Understanding Chess Move by Move

A top-class grandmaster explains step-by-step how chess games are wonUser-friendly ebook Every diagram in the book is also a link to an interactive lichess analysis board of that position!John Nunn is one of the most highly regarded chess writers in the world. He has carefully selected thirty modern games to help the reader understand the most important aspects of chess and to illustrate modern chess principles in action.Virtually every move is explained using words that everyone can understand. Jargon is avoided as far as possible. Almost all the examples are taken from modern high-level chess and show how key ideas are handled by the grandmasters of today. The emphasis is on general principles that readers will be able to use in their own games, and detailed analysis is only given where it is necessary.Each game contains many lessons, but to guide the reader through the most important ideas in each phase of the game, the thirty games are grouped thematically into those highlighting opening, middlegame and endgame themes.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, winning four gold medals in chess Olympiads and finishing sixth overall in the World Cup in 1989. He is a much-acclaimed writer, whose works have won ‘Book of the Year’ awards in several countries. In 2004, 2007 and 2010 Nunn was crowned World Chess Solving Champion, ahead of many former champions.“The selection of games is wonderful ... annotated in a way that everybody can appreciate and learn from them” - GM Jon Speelman, The Independent“A no-nonsense guide to how modern grandmasters choose their moves ... virtually every move of every game has an explanatory comment” - GM David Norwood, Daily Telegraph“Understanding Chess Move by Move is beautifully put together ... anyone who plays over the games in it slowly and carefully is bound to improve his understanding of chess ... almost certainly the best book of 2001, and one of the very best of the past decade of so” - Peter Connor, Chessville“Plenty of excellent general advice” - Leonard Barden, Evening Standard“A typical high quality Doc effort! Really excellent annotations to some superb games.” - GM Matthew Sadler (co-author of Chess for Life), New In Chess“First and foremost a teaching book ... I am so taken by the clarity, simplicity and pure instructiveness of this book that my first instinct would be to give it to every student I know” - IM John Watson (author of Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy), The Week in Chess