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In Dynamic Decision Making in Chess former World Championship Challenger Boris Gelfand continues his investigation into decision-making at the top level, discussing some of his best games as well as his worst slips, giving the reader a unique insight into the mind of a world-class grandmaster.

Grandmaster Boris Gelfand has been an elite player for 30 years, winning the World Cup, Olympiad Gold, Candidates and many other top tournaments.

PRAISE FOR 'Positional Decision Making in Chess':

WINNER of the 2015 ECF Book of the Year award.

GM Matthew Sadler, New in Chess:

• “Gelfand is very good – and very honest – at explaining which decisions he could calculate and which decisions he needed to take on the basis of judgment, and how he did that... It adds up to the type of book I love... I think this book has masses to teach any strength of player.”

• GM David Smerdon: “The most useful decision-making chess guide I have ever read.”

Fra innledningen til Gelfand, som fikk følge et Sovjetmesterskap på nært hold da han var 11 år gammel:

I was incredible lucky that I had the chance to be present at the 1979 Soviet Championship, which was played in Minsk. I would go to the playing hall and watch the games; every day, every minute. Some of the games made a big impression on me and we shall look at them briefly in this chapter. Alexander Nikitin and Boris Postovsky gave me the tip to write down what I was thinking during the game, in order to analyse the games afterwards and of course to compare it with what the players chose during the game. I did this and it helped my development immensely. As with Positional Decision Making in Chess, I want to show not only what I have been able to do in the field of dynamics, but also where my understanding of dynamics comes from. ...

Og etter det første partiet i boka, Tsesjkovskij- Kupreitsjik (1979):

When you are watching this live in the tournament hall as a child, you cannot help but be overwhelmed. This is one of the reasons why I think young players should be encouraged to watch top tournament games. If they cannot make it to the tournament hall, then at least follow the games online. Be entirely focused on the games, without online commentary or a mind-numbing engine, trying to find ideas of your own, calculating the various possibilities as the players think about them.