This new book offers chess fans of all levels a chance to match their wits with the legendary chess champion Bobby Fischer!
Best-selling and award-winning author Igor Khmelnitsky gathers examples from Fischer's games that are educational, and entertaining, and can be studied without a board. In each of the examples the readers will take the seat of Fischer's opponent and be asked to come up with an assessment and a move. Based on the response they are assigned points towards their rating evaluation and a game score towards their “match.”
Once finished, the readers will learn how well they have done in the “match,” have an estimate of their rating, and know what they need to work on to improve their game. Khmelnitsky, who also wrote the Chess Journalists of America 2005 Book-of-the-Year, Chess Exam and Training Guide: Rate Yourself and Learn How to Improve, and its 2007 companion, Chess Exam and Training Guide: Tactics, feels that this new book offers several exciting new twists, while keeping the familiar testing format that is popular with his readers.
In this new book, the readers will discover
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sixty diagrams with multiple-choice questions of varied complexity,
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comprehensive answers with diagrams to make reviewing easier,
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distributions of answers and other statistical reports by rating,
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ratings are assigned Overall and by thirteen distinct categories,
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bonus material: warm-up, tie-breaker, tips and training suggestions, and more…
Practical and enjoyable, charged throughout with Igor Khmelnitsky’s inimitable style that resembles a personal conversation, Chess Exam - Matches against Chess Legends: You vs. Fischer puts fun, the originality, and the challenge back in chess training.
International master Igor Khmelnitsky, winner of numerous chess tournaments in the US and abroad, advocates an active learning approach. He says: “From my personal experience as top-ranked player (formerly top 14 in US) and an experienced coach, the best way to learn things is by doing them.” All three of his Chess Exam books fully utilize this approach. According to Khmelnitsky, the reader is encouraged “to study each diagram thoroughly, then compare their answer and thoughts with detailed answer provided in the book, and then practice the position against a friend or a computer.”
Chess is a fun and exciting game and Khmelnitsky’s objective is to make chess training a fun process. The new match format enables even chess novices to experience the competitive nature of chess. More experienced players will get their ranking and identify their weak areas, while completing fun exercises. Hence, players of all levels will enjoy this book!
