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 recent decades and show how key ideas are
handled by modern grandmasters. 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.
John Nunn is a grandmaster from England. He has won four individual
gold medals and three team silver medals at Chess Olympiads. In the
Chess World Cup of 1988/9, he finished sixth overall, ahead of several
former World Champions. He is arguably the most highly acclaimed chess
writer in the world, with three of his books receiving the prestigious
British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award. He is principal author
of the definitive one-volume openings encyclopedia, Nunn's Chess
Openings.
