Descripción

50 Mistakes You Should Know Valuable Lessons for Every Chess Player it is not the quality of your best moves that wins you games; it is the quality of your worst moves. The quickest way to improve your chess skills is to raise the bar.

Jesus de la Villa

The Spanish grandmaster and coach Jesus de la Villa has proven with his best-seller 100 Endgames You Must Know that he understands exactly what a chess student needs. Building on his experience as a writer and as a coach for juniors, he has carefully selected the 50 Mistakes every player should be aware of – so the mistake can be avoided.

50 Mistakes You Should Know

De la Villa loves this quote from the American First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt: ‘Learn from the errors of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.’

Valuable Lessons for Every Chess Player

Your performance will improve dramatically because this book offers you:

• 50 important chess lessons
• detailed and lively explanations
• clear summaries and recommendations
• dozens of tests.

Jesus de la Villa (1958) is an International Grandmaster born in Spain. He is a successful author and a well-known chess trainer. He has twice won the Spanish Championship. His book 100 Endgames You Must Know is an international bestseller.

Contents

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Chapter 1 Exchanging pieces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Chapter 2 The calculation of variations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Chapter 3 Defence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Chapter 4 Attacking the king . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Chapter 5 Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Chapter 6 Positional sacrifices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Chapter 7 The endgame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Chapter 8 Rook endings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Chapter 9 The opening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Chapter 10 Basic tactics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Chapter 11 Prophylactic thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Chapter 12 Paying attention to the opponent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Index of names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Explanation of symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351

50 Mistakes You Should Know