School of Future Champions 1: Secrets Of Chess Training

by Mark Dvoretsky

Overview

The world’s top trainer, Mark Dvoretsky, and one of his best-known pupils, grandmaster Artur Yusupov, present a five-volume series based on courses given to talented young players throughout the world. The books contain contributions by other leading trainers and grandmasters, as well as games by pupils who have attended the courses.

In this first volume the reader is shown how to assess his strengths and weaknesses, analyse his own games, and learn from the rich heritage of the past by a study of the chess classics. Over a hundred graded test positions provide ample material for self-improvement.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783283005153
Publisher:	Edition Olms
Publication date:	06/01/2022
Series:	School of Future Champions Series , #1
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Mark Dvoretsky is regarded as the leading chess coach in the world, and in this series of books he reveals the training methods that have transformed so many of his pupils into champions. This first title is devoted to the endgame and examines a wide range of positions, taken mainly from games of the author’s pupils. The comments are packed with practical advice and special test positions and frequent questions ensure that the reader’s participation in the book is an active one.

Table of Contents

From the Authors     6
Preface   Artur Yusupov     7
Part I     9
A Chess Player's Virtues and Deficiencies, and their Influence on the Course of a Game   Mark Dvoretsky     9
The Way to the Top   Mark Dvoretsky     31
American Observations   Mark Dvoretsky     34
Part II     38
The Analysis of one's own Games   Artur Yusupov     38
A Commentator's Doubts   Mark Dvoretsky     56
How to play with Back   Artur Yusupov     62
Part III     65
The Technique of working on your own and other Players' Games   Artur Yusupov   Mark Dvoretsky     65
Admit your Mistakes!   Mark Dvoretsky     85
The 'superfluous' Piece   Mark Dvoretsky     87
Part IV     92
Studying the Chess Classics   Mikhail Shereshevsky     92
Finding new Ideas   Mark Dvoretsky     100
Part V     110
Positional Evaluation and the Choice of Plan in the Middlegame   Alexey Kosikov     110
Regarding a certain Article   Mark Dvoretsky     132
Part VI     139
A Feeling for the King   Grigory Kaidanov     139
Supplement to Grigory Kaidanov's Lecture   Artur Yusupov   Mark Dvoretsky     143
Part VII     149
Ideas and Advice of great Players     149
Part VIII     153
Tests 12x8   Mark Dvoretsky     153
Solutions to Exercises     170
Thematic Index of Tests     205
Part IX     206
Games by Pupils of the School   Artur Yusupov     206
Postscript - School of Future Champions   Viktor Glatman     214
Index of Players     216