Muchos años han pasado desde que en 1914 Nimzowitch desarrollara e introdujera a nivel magistral la Defensa Nimzoindia.
Como uno de los padres de la corriente Hipermoderna de pensamiento ajedrecístico, Nimzowitch se dio cuenta del enorme potencial que tenía la idea del control del centro con piezas en lugar de la forma tradicional con peones. De esa manera se podía dejar la estructura flexible para posteriormente situarla como más conveniese. A pesar de las críticas de algunos de sus coetáneos como Tarrasch, Nimzowitch siguió su propio camino desarrollando ideas que hoy forman parte del arsenal habitual de los jugadores de Nimzo, nombre coloquial que le damos a la Nimzoindia, como la creación del complejo de peones doblados en c y posterior ataque a c4 o el juego de bloqueo de la estructura enemiga con d6-e5.
Hoy se puede decir que el tiempo le ha dado la razón en la corrección de sus ideas y su defensa es una de las que mejores estadísticas consigue, siendo un arma habitual de los jugadores de élite.
Fundamentos del ajedrez, Lecciones elementales de ajedrez.
In many 1.d4 openings, Black has trouble getting his bishop on c8 into play. Former Russian Chess Champion Alexey Bezgodov presents a radical solution to this nagging problem; liberate your bishop right away and put it on f5 on the second move!
Building and maintaining an opening repertoire can be a demanding task – for a start there are an enormous number of different lines to choose from. There's a strong temptation amongst beginners and improving players to opt solely for tricky lines in order to snare unsuspecting opponents, but this approach has only short-term value. As you improve and your opponents become stronger, very often these crafty lines don't stand up to close scrutiny, and suddenly you're back to square one with no suitable opening weapons.
In Starting Out: 1 d4! John Cox solves this perennial problem by providing the reader with a strong and trustworthy repertoire with the white pieces based on the popular opening move 1.d4. The recommended lines given here have stood the test of time and are regularly employed by Grandmasters. Reading this book will give you the confidence to play these variations against all strengths of player and provide you with a reliable opening armoury for years to come.
This book is written in Everyman Chess's distinctive Starting Out style, with plenty of notes, tips and warnings throughout to help the aspiring player.
In this book, German-English Grandmaster Mieses has selected 125 interesting positions from games played by various masters such as Alekhine, Capablanca, Euwe, Lasker, Marshall, Nimzowitsch, Pillsbury, Rubinstein, Steinitz, Tarrasch, Mieses himself and many more from the classic period of chess up to the mid-1930.
The material is split into three sections: The Opening, The Middlegame, and The Endgame.
All of the examples and the analysis have been re-examined by Carsten Hansen, often adding a fascinating new perspective to these classic games.
There is lots of exciting material to examine and learn from for dedicated students.
Originally published at the beginning of the 20th century as part of a series for beginners on all phases of the chess game, this little book contains samples of all types of endgames that beginners or inexperienced players will greatly benefit from studying.
With 124 well-chosen positions, the author illustrates the fundamental knowledge of chess endgames that all players should master.
The material has been reexamined and lightly edited by FIDE Master Carsten Hansen.
Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess, such as strategy, attack, defence, opening play, endgames, off-board preparation and mental attitude. In each book the author studies a number of great players who have excelled in such aspects of the game, greatly influenced their peers and inspired all of us.
In Great Chess Romantics, Craig Pritchett selects five players, whose chess artistry expresses a deeply personal commitment to the discovery and revelation of great new truths and beauty on the chessboard. Anderssen defined romanticism's inherently dramatic and correct combinational core. Chigorin championed this essence in splendid opposition to an emerging new classical consensus. Réti revealed the extraordinary power of new flank openings. Larsen confounded the overly sober, scientific Soviet schoolÌ at innumerable turns. In the computer age, Morozevich constantly discovers new depths to chess, while simply oozing exquisite strokes in his best games.
The lesser-known aspects of a precocious chess prodigy who became a ruthless Grandmaster or, in other words, Not the Best of Reshevsky. Includes: Evidence of Reshevsky's real date of birth – Foreign articles specially translated for this book – Contemporary newspaper accounts – 12 Annotated rare games covering every decade of Reshevsky's career – Gamesmanship & Worse – An Erratum to Gordon's Compendium.