Author : Boris Gelfand
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 16,47 MB
Release : 2021-05-07
Category :
ISBN : 9781784830649
In Technical Decision Making in Chess former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand discusses his path to decision making in endgames and positions where one side possesses a structural or material advantage. This investigation into a top Grandmaster's technical understanding will illuminate difficult parts of the game that many players find elusive. Concepts like the "Zone of one mistake" are certain to be a revelation to many.
Author : Boris Gelfand
Publisher : Quality Chess
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 24,38 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9781784830052
Positional Decision Making in Chess offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster. In his efforts to explain his way of thinking, Boris Gelfand focuses on such topics as the squeeze, space advantage, the transformation of pawn structures and the transformation of advantages. Based on examples from his own games and those of his hero, Akiba Rubinstein, Gelfand explains how he thinks during the game.
Author : Boris GELFAND
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,18 MB
Release : 2017-08-02
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9781784830120
In Dynamic Decision Making in Chess former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand continues his investigation into decision-making at the top level, discussing some of his best games as well as his worst slips, giving the reader a unique insight into the mind of a world-class grandmaster.
Author : Boris Gelfand
Publisher :
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 14,16 MB
Release : 2020
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9781784830656
Author : Michael Stean
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 49,7 MB
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486316963
Written by a Grand Master, this guide isolates basic elements and illustrates them through Master and Grand Master games, breaking down the mystique of strategy into easy-to-understand ideas.
Author : Garry Kasparov
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 17,18 MB
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1596918276
Garry Kasparov was the highest-rated chess player in the world for over twenty years and is widely considered the greatest player that ever lived. In How Life Imitates Chess Kasparov distills the lessons he learned over a lifetime as a Grandmaster to offer a primer on successful decision-making: how to evaluate opportunities, anticipate the future, devise winning strategies. He relates in a lively, original way all the fundamentals, from the nuts and bolts of strategy, evaluation, and preparation to the subtler, more human arts of developing a personal style and using memory, intuition, imagination and even fantasy. Kasparov takes us through the great matches of his career, including legendary duels against both man (Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov) and machine (IBM chess supercomputer Deep Blue), enhancing the lessons of his many experiences with examples from politics, literature, sports and military history. With candor, wisdom, and humor, Kasparov recounts his victories and his blunders, both from his years as a world-class competitor as well as his new life as a political leader in Russia. An inspiring book that combines unique strategic insight with personal memoir, How Life Imitates Chess is a glimpse inside the mind of one of today's greatest and most innovative thinkers.
Author : Viacheslav Eingorn
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,56 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781901983876
Chess is a game of decisions. As well as deciding about which move to play and which plan to adopt, players must also make practical decisions about how to use their clock time and whether to use intuition rather than trying to calculate every line to a finish. Viacheslav Eingorn draws upon his vast experience to provide guidance on how to weigh the various factors in positions and decide on the best course of action. He examines many practical examples and explains how the critical decisions were made, and investigates whether they were correct. By following Eingorn on this voyage of discovery, the reader will gain a greater understanding of decision-making and develop an enhanced feel for the harmonious use of intuition and calculation.
Author : Eugene A. Znosko-Borovsky
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 22,94 MB
Release : 2012-04-27
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0486158373
Developing plans of action based on positional analysis: weak and strong squares, control of open lines, pawn structure, more. 20 problems.
Author : Svetozar Gligoric
Publisher : Batsford
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,13 MB
Release : 2002-10-31
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780713487701
Yugoslav grandmaster Svetozar Gligoric, once rated the strongest European chess player outside of Russia, has pursued a long and distinguished chess career. This highly acclaimed collection of over 100 of his best games, including classic wins against world champions and other top players such as Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, Fischer, Keres, Korchnoi, Larsen, Najdorf, and Reshevsky, now appears for the first time in English.The title of the book 'I Play Against Pieces' reflects Gligoric's thoroughly objective approach to chess, which has always been characterised by great clarity and logic, resulting in a wealth of model games. The fact that these games, replete with instructive tactics and strategies, are classified under openings will particularly benefit readers interested in the study of Queen's Pawn Openings as White and the King's Indian Defence and Ruy Lopez as Black of which Gligoric was a true connoisseur.
Author : Anatoly Karpov
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 26,95 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.
