Street Smart Chess Add to Watch List Watching View Watchlist >

Axel Smith: Street Smart Chess. 66 games annotated in depth.

 I) Playing for a Win: 1. Beating Higher Rated Opponents (by Baskaran Adhiban); 2. Beating Lower Rated Opponents (by David Navara); 3. Water Into Wine (by Magnus Carlsen); 4. Forcing Yourself to Play for a Win (by Aryan Tari); Final Thoughts on Winning or Drawing.  

II) Being Street Smart Avoiding Losses: 5. Drawing with Higher Rated Opponents (by Bu Xiangzhi); 6. Playing for Two Results (by Ulf Andersson).

III) Being an Uncomfortable Opponents - Open Strategies: 7. Fighting for (Un)equal Terms (by Laurent Fressinet); 8) Serve & Volley (by Peter Heine Nielsen).
Conclusion: Playing Street Smart Chess. Game Index. Name Index.

Street Smart Chess is an expert guide to scoring more points at the chessboard. When does it pay off to play hard for a win? Or safe for a draw? And how do you adapt your playing style accordingly? GM Axel Smith answers these questions and more by using a world-class player as a model for each chapter. Learn how Magnus Carlsen grinds out wins from level positions; how David Navara beats lower-rated opponents and how Baskaran Adhiban beats higher-rated ones! Or serve-and-volley in the opening like Peter Heine Nielsen.

Playing well is a good start in chess but you also need to be Street Smart.

GM Axel Smith is the award-winning author of The Woodpecker Method, Pump Up Your Rating, e3 Poison and Street Smart Chess, which were all enthusiastically received by readers and reviewers. Using the Woodpecker as part of his training, as an adult he improved from a rating of 2100 to becoming a Grandmaster.

18 x 25 cm. 246 pages hardback. Quality Chess, Glasgow, 2021. Condition: brand new. Weight 594 g.

Seller (291)