chess elevation aug 2025 (3 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dan Heisman has been teaching chess for over 50 years and has been doing so full-time since 1996. He therefore knows very well what kind of advice actually helps players improve. This book is a distillation of that advice. The book is based around his X (twitter) column 'Chess tip of the day' which has been running since 2009 and features over 4,000 tips. The most useful advice has been distilled into 200 tips that contain additional helpful material, including illustrative stories and many diagrams with instructive play. These tips represent ways to highlight and address the most common problems experienced by chess enthusiasts of all levels. They also suggest ways to mitigate or even avoid these these problems entirely and by doing so improve their chess play and learn to study more effectively. The tips lean towards general improvement rather than focusing on specific positions. The topics addressed include: general improvement, thought processes, psychology, tactics, safety, positional concepts, strategy, openings and endgames.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Many decently strong players aspire to become an international master. They see very clearly that the grandmaster title is most likely beyond them but the IM title is one they feel they could achieve, if only. It's this 'if only' bit that gets in the way. If only. what Do they need to study the openings more Should they focus on improving tactical skill Do they need to study the classics Should they concentrate on endgames Would it help to play blindfold There are innumerable books on the openings, a decent number on strategy and plenty on the endgame. However, if you want a book that explains at length the steps needed to improve your skills from those of a very good player to one of IM strength, you will look long and hard and probably in vain. Until now. In this book, highly prolific author Cyrus Lakdawala maps out a route to take you along this journey. He is well qualified to do so as this is a journey he made himself (he did not shine as a junior) and so knows exactly what to do. He is brutally honest about his failures along the way and this will help readers to avoid natural pitfalls. Lakdawala identifies the key mental, physical and psychological processes that need to be mastered to achieve IM standard making this book the ultimate chess self-improvement tool.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - Dan Heisman has been teaching chess for over 50 years and has been doing so full-time since 1996. He therefore knows very well what kind of advice actually helps players improve. This book is a distillation of that advice. The book is based around his X (twitter) column 'Chess tip of the day' which has been running since 2009 and features over 4,000 tips. The most useful advice has been distilled into 200 tips that contain additional helpful material, including illustrative stories and many diagrams with instructive play. These tips represent ways to highlight and address the most common problems experienced by chess enthusiasts of all levels. They also suggest ways to mitigate or even avoid these these problems entirely and by doing so improve their chess play and learn to study more effectively. The tips lean towards general improvement rather than focusing on specific positions. The topics addressed include: general improvement, thought processes, psychology, tactics, safety, positional concepts, strategy, openings and endgames.