Too many options? Treat your friends and family to their favourite stores with a Bayshore Shopping Centre gift card, redeemable at participating retailers throughout the centre. Click below to purchase yours today!Purchase Here
Coles Chess Strategies & Tactics: Mastering Positional Play and Tactical Motives: Your essential chess strategy book for developing an opening repertoire understanding pawn structures, and calculating complex chess tactics. at Bayshore Shopping Centre in Ottawa, ON
Chess Strategies & Tactics: Mastering Positional Play and Tactical Motives: Your essential chess strategy book for developing an opening repertoire understanding pawn structures, and calculating complex chess tactics.
Chess Strategies & Tactics: Mastering Positional Play and Tactical Motives: Your essential chess strategy book for developing an opening repertoire understanding pawn structures, and calculating complex chess tactics. in Ottawa, ON
Chess Strategies & Tactics: Mastering Positional Play and Tactical Motives: Your essential chess strategy book for developing an opening repertoire understanding pawn structures, and calculating complex chess tactics. in Ottawa, ON
*Product information may vary - to confirm product availability, pricing, shipping and return information please contact Coles
This chess strategy book is designed to elevate your game by providing a structured approach to chess strategies and tactics. It will guide you in developing a solid chess opening repertoire by helping you select suitable opening systems and deepen your understanding of main variations. Learn the core principles of the opening phase, including center control, rapid development, and king safety, and how to successfully transition into the middlegame by identifying the resulting position type and formulating a coherent plan.
The book places a strong emphasis on chess strategy, using pawn structures as a strategic guide. You will explore how to create and exploit pawn weaknesses, play with and against isolated pawns, and understand the significance of pawn chains. Further sections on positional play detail how to improve your pieces, apply the principle of two weaknesses, and achieve harmonious coordination of your major pieces. Develop your long term planning skills by learning to identify positional advantages and anticipate your opponent's plans.
To sharpen your tactical vision, this chess tactics book covers fundamental tactical motives such as pins, skewers, and forks, as well as discovered attacks. It then moves on to advanced tactical concepts, including decoy and deflection sacrifices, and the removal of the guard. You will also learn systematic methods for calculating and visualizing variations to improve your tactical accuracy.
Finally, the guide addresses practical endgame techniques, starting with elementary pawn endgames like the rule of the square and king opposition. It covers the most common type of endgame, rook endgames, explaining key positions and the critical role of rook activity. The book concludes with insights into complex endgames involving minor pieces, offering a comprehensive resource for the aspiring player.
This chess strategy book is designed to elevate your game by providing a structured approach to chess strategies and tactics. It will guide you in developing a solid chess opening repertoire by helping you select suitable opening systems and deepen your understanding of main variations. Learn the core principles of the opening phase, including center control, rapid development, and king safety, and how to successfully transition into the middlegame by identifying the resulting position type and formulating a coherent plan.
The book places a strong emphasis on chess strategy, using pawn structures as a strategic guide. You will explore how to create and exploit pawn weaknesses, play with and against isolated pawns, and understand the significance of pawn chains. Further sections on positional play detail how to improve your pieces, apply the principle of two weaknesses, and achieve harmonious coordination of your major pieces. Develop your long term planning skills by learning to identify positional advantages and anticipate your opponent's plans.
To sharpen your tactical vision, this chess tactics book covers fundamental tactical motives such as pins, skewers, and forks, as well as discovered attacks. It then moves on to advanced tactical concepts, including decoy and deflection sacrifices, and the removal of the guard. You will also learn systematic methods for calculating and visualizing variations to improve your tactical accuracy.
Finally, the guide addresses practical endgame techniques, starting with elementary pawn endgames like the rule of the square and king opposition. It covers the most common type of endgame, rook endgames, explaining key positions and the critical role of rook activity. The book concludes with insights into complex endgames involving minor pieces, offering a comprehensive resource for the aspiring player.
Coles is renowned for its outstanding customer service and great selection of books. Along with the vast array of magazines, stationary, audio-books, children's literature, fiction, non-fiction and reference books, you can find accessories to make your reading experience more pleasurable. We can recommend the very best in reading today. We will help you search our titles for exactly what you need, and if we do not have it in stock, we will order it for you.
