Alberston: Chess Mazes

Autor: Alberston, Bruce
Verlag: Russell Enterprises
Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
Sprache: English
Buchumschlag: book
Seiten: 138

Train your visualization skills!

A completely new kind of chess puzzle helps you develop the necessary skills to take your game to the next level! To master Chess Mazes, you have to exert better control and command of the full potential of all the pieces and you have to visualize their movements in your mind's eye. The result? Excellent training to avoid one-move blunders! From the Foreword by German International Grandmaster Karsten Müller. About the Author: American Master Bruce Alberston is one of the most popular chess writers in the world today. His books have been instructing and entertaining chess players worldwide for more than two decades. He lives with his wife in New York.

The planning and visualization skills that come from working on Chess Mazes are valuable and instructive. If you are one who often loses games by hanging pieces or missing mates, then this is the book for you.

There are many good books which present chess combinations and explain tactical motifs with the goal of training your tactical ability. Thinking techniques are also well covered in the game's literature. But what about visualization? This is where it is much more difficult to find good material. But now, Bruce Alberston’s highly original work fills this gap.
"To master his puzzles, you have to exert better control and command of the full potential of all the pieces and you have to visualize their movements in your mind's eye. This sounds more difficult than it is, but in fact only one piece moves in each maze. The result? Excellent training to avoid one-move blunders!" – From the Foreword by German GM Karsten Müller

Chapter One

011 Bishop, Rook, and Knight Mazes

017 Bishop Mazes — Problems 1-34

023 Rook Mazes — Problems 35-68

029 Knight Mazes — Problems 69-102

Chapter Two

035 Queen, Pawn, and King Mazes

044 Queen Mazes — Problems 103-136

050 Pawn Mazes — Problems 137-170

055 King Mazes — Problems 171-204

Solutions to Chess Mazes

062 Bishop Mazes — Problems 1-34

073 Rook Mazes — Problems 35-68

085 Knight Mazes — Problems 69-102

096 Queen Mazes — Problems 103-136

108 Pawn Mazes — Problems 137-170

122 King Mazes — Problems 171-204

138 pages, 2004, paperback, English.