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    Winning Chess Tournaments by Robert M. Snyder

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    • ISBN: 0595453473
    • Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
    • Pub. Date: June 2007
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    In Winning Chess Tournaments, chess coach Robert M. Snyder takes his Chess for Everyone book a step further by providing a guide for students and coaches to prepare for tournament competition. The author reveals secrets of training that resulted in students winning thirty-six individual first place titles in championship sections at the national championships. Additional study materials to extend and supplement Chess for Everyone.

    • Training and conditioning before and during tournaments.
    • Understanding how tournaments work and making the most out of tournament rules.
    • Important role of psychology in competition.
    • How to study and prepare openings, endgames and tactics (includes extensive materials for actual study).
    • Profiles and games of individual scholastic champions.
    • Written for advanced beginners and intermediate players.

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    Learn how to improve in chess!by Anonymous

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    10/06/2008: A very different type of chess book. You will learn how to improve your game, some unique things in the rules, chess psychology, materials to train with such as the most important tactical patterns to know, important basic endgames, very nice opening charts and some interesting information on how top young chess champions became champions. Interesting, informative and lots of material.

    Learn Rules, Psychology, How to Train and Loaded with Materialby Anonymous

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    09/16/2008: The most important training methods are covered along with lots of material for the player just beyond a novice or up to an average level tournament player. A unique insight is provided to the reader based the methods used to train 36 national scholastic chess champions. Most of these ideas are found nowhere else in chess literature! The most important rules are clearly covered with some of their weaknesses (something the OFFICIAL RULES OF CHESS dare not point out!). The chapter on Psychology is especially useful. It goes into setting goals, self confidence, dos and don'ts during play, and the important false images that interfear with a player's ability to analyse correctly (i.e. Retained image, Intert image & Forward image - do you know them? You better!). This book is a must read for anyone who plans to play or plays in tournaments. Even if you don't plan to play in tournaments the instructional material takes openings, endgames and tactics a step beyond the basic book in the series, CHESS FOR EVERYONE. The section on selected scholastic champions (profiles and games) is perhaps not as instructive as the rest of the book, but is very interesting and enjoyable to read. This is one of my favorite chess books.


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