Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book by Jon Speelman

A Gambit Classic Reissue: Jon Speelman is one of the most successful British chess-players of all time, and is renowned for the creativity of his play and his remarkable calculating ability. He is also an extremely experienced writer and chess coach. His personal selection of chess puzzles will infuriate, entertain, test and instruct chess-players of all levels.

Themed sections include:
Overloaded pieces and deflection
Stalemate
The Skewer
The Pin
Pawn Promotion
Opening and Closing Lines
Loose Pieces
Mating Attacks
The Back Rank
Knight Forks

Jon Speelman is a world-championship candidates semi-finalist, and has been one of the mainstays of the England team for a quarter of a century, including the period during which the team won silver medals three times at chess Olympiads. He is an extremely respected writer, especially noted for his ground-breaking work on endgame topics. This is his first book for Gambit.

“The book is a tactical delight. Speelman’s entertaining selection of game fragments and compositions ranges from simple tactical themes to chess wizardry and can be enjoyed by beginners as well as tournament players.” - GM Lubomir Kavalek, Washington Post

“Speelman is a tremendously creative grandmaster and the puzzles in the book support that fact.” - Carl Portman, Defence Focus

“Speelman has organized the material in each chapter so that the student builds on previous knowledge with each quiz position coming with a hint. At the back of the book there are helpful explanations of the solutions. Jon Speelman’s Chess Puzzle Book is written by someone who has mastered the game and spent a lot of time passing on this knowledge.” - IM John Donaldson, USA Team Captain

“This is a traditional puzzle book except for the fact that it is written by Jon Speelman, who is of course one of the most remarkably creative and imaginative chess-players around. The level of difficulty is quite wide, from the simple/well-known to the highly original/diabolical. ... A most enjoyable selection.” - John Saunders, British Chess Magazine

“Jon’s work can be recommended without any restriction.” - Gerhard Josten, Rochade Europa

“For anyone who wants to stay busy at the beach or on the bus (as a day not chessed is a day not lived), this book of 300 puzzles will cope with even a month-long holiday. And no one will return home dissatisfied, as the solutions are all given at the back” - Bab Wilders, Nederlands Dagblad