Dream Moves: Eye-Opening Chess Lessons for Improvers (New in Chess) - Softcover

Sher; Miron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9083382745 ISBN 13: 9789083382746

Publisher: INTERCHESS BV/TA NEW IN CHESS, 2024

Synopsis

This chess improvement manual contains the homework of world-famous grandmasters Fabiano Caruana and Robert Hess. Their coach Miron Sher created hundreds of positions to test these talented chess students. Just like Fabiano and Robert, you are not supposed to stop until you have found the last move of the solution! Dream Moves focuses on five themes that Sher considered important for chess improvement. Tactics are covered in ‘the unprotected piece’ and ‘in-between moves’. Strategy is explained around ‘open files’. And Sher invented two very original themes: ‘the 20% rule’ about the importance of advanced pawns, and ‘dream moves’ about the ability to visualize a hidden, decisive move. The book includes close to one hundred illustrated games and more than three hundred puzzles.

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About the Author

Miron Sher (1952-2020) is chess grandmaster and legendary coach. He was born in Ukraine, won a dozen international tournaments as a player, and became famous as a trainer in the United States where he lived since 1997. In New York he taught chess at multiple schools, including the Dalton School, IS 318 and Stuyvesant High School. He worked privately with dozens of students such as Fabiano Caruana, Robert Hess and Peter Heine Nielsen.

From the Back Cover

Do you want to do the same chess homework that world-famous grandmasters Fabiano Caruana, Robert Hess and Peter Heine Nielsen did in their formative years as chess players? This book will test you with hundreds of positions created by their coach Miron Sher (1952-2020). Just like Fabiano, Robert and Peter, you are not supposed to stop after the first move. You have to find the last move of the solution!

Miron Sher is one of those legendary coaches who got their chess education in the Soviet Union and in later years spread their knowledge in Western Europe and the United States. He was born in Ukraine, studied in Moscow, coached the Russian national team and emigrated to New York in 1997. There he taught at various schools and worked privately with dozens of students.

Dream Moves focuses on five themes that Sher considered important for chess improvement.

An unprotected piece – the trigger to start thinking tactics!
In-between moves – they help you spring a surprise on your opponent
Open files – a fundamental element of chess strategy
The 20% Rule – if your pawn has advanced to the 5th or 6th rank, moving it forward is quite often your best option
Dream Move – dream about the final, decisive move, and you will find the way there
The book contains close to one hundred illustrated games and more than three hundred puzzles. Do as the legends did - and use these puzzles to sharpen your tactical skills and improve your understanding of chess.

Miron Sher (1952-2020) is chess grandmaster and legendary coach. He was born in Ukraine, won a dozen international tournaments as a player, and became famous as a trainer in the United States where he lived since 1997. In New York he taught chess at multiple schools, including the Dalton School, IS 318 and Stuyvesant High School. He worked privately with dozens of students such as Fabiano Caruana, Robert Hess and Peter Heine Nielsen.

Edition details

• Publisher: INTERCHESS BV/TA NEW IN CHESS
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9083382745
• ISBN 13: 9789083382746
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256