--- product_id: 8363868 title: "John Nunn's Chess Course" price: "C$2641" currency: NIO in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.ni/products/8363868-john-nunns-chess-course store_origin: NI region: Nicaragua --- # John Nunn's Chess Course **Price:** C$2641 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** John Nunn's Chess Course - **How much does it cost?** C$2641 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ni](https://www.desertcart.ni/products/8363868-john-nunns-chess-course) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description John Nunn's Chess Course [Nunn, John] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. John Nunn's Chess Course Review: A games collection both good to read and educational - I am using the Kindle edition, in which the size of diagrams and the page formatting are just about perfect -- enough so that even an amateur can study most of the main lines without a board. In a rather daring move, Nunn has based his general chess course on the games of Emanuel Lasker. His reasons for doing so are listed at the outset of the book, and make perfect sense. My reasons for agreeing are these: -- Lasker's games, being played against a wider range of openings and wider range of playing strengths than, say, the games of Anand, prove to be a rich source for training material suitable to the club player. We, too, tend to play outside the current main lines and see strategic as well as tactical errors, just as Lasker did before the information explosion and diffusion of chess knowledge. -- These games do not turn on opening analysis or knowing how to win the 2 pawns v 1 pawn on adjacent file ending. The games are "out of book" by move 7 or 8, and are chosen to illustrate how to play chess, not how to play openings. Likewise, the endings are complex, with a couple minor pieces and rook and several pawns, and are chosen to illustrate good endgame play. -- Lasker was not a perfectionist; he was a competitor. While he did not, as some have alleged, play inferior moves in order to mesmerize and deceive his opponents, he did play moves that were not objectively the best, because they gave him complex positions in which he trusted himself to find the right path better than his opponent. Modern equivalents of this approach are Korchnoi and (as Nunn points out) Carlsen. -- The games themselves are just plain fun. Nunn groups the games into chapters devoted to a single theme, such as attacking play. Within this, he presents a broad selection of games that illustrate how a strong player approaches this theme. I am impressed with the diversity of position types that appear in these games, and how nicely each illustrates various nuances within its chosen theme. It turns out that the games of Lasker alone are a pretty stable base on which to write such a book. And finally, Lasker gets somewhat ignored these days. His approach to chess is something that most players will benefit from studying. The book is suitable for novices up to about expert level, although stronger players are likely to benefit both from the enjoyment of the games, and Nunn's thorough if brief review of important ideas in the middlegame and beyond. Review: Learning from a master - I am an enthusiastic, but not particularly good, chess player. To improve my game, I will devote 2015 to studying this book. Why? I enjoy playing through games of masters, and this book is a *course* on chess based on the games of Emanuel Lasker (1869-1941) who was a world chess champion for 27 years. It takes me a long time to play through a game. I record each game in a notebook; I write out the entire game without comments; I play through the game a few times, making my own notes as I go; then I read Nunn's commentary and compare it with my notes; finally, in my notebook, I write out a complete set of notes next to the game using Nunn's comments and my observations. Aided by www, I make notes about the life of each of Lasker's opponents, and learn a bit about chess history en route to becoming some sort of master. For each game, all this takes a few hours; one game/day is my limit. An inexpensive, enjoyable, way to spend a year. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #8,519,528 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #1,336 in Chess (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (70) | | Dimensions | 7 x 1 x 9.75 inches | | ISBN-10 | 1906454825 | | ISBN-13 | 978-1906454821 | | Item Weight | 1.25 pounds | | Language | English | | Part of series | Chess World Champions | | Print length | 320 pages | | Publication date | May 13, 2014 | | Publisher | Gambit Publications | ## Images ![John Nunn's Chess Course - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71LP+VJLGyL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A games collection both good to read and educational *by D***L on May 24, 2014* I am using the Kindle edition, in which the size of diagrams and the page formatting are just about perfect -- enough so that even an amateur can study most of the main lines without a board. In a rather daring move, Nunn has based his general chess course on the games of Emanuel Lasker. His reasons for doing so are listed at the outset of the book, and make perfect sense. My reasons for agreeing are these: -- Lasker's games, being played against a wider range of openings and wider range of playing strengths than, say, the games of Anand, prove to be a rich source for training material suitable to the club player. We, too, tend to play outside the current main lines and see strategic as well as tactical errors, just as Lasker did before the information explosion and diffusion of chess knowledge. -- These games do not turn on opening analysis or knowing how to win the 2 pawns v 1 pawn on adjacent file ending. The games are "out of book" by move 7 or 8, and are chosen to illustrate how to play chess, not how to play openings. Likewise, the endings are complex, with a couple minor pieces and rook and several pawns, and are chosen to illustrate good endgame play. -- Lasker was not a perfectionist; he was a competitor. While he did not, as some have alleged, play inferior moves in order to mesmerize and deceive his opponents, he did play moves that were not objectively the best, because they gave him complex positions in which he trusted himself to find the right path better than his opponent. Modern equivalents of this approach are Korchnoi and (as Nunn points out) Carlsen. -- The games themselves are just plain fun. Nunn groups the games into chapters devoted to a single theme, such as attacking play. Within this, he presents a broad selection of games that illustrate how a strong player approaches this theme. I am impressed with the diversity of position types that appear in these games, and how nicely each illustrates various nuances within its chosen theme. It turns out that the games of Lasker alone are a pretty stable base on which to write such a book. And finally, Lasker gets somewhat ignored these days. His approach to chess is something that most players will benefit from studying. The book is suitable for novices up to about expert level, although stronger players are likely to benefit both from the enjoyment of the games, and Nunn's thorough if brief review of important ideas in the middlegame and beyond. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Learning from a master *by T***S on December 20, 2014* I am an enthusiastic, but not particularly good, chess player. To improve my game, I will devote 2015 to studying this book. Why? I enjoy playing through games of masters, and this book is a *course* on chess based on the games of Emanuel Lasker (1869-1941) who was a world chess champion for 27 years. It takes me a long time to play through a game. I record each game in a notebook; I write out the entire game without comments; I play through the game a few times, making my own notes as I go; then I read Nunn's commentary and compare it with my notes; finally, in my notebook, I write out a complete set of notes next to the game using Nunn's comments and my observations. Aided by www, I make notes about the life of each of Lasker's opponents, and learn a bit about chess history en route to becoming some sort of master. For each game, all this takes a few hours; one game/day is my limit. An inexpensive, enjoyable, way to spend a year. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Emanuel Lasker (!) missing from title...... *by H***R on February 14, 2022* Grandmaster John Nunn examines various aspects of chess through careful examination of the games of the 2nd Chess Champion of the World, Emanuel Lasker. Students of chess deserve the quality instruction provided by Nunn, and Lasker deserves the spotlight as closely read subject of the course. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ni/products/8363868-john-nunns-chess-course](https://www.desertcart.ni/products/8363868-john-nunns-chess-course) --- *Product available on Desertcart Nicaragua* *Store origin: NI* *Last updated: 2026-04-22*