Winning Chess Explained by Zenon Franco

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Publisher: GAMBIT 2006 Edition: Paperback medium Pages: 190 Language: English width: 17 cm height: 24 cm weight: 0.4 kg   Zenon Franco has regularly annotated top-level games for more than a quarter of a century. 

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Publisher: GAMBIT 2006 Edition: Paperback medium Pages: 190 Language: English width: 17 cm height: 24 cm weight: 0.4 kg   Zenon Franco has regularly annotated top-level games for more than a quarter of a century. He has drawn upon this vast experience to present 50 hugely instructive games illustrating a wide variety of chess ideas, reinforced by 13 supplementary games and 45 exercises. Key themes are illustrated by several games, so that we gain a well-rounded appreciation of the relevant ideas, and develop foresight that will enable us to make the right decisions at the board by anticipating problems before they arise. Topics include: Pawn Sacrifice Exchange Sacrifice The Art of Manoeuvring The Second Weakness Permanent vs Temporary Advantages Regrouping The King's Destiny 'Strange' Exchanges Denying the Opponent Squares The Central Breakthrough Zenon Franco is a grandmaster from Paraguay who now lives in Spain. He is an experienced chess trainer, his most notable pupil being Francisco Vallejo Pons, now one of the world's top grandmasters, whom he taught from 1995 to 1999.

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Winning Chess Explained by Zenon Franco

Winning Chess Explained by Zenon Franco

Publisher: GAMBIT 2006 Edition: Paperback medium Pages: 190 Language: English width: 17 cm height: 24 cm weight: 0.4 kg   Zenon Franco has regularly annotated top-level games for more than a quarter of a century.