American Grandmaster - Benjamin "Giant Chess for Schools" the execution of this plan

the execution of this plan is anything but simple because Black obtains the Bishop pair and free piece play to compensate him for his doubled pawns on c6

Lorin D' Costa presents a comprehensive study of opposite-side castling and the crucial techniques needed both in attack and defense

impressive to play and to behold with gloss

Back-Rank Mate

American Grandmaster - Benjamin "Giant Chess for Schools" the execution of this planJoel Benjamin is one of the most prominent faces in the history of US chess. At thirteen years of age he broke Bobby Fischer's record as the youngest ever national master, and this was followed by countless tournament successes. Perhaps most famously, in 1997 he hit the headlines when he became the chess consultant for IBM's Deep Blue computer, which made history by beating World Champion Garry Kasparov in an epic encounter. In American Grandmaster,