Black and White Magic

by Axel Smith

Overview

During his long journey as a chess player and coach, Grandmaster Axel Smith came to the realization that understanding color-complex strategies is one of the key differences between strong and weak players. After many years of delivering lectures and training material to his students, Smith produced a Chessable course on the topic, which has been extensively edited and reorganized by Quality Chess to produce this book.




In these pages, the award-winning author breaks down colour complexes into various sub-topics such as blockades, opposite-coloured bishops and exchange sacrifices, with carefully chosen exercises to test and reinforce the reader's newfound understanding. Use Black & White Magic to improve your chess strength!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781784831905
Publisher:	Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date:	07/01/2023
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.49(d)

About the Author

GM Axel Smith is the award-winning author of The Woodpecker Method, Pump Up Your Rating, e3 Poison and Street Smart Chess, which were all enthusiastically received by readers and reviewers. Using the Woodpecker as part of his training, as an adult he improved from a rating of 2100 to becoming a chess Grandmaster.

Table of Contents

Key to Symbols used & Bibliography 4
Preface 5
Introduction – Colour-Complex Strategy 7
Chapter 1 – The Blockade 19
Chapter 2 – Marathon Bishops 41
Chapter 3 – Weak Squares 71
Chapter 4 – Opposite-Coloured Bishops 113
Chapter 5 – Exchange Sacrifices 139
Chapter 6 – Avoiding Weak Squares 171
Chapter 7 – Visualizing 193
Chapter 8 – Test 219
Summary 249
Index of Games and Examples 262