Excelling at Chess: Technical and PositionalPaperback
Excelling at Chess: Technical and PositionalPaperback Brought together in one volume are two of Jacob Aagaard's great books- Excelling at Technical Chess and Excelling at Positional Chess. The…
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Excelling at Chess: Technical and PositionalPaperback
Brought together in one volume are two of Jacob Aagaard's great books- Excelling at Technical Chess and Excelling at Positional Chess. The implication from the author is that the task of converting a typically winning position into a full point or converting a drawing position into half-a-point is relatively straightforward. "And the rest is a matter of technique" is an annoyingly common phrase used in chess literature.
He arms the reader with several endgame weapons that every strong technical player has in his toolbox. However, as all of us practical players realise, it's not always a simple as this, and many hard-earned points are wasted through "a lack of technique" In Technical Chess Jacob Aagaard aims to solve this perennial problem. These include important skills such as schematic thinking, domination, preventing counterplay, building fortresses and utilising zugzwang. These