วันอาทิตย์ที่ 29 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2557

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (40 Recommendations for the Novice, 40 Combinations with Explanations, 50 Games with Comments, 60 Games

In this modern chess classic David Bronstein, one of the greatest chess artists of all time, shares his insights in his wonderful games - 237 of them played between 1938 and 1996, a career spanning 58 years. Bronstein was famous for the joy he derived from teaching the game and this spirit permeates his writings. His explanations and analyses are invariably lively and easy to understand for players of all levels who want to improve their chess. David Bronstein's achievements and his legendary creativity have ensured him a unique position in chess history. He drew a match for the World Championship, won Soviet Championship twice and took first place in numerous international tournaments. This revised and expanded edition, published two years after Bronstein passed away, contains a lot of new material and two moving In Memoriams, one by Bronstein's widow Tatiana Boleslavskaya and one by his co-author and friend Tom Fürstenberg. Furthermore, 32 pages of unique photographs have been included, as well as extensive new articles by Bronstein himself. This unconventional book is a fitting homage to one of the eternal chess greats, fascinating and rich in ideas, and written with contagious enthusiasm.

The Sorcerer's Apprentice (40 Recommendations for the Novice, 40 Combinations with Explanations, 50 Games with Comments, 60 Games

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วันจันทร์ที่ 23 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2557

Power Chess With Pieces: The Ultimate Guide to the Bishop Pair & Strong Knights

In contrast to the opening or the endgame, the middlegame seems to offer little in the way of concrete starting-points for methodical study. Former world championship candidate Jan Timman deals, on the basis of countless examples encountered in his rich chess career, with themes like ?strong knight against bishop? and 'the dominant bishop pair?. How is one to proceed when one emerges from the opening with a strong knight and one?s opponent is stuck with a bad bishop? And is the bishop pair really as strong as they say? With his lucid style and practical approach, Jan Timman follows in the footsteps of his teachers Max Euwe and Mikhail Botvinnik.

Power Chess With Pieces: The Ultimate Guide to the Bishop Pair & Strong Knights

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วันพฤหัสบดีที่ 19 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2557

Tango! A Dynamic Answer to 1d4 (Everyman Chess)

International Master and renowned openings theoretician Richard Palliser presents a complete repertoire for Black against queen's pawn openings based on the dynamic and very much underrated Black Knights Tango.


Tango! A Dynamic Answer to 1d4 (Everyman Chess)

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วันอาทิตย์ที่ 15 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2557

Amateur to IM: Proven Ideas and Training Methods

How did Jonathan Hawkins manage to go from being an average tournament competitor to a player on the brink of clinching the Grandmaster title?The secret was knowing what to study and how to learn as efficiently as possible. Focusing his attention firmly on the endgame, Jonathan devised a number of building blocks and identified a number of very important areas of study. The result of his hard work was a meteoric rise through the ranks, as he became firmly established as a prominent GM killer on the English tournament circuit.These pages reveal the secrets of his notebooks for the first time. IM Hawkins presents special material aimed to help you become a much better practical player, one armed with a deeper understanding of key aspects of chess.A careful study of the lessons presented in this book should enable the chess student to gain significant improvement.

Amateur to IM: Proven Ideas and Training Methods

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วันพุธที่ 11 มิถุนายน พ.ศ. 2557

Modern Ideas in Chess

Modern Ideas in Chess is a series of 45 essays dealing with the evolution of the game, its leading players, their ideas and contributions to their respective periods.The chronology starts in the Romantic era of Anderssen and Morphy, continues through the Classical School of Steinitz, Tarrasch, Lasker, and runs to the dawn of the Hypermodern Revolution; the 70-year stretch from 1852 to 1922.Working in small chunks Réti had to be selective in what he extracted from each player and period. Plus the individual elements all had to tie in with the larger canvass Réti was painting for his readers.You don't have to get too far into the book to realize that Réti was a creative artist using the tension of chess ideas to reflect the larger intellectual struggle of mankind.How does Réti do it? A solid chess foundation obviously helps, also keen observation of the human experience coupled with a powerful command of language. Together these serve up indelible images that stick in the mind of the reader and lift this work far above the ordinary.Modern Ideas in Chess is one of the rare books that transcends the time frame in which it was written. It stands on its own, timeless, one of the true classics in the literature of the game.Popular author Bruce Alberston has converted the older descriptive notation to modern algebraic and added many diagrams to produce an outstanding modern 21st Century Edition of this timeless classic.

Modern Ideas in Chess

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