About Steve Giddins
Born 1961. Steve Giddins is a British chess player.
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. 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
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British chess player
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Steve Giddins was born on 29 January 1961.
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