Why You Lose At Chess

Author : Tim Harding
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486149501
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why You Lose at Chess written by Tim Harding and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated edition of a chess classic analyzes what went wrong in losing games. Focus includes Internet and email play, computer chess, and face-off between Kasparov and Deep Blue.

Author : Colin Crouch
Publisher : Everyman Chess
ISBN 13 : 1781940053
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why We Lose at Chess written by Colin Crouch and published by Everyman Chess. This book was released on with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main reason why we lose at chess is no big secret: we all make unnecessary mistakes! But simply acknowledging this fact isn't enough to help us improve. The big question is, how can we eliminate these mistakes from our game, or at least keep them to an absolute minimum? Colin Crouch tackles this vital subject face-to-face. Drawing upon his considerable experience, he looks back at critical moments within games where mistakes are made, and examines how we can recognise the danger signs and avoid making impulsive decisions. The reader is constantly challenged by exercises, which provide perfect training for real over-the-board battles. Essential training to eliminate mistakesAdvice on how to improve calculation and assessmentIncludes over 50 carefully planned exercises.

Author : Andrew Matthews
Publisher : Seashell Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0957881436
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Being a Happy Teen written by Andrew Matthews and published by Seashell Publishers. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At last, a book that teenagers want to read! Do you ever wish: you were older you had more money? you looked different? Do you ever feel, "No one understands me!" Do you ever wonder, "Will I fall in love?" Do you ever ask, "Am I normal?" If you answered "yes" to half of the above, you will find this book very helpful!

Author : Lars Bo Hansen
Publisher : Gambit Publications
ISBN 13 : 9781906454012
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Chess Games Are Won and Lost written by Lars Bo Hansen and published by Gambit Publications. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, chess games have been divided into three stages - opening, middlegame and endgame - and general principles presented for how to handle each stage. All chess-players will be well aware that these principles all too frequently fail to help in their selection of the best move. In this important work, Lars Bo Hansen, grandmaster and professional educator, presents chess as a game of five phases, and explains the do's and don'ts in each: * the opening * the transition to the early middlegame * the middlegame * strategic endgames * technical endgames * With a wealth of examples from both his own practice and that of his colleagues, Hansen discusses the typical mistakes and pitfalls, and shows how to handle the subtleties unique to each stage. He also advises on how to work on your chess in each aspect of the game. Of special value is his explanation of how to study typical middlegames, and that middlegame preparation - a neglected area for most players - is both possible and necessary.

Author : Dan Heisman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781936277711
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Is Your Move Safe? written by Dan Heisman and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Distributed to the trade by National Book Network"--T.p. verso.

Author : Fred Reinfeld
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 1941270271
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Why You Lose at Chess written by Fred Reinfeld and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way to Better Chess! Why You Lose at Chess is vintage Reinfeld. He pulls no punches, showing the reader why he or she loses chess games. This is quite a remarkable feat when you think about it, because he never saw any of the games the vast majority of his readers played. But Fred knew the thinking that lurks behind poor chess decisions, and he let us all know what is wrong or irrelevant or misguided about the types of moves he witnessed far too often. Beginning with a chapter on self-appraisal, he links a lack of understanding of your own personality with erroneous choices of moves and plans in a chess game. He goes on to delve into playing blindly (with no idea what you are actually doing) or by rote (memorization vs. understanding). A couple of technical mistakes he points out include a lack of understanding of the tremendous importance controlling the center makes as well as knowing what features in a position should be present in order for an attack to be likely to work. Among other observations, he gets on amateur players for being easily bored, impatient, lazy, and stubborn. And all of this comes with lucid examples from master play that back up his contentions. All in all, this is an outstanding treatment of a subject players generally do not pay enough attention to. It has the potential to open anyone’s eyes to what playing strong chess can be like. Let Fred Reinfeld show you the way to better chess...

Author : Max Euwe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Middlegame written by Max Euwe and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Stean
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486316963
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Simple Chess written by Michael Stean and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-02-15 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a Grand Master, this guide isolates basic elements and illustrates them through Master and Grand Master games, breaking down the mystique of strategy into easy-to-understand ideas.

Author : Cyrus Lakdawala
Publisher : New In Chess
ISBN 13 : 9056918273
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Winning Ugly in Chess written by Cyrus Lakdawala and published by New In Chess. This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When was the last time you won a perfect game? A game that wasn’t tainted by inferior moves? Every chess player knows that smooth wins are the exception, that play is often chaotic and positions are frequently irrational. The road to victory is generally full of bumps and misadventures. Welcome to the world of imperfection! Chess books usually feature superbly played games. In Winning Ugly in Chess you will see games where weird moves are rewarded. Cyrus Lakdawala knows that playing good chess is all very well, but that beating your opponent is better. He demonstrates the fine art of winning undeserved victories by: -- miraculously surviving chaos -- throwing vile cheapos -- refusing to resign in lost positions -- getting lucky breaks -- provoking unforced errors and other ways to land on your feet after a roller-coaster ride. Lakdawala shows how you can make sure that it is your opponent, not you, who makes the last blunder. If you’d rather win a bad game than lose a good one, then this your ideal guide. The next time ‘the wrong player’ wins, you will be that player!

Author : Mark Miller
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1626563950
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chess Not Checkers written by Mark Miller and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As organizations grow in volume and complexity, the demands on leadership change. The same old moves won't cut it any more. In Chess Not Checkers, Mark Miller tells the story of Blake Brown, newly appointed CEO of a company troubled by poor performance and low morale. Nothing Blake learned from his previous roles seems to help him deal with the issues he now faces. The problem, his new mentor points out, is Blake is playing the wrong game. The early days of an organization are like checkers: a quickly played game with mostly interchangeable pieces. Everybody, the leader included, does a little bit of everything; the pace is frenetic. But as the organization expands, you can't just keep jumping from activity to activity. You have to think strategically, plan ahead, and leverage every employee's specific talents—that's chess. Leaders who continue to play checkers when the name of the game is chess lose. On his journey, Blake learns four essential strategies from the game of chess that transform his leadership and his organization. The result: unprecedented performance!