For all chess-players, from beginners to world champions, from kids to seniors, delivering checkmate is the greatest thrill the game has to offer. The ability to spot checkmates is a vital skill – and this easy-to-use book shows you how it is done.
By focusing exclusively on positions from real games, ranging from junior events to grandmaster encounters, Nunn ensures that the mates featured are those which arise most often in real life.
All 1001 puzzle positions have been carefully checked, and are graded by theme and difficulty. Most of the puzzles are suitable for novice and junior players. The last chapter challenges you with ‘extreme checkmates’, but don’t worry: you’ll be ready for them!
The Kindle edition of this book has been specially reorganised for easy use. The solution to each puzzle is always on the page following the puzzle itself, and the puzzle diagram is repeated there, so it is not necessary to flip backwards and forwards when viewing the solution.
Author Dr John Nunn is one of the best-respected figures in world chess, having numbered among the world’s leading grandmasters for nearly twenty years. He has won four gold medals in chess Olympiads, and was crowned World Chess Solving Champion in 2004, 2007 and 2010.