Grandmaster Raymond Keene, multiple tournament winner, and former British Champion, is the world’s most prolific chess writer, with more than 100 books to his credit including World Champion Combinations (with Schiller) and the new, Keene on Chess for Cardoza. Considered one of the strongest players in the world and one of the top theoreticians, Keene is well known for his work organizing world championships, his many best-selling chess titles, and for his co-authorship with World Champion Garry Kasparov and Eric Schiller on Batsford Chess Openings - the all-time best-selling reference work on chess openings.Keene is a former British champion and medal winner in the chess Olympiad, and was awarded the title Officer of the British Empire, by Queen Elizabeth II for his services to chess. He is the chess correspondent for the Spectator, London (since 1977), and Thames Television (since 1986), and writes the London Times daily chess column.
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