Chess Digest, Grand Prairie, first edition, 1997, paperback, 299 pp, 464 grams, condition: very fine - NEW.

This book focuses on one of the strongest Mexican players ever. Manuel Sisniega, respected and feared for his daring attacking chess, won many beautiful games in his active 20 year tournament career. Never afraid to play sharp gambit systems against strong opposition, he won many masterpieces through direct assault on the enemy king. Velasco annotates most of his best games, and shows that Sisniega is a player for attacking players to emulate.

Marcel Sisniega Campbell was a Mexican chess Grandmaster and film director. He was born on July 28, 1959, and died on January 19, 2013. Sisniega Campbell was one of the greatest Mexican players of all time. He played for Mexico in ten Chess Olympiads and won a bronze individual medal in 1982. During his chess career, he took part in World Junior Championship U20 (1977) and earned the International Master title in 1978. He ultimately received the Grandmaster title in 1992, becoming the first Mexican chess player to achieve this status.

Sisniega Campbell won the Mexican Chess Championship multiple times, and in 1990 he was the clear winner at the Biel Masters. In 1992, he finished his chess career and moved to the United States where he graduated from UCLA Film School. He became active in the field of film direction, scriptwriting and film production, being especially recognized for his work as an assistant director on "The Mexican" (2001), and as a director he directed "The Good Herbs" (2010). He was also recipient of the Ariel Award which is the most prestigious award given in the Mexican movie industry.