Nigel Short
Best games of a world title challenger
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| By Keene, Raymond |
| ISBN 1843820579 |
| SERIES Hardinge Simpole Chess Classics |
| Paperback 164 pages |
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| Published October, 2002 |
| UK Price £14.95 Order from amazon.co.uk |
| US Price $23.95 Order from amazon.com |
In 1993 Garry Kasparov and Nigel Short broke away from FIDE, the world chess federation, to contest their own world championship match sponsored by The Times newspaper of London. This book gives Nigel Short's best games, with meticulously researched comments, against top players, and shows how he qualified to meet the great Kasparov in their million dollar clash in London. Short's victims include Timman, Speelman, Ijubojevic, Karpov and Kasparov himself. Raymond Keene is a British Chess Champion,and the first British Player to achieve a FIDE (World Chess Federation) Grandmaster norm. He was awarded the OBE for services to chess in 1985. He is Chess Correspondent of The Times,The Sunday Times,The Spectator, and The International Herald Tribune. He is a prolific author of chess books, several of which are classics of the genre. He has organised three World Chess Championships.<.> |
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