Nigel Short World Chess Challenger - 2nd hand

The youngest player ever to qualify for the British Championship, in 1977, Nigel Short has matured from an outstanding prodigy to one of the world's leading Grandmasters. The culmination of his steep rise to fame is his World Championship semi-final qualifier against Anatoly Karpov, the former champion, in early 1992.

This book charts Nigel Short's astonishing ascent to the chess peaks, through an exciting selection of the most important games in his career. Each game is brought vividly to life by absorbing annotations which provide a valuable insight into the character and playing style of one of the greatest players in the world today. It includes brilliant wins against Kasparov, Karpov, Korchnoi and other greats of contemporary chess.

• Casa editrice Batsford
• Code BT7114us
• Anno 1992
• Pagine 144
• Isbn 0-7134-7114-X