Gerard Welling Livres

Many club players think that studying chess is all about cramming as much information in their brain as they can. Emanuel Lasker, the 2nd World Chess Champion, understood that what a club player needs most of all is common sense: understanding a set of timeless principles. Amateurs shouldn't waste energy on rote learning but just strive for a good grasp of the basic essentials. Gerard Welling and Steve Giddins have created a complete but compact manual based on Lasker's general approach to chess. It enables the average amateur to play trustworthy openings, reach a sound middlegame and have a basic grasp of endgame technique. Welling and Giddins explain the principles with very carefully selected examples, some of them from Lasker's own games. The Lasker Method to Improve in Chess is an efficient toolkit as well as an entertaining guide. After working with it, players will dramatically boost their skills - without carrying the excess baggage that many of their opponents will be struggling with.