Winning Chess Strategies

En innføring i sjakkstrategi som kan anbefales spesielt for spillere med ratingstyrke omlag 900 - 1600. Stormester Yasser Seirawan er en fremragende strateg og god sjakklærer, og her har han i tillegg fått med storpegagogen IM Jeremy Silman som medarbeider.

Kapitlene i boka er disse:

1. Viktigheten av strategi,
2. Utnytte en materiell fordel,
3. Hindre fiendens motspill,
4. Å forstå hvordan brikkene virker,
5. Overlegne lette offiserer,
6. Hvordan bruke bøndene,
7. Å skape angrepsmål,
8. Dominerende terrengfordel,
9. Å angripe kongen,
10. Feil strategier,
11. Store mestere i strategi,
12. Løsning på 26 testoppgaver.

Forlagets egen omtale

Gain the advantage over your opponent with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the world´s top chess players!

Strategy - it's the ultimate secret weapon for championship players from around the world. If you love chess but hate the idea of memorizing highly detailed sequences, this book is for you!

Drawing on his countless hours of tournament play and teaching experience, International Grand Master Yasser Seirawan shows you how to apply flexible strategic principles to every part of your game. You'll learn to play more forcefully and intelligently in any situation. And using Seirawan's simple and effective planning and analysis techniques, you'll enter each game with the confidence and energy you need to win every time!

Learn to:

• Knock your opponent off balance with bold opening moves
• Formulate an overall game strategy before the middle game
• Understand the motivation behind your opponent's every move
• Position yourself for a winning endgame

The numerous diagrams throughout the book illustrate game positions, and a special section features actual games of history's greatest chess strategists - follow them move by move!

For ready reference during actual practice games, or for reading from start to finish without a chessboard, 'Winning Chess Strategies' is an imaginative and information-packed resource you'll turn to again and again.