Soltis: What it takes to became a Grandmaster
Beschreibung
Becoming a Grandmaster is the ultimate aim for serious chess players, but whatever your chess abilities, this book will take you to the next level. Packed with tips, tricks and practical exercises aimed at players of all skill levels who aspire to greatness.
Even an average chess player can find the same moves as a Grandmaster as much as 75 percent of the time. The difference is that only the Grandmaster can find the other 25 percent. This book identifies the kinds of moves and techniques that account for that 25 percent. Among the topics covered in the book are: Mysterious rook pawn moves, Tacking, Piece Nullification, “King Feeling,” and how to play for a win without risk.
Written by one of our biggest-selling and best-loved chess authors, in his trademark chatty, accessible but always informative style, this book is filled with practical exercises and test games that will reveal the secrets of how to join chess’s elite ranks.
Contents
Introduction
Chapter One
Uber-Luft
Bad Pawns Support Good Centers
Risk Management
Mystery Moves: Rooks
I Pass
Hidden Third Move
Blunder Zone
BOCs to Win
Preserving Tension
GMs Smell Zugzwang
Quiz
Chapter Two
Endgame Anchors
Hierarchy of Advantages
Piece Nullification
Mystery Moves: Rook Pawns
Save the Redwoods
GMs Shorten Games
Unequal "Equal" Positions
Overprotect
Delayed Castling
Trending
Quiz
Chapter Three
GMs Doubt Their Computers
Petrosian's Law
Right Rook
Space Counts
Freezing the Centre
Mystery Moves: Endgame RP Push
Timing
"... but the Knight is More Clever"
Multi-Goal Endgames
Phase II
Quiz
Chapter Four
Good-Bad Bishops
Tacking
Impossible Moves
Outcast Outposts
Mystery Moves: Queen
Permanent Pursuit
Lasker Rooks
Pre-Endgame
Backward Ho
Quiz
Chapter Five
Wing Chain
Drawability
Limits to Calculation
Fischer Was Right
It Takes a Lot to Lose
Yes, Endgame Sacrifices
King Feeling
Bad Bishops Build Blockades
The Inexpensive Exchange Sacrifice
Enough Good Moves Are Good Enough
Quiz
Quiz Answers
318 Seiten, 2016, Figurine Notation, englisch.