Description:
Often chess literature for amateur enthusiasts is written by experts who are remote from the concerns, fears and realistic aspirations of club players. Whether they are members of physical organisations or, increasingly, subscribers to clubs of the virtual variety on the Internet, these readers need instruction which neither talks down to them, nor aims above their heads, with reams of telephone directory move print-outs. Such an audience is now numbered globally in hundreds of millions. They are the audience for this book.
Both authors have focused their chess careers at club and county level, and write from personal experience.
Brief description: Julian Simpole, a Commonwealth Chess Master, has won the championships of both the Brighton Chess Club and Sussex County. For many years chess columnist for the Brighton & Hove Gazette, Julian also developed a successful career as Director of The London Chess Centre, and trainer of both Luke McShane and David Howell, two of the UK's youngest Grandmasters. David defeated elite GM John Nunn at the age of eight, while Luke won the World Under Ten Boys' Championship, after Julian's tutelage.