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Author : John Nunn
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Secrets of Grandmaster Chess written by John Nunn and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Nunn
Publisher : Gambit Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781904600701
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Secrets of Practical Chess written by John Nunn and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A chess Olympic Gold Medal winner explains how you can dramatically improve your chess results"--Cover.
Author : Edward Lasker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9784871871341
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (713 download)
Download or read book Chess Secrets I Learned from the Masters written by Edward Lasker and published by . This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most entertaining and instructive books on chess ever written. Edward Lasker recounts how as a young boy he met famous old masters, learned from them and worked his way up the ranks until he became one of the strongest players himself. In this book, Lasker provides mini-biographies for many masters who otherwise would not be remembered today. He shows how he learned from them and this enabled him to increase his chess strength. This book by the well-known author of Chess Strategy makes a unique contribution chess literature. Added to the purely technical contents are a number of features which make the book interesting even for those readers who do not actually play the game.
Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : Batsford Books
ISBN 13 : 1849941556
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (499 download)
Download or read book 100 Chess Master Trade Secrets written by Andrew Soltis and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2013-10-30 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to become a chess master, there are certain things you need to know – essential tips and techniques that the masters know, and you need to learn. This incredibly useful book collects all these techniques together in one volume, so you can try them out, tick them off, and start on your path towards chess greatness. Arranged in chapters covering every aspect of chess, from openings to endgames, renowned chess author Andrew Soltis provides top 20 rundowns of these specific positions and techniques: chapters include Top 20 Sacrifices, Top 20 Crucial Middlegame Decisions, Top 20 Endgame Techniques and Top 20 Exact Endgames. Written in Andrew Soltis's eternally engaging and accessible style, this book will prove invaluable to any player who wants to become a chess master.
Author : Lyudmil Tsvetkov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781522041405
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (414 download)
Download or read book The Secret of Chess written by Lyudmil Tsvetkov and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn the secrets of chess from the only person able to beat the world number 1 chess engine Stockfish.Learn chess 5 times easier through pattern recognition.Attain deep chess knowledge in an intuitive way through a wealth of diagrams(more than 500).Read about topics no other chess author has ever discussed in the past.This book is an entertaining story, combining in one all the elements of positional evaluation in chess.Learn things from the future of chess.Learning straight from the author who has contributed a lot for the development of the strongest chess engine on Earth, Stockfish.ABOVE sentences someone might find conceited, but are mostly true.In this book you will find everything one needs to know about positional evaluation, from tactical features,like pins and discovered checks, to deeply strategic ones, like pointed chains and king shelter weaknesses.The book has incorporated almost all of the concepts available in other reference material, but that is just the start.No matter how unbelievable that might seem to you, half of the featured elements are completely NEW to chesstheory, a product of endless analsysis sessions with Stockfish and Komodo chess engines, as well as the use of statistical points, derived from a large number of high-quality game databases, one of which is TCEC, the strongest computer chesschampionship in the world, played at very long time control.So that, when you are reading this, the signature is not only mine, but partly also that of Stockfish and Komodo.The creative ideas are mine, but without the valuable help of the chess engines, I would never have been able to do thatthe same way.Please, don't be afraid by the numbers used for qualifying all evaluation features: this is done just for the sake ofprecision, but it is very easy to convert those numbers to usual human assessments. For example, if a feature is assessedwith +50cps(cp, centipawn is one hundredth of a full pawn material), that will mean the feature is good. When you see +100cps and above, the feature is very good. If between 0 and 20cps, the feature is still good and useful, but less so.Similarly, for features with negative values, the higher the value, the worse the specific feature is.One gets accustomed to these values and then everything is fine.The book gives a definition for each specific evaluation pattern, a diagram specifies it, and then you get more detailed information about the characteristics of the term, real-game examples and a mention of how frequent this term occurson the board.All this information is useful, as in this way you will get a better understanding of which terms are good and which bad,how good or bad a certain term is, be able to follow real-game examples and deduce everything about the usefulness of the term.As already observed, you will not find a more COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE on chess/chess evaluation than this one.The main asset of the book is its innovative approach and the great amount of high knowledge introduced.The book is suitable for all levels of chess, from beginner to advanced, as the approach it follows is based on pattern recognition. One just has to memorise the specific pattern featured on a diagram, and then apply it on the chess board!Nothing less, nothing more. The more terms you memorise, the better you will be at chess.MAKE NO MISTAKE: chess evaluation is the most important element in acquiring a better chess knowledge.You can play very good chess by being able to evaluate well, even if you are not able to calculate all lines very well,but the opposite is not quite true. If you don't know which positions are good and which bad, you will always bechoosing the bad ones!So, don't wait any longer, and just grab this UNIQUE chess knowledge guide, memorise all patterns inside and progressat chess much faster than you have ever thought possible.
Author : Yuri Felshtinsky
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1936490013
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (364 download)
Download or read book The KGB Plays Chess written by Yuri Felshtinsky and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The KGB Plays Chess is a unique book. For the first time it opens to us some of the most secret pages of the history of chess. The battles about which you will read in this book are not between chess masters sitting at the chess board, but between the powerful Soviet secret police, known as the KGB, on the one hand, and several brave individuals, on the other. Their names are famous in the chess world: Viktor Kortschnoi, Boris Spasski, Boris Gulko and Garry Kasparov became subjects of constant pressure, blackmail and persecution in the USSR. Their victories at the chess board were achieved despite this victimization. Unlike in other books, this story has two perspectives. The victim and the persecutor, the hunted and the hunter, all describe in their own words the very same events. One side is represented by the famous Russian chess players Viktor Kortschnoi and Boris Gulko. For many years they fought against a powerful system, and at the end they were triumphant. The Soviet Union collapsed and they got what they were fighting for: their freedom. Former KGB Lieutenant Colonel Vladimir Popov, who left Russia in 1996 and now lives in Canada, was one of those who had worked all his life for the KGB and was responsible for the sport sector of the USSR. It is only now for the first time that he has decided to tell the reader his story of the KGB�s involvement in Soviet Sports. This is his first book, and it is not only full of sensations, but it also dares to name names of secret KGB agents previously known only as famous chess masters, sportsmen or sport officials. Just a few short years ago a book like this would have been unimaginable. Read this book. It is not only about chess. It is about glorious victory of the great chess masters over the forces of darkness.
Author : John Nunn
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Secrets of Grandmaster Play written by John Nunn and published by B. T. Batsford Limited. This book was released on 1987 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of 24 games played by John Nunn.
Author : Andy Soltis
Publisher : Thinkers PressInc / Chessco
ISBN 13 : 9780938650683
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Grandmaster Secrets written by Andy Soltis and published by Thinkers PressInc / Chessco. This book was released on 2002 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Neil McDonald
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781857445411
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (454 download)
Download or read book Chess Secrets written by Neil McDonald and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to chess strategy uses examples from such players as Nimzowitsch and Kramnik to illustrate developments in chess strategy.
Author : Peter Wells
Publisher : Gambit Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781904600619
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Grandmaster Secrets- The Caro-Kann written by Peter Wells and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2007-10-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caro-Kann is one of the most popular responses to 1 e4. Black stakes a claim to the central squares and seeks free development for all his pieces. While solid, it is by no means a drawing weapon - the resulting positions generally contain at least a degree of imbalance and the critical lines lead to sharp positions with chances for both sides. Many new approaches for both sides have been developed in recent years, and a good understanding of these ideas is vital for anyone looking to handle either side of the Caro with success.
Author : Daniel Naroditsky
Publisher : New In Chess
ISBN 13 : 9056915606
Total Pages : 429 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (569 download)
Download or read book Mastering Positional Chess written by Daniel Naroditsky and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2015-07-16 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mastering Positional Chess is a serious, but entertaining chess instruction book. Daniel started writing it when he realized that his lack of positional understanding was causing him to lose many games.
Author : Jan Markos
Publisher : Quality Chess
ISBN 13 : 9781784831424
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (314 download)
Download or read book The Secret Ingredient written by Jan Markos and published by Quality Chess. This book was released on 2022-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secret Ingredient is a grandmaster guide to maximizing your chess results, focusing on key elements of practical play which have received little to no attention in previous chess literature. - How exactly can we best make use of computers? - What's the ideal, step-by-step way to prepare against a specific opponent? - How can we optimize our time management at the board? - And what's the one key skill that separates the best players from those who have yet to reach their full potential? GM Jan Markos sheds light on these topics and many more, helped by the world-class insights of his good friend GM David Navara.
Author : Craig Pritchett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781857446197
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (461 download)
Download or read book Heroes of Classical Chess written by Craig Pritchett and published by . This book was released on 2010-02-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craig Pritchett studies five legends who have excelled in the art of classical chess. A study of this book will enhance your skills and help you to play in a formidable classical style.
Author : Mihail Marin
Publisher : Gambit Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781901983913
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (839 download)
Download or read book Secrets of Chess Defence written by Mihail Marin and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good defensive abilities earn players a great many half-points and full-points. The climax of the defense is the launch of a devastating counter-attack, a skill at which all the great chess champions have been adept. Of particular interest to club players is Marin's discussion of how to defend against unsound attacks, and the problem of how to parry the attack while retaining winning chances. Other topics include attack and defense in equal positions, where both sides must judge carefully how much of their resources to devote to the attack and the counter-attack. The main subject, though, is the case where the defender is fighting for his life, and must decide how to maximize his chances of survival. Marin considers psychological issues and explains the main options available to the defender: simplification, cold-blooded defense, a positional sacrifice, 'blackmailing' the attacker, or a counter-attack.
Author : Stuart Rachels
Publisher : New In Chess
ISBN 13 : 9056918826
Total Pages : 654 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (569 download)
Download or read book The Best I Saw in Chess written by Stuart Rachels and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2020-04-10 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the U.S. Championship in 1989, Stuart Rachels seemed bound for the cellar. Ranked last and holding no IM norms, the 20-year-old amateur from Alabama was expected to get waxed by the American top GMs of the day that included Seirawan, Gulko, Dzindzichashvili, deFirmian, Benjamin and Browne. Instead, Rachels pulled off a gigantic upset and became the youngest U.S. Champion since Bobby Fischer. Three years later he retired from competitive chess, but he never stopped following the game. In this wide-ranging, elegantly written, and highly personal memoir, Stuart Rachels passes on his knowledge of chess. Included are his duels against legends such as Kasparov, Anand, Spassky, Ivanchuk, Gelfand and Miles, but the heart of the book is the explanation of chess ideas interwoven with his captivating stories. There are chapters on tactics, endings, blunders, middlegames, cheating incidents, and even on how to combat that rotten opening, the Réti. Rachels offers a complete and entertaining course in chess strategy. At the back are listed 110 principles of play—bits of wisdom that arise naturally in the book’s 24 chapters. Every chess player will find it difficult to put this sparkling book down. As a bonus, it will make you a better player.
Author : John Nunn
Publisher : Grandmaster Secrets
ISBN 13 : 9781904600893
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Grandmaster Secrets: Winning Quickly at Chess written by John Nunn and published by Grandmaster Secrets. This book was released on 2008-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this tremendously instructive and entertaining work, John Nunn selects 125 of the finest short decisive grandmaster games of the modern era. For a grandmaster to lose a game in 25 moves or fewer takes something special, and club players can learn a great deal from studying these miniatures. Each of these games is a true battle, with the result often in doubt until near the very end of the struggle. Nunn identifies the most common causes of the errors that lead to the loser's demise, and how one can seek to take dramatic advantage of the opponent's risky or faulty play. In his thought-provoking extended introduction, he explains that in many cases, the problem was of a psychological nature: often the loser fails to accept that events have not unfolded according to plan, and as a consequence steers into the reefs when there was still time to head for safer waters.
Author : Lars Bo Hansen
Publisher : Gambit Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781904600442
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy written by Lars Bo Hansen and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A large proportion of chess games are decided in the endgame or in the transition to the endgame, but chess literature has provided relatively little guidance for players seeking to improve their skill in making the vital decisions in these phases of the game. Building on the ideas introduced in his ground-breaking work Foundations of Chess Strategy, Lars Bo Hansen provides a thought-provoking and convincing treatise on general endgame strategy. He explains how players can maximize the practical problems for their opponents while emphasizing the strengths of their own position. Under his guidance, chess-players will more easily focus on the key elements in the position, devise plans for exploiting them to the full, and develop a better understanding of which pieces need to be exchanged, and which weaknesses really matter. Part 1 of the book discusses the basic principles of endgame strategy and the thinking methods associated with them. In Part 2, Hansen moves on to consider a wealth of examples by the great masters of chess, showing how they have handled endgames in practice, often making difficult tasks appear simple, and in many cases bamboozling their opponents into self-destruction. Lars Bo Hansen is a well-known grandmaster from Denmark. He has won the Danish Championship on two occasions, and represented his country in four olympiads, winning a bronze medal for his individual performance in 1990. His many tournament victories include first prize in the strong Copenhagen Open in both 1997 and 2000. Away from the board, he teaches and lectures on business studies, with a particular focus on marketing, organization and strategy. This is his second book for Gambit.
