Xie Jun: Chess Champion from China Geschenkidee Botvinnik System: 5 e4 164

Botvinnik System: 5 e4 164

Runner pair

with practical insights from authors' tournament experience

This has made them successful at all forms of play

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Xie Jun: Chess Champion from China Geschenkidee Botvinnik System: 5 e4 164Xie 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