The Chess Toolbox
eBook - ePub

The Chess Toolbox

Practical Techniques Everyone Should Know

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eBook - ePub

The Chess Toolbox

Practical Techniques Everyone Should Know

About this book

In chess, as in repair or construction jobs in and around the house, 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.

What’s more, they don’t even know which tools they actually need. Or what tools are available. In fact, 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 you are looking for. He tells you which are the most urgent problems that need fixing. In his no-nonsense guide, he presents essential techniques on how to mobilize your pieces in order to gain the upper hand.

Willemze teaches you how to lift a blockade, get rid of an inferior piece, conquer an open file, eliminate an important defender, exploit the 7th rank, simplify your position (why and how), fight for entrance squares and much more.

In order to make you feel comfortable and let you get used to these essential techniques, the author gives lots of fascinating examples and hundreds of instructive exercises. He even teaches you how to think outside your toolbox!

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Publisher
New in Chess
Year
2018
eBook ISBN
9789056917982

Table of contents

  1. Dedication
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Contents
  4. Introduction
  5. Foreword by International Master John Watson
  6. Part I: Exchange your way to victory
  7. Part II: Unleash your rooks
  8. Part III: Attack and defence
  9. Part IV: Getting ready to use your new tools
  10. Part V: Solutions to exercises
  11. Bibliography
  12. Index of players