Pandemic Shark: A Journey Through the World of Chess Improvement

By Daniel Gormally

Daniel Gormally is a struggling chess Grandmaster competing in the British chess championships when he first encounters the pandemic shark, a particularly ferocious beast that is determined to devour his last remaining rating points. In his attempt to understand this recent phenomenon and to try explain the difference between an amateur and a professional chess player and himself and the very best players in the world, Gormallly embarks on a journey through a world that includes chess punks on Twitter, drunken yobs at a weekend congress, beautiful content streamers and a seemingly unbeatable chess computer. The author is a chess Grandmaster currently living in Northumberland in England. His best chess accomplishments include representing England in the European team championships in Gothenburg in 2005, and he has a peak rating of 2573. His hobbies include pub quizzes and betting on mentally weak golfers. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9464201533
• ISBN13: 9789464201536
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Thinkers Publishing
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.6" x 9.2"