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Publisher: Gambit, 2001
Edition: Paperback large
ISBN: 1.90198.341.2
Pages: 240
Language: English

John Nunn is one of the most highly regarded chess writers in the world. He has carefully selected thirty modern games to help the reader understand the most important aspects of chess and to illustrate modern chess principles in action.

Virtually every is explained using words that everyone can understand. Jargon is avoided as far as possible.

Almost all the examples are taken from the 1990s and show how key ideas are handled by the grandmasters of today. The emphasis is on general principles that readers will be able to use in their own games, and detailed analysis is only given where it is necessary.

Each game contains many lessons, but to guide the reader through the most important ideas in each phase of the game, the thirty games are grouped thematically into those highlighting opening, middlegame and endgame themes.

 Peter Connor, CHESSVILLE:
"Beautifully put together... anyone who plays over the games in it slowly and carefully is bound to improve his understanding of chess... almost certainly the best book of 2001, and one of the very best of the past decade of so"

Leonard Barden, EVENING STANDARD:
"Plenty of excellent general advice" 

Matthew Sadler, NEW IN CHESS:
"A typical high quality Doc effort! Really excellent annotations to some superb games."

John Watson, TWIC:
"First and foremost a teaching book... I am so taken by the clarity, simplicity and pure instructiveness of this book that my first instinct would be to give it to every student I know"  

Randy Bauer, RANDY'S REVIEWS:
"In conclusion, John Nunn has written a wonderful book about 30 wonderful games. The analysis is first rate, the commentary cogent, and the production excellent. What is there not to like? In the end, I couldn't find anything to fault, and that is why it earns the highest rating. Buy this book, you will not be sorry" 

Lubosh Kavalek, WASHINGTON POST:
"A great selection of 30 hard fought modern games according to general themes and principles. Nunn does not dwell too much on variations and explains the moves with words - a lot of wonderful words. In his view chess made extreme progress during the past 50 years and the selected games reflect these changes well. He clearly shows that today's positional play is often spiced up with tactical ideas. Any tournament player should enjoy the book and learn a lot from it" 

Paul Motwani, THE SCOTSMAN:
"Lucidly explains a very well-chosen set of games to beautifully illustrate a wide range of important themes which will be of inestimable value to the reader" 

Richard Palliser, BCF CHESS MOVES:
"Nunn's work is relevant to all strengths of player, with the general introductions to each game, explanations of the openings and post game summaries being easy to understand by even a weak player, whilst stronger players will learn much from the detailed comments and analysis." 

Soren Seagaard, SEAGAARD REVIEWS:
"This is a great book from one of the best chess writers in the World. He does a fine job explaining the plans "move by move" so everybody can understand what it's all about" 

John Donaldson, INSIDE CHESS ONLINE:
"A first rate instructional work... Nunn does a very good job of explaining the key points of the game in such a way that the reader is given a true account of what is happening and not some watered down version. Nunn does a good job of translating the muddy world of modern master chess into something that is understandable to the layman"