I've been putting off writing about this book because there is so much in it to read it's hard to figure out where to start. The section I started out with this morning was the Sicilian Poisoned Pawn, Fischer's contributions, and latest theory which by the way holds that Black has excellent winning chances, AND, so does White! In fact, it seems that this is the currency of this book-openings where the better prepared player and student has chances of winning.
In the beginning he writes about 'Fundamentals' and covers 80 pages on that, structure, opening ideas and positional features, and the introduction to the Open Games. Here's a thought - read those 80 pages if you read nothing else. You will learn a lot about chess and it will probably spur you on to looking at the later chapters.
This section has been very ably written and it explains a lot of the things the rest of us take for granted, but for which we really don't know all that well. Seriously, read this. In fact, just get this book. Aside from his almost legendary books on specific openings like the French Defense, his last two spectacular books - Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy and Chess Strategy in Action - are landmark books in their own right.
All of these epic Watson works have one thing in common. You walk away after reading with a deeper understanding of chess. He does not try to tell you how to beat your opponent by the first time control.
He treats the reader as an adult who is willing to work a little to find the greater richness of the royal game. Watson explains to us the value of modern grandmaster chess: the new ideas in the middle game and the new approaches to opening play. He translates what the grandmasters play into understandable concepts. Mastering the Chess Openings is yet another magnificent effort by arguably the most important writer in American chess history.
If you are a young chess player who wishes to learn the openings in a proper way, you will give yourself a big boost toward developing into the strong player you want to be by studying this book. If you're an older player still open to learning more about what you should already know, this is the book for you. If you simply want to understand why the grandmasters play the openings the way they do, John Watson explains why.
Add this book to your 'Watson shelf' in your personal chess library. With clear explanations, this Watson's masterpiece can serve as the openings' textbook used by chess coaches around the world in training with their students. This book is a highly recommended option as a reference material in chess coaching. This book offers a roadmap for this kind of success. Panchenko ran a legendary chess school that specialised in turning promising players into masters.
The secret of his success were his dedication and enthusiasm as a teacher combined with his outstanding training materials.
The book contains a collection of inspiring lessons on the most important middlegame topics: attack, defence, counterplay, realising the advantage, obstructing the plans of your opponent, the battle of the heavy pieces, and much more.
In each chapter, Panchenko clearly identifies the various aspects of the topic, formulates easy-to-grasp rules, presents a large number of well-chosen examples and ends with a wealth of practical tests. It is hard to give better advice for ambitious chess players than to follow this tried-and-tested and highly instructive road towards mastering the chess middlegame.
It develops themes originally discussed in Improve Your Opening Play. Take up mixed games! Grandmaster and renowned chess teacher Johan Hellsten provides an essential foundation of opening strategy and an abundance of carefully selected exercises so that readers can monitor their progress. Hellsten focuses exclusively on endgame play and covers every type of endgame: pawn, rook, minor piece and queen endgames. He examines many fundamental positions that everyone needs to know, as well as the key themes and characteristics of successful endgame play.
With nearly billion possible positions after only the first four moves, sheer intuition is not enough. To play at master level one's brilliant intuition must be grounded in a thorough command of advanced chess theory - the time tested essential elements by which grandmasters direct their every move.
Because top players seldom discuss their methods these theories are generally hard to come by. Departing from the traditional and laborious algebraic discussions of various potential lines of play here these master. This book is for those who are interested in knowing about the most popular and challenging strategy game of all - chess. It is a fun and addicting board game that is played by thousands of people all throughout the globe. It does not matter how. Chess Openings Closings.
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