How Chess Games Are Won And Lost

Author : Lars Bo Hansen
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1906454019

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How Chess Games Are Won and Lost by Lars Bo Hansen Pdf

Traditionally, chess games have been divided into three stages - opening, middlegame and endgame - and general principles presented for how to handle each stage. All chess-players will be well aware that these principles all too frequently fail to help in their selection of the best move. In this important work, Lars Bo Hansen, grandmaster and professional educator, presents chess as a game of five phases, and explains the do's and don'ts in each: * the opening * the transition to the early middlegame * the middlegame * strategic endgames * technical endgames * With a wealth of examples from both his own practice and that of his colleagues, Hansen discusses the typical mistakes and pitfalls, and shows how to handle the subtleties unique to each stage. He also advises on how to work on your chess in each aspect of the game. Of special value is his explanation of how to study typical middlegames, and that middlegame preparation - a neglected area for most players - is both possible and necessary.

Author : Hans Kmoch
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 55,6 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 : Max Euwe,H. Kramer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Chess
ISBN : PSU:000068291525

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The Middlegame by Max Euwe,H. Kramer Pdf

Author : Paul Keres
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 617 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-26
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781849945394

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Practical Chess Endings by Paul Keres Pdf

An updated edition of Paul Keres' classic endgame instructor, designed specifically for practical players with over 500 extra diagrams to facilitate learning and memorisation of critical lines of endgame play. It is an essential practical book, for all chess players, from one of the world's greatest grandmasters. Keres remained an elite grandmaster throughout his life and is widely regarded as one of the s strongest ever players not to have won the world chess champion. His book is a comprehensive guide to the precise handling of all basic endgame positions. It features logical step-by-step explanations of procedures required to obtain the best possible results from frequently occurring queen, rook, bishop, knight and pawn endings. It includes commentaries on the final stages of selected tournament games, which demonstrate the art of favourable transposition from complex to clear-cut endgames.

Author : David Smerdon
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 751 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-17
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056919122

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The Complete Chess Swindler by David Smerdon Pdf

Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything seems hopeless. You feel like resigning. But don’t give up! This is precisely the moment to switch to swindle mode. Master the art of provoking errors and you will be able to turn the tables and escape with a draw – or sometimes even steal the full point! Swindling is a skill that can be trained. In this book, David Smerdon shows how you can use tricks from psychology to marshal hidden resources and exploit your opponent’s biases. In a lost position, your best practical chance often lies not in what the computer recommends, but in playing your opponent. With an abundance of eye-popping examples and training exercises, Smerdon identifies the four best friends of every chess swindler: your opponent’s impatience, their hubris, their fear, and their need to stay in control. You’ll also learn about such cunning swindling motifs as the Trojan Horse, the Decoy Trap, the Berserk Attack, and ‘Window-Ledging’. So, come and join the Swindlers’ Club, become a great escape artist and dramatically improve your results. In this instructive and highly entertaining guide, Smerdon shows you how.

Author : Charles Hertan
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056918576

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Forcing Chess Moves by Charles Hertan Pdf

WINNER of the ChessCafe 2008 Book of the Year Award SHORTLISTED for The Guardian 2008 Chess Book of the Year Award Why is it that the human brain so often refuses to consider winning chess tactics? Every chess fan marvels at the wonderful combinations with which famous masters win their games. How do they find those fantastic moves? Do they have special vision? And why do computers outwit us tactically? Forcing Chess Moves proposes a revolutionary method for finding winning moves. Charles Hertan has made an astonishing discovery: the failure to consider key moves is often due to human bias. Your brain tends to disregard many winning moves because they are counter-intuitive or look unnatural. It’s a fact of life: computers outdo us humans when it comes to tactical vision and brute force calculation. So why not learn from them? Charles Hertan’s radically different approach is: use COMPUTER EYES and always look for the most forcing move first. By studying forcing sequences according to Hertan’s method you will: Develop analytical precision Improve your tactical vision Overcome human bias and staleness Enjoy the calculation of difficult positions Win more games by recognizing moves that matter. This New and Extended Fourth Edition of Hertan’s award-winning modern classic includes 50 extra pages with new and instructive combinations. There is a foreword by three-time US chess champion Joel Benjamin, and a special foreword to this new edition by Swedish Grandmaster Pontus Carlsson.

Author : Andrew Matthews
Publisher : Seashell Publishers
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001-05-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780957881433

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Being a Happy Teen by Andrew Matthews Pdf

At last, a book that teenagers want to read! Do you ever wish: you were older you had more money? you looked different? Do you ever feel, "No one understands me!" Do you ever wonder, "Will I fall in love?" Do you ever ask, "Am I normal?" If you answered "yes" to half of the above, you will find this book very helpful!

Author : Israel Gelfer
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-24
Category : Games
ISBN : 9780486316796

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Positional Chess Handbook by Israel Gelfer Pdf

Learn to develop a more powerful strategic game. Key squares, bad bishops, pawn structures, other examples appear in ascending difficulty, with cross-references. For players at every level. 495 black-and-white illustrations.

Author : Lars Bo Hansen
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1904600441

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Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy by Lars Bo Hansen Pdf

A large proportion of chess games are decided in the endgame or in the transition to the endgame, but chess literature has provided relatively little guidance for players seeking to improve their skill in making the vital decisions in these phases of the game. Building on the ideas introduced in his ground-breaking work Foundations of Chess Strategy, Lars Bo Hansen provides a thought-provoking and convincing treatise on general endgame strategy. He explains how players can maximize the practical problems for their opponents while emphasizing the strengths of their own position. Under his guidance, chess-players will more easily focus on the key elements in the position, devise plans for exploiting them to the full, and develop a better understanding of which pieces need to be exchanged, and which weaknesses really matter. Part 1 of the book discusses the basic principles of endgame strategy and the thinking methods associated with them. In Part 2, Hansen moves on to consider a wealth of examples by the great masters of chess, showing how they have handled endgames in practice, often making difficult tasks appear simple, and in many cases bamboozling their opponents into self-destruction. Lars Bo Hansen is a well-known grandmaster from Denmark. He has won the Danish Championship on two occasions, and represented his country in four olympiads, winning a bronze medal for his individual performance in 1990. His many tournament victories include first prize in the strong Copenhagen Open in both 1997 and 2000. Away from the board, he teaches and lectures on business studies, with a particular focus on marketing, organization and strategy. This is his second book for Gambit.

Author : Lars Bo Hansen
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1906454124

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Improve Your Chess by Lars Bo Hansen Pdf

"If you want to reach the heights, you should study the entire history of chess. I can't give any clear logical explanation for it, but I think it is absolutely essential to soak up the whole of chess history." - VLADIMIR KRAMNIK In this book Lars Bo Hansen shows how chess understanding has evolved and explains how and why a study of the great champions of the past and present will significantly improve your chess. Although modern chess is a highly concrete game where calculation is paramount and principles often appear to take a back seat, Hansen argues that the principles have become implicit at top level: "you cannot win games only by following Steinitz's or Nimzowitsch's principles, but you will certainly lose games if you don't know these principles!" Hansen shows that pattern recognition - one of the most vital aspects of chess mastery - is built up highly effectively by studying historic games, and cites many examples which will immediately form part of your armoury. Building upon the structure of his acclaimed work How Chess Games are Won and Lost, Hansen also argues that the transitions opening-to-middlegame and middlegame-to-endgame are best understood by studying the games of the great champions. Throughout the book, the emphasis is firmly on improving your chess, and equipping you to improve your chess further by studying on your own. At the same time, you will enjoy a feast of the most instructive chess games of all time - both classical and modern. The final chapter discusses the future development of chess style.

Author : United States Chess Federation
Publisher : Random House Incorporated
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Games
ISBN : 9780812935592

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United States Chess Federation's Official Rules of Chess, Fifth Edition by United States Chess Federation Pdf

Explains all legal chess moves, and discusses the regulations governing tournaments, lifetime rankings, and tournament director certification.

Author : Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 549 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08-02
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056918279

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Winning Ugly in Chess by Cyrus Lakdawala Pdf

When was the last time you won a perfect game? A game that wasn’t tainted by inferior moves? Every chess player knows that smooth wins are the exception, that play is often chaotic and positions are frequently irrational. The road to victory is generally full of bumps and misadventures. Welcome to the world of imperfection! Chess books usually feature superbly played games. In Winning Ugly in Chess you will see games where weird moves are rewarded. Cyrus Lakdawala knows that playing good chess is all very well, but that beating your opponent is better. He demonstrates the fine art of winning undeserved victories by: -- miraculously surviving chaos -- throwing vile cheapos -- refusing to resign in lost positions -- getting lucky breaks -- provoking unforced errors and other ways to land on your feet after a roller-coaster ride. Lakdawala shows how you can make sure that it is your opponent, not you, who makes the last blunder. If you’d rather win a bad game than lose a good one, then this your ideal guide. The next time ‘the wrong player’ wins, you will be that player!

Author : Leonid Aleksandrovich Shamkovich,Eric Schiller
Publisher : B. T. Batsford Limited
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 071345346X

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Saving Lost Positions by Leonid Aleksandrovich Shamkovich,Eric Schiller Pdf

It is not always possible to win a game of chess by obtaining an advantage and then logically converting it into a win. In the games of average players the result is often in doubt until the last blunder and the more resourceful player will usually triumph.No game of chess is won by resigning and the "swindle" in an integral part of modern tournament play. How does one fight back from a bad position? What are the types of resource one should be looking for? Is it better to defend passively or lash out and try to confuse the opponent?These questions are all dealt with in this entertaining and instructive book. Complete games are given throughout and this allows the reader to understand how the game has swung as a result of a series of errors.Leonid Shamkovich is a former Soviet Grandmaster. Eric Schiller is a FIDE Master and the author and translator of many books.

Author : Bill Wall
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2019-11-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1708915125

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700 Opening Traps by Bill Wall Pdf

700 Opening Traps is a unique collection of chess moves which set up the opponent to fall into a mating traps. All the games have been derived from practical play, from amateur to Grandmaster level. Opening traps are useful in blitz play, Internet play, and usually with players who do not study opening theory. And at one time or another, all players, from Grandmaster to novice, have fallen for a chess trap or sprung one on some unsuspecting opponent. This books contains basic chess instructions for the novice as well as hundreds of chess positions that will help even the most experience chess players master the art of the chess trap. Another great publication from notable chess Master and author Bill Wall!

Author : Dan Heisman
Publisher : Gloucester Publishers Plc
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1857446496

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A Guide to Chess Improvement by Dan Heisman Pdf

This book features the very best of Dan Heisman's multi-award winning chess column Novice Nook and is full of valuable instruction, insight and practical advice on a wide range of key chess subjects.