Download or read book Your Chess Battle Plan written by Neil McDonald and published by Everyman Chess. This book was released on 2020-02-01 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the most challenging tasks in a chess game is to find the correct strategy. It is far easy to attack too randomly, to miss a vital opportunity, or even choose the wrong plan altogether. These are all mistakes frequently seen by even quite strong players. Your Chess Battle Plan focuses on how Magnus Carlsen and other great masters decide on the best strategy in a position and then find the right ways to implement it. Clear advice shows you how to hone in on the most relevant features of a position in order to decide what your general plan needs to be. Factors that are addressed include when to exchange pieces, when to make long-range manoeuvres, when to offer sacrifices and how to identify and focus on key squares. Your Chess Battle Plan will get you thinking along the right strategic lines and using your pieces and pawns in a much more efficient and skilful manner. * A complete self-improvement programme. * Advice to evaluate the current level of planning in your own games. * Utilizes a structured approach, making the most of your study time.
Download or read book Find the Right Plan with Anatoly Karpov written by Anatoly Karpov and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2013-01-14 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • 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.
Download or read book The Power of Pawns written by Jorg Hickl and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you want to improve at chess, you must know the characteristics of typical pawn formations. Understanding the pawn structure is a key tool when you are evaluating a position on the board. One simple pawn move can ruin your position or win the game. Post-beginners should know the basic essentials of chess structures and that is what this modern training manual focuses on. Experienced chess teacher Grandmaster Jörg Hickl helps you to recognize the important characteristics of pawn structures, learn how you can and should develop your pieces, identify how you can improve your position and develop a plan of action. This book provides common sense guidance and Jörg Hickl uses practical examples to explain typical structures, strategies and plans. His tips and exercises are both highly enjoyable and to the point.
Download or read book Strategic Plans written by Maxim Chetverik and published by Limited Liability Company Elk and Ruby Publishing House. This book was released on 2019-03-18 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Russian International Master Maxim Chetverik has written a strategy textbook containing 75 deeply annotated positional games that show players how to devise plans to handle a number of key strategic themes, such as when to open up the game, how to activate the pawn chain, how to carry out positional sacrifices and many others. Unlike most other textbooks, the strategic plans are viewed as battles where the plans of each player clash, and Maxim analyzes why one plan comes out on top. Also unlike most other textbooks, all example games are drawn from grandmaster play in the 21st century, some played in 2018, and consider the plans right out of the opening stage. This makes the book of particular value to players wishing to better understand the strategies that the openings they play may lead to, bearing in mind the author is an openings expert with ten openings books published. The majority of games are played by elite grandmasters, including Carlsen, Caruana, Anand, Kramnik, Karjakin, Giri, So, Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian, Mamedyarov, Nakamura, Gelfand, Svidler, Ivanchuk, Shirov, Leko, J. Polgar, Topalov, Kamsky, Morozevich, Korchnoi and Spassky. Chetverik introduces and illustrates the concepts of macroplan and microplan, which provide a simple structural framework for players seeking to devise plans in their own games. The macroplan is the specific way to achieve the required result (usually, a win), for example, the successful exploitation of a queenside pawn majority. The microplan is a way of solving a local problem that involves several moves, such as transferring a knight from a bad square to a good one. Ideally, a macroplan is a chain of sequential and carefully calculated microplans. This book is largely aimed at strong club players wishing to improve, or their coaches. The recommended Elo range is approximately 1,800 - 2,200, although it may of course be of interest to players a bit lower and a bit higher than this range.
Download or read book Dynamic Chess Strategy written by Mihai Suba and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2014-02-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this enlarged edition of a modern classic (first published in 1991) on the battle of chess ideas, grandmaster Mihai Suba developed the concept of ?dynamic potential? in modern chess strategy. In improving your position on the board the old strategy principles often lead to conflicting conclusions. Suba takes another view on the meaning of, for example, ?bad positions? and ?quiet moves?, and uses a light touch to explain his ideas. With many entertaining and instructive examples the author explores ?the accumulation of potential? as the modern way to get the advantage. A thought-provoking and yet very practical guide.
Download or read book Coach Yourself written by Neil McDonald and published by . This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading chess coach explains exactly how you can study the game in order to specifically improve your play.
Download or read book Improve Your Chess in 7 Days written by Gary Lane and published by Batsford Books. This book was released on 2013-07-17 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No time to study but want to win more chess games? "Improve Your Chess in 7 Days" is packed with practical tips, hints on how to improve, learn from the champions and find out how to beat them - in just a week. With one short chapter for each day of the week, the book is ideal for social chess players and includes a sprinkling of chess cartoons to keep you smiling as you read. With comments and advice after each move, this is as clear a guide to improving your chess as you will ever need.
Download or read book Winning Chess Strategies written by Yasser Seirawan and published by Everyman Chess. This book was released on 2005-05-01 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gain the advantage over your opponent with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the worlds top chess players! Strategy is the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his considerable experience in tournament play, International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows you how to apply flexible strategic principles to every part of your game. Using Seirawan's simple and effective planning and analysis techniques, you'll enter each game with confidence and energy, ready to play forcefully and intelligently the way you need to play so you can win every time! Learn to: Knock your opponent off balance with bold opening moves * Formulate an overall game strategy before the middle game * Interpret the motivation behind your opponents every move * Position yourself for a winning endgame * Diagrams throughout the book illustrate game positions, and you'll meet historys greatest chess strategieslearning from them move by move! Whether for reference during practice games or simply for pleasure reading,WINNING CHESS STRATEGIES is an information packed resource you'll turn to again and again
Download or read book The Giants of Power Play written by Neil McDonald and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neil McDonald selects five players from chess history who have excelled in the field of 'power play' - the art of putting opponents under constant pressure.
Download or read book Tournament Battleplan Optimize Your C written by GORMALLY and published by . This book was released on 2023-11-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Art of Planning in Chess Move By Move written by Neil McDonald and published by Batsford. This book was released on 2006-04-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A follow-up to Neil McDonald's incredibly successful 'Chess: The Art of Logical Thinking', this insightful book takes a close look at some of the most outstanding games from the last 6 years, commenting on every single move as the game unfolds. This time, however, the emphasis is on planning, and how players plan their strategy many moves ahead. The author's detailed approach gives you a rare opportunity to really get to the nitty-gritty of what goes through grandmasters' minds as they play. To avoid unnecessary repetition, the opening moves of each game are discussed more lightly – real discussion begins around the 10th move, which is where the planning stage really kicks in.
Download or read book Back to Basics Strategy written by Valeri Beim and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2011-08-19 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Basics of Chess Strategy While there are many books about how to improve your chess tactics, instructive books about chess strategy, particularly for players of less than master strength, are few and far between. In the latest entry in the widely acclaimed Back to Basics Chess Series, international grandmaster and popular author Valeri Beim explains the basics of strategic concepts in chess. His topics include: - Piece Development - The Center - Principle of two weaknesses - Pawn structures - Cooperation of pieces - Weak pawns - Weak square complexes - Positional considerations - The Bishop pair - Conditions for proper implementation of a strategic plan - Open Lines ...and much more! This book has been written for the great majority of chessplayers rated below master strength. Clear, concise explanations and examples, discussions of strategic objectives and of the formation of strategic plans are all designed to aid the aspiring chessplayer to better understand and implement chess strategy.
Download or read book Dynamic Defence written by Neil McDonald and published by Everyman Chess. This book was released on with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every chessplayer, from beginner to world champion, loves to win a game with a brilliant attacking display. However many, if not most, attacks that end in victory do so due to inaccurate defence. This may be due to simple tactical miscalculation or perhaps a more fundamental misunderstanding of the important principles of defence. Furthermore, many attacks that are launched are simply unsound but succeed because many players feel uncomfortable when forced to defend, get flustered and make mistakes. In this book, highly experienced chess author and coach, Neil McDonald addresses these issues. Defensive skill is crucial in chess. Good, accurate defence can win a game just as well as a fine attacking display can, so expertise in this department is essential for any player wishing to improve their game. With thorough explanations, questions, and exercises, this book provides fascinating material to enable you to hone your defensive skill and not feel intimidated when your opponent hurls pieces at your king.
Download or read book Improve Your Chess Tactics written by Yakov Neishstadt and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2014-03-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best advice for chess players who want to improve quickly is: get better at tactics! Simply because the vast majority of amateur games is decided through tactics you will immediately start beating more opponents when you improve your tactical skills. Experienced Russian Grandmaster Jakov Neishtadt has selected those examples from the games of masters that have the biggest instructional value for club players. In the first part of the book Neishstadt teaches a systematic course on the most important tactical themes. The second part consist of an exam with hundreds of tests from real-life chess, in random order so as not to give unwelcome hints on how to solve them. The solutions are not just lists of moves, but include instructive prose.
Download or read book BattlePlan Magazine written by Decision Games and published by Past Into Print Publishing. This book was released on with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battleplan was an ambitious magazine devoted to providing variants, scenarios, and articles on game strategy for wargaming products by a variety of publishers. Published between 1987 and 1989, the magazine had a great deal of content to appeal to war gamers, including articles and materials for Ambush!, Squad Leader, Advanced Squad Leader, Up Front, and many other games. The periodical lasted nine issues, before it was folded into the Wargamer, Volume 2 periodical. In this issue, published in August/September 1988, the contents include: Editorial Tank Leader Scenarios – Official & Tournament scenarios for WEG Tank Leader Variants for Shogun – Mega-variant including DIY Karma cards Ancients Scenarios - Good Industries Pydna 156 BC, Leuctra 371 BC, and Cannae 216 BC What Happens Next - Battle for Moscow mini “Campaign Game” Unofficial Errata & Variants – What you need to play GDW Great Patriotic War Fireteam Scenarios – Six new scenarios to sharpen your troops 4th Edition World in Flames preview – A quick peek at what is new Take the Axis - Strategies in World in Flames The Unfought Battle - Scenario variants for GDW 1940 Operation Battleaxe – A new scenario for Rommel in the Desert Fortress America - Variant for MB Gamemaster series game Two Historical Fantasies for Battle for Germany – Alternate endings to this S&T classic Zulu War – Complete, mini-wargame The Zulu War of 1879 – Historical notes Extra Firefights for Platoon – Extra scenarios based on the movie Cousins of the Queen - Two experimental B-17 models Squadron Command - Rules for leading a squadron of B-17 Flying Fortresses Okinawa Enhanced - Variants for Wargamer Issue 55 game Extra Teams for Team Yankee – New ideas and role reversal for Team Yankee Last Victory errata – Courtesy of Clash of Arms St. Nazaire Readjusted – A few new twists for this solitaire favorite Squad Leader 1948 - Red Star / White Star scenarios ideas Elephants for Hammer and Anvil - Variant for The Last Victory Panzers on the Riveria - Variant for Winter Storm Midway Japanese Style - Yamamoto's perceived course of events Gamer’s Guide Classifieds Writers Guidelines Feedback Forum Feedback and Survey Questions – possible future, mini-wargames Inserts: Complete, Mini-Wargame - Zulu War
Download or read book Strategic Chess Exercises written by Emmanuel Bricard and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2018-04-09 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Books on chess exercises are usually about tactics. But in most of the positions that you think about during a game, there is no tactical solution. What you are doing most of the time is trying to find a way to improve your position or weaken your opponent’s, by applying strategic rules. Experienced chess trainer Emmanuel Bricard has created a practical exercise manual with carefully selected and tested training positions that teach you how to develop the right plan. This book is for you if you want to: know what to do if there is no tactical solution, improve your understanding of chess strategy, learn how to apply strategic principles in concrete positions, gain time on the clock by having to calculate fewer variations, learn how to accumulate advantages in various types of positions and generally be inspired by great examples of strategy. The level of difficulty of the exercises varies as this manual is intended for a wide range of club players. The majority of the exercises are middlegame positions, but additionally there is a large section of endgame tests as well. After working with Strategic Chess Exercises you will spend less time on finding better plans, and outplay your opponents more often!
Download or read book BattlePlan Magazine written by Decision Games and published by Past Into Print Publishing. This book was released on with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Battleplan was an ambitious magazine devoted to providing variants, scenarios, and articles on game strategy for wargaming products by a variety of publishers. Published between 1987 and 1989, the magazine had a great deal of content to appeal to war gamers, including articles and materials for Ambush!, Squad Leader, Advanced Squad Leader, Up Front, and many other games. The periodical lasted nine issues, before it was folded into the Wargamer, Volume 2 periodical. In this inaugural issue, published in March/April 1987, the contents include: Letter from the Editior Squad Leader Scenarios - "One if by Air, Two if by Sea" and "Blunting the Spearhead" Solitaire Up Front - Flamethrower Defense Scenario Overlord 1943 - Variant for AH Fortress Europa (includes countersheet insert) Battle for Leyte - Scenario for SSG Carriers at War A House Restored - Rules variants for GDW A House Divided (part 1 of 3) The Russian Campaign - Political variants for AH Russian Campaign (includes countersheet insert) Holding the Line - Scenario for Task Force's Armor at Kursk Field Marshal - Variant situation cards and weather effects for Jedko Games Field Marshal by John Edwards (includes card inserts) Combat Cards II - Escalation variant for Yaquinto WWII card game Warlords of the World - Tournament scenario contest for Panther game Warlords Quick and Dirty Variants - Collection of variants for World in Flames, Third Reich, and Operation Konrad Solo Wargames Gamer’s Guide Classified Ads Writer’s Guidelines Inserts: Fortress Europa Variant “Overlord ’43” Countersheet, Russian Campaign II Variant Counters, Field Marshal Variant Situation Cards, Charles Roberts and H.G. Wells Award Ballot, "One if by Air, Two if by Sea" and "Blunting the Spearhead" Squad Leader Scenarios.
