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Author:   Bruce Pandolfini
Publisher:   Simon & Schuster
Imprint:   Touchstone
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.308kg
ISBN:  

9780671659721

ISBN 10:   0671659723
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   15 November 1989
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   In Print  
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CONTENTS Introduction A Word on Chess Notation Related Section Index Advantage Analysis Anti-Positional Move Backward Pawn Bad Bishop The Bind Bishops of Opposite Color Blockade Blocked Center Breakthrough Combination Calculating Variations: How to Do It in Your Head Doubled Pawns Doubled Rooks Exchanging Pieces Fianchetto Fixed Pawns Good Knight Isolated Pawn Isolated d-pawn Isolated d-pawn: Advancing It Isolated d-pawn: Drawbacks Isolated d-pawn: Strength Isolated Pawn Couple Knight Corral Minor Exchange Minority Attack Opening a File Outside Passed Pawn Oversights Passed Pawn Pawn Centers Pawn Chain Pawn Majority Positional Chess Protected Passed Pawn Two Bishops Visualization Weakness Additional Concept Glossary Index

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Bruce Pandolfini is one of the world’s most sought-after chess teachers and one of the most widely read chess writers working today. His role as analyst for PBS’s coverage of the 1972 match between chess superstars Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky first launched him into the public eye. His coaching of chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin was portrayed in the book and film Searching for Bobby Fischer. He is a regular columnist for Chess Life, the bible of the chess world, and continues to coach young players professionally and consults for CEOs from numerous Fortune 500 companies. Pandolfini also created over 300 hypothetical games as a consultant for Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit. He lives in New York City.

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