Imagination In Chess

Author : Paata Gaprindashvili
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-11-17
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781849946094

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Imagination in Chess by Paata Gaprindashvili Pdf

There is much published on chess tactics, strategy, openings and endings, but little on how to come up with imaginative solutions through logical thinking and evaluation. This book is dedicated to that task and provides over 700 'fresh' positions, incorporating a variety of schemes of thought for the reader to solve. The examples emphasise the power of logical and resourceful thinking, quick wit and imagination. In each chapter the author presents little-explored concepts, such as progressive and reciprocal thinking, to help the reader achieve decisive results and to make fewer mistakes in calculation. The material has been accumulated by the author over many years as a trainer and will be of great benefit to competitive players seeking to improve their methods of thinking.

Author : Andrei Volokitin,Vladimir Grabinsky
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1904600824

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Perfect Your Chess by Andrei Volokitin,Vladimir Grabinsky Pdf

Andrei Volokitin is one of a rare breed of chess players: he achieved a ranking in the world's top 20 while still a teenager. This book includes topics that are written in collaboration with his trainer. It features 375 positions where the reader is given a task or asked a question. These tasks resemble those that players regularly face.

Author : Emmanuel Neiman,Yochanan Afek
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02-01
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056914486

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Invisible Chess Moves by Emmanuel Neiman,Yochanan Afek Pdf

Every chess player knows that some moves are harder to see than others. Why is it that, frequently, uncomplicated wins simply do not enter your mind? Even strong grandmasters suffer from blind spots that obscure some of the best ideas during a game. What is more: often both players fail to see the opportunity that is right in front of their eyes. Neiman and Afek have researched this problem and discovered that there are actually reasons why your brain discards certain ideas. In this book they demonstrate different categories of hard-to-see chess moves and clearly explain the psychological, positional and geometric factors which cloud your brain. Invisible Chess Moves with its many unique examples, instructive explanations and illuminative tests, will teach how to discover your blind spots and see the moves which remain invisible for others. Your results at the board will improve dramatically because your brain will stop blocking winning ideas.

Author : Garry Kasparov
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781596918276

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How Life Imitates Chess by Garry Kasparov Pdf

Garry Kasparov was the highest-rated chess player in the world for over twenty years and is widely considered the greatest player that ever lived. In How Life Imitates Chess Kasparov distills the lessons he learned over a lifetime as a Grandmaster to offer a primer on successful decision-making: how to evaluate opportunities, anticipate the future, devise winning strategies. He relates in a lively, original way all the fundamentals, from the nuts and bolts of strategy, evaluation, and preparation to the subtler, more human arts of developing a personal style and using memory, intuition, imagination and even fantasy. Kasparov takes us through the great matches of his career, including legendary duels against both man (Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov) and machine (IBM chess supercomputer Deep Blue), enhancing the lessons of his many experiences with examples from politics, literature, sports and military history. With candor, wisdom, and humor, Kasparov recounts his victories and his blunders, both from his years as a world-class competitor as well as his new life as a political leader in Russia. An inspiring book that combines unique strategic insight with personal memoir, How Life Imitates Chess is a glimpse inside the mind of one of today's greatest and most innovative thinkers.

Author : Ivan Sokolov
Publisher : New In Chess
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-28
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9789056914776

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Sacrifice and Initiative in Chess by Ivan Sokolov Pdf

lThe sacrifice is one of the most beautiful, rewarding and complex aspects of chess. During a game the decision to give up material in order to get an advantage is probably the most difficult one a player has to take. Often, you have to burn your bridges without being able to fully calculate the consequences. Risks and rewards are racing through your mind, fighting for precedence while the clock keeps ticking. Now is the moment, because after the next move the window for this opportunity may be closed. In this book Ivan Sokolov presents a set of practical tools that will help you to master the art of sacrifice. By concentrating on the aim you are trying to achieve, rather than on the opening you are playing or the piece you might be going to sack, he teaches you how to come to a reasonable risk assessment and how to trust your intuition. There is a separate part on seizing the initiative without actually giving up material. Ivan Sokolov has written an entertaining and instructive guide, packed with useful advice and lots of practical examples.

Author : Vlastimil Hort,Vlastimil Jansa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Games
ISBN : 4871875903

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The Best Move by Vlastimil Hort,Vlastimil Jansa Pdf

The Best Move is a collection of very hard chess problems based on actual grandmaster games. The reader is asked who has the advantage and why. Points are awarded not only for getting the answer right but for seeing deeply into the position. These problems are based primarily on the games of grandmasters Hort and Jansa. This book was later translated into German with some changes in the diagrams and published in 1982-1984.

Author : Sophie Pryce
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 19 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-12
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780593434406

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Baby Chess by Sophie Pryce Pdf

Here's a super-simple primer that introduces babies and toddlers to the popular game of chess! Don’t let their size fool you: Although they are small pawns are the most fearless pieces of all. Now parents can introduce babies and toddlers to the popular game of chess! This super-simple primer will teach little ones the basics: the names of the pieces, how they move, and how to win the game. The rhyming text allows for a fun read-aloud experience without getting too involved in the details of the game. Additional sidebar facts are included for kids who might have questions or who are ready for additional information.

Author : Charles Dealtry Locock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Chess
ISBN : OCLC:486177632

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Imagination in Chess by Charles Dealtry Locock Pdf

Author : Paata Gaprindashvili
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781849940993

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Critical Moments in Chess by Paata Gaprindashvili Pdf

• A unique exploration of those pivotal moments in which chess games are won or lost – if you know how to spot them • Packed with invaluable tips and tricks on identifying critical moments, illustrated with examples from 280 chess games • Fascinating new book from the author of Imagination in Chess, which has built up a cult following in the chess world This exciting and unique book deals with an aspect of chess that is hard to pin down: those monumental moments in a game when the tide turns and the course of the game is altered. It outlines the different types of critical moment, explaining how to spot them and, crucially, how to combat them, seize the initiative and turn the game to your own advantage. To back up the theory, the author has provided deep analysis of 280 chess positions from games by some of the greatest players in the world.

Author : Sunil Weeramantry,Ed Eusebi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1936277905

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Best Lessons of a Chess Coach by Sunil Weeramantry,Ed Eusebi Pdf

In the course of a game of chess, questions continually arise that test a player's reasoning skills. Questions such as: - "Who has the better position?"- "Should I resolve the tension in the center?"- "How can I improve the placement of my pieces?"In this long-awaited extension of the classic Best Lessons of a Chess Coach, the reader is invited to take a seat in the classroom of a renowned chess teacher, and learn how to answer such questions while experiencing the beauty, logic, and artistry of great chess games. When Sunil Weeramantry lectures on the games of top grandmasters, one can imagine making decisions alongside them. When he lectures on his own games, one can also experience the personal excitement, disappointment, and satisfaction of a well-contested game of chess. The cumulative effect of studying these lessons is to give the aspiring player a wide range of tools with which to win.

Author : Noam Manella,Zeev Zohar
Publisher : Quality Chess
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021-04-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1784831077

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Think Like a Machine by Noam Manella,Zeev Zohar Pdf

With the ascent of computer technology, humans have a chance to develop their thinking process in chess based on hard evidence. Think Like a Machine explores human limitations and proposes new avenues for human thinking, inspired by computer engines. In positions taken almost exclusively from modern tournament play, the authors present jaw-dropping continuations which humans struggle to find, not due to lower human computing power, due to conceptual and perceptual limitations. In this book these "crazy" moves are analyzed and categorized. If you want to expand your chess imagination, understanding and intuition, Think Like a Machine is the book is for you.

Author : Michal Krasenkow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1781941548

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Finding Chess Jewels by Michal Krasenkow Pdf

A treasure chest of puzzles designed to stretch the minds of all players. Imagination and calculation are two of the most important qualities of a chess player, and they are qualities which, with purposeful practice, can be developed significantly.

Author : John Nunn
Publisher : Gambit Publications
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : STANFORD:36105132795696

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John Nunn's Chess Puzzle Book by John Nunn Pdf

Most chess puzzle books put you in an artificial situation: you are told a combination exists, what the theme is and what you are required to achieve. This one is different. In a real game, a player may sometimes need to find a combination. On the other hand he may have to reject a tactical idea and simply find a good positional move. His task is to find the right move, whatever it may be. The 300 puzzles in this book put you precisely in that situation. Spectacular ideas abound in these positions, but it is for you to decide whether to go in for them, or whether you would be falling into a trap. If you need them, there are hints to help you on your way. The book ends with a series of tests to measure your skills against those of other players. For this new edition, John Nunn, a top-class grandmaster and a solving world champion, has added 50 new puzzles (with hints and detailed solutions) to test your skills to the full. For ease of following, extra diagrams have been added to the solutions throughout. Overall the book is 60 per cent bigger than the first edition.

Author : Jan Markos
Publisher : Quality Chess
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Chess
ISBN : 1784830488

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Under the Surface by Jan Markos Pdf

The most significant difference between a grandmaster and a club player is not simply that the grandmaster calculates more accurately, but rather that he sees more deeply. This book invites you beneath the surface, where you can learn to navigate the depths of chess. Jan Markos shows how a strong player perceives chess, which features of a position he focuses on, and how he thinks at the board. The author's philosophy is that understanding chess brings pure happiness, and he would like to share this happiness with you. "In his new book, GM Jan Markos focuses on important, yet often neglected, aspects of chess. He deals with this interesting and difficult topic excellently, making fine use of his chess and teaching abilities. The book is highly readable and belongs among the best chess books I have read in recent years. Although the book is intended to be read by amateurs, even grandmasters will find it interesting and useful. If you want to learn more about chess and don't mind thinking independently, this is the book for you." GM David Navara

Author : Lev Psakhis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-07
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1784830925

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Advanced Chess Tactics by Lev Psakhis Pdf

A mastery of tactics is essential to a competitive chess player, and the original Advanced Chess Tactics became an instant classic in this field. "This book is absolutely superb. For serious players... this volume will provide a wonderful breadth of study material and act as a workbook to advance your skills and understanding of this important topic..." was Carsten Hansen's comment when awarding the book 6/6 stars.This new edition benefits from various analytical tweaks, plus an entirely new chapter dedicated to attacking in the French Defence, an opening which the author knows better than almost anyone, having played it for most of his career. Readers are sure to find this an invaluable addition to the original chapters, which remain usefully categorized by opening or common pawn structure.