Joe Gallagher

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1. Garry Kasparov

   Author of Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 1, Garry Kasparov on Fischer: Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 4 (My Great Predecessors), Garry Kasparov on My Great Predecessors, Part 2

2. John Nunn

   Author of Understanding Chess Move by Move, Nunn's Chess Openings (Everyman Chess Series), John Nunn's Best Games 1985-1993 (Openings)

3. Mikhail Tal

   Author of Life & Games of Mikhail Tal, Tal-Botvinnik, 1960, Attack with Mikhail Tal

4. Joe Gallagher

   Author of Starting Out: King's Indian (Starting Out - Everyman Chess), Starting Out: The Caro-Kann (Starting Out - Everyman Chess), Beating The Anti-King's Indians

5. John L. Watson

   Author of Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy, Play the French, 3rd (Cadogan Chess Books), Chess Strategy in Action

6. David Bronshtein

   Author of Zurich International Chess Tournament, 1953, Bronstein On the King's Indian, Modern Chess Self-Tutor

7. Anatoly Karpov

   Author of Anatoly Karpov's Best Games (Batsford Chess Library), Caro Kann Defence: Advance Variation and Gambit System (Batsford Chess Books)

8. Jan Pinski

   Author of The Four Knights, The Benko Gambit, Sicilian Kalashnikov (Everyman Chess)

9. Angus Dunnington

   Author of The Ultimate King's Indian Attack: Improve Your Results by Playing This Powerful Opening System, Understanding the Sacrifice: Sacrifice Your Way to Success

10. Karsten Müller

    Author of Fundamental Chess Endings, Secrets of Pawn Endings

11. Neil McDonald

    Author of The King's Gambit: A Modern View of a Swashbuckling Opening, Starting Out: Dutch Defence (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)

12. Alexander Kotov

    Author of The Soviet School of Chess, Play Like A Grandmaster (Batsford Chess Book)

13. Alexander Alekhine

    Author of My Best Games of Chess, 1908 - 1937, 107 Great Chess Battles, 1939-1945 (Dover Books on Chess), Book of the Nottingham International Chess Tournament

14. Tony Kosten

    Author of The Dynamic English : The aggresive player's guide to a traditional chess opening, Mastering the Nimzo-Indian: With the Read and Play Method

15. Mark Dvoretsky

    Author of Secrets of Chess Training (Batsford Chess Books), Secrets of Chess Tactics

16. Colin Crouch

    Author of How to Defend in Chess, Attacking Technique

17. John Emms

    Author of Attacking with 1e4 (Everyman Chess), Survival Guide to Rook Endings

18. John Cox

    Author of Starting Out: 1d4 : A Reliable Repertoire for the Improving Player (Starting Out - Everyman Chess)

19. Larry Christiansen

    Author of Storming the Barricades

20. Jonathan Rowson

    Author of The Seven Deadly Chess Sins, Understanding the Grunfeld