Synopses & Reviews
Some players become good at chess, some very good, while others excel at the game. In this book Jacob Aagaard identified the key factors that separate the very strong players from the rest. In Excelling at Chess, he includes chapters on when to calculate, how to evaluate positions, how to study theory, how to study the endgame and when to force the position. Anyone who follows the advice in this book cannot fail to improve their feel for the game. (6 1/4 x 9 1/4, 192 pages, diagrams)
Synopsis
This book identifies the key factors that separate the very strong players from the rest. Anyone who follows the advice in this book cannot fail to improve their feel for the game.
About the Author
Jacob Aagaard is an international master and studies languages, semiotics and communication at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Århus in Denmark. He is gaining a reputation as a highly diligent author and his previous books for Everyman include
The Dutch Stonewall and the
Sicilian Kalashnikov (with Jan Pinski).