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Master Jeremy Silman is a chess professional
who has won the American Open, the National
Open, and the U.S. Open; only a few other
players have ever won all three of these
prestigious events. Though highly respected
as a player, Mr. Silman is better known
as a world-class lecturer, teacher, and
writer. The author of over thirty-five
chess books and one book on the psychology
of gambling (ZEN AND THE ART OF CASINO
GAMING), his work has been published by
such houses as Maxwell/Macmillan, Cadogan,
and Microsoft Press, with several books
having been translated into German and
French. His chess articles, over a hundred,
have appeared in English, Dutch, German,
and American magazines. Jeremy began to write fiction in 1994. His first screenplay, THE CHESS
PLAYERS, was optioned by LMK Productions,
Inc. at the end of that year.
In
2001, Mr. Silman was hired as the chess
consultant for the motion picture, HARRY
POTTER and the SORCERER’S STONE.
In 2002, he became the chess consultant
for the HBO series, ARLISS. In 2003, Jeremy
was called in to design multiple chess
scenes for an episode of MALCOLM IN THE
MIDDLE. CLICK
TO SEE SILMAN'S ARTICLE ON DRUG TESTING IN
CHESS
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TO SEE SILMAN'S ANSWERS TO READER QUESTIONS
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TO SEE BOOK REVIEWS BY SILMAN (and others)
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TO SEE VARIOUS INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED BY SILMAN
(featuring a self interview, an interview with
Yasser Seirawan, and a fascinating interview
with Jennifer Shahade)
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TO SEE OPENING ANALYSIS BY SILMAN and others
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TO SEE SILMAN'S HISTORIC ARTICLES ON THE WORLD
CHAMPIONS
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TO SEE SILMAN'S COMMENTS ABOUT CHESS IN MOVIES & TV
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TO SEE A LARGE SILMAN ARTICLE ON THE STUDY
OF MASTER GAMES
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TO SEE AN ENORMOUS ARTICLE ON SILMAN'S GAMES
AND STYLISTIC PROGRESSION
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TO SEE SILMAN'S SERIES OF ARTICLES THAT OFFER
INSTRUCTION FOR TOURNAMENT PLAYERS
CLICK
TO SEE SILMAN'S ARTICLE TITLED BUILDING A BASE
OF CHESS UNDERSTANDING
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TO SEE SILMAN'S SERIES OF ARTICLES FOR BEGINNERS
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TO SEE SILMAN'S TACTICAL QUIZZES
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TO SEE SILMAN'S ARTICLES ON BASIC ENDGAMES
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TO SEE SILMAN'S ARTICLES ON ADVANCED ENDGAMES |
