GARY LANE

Todos los jugadores de ajedrez sueñan con crear una obra maestra combativa, culminada por un hermoso mate o una brutal caza del rey. Pero pocas partidas finalizan así. Los jugadores o bien omiten el plan de ataque, o bien no consiguen llevarlo a cabo hasta su conclusion logica: el mate. En este libro se explican elementos del juego de ataque que, una vez asimilados, permitiran a los jugadores conducir con exito el ataque en sus propias partidas. Los ejemplos se han elegido para mostrar como puede un jugador crear las condiciones adecuadas para emprender un ataque. El libro parte de la premisa que una posicion critica debe ser cuidadosamente examinada; solo tras haber pasado revista a un cierto numero de jugadas previas se sabran reconocer ciertos factores que influiran positivamente en el juego. Cada diagrama muestra el tipo de posicion que se produce en la practica y es beneficioso saber que tipo de jugadas preparatorias son precisas para conseguir la victoria. Los diversos capitulos del libro tratan de otros tantos aspectos del juego y todos incluyen abundantes ejemplos didacticos. Estos ejemplos serviran para que el lector se ejercite en temas como estructuras de peones y disposicion de piezas. Un estudio mas minucioso revelara elementos que resultaran utiles para dictaminar cuando es el momento preciso para emprender un ataque. Abordar los diez problemas que se incluyen al final de cada capitulo ayudara al lector a agudizar su juego y, al mismo tiempo, le servira para verificar si ha asimilado los temas comentados. El autor, Gary Lane, es un experto jugador de ajedrez, competidor en tornos internacionales. Gano el campeonato de la Commonwealth en 1988 y participa regularmente en campeonatos nacionales por equipos.

No time to study but want to win more chess games? "Improve Your Chess in 7 Days" is packed with practical tips, hints on how to improve, learn from the champions and find out how to beat them - in just a week. With one short chapter for each day of the week, the book is ideal for social chess players and includes a sprinkling of chess cartoons to keep you smiling as you read. With comments and advice after each move, this is as clear a guide to improving your chess as you will ever need.

A follow-up to the bestselling Improve Your Chess in 7 Days, this essential chess instructor is perfect for players who are desperate to brush up on their tactics but dont have time to devote to long hours of study. Handily arranged day by day, it is full of easy-to-follow advice on developing nifty tricks that will confound your opponent and help you win the game. It includes all the basic tactical skills such as pins, decoys, deflections, double attacks etc, then delves deeper, showing you how to harness them at various points of the game. It also contains a sprinkling of chess cartoons to keep you smiling as you read. Day 1: So You Want to Improve Your Tactics? Day 2: Understanding Tactics Day 3: Develop Your Creativity Day 4: Tactics in the Opening Day Day 5: Tactics in the Middlegame Day 6: Tactics in the Endgame Day 7: Blunders and Brilliancies Packed with tips and tricks, this books clear, no-nonsense style makes it the ideal companion for sharpening your tactics - quickly.

This title, suitable for both novices and children, allows readers to find the right way to deliver a checkmate in one, two or more moves from hundreds of positions provided by the author. By tackling these puzzles, they can begin to think like chessplayers and visualize, calculate and advance.

Find the Winning Move contains hundreds of chess positions in which the reader must find the right way to deliver a winner in one, two or more moves. International Master Gary Lane uses his teaching skill and experience to present a fun but educational puzzle book that helps players develop recognition of tactical combinations. Over 400 puzzles are presented to allow players of all levels - from novices upwards - to improve their game. Hours of enjoyment and entertainment are to be gained from trying to solve these puzzles and youll end up a better chess player at the end of it.