Win in the Opening!: Opening Mistakes and How to Punish Them (Progress in Chess)

Neishtadt, Yakov

ISBN 10: 3283004021 / ISBN 13: 9783283004026

Published by Edition Olms, 2002

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Win in the Opening!: Opening Mistakes and How to Punish Them (Progress in Chess)
• Publisher: Edition Olms
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3283004021
• ISBN 13: 9783283004026
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

To lose a game of chess in the opening of the early middlegame is especially annoying yet surprisingly common. A knowledge of opening disasters and of the correct replies to sharp continuations is imperative if a player is to master this difficult phase of the game. This book shows you how to win in the opening.

About the Author

Yakov Neishtadt was a chess Grandmaster, theoretician and endgame specialist born in Kiev on October 1st, 1906. He was one of the strongest players in the world during the 1940s and 1950s, winning the Soviet Chess Championship in 1949, and serving as an adviser to former World Champion Mikhail Botvinnik. During his career he wrote several books which are still studied by generations of chess players.