What Amateurs Can Learn from Ulf Andersson's Positional Masterpieces
by Jürgen Kaufeld, Guido Kern, 224pp. (New In Chess, 2011)

Read an excerpt here

One of the most effective ways to improve your chess is to take a world class-player as your example. By collecting his games, studying his choices and examining his style, you will understand what made him rise to the very top.

This is what Guido Kern and Jurgen Kaufeld have done with Swedish chess legend Ulf Andersson, a positional genius with a crystal-clear style, who rose to the number 4 spot of the FIDE world rankings. Kaufeld and Kern have selected 80 of Andersson’s games and grouped them into 15 thematic strategy lessons, pinpointing exactly how the Swede made the difference in each case. Their instructive verbal explanations will improve your strategic skills and your positional feeling.

Every chess player knows how difficult it can be to convert an advantage into a win. Positional technique is what you need and Grandmaster Chess Strategy teaches you exactly that.

Guido Kern (1961) is an International Master and an experienced chess trainer for the German Chess Federation. Jurgen Kaufeld (1976) is a FIDE master who works as a chess trainer in clubs and schools.

Former US Champion Alex Yermolinsky:
"Ulf was our cult figure, we'd give anything to become like him."

KARL Magazine:
“The choice of the games is just as good as the penetrating analysis and the didactic presentation. The authors unlock the essential characteristics of each position by showing the ideas behind the moves.”

Richard Vedder, Schaker.info:
"There must have been many who, after losing from Andersson, have asked themselves in despair: where on earth did it go wrong? (..) A book for collectors, for connoisseurs, and for chess players who want to improve."

Johan Hut, Gooi en Eemlander:
"It is more a middlegame than and endgame book. The central theme is: how to convert small positional advantages into a win."

Grandmaster Peter Leko:
“This book opens our eyes!”

Harald Keilhack, Schach Magazine:
“From Andersson, better than from anyone else, one learns ‘pure’ chess, without being distracted by tactical coincidences.”