Elements of Chess Strategy - Brossura

Kosikov, Alexei

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1906454248 ISBN 13: 9781906454241

Casa editrice: Gambit, 2010

Riassunto

Forming a plan is the most important goal of logical chess thought. Without a good plan, we are reduced to tactical opportunism, rather than harnessing the power of our pieces to achieve specific tasks and make methodical progress towards victory.

However, few chess-players - even those fortunate enough to have a trainer - develop a disciplined approach to planning. In this book, one of the world's leading chess teachers provides step-by-step guidelines for identifying the features of a position onto which our strategy should be latched. He adopts a thoroughly modern approach, recognizing that the opponent will have his own plans and be attempting to disrupt ours. The effectiveness of Kosikov's methods - in particular the STEPS algorithm - is shown by his pupils' over-the-board proficiency.

Having presented the basics of orderly strategic thinking, Kosikov shows them at work in a variety of middlegame and endgame situations, especially the strategic minefield of minor-piece play. Examples are taken from both classic games and modern grandmaster play, together with instructive moments from games by the author's pupils.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Alexei Kosikov is a chess master from Ukraine who has enjoyed an illustrious career as a chess trainer. He has nurtured a vast array of chess talents, including nine who have achieved grandmaster titles, perhaps most notably Vladimir Baklan and Dmitry Komarov. He has written extensively about chess - and combinations in particular - and was a frequent lecturer at the Yusupov/Dvoretsky elite chess school, to whose training manuals he also contributed.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Gambit
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1906454248
• ISBN 13: 9781906454241
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 159
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile