Stephen Giddins (born 29 January 1961) is an English

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

player and writer. He graduated from

Keble College, Oxford Keble College () is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, University Museum a ...

, in

Philosophy, Politics and Economics Philosophy, politics and economics, or politics, philosophy and economics (PPE), is an interdisciplinary undergraduate or postgraduate academic degree, degree which combines study from three disciplines. The first institution to offer degrees in P ...

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 and ...

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 English chess writers Chess FIDE Masters Alumni of Keble College, Oxford 21st-century English male writers English male non-fiction writers {{England-chess-bio-stub