Author : Ray Cheng
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 34,70 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781587368011
"This book is a training and improvement program for amateur chess players"--Introduction.
Author : Ray Cheng
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 40,89 MB
Release : 2017-07-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781973869597
600 Lessons from Tactics to Strategy By Ray Cheng
Author : Franco Masetti
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 2069 pages
File Size : 44,2 MB
Release : 2019-01-11
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9056915584
Chess is 99% tactics. If this celebrated observation is true for the master, how much more so for beginners and casual players! If you want to win more games, nothing works better than training combinations. There are two types of books on tactics, those that introduce the concepts followed by some examples, and workbooks that contain numerous exercises. Chess masters and trainers Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa have done both: they explain the basic tactical ideas AND provide an enormous amount of exercises for each different theme. Masetti and Messa have created a great first tactics book. It teaches you how to: ¯ identify weak spots in the position of your opponent ¯ recognize patterns of combinations ¯ visualize tricks. 1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners can also be used as a course text book, because only the most didactically productive exercises have been used.
Author : Graham Burgess
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,9 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9781906454289
Solving tactical puzzles is one of the most effective ways to improve your chess. This convenient book provides 300 exercises, with instructive points highlighted in the solutions. There is something here for everyone. The puzzles in the first two chapters are based on a clear-cut tactic or checkmate, such as those explained in Gambit's best-sellers How to Beat Your Dad at Chess and Chess Tactics for Kids. The endgame challenges highlight tactics and principles in action. In practice it is vital to defend resiliently and seek counterattacking chances - there is an innovative chapter on these rarely-covered themes as well as puzzles where the reader must decide how to punch home an attack. Later chapters help readers develop a vital skill: the ability to make tough chessboard decisions. Attack, sacrifice, grab material, defend or simplify - it's for you to decide! Principles and guidelines are emphasized, together with common sources of error. The final section of puzzles will prove a stern challenge even for the best players, with the reader exposed to the full complexity of modern chess - with a few helpful hints along the way.
Author : Dan Heisman
Publisher : Gloucester Publishers Plc
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,12 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Chess
ISBN : 9781857446494
This book features the very best of Dan Heisman's multi-award winning chess column Novice Nook and is full of valuable instruction, insight and practical advice on a wide range of key chess subjects.
Author : Eric Schiller
Publisher : Cardoza
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,82 MB
Release : 2003-10-21
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781580421119
The greatest chess players in the world reveal their cutthroat insights, concepts, and strategies in this fascinating volume. For individuals looking to play killer chess, this is the definitive guide to ingenious moves, incredible combinations, and brilliant sacrifices from the chess masters.
Author : Johan Hellsten
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 36,61 MB
Release :
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1857448979
Grandmaster Johan Hellsten is convinced that mastering chess strategy - just like chess tactics - requires practice, practice and yet more practice! This outstanding book is a product of his many years' work as a full-time chess teacher, and is specifically designed as part of a structured training programme to improve strategic thinking. It focuses on a wide range of key subjects and provides a basic foundation for strategic play. Furthermore, in addition to the many examples, there's an abundance of carefully selected exercises which allow readers to monitor their progress and put into practice what they have just learned. Following such a course is an ideal way for players of all standards to improve. Although designed mainly for students, this book is also an excellent resource for chess teachers and trainers. An essential course in chess strategyContains over 400 pages of Grandmaster adviceIncludes more than 350 training exercises
Author : Max Euwe
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,68 MB
Release : 2022-11-29
Category :
ISBN : 9781773239491
This is a book on basic chess strategy written by Dr. Max Euwe while he was World Chess Champion. Unlike so many subsequent books by Euwe, there is no co-author to this book. Euwe himself wrote this one. The topics covered are: I. Strategy and Tactics. II. Strategy: General principles. - The greatest possible field of action for the pieces. - As much choice as possible of intervening III. Strategy: Special principles. - Taking the initiative where one is strongest. - Directing the attack in general on fixed pawns. IV. Tactics: Combinations in General. - Mating combinations. - Open-field combinations. V. Mating combinations. - Direct mate combinations. - Break-up combinations. - Penetrative combinations. - Lateral combinations. VI. Open-field combinations. - Combinations for gain in material. - Focal-point combinations. - Pinning combinations. - Unmasking combinations. - Overload combinations. - Desperado combinations. - Cumulative combinations. VII. Compound combinations. VIII. End-game combinations. - Forcing combinations. - Advancing combinations. - Promotion combinations. Dr. Max Euwe was world chess champion from 1935 to 1937. He played all of the great players from Lasker to Fischer in tournaments and studied all of their games in great detail. He knew more about them and their games than anybody else.
Author : Jeremy Silman
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 11,3 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781890085018
An easy-to-understand guide to chess strategy -- conceptual planning -- has always been the amateur's dream. This book makes that dream a reality. This comprehensive guide in dictionary form, the first of its kind, makes all aspects of chess strategy quick, easy, and painlessly accessible to players of all degrees of strength. Each strategic concept is listed alphabetically and followed by a clear, easy-to-absorb explanation accompanied by examples of how this strategy is used in practice. Such great World Champions as Steinitz, Capablanca, Petrosian, Fischer, and Karpov have used these strategies in virtually all of their games. Now you can arm yourself with their weapons. As you incorporate these weapons into your own play, they will enrich your appreciation of the game and lead you to one beautiful victory after another.
Author : Dan Heisman
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 18,11 MB
Release : 2011-02-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1936490145
Chess Tactics Can Be Fun! This book is an introduction to the various kinds of basic chess tactics. With instructional material, examples, and problems of all types, the subject of chess tactics is covered comprehensively. There are approximately 500 examples ranging from too easy to very difficult! Tactics are usually why most people find chess fun! This book will greatly enhance your enjoyment learning about - and benefiting from - the recurring patterns of tactics. It is well established that the study of basic tactics is probably the single most important thing any beginner can do to improve at chess. This book will help you do that!
