Chris Ward (chess player)

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Chris G Ward (March 26, 1968) is a British chess Grandmaster (GM), chess coach, and author. He won the British Championship in 1996, earning the GM title in the process. He is the author of two well-received books on a variation of the Sicilian Defence known as the Dragon Variation, in addition to a number of other books on chess. He is also the author of the book Starting Out: Rook Endings, published by Everyman Chess (see Chess endgame literature). He also authored the "It's your move" series, the most challenging being the third book called "It's your move: Tough Puzzles", which was published by Everyman Chess. Chris Ward teaches chess to many different schools.

Outside chess, Chris Ward is also a keen Salsa dancer.^[1]

[edit] Bibliography

Ward, Chris (1996), Endgame Play, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-7920-5
Ward, Chris (1999), The Queen's Gambit Accepted, Batsford, ISBN 0-7134-8467-5
Improve your Opening Play, (2000)
Starting Out: The Nimzo-Indian (2002)
It's Your Move: Improvers, (2002)
Winning with the Dragon, (2003)
It's Your Move: Tough Puzzles, (2004)
Ward, Chris (2004), Starting Out: Rook Endgames, Everyman Chess, ISBN 1-85744-374-8
Play the Queen's Gambit (2006)
Starting Out: Chess Tactics and Checkmates (2006)