Test Your Chess - Softcover

Pedersen, Steffen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1901983358 ISBN 13: 9781901983357

Publisher: Gambit Publications, 2001

Synopsis

This book offers a variety of entertaining and thought-provoking exercises in fundamental chess skills. It will help players of all standards to identify strengths and pinpoint areas of their play that need their attention. The first half of the book tests the player's ability in each part of the game. Opening Exercises test the player's ability to develop harmoniously and to find creative solutions in the first part of the game. The middlegame section assesses the player's proficiency at making decisions relating to attack and defense, prophylactic thinking and finding the correct plan. The endgame challenges focus on the basic essential knowledge that often decides real-life games. The second half of the book is comprised of "How Good Is Your Chess" exercises, where the reader is asked to follow one side through a complete game, trying to guess each move as if playing a real game. Points are awarded according to accuracy of the reader's decisions. Full, detailed solutions are given to all exercises.

About this title

About the Author

Steffen Pedersen is a young international master from Denmark. He scored a grandmaster norm when he was 16, and played in several World and European junior championships. In 1988 he was joint winer of the Hampstead Grandmaster tournament, and achieved another Grandmaster norm at the Aars get2net Cup in 1999. He has written several highly-regarded opening books, with subjects including the Dutch Defense, Sicilian Scheveningen, Benko Gambit and the Semi-Slav.

Edition details

• Publisher: Gambit Publications
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1901983358
• ISBN 13: 9781901983357
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160