Chess Exam: Matches Against Chess Legends
Chess Exam: Matches Against Chess Legends

Author: Igor Khmelnitsky

Publisher: Chess Exams

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780975476109

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Best-selling and award-winning author Igor Khmelnitsky gathers examples from Bobby Fischer's games that are educational and entertaining, and can be studied without a board. In each of the examples the readers will take the seat of Fischer's opponent and be asked to come up with an assessment and a move. Based on their response they are assigned points towards their rating evaluation and a game score towards their "match." Once finished, the readers will learn how well they have done in the "match," have an estimate of their rating, and know what they need to work on to improve their game. In this new book, the readers will discover: - 60 diagrams with multiple-choice questions of varied complexity, - comprehensive answers with diagrams to make reviewing easier, - distributions of answers and other statistical reports by rating, - ratings assigned overall and by 13 distinct categories, - bonus material: warm-up, tie-breaker, tips and training suggestions, and more....

Chess Exam and Training Guide
Chess Exam and Training Guide

Author: Igor Khmelnitsky

Publisher: Chess Exams

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780975476116

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The original best-selling Chess Exam and Training Guide (IamCoach Press, 2004) scored rave reviews from readers and experts alike. It won the very prestigious Cramer Best Book award from the CJA (Chess Journalists of America) and has been translated into French and Russian. In this sequel, the focus is exclusively on Tactics. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned master, this book will help you to evaluate your current level, identify your weaknesses, and get training advice. You will discover: 60 diagrams with 120 multiple-choice questions of varied complexity. Comprehensive answers with diagrams to make reviewing easier. Distributions of answers and other statistical reports by rating. Results are evaluated and ratings are assigned Overall and by 29(!) distinct sub-categories. Comprehensive reports on each of the categories with examples, training recommendations and training material suggestions. How do you improve your Tactical ability? The best way is by improving your understanding of tactical ideas and solving tactical positions.

Chess 101
Chess 101

Author: David P. Schloss

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13: 9780962923074

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Learning how to play chess involves more than just knowing how to move the pieces. Chess 101 is a chess book for beginners that provides comprehensive chess training about everything a new player needs to know.This beginner chess book covers the following topics: Types of boards and piecesHow to set up the boardThe value of the piecesHow the pieces move, including castling and en passant How to write chess notationThe three phases of the game of chessHow to study chessWhat a chess rating is and how to get oneChess clock rulesAn overview of faster chess gamesThe mechanics of a tournamentRules and etiquetteTips to winning chess Chess 101 also contains over two dozen exhibits designed to help you learn to play chess with ease!

How Good Is Your Chess?
How Good Is Your Chess?

Author: Larry Evans

Publisher: Cardoza

Published: 2004-04-01

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9781580421263

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Grandmaster and Hall of Fame chess legend Larry Evans, draws upon his vast experience as 5-time USA champion, author of 25 books, and Bobby Fischer's second, to present a fun and challenging new approach for chess players. Readers test their skills against 100 fascinating positions from actual games and must choose the best move among three choices. Each correct answer earns the reader 25 points; no points are given for incorrect choices. At the end of the series, players can calculate their own rating, be it absolute beginner or even grandmaster! In the solutions section, Evans carefully explains the proper thinking a player must employ to approach the position and why both alternatives are inferior. Readers not only find their true chess level, but get a complete course in exactly where they can go wrong.

Chess Training for Post-beginners
Chess Training for Post-beginners

Author: Yaroslav Srokovski

Publisher: New In Chess

Published: 2014-05-27

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9056915290

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After you have learned the rules of chess and developed some tactical abilities, how do you go from there? You are now ready to tackle basic issues of strategy, but what is the best way to improve and win more games? Of course, you have to train. But chess training only makes sense if it fits your level of play and if it is structured in an accessible way. Experienced chess trainer Yaroslav Srokovski has developed a practical, well-structured, compact first course in positional understanding. You will learn two fundamental skills: how to assess a position on the board and how to decide which long-term objectives you should aim for in what sort of positions. In 12 chapters Srokovksi teaches you things like: how to handle your pawns, what weak squares and strong squares are, bad pieces and good pieces, why it is important if your king is in the middle or not, why and how to get an open line, the problem of knight against bishop, what piece coordination means and why everyone talks about the bishop pair. This course, which includes many exercises, is tried and tested and ideally suited to bring post-beginners at their next level. ,

Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer

Author: Elie Agur

Publisher: Everyman Chess

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9781857440010

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The return in 1992 of American Grandmaster Bobby Fischer against his old rival Boris Spassky has reawakened interest in the games of one of the most determined World Champions of all time. To Fischer, chess is a highly competitive sport which requires not only meticulous opening preparation, a high state of tactical alertness and perfect technique, but also a constant striving for the initiative, immense will to win and even calculated risk-taking. In 1972, when he won the supreme crown, he was years ahead of his time in his chess understanding and he influenced the way competitive chess is played today. Now he is back, all chess enthusiasts will be able to compare Fischer with the younger generation such as Kasparov and Short, neither of whom has played a single competitive game against the enigmatic American. By studying the deeply researched and thematically arranged material in this book, players of all strengths will change their attitude towards the game and improve their own play.

Bobby Fischer Comes Home
Bobby Fischer Comes Home

Author: Helgi Olafsson

Publisher: New In Chess

Published: 2014-02-01

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 9056914367

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On March 24, 2005, a small plane with Bobby Fischer on board landed at Reykjavik Airport. The arrival in Iceland of the former World Chess Champion was front-page news all over the world. In a ploy to free him from prison in Japan the Icelandic Parliament had granted the American Icelandic citizenship. Fischer had been arrested in Tokyo when the US warrant caught up with him that was issued after he had violated American sanctions against the former Yugoslavia by playing a controversial match against Boris Spassky. Icelandic chess grandmaster Helgi Olafsson was 15 year old in 1972, when in a sensational match in his home country Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky for the world title. Breathlessly, Helgi had followed the match and attended a number of games in the playing hall in Reykjavik. When thirty-three years later his childhood hero was arrested in Tokyo, Olafsson became one of the members of the Committee to Free Bobby Fischer. Now Fischer returned to Iceland, a country he was never to leave again till his death on January 17, 2008. Olafsson and Fischer developed a unique friendship. Countless hours they spent together, they talked about chess, about life, made trips, played games, had fun, and quarrelled. Bobby Fischer Comes Home tells the story of their complicated friendship and paints an intimate portrait of the last years of the man who many see as the greatest chess player that ever lived. ,

Bobby Fischer
Bobby Fischer

Author: Frank Brady

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 1989-01-01

Total Pages: 482

ISBN-13: 0486259250

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Revealing biography of the controversial chess champion, written by a chess player who knew Fischer since the latter was 11. It chronicles Fischer's tumultuous public and private lives, including an analysis of 90 games that trace his rise to supremacy plus a complete history of the1972 Fischer-Spassky match. 26 photographs.

The Road to Chess Improvement
The Road to Chess Improvement

Author: Alex Yermolinsky

Publisher: Gambit Publications

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781901983241

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In this exciting new book, a US Champion provides solutions to the real-life problem of improving one's chess. Grandmaster Alex Yermolinsky, one of the strongest players in the US, passes on many of the insights he has gained over years of playing and teaching, steering the reader away from 'quick-fix' approaches, and focussing on the critical areas of chess understanding and over-the-board decision-making. A large part of this book discusses a variety of important opening set-ups, including methods for opposing off-beat but dangerous lines, such as the Grand Prix Attack. This entertainingly written book breaks new ground in many areas of chess understanding.