Keen Raymond. Nigel Short's Best Games

B. T. Batsford Ltd, 1993. — 65 p. — ISBN: 0-773474009.A 12-year-old boy sits at a chessboard. Facing him is a formidable and deadly opponent.The man is an experienced master, a player who has beaten one World Champion and himself won the British Championship a record ten times. The scene is Brighton in the summer of 1977. The boy is Nigel Short, the first preteenager ever to compete in the British Championship, and the hardened veteran is Dr Jonathan Penrose.After a few moves of play, to the amazement of the onlookers, Penrose offers the boy a draw. To the even greater consternation of those looking on, the boy declines the offer.The game proceeds. First, Penrose almost loses his queen, and then, faced with inevitable checkmate, on the 41st move, the shattered master concedes defeat.