Training with Moska: Practical Chess Exercises - Tactics, Strategy, Endgames - Softcover

Moskalenko, Viktor

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9789056916763: Training with Moska: Practical Chess Exercises - Tactics, Strategy, Endgames

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ISBN 10: 9056916769 ISBN 13: 9789056916763

Publisher: New In Chess, 2017

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Viktor Moskalenko is one of the leading chess instructors in the world. Not only has he coached Masters and Grandmasters, including Ukrainian star Vassily Ivanchuk, he has also taught hundreds of classes for amateurs and his best-selling books have inspired thousands of ambitious club players all over the world.

Training with Moska is a based on the best instructive material Moskalenko collected while working with amateurs for three decades. The book covers a wide variety of aspects of the game and the more than 450 instructive positions are accessible for players of a wide range of strengths. If you have an ELO rating between 1400 and 2100, this book will help you make a big step forward.

With his famous light touch and humour Moskalenko explains the themes and concepts of his countless subjects in great detail. Subsequently, he presents a multitude of typical examples and rounds off with large exams to test your understanding.

As if you are attending one of his training sessions, your imagination and visualization will improve, you will learn to recognize the intentions of your opponent, you will find out how to select between options before you start to calculate, and much more. You will experience what thousands did before you: Training with Moska is not just very useful, it is a lot of fun as well!

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About the Author:

Viktor Moskalenko (1960) is an International Grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer. The former Ukrainian champion has won many tournaments in Spain, his new home country. He is the author of The Fabulous Budapest Gambit (2007), Revolutionize Your Chess (2009), The Wonderful Winawer (2010), The Perfect Pirc-Modern (2013), The Diamond Dutch (2014) and The Even More Flexible French (2015).

Review:

"It is always fun to be instructed by Viktor Moskalenko as he has such a fresh and creative approach!" (Karsten Muller, Grandmaster, author of 'Bobby Fischer: The Carreer and Complete Games')

"Very clearly structured (..) The part on the endgame for me is the highlight. This is a wonderful training book which presents important aspects of the game. It will bring all players with an Elo of 1600 or more a strong improvement of their playing strength. I wouldn't be able to put an upper Elo limit on the usefulness of the book, since I myself learnt a thing or two." (Dirk Schuh, International Master Rochade Europa Magazine)

"Very accessible (..) Moskalenko gives knowledge in bite-sized chunks (..) Really good stuff, a book you can dip in and out easily." (Daniel King, Grandmaster)

"Viktor Moskalenko is back with another highly entertaining and instructive book (..) TWM gives me enough material to keep me occupied as both a teacher and active player for some time to come. More books please, Moska!" (Sean Marsh CHESS Magazine (UK))

"Like all Moskalenko's books, it's a good read, entertaining and full of off-topic incidental nuggets about openings (..) instruction through inspiration." (Matthew Sadler, Former British Champion Grandmaster)

"Moskalenko has delivered brilliant chess books (..) Now he has delved into the countless lessons he has given and the reader can start practicing with more than 500 positions. A special sense of humor makes his comments and explanations of solutions enjoyably readable (..) It precisely addresses the weaknesses of the average club player. An instructional manual of exceptional quality." (B.H. Wilders Nederlands Dagblad)

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