Winning Chess Strategies

Yasser Seirawan

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Everyman Chess
03 March 2005

Hobbies, quizzes & games; Chess

Series: Winning Chess Series

"Gain the advantage over your opponent with easy-to-remember strategies from one of the world's top chess players! Strategy - it's the ultimate secret weapon for championship players around the world. Drawing on his considerable experience in tournament play, International Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows you how to apply flexible strategic principles to every part of your game. Using Seirawan's simple and effective planning and analysis techniques, you'll enter each game with confidence and energy, ready to play forcefully and intelligently - the way you need to play so you can win every time! In this book, learn to: knock your opponent off balance with bold opening moves; formulate an overall game strategy before the middle game; interpret the motivation behind your opponent's every move; and position yourself for a winning endgame. Diagrams throughout the book illustrate game positions, and you'll meet history's greatest chess strategies - learning from them move by move! Whether for reference during practice games or simply for pleasure reading, ""Winning Chess Strategies"" is an information packed resource you'll turn to again and again."

By: Yasser Seirawan
Imprint: Everyman Chess
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 185mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 33g
ISBN: 9781857443851
ISBN 10: 1857443853
Series: Winning Chess Series
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 03 March 2005
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Yasser Seirawan is one of the top-ranked chess players in the U.S. and was the first American candidate for the World Championship title since Bobby Fischer. He is a four-time U.S Champion, the 1989 Western Hemisphere Champion and a ten-time member of the U.S. chess Olympiad team. His achievements distinguish him as one of only a handful of players to have defeated world champions Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov in tournament play.

Reviews for Winning Chess Strategies

Seirawan does a great job with this book. --Chesscorner.com These two books will teach you enough to beat most of your friends and family and all the kids on your block. --Evan Kreider, ChessPraxis