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ISBN (10 digits):
1-906454-20-5
ISBN (13
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978-1-906454-20-3 |
THE GIANT CHESS PUZZLE BOOK (Zenon Franco)
288 pages
(248 mm by 172 mm).
£16.99/$26.95/€22,95
1001 chess puzzles with solutions
Tactical skills are paramount in chess. More than anything
else, a player's ability to find tactical solutions determines how successful
he is over-the-board. No endgame scheme, opening idea or strategic plan,
however brilliant a concept it may be, is of any value unless it is accurately
calculated and implemented.
The best way to develop tactical skills is to practise them
by tackling new and challenging positions. This book provides a wealth of chess
puzzles to test just about every facet of your tactical ability. It is very
unlikely that even those who have read many other chess puzzle books will
recognize more than a handful of these positions. Franco has searched recent
events and used powerful computers to seek out previously unpublished puzzles,
and has also drawn extensively upon Latin American sources that he has been
scouring for brilliant examples over the last three decades.
Following the pattern of Gambit's hugely successful Ultimate Chess Puzzle Book (by John Emms), the
book begins with 100 relatively easy positions suitable for novices, and ends
with 100 extremely tough puzzles, which provide a mind-bending challenge even
for grandmasters. There are 1001 puzzles in all, including themed sections and
graded tests, all with detailed computer-verified solutions and verbal
explanations of the main instructive points.
Zenon Franco is a grandmaster from Paraguay who now
lives in Spain. He is an experienced chess trainer, his most notable former
pupil being Paco Vallejo, now one of the world's top grandmasters.
Gambit books by Franco: The Art
of Attacking Chess, Chess Explained: the
English Opening, Chess Explained: the Modern
Benoni, Chess Self-Improvement,
The Giant Chess Puzzle Book, Grandmaster Secrets: Counter-Attack!, Winning Chess Explained
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