The 14-year-old 2007 World Junior Chess champion has an estimated 40 trophies under his belt and wrote the book "Mastering Positional Chess: Practical Lessons of a Junior World Champion," which he’ll be signing at the Mechanics’ Institute on Sunday.
Q: What’s the first thing you tell someone who’s learning how to play chess?
A: Chess, I think, is a really good game once you learn the basics. It’s so fun to play. You have to be patient, though. It’s easy to give up when you lose two games.
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2 comments:
I was at Daniel N's lecture and signing yesterday (I played in the A.J. Fink), and he comported himself well. I dropped a few questions on him about current elite players, namely Max Vachier-Legrave and Luke McShane. Bought a book and asked him what game collections HE found most instructive for his playing and writing. Daniel said Petrosian and Karpov. No surprise there.
I have a question for you: Do you happen to know Tom O'Donnell's email address or tel #? I'm trying to get a hold of him for a few lessons. Thanks in advance. kh
Hi, thank you for the comment.
I have an old address, but I am not sure if it's still active.
Drop me an email and I will send you
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