Andrew Soltis

Becoming a Grandmaster is the ultimate aim for serious chess players, but whatever your chess abilities, this book will take you to the next level. Packed with tips, tricks and practical exercises aimed at players of all skill levels who aspire to greatness.Even an average chess player can find the same moves as a Grandmaster as much as 75 percent of the time. The difference is that only the Grandmaster can find the other 25 percent. This book identifies the kinds of moves and techniques that account for that 25 percent. Among the topics covered in the book are: Mysterious rook pawn moves, Tacking, Piece Nullification, "King Feeling," and how to play for a win without risk.Written by one of our biggest-selling and best-loved chess authors, in his trademark chatty, accessible but always informative style, this book is filled with practical exercises and test games that will reveal the secrets of how to join chesss elite ranks.

The best opening is the opening your opponent doesnt know. The winner of the game is the player who makes the next-to-last mistake. This fascinating book contains 300 of the most astute insights on chess ever uttered, culled from three centuries of great players. Each of these invaluable maxims is illustrated with an annotated chess position, making the book a short cut to learning from the masters. These snippets of wisdom are arranged into chapters for easy reference: Calculation, Intuition, Strategy, Position Evaluation, Openings, Sacrifices, Attitude, Endgames, Mistakes, Studying, Time Management and Tournament Tactics. This is a great book to dip in and out of every page contains a nugget of wisdom that will help you hone your own chess skills and win your next game.

Emanuel Lasker was the longest-reigning world champion (1894-1921) and remained one of the worlds top 10 players for nearly four decades. He competed against top players such as Capablanca, Rubinstein and Alekhine at the height of their game, and was consistently successful, yet almost no one studies his games today. Lasker is often overlooked by the modern chess player, and the secrets of his success remain a mystery. Chess journalist Andy Soltis reveals for the first time the winning formula behind Laskers phenonemal achievements. With over 100 annotated games, Soltis analyses the tricks, traps and techniques behind the winning moves, and makes Laskers methods accessible to todays players.

Increase your chess knowledge within the year! In this book, Andrew Soltis analyzes 365 key chess games in an easy way for busy people. In this book, 365 of the most instructive short games of chess are analyzed, step by step, by well-respected author Andrew Soltis. Arranged as daily lessons, this book is perfect for chess players who would like to reach the next level of skill but cant devote hours and hours each day to study.Learn to feel confident with each tactic each game features test-yourself quizzes (with answers at the back of the book) to help cement understanding, as well as chess diagrams for those who learn visually. Challenging tactics are revisited in later games to help you recognize when they occur and how chess masters use them to their full advantage.With this book, Andrew encourages you to learn to think like a chess master within the year. From Castling to Zugzwang, learn something new everyday!

So youre a fairly decent chess player. You compete in tournaments, you play on the Internet. But you would love to make that leap to become a chess master. What do you need to know, how much do you have to practise, and how much of the success of the masters is simply a matter of innate talent, superior brainpower or just good luck? This useful book, aimed at all chess players who aspire to become chess masters, shows you what the masters know and you dont. Written by one of our biggest-selling and best-loved chess authors, in his trademark chatty, accessible but always informative style, this book is filled with practical exercises and test games that will reveal the secrets of how to join chesss elite ranks.

A book by stalwart chess writer on an aspect of chess that is quite common, but little is written about, swindling in chess. In chess, a swindle is a ruse by which a player in a losing position tricks his opponent, and thereby achieves a win or draw instead of the expected loss. Renown chess writers Horowitz and Reinfeld observe that swindles, "though ignored in virtually all chess books", "play an enormously important role in over-the-board chess, and decide the fate of countless games".Andrew Soltis, American chess journalist, says swindles are not accidental or a matter of luck. Swindling is a skill. But there has been almost nothing written about how to do it, how to make yourself lucky in chess. Swindling means setting traps that exploit an opponents over-confidence. It means choosing the move that has the greatest chance of winning, rather than the move that has the least chance of losing.Soltis new proposal will explain to players of all levels how to do just that with plenty of examples to explain along the way.

The great Mikhail Botvinnik, world champion said: The foundation of chess is exchanging/ Knowing when and what to exchange or trade in chess is essential to improve your game, and this is the only book to help you do that.In chess an exchange or trade of chessmen is a series of closely related moves, typically sequential, in which the two players capture each others pieces. All chess pieces may be exchanged or captured in an exchange apart from the king which however can capture an opponents piece. Either the player of the white or the black pieces may make the first capture of the other players piece in an exchange, followed by the other player capturing a piece of the first player, often referred to as a recapture. These maneouvres happen throughout chess, but understanding when and how to do this to your best advantage can improve your game significantly.Written by the hugely popular chess writer, Andrew Soltis, My Kingdom for a Horse tells you whether you should exchange your bishop for a knight, which pair of bishops you should exchange, when you should keep rooks on the board and when should you refuse to trade anything.This unique book will provide the answers on an important and integral part of chess strategy.

An insightful new book that is perfect for newcomers to chess inspired by Netflixs Queens Gambit.Written by one of the best chess communicators in the business, chess master and chess journalist Andy Soltis divulges practical advice and explains technical terms that chess books often overlook. From learning how to train your mind with chess information to choosing the best chess opening, dip in and out of this invaluable guide to improve your chess in a minutes. Chess questions answered in this book include: Is there a best way to study chess? How do I know if I have a natural talent? How important is chess memory and how can I train mine? How long should I think before choosing a move? Is there a proper way to think? Can I think like a chess computer? How do I develop chess intuition? Dont try to swallow too much information in one sitting. Dip in and out of these great chess questions to better understand the game and let the improvement happen incrementally.

If you want to become a chess master, there are certain things you need to know essential tips and techniques that the masters know, and you need to learn. This incredibly useful book collects all these techniques together in one volume, so you can try them out, tick them off, and start on your path towards chess greatness. Arranged in chapters covering every aspect of chess, from openings to endgames, renowned chess author Andrew Soltis provides top 20 rundowns of these specific positions and techniques: chapters include Top 20 Sacrifices, Top 20 Crucial Middlegame Decisions, Top 20 Endgame Techniques and Top 20 Exact Endgames. Written in Andrew Soltiss eternally engaging and accessible style, this book will prove invaluable to any player who wants to become a chess master.

Following on from the enduring success of one of the most important chess books ever written, Bobby Fischer: My 60 Memorable Games, and the recently released Magnus Carlsen: 50 Memorable Games, celebrated chess writer Andrew Soltis delivers a book on Fabiano Caruana, the Grandmaster set to rival current world champion Magnus Carlsen. This book details Caruanas remarkable rise from chess prodigy to one of the best chess player in the world, exploring how he acquired the skills of 21st-century grandmaster chess over such a short period of time. This book dives into how he wins by analysing 60 of the games that made him who he is, describing the intricacies behind his and his opponents strategies, the tactical justification of moves and the psychological battle in each one.

Every chess player needs to know how to handle his pawns. Pawns form the playing fields of chess games, a semi-permanent structure that can determine whether a player wins or loses. This comprehensive guide to pawn structure teaches the reader where pieces are best placed, which pawns should be advanced further or exchanged, and why certain structures are good and others disastrous. This invaluable book is a major update of this chess-world classic, first published in 1975 and unavailable for several years.

An instructional book about the crucial questions that masters ask themselves before committing to a move a checklist for all players to ask themselves before making their own moves.Beginners learn to ask themselves the key questions. As they improve, they ask more sophisticated questions: What did my opponents last move allow me to do?", Where is his position weakest?", Should I take an irrevocable step now or wait?, What does my opponent want me to do?. For chess master players these are almost subconscious checklist. Andy Soltis runs through the checklist of things to ask before making a move with fascinating and illuminating examples of real chess games, from Karpov to Judith Polgar, from Magnus Carlsen to Fabiano Caruana. A key to improving is to ask all of these questions and find the right answers, for players looking to improve. The advice of Chess Masters is good advice for all chess players and the best way to take your play to the next level.

"Bobby Fischer...The precision and energy that he played with is unmatched in the history of chess."Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion Nearly 30 years since his last chess game, Bobby Fischers fame continues to grow. Appearing in Hollywood movies, documentaries and best-selling books, his life and career are as fascinating as they ever were and his games continue to generate discussion. Indeed, with each new generation of computer, stunning discoveries are made about moves that have been debated by grandmasters for decades.An updated, expanded edition of the 2003 classic, with all 100 games reanalyzed, along with six additional gamesThis book covers the entire career of an American chess grandmaster and eleventh World Chess Champion, going well beyond his My 60 Memorable Games, and includes rarely seen "lost" Fischer gamesWith new insights into what made the enigmatic Fischer play and act the way he did International Grandmaster Andrew Soltis played Fischer and also reported, as a journalist, on the Americans legendary career. He is the author of many books, including Pawn Structure Chess, 365 Chess Master Lessons and What it Takes to Become a Chess Master.

Strategies and examples for beating a superior opponent in chess.Chess history is littered with David vs Goliath chess struggles where the weaker player has prevailed. Chess masters, even international grandmasters, can be defeated by young, improving players who use the right techniques and proper attitude.In David vs Goliath Chess, renowned chess writer Andrew Soltis takes you through 50 annotated games that show how weaker players have scored stunning upsets by overcoming a superior opponents greater knowledge and experience.He gives tips on everything from the best psychological mindset to take on a strong player, to studying your opponents past games, identifying weaknesses and identifying chess strategies he or she wont expect.A great chess improver book that will benefit any regular chess player, including club players, giving the reader confidence to take on anyone at chess.

Todos los ajedrecistas conocen el dicho “el ajedrez es táctica en un 99%”. Sin embargo, esto no es cierto: el ajedrez es cálculo en un 99%. Hasta ahora nunca se había publicado un libro dedicado ente

Los peones tienen unos movimientos muy limitados. Pero es precisamente esa limitada movilidad lo que los hace tan importantes para la estrategia. La estructura (o esqueleto) de peones marca el territorio controlado por cada jugador y define los puntos fuertes y debiles que resultaran cruciales en el medio juego y en el final. En este original e importante libro podra aprender:-Como actuar en funcion de las diferentes estructuras de peones.-Como identificar los puntos fuertes y debiles en las cadenas de peones.-Cuando cambiar y cuando no peones en centro.-Como restringir las piezas enemigas y mantener flexible su propia posicion.-Como crear agujeros y otras debilidades, y como explotarlas luego. ...y muchas cosas mas, todo ello explicado e ilustrado con partidas completas y diagramas. Andrew Soltis es gran maestro internacional y un reputado periodista de ajedrez, columnista en el prestigioso diario New York Post y de la revista Chess Life. Es autor de mas de treinta libros de ajedrez, entre los que estan publicados en castellano por Paidotribo: La esencia del juego de ajedrez y El arte de la defensa en ajedrez.

Most chess games are not won they are lost. Many instructional chess books tell you how to improve a position when it is already (or may be) favourable. This book offers help when you definitely do not have the advantage. Every chess player needs a sound arsenal of defensive techniques. This book covers them all counterplay, when to accept sacrifices, how to anticipate short- and long-term threats, and how to minimise losses. It also helps you create a strong underlying psychological framework for defensive technique it teaches you how to stay cool under fire, how to stonewall and how to exploit your opponents weaknesses.

In chess, a transposition is a known position reached by a different move order than usual a less obvious way of getting to somewhere you want to go, leading to confusion for your opponent. Every chess player has a number of them in his arsenal, and they are used most often in openings. There are transpositional tricks in all openings, but this is the first book devoted to them. As the book covers all the key openings variations it can be used by most chess players. The introduction explains what transpositions are and why theyre invaluable, followed by 8 chapters discussing transpositions, illustrated by some notorious examples from top-flight matches. Chapters are divided by opening group Double e-pawn openings; Sicilian Defense; Other Semi-Open openings; Double e-pawn openings; Indian openings; Other 1 d4 openings; Reti, English, 1 g3. The benefits and drawbacks of each set of move orders are discussed throughout. This is an ideal book for all club players and is written by one of the best chess writers in the world today.

Its a fact of chess life that if you want to win, you have to put a bit of study in. Every chess player, from near-beginner to experienced tournament player, needs to learn the openings and keep on top of current theory. But studying doesnt have to be dull. This indispensable book contains foolproof ways to help the information go in... and stay in. Acclaimed chess author Andrew Soltis reveals the key techniques: - Why you cant study chess the same way you study school subjects - How to acquire the most important knowledge: intuition - The role of memorizing (its not a bad thing, despite what people say) - How to get the most out of playing over a masters game - Adopting a chess hero as a means of learning - How great players study - Computers as a study tool - How to train someone else

Consagrado por entero a los trucos de transposición en las aperturas, el libro explica qué son y por qué son tan valiosas, además de sus ventajas e inconvenientes.