Synopses & Reviews
Learn What it Takes to Win a Chess TournamentRobert M. Snyder is one of America’s top chess trainers for young players and the coach of many first-place tournament players. In Winning Chess Tournaments for Juniors, he reveals the secrets of his students’ success. In addition to providing preparatory advice and tactical lessons for champions-in-training, Snyder outlines winning games of chess champions and includes profiles of individual players. Winning Chess Tournaments for Juniors covers:
§ Tips for training and conditioning before tournaments
§ Tournament rules and how to make the most of them
§ The psychology of competition
§ Key opening and endgame strategies
§ Exercises in pattern recognition
Synopsis
One of the top chess coaches in the country teaches kids the psychology of competition and the inside scoop on how chess tournaments work.
About the Author
Robert M. Snyder, National Chess Master, is a highly-regarded chess educator whose teams have won the National Scholastic Championships ten times. His students have won first place 35 times (a national record) as individuals in championship sections at the National Scholastic Championships. He has introduced chess to more than 160,000 elementary and junior high school students. In 1983, he founded the Chess for Juniors club, now based in Fort Collins, Colorado. He is also the author of the bestselling Chess for Juniors and Unbeatable Chess Lessons for Juniors.