Dynamic Pawn Play In Chess

Author : Drazen Marovic
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1901983439

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Dynamic Pawn Play in Chess by Drazen Marovic Pdf

This book tackles fundamental questions such as: 'How should pawns be used to fight for the centre?' and 'How does the central pawn formation affect planning for both sides?' These issues are central to understanding chess. Marovic discusses central pawn-structures and their impact on play both in the centre and on the wings. He begins by surveying how the pawn's role in controlling the centre has been developed over the last 150 years, and how this has led to the refinement of concepts suchas the 'dynamic' backward pawn and the positional exchange sacrifice. The bulk of the book is devoted to discussions of the main type of centre: Open Centre; Closed/Blocked Centre; Fixed Centre; and in particular the Mobile/Dynamic Centre.

Author : Dražen Marović
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1901983315

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Understanding Pawn Play in Chess by Dražen Marović Pdf

Chess owes its strategic depth to pawns, which take many roles in the chess struggle. In this text, an experienced grandmaster explores the pawn's multi-facted nature, and provides the reader with a range of pawn-play concepts.

Author : Marovic Drazen
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1901983730

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Secrets of Positional Chess by Marovic Drazen Pdf

How can one determine if a piece is weak or strong? Or if a square is weak or strong? These are the principal questions that grandmaster and trainer Drazen Marovic addresses in this important book. By discussing carefully chosen games and positions, Marovic explains how to recognize good and bad features of positions, and how to make use of one's advantages and exploit the opponent's weaknesses. Themes that crop up repeatedly include 'weaknesses' that are unexploitable (and therefore are not weaknesses at all), surrendering certain squares in order to gain more important squares, and material sacrifices to exploit major weaknesses. * Strength and weakness on files and diagonals * Vulnerabilities on the first and second ranks * Static weakness and attack * Characteristics of the pieces * Outposts Drazen Marovic is a grandmaster from Croatia, who has won medals as both player and trainer for various national teams. His pupils include Bojan Kurajica, World Under-20 Champion in 1965, and Al Modiahki of Qatar, the first Arabian grandmaster. Marovic has a wealth of experience as a writer, editor and television commentator on chess. He is currently the trainer of the Croatian national team. This is his third book for Gambit. His two previous books discussed various aspects of pawn play, and have been warmly received by the chess-playing public.

Author : Jorg Hickl
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2016-05-11
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056916329

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The Power of Pawns by Jorg Hickl Pdf

'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 Jörg Hickl helps you to: - Assess the strengths and weaknesses of pawn structures - Recognize strategic patterns - Identify how you can improve your position - Develop a plan of action The Power of Pawns 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.

Author : Hans Kmoch
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9780486319698

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Pawn Power in Chess by Hans Kmoch Pdf

Profoundly original book demonstrates how basic relationships of one or two pawns constitute winning strategy. Multitude of examples illustrate theory. 182 diagrams. Index of games.

Author : Ivan Sokolov
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 562 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2024-01-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789083382739

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Winning Chess Middlegames by Ivan Sokolov Pdf

Have you ever wondered why it takes grandmasters just seconds to see what's happening in a chess position? It's all about pawn structures, as Ivan Sokolov explained in his groundbreaking book Winning Chess Middlegames. In his 2010 bestseller, Grandmaster Sokolov focused on structures arising from 1.d4 openings; in this new companion guide, 1.e4 players get their turn. This new volume covers a dozen topical structures including various pawn formations in the flexible Ruy Lopez, Italian and Petroff openings. But also Black's doubled f-pawn in the Rauzer Sicilian, the notorious Maroczy Bind, the mysterious Hedgehog, the versatile Sveshnikov and the paradoxical French Winawer. Deeply analysed top-level games illustrate the motifs in all these structures. Club players who study Winning Chess Middlegames 1.e4 or 1.d4 will: significantly improve their middlegame skills develop an accurate sense of which positions suit their style gain new strategic and practical knowledge of openings Ivan Sokolov's analysis is profound but accessible, and he doesn't take anything for granted. As reviewer Sean Marsh wrote of the first volume: "The lucid and informative explanations convey a large amount of genuine Grandmasterly wisdom. This is easily one of the best middlegame books of recent times."

Author : Mihai Suba
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056914592

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Dynamic Chess Strategy by Mihai Suba Pdf

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.

Author : Alexander Baburin
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 0713480092

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Winning Pawn Structures by Alexander Baburin Pdf

Pawns are the soul of chess--and one of the aspects of the game that chess computers just don't handle well. This modern guide to pawn structures, written by an experienced grandmaster, analyzes a variety of typical formations, and explains the approaches, patterns, and techniques used by professionals in all phases of the game. The know-how gained from the sample matches presented will give any player a practical advantage on the board.

Author : Neil McDonald
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 633 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781781945919

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Dynamic Defence by Neil McDonald Pdf

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.

Author : Iossif Dorfman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Chess
ISBN : 2957289024

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The Method in Chess by Iossif Dorfman Pdf

Author : Mauricio Flores Rios
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1784830003

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Chess Structures by Mauricio Flores Rios Pdf

Mauricio Flores Rios provides an in-depth study of the 28 most common structures in chess practice. In Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide you will find:*Carefully selected model games showing each structure's main plans and ideas*Strategic patterns to observe and typical pitfalls to avoid*50 positional exercises with detailed solutionsGM Axel Bachmann from the Foreword:"Chess Structures - A Grandmaster Guide is an excellent selection of model games. By studying the 140 games and fragments in this book, the reader will learn many of the most important plans, patterns and ideas in chess."

Author : Valeri Beim
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1904600158

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How to Play Dynamic Chess by Valeri Beim Pdf

Chess is fundamentally a dynamic game. Each move changes the situation and the possibilities for both sides. No piece is ever identically as valuable as any other, and their scope changes from move to move. The current generation of supergrandmasters plays unrelentingly dynamic chess, but a great deal of chess literature still deals with chess as if it were a predominantly static game. Much traditional chess teaching is based around rules of thumb that might work well 'on average' or in 'typical' situations, but these rules may not equip players for the specific and sometimes exceptional situations that they face in their games. In this book, Valeri Beim explains how to factor in dynamic considerations, and weigh initiative and time against material and other static factors. Topics include: dynamics, development, the king as a target, breakthrough, and the initiative.

Author : Andrew Martin
Publisher : Everyman Chess
Page : 611 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-23
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781781945896

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Play the Budapest Gambit by Andrew Martin Pdf

The Budapest Gambit 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e5) is an aggressive, dynamic approach for meeting 1 d4 and is a great line for throwing opponents onto their own resources. It is certainly double-edged as Black moves the same piece twice early on and also sacrifices a pawn. This pawn is often quickly regained but one of the great advantages of the Budapest is that if White tries to hang on to the pawn (and many players do) Black can quickly whip up a ferocious attack. A great number of materialistic but unprepared White players have found themselves swiftly demolished by Black’s tremendously active pieces. When White is more circumspect and allows Black to regain the pawn, play proceeds along more sedate strategic lines where Black enjoys free and easy development. Experienced chess author and coach Andrew Martin examines all key variations of the Budapest. There is an emphasis on typical middlegame structures and the important plans and manoeuvres are demonstrated in numerous instructive games. * Includes complete repertoires for Black with both 3...Ng4 and 3...Ne4 * Comprehensive coverage featuring several new ideas * Take your opponents out of their comfort zone!

Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-21
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781849940702

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Pawn Structure Chess by Andrew Soltis Pdf

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. This invaluable book is a major update of this chess-world classic, first published in 1975 and unavailable for several years.

Author : Tony Kosten
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1901983145

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The Dynamic English by Tony Kosten Pdf

Grandmaster Tony Kosten concentrates on aggressive treatments of the English - an approach that has brought him great success in tournament play. His book provides everything you need to start attacking with the English Opening, supplying players of the white pieces with a set of weapons that will equip them to challenge any opponent they face. There is an ideal balance of explanation and analysis, and practical examples illustrate the key themes.