About the Author

Dr 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.

Reviews

"Additionally, Nunn mentions tactics for defending and using combinations. Everything is helped by many, many exercises. This is one book that no chess enthusiast can go without. Cannot recommend it enough." - Michael Englert, ereads.com "One of the most important skills for a chess player to develop is tactical ability. There have been numerous books written on this subject but rarely with such a clear and well presented approach as Nunn offers here. The fourteen chapters explore different tactical themes, starting with an examples and then moving on to exercises for the reader to try. There is also a good choice of material, the positions given having been culled from recent tournament practice." - Grandmaster Nigel Davies "The book is very handy for trainers of chess as you will find a lot of current material." - Jerzy Konikowski, Fernschach International "This is the kind of chess literature that the world needs if we are going to continue to grow chess among youngsters and adults who want to improve. Chess, while a very difficult game to master, is not a hard game to learn. Half the battle is stripping away the mystique to reveal that getting better is a matter of learning some fundamental principles. This book does that and does it really well." - Bill Whited, Chess Country