Xie Jun: Chess Champion from China Vereinsbedarf but most tactical exercises in

but most tactical exercises in traditional puzzle books look nothing like what you encounter in your own games

Practical lessons for ambitious improvers

Tactical Fireworks

despite all the fun

strategies

Xie Jun: Chess Champion from China Vereinsbedarf but most tactical exercises inXie 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