
The Penguin book of chess openings
1981
ISBN 9780140463125
Play Chess 2
1981
ISBN 9780563200390
The psychology of chess
1984
ISBN 9780871962263
The kings of chess
1985
ISBN 9780060153588
Better chess / William Hartston
1986
ISBN 9780071419758
Teach Yourself Chess
1987
ISBN 9781850891307
Drunken goldfish & other irrelevant scientific research
1988
ISBN 9780806969084
The book of numbers
1997
ISBN 9781860661129
Improve your chess
2010
ISBN 9781444103083
Even more things that nobody knows
2015
ISBN 9781782396109
Sloths!
2018
ISBN 9781786494221