How to Be a Class A Player

[viii], 204, [9] pp. A guide for the Class A aspirant (rated from 1800 to 1999 by the U.S.C.F.). Replete with 35 annotated games in a style that makes the book not just a pleasure to read but a pleasure to see your actual progress from incorporating the ideas Dunne presents. This is also a book of psychological strength for the Class B player - a manual for improvement! These are games at your intended level (Class A), not master chess. Challenging your understanding of the game, at a more exalted level, you are shown the correct way to finish off your opponents (stronger and weaker ones too!). Dunne's masterpiece, How to Become a Candidate Master, is a recognized classic in chess literature and this book will put him in chess' firmament as a very lucid teacher.