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The Royal Chess Couple in Action introduces the dominant leadership of the royal game. The King is its most significant piece while the Queen is its mightiest one. Following a brief historical overview the reader is met with the wealth of tactical abilities characterizing the main heroes, their strengths and weaknesses in attack and defence, while acting on their own or collaborating with other pieces. The authors, both are experienced players and tutors, offer to the improving player a selection of almost 500 instructive positions he may choose to use for training, just as fun read¿or both!
About the author
Hans Böhm learned the basics of chess from his parents. He quickly became an International master during the period that Spassky, Fischer and Karpov were dominating the chess world. Later, his professional career turned to journalism, writing, commentating and becoming a prominent journalist hosting many several tv-shows. You can call him the real Dutch ambassador of chess. In 1988 he became the world record holder, Guinness-book of records, of a simultaneous display against 560 opponents, achieving a most remarkable positive score of 94%.Yochanan Afek (1952) was born and grew up in Tel-Aviv and now lives in Amsterdam. In more than 50 years of his professional chess career he has been a highly active player, trainer, journalist, organizer and a composer of studies and problems. He is an over the board International master, a Grandmaster of chess composition and International arbiter for both.
His most memorable tournament victory is winning the Open Paris Championship 2002.
He is the co-author of the highly acclaimed “Invisible Chess Moves” (Book of the Year 2011), “Extreme Chess Tactics” (2017) and “Practical Chess Beauty” (2018).
