Chess Tips for the Improving Player

Chess Tips for the Improving Player gives practical advice for club players who want to take the next step towards chess mastery. Amatzia Avni looks at live from an unusual angle. His approach is far more creative than merely offering the usual tips such as ``develop your pieces`` and ``control the centre``.

Instead of repeating clichés seen before in countless books, the author scrutinized a huge number of chess positions, asking himself, `What can be learned from them?`

The reader can now benefit from Avni´s painstaking efforts.

CONTENTS
Symbols 4
Introduction 5
Acknowledgements 5
1 The Board 7
2 Pieces: Value, Placement, Exchanges 21
3 General Approach 37
4 Rules of Thumb 61
5 In Search of Ideas 77
6 Phases of the Game 95
7 Strategy 109
8 Tactics 127
9 Attack and Defence 143
10 Planning 161
11 Decisions 183
12 Learning 205
Training Exercises 220
Solutions to Exercises 225
Index of Players and Composers 230

• Casa editrice Quality Chess
• Code 5802
• Anno 2008
• Pagine p. 234
• Isbn 9789185779031