Willemze: The Chess Toolbox

Autor: Willemze, Thomas
Verlag: New in Chess
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Sprache: Englisch
Buchumschlag: paperback
Seiten: 400

Practical Techniques Everyone Should Know

In chess, as in repair or construction jobs, you will not get very far without the right equipment. If you want to win more games you simply need the right tools. Unfortunately, most amateur chess players have no toolbox to speak of. What’s more, they don’t even know which tools they actually need. Or what tools are available. If a chess hardware store would exist, most amateur chess players would be clueless what to ask for.

International Master and experienced chess trainer Thomas Willemze is the handyman you are looking for. He tells you which are the most urgent problems that need fixing. In his no-nonsense guide, Willemze presents essential techniques on how to mobilize your pieces in order to gain the upper hand.

The Chess Toolbox teaches you how to:

• conquer an open file
• eliminate an important defender
• lift a blockade
• get rid of an inferior piece
• exploit the 7^th rank
• simplify your position (why and how)
• fight for entrance squares

and much more.

In order to make you feel comfortable and let you get used to these essential techniques, the author gives lots of fascinating examples and hundreds of instructive exercises. He even teaches you how to think outside your toolbox!

Thomas Willemze is an International Master from Holland. He is an experienced trainer of amateur players and has been the National Youth Coach of the Dutch Chess Federation.

The various parts of the book are all about piece coordination (..) It’s obviously written by a teacher who really wants his students to fully understand the subject matter. This book is highly valuable for both self-improvers and trainers. I, for one, am certainly going to use it in my trainings. -- Bram Klapwijk, Schaaksite

400 Seiten, kartoniert, 1. Auflage 2018

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