Winning Chess is a truly classic chess book, beloved of chess-mad teenagers since it was first published in 1970, updated and repackaged in algebraic format. Written in lively, conversational style by two prolific and popular chess authors, it is aimed at players who have gone past the beginner stage and want to take their game to a whole new level
These 60 complete games, annotated throughout, emphasize the Cuban master's elegant, classic, accurate, lethal endgame play against Alekhine, Lasker, Marshall, Nimzowitsch, Réti, the best. Here are real games from match and tournament play, with endings that seem like long-contemplated works of art.
"The novice who plays through Logical Chess can learn an ocean of basic chess wisdom."—Leonard Barden, English chess master and broadcaster “Entertains . . . as it reinforces strategic lessons gleaned from chess titans. Illustrates effective middle-game plans.”— Library Journal Having learned the basic moves, how exactly should a player improve? In this popular classic, the author explains 33 complete games, in detail, move by move, including the reason for each one. Playing through these games and explanations gives real insight into the power of the pieces and how to post them most effectively.
Here are 62 masterly demonstrations of the basic strategies of winning at chess, compiled and annotated by one of the game's most admired and respected writers. Each game offers a classic example of a fundamental problem and its best resolution, described and diagrammed in the clearest possible manner for players of every level of skill.As Irving Chernev observes in the Introduction, "Who will doubt the tremendous power exerted by a Rook posted on the seventh rank after seeing Capablanca's delightfully clear-cut demonstration in Game No. 1 against Tartakower? And who will not learn a great deal about the art of handling Rook and Pawn endings (the most important endings in chess) after playing through Tarrasch's game against Thorold?"Chernev's lively and illuminating notes on each game reveal precisely how Capablanca, Tarrasch, and other masters — Fischer, Alekhine, Lasker, and Petrosian among them — turn theory into practice as they attack and maneuver to control the board. Readers will find their techniques improving with each lesson as Irving Chernev dissects winning strategies, comments on alternate tactics, and marvels at the finesse of winning play, noting at the end of his "I might just as well have called this collection The Most Beautiful Games of Chess Ever Played ."
Step-by-step explanation of intricacies of combinative play. 356 combinations by Botvinnik, Keres, Capablanca, others, all annotated. 356 diagrams.
Both an instruction book and an engaging meditation on the joys of chess, this is the final work by one of the most successful chess writers of all time. Irving Chernev blends anecdotes with his observations on inspiring moves and combinations by well- and lesser-known players, including Troitzky, Réti, Kasparyan, Benko, Kubbel, Rinck, Grigoriev, and many others.Each example is introduced with a cue ("White to play and win") and includes the composer's name, the date of its original publication if available, a clear diagram with an algebraic grid, and the winning variation presented in algebraic notion. Chernev's sparkling text is complemented by introductions by national Master Bruce Pandolfini and Adam Hart-Davis, an editor who worked with Chernev and who helped assemble this posthumous publication.Appropriate for players at every level, 200 Brilliant Endgames promises to assist chess enthusiasts in sharpening their endgame skills and to enhance their pleasure and satisfaction in the game.
Si on demande à des joueurs anglo-saxons d'un certain âge de dresser une liste des livres d'échecs dont ils recommandent la lecture pour progresser à ce jeu, l'ouvrage que vous tenez présentement entre vos mains est souvent cité. Irving Chernev (1900 - 1981) est certainement l'un des auteurs de livres d'échecs anglo-saxons les plus connus (avec Fred Reinfeld) et des meilleurs durant les années qui s'étendent de la fin de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale jusqu'au milieu des années soixante-dix du siècle passé. "Les parties d'échecs les plus instructives jamais jouées" contient 62 parties sélectionnées en fonction de leur intérêt didactique, c'est-à-dire de ce que peut en retirer le lecteur en vue d'améliorer sa propre pratique du jeu, en particulier du point de vue des aspects stratégiques et positionnels. Ainsi, ce livre, contrairement à d'autres ouvrages, n'est pas juste un recueil de parties commentées, il est mû par le souci pédagogique explicite de viser à faire progresser le lecteur. Il faut reconnaître qu'Irving Chernev est un bon pédagogue et que son livre constitue vraiment un excellent manuel d'apprentissage ! Un ouvrage particulièrement recommandé pour tout joueur, et particulièrement pour ceux dont le classement Elo est inférieur à 2000 points.