The Shereshevsky Method to Improve in Chess: From Club Player to Master

by Mikhail Shereshevsky

Overview

In 2014 the Russian Chess Federation started a wide-ranging programme aimed at the revival of chess in Russia. One of the first actions that were taken was commissioning legendary Byelorussian chess coach Mikhail Shereshevsky to recapitulate and condense his famous training methods.

In doing so Shereshevsky has created a totally reworked compendium of his acclaimed classics Endgames Strategy and The Soviet Chess Conveyor, with many new examples and exercises. Furthermore, he has added a new and highly effective approach on how to calculate variations.

Club players all over the world who wish to improve their game have now access to Shereshevsky’s famous training programme in one volume and can learn how to build an opening repertoire, how to work with the chess classics to maximum benefit, how to master the most important endgame principles and how to effectively and efficiently calculate variations.
The Shereshevsky Method offers a unique opportunity to improve your game with one of the supreme examples of Russian chess training excellence. Studying this manual will enrich your understanding of chess enormously and help your progress on the way to chess mastery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789056917647
Publisher:	New in Chess
Publication date:	04/15/2018
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.71(w) x 9.19(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Mikhail Shereshevsky (1950) was one of the leading chess trainers in the former Soviet Union. Many of his pupils became Masters, or even Soviet-, European or World Junior Champions. He has now condensed the two instructional classics that he wrote into one practical volume.

Table of Contents

Foreword Andrey Filatov 7

Introduction 9

Part I The Soviet Chess Conveyor 17

Chapter 1 Constructing an opening repertoire 18

Chapter 2 Studying the chess classics 90

Part II Endgame Strategy 123

Chapter 3 Centralising the king 128

Chapter 4 The role of pawns in the endgame 134

Chapter 5 The problem of exchanges 138

Chapter 6 Schematic thinking 150

Chapter 7 Do not hurry! 172

Chapter 8 The principle of two weaknesses 191

Chapter 9 Instead of a conclusion 196

Part III From the 20th century to the 21st 205

Chapter 10 On the status of chess players and trainers 206

Chapter 11 Chess books 224

Chapter 12 Daut 236

Chapter 13 Laziness 244

Chapter 14 The technique of calculating variations 252

Chapter 15 Resulting moves 264

Chapter 16 Iosif Dorfman's Method in Chess 282

Chapter 17 Intuition and logic 305

Chapter 18 Before the conclusion 323

Chapter 19 Conclusion 332

Index of names 349

Editorial Reviews

"This book is a must for all chess trainers and chess players who wish to improve their performance, because it covers all of the skills a good chess player needs."

Dirk Schuh

"Two Soviet Classics reimagined as one, and then some...Part Three is called 'From the 20th Century to the 21st', and it has an awful lot of absolute gems contained within. The author starts with a segment about the current status of chess players and trainers. From there he goes on to write essays on chess books, citing works by other authors covering topics such as how to properly calculate variations, the perils of laziness at the board, the Dorfman method, and many others...Reading Part Three can inspire you to dig into the works of other authors based on the recommendations given by Shereshevsky."

Chess Daily News - Chris Wainscott

"New In Chess scored a bit of coup getting this book."

editor of The Week in Chess - Mark Crowther

"This is such a good book. There is certainly enough new material on which to base an entire second volume (..) Well done, New In Chess! Now sign up the author for another book, as soon as possible."

CHESS Magazine - Sean Marsh

"A compendium of the author's famous teaching methods, complete with modern developments. A more than excellent instruction book"

Nederlands Dagblad - B.H. Wilders

"A good starting point for ambitious players who want to work on their play in a structured way. Shereshevsky covers the most important elements of the game, from the opening through the endgame."

Schaaksite - Mark Haast