The Official Chess Book of the 42nd Chess Olympiad, Baku 2016
 

This book was made on request of the Baku Chess Olympiad Operating Committee (BCOOC) and is dedicated to the combinational creativity of the Azerbaijani chess players.

In this book you will find the brightest and most sparkling selection of tactical masterpieces from Azerbaijani chess players.

The 557 puzzles have been carefully selected and designated into 3 categories: easy, medium and difficult, in order to attract not only the professional player but also to share the joy with all chess lovers.

229 Seiten, englisch, kartoniert, 1. Auflage 2016.

Every chess player loves to attack the enemy King. Your goal is clear, your thinking is concrete, your creativity is flowing and direct victory is just around the corner. Few things in life are better than successfully conducting a blistering attack on your opponent’s King!

Chess Classics
 

Positional Decision Making in Chess offers a rare look into the mind of a top grandmaster. In his efforts to explain his way of thinking, Boris Gelfand focuses on such topics as the squeeze, space advantage, the transformation of pawn structures and the transformation of advantages. Based on examples from his own games and those of his hero, Akiba Rubinstein, Gelfand explains how he thinks during the game.

Aus Gesprächen über beendete Partien kennt jeder Spieler Bemerkungen wie: "Den hab ich überhaupt nicht gesehen!“ - "Hier war ich irgendwie total blockiert.“ - "Ich hatte da irgendwas gesehen.“

Die Rede ist in allen Fällen vom ‘blinden Fleck’, einem unangenehmen Phänomen, das jeder kennt, weil er es mehr als einmal selbst erlebt hat. Nur - was ist das überhaupt: der blinde Fleck im Schach?

Der Angriff auf den gegnerischen König und letztlich dessen Mattsetzung ist das Ziel aller Ziele im Schachspiel. Allerdings ist ein solcher Angriff nur gerechtfertigt bzw. erfolgversprechend, wenn die positionellen Voraussetzungen hierfür vorliegen oder vorab geschaffen wurden.

Every chess player loves to win with a devastating attack. But even beginners know the importance of early castling, so the most significant attacking strategies are those against a castled king. Danny Gormally sheds light on this vital area of the game, arguing that pattern recognition is key to improvement.

In Attack & Defence Jacob Aagaard presents the main principles of how to attack and defend in chess. By carving dynamic chess into separate areas of ability, he gives the reader a clear way to expand his understanding of this vital part of the game.

"Playing the violin and learning languages are similar activities - the brain needs a special map for these kinds of activities, so it has to be learned at an early age - due to some brain chemistry stuff, I guess. That explains why so many players get stuck at a certain level - their map is done! Depressing, eh? But that's where Aagaard (and other heavyweights like Dvoretsky and Yusupov) come to the rescue! The books in this series are designed to change the ‘chess map' in your brain! Jacob wants to transform that narrow path of finding good moves into a freeway where good moves flow!"
From the foreword by Sune Berg Hansen

Unlock your chess potential

Any man in the street knows how to increase his physical strength, but among most chess players confusion reigns when it comes to improving their playing strength. Axel Smith's training methods have guided his friends, teammates and pupils to grandmaster norms and titles. Hard work will be required, but Axel Smith knows how you can Pump Up Your Rating.

Every area of chess is covered - opening preparation, through middlegame play, to endgame technique. Smith delves into both the technical and psychological sides of chess, and shows how best to practise and improve.

Voraussetzungen, Ziel und Durchführung des Opfers im Schachspiel

Der österreichische Berufsschachmeister Rudolf Spielmann (1883-1942) pflegte einen wagemutigen Angriffsstil, der in zahlreichen brillanten, mit einfallsreichen Opfern gewürzten Partien zu Tage trat. Als "letzter Ritter des Königsgambits“ (so seinerzeit apostrophiert von Tartakower) sah Spielmann die Schönheit des Schachs im Kombinationsspiel verwirklicht, vor allem im intuitiven, nicht vollständig berechenbaren Opfer, das beim Schachpublikum durchweg Bewunderung auslöst. Schach mit Kunst gleichzusetzen gehörte zu Spielmanns Credo, und auch wenn er aufgrund seines aggressiv-riskanten Stils manch herbe Niederlage einstecken musste, im Zenit seiner Schachlaufbahn der zweiten Hälfte der 1920er Jahre zählte er zur Elite der 10 weltbesten Spieler.
 

Every chess player needs to know how to handle his pawns. Pawns form the 'playing fields' of chess games, a semi-permanent 'structure' that can determine whether a player wins or loses.

This comprehensive guide to pawn structure teaches the reader where pieces are best placed, which pawns should be advanced further or exchanged, and why certain structures are good and others disastrous.

Many of the classics of Soviet chess literature have struggled to see the light of day, but none more so than Soviet Middlegame Technique by Peter Romanovsky. The original version of this famous guide to the middlegame was published in 1929 when Romanovsky was Soviet Champion. Romanovsky later decided to update and improve his work.

As he finished his work in 1942, World War II was underway and Romanovsky was trapped in the notorious siege of Leningrad. The author barely survived and his manuscript was lost.

If only life was as straightforward as a book of chess exercises! If only someone would tap you on the shoulder every time the moment to show your tactical skills has arrived!

However, the reality is that during a game you are on your own. Nobody will whisper in your ear when you have reached a position that is, in fact, a tactical puzzle and all you have to do is solve it.

Emmanuel Neiman offers help. He has identified a number of signals that tell you that somewhere in the position you are looking at there is a tactical blow just waiting to be found. What you need is a way to read those signals. What you need, and what Neiman helps you to acquire, is a Chess Tactics Antenna.

Mit den 100 wichtigsten Mittelspielideen

Der dreifache Weltmeister im Lösen von Schachproblemen hat die nützlichsten Mittelspielkonzepte und -kenntnisse in 100 Lektionen für jedermann verständlich zusammengefasst.

Mit diesem wichtigen Werk widmet sich John Nunn dem Mittelspiel - der Phase des Kampfes, in der die meisten Partien entschieden werden, jedoch auch diejenige, die in der Schachliteratur eher stiefmütterlich behandelt worden ist. Mit der überragenden Klarheit, für die er bekannt ist, zerlegt Nunn komplexe Probleme in überschaubare Einzelteile.

José Raoul Capablanca

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Zenon Franco

240 Seiten, kartoniert, 1. Auflage 2009, englisch.