Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy Learn from Kramnik, Karpov, Petrosian, Capablanca and Nimzowitsch

by McDonald, Neil

• ISBN13: 9781857445411
• ISBN10: 1857445414
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-01
• Publisher: Everyman Chess

Summary

The chess world has been blessed by a number of wonderful strategists, and inChess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy, Neil McDonald decides upon his selection of the most prominent ones, highlighting the major contributions they have made. McDonald examines their differing approaches and styles, and from Nimzowitsch to Kramnik, how they followed in each other's footsteps. Throughout history there have been many famous players who have dazzled the chess world with their swashbuckling approach to opening play. InChess Secrets: The Great Gambiteers, John Cox picks out his selection of famous gambiteers and studies the mark they made in the sphere of attacking play in the opening. Themes include attacking the opponent's king, exploiting a lead in development, controlling the centre, as well as the significant enhancement of opening theory through the invention of numerous dangerous gambits. *Learn from the greats of the game *Discover how famous chess minds work *Written in an easy-to-read format *Ideal for improvers, club players and tournament players*

Author Biography

English Grandmaster Neil McDonald is an experienced and successful player on the international chess circuit. He is a respected chess coach, who has trained many of England’s strongest junior players. McDonald is also a talented chess writer and has many outstanding works to his name. He is resident in the UK.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 5
The Seventh Rank	p. 16
The Outpost and the Open File	p. 36
Planning on a Grand Scale	p. 53
Understanding Pawn Majorities	p. 89
The Power of Pawn Breaks	p. 108
How to Use the Pawn Ram	p. 139
Restraint	p. 172
Blockade	p. 191
Provocation and Prophylaxis	p. 235
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