Winning Chess Strategies, Revised (Winning Chess - Everyman Chess) [Englisch] [Taschenbuch]

This is the third of Seirawan's four-volume series, which takes the reader from chess greenhorn to a player advanced enough to understand grandmaster play. Here, Seirawan shows how to set long-range goals for a game and systematically gain a superior position. His deft explanations give anyone with basic chess knowledge (covered in his previous books) the insights to leap levels in play. As usual, he tackles the subject with an infectious enthusiasm, communicating the sporting thrill as each piece of a meticulous plan comes together. Throughout the book, engrossing chess puzzles help teach strategic points. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

"Seirawan does a great job with this book."--"Chesscorner.com"
"These two books will teach you enough to beat most of your friends and family and all the kids on your block."--Evan Kreider, "ChessPraxis"

A complete overview of proven chess principles that teaches players how to deploy their pieces using the right moves at the right time to build small advantages into effective, long range strategies.<BR> -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels.

Gain the advantage over your opponent with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the world's top chess players! Strategy - it's the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his considerable experience in tournament play, International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows you how to apply flexible strategic principles to every part of your game. Using Seirawan's simple and effective planning and analysis techniques, you'll enter each game with confidence and energy, ready to play forcefully and intelligently - the way you need to play so you can win every time! In this book, learn to: knock your opponent off balance with bold opening moves; formulate an overall game strategy before the middle game; interpret the motivation behind your opponent's every move; and position yourself for a winning endgame. Diagrams throughout the book illustrate game positions, and you'll meet history's greatest chess strategies - learning from them move by move! Whether for reference during practice games or simply for pleasure reading, "Winning Chess Strategies" is an information packed resource you'll turn to again and again.

Yasser Seirawan is one of the top-ranked chess players in the USA and was the first American candidate for the World Championship title since Bobby Fischer. He is a four-time US Champion, the 1989 Western Hemisphere Champion and an ten-time member of the US Chess Olympiad team. Hi achievements distinguish him as one of only a handful of players to defeat world champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in tournament play.