"Gives you a very pleasant feeling of learning new things without spending too much effort!"
Train Your Chess Pattern Recognition
More Key Moves & Motives in the Middlegame
Description
In this sequel to his instant classic Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition, a highly original take on practical middlegame instruction, Arthur van de Oudeweetering presents players of almost every level with a fresh supply of essential, yet easy-to-remember building blocks for their chess knowledge.
Pattern recognition is one of the most important mechanisms of chess improvement. It helps you to quickly grasp the essence of a position on the board and find the most promising continuation.
In short, well-defined and practical chapters, experienced chess trainer Van de Oudeweetering presents hundreds of examples of middlegame themes. To test your understanding he provides an abundance of exercises.
After working with this book, an increasing number of positions, pawn structures and piece placements will automatically activate your chess knowledge. As a result, you will find the right move more often and more quickly!
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Reviews
"Once you have stored a lot of patterns, finding the best or most interesting move at the board will take less time. The (unintentional?) side-effect of the book is: a snapshot of moderns chess at the highest level."
"This book is structured the same way as 'Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition' and gives just as much joy (..) It is very amusingly written and it will easily improve your chess."
"Every ambitious player should at least make sure that he knows all motifs that 'Chess Pattern Recognition' presents."
