Yasser Seirawan is een Amerikaanse schaakgrootmeester en viervoudig Amerikaans kampioen. Hij is een gepubliceerde schaakuteur en commentator. Zijn piek FIDE-rating was 2658, wat hij bereikte in november 2011.
A complete overview of proven chess principles that teaches readers how to deploy their pieces using the right moves at the right time to build small advantages into effective, long-range strategies.
The essential guide to the use of tactics, the watchdogs of strategy that take advantage of short-term opportunities to trap or ambush an opponent and change the course of a game in a single move.
Play Winning Chess is an introduction to the moves, strategies and philosophy of chess, with clear explanations of the games, fundamental and instructive examples, question-and-answer sections, sample games and psychological hints.
Yasser Seirawan provides an engaging account of his games and interactions with the world champions of chess: celebrated figures including Garry Kasparov, Anatoly Karpov and Bobby Fischer.