A Fresh Look at Chess (Paperback)

Lev Alburt

ISBN 10: 188932325X / ISBN 13: 9781889323251

Published by Chess Information & Research Center, New York, 2012

About this Item

Paperback. For the last ten years Grandmaster Lev Alburt has been writing a very special monthly column for the U. S. Chess Federation's magazine, Chess Life. Nontitled readers are asked to contribute their most instructive games, with generous annotations. From dozens of entries, Lev chooses for his column one he considers to be of greatest value for CL's readers, adding his own comments and advice. For this book, Lev has selected forty of his best columns, arranged by theme, and has added some new material, all to make A Fresh Look at Chess truly instructional and also fun to read and learn from. Most chess books have been written by grandmasters and use only the hard-to-understand games of grandmasters to help amateurs. This book uses a new, complementary-and very effective-approach: amateur games reveal the mistakes your opponents will make, and show you how to capitalize on them. What everyone can learn from the best of Chess Lifes amateur games. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Fresh Look at Chess (Paperback)
• Publisher: Chess Information & Research Center, New York
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 188932325X
• ISBN 13: 9781889323251
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

What everyone can learn from the best of Chess Life’s amateur games.

For the last ten years Grandmaster Lev Alburt has been writing a very special monthly column for the U. S. Chess Federation’s magazine, Chess Life. Nontitled readers are asked to contribute their most instructive games, with generous annotations. From dozens of entries, Lev chooses for his column one he considers to be of greatest value for CL’s readers, adding his own comments and advice.

For this book, Lev has selected forty of his best columns, arranged by theme, and has added some new material, all to make A Fresh Look at Chess truly instructional and also fun to read and learn from.

Most chess books have been written by grandmasters and use only the hard-to-understand games of grandmasters to help amateurs. This book uses a new, complementary―and very effective―approach: amateur games reveal the mistakes your opponents will make, and show you how to capitalize on them.

About the Author

International Grandmaster Lev Alburt, three-time U.S. champion and former European champion, is one of the most sought-after chess teachers in the world. He lives in New York.