Analysis of the Game of Chess
Author : François Danican Philidor
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,31 MB
Release : 1826
Category : Chess
ISBN :
Author : François Danican Philidor
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 48,31 MB
Release : 1826
Category : Chess
ISBN :
Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 19,87 MB
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1849941157
Every chess player needs to know how to handle his pawns. Pawns form the 'playing fields' of chess games, a semi-permanent 'structure' that can determine whether a player wins or loses. This comprehensive guide to pawn structure teaches the reader where pieces are best placed, which pawns should be advanced further or exchanged, and why certain structures are good and others disastrous. This invaluable book is a major update of this chess-world classic, first published in 1975 and unavailable for several years.
Author : Sergio Trigo Trigo Urquijo
Publisher :
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 17,91 MB
Release : 2021-09-14
Category :
ISBN : 9789464201208
The Philidor Defense is a most popular opening at all levels. In this first book Sergio brings a no-nonsense opening repertoire for players of all strenghts. You will find this book nor only a useful handy guide but find it also loaded with an indispensable source of inspiring ideas.
Author : Raymond Keene
Publisher : Hardinge Simpole Limited
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 11,81 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Games
ISBN : 9780951375754
Complex analysis is a classic and central area of mathematics, which is studied and exploited in a range of important fields, from number theory to engineering. Introduction to Complex Analysis was first published in 1985, and for this second edition the text has been considerably expanded, while retaining the style of the original. More detailed presentation is given of elementary topics, to reflect the knowledge base of current students. Exercise sets have been substantially revised and enlarged, with carefully graded exercises at the end of each chapter.
Author : Erik Zude
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 21,9 MB
Release : 2017-10-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9056917455
All the average club player needs is a small and manageable chess opening repertoire. They don’t have time and energy to study hundreds of pages of chess opening theory. And why would they? Amateur games are rarely decided in the opening. Understanding structures and finding tactics are much more important. Renowned German chess trainers Erik Zude and Jörg Hickl have created an ideal club player’s repertoire for Black. This compact manual presents a set of lines that is conveniently limited in scope, yet varied, solid and complete. The core repertoire is based on lines that the authors have successfully played at (grand)master level for decades: the Antoshin variation of the Philidor Defence against 1.e4 and the Old-Indian Defence against 1.d4. There is only a limited number of plans, ideas and structures that you need to learn, and very few forcing variations. After an initial phase in which Black may at first sight look slightly passive, you will develop your position with a sequence of strong standard moves and start your highly effective counterplay. Zude and Hickl provide common sense guidance, explain all typical characteristics and give practical examples. If you have an Elo rating between 1400 and 2200, you don’t need to look further because you can Play 1..d6 Against Everything!
Author : Tony Kosten
Publisher : Owl Books
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 36,27 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Games
ISBN : 9780805024289
Author : Gerard Welling
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 49,34 MB
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9056918702
The average chess player spends too much time on studying opening theory. In his day, World Champion Emanuel Lasker argued that improving amateurs should spend about 5% of their study time on openings. These days club players are probably closer to 80%, often focusing on opening lines that are popular among grandmasters. Club players shouldn't slavishly copy the choices of grandmasters. GMs need to squeeze every drop of advantage from the opening and therefore play highly complex lines that require large amounts of memorization. The main necessity for club players is to emerge from the opening with a reasonable position, from which you can simply play chess and pit your own tactical and positional understanding against that of your opponent. Gerard Welling and Steve Giddins recommend the Old Indian-Hanham Philidor set-up as a basis for both Black and White. They provide ideas and strategies that can be learned in the shortest possible time and require the bare minimum of maintenance and updating. They deliver exactly what you need: rock-solid positions that you know how to handle. By adopting a similar set-up for both colours, with similar plans and techniques, you further reduce study time. With this compact and straightforward opening approach, Welling and Giddins argue, club players will have more time to focus on what is really decisive in the vast majority of non-grandmaster games: tactics, positional understanding and endgame technique.
Author : Parimarjan Negi
Publisher : Grandmaster Repertoire
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,52 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Caro-Kann defense (Chess)
ISBN : 9781906552060
Ever since its inception in 2008, the Grandmaster Repertoire series has produced some of the world's best chess opening books, but an elite repertoire with 1.e4 has always been missing - until now.In the Grandmaster Repertoire - 1.e4 series, Indian chess superstar Parimarjan Negi presents his own world-class repertoire. Building on a foundation of tried-and-tested main lines, the author shares a wealth of his innovative analysis to chart a course towards an advantage for White.Volume One covers the French, Caro-Kann and Philidor.
Author : Anatoly Karpov
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 34,31 MB
Release : 2013-01-14
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1849941009
• One of the world's greatest chess players reveals the secrets of how he plans his play • Packed with invaluable information on how to mobilise your forces, avoid threats and win the game • Illustrated with a wealth of annotated examples from the author's own games The legendary Anatoly Karpov has won over 250 Grandmaster tournaments, many more than any other player in chess history, and his games are characterised by his gradually and patiently pushing an opponent back to the wall, before finally finishing him off with a deadly blow. In this unique book, aimed at ordinary club players, Karpov gives a wealth of tips on how to incorporate this dramatic style of play into your own repertoire, through careful planning and evaluation of positions: looking at the fire-power of your forces, being aware of threats to your own king and how to safeguard it, and careful control of open lines. As he says himself: 'Finding the right plan is the key to success'. Warmily and accessibly written, but with Karpov's usual air of authority, this book makes you feel like you are spending an evening with the man himself, and will help you to absorb a little bit of the Karpov magic.
Author : George Allen
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 37,72 MB
Release : 2015-06-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781330288580
Excerpt from Life of Philidor, Musician and Chess-Player About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.