Mastering Positional Chess: Practical Lessons of a Junior World Champion

by Daniel Naroditsky

Overview

Mastering Positional Chess is a serious, but entertaining chess instruction book. Daniel started writing it when he realized that his lack of positional understanding was causing him to lose many games.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789056915605
Publisher:	Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date:	07/16/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	13 MB
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About the Author

Daniel is a unique talent. He became World Junior Chess Champion in 2007, and now, at the age of 14, he is also the youngest published chess author in history.

What People are Saying About This

GM Simen Agdestein

"The book is quite excellent. It is easy to understand and contains a good collection of illustrative examples of how you can improve your positional understanding."--(GM Simen Agdestein)

Editorial Reviews

"You would never guess that he was so young when he wrote it as it is imbued with a great deal of understanding of the game and expressed in good, plain English."--(John Saunders)

British Chess Magazine

"The subtitle of this book is quite accurate; much of the advice given throughout its six chapters is practical in nature, exactly the kind of help I find most useful."--(Edward Scimia)

About.com

"An easy-to-read text (..) Each game is carefully annotated, with more prose than variations (..) Especially important points are set aside in bold print, and chapter or sub-chapter summaries are structured in bold print within a gray box, for easy review of lessons just presented (..) This text should be helpful to virtually all class players."--(Steve Goldberg)

ChessCafe

"It may well be one of the best books ever written on positional chess (..) Extremely well written, carefully selected examples showing the whole range of positional aspects of a particular theme."--(Arne Moll)

ChessVibes

"It's a very good book - exceptionally instructive, full of practical advice that every chess player needs to pay attention to in order to get better."--(Pete Tamburro)

Chess Life