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    Chess for Tigers

    By Simon Webb

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    One of the most influential books on chess ever published – now in digital format. The Tiger is a vicious beast. He doesn’t care about the aesthetic side of chess. He doesn’t even care about making the ‘best’ moves. All he cares about is winning.

     

    Do you want to win more games? Then become a Tiger. 'Chess for Tigers' tells

    you how to make the most of your playing strength, how to play upon your

    opponent’s weaknesses, how to steer the game into a position which suits you

    and not your opponent, how to get results against strong opposition and how to

    avoid silly mistakes.

     

    This is a cult classic that is as relevant to today's generation of chess players as

    the first edition was. Regularly voted in the top 10 best chess books of all time,

    this book should be read by all chess players, especially beginners who want to

    win at all costs.

     

    Author Information

    Mr Webb started to make an impact on the chess world in the 1960s. He learned

    the game at the age of seven and ten years later, in 1966, he was under-18

    champion in Britain and fourth in the European junior Championship. He married

    and moved to Sweden in the 1970s and became one of the few correspondence

    chess Grand Masters. The first edition of Chess for Tigers was first published in

    1978. The sad death of Simon Webb in March 2005 shocked the chess

    community.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBatsford
    Release dateDec 20, 2013
    ISBN9781849941594
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    Simon Webb

    Simon Webb is the author of a number of non-fiction books, ranging from academic works on education to popular history. He works as a consultant on the subject of capital punishment to television companies and filmmakers and also writes for various magazines and newspapers; including the Times Educational Supplement, Daily Telegraph and the Guardian.

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      "As usual I paid nothing for this book but instead received it from NetGalley. Despite that kindness I give my candid thoughts below.In most reviews this is the part in which I give the good and the bad about the book in question but in this case I can't really find any negatives. Instead of that point/counterpoint I'll just say what the book really is.Most books on chess focus on some part of the game and give intricate detail about openings or middle game or endings or the general concepts of positional strategies or some other nugget of esoterica. Chess for Tigers is different in that instead it doesn't really focus on anything but looks at the game from a holistic and psychological viewpoint. The chapter titles reveal this pretty keenly: * Play the Man - not the board (Basically, figuring out your opponent's weaknesses and exploiting them. * Looking in the Mirror (Figuring out YOUR weaknesses and how to best compensate for them) * How to Catch Rabbits (How to beat weaker players consistently and thoroughly) * How to Trap Heffalumps (How to have a chance at beating a stronger player)And also more down to earth practical topics * How to win won positions * What to do in drawn positions * Clock ControlIn summary, when I was a wee lad I read all sorts of books on opening positions and closings and I learned how to mate with just two bishops and all that usual rot but I quickly lost interest because I didn't have a book to tie all that working knowledge into a sensible whole. This book is that one I was missing. It takes all the memorization and strategy and stretches it out into a way to win games on a consistent basis."

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