Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 9: Caro-Kann & French

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 9: Caro-Kann & French
Title Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 9: Caro-Kann & French PDF eBook
Author Carsten Hansen
Publisher CarstenChess
Pages 305
Release 2018-03-31
Genre Games & Activities
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WINNING FAST IS FUN! This book is a collection of games played by the best players in the world in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of brilliant chess tactics, an accumulation of mistakes or blunders. Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your opening play, opening repertoire, strategies and tactical ability. The chess opening variations in this volume are all the variations of the Caro-Kann & French Defenses, such as: 1) French Defense - Minor Variations 2) French Defense - Advance Variation 3) French Defense - Tarrasch Variation: 3.Nd2 4) French Defense - Various 3.Nc3 Variations 5) French Defense - Winawer Variation: 3.Nc3 Bb4 6) Caro-Kann Defense - Main Lines: 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 7) Caro-Kann Defense - Panov Attack 8) Caro-Kann Defense - Advance Variation 9) Caro-Kann Defense - Minor Lines Short games in chess have always fascinated me; what is it that is causing a player to go so wrong that he or she loses within 15 moves (or 25 moves as in my Chess Miniatures Series)?The games in this book illustrate the making of and punishment of a lot of typical mistakes: Loose pawns & pieces Not calculating far enough Over-burdened pieces Overlooked intermediary moves Misevaluations Not sensing danger And much more of that kind But the names also include a surprising amount of tactics (see the front cover - White to move), sometimes even missed tactical opportunities. I have chosen only from games of players that were rated 2350 and above (or would have rated as such, but it was before the rating system was put in place), because I felt that if mistakes like these can be played by such strong players, then there are lessons to be learned for the majority of the rest us. Further, I sorted away the worst games, such as when one side a piece is threatened and the other side forgets to move a threatened piece, even that happens among strong players. Through the study of the games in this book should help you avoid a lot of mistakes in your own games, help you to take advantage of the mistakes of your opponents and ultimately sharpen your tactics and tactical awareness by answering the prompts to the diagrammed positions. Enjoy!

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 2: 1 d4 d5

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 2: 1 d4 d5
Title Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 2: 1 d4 d5 PDF eBook
Author Carsten Hansen
Publisher CarstenChess
Pages 220
Release 2019-02-24
Genre Games & Activities
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WIN FAST! Everybody wants to win fast, preferably straight out of the chess opening. This book is a collection of games played by top players in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of blunders, an accumulation of mistakes or brilliant chess tactics. Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your opening play, opening repertoire, strategies and tactical ability. The chess openings covered in this volume are: 1) Slav Defense 2) Queen's Gambit Accepted 3) Queen's Gambit - Non-Classical Lines 4) Meran, Semi-Meran & Triangle Set-ups 5) Queen's Gambit - Classical Lines 6) Queen's Gambit - Specialties 7) 1 d4 d5 - d-pawn Specialties After sorting games with the worst mistakes & blunders away, there remains a collection of games showing a catalog of typical mistakes, misunderstandings, misevaluations and how to exploit these: either through simple execution or brilliant chess tactics.

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 3: Flank Openings

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 3: Flank Openings
Title Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 3: Flank Openings PDF eBook
Author Carsten Hansen
Publisher CarstenChess
Pages 292
Release 2019-03-02
Genre Games & Activities
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Everybody wants to win fast, preferably straight out of the chess opening. This book is a collection of games played by top players in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of blunders, an accumulation of mistakes or brilliant chess tactics. Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your opening play, opening repertoire, strategies and tactical ability. The chess openings covered in this volume are: 1) Minor Flank Openings such as Larsen Attack, Bird Opening, Dunst Opening 2) Reti Opening & King's Indian Attack 3) English Opening - Slav, Dutch, Indian Lines 4) English Opening with 1...e5 5) Symmetrical English After sorting games with the worst mistakes & blunders away, there remains a collection of games showing a catalog of typical mistakes, misunderstandings, misevaluations and how to exploit these: either through simple execution or brilliant chess tactics.

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 5: Anti-Sicilians

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 5: Anti-Sicilians
Title Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 5: Anti-Sicilians PDF eBook
Author Carsten Hansen
Publisher CarstenChess
Pages 281
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WINNING FAST IS FUN! This book is a collection of games played by the best players in the world in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of brilliant chess tactics, an accumulation of mistakes or blunders. Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your opening play, opening repertoire, strategies and tactical ability. The chess opening variations in this volume are all the variations of the Sicilian Defense, such as: 1) Alapin Variation 2 c3 2) The Grand Prix Attack 3) The Closed Sicilians 4) The Rossolimo (2...Nc6 3 Bb5) with 3...g65) The Rossolimo Attack with other 3rd Moves6) Moscow Attack (2...d6 3 Bb5+) 5) 2.Nf3 d6 Specialties 6) 2.Nf3 e6 Specialties 9) O'Kelly (2...a6), Ultra-Fianchetto (2...g6) and Nimzowitch (2...Nf6) 10) Other Specialties

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Selected Brilliancies from Volumes 1-9

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Selected Brilliancies from Volumes 1-9
Title Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Selected Brilliancies from Volumes 1-9 PDF eBook
Author Carsten Hansen
Publisher CarstenChess
Pages 175
Release 2018-04-10
Genre Games & Activities
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WINNING FAST IS FUN! This book is a collection of games played by the best players in the world in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of brilliant chess tactics, an accumulation of mistakes or blunders. Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your opening play, opening repertoire, strategies and tactical ability. This volume features some of the best games and tactics from the previous nine volumes, one game for each chapter in the previous books. Therefore, this book will provide you with a firework of great games and excellent puzzles to be solved.

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 1: Indian Defenses

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 1: Indian Defenses
Title Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 1: Indian Defenses PDF eBook
Author Carsten Hansen
Publisher CarstenChess
Pages 254
Release 2018-02-14
Genre Games & Activities
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WINNING FAST IS FUN! This book is a collection of games played by the best players in the world in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of brilliant chess tactics, an accumulation of mistakes or blunders. Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your: Opening play Opening repertoire Tactical vision Tactical ability. The chess opening variations in this volume are all the variations of the Indian Defenses such as: 1) The King's Indian Defense 2) The Grünfeld Indian Defense 3) The Queen's Indian Defense 4) The Nimzo-Indian Defense 5) The Catalan Opening 6) The Blumenfeld Gambit 7) The Bogo-Indian Defense

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 4: Dutch, Benonis & d-pawn Specials

Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 4: Dutch, Benonis & d-pawn Specials
Title Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 4: Dutch, Benonis & d-pawn Specials PDF eBook
Author Carsten Hansen
Publisher CarstenChess
Pages 301
Release 2019-03-02
Genre Games & Activities
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Download Catastrophes & Tactics in the Chess Opening - Volume 4: Dutch, Benonis & d-pawn Specials Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

WINNING FAST IS FUN! This book is a collection of games played by the best players in the world in which either White or Black wins in 15 moves or less either a result of brilliant chess tactics, an accumulation of mistakes or blunders. Through the study of the games in this volume, you will improve your: Opening play Opening repertoire Tactical vision Tactical ability. The chess opening variations in this volume are split up in the following chapters: 1) Anti-Dutch (1 d4 f5) 2) Dutch Main Lines 3) Benonis - Modern Benoni, Schmid Benoni, Old Benoni & Benko Gambit 4) Trompowsky (1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5) 5) The d-pawn Specials: Anti-Indians - Torre, London, Colle & Other 3rd move options 6) Old Indian 7) Budapest & Fajarowicz Gambits 8) Minor d-pawn Specials