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Strike Like Judit!: The Winning Tactics of Chess Legend Judit Polgar
Judit Polgar is the strongest female chess player of all time. From an early age on the Hungarian prodigy baffled the world with her sensational triumphs. At the age of 15 she beat Bobby Fischer's record to become the youngest grandmaster in history. During her glorious career, which she ended in 2014, she defeated World Champions Boris Spassky, Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen.
To reach the 8th spot in the FIDE World Rankings (for men) and belong to the very best for many years, as Judit Polgar did, you obviously have to be a brilliant all-round chess player. Still, she will be first and foremost remembered for her attacking skills. Her electrifying combinations and tactical triumphs set her apart. As former U.S. Champion Joel Benjamin said after he lost to "She is a tiger at the chessboard. She absolutely has a killer instinct."
Award-winning author Charles Hertan has revisited the gold mine of Judit Polgar's games and selected her best and most instructive tactics. They are arranged by theme and presented with helpful explanations and lots of practical advice. You will be inspired by her clever traps, stunning sacrifices and cunning endgame tricks. You will learn from her tactical vision, calculating skills and counter-intuitive ideas. Strike Like Judit is a riveting guide that will help you win more games as you will find killer moves more easily and more quickly.
To reach the 8th spot in the FIDE World Rankings (for men) and belong to the very best for many years, as Judit Polgar did, you obviously have to be a brilliant all-round chess player. Still, she will be first and foremost remembered for her attacking skills. Her electrifying combinations and tactical triumphs set her apart. As former U.S. Champion Joel Benjamin said after he lost to "She is a tiger at the chessboard. She absolutely has a killer instinct."
Award-winning author Charles Hertan has revisited the gold mine of Judit Polgar's games and selected her best and most instructive tactics. They are arranged by theme and presented with helpful explanations and lots of practical advice. You will be inspired by her clever traps, stunning sacrifices and cunning endgame tricks. You will learn from her tactical vision, calculating skills and counter-intuitive ideas. Strike Like Judit is a riveting guide that will help you win more games as you will find killer moves more easily and more quickly.
- GenresChess
256 pages, Paperback
Published July 3, 2018
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September 15, 2020
I have mixed feelings about this book. The chess part is fine, and some of the examples and analysis that Hertan gives are excellent. I'm not keen on the author's writing style, using sound bites to punctuate his examples, but that's just my opinion and doesn't necessarily take away from the book.
I was a bit confused as to what the book was actually about. Hertan says that a writer's challenge is to "weave the computer trainers otherworldly musings into a coherent, amusing and instructional tale". The only thing is that I'm not too sure what I've learned from the book especially as there was no final chapter summarising what had been said.
So all in all, it's a nice collection of examples from Judit Polgar's play, with some fine analysis of variations, but nothing more.
I was a bit confused as to what the book was actually about. Hertan says that a writer's challenge is to "weave the computer trainers otherworldly musings into a coherent, amusing and instructional tale". The only thing is that I'm not too sure what I've learned from the book especially as there was no final chapter summarising what had been said.
So all in all, it's a nice collection of examples from Judit Polgar's play, with some fine analysis of variations, but nothing more.
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