How to Be Lucky in Chess

by David Lemoir

Book Overview

Some players seem to have an inexhaustible supply of chessboard luck. Like all players, they may get into trouble every now and then, but they somehow find a way to escape. Among world champions,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 190198348X
• ISBN13: 9781901983487
• Release Date: March 2006
• Publisher: Gambit Publications
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Guide to optimism

David LeMoir is an approx. 2200 rated player who writes for players at that level and below. I consider this book very useful for the practical player, because in this book the author presents the kind of problems a club player often encounters, and gives solutions that are easy to incorporate into one's own chess thinking.LeMoir mainly uses his own games as models on how to "get out of jail" and similar issues. Many of the game examples show rather poor play (the kind There are chapters on persistent defence and on speculative sacrificing. The author contemplates on the reasons for the success of sacrifices and presents nice statistics from his own games. The book is full of psychological insights that give the reader the feeling that his practical chess skill increases with every chapter. One of the most useful concepts that LeMoir addresses in detail is "the drawing margin", which is surprisingly wide in practical games betw. amateurs. And all this time we were led to believe that one pawn is enough for the win...This is a very useful book for most players rated betw. 1500-2200. For the master level player, this book deserves 4 stars, but for the club player, it deserves five.The graphical illustrations are nice also, and overall the book is of very good Gambit production quality.