SOVIET CHESS STRATEGY

 

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Alexey Suetin
The Soviet Union is history, but its influence on chess is still strong in the 21st century, as a glance at the rating list proves.
The late Alexey Suetin was perfectly qualified to reveal the strategic secrets of the Soviet chess school. Suetin was a strong grandmaster and for many years one of the most respected coaches in Moscow - he guided the ultimate strategist, Tigran Petrosian, to the World Championship, and numbered Vassily Ivanchuk among his many other pupils.
Soviet Chess Strategy is a collection of Suetin’s finest writing. Suetin instructs the reader on all the key aspects of strategic play, including the centre, dynamism, accurate evaluation, attack and defence, and the relationship between strategy and tactics.
It is not too late to become a pupil in the Soviet chess school!
Pub. 2010, softback, 240 pages.
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ELEMENTS OF POSITIONAL EVALUATION

 

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Dan Heisman
4th Edition, Revised and Enlarged
Which side stands better? How much better? Why?
Most chess players rely on loosely knit, unstructured methods to evaluate chess pieces and positions. They learn positional principles which often lead to inaccurate evaluations and faulty decisions about how to proceed.
This ground-breaking book by best-selling chess author Dan Heisman addresses the evaluation and understanding of how static features affect the value of the pieces in a given position.
Now in its fourth edition, emphasis is placed on the static evaluation of each piece’s value and its role in the overall position rather than the assessment of a specific position.
Heisman's approach can also be applied to help evaluate entire positions by helping to answer the questions who stands better, by how much, and why?
National Master Dan Heisman is a chess writer and professional chess instructor in the Philadelphia area. His best-selling books include Looking for Trouble, Back to Basics: Tactics and The Improving Chess Thinker.
Pub. 2010, softback, 216 pages.

CRITICAL MOMENTS IN CHESS

 

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Paata Gaprindashvili
Every game of chess contains one or more critical moments when a routine move is not enough and the balance of the game stands ready to be tipped in one side's favour - if the right move can be found! In this book correspondence chess master Paata Gaprindashvili identifies different types of critical moments, examines the reasons for their occurrence and explains the methods used by leading players at critical moments of the game.
The book begins with explanations of how to capture the initiative, create an attack and land the decisive blow by recognising the key moment as it arises. These ideas are illustrated using positions from Grandmaster games. Following this, the author challenges you to find the key move or plan in 269 critical positions. Solutions and explanations are provided at the end of the book.
This unique book deals with an aspect of chess that is often overlooked: those monumental moments when the tide turns and the course of the game is altered. Paata Gaprindashvili is an International Correspondence Chess Master.
Pub. 2010, softback, 271 pages.
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FIND THE RIGHT PLAN

 

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Anatoly Karpov & Anatoly Mazukevich
The legendary Anatoly Karpov has won over 250 Grandmaster tournaments, many more than any other player in chess history, and his games are characterised by his gradually and patiently pushing an opponent back to the wall, before finally finishing him off with a deadly blow. In this unique book, aimed at ordinary club players, Karpov gives a wealth of tips on how to incorporate this dramatic style of play into your own repertoire, through careful planning and evaluation of positions: looking at the fire-power of your forces, being aware of threats to your own king and how to safeguard it, and careful control of open lines. As he says himself: 'Finding the right plan is the key to success'. Warmily and accessibly written, but with Karpov's usual air of authority, this book makes you feel like you are spending an evening with the man himself, and will help you to absorb a little bit of the Karpov magic.
Anatoly Karpov is a living legend; he dominated the chess world for over a decade as the world chess champion between 1975 and 1985. Garry Kasparov dethroned him and the two ideologically opposed Russians have had a bitter rivalry ever since. He is considered the best positional player in the history of chess and is the author of several other books on chess theory.
Pub. 2008, softback, 256 pages.
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WHO DARES WINS!

 

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Lorin D'Costa
We all like to attack and this book focuses on the art of attacking play. All attacks are different but it is possible to become familiar with certain keys attacking formations and ideas. In this book typical methods such as sacrifices, pawn attacks, slow attacks, defensive formations and guarding the king are illustrated and explained using sixty four annotated games, taken mostly from recent Grandmaster play. Ten chapters each examine a different aspect of attacking play, leaving you both a better attacker and defender by the end of the book!
Lorin D'Costa is an International Master from the UK and a coach to some of the UK's top junior players.
Pub. 2010, softback, 190 pages.
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Bxh7+

 

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David Rudel
Colle System specialist David Rudel examines all aspects of the classic Bxh7+ sacrifice in five modules, each complete with lessons, guidelines, tools, tips and solve-it-yourself exercises. The five parts of this book show the Bxh7+ sacrifice in action in the Colle System and french Defence as well as examining the double bishop sacrifice, the classic bishop sacrifice and the sacrifice with a knight on e5.
Altogether there are 116 exercises to test your understanding of one of the most commonly occuring attacking ideas in chess.
David Rudel is a published mathematician, senior editor at ExploreLearning and dedicated Colle-Zukertort player.
Pub. 2009, softback, 185 pages.
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OPEN FILES

 

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Wolfgang Uhlmann & Gerhard Schmidt
This is a new edition of a long out-of-print work on chess strategy, first published in 1981, revised by the original authors to include modern games by world-class players such as Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand, Vladimir Kramnik and Judit Polgar. The authors have produced an authoritative treatise on open files: their creation, evaluation, use and strategic and tactical features. Using 113 illustrative games they give assessments and explain, systematically and comprehensively, the strategy and tactics associated with the open file: how files are opened, blocked, occupied and exploited as roads along which to invade the enemy position. In each game there is a pause at a key position, where a clear verbal assessment is given, and the authors show how the open file was decisive in the play that follows.
The book benefits not only from Gerhard Schmidt's experience as a trainer but also from the huge knowledge and skill gained by Grandmaster Wolfgang Uhlmann during his long and successful career in top-class chess, which at one point brought him close to the world title, and made him indisputably one of Germany's greatest ever chessplayers.
Pub. 2009, softback, 164 pages.

CHESS SECRETS: HEROES OF CLASSICAL CHESS

 

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Craig Pritchett
Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess, such as strategy, attack, defence, opening play, endgames, off-board preparation and mental attitude. In each book the author chooses and explains a number of great players who have excelled in such aspects of the game, greatly influenced their peers and inspired all of us.
In Heroes of Classical Chess, Craig Pritchett selects five great players - Akiva Rubinstein, Vassily Smyslov, Bobby Fischer, Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen - whose style exemplifies classically direct, clear, energetic, tough, ambitious yet fundamentally correct chess playing attributes. Pritchett studies the major contributions they have made, compares their differing styles and discusses the critical influences they have had on the development of chess, on their peers and on all our games.
Craig Pritchett is an International Master. Twice Scottish Champion, he has represented his country, four times on top board, in nine Chess Olympiads.
Pub. 2010, softback, 224 pages.
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