Chess for Hawks: Improve your Vision, Sharpen your Talons, Forget your Fear

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Winner of the 2017 Best Instructional Book Award of the Chess Journalists of America (CJA)

Are you a dove or a hawk? Is your natural instinct at the chessboard for caution and strategy or do you

crave adventure and confrontation? This question may be more important than you think because being

aware of your personal style (and that of your opponent) is essential in your development as a chess

player.

 

As an 8-year-old boy, Cyrus Lakdawala realized to his horror that he was a dove when his chess teacher

reprimanded him for playing an unnecessary defensive move instead of banging out a better and more

aggressive one that was not so difficult to find. Since then, Lakdawala has devoted an important part of

his efforts as a player to trying to resist his natural tendency to over-solidify positions and avoid

complications.

 

Cyrus Lakdawala does something no other chess writer has done before: he makes you reflect deeply

about your style of play and its consequences.

 

After reading Chess for Hawks you will be a stronger player because you have mastered an essential

but neglected skill: you will know how to obey the position’s requirements instead of your natural

inclination.