Studies for Practical Players: Improving Calculation and Resourcefulness in the Endgame - Softcover

Dvoretsky, Mark; Pervakov, Oleg

Softcover

ISBN 10: 188869064X ISBN 13: 9781888690644

Publisher: Russell Enterprises Inc, 2010

Synopsis

Nowadays, chessplayers spend almost all their free time preparing openings, and rarely spend the time necessary to perfect the vitally important technique of calculating. Regular training in solving and playing out endgames studies is a good recipe for eliminating that shortcoming.
This training is directed at developing resourcefulness, fantasy (in chess, these qualities are called “combinative acuity”), and the readiness to sacrifice material, in pursuit of the goal – winning!
How do we develop good habits of winning endgame play? There are lots of manuals; but this may be the first in which a famous practical player, a trainer with a world-renowned name, and a study composer who has earned the title of International Grandmaster of Composition, share their views in one and the same book.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Russell Enterprises Inc
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 188869064X
• ISBN 13: 9781888690644
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200