Move First, Think Later: Sense and Nonsense in Improving Your Chess

Move First, Think Later: Sense and Nonsense in Improving Your Chess

3rd Edition - with a new epilogue: 'The Discussion Continues'The chess instruction establishment claims that all you need to do is concentrate on the characteristics of a position. Stick to some rules of thumb and good moves will pop up more or less automatically.But that is not how it works, finds International Master Willy Hendriks. Chess players, both weak and strong, dont first make a plan before looking at candidate moves. Trial and error is a very common and in fact highly effective way to get to the best move.In his journey into the chess-playing mind, Hendriks uses recent scientific insights in the working of our brain. He raises a number of intriguing questions: Can you, too (whether you are talented or not), become a grandmaster? Why does a chess trainers advice often sound like a horoscope? Can you find strong moves by ticking off a to-do list? Is it possible to reach master level without ever making a plan?Presents a wealth of valuable, no-nonsense training material. In this refreshing, entertaining and highly instructive book, Willy Hendriks shows how you can travel light on the road to chess improvement!International Master Willy Hendriks (1966) has been working as a chess trainer for over 25 years. Inspired by recent developments in the cognitive sciences, he challenges the conventional wisdom in chess instruction.

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The Chess Toolbox: Practical Techniques Everyone Should Know

The Chess Toolbox: Practical Techniques Everyone Should Know

In chess, as in repair or construction jobs, you will not get very far without the right equipment. If you want to win more games you simply need the right tools. Unfortunately, most amateur chess players have no toolbox to speak of. Whats more, they dont even know which tools they actually need. Or what tools are available. If a chess hardware store would exist, most amateur chess players would be clueless what to ask for.International Master and experienced chess trainer Thomas Willemze is the handyman

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Is Your Move Safe?: Initial and Final Candidate Moves

Is Your Move Safe?: Initial and Final Candidate Moves

Safety first! Success in chess begins with asking yourself the basic question, Is the move that Im considering a safe one? The question may sound simple, but answering it is not so simple. National Master and award-winning chess instructor Dan Heisman has carefully selected more than 150 theoretical and tournament positions to show how a move may look safe but isnt, or how it can appear risky and still be the safest option on the board.Traditional tactics books tell you that your opponent's position is no

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Chess Camp Volume 5, Two Move Checkmates

Chess Camp Volume 5, Two Move Checkmates

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically integrating new information with previous knowledge while building effective thinking habits at the board. In Two-Move Checkmates, the fifth volume in the Chess Camp series, the student will be introduced to the elements of planning, aiming

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Chess Camp: Volume 1

Chess Camp: Volume 1

Chess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically integrating new information with previous knowledge while building effective thinking habits at the board.In this first volume, Move, Attack, and Capture, the student will discover how the chess pieces move; start to get a feel for the che

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Improve Your Chess Calculation - R.B. Ramesh

Improve Your Chess Calculation - R.B. Ramesh

Książka wydana w języku angielskim. Okładka miękka.Calculation is key to winning chess games. Converting your chess knowledge into concrete moves requires calculation and precise visualization.The bad news: calculation is hard work. You cannot rely on feeling or intuition – you will have to turn on your brainpower. The good news: you can improve your calculation skills by training. Set up a position on a chessboard and try to solve exercises without moving the pieces!Grandmaster Ramesh RB is the perfect c

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Zestaw 7 książek Chess Camp Series 1 - 7 (twarda okładka)

Zestaw 7 książek Chess Camp Series 1 - 7 (twarda okładka)

Wersja angielska, twarda oprawa.Zestaw 7 książek z serii Chess Camp. W skład zestawu wchodzi:Move, Attack, and CaptureSimple CheckmatesCheckmates with Many PiecesElementary EndgamesTwo-Move CheckmatesTactics in Attack and DefenseOpening TacticsChess Camp is a new training system for beginning chessplayers, and for the parents and coaches who teach them. Starting with simple problems to illustrate key concepts, and then progressing to more complex positions, the student will learn by doing, methodically in

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New In Chess 2017/1: The Club Player's Magazine

New In Chess 2017/1: The Club Player's Magazine

Issue 2017#1 brings you 108 pages of the best in chess:Close, but no cigarIn Doha Magnus Carlsen tied for first in both the Rapid and the Blitz World Championships, but the tiebreak rulesdecided in favour of the delighted veteran Vasily Ivanchuk and the perhaps even happier Sergey Karjakin.Lust for lifeGenna Sosonko remembers Mark Taimanov (1926-2016), a man with an unshakeable passion for life.Wesley So finishes in styleWith a victory in the London Chess Classic, the 23-year-old American clinched the Gra

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Train Your Chess Pattern Recognition: More Key Moves Motifs in the Middlegame

Train Your Chess Pattern Recognition: More Key Moves Motifs in the Middlegame

In this sequel to his instant classic, Arthur van de Oudeweetering presents players of almost every level with a fresh supply of easy-to-remember building blocks for their chess knowledge.Pattern recognition is one of the most important mechanisms of chess improvement. It helps you to quickly grasp the essence of a position on the board and find the most promising continuation.In short, well-defined and practical chapters, IM Van de Oudeweetering presents hundreds of surprising middlegame themes. After wo

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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 cons

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Grandmaster Repertoire 19 - Beating Minor Openings by Victor Mikhalevski (miękka okładka)

Grandmaster Repertoire 19 - Beating Minor Openings by Victor Mikhalevski (miękka okładka)

Wydanie w miękkiej okładce, wersja językowa - angielska.Beating Minor Openings offers a world-class repertoire for Black against every sensible first move apart from 1.d4 and 1.e4. GM Victor Mikhalevski advocates an ambitious approach for Black, with the aim of occupying the centre and fighting for an advantage, rather than mere equality, wherever possible.The most critical moves covered are 1.c4 and 1.Nf3. Against the latter, Mikhalevski supplies a range of replies to allow for transpositions to most que

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Thinking With Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14

Thinking With Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14

 Whats the best way to teach chess to children? Thinking with Chess: Teaching Children Ages 5-14 is a handbook for teachers, librarians, after-school instructors, chess coaches, counselors, and parents that requires no prior knowledge of the game. Both novices and veteran chess players can use its innovative lesson plans for teaching groups of children.InThinking with Chess, Dr. Alexey Root connects chess with skills important to academic success, such as classifying, pattern recognition, decoding, creati

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Best Play: A New Method to Find the Strongest Move

Best Play: A New Method to Find the Strongest Move

 With a foreword by Alexander Morozevich:Have you ever wished for a formula to help you decide what move to make in any given chess position? In this ambitious and groundbreaking work, physicist and chess master Alexander Shashin presents the fruit of three decades of research into the elements of the game. He breaks down the position into mathematical ratios that compare the fundamental factors of material, mobility, safety, and space for each side, leading you to the proper plan and the mental attitude

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Better thinking, better chess

Better thinking, better chess

Finding strong moves doesn't simply depend on how much you know about chess. In fact, greater conceptual knowledge makes choosing a move more complex as it increases the number of directions your mind can take. More important is optimizing your thought process.Grandmaster Joel Benjamin knows that pointing out the moves his students missed is just half the job. They need to understand that they were looking in the wrong direction. Chess engines offer little help in this because they cant explain why you we

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From GM to Top Ten - Judit Polgar Teaches Chess 2 (twarda okładka)

From GM to Top Ten - Judit Polgar Teaches Chess 2 (twarda okładka)

Książka w języku angielskim.This exceptional book continues the unique project where one of the greatest players of our time transforms her personal journey to the top into a roadmap for everyone who ever wanted to better themselves in the game of chess. In this volume, Judit tells the story of her rise from teenage grandmaster to Top Ten superstar.Judit Polgar has been ranked 1st on the Women's rating list from 1989 to the present day. In 2005 she became the only woman in chess history to participate in

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Pump Up Your Rating by Axel Smith (miękka okładka)

Pump Up Your Rating by Axel Smith (miękka okładka)

Wersja językowa książki - angielska.Any man in the street knows how to increase his physical strength, but among most chess players confusion reigns when it comes to improving their playing strength. Axel Smith's training methods have guided his friends, teammates and pupils to grandmaster norms and titles. Hard work will be required, but Axel Smith knows how you can Pump Up Your Rating.Every area of chess is covered - opening preparation, through middlegame play, to endgame technique. Smith delves into b

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