Stephen Giddins (born 29 January 1961) is an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player and writer. He graduated from Keble College, Oxford, in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1982. He went on to become a

FIDE Master FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating and ...

and wrote a number of chess books, some of which have also been translated into German and Spanish. He was the editor of

British Chess Magazine ''British Chess Magazine'' is the world's oldest chess journal in continuous publication. First published in January 1881, it has appeared at monthly intervals ever since. It is frequently known in the chess world as ''BCM''. The founder an ...

from September 2010 to April 2011.

Books

* ''101 Chess Opening Traps'', 1998 * ''How to Build Your Chess Opening Repertoire'', 2003 * ''50 Essential Chess Lessons'', 2006 * ''101 Chess Endgame Tips: golden nuggets of endgame wisdom'', 2007 * ''50 Ways to Win at Chess'', 2008 *

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* * 1961 births Living people English chess players British chess writers British non-fiction writers Chess FIDE Masters Alumni of Keble College, Oxford British male writers Male non-fiction writers {{England-chess-bio-stub