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Everymann Chess, London, 2014, paperback, 17x24cm, 334 pp, 590 grams, condition: fine, as NEW.

Award-winning chess coach Erik Czerwin's unique training method begins by studying the simplest chess positions with very few pieces - and then moves on, step by step, adding more pieces to the board. Complex ideas are always built up from simpler situations, ensuring that the learning curve stays flat. With helpful exercises throughout, Chess Progress is the perfect book for every chess enthusiast.

E.Czerwin:  "I’m not the greatest chess player, but I do pride myself on being a strong teacher.  As I took on the chess coaching role, I had to learn the game and learn how to teach it at the same time.  Each year, I had to adjust several aspects of the lessons based on new students, various experience levels, and my own growing knowledge of the game.  I applied everything I have learned about education to those lessons, and eventually, I had a decent program that I was pretty happy with.  “Chess Progress” is just a nutshell of what I used to teach my students the game.  It has worked well for me and my teams, so I’ve decided to go ahead and share it.  One reason I think it’s a good chess book is because it is different than most chess books available now.  I think it’s the first “basics of chess” book written from the perspective of a teacher rather than the perspective of a chess player.  Everything I learned about chess and about teaching chess came from experience and from other coaches in the NICL, so the book is just me putting as much of that knowledge as I can into one place."