Christopher Geoffrey Ward (26 March 1968) is a British

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Grandmaster (GM), chess coach, and author. He grew up in North West Kent, on the edge of Vigo Village and played his early chess at the village school chess club. Ward went on to win the British Championship in 1996, earning the GM title in the process. He is the author of two well-received books on a variation of the Sicilian Defence known as the Dragon Variation, in addition to a number of other books on chess. He is also the author of the book ''Starting Out: Rook Endings'', published by

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). He also authored the ''It's your move'' series, the most challenging being the third book called ''It's your move: Tough Puzzles'', which was published by Everyman Chess. Chris Ward teaches chess to many different schools, and plays Simultaneous games against club players, such a
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Bibliography

* * * ''The Genius of Paul Morphy'', (1997) * ''Improve your Opening Play'', (2000) * ''Winning With the Sicilian Dragon 2'' (2001) * ''Starting Out: The Nimzo-Indian'' (2002) * ''It's Your Move: Improvers'', (2002) * ''Unusual Queen's Gambit Declined'' (2002) * ''Winning with the Dragon'', (2003) * ''It's Your Move: Tough Puzzles'', (2004) * * * ''Play the Queen's Gambit'' (2006) * ''Starting Out: Chess Tactics and Checkmates'' (2006)

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