Together with the Candidates – Alexey Kuzmin

Descripción

Together with the Candidates  The book Together with the Candidates that you are holding is firstly a

book of tests with their solutions, given in the format of game fragments with detailed comments.  All the

tasks in this book have been taken from games of the Candidates competitions. They differ very much in

their degree of complexity. I hope this will allow a wide circle of readers to find the tests corresponding

to their own chess level here.

 

The first chapter is a presentation of the history of all the Candidates tournamentsand matches.

The chapters “Tests for Grandmasters” and “When the Opponent Attacks” have

collected the most difficult tests, each one being a hard nut to crack. The tests of the fourth and the fifth

chapters are considerably simpler, and the tests from the sixth and final chapter, “The Primary School”,

could be a walk in the park for experienced players. The third and the fourth chapters, “When the

Opponent Attacks” and “Strategy in Action”, are characterized by a thematic selection of the tests.

Together with the Candidates In the third chapter you have to try to discover the opponent’s threats and

plans, to refute them or at least to disarm them. This is one of the most difficult practical tasks that a

chess player faces in a game. The title of the fourth one speaks for itself. Relatively easy tests where you

should make correct strategic decisions have been gathered here.

 

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