Winning the Won Game: Lessons from the Albert Brilliancy Prizes
Every chessplayer who aspires to achieve chess mastery must learn the techniques for winning a won game. It is the perennial problem which confronts players at all levels of play. This book will enable chessplayers to better recognize their positional advantages and the ways in which these can be used in order to bring them closer to victory. It also provides many instructive examples of using this knowledge to reach a faster and more spectacular victory. Mr. Paul M. Albert, Jr. has been donating over USD2000 per year to the most briliantly played at both the Women's and Men's United States Championships for over 20 years. This book presents, describes and illustrates the most significant examples, with emphasis on what can be learned from them in terms of winning a won game.
Dr Danny Kopec is an International Master. He has also written Mastering The Sicilian (0713484829) for Batsford. Lives in Merrick, New York. His co-author is Grandmaster Lubomir Ftacnik who lives in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Author: Danny Kopec
Format: Paperback, 208 pages, 139mm x 216mm
Published: 2004, Batsford, United Kingdom
Genre: Hobbies, Pastimes & Indoor Games
Every chessplayer who aspires to achieve chess mastery must learn the techniques for winning a won game. It is the perennial problem which confronts players at all levels of play. This book will enable chessplayers to better recognize their positional advantages and the ways in which these can be used in order to bring them closer to victory. It also provides many instructive examples of using this knowledge to reach a faster and more spectacular victory. Mr. Paul M. Albert, Jr. has been donating over USD2000 per year to the most briliantly played at both the Women's and Men's United States Championships for over 20 years. This book presents, describes and illustrates the most significant examples, with emphasis on what can be learned from them in terms of winning a won game.
Dr Danny Kopec is an International Master. He has also written Mastering The Sicilian (0713484829) for Batsford. Lives in Merrick, New York. His co-author is Grandmaster Lubomir Ftacnik who lives in Bratislava, Slovakia.