Chess Lessons Solving Problems & Avoiding Mistakes by Mark Dvoretsky

Chess Lessons Solving Problems & Avoiding Mistakes by Mark Dvoretsky

In 2016 he left us one of the best chess trainers in history, but we can still enjoy some pending work that is now coming to light and at a great price ...

“Success is a collection of problems solved.” – I.M. Pei, Architect In this, his penultimate work, legendary chess instructor Mark Dvoretsky (1947-2016) explores identifying and dealing with problems on the chessboard. “While working on the games that I have included in this book, I have sought to uncover their core ideas which are important for a chessplayer’s improvement and demonstrate them as vividly as possible. Those may include both approaches to playing out certain typical situations and mastering various positional and tactical ideas, as well as improving technical skills and training an ability to search for decisions and to make them on the basis of the precise calculation of variations. “The last two parts of the book are devoted to the specific forms of training that I routinely use during my lessons: analysis of games in the form of solving a string of consecutive tasks and playing out of certain specially selected positions. “I hope that this book will be of help not only to high-ranking players at whom it is primarily aimed, but also to every reader who is serious about self-improvement and wishes to understand problems that grandmasters and masters face over the board and the ways they solve them; what are the reasons for errors they sometimes commit and how to avoid those mistakes.” – Mark Dvoretsky, from his Foreword


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In this, his penultimate work, legendary chess instructor Mark Dvoretsky (1947-2016) explores the identification and treatment of problems on the chessboard.

"In working on the games I have included in this book, I have tried to discover his core ideas that are important to the improvement of a chess player and demonstrate them in the most vivid way possible. Those can include both approaches to playing certain typical situations and mastering various positional and tactical ideas, as well as improving technical skills and training to seek decisions and make them based on accurate calculation of variants.

"The last two parts of the book are devoted to the specific forms of training that I usually use during my classes: game analysis solving a series of continuing problems and practicing playing certain specially selected positions.

"I hope this book is useful not only for the high-ranking players it is primarily intended for, but also for all readers who are serious about self-improvement and want to understand the issues that great teachers and masters generally face. and the ways in which they resolve them, what are the reasons for the mistakes they sometimes make and how to avoid those mistakes. "

"Mark Dvoretsky, from his Prologue"

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