Calculation

by Jacob Aagaard

Overview

Have there been times during a chess game when you have calculated a position for half an hour, only to find out that most of what you were thinking about was of little use? If you have not, maybe the only way to improve your calculation is to upgrade your processor. But if you are human, then this book will offer you practical advice and an effective training plan to think differently and make decisions far more efficiently. In Calculation thinking methods such as Candidates, Combinations, Prophylaxis, Comparison, Elimination, Intermediate Moves, Imagination and Traps are explained to the reader, and ownership of them is offered through a carefully selected series of exercises.

“There is no shortcut to the grandmaster title, but there is a well-known route that many people have walked over the years. Jacob offers to guide you on part of this journey and I hope you will take him up on the offer.” From the foreword by Boris Gelfand

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784831196
Publisher:	Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2020
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard won the British Championship at his first and only attempt. He has received the Guardian, ECF and ChessCafe Book of the Year awards and the FIDE Senior Trainer title. His training material is used by amateurs and grandmasters alike.

Table of Contents

Key to Symbols used 4

Foreword by Boris Gelfand 5

Preface to the Second Edition 5

Series Introduction 6

Concentration, Concentration, Concentration 7

Calculation Theory in 60 Seconds 11

1 Candidate Moves 15

2 Combinational Vision 43

3 Prophylaxis 77

4 Comparison 103

5 Elimination 123

6 Intermediate Moves 145

7 Imagination 163

8 Traps 199

9 Tests 220

10 Difficult Positions 251

11 24 Brain Crushers (2020 addition) 299

Name Index 324