Rodolfo Pardi

Rodolfo Pardi has had many careers in his lifetime. He was an electronics engineer for military aircraft equipment for 25 years, then a publisher for 20 years. Since 2010, he has been librarian, coach and arbiter of the Italian Chess Federation (FSI); he prepared more than 20 chess manuals in English and many more in Italian, covering many subjects not often seen in chess books. His book, Chess Patterns, became a bestseller on Amazon.com.  As with all his chess books, there are plenty of diagrams, reducing the need for a chessboard. Piece names are not foreign capital letters, but figurines - one of the first ebooks with this feature. Books are also linked to sample games on his website, keeping the books neat, but making it easy to follow many more games, and download the PGN versions. Additional free training material is also available on the site. Most books target novice and club players, up to 1700 ELO. While English is not his native language, the books are well-structured and easy to read. The cat covers are designed by Evelyne Nicod, to be found in Goodreads as an illustrator. To see all his books, just click on "Visit Amazon's Rodolfo Pardi page" above, or go to http://scacchi.vecchilibri.eu/biblioteca/books.htm, a catalog with links and samplers. Find him also on goodreads http://www.goodreads.com/lapaget