CHESS TRAINING FOR BUDDING CHAMPIONS (Jesper Hall)
176
pages (226 mm by 174 mm).
£14.99/$19.95/€23,45
Many chessplayers find it difficult to improve their game
beyond a certain level. They can see basic tactics, know a little about
openings and can calculate a few moves ahead. However, so do their opponents.
What is the next level, and how does one get there? This book is aimed at
chess-players who have progressed well beyond beginner level and have acquired
the basic skills required to play at club level, but need guidance to improve
their understanding of chess. It is based on the training program that Hall
himself followed when he was an up-and-coming player. The lessons are not based
on 'quick fixes', but instead provide a well-rounded course in all aspects of
chess that will equip the reader well for his or her chessboard battles, and
provide a firm yet flexible basis for further improvement.
Jesper Hall is a strong international master from
Sweden. He is a member of the Swedish national team, was runner-up in the
Swedish Championship in 1996 and plays regularly in the German Bundesliga. He
trains the 30 best juniors in Sweden via the Internet and has been employed by
the Swedish Chess Federation to develop Swedish chess.
"The examples are great, the pieces of advice even better
and the presentation is logical and easy to follow" - BIBLIOTEKSTJÄNST
"Hits the spot!" - GM Simen Agdestein, VERDENS
GANG
"A good solid training book, sound advice presented in a way
that is structured, organised and easy to follow" - A Avni, KINGPIN
"...suitable for both juniors and adults, being written in
an easy to understand manner. Overall those who teach and/or want to improve
cannot fail to learn from - or be inpired by - Hall" - Richard Palliser,
CHESS MOVES
"Jam-packed with advice and tips... a well produced
selection of training methods for all club players wanting to put the work in
and improve" - Alec Toll, OPEN FILE
"I could recommend this book to anyone who feels that he/she
has reached a plateau as an average player and wants to try to advance to the
next rung of the ladder" - Alan Sutton, EN PASSANT
"IM Hall offers very useful synopsis' at the end of each
chapter highlighting the key points covered. He also offers the student
exercises and perhaps, most importantly, suggestions for further reading. This
book is highly recommended to aspiring students (1600-2400) , as well as chess
trainers" - John Donaldson
"offers lots of commonsense, practical advice... a worthy
resource for trainers as well" - Mark Donlan, CHESS HORIZONS
"Hall's program is designed for players who have progressed
beyond the novice stage but still require guidnce to improve their
skills...altogether a most useful production with many helpful features" - J
J Walsh, IRISH TIMES
"A very readable book and full of relevant information that
players need to address in order to improve...An excellent text for intemediate
players or juniors wanting to improve. This book would also be useful for for
coaches to use" - Paul Dunn, AUSTRALIAN CHESS FORUM
"Hall draws greatly on his own experiences and his own love
for and fascination with the game is obvious. I particularly agree with his
basic approach to coaching which is that chess should be fun, and that
particularly for young players, playing lots of chess games is more important
than studying and being coached. I also strongly agree with this (p166):
Verdict: a fine addition to the literature of chess coaching that can also be
used as a self-improvement course." - Phil Adams, CHECKPOINT
"Chess Training for Budding Champions ... by Swedish
IM Jesper Hall has a misleading title and cover which might give the impression
that it is aimed solely at novices that are a few steps beyond beginner. In
fact it is book which can be read for benefit by players covering a wide range
of playing strength from 1600 to 2400. IM Hall's first book is a sort of
self-training course which offers the reader plenty of positions to solve and
recommended books to read, but perhaps most importantly gives lots of
common-sense, but not so widely practiced suggestions. For example everyone who
has ChessBase will have a large database of games and a special file with their
games. More ambitious individuals will have files devoted specifically to their
openings, but how many of us have a file devoted to games that inspire us?
Inspirational games that remind us of why we play chess. Hall points out that
such a file can be just the tonic to take when we have suffered some
particularly difficult losses. Hall's experiences as a trainer show through in
this work which covers not only topics like how to analyze your games and how
to study position-types, but also the importance of psychology in chess. -
John Donaldson
"It has some of the best practical advice I've seen... a
marvellous primer in the essentials of chess that is of value both to casual
and experienced players" - Cecil Rosner, WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
"It is rare to find a chess improvement book that strays
from the ordinary, but this book provides a lot of useful insight with a fresh
perspective. This book is crammed with excellent ideas and methods for
improvement, and it is obvious that the author has a passion for chess both as
a player and as an instructor." - Randy Bauer, RANDY'S REVIEWS
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