Mastering Chess Logic

En seriøs grunnleggende bok om sjakktenking, mye om et overordnet perspektiv på spillet og stillinger som oppstår. Dermed en sjelden type bok som er interessant å lese og dessuten har 270 oppgavestillinger på mye et realistisk nivå.

En bok som vil gi leseren forståelse og forstand i sjakk, med viktige elementer av en konseptuell forståelse av spillet. Kan gi særlig stort utbytte for spillere i hele ratingspekteret mellom cirka 1400 og 2100.

Forlagets egen omtale:

What exactly makes the greatest players of all time, such as Magnus Carlsen, Bobby Fischer, and Garry Kasparov stand out from the rest? The basic aspects of chess (calculation, study of opening theory, and technical endgame ability) are of course of great importance. However, the more mysterious part of chess ability lies within the thought process.

In particular:

How does one evaluate certain moves to be better than others?

How does one improve their feel of the game?

This book will tackle this woefully underexplored aspect of chess: the logic behind the game. It will explain how chess works at a fundamental level.

Topics include:

What to think about when evaluating a position.

How to formulate and execute plans.

How to generate and make use of the initiative.

The reader also has plenty of opportunities to test their decision-making by attempting 270 practical exercises. These are mostly designed to develop understanding, as the justification of the moves is more important than the actual correct answer.

Joshua Sheng is an International Master with one Grandmaster norm from Santa Monica, California. He tied for first in the 2016 North American Junior Chess Championships and placed third in the 2019 U.S. Junior Chess Championships. He graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2021. Joshua has been a serious chess coach for many years, and this is his first book.

Guannan Song is a FIDE Master with one International Master norm from Canada. His notable achievements include winning the Canadian Youth Chess Championships and scoring bronze at the North American Junior Chess Championships. He has represented Canada on the international stage at the World Youth Chess Championships and the World Youth U16 Chess Olympiad. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario in 2021. Guannan is an experienced chess coach and the author of Practical Chess Puzzles: 600 Positions to Improve Your Calculation and Judgment (with FM Dachey Lin and IM Edward Song)

Innholdsfortegnelsen:

003 About the Authors

005 Bibliography

006 Foreword by WGM Jennifer Yu, US Women’s Champion 2019

007 Introduction

009 1) Building Blocks

044 2) Know What You Have

086 3) Mise en Place

125 4) The Big Game

166 5) Beginning and End

192 6) Solutions

256 Index of Complete Games