Published by Gambit Publlications Ltd, London, UK, 2006
ISBN 10: 1904600506 ISBN 13: 9781904600503
Language: English
Seller: COOK AND BAKERS BOOKS, PARKSVILLE, VANCOUVER ISLAND, BC, Canada
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Add to basketSoft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Printing. A very nice ex-Library copy with sticker top front corner and bottom spine edge, small coffee stain on side edge, small pink line on top edge, otherwise without flaw 6.75 X 9.75" 175 pages. Grandmaster Valeri Beim of Austria was for many years the head trainer at the chess school in Odessa and has earned a reputation as an author of user-friendly instructional textbooks. In this book he explains how to use intuition and logic together to solve tactical problems in a methodical way. He also offers advice on when it is best to calculate 'like a machine', and when it is better to rely on intuitive assessment. 'A revealing look at the nuts and bolts of chess thought.'.