Chess Lessons from a Champion Coach

Igjen en utmerket bok fra Thomas Engqvist, og en riktigere tittel kunne ha vært: "Chess Lessons from the Great Masters". Her presenteres viktige lærdommer gjennom partier av store sjakkmestere gjennom nesten 500 år.

Mesterne i boka er helt fra Ruy Lopez på 1500-tallet til Magnus Carlsen i vår tid. Dette er omtrent en slik sjakkhistorie som alle bør ha med seg for å bli virkelig sterke spillere selv, og for å kunne dyrke sjakkspillet med både perspektiv og glede.

Her vises utviklingen av spillet gjennom tidene og gjennom det mye viktig lærdom. Stoffet blir levende gjennom en rekke sitater om den enkelte spilleren, i tillegg til et utvalgt, nøye forklart parti av hver av dem. Ypperlig for spillere med ratingnivå cirka 1300 - 2000, og også for mesterspillere som eventuelt ikke "kan sjakkhistorien sin".

Forlagets egen omtale:

Lessons, motivation and coaching to make you a better chess player.

In an ideal world, any aspiring chess player, at almost any level, would get better with a coach. If that’s not possible, having chess champion coach Thomas Engqvist’s book at your side is the next best thing.

In his series of lessons, Engqvist guides you through not only the most important elements of chess to master but also the psychology, how to marry knowledge with imagination, and how to stay motivated.

Suitable for older children through to adults, the lessons are drawn from chess games through history, from the 16th century to Magnus Carlsen and latest Alpha Zero computer chess. It features a range of key players, including Steinitz, Lasker, Nimzowistch, Botvinnik (Soviet chess school), and Fischer. With clear and accessible annotations to give clarity, the games highlight the most important lessons to learn and, just as importantly, how to ‘practise’ chess.

International Master Thomas Engqvist has travelled the world teaching and coaching chess to a very high level for decades – and with this book, he can be your coach too.

About the Author Thomas Engqvist is an International Master from Sweden. He has over 30 years’ experience as a chess coach and teacher. He has worked with players at world championship level in both junior and correspondence chess. He is the author of 300 Most Important Chess Positions and 300 Most Important Tactical Chess Positions, both published by Batsford.