HOW TO PLAY DYNAMIC CHESS (Valeri Beim)
176 pages (248
mm by 172 mm).
£15.99/$27.50/€21,60
Chess is fundamentally a dynamic game. Each move changes the
situation and the possibilities for both sides. No piece is ever identically as
valuable as any other, and their scope changes from move to move. The current
generation of supergrandmasters plays unrelentingly dynamic chess, but a great
deal of chess literature still deals with chess as if it were a predominantly
static game. Much traditional chess teaching is based around rules of thumb
that might work well 'on average' or in 'typical' situations, but these rules
may not equip players for the specific and sometimes exceptional situations
that they face in their games. In this book, Valeri Beim explains how to factor
in dynamic considerations, and weigh initiative and time against material and
other static factors. Topics include: dynamics, development, the king as a
target, breakthrough, and the initiative.
Valeri Beim is a grandmaster who lives in Austria. He
has won numerous tournaments and plays in the Austrian and German leagues. For
many years he was the head trainer at the chess school in Odessa, and he was
also the trainer of the Israeli Olympiad team. This is his fourth chess book:
see also Understanding the Leningrad Dutch,
Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster's Kitchen,
Lessons in Chess Strategy, and How to Calculate Chess Tactics.
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sample from the book.
"We may be looking at a book that will be regarded as a
classic. Don't let it pass you by..." - Akram Shehata.
ChessCafe.com
"...plenty of food for thought. The examples and
explanations are first rate." - Michael Mulford, Georgia Chess
"Anyone who takes the time to study this book is sure to
benefit. Have you ever had an advantage, continued to play logically but still
managed to only draw or even lose? Chances are you missed the dynamic
opportunities in the position. This book will help you to find them." - John
Pugh, Chess Post
"A good teaching book for chessfriends of all strengths" -
Jerzy Konikowski, Fernschach International
"All-in-all this work is a very good chess textbook, that we
can recommend to all advanced chessplayers" - Schachmarkt
"All right, at the risk of sounding like my brother wrote
this book, I will say that this is a diamond. ... This is a rich and valuable
contribution to chess strategy. Buy this book!" - Alex Dunne, ICCF Amici
(www.amici.iccf)
"After reading these books [this and Lessons in Chess
Strategy] I have but one question - who is Valeri Beim and why has he been
hiding so long? These are absolutely two of the finest treatises on chess
strategy ever written. ... Dynamic is an incredible work, simply the
best I have ever read on this topic. I suspect even some players of the first
rank will find something to think about, and the rest of us will have our games
adjusted forever. If you buy one chess book this year, this should be it. This
book is so good, I have to stray from my usual method of categorizing books,
and deem it an Instant Classic." - Don Aldrich, Chess Today
"It is thoroughly good stuff. The reviewer was tempted to be
effusive and propose the inscription of Beim's name in the chess author's hall
of fame alongside Dvoretsky and co. It may just be that he is the beneficiary
of Gambit's excellent support and a very skilled translator in John Sugden. So
many other competent chess authors are let down by their publishers, but not
Beim. Whatever the case may be, the end product is an excellent work on the
subject and can be warmly recommended." - John Saunders, BCM
"Have you ever had an advantage, continued to play logically
but still managed to only draw or even lose? Chances are you missed the dynamic
opportunities in the position. This book will help you to find them." - John
Pugh, Chess Post
"Want to play dynamic chess? You could work your way through
a pile of Alehkine's games, chow down on some self-annotated games by Kasparov,
or reflect on one of the classics like Suba's Dynamic Chess Strategy.
However, if you choose to work with Beim, your chess will become more dynamic.
He does know where to hit with that mallet! On the basis of the strength of
How to Play Dynamic Chess, I'd almost be tempted to recommend his
Chess Recipes from the Grandmaster's Kitchen and Lessons in Chess
Strategy, sight unseen; but that would mean I wouldn't get to enjoy turning
those pages as well. I'd much rather read them through first - and then make my
recommendations." - Rick Kennedy, Chessville.com |
