You can find most of them here:

https://www.schachversand.de/startneue.htm

I agree with fluffy that these Opening books are definitely the best on the market currently and the Anand series is the better or I should say the most convincing of the two.

Despite the above however and as I am fond of saying, there is no such thing as the perfect repertoire or perfect Opening book, or even perfect chess book. 

Specifically dealing with the Kramnik series I can say there are some big holes in some of the analysis, but such is to be expected with a project of this scope. As a Kings Indian player I was curious and concerned to see how convincing his analysis was going to be for the White side, and  I'm happy to report that KID is still alive.

Sticking with the KID a little while longer, I would like to point out an important ommission that Khalifman fails to address, Namely the following move order:   

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4
Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8. f3 c6 intending d5 with a good game. In fact black is a tempo up compared to a similar line in the KID as he has not lost a tempo on the move d6.

An FM friend of mine following the Khaliman/Kramnik repertoire against an Austrian IM, found himself in the above line and got absolutely zilch as White. Checking the book afterwards for solutions, he discovered there was none!   

I eagerly await the Sicilian installment of the Anand series so that I can compare it with 'Experts vs The Sicilian' which by the way is another 'Topnotch' book.

There are few more soft spots I could point out in the Kramnik series and for that matter the Anand Series too, but I think I will use those discoveries to rack up a few points first. 

To clarify my position, I would state that despite one or two inevitable analytical mistakes and ommissions, Khaliman's Anand and Kramnik series are both excellent and a must have for any serious Chess Players library.   

Topster 

I bought the "according to Kramnik" books from bgchess when they came out (www.bgchess.com). ; Their prices included shipping (and I think they still do), and their service was fast and pleasant.

If you really want them from a US source, I think they're available from www.chesscafe.com.

On the topic of the "OFW according to Kramnik", does anyone know a site where these can be purchased?  Amazon, Barnes and Noble, etc. are hit and miss with used sellers.  They certainly didn't carry them very long.  I love opening 1Nf3 and it seems there could be no better reference than this series.

Thanks for any suggestions,
Scott

I own all five "according to Kramnik" books, and I've found them to be very insightful and helpful.  They are certainly not a rehash of ECO.  Whether they ever represented Kramnik's particular way of playing openings is perhaps debatable, but they are certainly well worth owning, particularly if one is a 1. d4 or 1. Nf3 player.

Word of Caution before buying Khalifman's Opening for White According to Kramnik:

Khalifman doesn't give much in the way of strategic analysis, and his games choices were very much dated at the time of publication.  Most of the lines he gives are snippets from players other than Kramnik.

Here is just one case that is typical of volume 5 (and the entire series):  Chapter 16 (1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Be7 5.Bg5 0-0 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 Nbd7 8. Rc1 c6) concludes with (p. 252) ...28.Qe4+(in a line that deviated from Fischer-Spassky m/12 1972(!) at move 20) "At this point L. Polugaevsky cut short his analysis in one of the books of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO) without evaluation.  Several years later the practice said his word."  He then gives a column of analysis.

This is all well and good EXCEPT a) There is not a single mention of Kramnik in the entire chapter; b) the analysis up to and including move 27 is "old (almost 20 years old) analysis" by Khalifman's own admission (p. 251), and his own analysis shows there is no substantial change in the perspective that White has a small advantage.   

I bought the books to gain some first class insights into Kramnik's handling of the opening, and instead I get a rehash of ECO.  No thanks.

I have a tremendous respect for former FIDE World Champion Khalifman, but that is inspite of these volumes.

I hope this helps.

Hi everyone,

Does anybody have this book? What lines does Khalifman treat in this volume, and is the book still worth buying even though it is a couple years old?

Thanks.