Steve Giddins

Steve Giddins

Personal information
Full name	Stephen William Giddins
Born	(1961-01-29) 29 January 1961 (age 64)
Chess career
Country	England
Title	FIDE Master
Peak rating	2376 (January 1999)

Stephen Giddins (born 29 January 1961) is an English chess player and writer. He graduated from Keble College, Oxford, in Philosophy, Politics and Economics in 1982.^{[ citation needed ]} He went on to become a FIDE Master 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 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
• The Greatest Ever Chess Endgames. Everyman Chess. 2012. ISBN   978-1-85744-694-4.

External links

• Stephen W Giddins rating card at FIDE
• Steve Giddins player profile and games at Chessgames.com