Starting Out:The Sicilian Dragon

by Andrew Martin

Overview

Andrew Martin studies this famous opening in a simplistic way, introducing the crucial initial moves and ideas and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them, something that has sometimes been neglected or taken for granted.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781857443981
Publisher:	Everyman Chess
Publication date:	11/01/2005
Series:	Starting Out - Everyman Chess
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Andrew Martin is an International Master with many tournament successes to his name, including being runner-up in the British Championship. He is a renowned chess trainer: he teaches in many schools, has coached four world junior champions and several national junior champions. He is also a skilled and outspoken chess writer: he is the author of several chess books and a regular columnist for Chess and British Chess Magazine. He is resident in the UK.

Interviews

Andrew Martin studies this famous chess opening in a simplistic way, introducing the crucial initial moves and ideas and taking care to explain the reasoning behind them, something that has sometimes been neglected or taken for granted. The reader is helped throughout with an abundance of notes, tips and warnings highlighting the important aspects of the Sicilian Dragon.

Editorial Reviews

"They will fill a serious gap in the current chess literature, and I'm sure they will be extremely popular with amateur chess players."—Chessville.com "The ideal opening training manuals."—Glenn Flear, New In Chess

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