Active Pieces

Egentlig en severdig og lesverdig samling partier med IM Jay Bonin som tydelig er en kjent sjakkstørrelse i New York. Her er det aktiv sjakk og seire opp gjennom årene over mange storheter som Nakamura, Kamsky, Alburt, Miles osv.

En herlig partisamling med den overordnede idéen aktive offiserer. Åpningsrepertoaret til Bonin - med mange variasjoner - er i seg selv både interessant og lærerikt, synes vi.

Forlagets egen omtale:

You’re booked up on your openings and know the Philidor and Lucena positions hands down, but how to convert all that theoretical knowledge into points against flesh-and-blood opponents? Jay Bonin, the “Iron Man of Chess,” shares the keys to victory as he’s learned them over four decades of competitive play.

Is it better to complicate the game, or to keep it simple? How do you create winning chances against a player who’s happy to make a draw? When’s the right time to trade queens? How to handle today’s fast time controls? Using games selected from a career spanning more than three thousand tournaments, IM Bonin offers the answers to these and other practical questions that every chessplayer faces as the clock is ticking.

Jay Bonin is an International Master and chess instructor in New York City, former champion of both the Marshall and Manhattan chess clubs, and a three-time New York State champion.

Greg Keener holds a B.A. in French Literature from New York University and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. After leaving his job on Wall Street, he became a FIDE Instructor, manager of the Marshall Chess Club, Web developer, and author. He currently teaches chess at a charter school in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where he also lives.