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FROM BEGINNER TO EXPERT IN 40 LESSO Jon Speelman

FROM BEGINNER TO EXPERT IN 40 LESSO von Jon Speelman

FROM BEGINNER TO EXPERT IN 40 LESSO Jon Speelman


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Zusammenfassung

This text is designed to take the beginner through all aspects of the game and bring him up to the standard of a strong club player. By means of 40 carefully selected lessons the author provides a course which can either form the curriculum for a school club or be used for self-instruction.

FROM BEGINNER TO EXPERT IN 40 LESSO Zusammenfassung

FROM BEGINNER TO EXPERT IN 40 LESSO Jon Speelman

This is designed to take the beginner through all aspects of the game and bring him up to the standard of a strong club player. By means of 40 carefully selected lessons the author provides a course which can either form the curriculum for a school club or be used by adults for self-instruction. Numerous exercises are included to test the reader's understanding of all points and a timetable provides a suggested period for studying each phase of the game. Aleksander Kostyev is an experienced Soviet chess teacher. Jon Speelman, the translator is a Grandmaster and author of several chess books.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Lesson 1: what attracts people to chess?; a legend from the sixth century. Lesson 2: the game of Battleships and chess notation; a game from the last century; the correct names of the pieces. Lesson 3: chess in the Ancient East; the story of Dilaram's mate; what ignorance of the rules leads to. Lesson 4: can everybody checkmate with a queen?; have you met the Epaulette mate? Lesson 5: the laws of chess - or the first commandment; which is harder - to mate with one rook or two bishops? Lesson 6: why did the Minister of Defence like chess?; some analogies and definitions. Lesson 7: knowledge is light, ignorance darkness - or some simple advice about how to start a game. Lesson 8: six exercises to test understanding of the preceding chapters; figurine algebraic notation. Lesson 9: so the opening is over - what should you do next?; an extract from Greco's notebook. Lesson 10: an amusing story about Wilhelm Steinitz; how to realize a material advantage. Lesson 11: an ancient Eastern saying; the rule of the square. Lesson 12: an introduction to chess compositions; an episode form the Swedo-Turkish war. Lesson 13: the great confrontation of kings - or what is opposition? Lesson 14: chess gems, three combinations. Lesson 15: play a waiting move; a quotation from Capablanca; more about the rule of the square and the opposition. Lesson 16: a study by the Pope; is it hard to learn how to play combinations? Lesson 17: the struggle between a queen and an advanced passed pawn; Lesson 18: Master Kasparian's lame knight; eleven variations on the theme of the Pin; Lesson 19: Zugzwang - that is when you'd like to miss a move. Lesson 20: the beginners secret weapon or the double attack; three cavalry charges. Lesson 21: how can you learn to calculate variations; a young player's story. Lesson 22: king against king, pawn agains pawn; distant, distant outside passed pawn; a paradox of chess geometry and Reti's theorem. (Part contents)

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FROM BEGINNER TO EXPERT IN 40 LESSO Jon Speelman
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Batsford Ltd
19980630
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