405 Seiten, kartoniert, Thinkers Publishing, 1. Auflage 2017
'Grandmaster Insides' takes you into the inner world of Maxim Dlugy, as he recounts and analyzes what a young player went through to become a champion and what areas of development are important for self-improvement as a chess player. As the highest rated player in the world in the age group of 15 and until he became World Junior Champion at 20, Maxim has an ideal vantage point from which to recount the exploits of a talented young player. He became the highest rated blitz player in the world, won numerous International tournments and even tied for 1-4th place in the first World Rapid Championship in Mazatlan, while missing becoming a World Championship Candidate when he was 19 by half a point. Dlugy covers important topics: preparation for your opponent, match play and the search for the objective truth in chess, taking the examples from his own career. His games and interaction with World Chess Champions will give the reader a deeper look at some of the best players in history such as Tal, Smyslov, Spassky, Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik and even Magnus Carlsen.
Maxim Dlugy is a former US Junior Champion, World Junior Champion, 2 times National Open Champion, 2 times World Open Champion, and a Former President of the US Chess Federation. He has helped prepare both Garry Kasparov and Anatoly Karpov for major international events (including world chess championship matches), has an opening variation named after hirn and many young students in the top 50 lists in the USo His shows on ICC and chess. com has attracted a large audience as he explains his thoughts during the games.
Gewicht: 800 g
Breite 17,1 cm
Höhe  23,5 cm
Erscheinungsjahr    2017
Autor  : Max Dlugy
Sprache: Englisch
Auflage:1
ISBN-13 9789492510082
Seiten : 405
Einband: kartoniert

Inhalt:
004 Key to Symbols used & Bibliography
006 Introduction
009 Chapter 1 - How I grew up to become a Professional Chess Player
019 Chapter 2 - Key Moments of Development as a Child
025 Chapter 3 - Integration of Chess Into Normal Life
029 Chapter 4 - The Role of Blitz
039 Chapter 5 - Development of Necessary Skills: Tactics & Strategy
047 Chapter 6 - Improvement Secrets
053 Chapter 7 - How to Study Openings
 
095 Chapter 8 - Learning a new Opening System
105 Chapter 9 - Preparation for a Match
139 Chapter 10 - Preparing for the Next Round in a Swiss Tournament
147 Chapter 11 - Analysis & Paralysis
159 Chapter 12 - Touching the Stars
173 Chapter 13 - Enhancements: Dvoretsky, Geller, Gulko, Deep Blue
185 Chapter 14 - Rubbing Shoulders with the Greats
185 Chapter 14a - Garry Kasparov
211 Chapter 14b - Viswanathan Anand
227 Chapter 14c - Misha Tal
235 Chapter 14d - Vassily Smyslov
243 Chapter 14e - Boris Spassky
247 Chapter 14f - Vladimir Kramnik
257 Chapter 14g - Anatoly Karpov
273 Chapter 14h - Magnus Carlsen
279 Chapter 15 - Crucial Games
349 Chapter 16 - Chess Writing
359 Chapter 17 - Amazing Games and Combinations
387 Chapter 18 - Blitz and Rapid Successes and the Reasons for them
391 Chapter 19 - Grandmaster Insides
405 Epilogue