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Under the Surface 2nd Edition Jan Markos, dive into the mind of strong chess players.
When Under the Surface was published in 2018, it won the ECF Book of the Year prize and was universally acclaimed for its originality and instructive value, with GM Peter Wells calling it
“a modern classic” and GM Matthew Sadler praising the author’s “original ideas about all sorts of chess topics and a wonderfully witty and enthusiastic way of bringing them across.”
Under the Surface 2nd Edition
Seven years later, this new edition adds four new chapters along with various improvements to the original content. Author Jan Markos shows how a grandmaster perceives chess,
presenting his concepts as vividly memorable metaphors such as Magnetic Skin, Karpov’s Billiard Balls and many others which will come as revelations to even titled players.
Rediscover the original Markos magic while adding The Hannibal Manoeuvre and other new concepts to your chess arsenal.
Dive into the mind of strong chess players.
It seems to me that we live in hasty times. We want to achieve everything quickly or, even better, immediately. In order to reach our target as soon as possible, we often take
somebody else’s idea or hypothesis as fact, without understanding its deeper context; we simply accept it.
Under the Surface 2nd Edition
We may know a given thing and be aware that it is right, but if we haven’t personally touched it or experienced it, then we haven’t fully understood it.
In other words, we have a tendency towards superficiality. However, there is a huge difference between knowing and understanding.
Therefore, we build on bad foundations, and there cannot be a good structure built on bad foundations. In addition, every person is different, everybody is unique.
Jan Markos
A road which one person has travelled might not be the right way for somebody else. It cannot simply be copied, though it might be used as an inspiration while searching for a direction.
I consider personal knowledge to be the only way that leads to true awareness and understanding.
Jan Markos is a grandmaster and two-time Slovakian Champion, who has represented Slovakia at six Olympiads. His 2021 book The Secret Ingredient (co-authored with super-
GM David Navara) also received widespread acclaim.
Under the Surface 2nd Edition
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