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Enhance Your Chess Strategy and Psychology with Boris Gulko

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Author: Boris Gulko and Joel R. Steed
Publication Date: April 26, 2011
Notation Type: AN - Algebraic
Page Count: 304 Pages

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Imagine you are a club player who has been given the opportunity to talk at length with a famous grandmaster. How would you make the most of this opportunity?

Club players are unaware of the subtleties that exist in grandmaster chess. Grandmasters can analyse chess at a depth that is unfathomable to amateurs. Moreover, they have extensive knowledge of chess history and opening theory, as well extraordinary endgame technique and tactical vision. However, having reached such a high level can make it difficult to understand what is lacking in the mind of the amateur.

Lessons with a Grandmaster bridges this gap between grandmaster and amateur through a series of conversations between teacher, the renowned Grandmaster Boris Gulko, and student Dr. Joel R. Sneed, a professor of psychology and amateur chess player. The lessons are based on Gulko's own battles against fellow grandmasters, and there is particular focus on strategy, tactics and the role of psychology in chess competition.

Learn from the chess games of Boris Gulko
Typical questions you would ask a Grandmaster - answered!
Improve your understanding of chess strategy and psychology

About the Author(s)

Boris Gulko is one of the most distinguished Grandmasters in the chess world. He's a former Soviet Champion and has also won the US Championship twice since his immigration in 1986, making him the only chess player ever to have held both the American and Soviet championship titles.

Dr. Joel R. Sneed is a professor of psychology at Queens College of the City University on New York, an amateur chess enthusiast and a student of Boris Gulko's.

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