MULTIPLE CHESS by Graeme Buckley follows in the path of many "chess solitaire" or "test your chess" type books but with a twist. Here the reader is offered 22 games to play over and predict the moves for one side. In this there is nothing new, though the games that IM Buckley has chosen are primarily modern examples after 1990.

What makes this book unique is that on each move the student is offered the choice of four different candidate moves. This feature can be avoided if the reader feels this is too much of a hint, but it can also be a benefit for the lower-rated player in two ways. Firstly, and quite obviously, the reader who is initially stumped has a chance to gain the right solution by being presented with a choice of four candidate moves. More importantly, the student will improve their ability to select logical looking candidate moves by constantly being exposed to plausible possibilities, which can't help but improve their calculating ability.

The author has done a good job of selecting and annotating the games for MULTIPLE CHESS. Players rated under 2200 can derive a great deal from this book.

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