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Excelling at Chess Volume 1 : Technical and Positional Chess, Paperback / softback Book

Excelling at Chess Volume 1 : Technical and Positional Chess Paperback / softback

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Brought together in one volume are two of Jacob Aagaard's great books- Excelling at Technical Chess and Excelling at Positional Chess. "And the rest is a matter of technique" is an annoyingly common phrase used in chess literature.

The implication from the author is that the task of converting a typically winning position into a full point or converting a drawing position into half-a-point is relatively straightforward.

However, as all of us practical players realise, it's not always a simple as this, and many hard-earned points are wasted through "a lack of technique" In Technical Chess Jacob Aagaard aims to solve this perennial problem.

He arms the reader with several endgame weapons that every strong technical player has in his toolbox.

These include important skills such as schematic thinking, domination, preventing counterplay, building fortresses and utilising zugzwang.

These tools are illustrated in deeply analysed games containing numerous different themes.

A serious study of this book will ensure that the reader need no longer need fear the word "technique"!

Positional chess remains a mystery to many and yet an understanding of the finer points of the game so often makes the difference between two equally matched players.

Improve your positional play and you will see chess in a totally new dimension!

In Positional Chess, Aagaard selects many original examples of positional chess, the creme de la creme of those that he uses for training and study.

Aagaard also delves deeply into the ideas of positional evaluation and analysis

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