Xie Jun: Chess Champion from China Bestseller Complicated tactics – the kind

Complicated tactics – the kind that separate tournament winners from the pack – require intuition

fresh and innovative analysis

and the authors show how

6) The Sveshnikov & Kalashnikov Variations

but one line in particular has proved an enduring weapon - the sound and solid 4 e3 line

Xie Jun: Chess Champion from China Bestseller Complicated tactics – the kindXie 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