Think Like a Grandmaster

Think Like a Grandmaster
Title Think Like a Grandmaster PDF eBook
Author A.A. Kotov
Publisher Batsford Books
Pages 223
Release 2012-10-30
Genre Games & Activities
ISBN 1849940533

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This is a well-established training manual which encourages the average player to understand how a grandmaster thinks, and even more important, how he works. Kotov tackles fundamental issues such as knowing how and when to analyze, the tree of analysis, a selection of candidate moves and the factors of success.

Calculation

Calculation
Title Calculation PDF eBook
Author Jacob Aagaard
Publisher Grandmaster Preparation
Pages 0
Release 2012
Genre Chess
ISBN 9781907982309

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Have there been times during a game when you have calculated a position for half an hour, only to find out that most of what you were thinking about was of little use? If you have not, maybe the only way to improve your calculation is to upgrade your processor. But if you are human, then this book will offer you practical advice and an effective training plan to think differently and make decisions far more efficiently.In Calculation thinking methods such as Candidates, Combinations, Prophylaxis, Comparison, Elimination, Intermediate Moves, Imagination and Traps are explained to the reader, and ownership of them is offered through a carefully selected series of exercises.

Calculate Like a Grandmaster

Calculate Like a Grandmaster
Title Calculate Like a Grandmaster PDF eBook
Author Daniel Gormally
Publisher Batsford Books
Pages 412
Release 2013-01-11
Genre Games & Activities
ISBN 1849940967

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• Learn the calculation secrets of the world's best attacking players • First book from one of the UK's biggest chess stars • Illustrated with a wealth of examples from top-level chess games This first book from one of the UK's top grandmasters is a penetrating and detailed (though engaging and friendly) study of typical games played by the most exciting chess players of the modern era, those that are renowned as 'attacking' players, from Mikhail Tal, pioneering hero of the ultra-modern attacking style, to Magnus Carlsen, teenage leader of the 'new wave' of deadly attackers, via the immortal Bobby Fischer, 'boa constrictor' Anatoly Karpov and 'King Garry' Kasparov. The author has tried to get into the heads of these stellar players, revealing the secrets of how they choose their decisive moves and succeed in delivering such awesome attacks. This inspiring book encourages you to play more imaginatively and copy the grandmasters' thought processes in your own game.

Play Like a Grandmaster

Play Like a Grandmaster
Title Play Like a Grandmaster PDF eBook
Author A.A. Kotov
Publisher Batsford Books
Pages 235
Release 2014-01-28
Genre Games & Activities
ISBN 184994170X

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Alexander Kotov's trilogy, of which this is the second volume and now available in digital format for the first time, marks a landmark in chess literature. For the first time, a leading player managed to tackle the important elements of chess mastery in a methodical way which all chess players could understand, spiced with insight and colourful observation. Furthermore, his ideas and approach are as relevant to players today as they were when the books were first published. Alexander Kotov was one of the strongest players of the immediate post-war period, twice reaching the Candidates stage of the World Championship. He was also one of the leading Soviet trainers but is primarily remembered for his trilogy of classic works on chess coaching, of which Think Like a Grandmaster, one of the best-selling chess books of all time, was the first volume, and Play Like a Grandmaster the second.

Grandmaster Preparation

Grandmaster Preparation
Title Grandmaster Preparation PDF eBook
Author Jacob Aagaard
Publisher Quality Chess
Pages 0
Release 2020
Genre Games & Activities
ISBN 9781784831196

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Have there been times during a chess game when you have calculated for half an hour, only to find that most of what you were thinking was of little use? This book will offer you practical advice and an effective training plan to think differently and make decisions far more efficiently. Thinking methods such as Candidates, Combinations, Prophylaxis, Comparison, Elimination, Intermediate Moves, Imagination and Traps are explained, with a carefully selected series of exercises.

Excelling at Chess Calculation

Excelling at Chess Calculation
Title Excelling at Chess Calculation PDF eBook
Author Jacob Aagaard
Publisher
Pages 192
Release 2004
Genre Games
ISBN 9781857443608

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Looks at the art of chess calculation, describing when a player should calculate, how to discover moves, and how much time to spend on critical moves.

How to Calculate Chess Tactics

How to Calculate Chess Tactics
Title How to Calculate Chess Tactics PDF eBook
Author Valeri Beim
Publisher Gambit Publications
Pages 0
Release 2006
Genre Chess
ISBN 9781904600503

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Thinking methods are at the heart of the chess struggle, yet most players devote little conscious effort to improving their calculating ability. Much of the previous literature on the subject has presented idealized models that have limited relevance to the hurly-burly of practical chess, or else provide little more than ad hoc suggestions. Here, experienced trainer Valeri Beim strikes a balance by explaining how to use intuition and logic together to solve tactical problems in a methodical way. He also offers advice on when it is best to calculate 'like a machine', and when it is better to rely on intuitive assessment.