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The Mammoth Book of Chess
New, Fully Revised and Updated Edition
by Graham Burgess

The Mammoth Book of Chess
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Publisher: Constable & Robinson , 2009
Edition: Paperback medium
ISBN: 978-0-7624-3726-9
Pages: 570
Language: English

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Brand new and fully revised edition of this bestselling chess anthology. Comprehensive, up to date, and clear, this invaluable guide will help even less experienced players to progress to good club level and better.

It offers a complete guide to the main opening gambits along with hundreds of test positions for players at every level. Graham Burgess, FIDE Master, shows you all you need to know, from entering the world of chess, through Internet games, to major international tournaments.

Features include:

· Entirely new and expanded sections on online chess, computers and openings.
· A complete guide to all the main opening gambits.
· Hundreds of test positions for players of all standards.
· Courses in tactics and attacking strategy.
· Analysis of some of the greatest games ever played.
· Information and advice on club, national, and international tournaments.
· Glossary of terminology.
· Practical advice and information for further study.

Graham Burgess has been a World Chess Federation (FIDE) Master since the age of 20. As well as having competed at international level for many years, he has wriyyen more than 20 highly acclaimed books and edited over 250.

In 1994 he set a new record by playing 510 games of blitz chess in three days, scoring a remarkable 87 percent.
 
British Chess Magazine:
 "The Mammoth Book of Chess is a cracker...nobody will fail to find something new here."

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