Test Your Chess With Daniel King

by Daniel J. King

Players can see how good they really are, with this instructive and entertaining guide, based on Grandmaster Daniel King's Chess Monthly column. He invites you to sit alongside chess's best and predict their moves, winning (or losing) points along the way. Not only will these fun quizzes enable you to gauge your skill, at the same time you'll be learning strategies from the world's champions.

Genres: Chess

240 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Daniel King is a chess grandmaster. He has been a professional chess-player for over 25 years representing his country on numerous occasions. In addition, he is a games consultant, television presenter, live commentator, freelance journalist, and an award-winning author of 15 books.

Reviews

[Cody Oldham · Rating 5 out of 5]

My chess has been tested and found wanting! This book was difficult but very fun. I was easily spending two hours or more on each of the 20 games. I think his judgment is fair and provided a lot of analysis on feasible lines. However, I would like to see how a GM processes a game in this collection.

Some I did well and felt I saw almost everything. Others like the first Shirov game I still do not feel I understand at all. I almost feel like it is using tactics and calculation to try and escape a poor position, but regardless you have to see very deep to play like this and I want to understand it better.

I'll be going back to some of these games for sure.