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Giants of Power Play by Neil McDonald (2009, Trade Paperback)

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InThe Giants of Power Play, Neil McDonald selects five players who have excelled in the field of ?. the art of putting opponents under constant pressure.

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PublisherEveryman Chess

ISBN-10185744597X

ISBN-139781857445978

eBay Product ID (ePID)22038775964

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Book TitleGiants of PowerPlay

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicChess, Board Games, General

Publication Year2009

GenreGames & Activities

AuthorNeil McDonald

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Reviews'It's a book rich in insights, and a book whose annotations consistently achieve the difficult - making the ideas and struggle of a game comprehensible and exciting.' - David Kaufman reviewing Neil McDonald's Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy for ChessCafe.com. "GM Neil McDonald never before wrote a book that I didn't like, and his new Everyman work "The Giants of Power Play" is no exception, as I really love it!" - Paul Motwani, The Scotsman, ‘It's a book rich in insights, and a book whose annotations consistently achieve the difficult – making the ideas and struggle of a game comprehensible and exciting.' - David Kaufman reviewing Neil McDonald's Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy for ChessCafe.com., 'It's a book rich in insights, and a book whose annotations consistently achieve the difficult - making the ideas and struggle of a game comprehensible and exciting.'- David Kaufman reviewing Neil McDonald's Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy for ChessCafe.com. "GM Neil McDonald never before wrote a book that I didn't like, and his new Everyman work "The Giants of Power Play" is no exception, as I really love it!"- Paul Motwani, The Scotsman, 'It's a book rich in insights, and a book whose annotations consistently achieve the difficult making the ideas and struggle of a game comprehensible and exciting.' - David Kaufman reviewing Neil McDonald's Chess Secrets: The Giants of Strategy for ChessCafe.com. "GM Neil McDonald never before wrote a book that I didn't like, and his new Everyman work "The Giants of Power Play" is no exception, as I really love it!" - Paul Motwani, The Scotsman, 'It's a book rich in insights, and a book whose annotations consistently achieve the difficult making the ideas and struggle of a game comprehensible and exciting.' - David Kaufman reviewing Neil McDonald'sChess Secrets: The Giants of Strategyfor ChessCafe.com.

SynopsisChess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess: strategy, attack, opening play and gambits, classical play, endgames and preparation. In each book the author studies a number of great players from chess history who have excelled in a particular field of the game and who have undeniably influenced those who have followed. In The Giants of Power Play, Neil McDonald selects five players who have excelled in the field of 'power play' - the art of putting opponents under constant pressure. The methods of doing so are numerous, including gaining rapid development in return for material to build up an initiative, preparing powerful opening ideas in advance, or even developing completely new opening systems. McDonald examines the contributions made by each player, their differences in approach and style, and from Morphy to Topalov, how they followed in each other's footsteps. A study of this book will help you to enhance your skills in one of the most crucial elements of the game. *An entertaining and instructive guide to power play *Learn from the greats of the game *Discover how famous chess minds work, Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess: strategy, attack, opening play and gambits, classical play, endgames and preparation. In each book the author studies a number of great players from chess history who have excelled in a particular field of the game and who have undeniably influenced those who have followed. In The Giants of Power Play, Neil McDonald selects five players who have excelled in the field of 'power play' - the art of putting opponents under constant pressure. The methods of doing so are numerous, including gaining rapid development in return for material to build up an initiative, preparing powerful opening ideas in advance, or even developing completely new opening systems. McDonald examines the contributions made by each player, their differences in approach and style, and from Morphy to Topalov, how they followed in each other's footsteps. A study of this book will help you to enhance your skills in one of the most crucial elements of the game. *An entertaining and instructive guide to power play*Learn from the greats of the game*Discover how famous chess minds work, Chess Secrets is a series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess: strategy, attack, opening play and gambits, classical play, endgames and preparation. In each book the author studies a number of great players from chess history who have excelled in a particular field of the game and who have undeniably influenced those who have followed. In The Giants of Power Play , Neil McDonald selects five players who have excelled in the field of 'power play' - the art of putting opponents under constant pressure. The methods of doing so are numerous, including gaining rapid development in return for material to build up an initiative, preparing powerful opening ideas in advance, or even developing completely new opening systems. McDonald examines the contributions made by each player, their differences in approach and style, and from Morphy to Topalov, how they followed in each other's footsteps. A study of this book will help you to enhance your skills in one of the most crucial elements of the game. *An entertaining and instructive guide to power play *Learn from the greats of the game *Discover how famous chess minds work, Neil McDonald selects five players from chess history who have excelled in the field of 'power play' - the art of putting opponents under constant pressure., Chess Secrets isa series of books which uncover the mysteries of the most important aspects of chess: strategy, attack, opening play and gambits, classical play, endgames and preparation. In each book the author studies a number of great players from chess history who have excelled in a particular field of the game and who have undeniably influenced those who have followed. In The Giants of Power Play , Neil McDonald selects five players who have excelled in the field of 'power play' - the art of putting opponents under constant pressure. The methods of doing so are numerous, including gaining rapid development in return for material to build up an initiative, preparing powerful opening ideas in advance, or even developing completely new opening systems. McDonald examines the contributions made by each player, their differences in approach and style, and from Morphy to Topalov, how they followed in each other's footsteps. A study of this book will help you to enhance your skills in one of the most crucial elements of the game. *An entertaining and instructive guide to power play *Learn from the greats of the game *Discover how famous chess minds work