Xie Jun: Chess Champion from China Vereinsbedarf Nimzowitsch Defense & the St

Nimzowitsch Defense & the St

despite all the fun

Tactical Fireworks

You can sidestep theory

Practical lessons for ambitious improvers

Xie Jun: Chess Champion from China Vereinsbedarf Nimzowitsch Defense & the StXie Juns meteoric rise to stardom is virtually unprecedented in chess history. Born in 1970, in 1988 she was just a promising junior who had never even seen a Grandmaster, let alone beaten one. Yet in 1991 she became Women's World Champion by decisively beating Maya Chiburdanidze, Champion since 1978. This book provides a fascinating and frequently amusing look at the chess world through the eyes of a young Chinese woman, as she describes her unique