Studies for Practical Players: Improving Calculation and Rescourfulness in the Endgame

by Mark Dvoretsky and Oleg Pervakov

Nowadays, chessplayers spend almost all their free time preparing openings, and rarely spend the time necessary to perfect the vitally important technique of calculating. Regular training in solving and playing out endgames studies is a good recipe for eliminating that shortcoming. This training is directed at developing resourcefulness, fantasy (in chess, these qualities are called combinative acuity ), and the readiness to sacrifice material, in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 188869064X
• ISBN13: 9781888690644
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Russell Enterprises
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"