Chess Secrets The Giants of Strategy

Name: Chess Secrets The Giants of Strategy
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ISBN: 9781857445411

ISBN-10: 1857445414

ISBN-13: 9781857445411

Edition: 2007

Authors: Neil McDonald

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The chess world has been blessed by a number of wonderful strategists, and inChess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy, Neil McDonald decides upon his selection of the most prominent ones, highlighting the major contributions they have made. McDonald examines their differing approaches and styles, and from Nimzowitsch to Kramnik, how they followed in each other’s footsteps. Throughout history there have been many famous players who have dazzled the chess world with their swashbuckling approach to opening play. InChess Secrets: The Great Gambiteers, John Cox picks out his selection of famous gambiteers and studies the mark they made in the sphere of attacking play in the opening. Themes include…

Book details

List price: $26.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Everyman Chess
Publication date: 11/1/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English

English Grandmaster Neil McDonald is an experienced and successful player on the international chess circuit. He is a respected chess coach, who has trained many of England's strongest junior players. McDonald is also a talented chess writer and has many outstanding works to his name. He is resident of the UK.



Introduction



The Seventh Rank



The Outpost and the Open File



Planning on a Grand Scale



Understanding Pawn Majorities



The Power of Pawn Breaks



How to Use the Pawn Ram



Restraint



Blockade



Provocation and Prophylaxis