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Russian Chess
Based on six games played by the “Kasparov generation” of Soviet chess players, America’s foremost chess coach and game strategist for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit presents a complete course in intermediate chess logic.
The “Kasparov generation” of Soviet chess players is perhaps the best-trained crop of young players ever to come out of the country, holding the world title for 55 of the last 60 years.
With the clarity of instruction for which he is renowned, Bruce Pandolfini illustrates such concepts as Light Squares, Time, Attack, Pawn Advances, and Counterattack in six chapters structured around each of the six games.
Featuring a Grandmaster Glossary, 101 diagrams, an index, and algebraic notation throughout, this uniquely crafted volume puts the most valuable concepts in world-class chess at the intermediate player’s fingertips.
The “Kasparov generation” of Soviet chess players is perhaps the best-trained crop of young players ever to come out of the country, holding the world title for 55 of the last 60 years.
With the clarity of instruction for which he is renowned, Bruce Pandolfini illustrates such concepts as Light Squares, Time, Attack, Pawn Advances, and Counterattack in six chapters structured around each of the six games.
Featuring a Grandmaster Glossary, 101 diagrams, an index, and algebraic notation throughout, this uniquely crafted volume puts the most valuable concepts in world-class chess at the intermediate player’s fingertips.
- GenresChess
224 pages, Paperback
First published March 15, 1987
About the author
Bruce Pandolfini
56 books23 followersBruce Pandolfini (born September 17, 1947) is an American chess author, teacher, and coach. A USCF national master, he is generally considered to be America’s most experienced chess teacher. As a coach and trainer, Pandolfini has possibly conducted more chess sessions than anyone in the world. By the summer of 2015 he had given an estimated 25,000 private and group lessons.
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May 5, 2012
This was my very first chess book (lent to me by a friend). It runs through, I think, 6 games played in the USSR by modern chess grandmasters. It tried to explain in a conceptual way the reasons behind the moves and not just the variations that supported them. Unfortunately, I don't have the book anymore (can't even remember if I returned it!).
After having played so much chess in the interim, I would love to return to this book and see if it still stands up to my increased chess knowledge.
After having played so much chess in the interim, I would love to return to this book and see if it still stands up to my increased chess knowledge.
November 3, 2014
I read this book many years ago but remember liking it a lot. Pandolfini annotates well. Highly instructive for A and B level players.
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