Winning

By Nigel Short,

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Grandmaster Nigel Short realized that every tournament win has a unique narrative and challenge. In this exceptional chess book, Short discusses eight of his foremost tournament wins, describing the drama with insightful game annotations and entertaining anecdotes. For those wanting to win in chess, this book is the place to…


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Chess Grandmaster Nigel Short MBE is Britain’s most celebrated chess personality, having climbed to the pinnacle of the global chess hierarchy in 1993 and challenged Garry Kasparov for the world title. Nigel failed to dethrone the champion but, as they describe it in Spain, an honourable defeat elevated him to the status of Vice World Champion. 

In this book, Nigel anthologises a series of games from important international tournaments which he has won, a novel approach never before undertaken by any chess champion or author. The notes are profound, transparent, and uniquely indicative of what it is like to dominate…

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