Essential Skills for Ambitious Improvers

Dear readers, the book in your hands is primarily intended for all who are entering the magical world of chess, beginners, children and their parents and of course - adult ambitious improvers. This chess textbook will enable readers to strengthen their knowledge of the chess basics and fundamentals and will help trainers and chess teachers in working with their students.

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AFEK – WIJK AAN ZEE 2024

LEITAO – THE DIFFICULT ART OF DEFENCE IN CHESS

GORMALLY – DANNY'S CHESS DIARY – MY HASTINGS NIGHTMARE

KOTRONIAS – KING'S INDIAN DEFENCE – GLIGORIC SYSTEM

A Dynamic Repertoire for Black

The history of the Queen’s Gambit is connected with the very beginnings of modern chess, the opening being cited in the earliest published books on the science of the game, such as the Göttingen manuscript (1490) and the books of Ruy Lopez (1561) and Salvio (1604). The so-called Queen’s Gambit Declined – or Refused – is, together with the Slav, the main defense in the universe of queenside openings, and shares with the aforementioned defense a well-earned reputation for being a reliable and very solid scheme.

Problemschach-Urdrucke 2020-23 (mit CD)

Band VI enthält alle zwischen 2020 und 2023 in der Augsburger Allgemeinen (meiner Schachecke) veröffentlichten Urdrucke von Schachaufgaben (auch eigene). Jede Schachaufgabe, die für sich ein kleines Kunstwerk darstellt, habe ich sehr ausführlich besprochen und gründlich gelöst, so dass insbesondere mit dem Genre des Problemschachs nicht vertraute Personen, auch Jugendliche und

Improving Important Endgame Concepts

Develop Imaginative and Preventive Thinking Nowadays, chessplayers spend almost all their free time preparing openings, and rarely spend the time necessary to perfect the vitally important technique of calculating. Regular training in solving and playing out endgames studies is a good recipe for eliminating that shortcoming.