Author: Publisher:
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Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
How Chess Games Are Won and Lost
Author: Lars Bo HansenPublisher: Gambit Publications
ISBN: 9781906454012
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Traditionally, chess games have been divided into three stages - opening, middlegame and endgame - and general principles presented for how to handle each stage. All chess-players will be well aware that these principles all too frequently fail to help in their selection of the best move. In this important work, Lars Bo Hansen, grandmaster and professional educator, presents chess as a game of five phases, and explains the do's and don'ts in each: * the opening * the transition to the early middlegame * the middlegame * strategic endgames * technical endgames * With a wealth of examples from both his own practice and that of his colleagues, Hansen discusses the typical mistakes and pitfalls, and shows how to handle the subtleties unique to each stage. He also advises on how to work on your chess in each aspect of the game. Of special value is his explanation of how to study typical middlegames, and that middlegame preparation - a neglected area for most players - is both possible and necessary.
Encyclopaedia Heraldica Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry
Author: William BerryColumbia Chess Club Chronicle
Author: Chess Brilliants
Author: John Odin Howard TaylorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
The New Leader
Author: Citizen Airman
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Aeronautics, Military
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Complete Chess Swindler
Author: David SmerdonPublisher: New In Chess
ISBN: 9056919121
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Chess is a cruel game. We all know that feeling when your position has gone awry and everything seems hopeless. You feel like resigning. But don’t give up! This is precisely the moment to switch to swindle mode. Master the art of provoking errors and you will be able to turn the tables and escape with a draw – or sometimes even steal the full point! Swindling is a skill that can be trained. In this book, David Smerdon shows how you can use tricks from psychology to marshal hidden resources and exploit your opponent’s biases. In a lost position, your best practical chance often lies not in the computer’s best moves, but in playing your opponent – however bad the evaluation! With an abundance of eye-popping examples and training exercises, Smerdon identifies the four best friends of every chess swindler: your opponent’s impatience, their hubris, their fear, and their need to stay in control. You’ll also learn about such cunning swindling motifs as the Trojan Horse, the decoy trap, the berserk attack, and ‘window-ledging’. So, come and join the Swindlers’ Club, become a great escape artist and dramatically improve your results. In this instructive and wildly entertaining guide, Smerdon shows you how.
A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: John BurkeFairbairn's Book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: James FairbairnPublisher:
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Category : Crests
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
Catalogue of Seals in the Department of Manuscripts in the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of ManuscriptsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Seals (Numismatics)
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description