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For Friends and Colleagues

360 pages, paperback, Russell Enterprises, 1. edition 2015

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Mark Dvoretsky has long been considered one of the premier chess coaches and trainers in the world. He is renowned for taking talented masters and forging them into world-class grandmasters and champions.

His literary achievements are also quite distinguished. For example, Dvoretsky's Endgame Manual, now in its fourth edition, established itself as the sine qua non of endgame theory from the moment it appeared over a decade ago.

In this second volume of his highly-acclaimed autobiographical work, the author focuses on his early development as a player, issues which challenge chess coaches, as weil as va ried topics related to improving one's play. Whether you are a player, coach, fan or passionate aficionado, you will find this second volume as enjoyable and enlightening as the first.

More Information
Weight 480 g
Manufacturer Russell Enterprises
Width 15.3 cm
Height 22.8 cm
Medium Book
Year of Publication 2015
Author Mark Dvoretsky
Language English
Edition 1
ISBN-13 978-1941270035
Pages 360
Binding paperback

005 From the Author

007Competitions

008 Spartakiad of Second Category Players

019 Back Into Battle

029 Passivity in the Opening

035 Tactical Vision

039 Fencing and Chess

051 Instructive Episodes

051 Tactics in the Service of Strategy

052 A Positional Pawn Sacrifice in the Fight for the Initiative

054 How to Catch a Rook?

055 Combination or Death!

056 Positional Pluses or Material?

057 Preparing for the Operation

059Chess Literature: What and How to Read

060 Enriching Y our Strategie Arsenal

089 Traps for Commentators

097 Novelties: Real and Illusory

105 The Test of Objectivity

112 Lessons from a Loss

117 Strategy Lessons

125 Appendix 1: "Good" and "Bad" Bishops

127 Appendix 2: Clearing the Playing Space

129 Appendix 3: More on the Benefit ofthe "Bad" Bishops

131 Dvoretsky on Berliner

136 True Stories or Tall Tales?

140 Prefaces to Some Fine Books

140 Secrets of Practical Chess

141 (1) Game Collections

142 (2) Toumament and Match Collections

144 (3) Opening, Middlegame, Endgame

145 (4) Other Topics

146 The Emigrant and the Game

147 Lasker's Manual ofChess

148 Chess

151 Training Mastery

152 Philosophy of Training Work

161 Polemic Thinking

161 (1) The Components of Success

162 (2) The Role ofOpening Theory

173 (3) The Principles ofWorking Effectively

176 (4) Problems in Contemporary Chess

179 (5) Chess-960

182 (6) An Alternative Suggestion

184 Appendix: Polemies Continued

189 Emotions and Playing Strength

195 A Trainer and His Students

205 Lessons Learned

218 Solve for Yourself

235 All That Glitters Is Not Gold

240 Captivated by the Computer's "First Line"

248 Bavarian Impressions

253 From the World of"The Matrix" and "Terminator"

267 Mikhail Tal's "Unknown" Game

270 A Trainer's Notes

285 Problems in the World of Chess

286 Anti-draw Rules

293 The Splendors and Miseries of Rapid Chess

307 Tired of Being a Cassandra ...

307 "Match of the Century," Moscow 2002

309 European Team Championship, Göteborg 2005

312 Chess Olympiad, Turin 2006

324 World Team Championship, Ningbo 2011

340 Looking Back

353 Source Material

356 Index of Games