Great Moves: Learning Chess Through History

Weeramantry, Sunil; Abrams, Alan; McLellan, Robert

ISBN 10: 1936277786 / ISBN 13: 9781936277780

Verlag: Mongoose Press, 2017

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What’s the best way to learn chess? Great Moves: Learning Chess Through History blends the intricacies of chess play with the game’s compelling and colorful history, putting real people at the 64 squares.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Sunil Weeramantry is a FIDE Master, chess teacher, and Executive Director of the National Scholastic Chess Foundation. A two-time New York State Champion, Sunil is better known these days as the stepfather of GM Hikaru Nakamura, one of the world's elite grandmasters. Sunil is the author, with Ed Eusebi, of Best Lessons of a Chess Coach (Random House, 1993).

Following a career as owner of a retail business, Alan Abrams now teaches chess in New York and Connecticut. Leading public-school chess programs at PS291 and MS15 in the South Bronx, he helped underprivileged children become national champions.

Robert McLellan was Executive Producer for the award-winning chess documentary film, Brooklyn Castle, and served two years as marketing director for the U.S. Chess Federation before joining the National Scholastic Chess Foundation, where he develops and manages teacher training programs.

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Titel: Great Moves: Learning Chess Through History
Verlag: Mongoose Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
Einband: paperback
Zustand: Very Good