Typical mistakes by 1600-1900 players Damen Gambit Bishop Mazes - Problems 1-36

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but also pose a great challenge for White

there were still 'adjourned games' and 'sealed moves' – and when no player could dodge the hard analysis work by simply delegating this tedious task to his computer

you attempt to predict the next move before revealing the solution

was awarded the US Chess Federation Prize for Best Book

Typical mistakes by 1600-1900 players Damen Gambit Bishop Mazes - Problems 1-36As head coach of the English Chess Federation, I work a lot with up and coming players and I see time and time again how typical mistakes are repeated. In order to analyze these mistakes in more detail, I examined many games of players between 1600 and 1900. This DVD shows how to recognize and avoid typical mistakes. I have sorted the mistakes according to motives such as "miscalculating forced variations", "being too materialistic" or "king safety"