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A compendium of the author's famous teaching methods, complete with modern developments. A more than excellent instruction book --B.H. Wilders Nederlands Dagblad A good starting point for ambitious players who want to work on their play in a structured way. Shereshevsky covers the most important elements of the game, from the opening through the endgame. --Mark Haast, International Master Schaaksite New In Chess scored a bit of coup getting this book. --Mark Crowther editor of The Week in Chess This book is a must for all chess trainers and chess players who wish to improve their performance, because it covers all of the skills a good chess player needs. --Dirk Schuh, International Master This is such a good book. There is certainly enough new material on which to base an entire second volume (..) Well done, New In Chess! Now sign up the author for another book, as soon as possible. --Sean Marsh CHESS Magazine Two Soviet Classics reimagined as one, and then some...Part Three is called 'From the 20th Century to the 21st', and it has an awful lot of absolute gems contained within. The author starts with a segment about the current status of chess players and trainers. From there he goes on to write essays on chess books, citing works by other authors covering topics such as how to properly calculate variations, the perils of laziness at the board, the Dorfman method, and many others...Reading Part Three can inspire you to dig into the works of other authors based on the recommendations given by Shereshevsky. --Chris Wainscott Chess Daily News

A good starting point for ambitious players who want to work on their play in a structured way. Shereshevsky covers the most important elements of the game, from the opening through the endgame. --Mark Haast, International Master Schaaksite A compendium of the author's famous teaching methods, complete with modern developments. A more than excellent instruction book --B.H. Wilders Nederlands Dagblad This is such a good book. There is certainly enough new material on which to base an entire second volume (..) Well done, New In Chess! Now sign up the author for another book, as soon as possible. --Sean Marsh CHESS Magazine New In Chess scored a bit of coup getting this book. --Mark Crowther editor of The Week in Chess Two Soviet Classics reimagined as one, and then some...Part Three is called 'From the 20th Century to the 21st', and it has an awful lot of absolute gems contained within. The author starts with a segment about the current status of chess players and trainers. From there he goes on to write essays on chess books, citing works by other authors covering topics such as how to properly calculate variations, the perils of laziness at the board, the Dorfman method, and many others...Reading Part Three can inspire you to dig into the works of other authors based on the recommendations given by Shereshevsky. --Chris Wainscott Chess Daily News This book is a must for all chess trainers and chess players who wish to improve their performance, because it covers all of the skills a good chess player needs. --Dirk Schuh, International Master

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Mikhail Shereshevsky (1950) was one of the leading chess trainers in the former Soviet Union. Many of his pupils became Masters, or even Soviet-, European or World Junior Champions. He has now condensed the two instructional classics that he wrote into one practical volume.

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