
The New In Chess Book of Chess Improvement
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Acclaimed chess author Steve Giddins is firmly convinced that for the average player, the study of well-annotated master games is the best way to learn the skills that really matter. Therefore he has revisited the New In Chess vault and assembled the clearest and most didactic examples.
'The New in Chess Book of Improvement' is a treasure trove of study material and has chapters on attack and defense, sacrifices, material imbalances, pawn structures, endgames and various positional themes.
Giddins' selection includes masterclasses by no fewer than eight World Champions: Tal, Smyslov, Karpov, Kramnik, Anand, Topalov Carlsen and Kasparov. But also chess legends such as Larsen, Kortchnoi, Timman, Ivanchuk, Short, Aronian and Shirov.
Together they represent an exciting picture of modern top level chess. They also provide the high standard of instructional material that today's club player, much stronger than his equivalent 25 or more years ago, needs.
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- Intro
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1
- Attacking the king
- 1.1 - Attacking the king in the centre
- 1.2 - Opposite castling
- 1.3 - Castling on the same side
- Chapter 2
- Defence
- Chapter 3
- Sacrifices and material imbalance
- 3.1 - Material is roughly level
- 3.2 - The positional sacrifice
- Chapter 4
- Pawn structures
- 4.1 - Carlsbad
- 4.2 - IQP structures
- 4.3 - Hanging pawns
- 4.4 - Doubled pawns
- Chapter 5
- Specific pawn structures
- 5.1 - Stonewall
- 5.2 - ...e7-e5 Sicilian
- 5.3 - Hedgehog
- 5.4 - King's Indian Defence
- 5.5 - Spanish (Ruy Lopez)
- 5.6 - Catalan
- 5.7 - Queen's Gambit Declined
- 5.8 - Benoni
- 5.9 - Benko Gambit
- Chapter 6
- Sundry positional themes
- 6.1 - Space advantage
- 6.2 - Weak colour complex
- 6.3 - Excluding enemy pieces from the action
- 6.4 - Opposite-coloured bishops in the middlegame
- Chapter 7
- Endgame themes
- 7.1 - Knight endings
- 7.2 - Bishop endings
- 7.3 - Bishop versus knight endings
- 7.4 - Rook endings
- 7.5 - Queen endings
- 7.6 - Berlin Wall
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- Boris Spassky
- Mikhail Tal
- Tallinn 1973 (13)
- Jonathan Penrose
- Janos Tompa
- Correspondence Olympiad-8 1978
- Alexander Beliavsky
- John Nunn
- Wijk aan Zee 1985 (2)
- Robert Fischer
- Boris Spassky
- Sveti Stefan m 1992 (11)
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Gregory Kaidanov
- Groningen 1993 (9)
- Jan Timman
- Marcel Sisniega
- Taxco izt 1985 (11)
- Nick De Firmian
- Viktor Kortchnoi
- Lugano 1989 (7)
- Boris Gelfand
- Alexander Beliavsky
- Linares 1991 (7)
- Michael Adams
- Garry Kasparov
- Linares 2005 (12)
- Magnus Carlsen
- Vasily Ivanchuk
- Bilbao 2008 (7)
- Sergey Karjakin
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
- Zug 2013 (5)
- Mikhail Tal
- Lubomir Ftacnik
- Naestved 1985 (8)
- Viswanathan Anand
- Anatoly Karpov
- Las Palmas 1996 (7)
- Sandipan Chanda
- Sergey Tiviakov
- Ottawa 2007 (9)
- Alexander Alekhine
- Max Euwe
- Amsterdam 1936 (2)
- Nigel Short
- Garry Kasparov
- London m 1993 (10)
- Viswanathan Anand
- Magnus Carlsen
- Chennai m 2013 (9)
- Ulf Andersson
- Predrag Nikolic
- Thessaloniki ol 1984 (10)
- Bent Larsen
- Murray Chandler
- Hastings 1987/88 (3)
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Kiril Georgiev
- Moscow ol 1994 (6)
- Mikhail Tal
- Johann Hjartarson
- Reykjavik 1987 (2)
- Vasily Ivanchuk
- Sergey Karjakin
- Nice rapid 2008 (4)
- Veselin Topalov
- Viswanathan Anand
- Sofia 2005 (6)
- Yasser Seirawan
- Zdenko Kozul
- Wijk aan Zee 1991 (6)
- Sergey Movsesian
- Garry Kasparov
- Sarajevo 2000 (11)
- Alexander Grischuk
- Alexander Riazantsev
- Moscow ch-RUS 2009 (5)
- Stuart Conquest
- Nigel Short
- Swansea ch-BCF 1987 (2)
- Anatoly Karpov
- Alexey Kharitonov
- Moscow ch-URS 1988 (1)
- Loek van Wely
- Johann Hjartarson
- Akureyri 1994 (4)
- Alex Yermolinsky
- Larry Christiansen
- Salt Lake City ch-USA 1999 (4)
- Yasser Seirawan
- Artur Jussupow
- Istanbul ol 2000 (12)
- Teimour Radjabov
- Lazaro Bruzon Batista
- Biel 2006 (5)
- Anthony Miles
- Karl-Heinz Podzielny
- Germany Bundesliga 1984/85 (5)
- Anatoly Karpov
- Andrey Sokolov
- Linares m 1987 (10)
- Artur Jussupow
- Vasily Ivanchuk
- Brussels m 1991 (8)
- Mikhail Gurevich
- Alexander Khalifman
- Biel izt 1993 (7)
- Gata Kamsky
- Nigel Short
- Linares m 1994 (5)
- Boris Gelfand
- Anatoly Karpov
- Vienna 1996 (3)
- Vadim Milov
- Boris Gelfand
- Biel 1997 (1)
- Levon Aronian
- Alexander Morozevich
- Yerevan rapid 2008 (9)
- Artur Jussupow
- Andrey Sokolov
- Tilburg 1987 (7)
- Viktor Gavrikov
- Artur Jussupow
- Tunis izt 1985 (1)
- Jan Timman
- Nigel Short
- El Escorial m 1993 (3)
- Anatoly Karpov
- Miguel Illescas Cordoba
- Leon 1993 (9)
- Ian Rogers
- Marinus Kuijf
- Groningen 1989 (1)
- Svetozar Gligoric
- Vasily Smyslov
- Amsterdam Donner Memorial 1994 (1)
- Johann Hjartarson
- Boris Spassky
- Reykjavik 1985 (8)
- Jan Timman
- Nigel Short
- Brussels SWIFT 1987 (2)
- Viswanathan Anand
- Predrag Nikolic
- Wijk aan Zee 2000 (2)
- Levon Aronian
- Evgeny Tomashevsky
- Tromsø 2013 (3)
- Anatoly Karpov
- John Nunn
- Amsterdam OHRA 1985 (1)
- Gata Kamsky
- Michael Wilder
- Chicago US Open 1989 (6)
- Herman Grooten
- Anthony Miles
- Biel 1985 (3)
- Viktor Kortchnoi
- Gyula Sax
- Wijk aan Zee m 1991 (5)
- Alex Yermolinsky
- Valery Salov
- Wijk aan Zee 1997 (5)
- Jan Smeets
- Alexander Grischuk
- Nice rapid 2010 (9)
- Genna Sosonko
- John Fedorowicz
- Cannes tt 1992 (1)
- Nicholas Pert
- Mark Hebden
- Hastings 2001/02 (8)
- Vasily Ivanchuk
- Ivan Cheparinov
- Sofia 2008 (4)
- Viswanathan Anand
- Magnus Carlsen
- Monaco rapid 2011 (9)
- Viswanathan Anand
- Gata Kamsky
- Las Palmas m 1995 (9)
- Peter Leko
- Michael Adams
- Tilburg 1998 (10)
- Viktor Kortchnoi
- Mikhail Gurevich
- Antwerp 1995 (6)
- Alexander Khalifman
- Evgeny Sveshnikov
- Elista ch-RUS 1996 (9)
- Miguel Illescas Cordoba
- Nigel Short
- Pamplona 1999/00 (5)
- Joel Lautier
- Nigel Short
- Pamplona 1999/00 (8)
- Bogdan Lalic
- Mihail Marin
- Stockholm Rilton Cup 2001/02 (9)
- Krishnan Sasikiran
- Nigel Short
- Gibraltar 2012 (10)
- Jonathan Rowson
- Gawain Jones
- Scarborough ch-BCF 2004 (5)
- Loek van Wely
- Anatoly Karpov
- Tilburg 1996 (6)
- Boris Gelfand
- Wang Yue
- Medias/Bazna 2010 (1)
- Alexander Ipatov
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Antalya 2013 (6)
- Michael Adams
- Alexander Onischuk
- Tilburg 1997 (1)
- Anatoly Karpov
- Garry Kasparov
- Belfort 1988 (14)
- Mikhail Gurevich
- Michael Adams
- Ostend 1991 (6)
- Alexei Shirov
- Dmitry Yakovenko
- Foros 2008 (2)
- Bent Larsen
- Jan Timman
- Brussels SWIFT 1987 (4)
- Anatoly Karpov
- Artur Jussupow
- Dortmund 1997 (2)
- Gilberto Milos
- Alexander Morozevich
- Delhi FIDE World Cup 2000 (2)
- Jonathan Rowson
- Daniel Gormally
- Hastings 2003/04 (4)
- Alexei Shirov
- Ulf Andersson
- Biel 1991 (5)
- Sergey Tiviakov
- Dmitry Komarov
- Kherson 1991 (7)
- Anatoly Karpov
- Peter Svidler
- Dos Hermanas 1999 (3)
- Magnus Carlsen
- Giovanni Vescovi
- Wijk aan Zee 2006 (7)
- Stuart Conquest
- Anthony Kosten
- Ostend 1987 (5)
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Mikhail Ulibin
- Nikiti/Afytos 1992 (9)
- Jan Timman
- Jonathan Speelman
- Linares 1992 (10)
- Curt Hansen
- Nigel Short
- Skanderborg 2003 (7)
- Magnus Carlsen
- Michael Adams
- Khanty-Mansiysk 2007 (4)
- Nigel Short
- Erwin l'Ami
- London Staunton-mem 2009 (9)
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Jan Timman
- Wijk aan Zee 1999 (10)
- Peter Leko
- Viswanathan Anand
- Linares 2003 (13)
- Boris Gelfand
- Alexander Grischuk
- Russia tt 2004 (7)
- Vasily Ivanchuk
- Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
- Foros 2006 (7)
- Bozena Pytel
- Mazzon
- Bagneux Open 1983
- Vladimir Kramnik
- Evgeny Bareev
- Wijk aan Zee 2003 (3)
- Magnus Carlsen
- Levon Aronian
- London 2012 (2)
- Levon Aronian
- Sergey Karjakin
- Ningbo 2011 (3)
- Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu
- Vasily Ivanchuk
- Medias 2011 (3)
- Vasily Ivanchuk
- Levon Aronian
- Moscow 2011 (3)
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