Jon Speelman is one of the most successful British chess-players of all time, and is renowned for the creativity of his play and his remarkable calculating ability. He is also an extremely experienced writer and chess coach. His personal selection of chess puzzles will infuriate, entertain, test and instruct chess-players of all levels.

Themed sections include:

• Finger Exercises
• Stalemate
• The Skewer
• The Pin
• Pawn Promotion
• Line Opening and Closing
• Loose Pieces
• Mating Attacks
• The Back Rank
• Knight Forks

Grandmaster Jon Speelman is a world-championship candidates semi-finalist, and has been one of the mainstays of the England team for a quarter of a century, including the period during which the team won silver medals three times at chess Olympiads. He is an extremely respected writer, especially noted for his ground-breaking work on endgame topics. This is his first book for Gambit.

Content:
004 Bibliography

005 Introduction

Part One: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Lg7

010 - 1: 3.Sc3 c6 and 4...d5 (Gurgenidze Main Line)

027 - 2: 3.Sc3 c6 and 4...d5 (Gurgenidze Odds and Ends)

045 - 3: 3.Sc3 d6: The Main Lines

060 - 4: 3.Sc3 d6: Other Lines

Part Two: 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Lg7

072 - 5: 3.e4 d6 4.Sc3: Averbakh Variation with 4...Sc6 5.d5 Sd4

094 - 6: 3.e4 d6 4.Sc3: Averbakh Variation with 4...Sc6 5.Le3 e5 6.d5 Sce7

110 - 7: 3.e4 d6 4.Sc3: Averbakh Variation with 4...Sd7

129 - 8: 3.e4 d6 4.Sc3: Other Averbakh Lines

141 - 9: Odds and Ends

159 Indes of Complete Games