Improve Your Chess Results (Batsford Chess)

Part 1 How skill develops - the most important phases: "Attack something - and if its doesn't move, take it" both opponents base their play on elementary traps tactical operations without regard for the position harmonious co-operation of the pieces and combinations ability to find the right strategic plan. Part 2 Typical mistakes by young players: hasty moves and, in consequence, blunders learning openings without understanding the ideas reliance on general principles, without a concrete plan underestimating the opponent's combative chances disparity between aggressive and defensive ability miscalculating variations and combinations inadequate knowledge of basic endgames implementing a wrong strategic plan the problem of the clock in practical play. Part 3 Chessplayers of positional and combinational styles. Part 4 Developing a repertoire. Part 5 The experriences of a chess trainer: assessing games of young players the anxiety of a trainer the satisfaction of success. This book examines typical mistakes which are made and illustrates them with games from all levels of play. The problems of planning, analysis and dealing with different types of position are dealt with in detail. Vladimir Zak co-authored the "King's Gambit" with Korchnoi.