Improve Your Chess Now

Self-improvement manual for players who wish to develop their skills. review ... as for the book, it's magnificent! tisdall has a nice writing style in which he discusses every aspect of the areas he's studying. logic, great wit, a love for his subject matter and intelligence shine through with every sentence. if you only buy one chess book a year and you're someone who really wants to improve his game and is willing to work hard to achieve that goal, make this the book you buy! in a year of great books, this is my pick for book of the year. </br>jeremy silmanmany chess books promise a new approach to improving one's chess, but this one actually delivers </br>peter connor, chessville.commany chess books promise a new approach to improving one's chess, but this one actually delivers </br>peter connor, chessville.com from the back cover in an important and strikingly original self-improvement manual, jonathan tisdall draws upon many years of experience as both player and trainer to explain a new approach to chess thinking. his ideas will be especially welcomed by players frustrated with the mechanical and unnatural 'candidate movesand 'tree of analysisapproach advocated by many previous texts. tisdall's innovative ideas extend to the psychological aspects of chess, and in particular the defence of bad positions. the final sections of the book provide an armoury of mating patterns to be absorbed into the reader's subconscious. as proof of the effectiveness of his methods, in the course of writing this book, and by using the very techniques he recommends here, tisdall made a quantum leap in playing strength and achieved his life-long ambition of gaining the prestigious grandmaster title. grandmaster jonathan tisdall is a professional player and an experienced chess journalist who has reported on many world championship matches. originally hailing from the united states, he now lives in norway, where he teaches pupils of a wide range of playing standards. he is well regarded on the international circuit as an opening theoretician and analyst, and has been jon speelman's second in world championship candidatesmatches. (5 11/16x 8 1/4', 224 pages, illustrations, index) grandmaster jonathan tisdall is a professional player and an experienced chess journalist who has reported on many world championship matches. originally hailing from the united states, he now lives in norway, where he teaches pupils of a wide range of playing standards. he is well regarded on the international circuit as an opening theoretician and analyst, and has been jon speelman's second in world championship candidatesmatches.