Christopher Geoffrey Ward is a British chess Grandmaster (GM), chess coach, and author. He grew up in North West Kent, on the edge of Vigo Village and played his early chess at the village school chess club.
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Starting Out Rook Endgames
2005
ISBN 9781857443745
Dambuster Crash Sites
2022
ISBN 9781783035250
1 Group Bomber Command
2022
ISBN 9781473838109
Opening Play
1994
ISBN 9780713475111