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Joshua Waitzkin (born December 4, 1976) is an American former chess player, martial arts world champion, and author. As a child, he was recognized as a prodigy, and won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994.
Tim Cain, the producer, lead programmer and one of the main designers of the 1997 computer game Fallout, cited I Am Legend and the movie The Omega Man as influences on the game: This book was how a[n] individual would handle thinking that he was the last survivor on Earth.
Authors with five books or more have a sub-section title on their own, to increase the usability of the table of contents. When a book was written by several authors, it is listed once under the name of each author. See: List of chess books (A–F) List of chess books (G–L) List of chess books (M–S) List of chess books (T–Z)
International Master (IM) Simon Webb in his book Chess for Tigers identified five "secrets of swindling": [40] (1) Be objective. The first prerequisite to a swindle is to be objective enough to realize early on when you have a lost position and start playing for a swindle while your position still has resources.
Bruce Pandolfini (born September 17, 1947) is an American chess author, teacher, and coach. A USCF national master, he is considered to be one of America's most experienced chess teachers.
Maurice Ashley (born March 6, 1966) is a Jamaican and American chess player, author, and commentator. [1] [2] In 1999, he earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM).[3]Ashley is well known as a commentator for high-profile chess events. [4]
Wesley So scored 9/9 in the 2011 Inter-Provincial Chess Team Championship, with a performance rating of 3037, [64] [65] won the gold medal in men's blitz at the SEA Games 2011 at Indonesia with a score of 9/9 and a rating performance of 3183, [66] and won the 2013 Calgary International Blitz Championship with a score of 9/9.
Keene considers the author a "chess genius", because of how he was able to quickly develop a deep understanding of the way the new rules will change chess. [4] He also believes that it is possible Leonardo created some of the problems in the manuscript, including the one presented by The Guardian .