The Chessmaster Checklist

Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-08-05
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781849947398

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The Chessmaster Checklist by Andrew Soltis Pdf

An instructional book about the crucial questions that masters ask themselves before committing to a move – a checklist for all players to ask themselves before making their own moves. Beginners learn to ask themselves the key questions. As they improve, they ask more sophisticated questions: 'What did my opponent's last move allow me to do?", 'Where is his position weakest?", 'Should I take an irrevocable step now or wait?', 'What does my opponent want me to do?'. For chess master players these are almost subconscious checklist. Andy Soltis runs through the checklist of things to ask before making a move with fascinating and illuminating examples of real chess games, from Karpov to Judith Polgar, from Magnus Carlsen to Fabiano Caruana. A key to improving is to ask all of these questions and find the right answers, for players looking to improve. The advice of Chess Masters is good advice for all chess players and the best way to take your play to the next level.

Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781849944342

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365 Chess Master Lessons by Andrew Soltis Pdf

Increase your chess knowledge within the year! In this book, Andrew Soltis analyzes 365 key chess games in an easy way for busy people. In this book, 365 of the most instructive short games of chess are analyzed, step by step, by well-respected author Andrew Soltis. Arranged as daily lessons, this book is perfect for chess players who would like to reach the next level of skill but can't devote hours and hours each day to study. Learn to feel confident with each tactic – each game features test-yourself quizzes (with answers at the back of the book) to help cement understanding, as well as chess diagrams for those who learn visually. Challenging tactics are revisited in later games to help you recognize when they occur and how chess masters use them to their full advantage. With this book, Andrew encourages you to learn to think like a chess master within the year. From Castling to Zugzwang, learn something new everyday!

Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-12
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781849943390

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What it Takes to Become a Grandmaster by Andrew Soltis Pdf

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.

Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : Rizzoli International Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-09-03
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781849949231

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How to Choose a Chess Move by Andrew Soltis Pdf

A practical guide to selecting the best move available, every time, from any chess position, packed with tips, tricks, and shortcuts from the greatest chess players. International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis brings you a foolproof guide to choosing your best next chess move, every time. There are more than 30 moves you can choose from an average position, yet Chess Masters regularly manage to select the best moves—and they do it faster, more confidently, and with less calculation than other players. This practical guide, in a fully revised and updated edition of a Batsford chess classic, explains the tricks, techniques, and shortcuts Chess Masters employ to find the best way forward, at every stage of a game. Drawing on the wisdom of some of the greatest chess players of all time, with analysis from over 180 games, it covers: • Employing specific cues to identify good moves. • Streamlining analysis of the consequences of moves. • Using both objective and highly subjective criteria to find the right move—from any position. This invaluable book provides a fascinating insight into the way Chess Masters think and is a must for all players who want to hone their decision-making skills and cultivate a killer chess instinct.

Author : Dean Keith Simonton
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780262537957

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The Genius Checklist by Dean Keith Simonton Pdf

What it takes to be a genius: nine essential and contradictory ingredients. What does it take to be a genius? A high score on an IQ test? Brilliant physicist Richard Feynman's IQ was too low for membership in Mensa. Suffering from varying degrees of mental illness? Creativity is often considered a marker of mental health. Be a child prodigy like Mozart, or a later bloomer like Beethoven? Die tragically young, like Keats, or live to a ripe old age like Goethe? In The Genius Checklist, Dean Keith Simonton examines the key factors in creative genius and finds that they are more than a little contradictory. Simonton, who has studied creativity and genius for more than four decades, draws on both scientific research and stories from the lives of famous creative geniuses that range from Isaac Newton to Vincent van Gogh to Virginia Woolf. He explains the origin of IQ tests and the art of estimating the IQ of long-dead historical figures (John Stuart Mill: 200; Charles Darwin: 160). He compares IQ scores with achieved eminence as measures of genius, and he draws a distinction between artistic and scientific genius. He rules out birth order as a determining factor (in the James family alone, three geniuses at three different birth-order positions: William James, firs-tborn; Henry James, second born; Alice James, born fifth and last); considers Malcolm Gladwell's 10,000 hour rule; and describes how the “lone” genius gets enmeshed in social networks. Genius, Simonton explains, operates in ways so subtle that they seem contradictory. Genius is born and made, the domain of child prodigies and their elders. Simonton's checklist gives us a new, integrative way to understand geniuses—and perhaps even to nurture your own genius!

Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-14
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781849947121

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500 Chess Questions Answered by Andrew Soltis Pdf

An insightful new book that is perfect for newcomers to chess inspired by Netflix's Queen's Gambit. Written by one of the best chess communicators in the business, chess master and chess journalist Andy Soltis divulges practical advice and explains technical terms that chess books often overlook. From learning how to train your mind with chess information to choosing the best chess opening, dip in and out of this invaluable guide to improve your chess in a minutes. Chess questions answered in this book include: Is there a best way to study chess? How do I know if I have a natural talent? How important is chess memory and how can I train mine? How long should I think before choosing a move? Is there a proper way to think? Can I think like a chess computer? How do I develop chess intuition? Don't try to swallow too much information in one sitting. Dip in and out of these great chess questions to better understand the game and let the improvement happen incrementally.

Author : Brian Minick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781442265493

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Facing Cyber Threats Head On by Brian Minick Pdf

News breaks all the time that hackers have attacked another company. Media outlets regularly cover cyber events. The President issues executive orders, and Congress explores cyber legislation. With all these events happening, business leaders must ask: what does this mean for my business and me? Facing Cyber Threats Head On looks at cyber security from a business leader perspective. By avoiding deep technical explanations of “how” and focusing on the “why” and “so what,” this book guides readers to a better understanding of the challenges that cyber security presents to modern business, and shows them what they can do as leaders to solve these challenges. Facing Cyber Threats Head On explains that technology is not the answer to cyber security issues. People, not technology, are behind emerging cyber risks. Understanding this brings to light that cyber protection is not a battle of technology against technology, but people against people. Based on this, a new approach is required—one that balances business risk with the cost of creating defenses that can change as quickly and often as attackers can. Readers will find here a ready resource for understanding the why and how of cyber risks, and will be better able to defend themselves and their businesses against them in the future.

Author : John O. McGinnis
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780691151021

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Accelerating Democracy by John O. McGinnis Pdf

Explains how politicians and citizens can use technology to enhance American democracy.

Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 536 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781849946575

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Bobby Fischer Rediscovered by Andrew Soltis Pdf

"Bobby Fischer...The precision and energy that he played with is unmatched in the history of chess." Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion Nearly 30 years since his last chess game, Bobby Fischer's fame continues to grow. Appearing in Hollywood movies, documentaries and best-selling books, his life and career are as fascinating as they ever were and his games continue to generate discussion. Indeed, with each new generation of computer, stunning discoveries are made about moves that have been debated by grandmasters for decades. An updated, expanded edition of the 2003 classic, with all 100 games reanalyzed, along with six additional games This book covers the entire career of an American chess grandmaster and eleventh World Chess Champion, going well beyond his My 60 Memorable Games, and includes rarely seen "lost" Fischer games With new insights into what made the enigmatic Fischer play – and act – the way he did International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis played Fischer and also reported, as a journalist, on the American's legendary career. He is the author of many books, including Pawn Structure Chess, 365 Chess Master Lessons and What it Takes to Become a Chess Master.

Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781849940887

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What It Takes to Become a Chess Master by Andrew Soltis Pdf

So you're a fairly decent chess player. You compete in tournaments, you play on the Internet. But you would love to make that leap to become a chess master. What do you need to know, how much do you have to practise, and how much of the success of the masters is simply a matter of innate talent, superior brainpower or just good luck? This useful book, aimed at all chess players who aspire to become chess masters, shows you what the masters know and you don't. 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.

Author : Rolf Wetzell
Publisher : Thinkers PressInc / Chessco
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Games
ISBN : 0938650580

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Chess Master-- at Any Age by Rolf Wetzell Pdf

Author : Andres D. Hortilosa
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 1857446186

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Improve Your Chess at Any Age by Andres D. Hortilosa Pdf

In this original and thought-provoking book, Andres D. Hortillosa explains his ever-evolving system of chess improvement. If you are serious about improving your chess this book is for you.

Author : Alexander Kotov
Publisher : B T Batsford Limited
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Chess
ISBN : 0713431601

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Think Like a Grandmaster by Alexander Kotov Pdf

Author : Adam Shostack
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-12
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781118810057

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Threat Modeling by Adam Shostack Pdf

The only security book to be chosen as a Dr. Dobbs Jolt Award Finalist since Bruce Schneier's Secrets and Lies and Applied Cryptography! Adam Shostack is responsible for security development lifecycle threat modeling at Microsoft and is one of a handful of threat modeling experts in the world. Now, he is sharing his considerable expertise into this unique book. With pages of specific actionable advice, he details how to build better security into the design of systems, software, or services from the outset. You'll explore various threat modeling approaches, find out how to test your designs against threats, and learn effective ways to address threats that have been validated at Microsoft and other top companies. Systems security managers, you'll find tools and a framework for structured thinking about what can go wrong. Software developers, you'll appreciate the jargon-free and accessible introduction to this essential skill. Security professionals, you'll learn to discern changing threats and discover the easiest ways to adopt a structured approach to threat modeling. Provides a unique how-to for security and software developers who need to design secure products and systems and test their designs Explains how to threat model and explores various threat modeling approaches, such as asset-centric, attacker-centric and software-centric Provides effective approaches and techniques that have been proven at Microsoft and elsewhere Offers actionable how-to advice not tied to any specific software, operating system, or programming language Authored by a Microsoft professional who is one of the most prominent threat modeling experts in the world As more software is delivered on the Internet or operates on Internet-connected devices, the design of secure software is absolutely critical. Make sure you're ready with Threat Modeling: Designing for Security.

Author : Andrew Soltis
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-10
Category : Games & Activities
ISBN : 9781849947831

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Fabiano Caruana: 60 Memorable Games by Andrew Soltis Pdf

Following on from the enduring success of one of the most important chess books ever written, Bobby Fischer: My 60 Memorable Games, and the recently released Magnus Carlsen: 50 Memorable Games, celebrated chess writer Andrew Soltis delivers a book on Fabiano Caruana, the Grandmaster set to rival current world champion Magnus Carlsen. This book details Caruana's remarkable rise from chess prodigy to one of the best chess player in the world, exploring how he acquired the skills of 21st-century grandmaster chess over such a short period of time. This book dives into how he wins by analysing 60 of the games that made him who he is, describing the intricacies behind his and his opponent's strategies, the tactical justification of moves and the psychological battle in each one.