Desert Island Chess Puzzle Omnibus

Product Description

If you had to choose a single luxury chess item to take to a desert island, then how about this: a superb selection of 400 puzzles to solve? Each author has carefully chosen 100 original positions, graded by difficulty and theme into four sections of 25. The emphasis throughout is on entertainment, instruction and inspiration. The solutions pinpoint lessons to be learnt and explain why plausible but incorrect solutions fail.

Wesley So presents 100 puzzles from his own recent games, many from elite events. They range from easily-overlooked but straightforward ideas to moves of great depth.
Michael Adams offers positions from his files that have inspired him over the years, and includes a section of ‘warm-ups’.
John Nunn challenges you to find beautiful tactics in recent games and studies, as well as some of his own career highlights.
Graham Burgess has scoured his work over the years for hidden unpublished gems, and includes themed sections on opening tactics and defensive ideas.

Review

“I like the fact that there is a combination of contributors – that works well. I also feel that there is a personal touch to the book and the puzzles really mean something to the players. … There is much to learn about opening, middlegame and endgame positions here, so it is not just about solving the puzzles. There’s more if you want it.” – Carl Portman, Chess Book Reviews

“This excellent, entertaining book is split up into four sections by author … a superb puzzle book with a varied pot-pourri of problems such as opening traps, pure tactics, attacking ideas, defensive ideas, endings, and studies with a varying degree of difficulty to suit all standards. An excellent book for not just junior training but for players of all standards to hone their tactical skills.” – FM Richard Webb, British Chess News

From the Back Cover

If you had to choose a single luxury chess item to take to a desert island, then how about this: a superb selection of 400 puzzles to solve? Each author has carefully chosen 100 original positions, graded by difficulty and theme into four sections of 25. The emphasis throughout is on entertainment, instruction and inspiration. The solutions pinpoint lessons to be learnt and explain why plausible but incorrect solutions fail.

Wesley So presents 100 puzzles from his own recent games, many from elite events. They range from easily-overlooked but straightforward ideas to moves of great depth.
Michael Adams offers positions from his files that have inspired him over the years, and includes a section of ‘warm-ups’.
John Nunn challenges you to find beautiful tactics in recent games and studies, as well as some of his own career highlights.
Graham Burgess has scoured his work over the years for hidden unpublished gems, and includes themed sections on opening tactics and defensive ideas.

This book is written by an all-star team of authors.
Wesley So is the reigning Fischer Random World Champion, the 2017 US Champion and the winner of the 2016 Grand Chess Tour.
Michael Adams has been the top British player for the last quarter of a century and was a finalist in the 2004 FIDE World Championship.
John Nunn is a three-time winner of both the World Solving Championship and the British Chess Federation Book of the Year Award.
Graham Burgess is Gambit’s Editorial Director and the author of 30 books.

About the Author

Wesley So is one of the world’s top players. In 2016 he won two gold medals at the Olympiad and was overall winner of the Grand Chess Tour. He followed up with a 2017 US Championship victory, and in late 2019 became the Chess960 World Champion with a commanding 13½-2½ victory over Magnus Carlsen. Originally from the Philippines, he now lives in Minnesota.

Michael Adams has been the UK’s top player for the last quarter of a century, and for years was among the world top ten. He has won a number elite-level events, including Dos Hermanas in 1995 and 1999, and Dortmund in 1998