Better Chess
Published on 30. April 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-340-85997-1 (ISBN)
Description
Teach Yourself Better Chess is for all those players who know how to play chess but would like to be better at the game.
In 75 easy-to-follow lessons, the reader is guided towards an understanding of correct strategy and tactics. Each new concept is explained in depth, followed by an example of the idea in practice, usually taken from grandmaster play. It delves deeper into the principles of good chess, explaining how there is an underlying meta-principle concerning the deeper laws of co-operation between pieces.
Teach Yourself Better Chess is designed to bridge the gap between beginner and master. It will be enjoyed by anyone who has read the same author's Teach Yourself Chess, and anyone else who wants to learn more about good chess.
Teach Yourself Better Chess is for all those players who know how to play chess but would like to be better at the game.In 75 easy-to-follow lessons, the reader is guided towards an understanding of correct strategy and tactics. Each new concept is explained in depth, followed by an example of the idea in practice, usually taken from grandmaster play. It delves deeper into the principles of good chess, explaining how there is an underlying meta-principle concerning the deeper laws of co-operation between pieces.Teach Yourself Better Chess is designed to bridge the gap between beginner and master. It will be enjoyed by anyone who has read the same author's Teach Yourself Chess, and anyone else who wants to learn more about good chess.
In 75 easy-to-follow lessons, the reader is guided towards an understanding of correct strategy and tactics. Each new concept is explained in depth, followed by an example of the idea in practice, usually taken from grandmaster play. It delves deeper into the principles of good chess, explaining how there is an underlying meta-principle concerning the deeper laws of co-operation between pieces.
Teach Yourself Better Chess is designed to bridge the gap between beginner and master. It will be enjoyed by anyone who has read the same author's Teach Yourself Chess, and anyone else who wants to learn more about good chess.
Teach Yourself Better Chess is for all those players who know how to play chess but would like to be better at the game.In 75 easy-to-follow lessons, the reader is guided towards an understanding of correct strategy and tactics. Each new concept is explained in depth, followed by an example of the idea in practice, usually taken from grandmaster play. It delves deeper into the principles of good chess, explaining how there is an underlying meta-principle concerning the deeper laws of co-operation between pieces.Teach Yourself Better Chess is designed to bridge the gap between beginner and master. It will be enjoyed by anyone who has read the same author's Teach Yourself Chess, and anyone else who wants to learn more about good chess.
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Series
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
diagrams
Dimensions
Height: 129 mm
Width: 199 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-340-85997-1 (9780340859971)
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Person
William Hartston is an experienced and well-known chess player and writes the daily chess column in The Independent.
William Hartston is an experienced and well-known chess player and writes the daily chess column in The Independent.
William Hartston is an experienced and well-known chess player and writes the daily chess column in The Independent.
Content
introduction basic 1 - thinking / 2 - calculation / 3 - the centre / 4 - exchanging pieces / 5 - good bishops and bad bishops / 6 - bishops and knights / 7 - pawn to rook three / 8 - bishop to knight's five / 9 - castling (1) / 10 - knights before bishops / 11 - developing your pieces / 12 - the fianchetto(1): bishops / 13 - planning / 14 - gentlemen, the queen! / 15 - pawn takes pawn / 16 - pushing pawns / 17 - when you find a good move... / 18 - isolated pawns / 19 - backward pawns / 20 - doubled pawns / 21 - weak squares / 22 - rook on the seventh / 23 - sacrifices / 24 - hierarchies of thought / 25 - i go here, he goes there... advanced 26 - the good 'bad bishop' / 27 - opposite coloured bishops / 28 - the fianchetto (2): the pawn move / 29 - the wrong rook / 30 - the centre of gravity / 31 - critical movements / 32 - improving your position / 33 - defending / 34 - playing in blinkers / 35 - one move at a time / 36 -... with a small advantage to white / 37 - timing / 38 - patience / 39 - castling (2) / 40 - how to study openings / 41 - endgame strategy / 42 - gambits / 43 - positional sacrifices / 44 - time to relax / 45 - playing for a win / 45 - playing for a win / 46 - pawn moves / 47 - learning from losses / 48 - the art of distraction / 49 - if in doubt, change sides / 50 - winning and losing mastery 51 - the grand plan / 52 - subgoals / 53 - judgement or calculation? / 54 - flexibility / 55 - minority attack / 56 - dialetical materialism / 57 - material and time / 58 - planning for the endgame / 59 - bishops and knights (2) / 60 - positional dynamics / 61 - preserving the balance / 62 - crime and punishment / 63 - writing and editing / 64 - throwing salt / 65 - creativity / 66 - chaos / 67 - the bad 'good' bishop / 68 - luck / 69 - practicality (1) / 70 - practicality (2) / 71 - hedgehogs playing tennis / 72 - the grammar of chess / 73 - analysing and playing / 74 - the meta-rules of strategy / 75 - offering a draw