Winning Chess Strategies - Softcover

Seirawan, Yasser; Silman, I.M. Jeremy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1556156634 ISBN 13: 9781556156632

Publisher: Microsoft Press,U.S., 1999

Synopsis

Learn to: Knock your opponent off balance with bold opening moves Formulate an overall game strategy before the middle game Understand the motivation behind your opponents every move Position yourself for a winning endgame. A special section features actual games of history's greatest chess strategists.

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Review:

"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"
"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

From the Back Cover:

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! 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 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Microsoft Press,U.S.
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1556156634
• ISBN 13: 9781556156632
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250