Focusing on enhancing tactical vision, this guide aims to elevate your gameplay by teaching you to recognize key moments and opportunities. It emphasizes the importance of spotting beautiful combinations that can turn a game around. Designed for players seeking to improve their strategic thinking, the book offers practical insights to help you see tactics more clearly and make better decisions during play.
Focusing on advanced chess strategies, this book delves into the Bishop's Opening as an effective Anti-Petroff move and explores the popular 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 sequence, emphasizing the importance of countering the Petroff Defense. GM Martyn Kravtsiv presents a wealth of innovative and untested ideas, making it a valuable resource for players looking to enhance their repertoire and surprise opponents with fresh tactics.
GM Martyn Kravtsiv shines the spotlight on the Italian Game (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4). Most chess players learn the basics of this opening as beginners, yet it contains enough depth and complexity to provide the world's best players with a rich and ever-evolving battleground. The author delves deep into the most important main lines, explaining the key move-order details and providing White with a series of well-researched ideas.
Magnus Carlsen is the greatest chess player of the 21st century. His tactical wizardry, strategic inventiveness, technical expertise and legendary fighting spirit put him head and shoulders above all other players. They also make his games tremendously instructive.To extract the best lessons from this amazing source material, Gambit has commissioned Martyn Kravtsiv, a Ukrainian grandmaster from the same generation as Carlsen (in fact, they were born just a few days apart). He has annotated these 42 games from a thoroughly modern perspective and with an innate understanding of the impact Carlsen's play has had on modern chess.In each game Kravtsiv picks out a key point – the Magnus Moment – where he demonstrates the special insight that sets him apart from other players. Perhaps he clarifies a messy situation, confident in his technical ability. Or sacrifices to gain practical chances in a game that has not gone to plan. Throughout, the emphasis is on how Carlsen makes life hard for his opponents in any way he can, whatever the objective assessment of the position on the board.Each game is a themed lesson on an important chess topic. The bulk of the book addresses the fight for advantage and initiative in the middlegame, but there are also chapters focusing on opening ideas, endgame play and human factors.