Success in chess is often dependant on making the correct decision at pivotal moments in the game. For this, both accurate calculation and a feel for the position are necessary. In this book the authors present 90 test positions, each set at a key point during a Grandmaster game. You have a multiple choice question to answer in each case, selecting one continuation from amongst several plausible possibilities. Do you seek an active plan to profit from our strengths and highlight the opponent's weaknesses? Or do you adopt prophylaxis, attending to our own position's shortcomings and hindering the opponent's plans? Alternatively, are there any ready-made plans that you know from other games that can be tailored to fit your position? In detailed solutions, the authors explain the best solution, and why other possibilities are less convincing. You can develop a feel for how the decision is made, while painlessly building your 'repertoire' of plans in typical positions.

All the examples in this book arise from Queen's Pawn or Flank Openings, and are arranged by opening and level of difficulty. Many are drawn from games by virtuoso strategists such as Karpov and Petrosian. In all cases the complete game is given with annotations so the consequences of the critical decision can be seen.

Grandmaster Alfonso Romero comes from Spain and was runner-up in the 1984/5 European Junior Championship. He has represented his country in several Olympiads, winning an individual bronze medal at the 2002 event. Amador Gonzalez de la Nava is a FIDE Master. He is also from Spain, and is a chess teacher and writer.
Pub. 2008, softback, 207 pages.

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This book aims to train the reader to be a better tactician and to be able to find and accurately calculate forcing lines in his or her own games. The author contends that humans often fail to consider key moves because of bias existing from the way they have been taught the game. Charles Hertan's radically different approach is: use Computer Eyes and always look for the most forcing move first! By studying forcing sequences according to Hertan’s method you will: develop analytical precision, improve your tactical vision, overcome human bias and staleness and enjoy the calculation of difficult positions. In twelve chapter of examples and exercises Hertan examines, Stock forcing Moves, Stock Mating Attacks, Brute Forcing Moves, Surprise Forcing Moves, Zwischenzugs and many other tactical concepts. Many of the examples used appear for the first time in print in what will surely become a classic manual of tactics. Charles Hertan is a FIDE Master from Massachusetts, USA with decades of experience as a chess coach.
Pub. 2008, softback, 382 pages. Read reviews of this book


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