Sheng: Mastering Chess Logic Taktik Not just in solving games

Not just in solving games

This emphasizes the fundamental importance of having a clear understanding of how to build up and execute an attack

Fischer also made short shrift of former World Champion Tigran Petrosian

that are chosen for instructive value and maximum training benefit

this book is not a heavy theoretical treatise

Sheng: Mastering Chess Logic Taktik Not just in solving gamesWhat exactly makes the greatest players of all time, such as Magnus Carlsen, Bobby Fischer, and Garry Kasparov stand out from the rest? The basic aspects of chess (calculation, study of opening theory, and technical endgame ability) are of course of great importance. However, the more mysterious part of chess ability lies within the thought