This is the chess doctor's handbook to the very popular traps and pitfalls faced by beginning and intermediate chess players. Opening traps are the single most anying stratagem, that is, for unprepared players. There is thing worse than getting caught in a quick trap and going down to a quick defeat. This book puts the power back into the hands of prepared players and t only shows them how to handle these traps as both Black and White but to set them themselves! Schiller and Watson provide practical remedies for both White and Black to the anying variations that their opponents will often choose instead of the well-kwn main lines. Finally, there is w a reliable single-volume resource to neutralize or defeat these strategies. For key openings, the authors provide two separate remedies to appeal to both the attacking and positional player. Unique charts and graphics make learning these remedies easy and fun! This book exposes the secrets of the quick kills used at the chessboard and t only how to protect them, but how to use them against unsuspecting opponents!
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cardoza Publishing,U.S.
ISBN-10
1580420737
ISBN-13
9781580420730
eBay Product ID (ePID)
103778301
Product Key Features
Author
John Watson, Eric Schiller
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Hobbies, Pastimes & Indoor Games
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Brooklyn, NY
Content Note
Line Drawings
Author Biography
John Watson is an International Master and author of many chess books including the award-winning Secrets of Modern Chess Strategy.