Rapid chess improvement

127 Pages·2002·4.256 MB·English

by  De la Maza, Michael

Michaeld e la Maza
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Contents
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Foreword
Introduction 11
ChesVsi siDorni lls 25
TheS eveCni rcles 41
How toT hink 60
PractTiaccatli cs 77
SuccewsistR ha pidCh eslsm provemenl 89
Whallod on exTth:o ugohntsb ecomianngE kperta ndaM aster 106
SoluttioEo xnesr cises 124
Ackowledgments
Specitahla nlkoSs t aAcnyg lNee,iC lo usFiMnJ .o hCnu rdMoa,rk Donla n, Larry
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Foreword
Youa rew hatyo u repeateddol y
Thiiss l heo nlcyh essbo ok lhadte scriblehsee xactlr ainmientgh odt heal w eek
adulctl aspsl ayuesre dl obeco me as trocnlgu pbl ayer.
Thiboso k wasb orno uto fm y frustrawttthi eo•ni stboiongk son howl os tudy
chess.As a weaka dulctl aspsl ayeIrf ,e lllh afle wc hesboso ksw erer igfholr
me.O penintgo merse quitrooe m uchm emorisatainonde ndgamboeo ksa reto o
reconditMei.d dlegasmtrea tegiysf unt or eadb,u la ftearn alysmiyn gg amesI d id
nott hintkh aItw asl osignagm esb ecausIed idn olu nderstmanidn oraitttya cks
andw eaks quares.
As a weakp layeIcr o,n sistelnotsgllay m est os imploev ersighltesa:v ian pgi ece
enp risem,i ssian mga teo,r l osimnyg q ueent oa knigfhotr Ikd. e signaed ri gor­
ousp rograml or imdy gameo ft hesmei stakBeysf .o llowtihnipgsr ogramo na
dailbya sirors fivemon ths, Ig ained4 00U SCFr atiponign tisn m y firsyle aorf
toumamepnlla y aan�lds t3 00r atipnogi nitnsm y seconyde aorr p lay.
My Ra�idC hessI mprovempernogtr amh asl hrees teps:
1)I mprovyeo ucrh esvsi sion.
2) Increaysoeu tra ctiacbaill ity.
3) Learnh owt oth inko veLrh ebo ard.
Theset hreset epasr eco vereidn t hefi rstth reec hapteorfLs h iboso k.
Rapid ChI1m1p1r ovement
Isit ha rd work? Yes,rt is.you fIfol lowa lolf l hei ntruc:bonss in this book ttoh e
lettyeoru,w ilslpe nd hundredosf h ourss tudyicnhesgs in a five month period.
Thef ourthc haptienrt hiboso k isa seto ft actiecxaelr cises taken from real
gamesbe tweend assp layerHso.w good doy oun eedt obe tactically to beat
playeorsf a cerlain leveTlh?i csh aptwielrl h elypo ua nswerthis question.
Ify oue rer eadinthgi sbo ok ina storaen de rew onderingwhether to bUy Itt,u m
toC hapte5re ndr eada boutth e eKPQriences thato thers have had followi ngthe
RapiCdhes s lmpmvernent approachR.e ada bouth owC uzeaFrord went from
beinga ClasDs/ ClasCs playetrom ro slo fh isa dullti ftoe be ing a Class Bp layer
ina coupleo fmo nths afteri mpkHnenling the Rapid esCsh Improvement regime.
Readh owD avihda dth e bestg ameo rh ils ifaeft. erd oinag few chess vision
drilRlesa.dh owd ozenofs playehrasv es een remarkable improvementsi nt heir
chespsl ayianbgi liatinedsth en imaginseu rprisiynogu rsetyourt , friends, and
youorp ponentsw ityho unre w-foucnhde sssk ills.
Thefi naclh aptoerrth e book providsomee s preliminidaryeas on how toco n­
tinuset udyianftge ry ouh avef inisthheedR apiCdh essI mprovementprog ram.
Ia m eagerto heara bouty oua ndy oure xperiences withR apid Chess Improve­
ment.P leaswriet e lom e alc [email protected].
M� del aM aza,
CambridgMasesachu, setts,U SA,
March 2002.
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