The Art of the Middle Game
by Paul Keres, Alexander Kotov
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Superb guide to neglected area of chess. Two formidable grandmasters cover attacking the king, defense, importance of pawn structure, analysis, much more. Authoritative introduction by Harry Golombek. Belongs in the library of every serious chess enthusiast. Indexes of players and middle-game themes.Tags
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Paul Keres (1916-1975) remained an elite grandmaster throughout his life and is widely regarded as one of the strongest ever players not to have won the world chess championship.
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Alexander Kotov was a formidable grandmaster of the Soviet school. He was the 1948 Soviet Champion (jointly with Bronstein), and a member of the USSR gold-medal-winning team at the 1952 and 1954 Olympiads. He is also renowned as a chess author, most famously for Think Like a Grandmaster.
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- Canonical title*
- Taito voittaa šakissa
- Original title
- Konsten att vinna i schack
- Original publication date
- 1964
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- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 794.123 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Chess, Computer Games / Card Games Chess Theory and instruction Middlegame
- LCC
- GV1450.3 .K413 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Recreation. Leisure Recreation. Leisure Games and amusements Indoor games and amusements Board games. Move games
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