Chess Strategy for the Tournament Player Paperback by Lev Alburt;Sam Palatnik

Product Details

• Publisher: WW Norton (2010-06-01)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 352 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781889323213
• Item Weight: 417.31 grams
• Dimensions: 21.59 x 14.05 x 1.83 cm

Top grandmasters demystify chessboard planning, giving you the practical, game-winning strategic techniques you could spend years gathering on your own.

Chess strategy is the long-term planning at the heart of winning chess. Each important idea is clearly explained using games carefully chosen for their instructive clarity and power. This is the fifth but stand-alone volume of the Comprehensive Chess Course, the series that brings readers of English the once strictly guarded Russian training methods.

About the Author

International Grandmaster Lev Alburt, three-time U.S. champion and former European champion, is one of the most sought-after chess teachers in the world. He lives in New York.

Sam Palatnik teaches in Bethesda, Maryland. Ten of his students have reached the list of the world’s 100 best players.