Coach Yourself - by Neil McDonald (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>A leading chess coach explains exactly how you can study the game in order to specifically improve your play.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Many players are serious about their chess but become stuck at a certain playing strength. It's rarely a lack of talent or practice or opening knowledge that holds them back. Usually they get left behind because they don't know how to make best use of the time they have available to study chess. This book addresses this problem and is your self-improvement plan. It shows you how to work on your own games to root out mistakes. It will sharpen your calculation of variations. You will be challenged to find the best middlegame strategy. Endgame technique is also covered in detail. All topics are discussed with numerous examples and puzzles from the games of modern players such as Magnus Carlsen, Fabiano Caruana and Viswanathan Anand. If you want your chess to leap forward it's time to Coach Yourself!<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>I enjoyed this book. It has quite a relaxed chatty pace to it, a little like having an informal session with an experienced player about certain important subjects which doesn't cost you too much effort as a reader, although it get's harder if you try to solve all the exercises McDonald sets you!--Matthew Sadler "New in Chess Magazine "<br><br>Step forward Neil McDonald, one of the best chess writers out there... McDonald shows how to really analyse your games to identify then cut out certain types of mistakes, while also presenting plenty of instructive material to help improve the reader's calculational ability, as well as their understanding of the middlegame and endgame.--CHESS Magazine<br><br>There are keen insights about how to improve at chess throughout the book. ... We encourage you to avail yourself of McDonald's advice that "Immersing yourself in the great games of chess history is a perfect way to sugar the pill of chess study. You might think you are just having fun and relaxing but you'll pick up loads of essential ideas 'by accident'." Reading the instructive content of Coach Yourself is just icing on the cake. This is an easy-to-read, enjoyable book.--ChessCafe.com<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Neil McDonald became a grandmaster in 1996 and a FIDE trainer in 2017. He is a regular coach of the England Junior team at international events. Neil has written numerous books on openings, endgames, tactics and strategy as well as biographies of famous players. He lives in Gravesend in Kent, England.
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