Small Steps to Giant Improvement

Sam Shankland

ISBN 10: 1784830518 / ISBN 13: 9781784830519

Published by Quality Chess UK LLP Nov 2018, 2018

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Neuware - IN CHESS YOU CANNOT TAKE YOUR MOVE BACK, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS RETURN A MISPLACED PIECE TO ITS FORMER SQUARE AT THE COST OF SOME TIME. PAWNS ON THE OTHER HAND CAN NEVER MOVE BACKWARDS, MAKING PAWN MOVES TRULY PERMANENT DECISIONS.In chess you cannot take your move back, but you can always return a misplaced piece to its former square at the cost of some time. Pawns on the other hand can never move backwards, making pawn moves truly permanent decisions. This irreversibility makes Pawn Play among the most difficult aspects of chess strategy which is one reason few books have been written about this topic and some that have are almost incomprehensible. Double Olympiad gold medallist Sam Shankland has gone the other way breaking down the principles of Pawn Play to basic easily understandable guidelines every chess player should know. Shankland starts with extremely simple examples but then lifts the level illustrating the universality of the book s guidelines by showing how grandmasters could have made better decisions by using them.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Small Steps to Giant Improvement
• Publisher: Quality Chess UK LLP Nov 2018
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1784830518
• ISBN 13: 9781784830519
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 248W x 176H x 19D millimeters 248 millimeters width by 176 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 760 grams

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Synopsis

IN CHESS YOU CANNOT TAKE YOUR MOVE BACK, BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS RETURN A MISPLACED PIECE TO ITS FORMER SQUARE AT THE COST OF SOME TIME. PAWNS ON THE OTHER HAND CAN NEVER MOVE BACKWARDS, MAKING PAWN MOVES TRULY PERMANENT DECISIONS.

In chess you cannot take your move back, but you can always return a misplaced piece to its former square at the cost of some time. Pawns on the other hand can never move backwards, making pawn moves truly permanent decisions.

This irreversibility makes Pawn Play among the most difficult aspects of chess strategy which is one reason few books have been written about this topic – and some that have are almost incomprehensible. Double Olympiad gold medallist Sam Shankland has gone the other way – breaking down the principles of Pawn Play to basic easily understandable guidelines every chess player should know. Shankland starts with extremely simple examples but then lifts the level illustrating the universality of the book’s guidelines by showing how grandmasters could have made better decisions by using them.

About the Author

Sam Shankland won the 2018 US Championship and has won both individual and team gold medals at Chess Olympiads. An acclaimed author, his previous books for Quality Chess have received glowing praise for presenting deep insights in an easy-to-understand manner.