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How to Reassess Your Chess: Chess Mastery Through Imbalances [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 658 pages, kõrgus x laius: 255x180 mm, kaal: 1160 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2010
  • Kirjastus: Siles Press,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 1890085138
  • ISBN-13: 9781890085131
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 658 pages, kõrgus x laius: 255x180 mm, kaal: 1160 g
  • Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2010
  • Kirjastus: Siles Press,U.S.
  • ISBN-10: 1890085138
  • ISBN-13: 9781890085131
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How to Reassess Your Chess has long been considered a modern classic. Now, this fourth and final edition -- completely rewritten and featuring all new examples -- takes Silmans ground-breaking concept of imbalances to a whole new level. Designed for players in the 1400 to 2100 rating range and for teachers looking for a ready-made chess curriculum, the author shares a mind-expanding journey that takes the reader through imbalance-basics, ensures that every detail of all the imbalances are mastered, and leaves the player/lover of chess with something he always wanted but never believed he could achieve: a master-level positional foundation. A section on practical chess psychology (titled Psychological Meanderings) presents never-before-published ideas on psychological processes that hinder players of all levels, and gives easy-to-follow advice and techniques that will help anyone overcome these ubiquitous mental/emotional failings. Hundreds of games brought to life by instruction-rich prose, and stories that offer humour while highlighting various lessons, vividly illustrate all the books topics in a manner thats both personal and fun. If the positional masterpieces of the chess legends have always been a mystery to you, if chess strategy has always been an unsolvable enigma, if you find yourself a positional pawn rather than a positional master, then How to Reassess Your Chess, 4th edition will prove to be a life-changing experience.

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The Rolls Royce of instructive chess booksmore chess players have improved by reading How to Reassess Your Chess than any other book. John Watson, International Master and author of over 30 chess books It seems crazy for Silman to do a complete reassessment of his groundbreaking work, but the all-new 4th edition is better than ever! This book is a must for all players serious about improving their game. Joel Benjamin, International Grandmaster, three-time U.S. Chess Champion, and author A whole chess generation grew up with How to Reassess Your Chess. This magnificent new edition will delight teachers, those who want to improvetheir game, and those who dreamed of new material on Silmans imbalance-concept. Yasser Seirawan, International Grandmaster, four-time U.S. Chess Champion, and author This tour de force by Jeremy Silman is a book every chess player should have. It is in a class of its own. I believe it is the best instructional book that has ever been written. Mr. Silman combines technical prowess with his mature insight into the human mind to bring us an exposition that reaches beyond the chessboard to an invaluable understanding of how we can overcome our self-defeating patterns in chess and life.Read this book now and feel its depth and power. Daniel Doen Silberberg, Zen teacher (White Plum Lineage) and author of Wonderland: The Zen of Alice Brilliant chess instruction, practicality, psychological acuity, wit and sheer entertainment. Even spiritual wisdom! Silman has written a chess book like no other. Does it get any better than this?Mahamandaleshwar Swami Shankarananda, USCF Master, head of Shiva Ashram (Melbourne, Australia), and author of the bestselling Happy for No Good Reason and other books on meditation and spirituality

Preface xi
Acknowledgements xii
Introduction xiii
Part One The Concept of Imbalances
1(28)
Imbalances/Learning the ABCs
3(26)
Superior Minor Piece - Bishops vs. Knights
4(1)
Pawn Structure - Weak Pawns, Passed Pawns, etc
5(1)
Space - The Annexation of Territory
6(1)
Material - The Philosophy of Greed
7(1)
Control of a Key File - Roads for Rooks
8(1)
Control of a Hole/Weak Square-Homes for Horses
8(1)
Lead in Development - You're Outnumbered!
9(1)
Initiative - Calling the Shots
10(1)
King Safety - Dragging Down the Enemy Monarch
11(1)
Statics vs. Dynamics - The Battle Between Short Term and Long Term Imbalances
12(1)
Planning - Creating Your Own Future
13(10)
Talk to the Board and It Will Talk to You
23(5)
Summary
28(1)
Part Two Minor Pieces
29(78)
Knights/Psychopaths of the Chessboard!
31(23)
Summary
50(2)
Knights - Tests
52(2)
Bishops/Speed Demons of the Diagonals
54(23)
The Active Bishop
54(4)
The Useful Bishop
58(4)
The Tall-Pawn
62(7)
Bishops of Opposite Colors
69(5)
Summary
74(1)
Bishops - Tests
75(2)
Bishops vs. Knights/Grudge Match
77(26)
Feeling the Minor Piece Tension
78(5)
The Two Bishops
83(1)
Two Bishops Antidote - Trade One Off
83(2)
Free Range Bishops Are Happier Bishops
85(2)
Bishops vs. Knights
87(1)
The Great Breakout
87(4)
The Incarcerated Knight
91(1)
Pawns and Squares Often Determine a Minor Piece's Value
92(1)
Even the Most Innocent Pawn-Move Can Potentially Weaken a Square
93(4)
All Pawns on One Side of the Board = An Octopus' Garden
97(2)
Mr. Knight Prepares to Take a Journey
99(3)
Summary
102(1)
Bishops vs. Knights-Tests
103(4)
Part Three Rooks
107(26)
Rooks/Files, Ranks, and Targets
109(24)
Creating an Open File
109(5)
Stealing an Open File
114(2)
Waiting to Pull the File-Opening Trigger
116(3)
Control of the 7th or 8th Ranks
119(11)
Summary
130(1)
Rooks -Tests
131(2)
Part Four Psychological Meanderings
133(90)
Material/Fear of Giving Up or Taking Material
135(23)
Stepping Beyond Fear
135(7)
Embracing Your Inner Greed
142(2)
Imbalances vs. Material
144(5)
The Stockholm Variation of the Classical Dragon
149(1)
Catalan Opening
150(1)
Ruy Lopez, Marshall Attack
151(3)
Summary
154(1)
Material-Tests
155(3)
Mental Breakdown/Overcoming the Trap of "I Can't" and "I Must"
158(16)
Bowing to Panic
158(2)
It's My Party and I'll Move What I Want To
160(3)
The Eerie Phenomenon of Mutual Delusion
163(4)
The Curse of "I Can't"
167(5)
Summary
172(2)
Mental Breakdown-Tests
174(23)
Macho Chess/ The Art of Insistence
176(1)
Pushing Your Own Agenda
176(11)
Key Positions
187(7)
Summary
194(1)
Macho Chess -Tests
195(2)
Various States of Chess Consciousness
197(26)
Lack of Patience
201(7)
Lazy/Soft Moves
208(9)
Pay Attention!
217(3)
Summary
220(1)
Various States of Chess Consciousness - Tests
221(2)
Part Five Target Consciousness
223(54)
Introduction
225(2)
Weak Pawns/ The Sound of Ripe Fruit Falling
227(21)
The Isolated Pawn
227(8)
The Backward Pawn
235(4)
Doubled Pawns
239(5)
The Irish Pawn Center
244(2)
Summary
246(2)
Weak Squares
248(11)
Summary
258(1)
Dragging Down the Central Enemy King!
259(18)
Summary
273(1)
Target Consciousness - Tests
274(3)
Part Six Statics vs. Dynamics
277(24)
Statics vs. Dynamics
279(22)
Boxer vs. Puncher - A Battle of Opposing Philosophies
279(4)
Statics vs. Dynamics in the Openings
283(14)
Summary
297(1)
Statics vs. Dynamics - Tests
298(3)
Part Seven Space
301(52)
Crushing Your Opponent in Space's Embrace
303(20)
The Great Land Grab
303(13)
Dueling Spatial Plusses
316(7)
Fighting Against Space
323(30)
Exchange Pieces!
323(2)
Use Pawn Breaks!
325(7)
Gains in Space = Potential Weak Squares
332(5)
A Space-Gaining Pawn Center Might be a Target
337(11)
Summary
348(2)
Space-Tests
350(3)
Part Eight Passed Pawns
353(36)
Baby Queens on the Run
355(34)
Creation
356(4)
A Little Help From Its Friends
360(3)
Passed Pawn Tango
363(1)
The Dynamic Passer
364(3)
Three Kinds of Useless Passed Pawns
367(7)
Blockades
374(1)
Failed Blockades
374(5)
Successful Blockades
379(2)
Blockade - Caveat (Obicem) Emptor
381(4)
Summary
385(1)
Passed Pawns - Tests
386(3)
Part Nine Other Imbalances
389(35)
Imbalances in the Opening
391(1)
Creating an Opening Repertoire
391(2)
Integrating Imbalances With Your Opening Choices
393(23)
Waylaid into Opening Chaos
416(4)
Summary
420(1)
Imbalances in the Opening - Tests
421(3)
Mixing Imbalances
424(1)
Mixing Imbalances - Tests
424(5)
Answers to Tests
429(218)
Appendix/ Instructive Articles
611(2)
Introduction
613(1)
Imbalances
613(3)
Help! I Need a Plan!
616(9)
Two Questions on Planning
625(2)
The Art and Science of the Isolated d-Pawn
627(4)
The Art of Stealing Opening Ideas
631(5)
Creating a Study Program
636(3)
The Study of Master Games
639(2)
Offering a Draw
641(2)
Proper Tournament Diet
643(1)
Is Chess a Gentleman's Game?
644(2)
Teaching Chess to Children
646(1)
Bibliography 647(2)
Index of Concepts 649(3)
Index of Players and Games 652
Jeremy Silman is an International Master and a world-class teacher, writer, and player who has won the American Open, the National Open, and the U.S. Open. Considered by many to be the games preeminent instructive writer, he is the author of over thirty-seven books, including Silmans Complete Endgame Course, The Amateurs Mind, The Complete Book of Chess Strategy, and The Reassess Your Chess Workbook. His website (www.jeremysilman.com) offers fans of the game instruction, book reviews, theoretical articles, and details of his work in the creation of the chess scene in the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone.