Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy. How to marhal your forces in the decisive phase of the game;

Hansen, Lars Bo:

ISBN 10: 1904600441 / ISBN 13: 9781904600442

Published by London: Gambit 2006,., 2006

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223 pp., 25 cm, Normal and slight signs of storage and usage on the cover. At least good copy. Clean and unmarked Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 510.

Seller Inventory # 39754

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Secrets of Chess Endgame Strategy. How to marhal your forces in the decisive phase of the game
• Publisher: London: Gambit 2006,.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1904600441
• ISBN 13: 9781904600442
• Binding: Gr.-8°, Softcover/Paperback,
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Gut
• Seller catalogs:
  • Sport

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Synopsis

A large proportion of chess games are decided in the endgame or in the transition to the endgame, but chess literature has provided relatively little guidance for players seeking to improve their skill in making the vital decisions in these phases of the game.

Building on the ideas introduced in his ground-breaking work Foundations of Chess Strategy, Lars Bo Hansen provides a thought-provoking and convincing treatise on general endgame strategy. He explains how players can maximize the practical problems for their opponents while emphasizing the strengths of their own position. Under his guidance, chess-players will more easily focus on the key elements in the position, devise plans for exploiting them to the full, and develop a better understanding of which pieces need to be exchanged, and which weaknesses really matter.

Part 1 of the book discusses the basic principles of endgame strategy and the thinking methods associated with them. In Part 2, Hansen moves on to consider a wealth of examples by the great masters of chess, showing how they have handled endgames in practice, often making difficult tasks appear simple, and in many cases bamboozling their opponents into self-destruction.

About the Author

Lars Bo Hansen is a well-known grandmaster from Denmark. He has won the Danish Championship on two occasions, and represented his country in four olympiads, winning a bronze medal for his individual performance in 1990. His many tournament victories include first prize in the strong Copenhagen Open in both 1997 and 2000. Away from the board, he teaches and lectures on business studies, with a particular focus on marketing, organization and strategy. This is his second book for Gambit.