Chess training for post-beginners
Subtitle: a basic course in positional understanding
By: Yaroslav Srokovski
Publisher: Continental Sales, Inc.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 221
ISBN-13: 9789056914721
Subjects: Chess problems; Collections of games; Chess; Study and teaching
Description: "You have learned the rules of chess and developed some tactical skills.  You are fascinated by the game and want to know more.  So, the question is: what's next?  What is the best way to improve your play and start winning?  Yaroslav Srokovski, one of the most successful chess trainers in Europe, has developed a practical course which addresses the challenges that ambitious post-beginners face.  In a clear and concise manner, Srokovski explains basic positional motifs like the strengths and weaknesses of pieces and pawns, of squares, files and diagonals.  All these he illustrates with highly instructive examples.  His tried-and-tested training material includes many exercises."--
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Introduction; title: Chapter I. Pieces cut off from the play; title: Chapter II. Open files; title: Chapter III. Strong and weak squares; title: Chapter IV. Weak complexes and weak diagonals; title: Chapter V. Pawn majority on the (queen-) side; title: Chapter VI. The strength of the passed pawn; title: Chapter VII. Weak pawns; title: Chapter VIII. The king in the middle; title: Chapter IX. Good knight versus bad bishop; title: Chapter X. Good bishop versus bad knight; title: Chapter XI. The advantage of the bishop pair in the endgame; title: Chapter XII. The advantage of the bishop pair in the middlegame; title: Solutions; title: Game list.