Black & White Magic

Suksessforfatter GM Axel Smith kommer med sin kanskje viktigste bok, om å forstå viktigheten og metodene for spill på mørke og lyse felter på brettet. Med løperen som fargeblind brikke avgjør dette mange praktiske partier.

Kvalitetsoffer er også en av Axel Smiths spesialiteter som noen ganger kan avgjøre spillet på feltene av en bestemt farge.

Denne boka fyller faktisk en liten missing link i sjakklitteraturen. Mange vil komme til å opplevde den som verdifull for å løfte spillestyrken videre fra for eksempel 1500 opp til mesterklassen.

Forlagets egen omtale:

During his long journey as a chess player and coach, GM Axel Smith came to the realization that understanding colour-complex strategies is one of the key differences between strong and weak players. After many years of delivering lectures and training material to his students, Smith produced a Chessable course on the topic, which has been extensively edited and reorganized by Quality Chess to produce this book.

In these pages, the award-winning author breaks down colour complexes into various sub-topics such as blockades, opposite-coloured bishops and exchange sacrifices, with carefully chosen exercises to test and reinforce the reader’s newfound understanding. Use Black & White Magic to improve your chess strength!

GM Axel Smith is the award-winning author of The Woodpecker Method, Pump Up Your Rating, e3 Poison and Street Smart Chess, which were all enthusiastically received by readers and reviewers. Using the Woodpecker as part of his training, as an adult he improved from a rating of 2100 to becoming a Grandmaster.

Innholdsfortegnelsen:

• 005 Preface
• 007 Introduction Colour-Complex Strategy
• 019 Chapter 1 The Blockade
• 041 Chapter 2 Marathon Bishops
• 071 Chapter 3 Weak Squares
• 113 Chapter 4 Opposite-Coloured Bishops
• 139 Chapter 5 Exchange Sacrifices
• 171 Chapter 6 Avoiding Weak Squares
• 193 Chapter 7 Visualizing
• 219 Chapter 8 Test
• 249 Summary
• 262 Index of Games and Examples