A Guide To Chess Improvement

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• Acknowledgements 5
• Introduction 7
• 1 General Improvement 11
  • 1 The Theory of Chess Improvement 12
  • 2 An Improvement Plan 21
    • 2.1 Practice (The Road to Carnegie Hall) 21
    • 2.2 Theory 26
    • 2.3 Chess Books and Prerequisites 33
  • 3 Reviewing Chess Games 35
  • 4 The Big Five 42
  • 5 Getting the Edge 54
  • 6 Finding a Good Instructor 64
• 2 Thought Process 71
  • 1 Making Chess Simple 72
  • 2 The Goal Each Move 84
  • 3 Real Chess, Time Management, and Care 92
  • 4 Analysis and Evaluation 95
  • 5 Improving Analysis Skills 107
  • 6 The Principle of Tactical Dominance 119
  • 7 The Fun of Pros and Cons 127
  • 8 Ask the Right Questions 140
• 3 Time Management 149
  • 1 The Case for Time Management 150
  • 2 The Two Move Triggers 158
• 4 Skills and Psychology 168
  • 1 Traits of a Good Chess Player 169
  • 2 Chess, Learning, and Fun 175
  • 3 Breaking Down Barriers 181
  • 4 The Three Types of Chess Vision 187
• 5 Tactics and Safety 193
  • 1 A Different Approach to Studying Tactics 194
  • 2 When is a King Safe? 199
  • 3 Is it Safe? 209
  • 4 Is it Safe? Quiz 237
  • 5 The Two Types of Counting Problems 243
• 6 Openings 250
  • 1 Learning Opening Lines and Ideas 251
• 7 Endgames and Technique 265
  • 1 Trading Pawns When Ahead 266
  • 2 The Endgame Bind 272
  • 3 When You're Winning, It's a Whole Different Game 279
  • 4 The Margin for Error 291
• 8 Strategy and Positional Play 299
  • 1 Strong Principles vs. Important Principles 300
  • 2 The Most Important Strategic Decisions 311
  • 3 The Six Common Chess States 319
  • 4 Break Moves: Opening Lines to Create Mobility 323
  • 5 It's Not Really Winning a Tempo! 332
  • 6 The Principle of Symmetry 346
• 9 Shorter, Lesson Material 355
  • 1 A Fistful of Lessons 356
  • 2 Examples of Chess Logic 365
  • 3 Odds and Ends