Chess Exam and Training Guide

Author: Igor Khmelnitsky
Publisher: Chess Exams
ISBN: 9780975476116
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
The original best-selling Chess Exam and Training Guide (IamCoach Press, 2004) scored rave reviews from readers and experts alike. It won the very prestigious Cramer Best Book award from the CJA (Chess Journalists of America) and has been translated into French and Russian. In this sequel, the focus is exclusively on Tactics. Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned master, this book will help you to evaluate your current level, identify your weaknesses, and get training advice. You will discover: 60 diagrams with 120 multiple-choice questions of varied complexity. Comprehensive answers with diagrams to make reviewing easier. Distributions of answers and other statistical reports by rating. Results are evaluated and ratings are assigned Overall and by 29(!) distinct sub-categories. Comprehensive reports on each of the categories with examples, training recommendations and training material suggestions. How do you improve your Tactical ability? The best way is by improving your understanding of tactical ideas and solving tactical positions.

Chess Exam: Matches Against Chess Legends

Author: Igor Khmelnitsky
Publisher: Chess Exams
ISBN: 9780975476109
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Best-selling and award-winning author Igor Khmelnitsky gathers examples from Bobby Fischer's games that are educational and entertaining, and can be studied without a board. In each of the examples the readers will take the seat of Fischer's opponent and be asked to come up with an assessment and a move. Based on their response they are assigned points towards their rating evaluation and a game score towards their "match." Once finished, the readers will learn how well they have done in the "match," have an estimate of their rating, and know what they need to work on to improve their game. In this new book, the readers will discover: - 60 diagrams with multiple-choice questions of varied complexity, - comprehensive answers with diagrams to make reviewing easier, - distributions of answers and other statistical reports by rating, - ratings assigned overall and by 13 distinct categories, - bonus material: warm-up, tie-breaker, tips and training suggestions, and more....

Chess Exam and Training Guide

Author: Igor Khmelnitsky
Publisher: Chess Exams
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 324

Book Description
This book offers a unique approach to chess self-evaluation and training. It will answer the two most common questions that players ask an experienced coach - what is my true rating (or strengths and weaknesses)? How do I improve? The readers will find: 100 diagrams & 200 total questions of various difficulty. Comprehensive answers include diagrams for easy reading away from the chessboard. Distributions of answers, percentiles and other statistical reports by rating group from unrated to 2400+. Match yourself against players of all levels, up to grandmaster and see how you stock up. Results evaluated and Rating assigned overall & by 12 distinct categories: Opening, Middlegame, Endgame, Attack, Defense, Counterattack, Tactics, Strategy, Calculations, Standard Positions (Endgame), Sacrifices, Recognizing Threats. Comprehensive reports on each of the categories with examples, training recommendations and book/materials suggestions The book will be essential reading for everyone who plays chess because it will: a. help them to understand their current situation by identifying their strengths and weaknesses; b. give them clear explanations on how to improve, both in suggesting the appropriate training materials and in outlining the training methods; c. encourage players to establish and then follow a structured training plan; d. relieve player's anxiety by assuring that there is plenty of help available to those who are interested in understanding the game better and improve their skills; e. provide players with means of getting all their questions answered via timely advice from experienced coaches and also their peers.

Build Up Your Chess 1

Author: Artur Yusupov
Publisher: Quality Chess Uk Llp
ISBN: 9781906552015
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 261

Book Description
Artur Yusupov's complete course of chess training stretches to nine volumes, guiding the reader towards a higher chess understanding using carefully selected positions and advice. To make sure that this new knowledge sticks, it is then tested by a selection of puzzles. The course is structured in three series with three levels. The Fundamentals level is the easiest one, Beyond the Basics is more challenging, and Mastery is quite difficult, even for stronger players. The various topics – Tactics, Strategy, Positional Play, Endgames, Calculating Variations, and Openings – are spread evenly across the nine volumes, giving readers the chance to improve every area as they work through the books. This book is the first volume at the Fundamentals level. The Build Up Your Chess series won the prestigious Boleslavsky Medal from FIDE (the World Chess Federation) as the best instructional chess books in the world.

Teaching Chess, Step by Step

Author: Igor Khmelnitsky
Publisher: Teaching Chess, Step by Step
ISBN: 9781888690712
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
This book is designed to be a companion of Book 1, Teaching Chess Step by Step Teacher s Manual. It contains a series of exercises designed to reinforce the knowledge that children gain from the teacher s presentations in the classroom. The exercises were designed for K-12 beginners and require a minimum of explanation. The solution may be written in chess notation or drawn on the board. The teacher can use the exercises for presentation in class or as homework. They are designed for individual or group use. With respect to homework, it is advised that during the class the teacher shows some examples that are slightly modified versions of the exercises in the book, so the children will gain some understanding of the subject matter and what is asked of them.

Teaching Chess, Step by Step: Teacher's Manual

Author: Igor Khmelnitsky
Publisher: Russell Enterprises
ISBN: 9781888690699
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Few materials exist to help the classroom teacher who has never played chess or knows only some chess. This manual was designed to address this deficiency. It is written in a manner that allows the teacher to see how to present the material in his or her classroom. This manual will lead a group of beginning students from the rudiments of chess rules to the ability of playing a full game in a competent manner.

Chess Life

Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Chess
Languages : en
Pages : 540

Book Description

Winning Chess Tournaments

Author: Robert M. Snyder
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595453473
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 228

Book Description
In Winning Chess Tournaments, chess coach Robert M. Snyder takes his Chess for Everyone book a step further by providing a guide for students and coaches to prepare for tournament competition. The author reveals secrets of training that resulted in students winning thirty-six individual first place titles in championship sections at the national championships. Additional study materials to extend and supplement Chess for Everyone. Training and conditioning before and during tournaments. Understanding how tournaments work and making the most out of tournament rules. Important role of psychology in competition. How to study and prepare openings, endgames and tactics (includes extensive materials for actual study). Profiles and games of individual scholastic champions. Written for advanced beginners and intermediate players.

Test Your Chess

Author: Zenon Franco
Publisher: Everyman Chess
ISBN: 1781941653
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 829

Book Description
Grandmaster and renowned chess coach Zenón Franco provides a training course designed to help all aspiring players to improve their chess. During each lesson, you are invited to play a 'game' in which you try to find the best moves at all the important moments. Points are awarded for selecting the best moves - and are deducted for selecting blunders! At the end of each lesson there is a points scale to indicate how well you have 'played'. This means you are able to accurately measure your progress as you work through the book. Readers are tested in all aspects of chess: attack, defence, counterattack, tactics, structures, strategy, endgames and so on. Following this interactive course of lessons is an ideal way to improve your game. A structured course of chess trainingIncludes 40 deeply annotated exercise gamesIdeal for both chess students and trainers

Chess Strategy

Author: Leonid Nikolaev
Publisher: Maurizio Camangi
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 92

Book Description
Leonid Nikolaev, International Master and first instructor of the "Avangard" chess academy, has authored this booklet with 200 positions, either from the "Classics" of the past and also from modern games, all and only about strategic motifs. His endeavor wants to fill up a gap: whilst it is very easy to find so many training books about tactics and combinational motifs, when it comes to strategy - a work purely focused on positional motifs - it is quite the opposite. Herein solutions are not "White (or Black) to move and win", with mate or material advantage, but rather moves to gain a positional advantage. Intended for titled players (1st Category and Candidate Master) the benefits provided by this approach have been proved on the field throughout the training sessions by the author himself, at the "Avangard" chess academy.