Yermolinski, The Road to Chess Improvement

224 Seiten, kartoniert, 2000. "How can I improve my game " is a perennial question facing chess-players.
While there are no easy answers, Alex Yermolinsky is better qualified than most to offer advice. Having found the famed 'Soviet School of Chess' wanting, he trained himself, slowly but surely raising his game to top-class grandmaster standard.
In this book he passes on many of the insights he has gained over the years. He steers the reader away from 'quick-fix' approaches, and focuses on the critical areas of chess understanding and over-the-board decision-making.
This entertainingly-written book breaks new ground in many areas of chess understanding. Topics covered include:


Trend-Breaking Tools
The Burden of Small Advantages
What Exchanges are For
Classics Revisited
Computer Chess