Your Jungle Guide to Unbalancing Your Opponents

One of the best experiences about being a chess player is that we get to travel the world to play this amazing game and make memories with people whom we can reconnect with at tournaments thanks to our mutual love for chess. 

I met Dorsa and Borna at one of these tournaments. Chess has brought lots of friends into my life and Dorsa is one of them. I have known her since 2013, but got to know her better in 2017 at Saint Louis University where I was doing a degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science. We have spent countless hours together traveling from one tournament to another and during team training. We have bonded well, and I have seen her grow here at SLU. Our friendship is forever.

Apart from chess and college life, one more thing connects Dorsa and me – food! We are both big fans of Persian cuisine. There are a lot of similarities between it and Turkish cuisine.   

One thing I really like about this book is how the young siblings have brought together such crucial yet often overlooked aspects of the game in such a fun and easy-going format. As a GM there were many points throughout that I could relate to and perhaps even do better at in the future thanks to their book! If you want to improve your chess, this is your go-to book as the siblings have covered some fascinating contents.

Cemil Can Ali Marandi

Grandmaster, five-time European Youth Champion, Turkish Chess Olympiad player

“The wonderful journey of selecting, analyzing and commentating on games has been very beneficial to both of us. In this book, we look deeply into some factors that are not spoken about as much as they should, for example, the importance of preparing for the opening, to always be searching for sacrifices when your pieces are active, to never stop grinding until the game is over and of course, the part we both love the most, psychology in chess.” ~ Dorsa and Borna Derakhshani

• Casa editrice Thinkers Publishing
• Code 7943
• Anno 2021
• Pagine 407
• Isbn 9789464201314