Chess training Pocket Book II

Chess training Pocket Book II

320 Key Positions to improve your chess skills. 
'The Chess Training Pocket Book II: How to spot tactics and how far ahead to calculate' gives you the knowledge and training you need to become a master-strength player. It will test, train, and sharpen your thinking skills.
The first chapter has a number of extremely useful, no-nonsense tips on how to think about a position, such as: how to battle tunnel-vision, handle candidate moves, use 'support positions', and switch perspective.
The bulk of the book consists of 320 carefully chosen training positions, which offer crucial building blocks in your chess knowledge.
'The Chess Training Pocket Book II' is a sequel to the best-selling 'Chess Training Pocket Book': 300 Most Important Positions and Ideas. In the same tradition, this follow-up volume will save you years of hit-and-miss reading and sporadic improvement.
This book gathers together for you the crucial, game-winning knowledge in one easy-to-carry book.
International Grandmaster Lev Alburt, three-time U.S. Champion and former European Champion, is one of the worlds most sought-after chess teacher, and the only top-echelon GM to develop time-efficient lessons for those below master strength.
Chess Journalist of the Year (2001) Al Lawrence is one of the most popular modern chess authors. A former high school and college teacher with advanced degrees instructional techniques, he specializes in applying modern teaching theory to chess.
 GM Boris Gulko, former US and USSR Champion:
"Amazing! Pocket Book contains all the essential knowledge!"
 Charles Murray, author of 'Human Accomplishment':
"Lev Alburt is a brilliant teacher, and his books capture that brilliance! "
 


 

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Teaching Chess Step by Step - Book 2: Exercises

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This book is designed to be a companion of Book 1, Teaching Chess Step by Step – Teachers Manual. It contains a series of exercises designed to reinforce the knowledge that children gain from the teachers presentations in the classroom. The exercises were designed for beginners and require a minimum of explanation. The solution may be written in chess notation or drawn on the board. The teacher can use the exercises for presentation in class or as homework. They are designed for individual or

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Teaching Chess Step by Step - Book 1: Teacher's Manual

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GM Preparation - Strategic Play (miękka okładka)

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Wersja językowa książki - angielska. In Strategic Play Jacob Aagaard digs deep into the most complex area of chess thinking.  The games and exercises in this book transcend regular chess skills, such as pattern recognition, calculation and positional analysis. Building on the two previous books in the Grandmaster Preparation series, this book challenges the reader to explore the complexities of chess, offering clarity and understanding through Aagaards straightforward approach. Grandmaster Jacob Aagaa

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1001 Chess Exercises for Beginners

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Chess is 99% tactics. If this celebrated observation is true for the master, how much more so for beginners and casual players! If you want to win more games, nothing works better than training combinations. There are two types of books on tactics, those that introduce the concepts followed by some examples, and workbooks that contain numerous exercises.  Chess masters and trainers Franco Masetti and Roberto Messa have done both: they explain the basic tactical ideas AND provide an enormous amount of ex

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Grandmaster Preparation - Strategic Play by Jacob Aagaard (twarda okładka)

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Wersja językowa książki - angielska.   In Strategic Play Jacob Aagaard digs deep into the most complex area of chess thinking. The games and exercises in this book transcend regular chess skills, such as pattern recognition, calculation and positional analysis. Building on the two previous books in the Grandmaster Preparation series, this book challenges the reader to explore the complexities of chess, offering clarity and understanding through Aagaards straightforward approach. Grandmaster Jacob Aag

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Recognizing Your Opponent's Resources

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Zestaw 4 książek Fundamentals by Artur Yusupov (miękka okładka)

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Tune Your Chess Tactics Antenna

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If only life was as straightforward as a book of chess exercises! If only someone would tap you on the shoulder every time the moment to show your tactical skills has arrived!  However, the reality is that during a game you are on your own. Nobody will whisper in your ear when you have reached a position that is, in fact, a tactical puzzle and all you have to do is solve it. Emmanuel Neiman offers help. He has identified a number of signals that tell you that somewhere in the position you are looking at

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Master Your Chess with Judit Polgar - A. Toth, J. Polgar

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Improve Your Chess Calculation - R.B. Ramesh

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Wersja językowa - angielska.  Expected Release (hardcover) Autumn 2021   Mikhail Tal is one of the most celebrated World Champions in chess history, who confounded his opponents and dazzled chess fans around the world. Seemingly breaking every rule in the book, yet also breaking records with his accomplishments, Tal truly was The Chess Alchemist. In this unique book, Oleg Stetsko has compiled 80 of Tals most interesting games, as annotated by the Magician himself in a variety of sources, many of w

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