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Author: Wesley So ,
Michael Adams ,
John Nunn ,
Graham Burgess
Publisher: Gambit Publications Ltd
Imprint: Gambit Publications Ltd
ISBN: 9781911465652
ISBN 10: 1911465651
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 16 December 2020
Audience:
Young adult
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General/trade
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Teenage / Young adult
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
I like the fact that there is a combination of contributors - that works well. I also feel that there is a personal touch to the book and the puzzles really mean something to the players. ... There is much to learn about opening, middlegame and endgame positions here, so it is not just about solving the puzzles. There's more if you want it. - Carl Portman, Chess Book Reviews
This excellent, entertaining book is split up into four sections by author ... a superb puzzle book with a varied pot-pourri of problems such as opening traps, pure tactics, attacking ideas, defensive ideas, endings, and studies with a varying degree of difficulty to suit all standards. An excellent book for not just junior training but for players of all standards to hone their tactical skills. - FM Richard Webb, British Chess News I like the fact that there is a combination of contributors - that works well. I also feel that there is a personal touch to the book and the puzzles really mean something to the players. ... There is much to learn about opening, middlegame and endgame positions here, so it is not just about solving the puzzles. There's more if you want it. - Carl Portman, Chess Book Reviews
Author Information
Wesley So is one of the world's top players. In 2016 he won two gold medals at the Olympiad and was overall winner of the Grand Chess Tour. He followed up with a 2017 US Championship victory, and in late 2019 became the Chess960 World Champion with a commanding 131/2-21/2 victory over Magnus Carlsen. Originally from the Philippines, he now lives in Minnesota. Michael Adams has been the UK's top player for the last quarter of a century, and for years was among the world top ten. He has won a number elite-level events, including Dos Hermanas in 1995 and 1999, and Dortmund in 1998 and 2013 - in each case with former and future world champions in the field. Adams was also a FIDE world championship finalist in 2004, and a Candidate on several occasions. He writes a weekly column in the Daily Telegraph (London) and lives in Somerset, England. Dr John Nunn is one of the best-respected figures in world chess. He was among the world's leading grandmasters for nearly twenty years and won four gold medals at chess Olympiads. In 2004, 2007 and 2010, Nunn was crowned World Chess Solving Champion, ahead of many former champions. In 2011, his two-volume work Nunn's Chess Endings won the English Chess Federation Book of the Year Award, and was highly praised by Levon Aronian (who read both books cover to cover!) when making the award presentation. Graham Burgess is Gambit's Editorial Director. He has written 29 chess books, including three on opening play for the 'Chess for Kids' series. He is a FIDE Master and a former champion of the Danish region of Funen, and in 1994 set a world record for marathon blitz chess playing. His Mammoth Book of Chess won the prestigious British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award.
