Lessons on Uncompromising Play: Mastering Strategies for Winning Concepts - Hardcover

Navara, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9083429040 ISBN 13: 9789083429045

Publisher: Thinkers Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

Chess has evolved significantly over the past few years. Talented teenagers are playing better than ever, top players possess even deeper theoretical knowledge and make fewer mistakes, and preparation now demands more time and energy. Consequently, winning against strong opponents has become increasingly challenging. This has taught us that players need to manage their energy levels carefully. Most of the advice in this book remains applicable even when you are tired, though in such cases, it's usually better to play more solidly if you're primarily aiming for a good result. That said, results aren't everything. Interesting games are also important, and we are excited to share them with you in this epic book.

About this title

About the Author

Nine-time Czech champion David Navara became a grandmaster in 2002 at the age of sixteen. Amongst his many achievements are: 1st at the Ordix Open rapid tournament in Mainz, Germany, in 2007. World Cup quarter-finalist in 2011. Gold medal winner on 2nd board at the 2012 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul. Gold medalist with the Nový Bor team at the 2013 European Club Cup in Rhodes, Greece. Winner of the European Blitz Championship in Wrocław, Poland, in 2014. Silver medalist in the European Individual Championship in Jerusalem in 2015. This is his second book for Thinkers, his first 'My Chess World' being an acclaimed bestseller.

Reviews

        David Navara latest offering, Lessons on Uncompromising Play, follows his well-received work My Chess World (also from Thinkers Publishing), and like its predecessor is centered around well annotated games played by the author - in this case around 100 games and game fragments. Navara has arranged these games around various themes. Some topics, like the fight for the initiative, tenacious defense and attacking chess, have been written about before. 

Others, like winning on demand and winning drawish positions have seldom been addressed and offer a wealth of practical advice for the tournament player. 

 The author of Lessons on Uncompromising Play offers plenty of variations in his annotations, but rather than overwhelm the reader with masses of computer-generated analysis, confines the lines he presents to those that are most pertinent. 

The part of this book that will be most useful to serious students of the game is the author’s explanatory prose. Lessons on Uncompromising Play is a book that deserves a wide audience. Tournament players from 1800 on up will benefit from studying this book while armchair Grandmasters will enjoy playing over the games and reading about the life of a top-level professional. 

Highly recommended - IM John Donaldson 01.2025 - Berkeley-USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thinkers Publishing
• Publication date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9083429040
• ISBN 13: 9789083429045
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 330