The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games, 9781849013680
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Learn chess secrets studying the greatest games ever played and analyzed.

The Mammoth Book of the World's Greatest Chess Games

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  • Paperback

    704 pages

  • Release Date

    19 October 2009

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Summary

Masterful Moves: The Mammoth Book of the World’s Greatest Chess Games

Improve your chess by studying the greatest games of all time, from Adolf Anderssen’s ‘Immortal Game’ to Anand versus Kramnik 2008, featuring a foreword by World Champion Vishy Anand.

The 125 greatest chess games of all time, selected, analysed, re-evaluated and explained by a team of experts and illustrated with over 1,000 chess diagrams. Join the authors in studying these games, the crea…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781849013680
ISBN-10:1849013683
Series:Mammoth Books
Author:Graham Burgess, John Emms, John Nunn
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Robinson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:704
Edition:New edition
Release Date:19 October 2009
Weight:570g
Dimensions:196mm x 132mm x 44mm
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Critics Review

For the famous games which appear in other books and anthologies, the authors have provided the most thorough and careful annotations you will find. They also include some extremely brilliant games which haven’t received much attention elsewhere. … Of the various ‘Greatest Games’ collections, The Mammoth Book of The World s Greatest Chess Games is the most up to date with the highest-quality annotations. You will want a copy on your shelf. - John Watson

About The Author

Graham Burgess

Graham Burgess (Author)

GRAHAM BURGESS has written thirty chess books, including three on opening play aimed at young readers. 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.

John Nunn (Author)

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.

John Emms (Author)

JOHN EMMS is a grandmaster from England. He finished equal first in the 1997 British Championship and is an experienced chess coach and writer, who was chess columnist of the Young Telegraph (London).

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