Winning Chess Tournaments: Methods and Materials Training Guide

In Winning Chess Tournaments, chess coach Robert M. Snyder takes his Chess for Everyone book a step further by providing a guide for students and coaches to prepare for tournament competition. The author reveals secrets of training that resulted in students winning thirty-six individual first place titles in championship sections at the national championships. Additional study materials to extend and supplement Chess for Everyone. Training and conditioning before and during tournaments.Understanding how tournaments work and making the most out of tournament rules.Important role of psychology in competition.How to study and prepare openings, endgames and tactics (includes extensive materials for actual study).Profiles and games of individual scholastic champions.Written for advanced beginners and intermediate players.

Robert M. Snyder is a National Master and chess educator whose students have won thirty-six individual first place titles (a national record) in championship sections at the National Scholastic Championships. His teams have won first place in championship sections at the National Scholastic Championships ten times. He has introduced chess to move than 170,000 students. In 1983 Mr. Snyder founded the Chess for Juniors club, which grew to become one of the largest and most active clubs in the nation. He currently gives instruction to individual students by providing lessons and game analysis through the Internet www.chessforeveryone.com. Mr. Snyder is also author of Chess for Everyone, Unbeatable Chess Lessons, Winning Chess Tournaments, More Unbeatable Chess Lessons and Basic Chess Tactics.