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A Journey Through the World of Chess Improvement

Daniel Gormally

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English
Thinkers Publishing
11 July 2022
This book takes a closer look at the Classic mistakes by amateur players

include: 1. Moving a piece too often in the opening. This is one of the

mainstays which we think relates at least partly to the desire to create

something in the opening, when we would be better advised to focus on simple

development. 2. Impatience. Sometimes amateur players are too eager to change

something when there really is no need. 3. Overgeneralizing. One of the biggest

differences I've noticed when comparing professional play to amateur play is that

the former is much more about concrete calculation - you go there, we go here

and so on - whereas an amateur player will have a tendency to overgeneralize

when thinking about a position, perhaps because they are not used to the basic

art of calculation. 4. Cutting variations off too quickly. Amateur players do

not extend their calculation far enough, and thus superficiality tends to kick

in. These and other mistakes are explained in the book. Of course it

should be noted that professional players also make these kinds of mistakes.
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Imprint:   Thinkers Publishing
Country of Publication:   Belgium
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 170mm, 
ISBN:   9789464201536
ISBN 10:   9464201533
Pages:   232
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Born 04/05/1976 Currently living in Alnwick, Northumberland, England. Daniel has been a chess professional for over twenty years, in which time he has played in many tournaments both in the U.K. and abroad. He has represented England in the European team championships and the Olympiad. Daniel has taken high placing in the British chess championships and on several occasions has placed in a tie for second. He is also the two times winner of the English rapid play championships. In 2005 he scored his final Grandmaster norm in a tournament in Gibraltar, where he scored a 2693 performance. In that tournament he played against several world-class grandmasters, including Nakamura, Aronian, Sutovsky and Dreev, and only lost one game.  He is also the author of several well-received chess books, including a year in the chess world and mating the castled king, one of the few western chess books in recent years to be translated into Chinese. As a writer he is known for his laid-back and humorous style. This is second book for Thinkers, after the bestselling ' The Comfort Zone'' of 2021.

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