The Reassess Your Chess Workbook

220 Pages·2001·17.41 MB·English

by  Jeremy Silman

How TO MASTER
CHESS IMBALANCES
How To Reassess Your
Chess and The Reasstss
Your Chess Womxoox
should be among the
first books bought by
players who want to
improve their game.
Highly recommended!”
Lanny Conasttansen

*Silman’sclrity of
presentation and
humorous personality
hove come
together in this

workbook to ereate the
Ultimate learaing tool.”

“I wish 1 could be a
beginner again.
This book makes

learning about chess
incredibly fun!"
WORKBOOK

_.HOW_TO_MASTER.
___CHEssS_IMBALANCES

—.... by IM. Jeremy.Silman

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Tat One: A Look at a Sysrent
Thinking Techniques 4

Imbalasces: A Crash Gorarse

Pair Yeo Problems,
The Opening 44
Tho Middleyane 63
The Bndgame 99
Scltannatanons 109

Part Three: Solatinns
The Opening 424
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Ile Endgame 235
Sel-Aunotations 333

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