Hansen: The Basman-Williams Attack Strategie His Chess for Hawks won

His Chess for Hawks won the Best Instructional Book Award from the Chess Journalists of America (CJA)

he became the youngest grandmaster in the world at 12 years 4 months and 25 days

trainer and student

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” -- Werner Moller

Hansen: The Basman-Williams Attack Strategie His Chess for Hawks wonAn innovative approach to dealing with the King's Indian and Grnfeld Indian defenses The Basman Williams Attack arises after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4, which was first played by the inventive and creative English International Master Michael Basman in the 1970s and later adopted & developed by English Grandmaster Simon Williams. Nowadays, it has become a weapon used by several top grandmasters and it was even adopted for use in the recent Candidates