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Batsford - Chess Strategy
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Chess for Tigers
By Simon Webb
Publication Date: 27 August 2005
Editorial Review:
Do you want to win more games? Then become a Tiger. Chess for Tigers tells you how to make the most of your playing strength, how to play upon your opponent’s weaknesses, how to steer the game into a position which suits you and not your opponent, how to get results against strong opposition and how to avoid silly mistakes.
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How To Choose a Chess Move
By Andrew Soltis
Publication Date: 25 August 2005
Editorial Review:
There are more than 30 moves you can choose from a typical chess position, yet Masters regularly manage to select the best moves – and they do it faster, more confidently and with less calculation than other players.
This is because Masters have shortcuts that enable them to think more efficiently. This instructive and practical guide explains these techniques, including:
• Using specific cues to identify good moves
• Streamlining analysis of the consequences of moves
• Using both objective and highly subjective criteria to find the right move.
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Winning the Won Game
By Danny Kopec and Ludomir Ftacnik
Publication Date: 31 December 2004
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Every chessplayer who aspires to achieve chess mastery must learn the techniques for winning a won game. It is the perennial problem which confronts players at all levels of play. This book will enable chessplayers to better recognize their positional advantages and the ways in which these can be used in order to bring them closer to victory. It also provides many instructive examples of using this knowledge to reach a faster and more spectacular victory.
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Chess Player's Bible
By James Eade
Publication Date: 25 October 2004
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Master the art of chess, the game of kings. Learn the key techniques and classic moves of the Chess Master, including basic and advanced tactics, combinations, sacrifices and pawn structures.
This unique visual guide is arranged so that you can quickly identify your problem and locate the appropriate solution. Over 300 examples demonstrate attacking and defensive strategies for the opening, middle and end phase of the game. Each move is accompanied with annotated 3-D illustrations so you can easily follow the game, and the spiral-binding allows you to lay the book flat for ease of reference.
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Rethinking the Chess Pieces
By Andy Soltis
Publication Date: 31 August 2004
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This book examines how the value of pieces changes in the course of a game and how masters use this knowledge to decide which pieces to exchange – and when. It investigates why the traditional 'chart of relative values' or computer analysis so often fails to explain why certain trades and sacrifices are good and others are bad. The book focuses on typical decisions a player has to make – for example, whether to trade two minor pieces for a rook and pawn, or the queen for two rooks.
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Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking
By Neil McDonald
Publication Date: 30 April 2004
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Grandmaster Neil McDonald explains every single move made by White and Black in 30 striking tactical or strategical games played over the last quarter century. These games have been carefully chosen for their consistent logical thread, thereby providing the reader with prime instruction in the art of conceiving appropriate plans and attacks and carrying them out to their natural conclusion. Watching games unfold in this way will be both an education and inspiration to readers who can then try to play in the same purposeful way in their own games – with a corresponding increase in their playing strength.
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Rocking The Ramparts
By Christiansen, Larry
Publication Date: 10 November 2003
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The ultimate book to instill in the reader an understanding of the middlegame with an emphasis on tactical alertness. All major opening systems are examined from both the White and Black viewpoint, taking into account the individual pawn structures and identifying appropriate attacking plans and strategies for White and counterattacking schemes for Black – where these 'ramparts' are undermined. A final chapter contains anecdotes, combinational examples and even swindles.
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Dynamics of Chess Strategy
By Vlastimil Jansa
Publication Date: 26 September 2003
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Jansa's book explores the stages of play between the opening and the planning in the early middle game, an area in which most club and tournament players would like to do better. Rather than focusing on following established µcorrect| principles, Jansa examines the exceptions to the rules, which are an essential part of achieving mastery rather than just being a 'good student'.
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Chess Strategy
By Gufeld, Eduard
Publication Date: 21 July 2003
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The ability to make appropriate plans produces a more purposeful, effective and stronger chess player. But finding the right plan requires a correct evaluation of the position, which can be done only with knowledge and understanding of the principles of chess strategy.
This practical guide will enable the tournament player to recognise the key strategic features of a position, such as advantages in time or space; strengths and weaknesses of the respective pawn formations; mobility, vulnerability, coordination and comparative values of individual pieces.
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Logical Chess : Move By Move
By Chernev, Irving
Publication Date: 15 June 2003
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Having learnt the basic moves, how exactly should a player improve? In this much loved classic, Irving Chernev explains 33 complete games in detail, telling the reader the reason for every single move. Playing through these games and explanations gives a real insight into the power of the pieces and how to post them most effectively.
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