A multinational array of top grandmasters explain the differences in thinking between professional and amateur chess players, and how the amateur can bridge the gap. It usually take at least a decade of sustained effort for even the most talented player to reach grandmaster level and though this book cannot guarantee to make the reader a grandmaster, it is certainly a healthy nudge in the right direction.

The authors are: Pavel Eljanov, Boris Avrukh, Mihail Marin, Peter Heine Nielsen, Tiger Hillarp Persson, Jacob Aagaard and John Shaw, all GM.