Hoffmeister: Chess Theory from Stamma to Steinitz, 1735–1894 (hardcover) improvers Anyone who reads this book

Anyone who reads this book carefully and studies all White's attacking ideas will have a fearsome weapon in their armoury

Scottish national player Jacob Aagaard guides you through the most important techniques of calculation

e2-e4 is mentioned as early as 1594 in a book by the Italian Giulio Cesare Polerio (1548-1612)

your best practical chance often lies not in what the computer recommends

analogous plans and correct ways of conducting different endgames happened for the first time in their games

Hoffmeister: Chess Theory from Stamma to Steinitz, 1735–1894 (hardcover) improvers Anyone who reads this bookMost chess biographies present the games of famous playersbut not their writings. Filling that gap, this book begins with Syrian master and author of chess studies Philip Stamma, and finishes with the first world champion William Steinitz. The main novelties in opening, middlegame and endgame theory in the 160 year period are examined and biographical sketches put the contributions of more than 30 masters into context. The author presents many new