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101 Chess Questions Answered Steve Giddins Sound advice on all aspects of playing chess Everything you wanted to know but couldn’t find in the books Drawn from the author’s extensive experience of Russian training methods About the Publisher: Gambit Publications is passionate about creating innovative and instructive chess books, suitable for all standards of player. Thanks to a renowned editorial team of masters and grandmasters, Gambit now has over 160 chess titles in print, and half a million Gambit chess books have been sold. Our books for beginners and club-level players use effective training techniques to make improving easy and fun. Steve Giddins is an author acclaimed for his ability to write in down-to-earth style on fundamental chess topics. In this book he answers the questions that really matter to chess-players. His topics include many basic ideas, including some that have rarely been addressed so directly in chess literature, and thus are often misunderstood by club players. Where appropriate, the answers also address highly sophisticated concepts, providing insights gleaned from many years of experience and discussions with players and trainers of the highest level. Subjects include: Playing Chess in General; The Opening; Tactics and Combinations; Planning and Strategy; Positional Play; The Endgame; Competitive Play; Training and Computers. Throughout, the ideas are backed up with examples from practical play and thought-provoking quotes from the great chess legends, thinkers and writers. Comparative Titles: Secrets of Practical Chess (Nunn) ISBN 978-1-904600-70-1 Understanding Chess Move by Move (Nunn) ISBN 978-1-901983-41-8 About the Author: Steve Giddins is a FIDE Master from England who has frequently contributed to the British Chess Magazine and the ChessBase website. He has gained a reputation as a writer who provides useful, no-nonsense advice on topics of genuine practical importance, drawing especially upon his familiarity with Russian chess literature and training methods. This is his sixth book for Gambit. Publication Date: OCTOBER 2008 978-1-906454-00-5 * 128 pp * 6.8 x 9.8 * $26.95 pb ($29.95 Canada) DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA BY PERSEUS DISTRIBUTION. TO ORDER CONTACT YOUR PERSEUS SALES REPRESENTATIVE ON TEL 800-343-4499, FAX 800-351-5073 OR E-MAIL [email protected] www.gambitbooks.com

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101 Chess Questions Answered Steve Giddins

Sound advice on all aspects of playing chess

Everything you wanted to know but couldn’t find in the books

Drawn from the author’s extensive experience of Russian training methods

About the Publisher: Gambit Publications is passionate about creating innovative and instructive chess books, suitable for all standards of player. Thanks to a renowned editorial team of masters and grandmasters, Gambit now has over 160 chess titles in print, and half a million Gambit chess books have been sold. Our books for beginners and club-level players use effective training techniques to make improving easy and fun.

Steve Giddins is an author acclaimed for his ability to write in down-to-earth style on fundamental chess topics. In this book he answers the questions that really matter to chess-players. His topics include many basic ideas, including some that have rarely been addressed so directly in chess literature, and thus are often misunderstood by club players. Where appropriate, the answers also address highly sophisticated concepts, providing insights gleaned from many years of experience and discussions with players and trainers of the highest level.

Subjects include: Playing Chess in General; The Opening; Tactics and Combinations; Planning and Strategy; Positional Play; The Endgame; Competitive Play; Training and Computers.

Throughout, the ideas are backed up with examples from practical play and thought-provoking quotes from the great chess legends, thinkers and writers.Comparative Titles: Secrets of Practical Chess (Nunn) ISBN 978-1-904600-70-1Understanding Chess Move by Move (Nunn) ISBN 978-1-901983-41-8About the Author:Steve Giddins is a FIDE Master from England who has frequently contributed to the British Chess Magazine and the ChessBase website. He has gained a reputation as a writer who provides useful, no-nonsense advice on topics of genuine practical importance, drawing especially upon his familiarity with Russian chess literature and training methods. This is his sixth book for Gambit. Publication Date: OCTOBER 2008 978-1-906454-00-5 * 128 pp * 6.8 x 9.8 * $26.95 pb ($29.95 Canada) DISTRIBUTED IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA BY PERSEUS DISTRIBUTION. TO ORDER CONTACT YOUR PERSEUS SALES REPRESENTATIVE ON TEL 800-343-4499, FAX 800-351-5073 OR E-MAIL [email protected]

www.gambitbooks.com