{"product_id":"studies-for-practical-players-oleg-pervakov-9781949859805","title":"Studies for Practical Players: Book 2: Improving Important Endgame Concepts","description":"Develop Imaginative and Preventive Thinking \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNowadays, chessplayers spend almost all their free time preparing openings, and rarely spend the time necessary to perfect the vitally important technique of calculating. Regular training in solving and playing out endgames studies is a good recipe for eliminating that shortcoming. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book - the sequel to Studies for Practical Players released over a decade ago - is mostly aimed at practical players who wish to improve their chess skills by developing imaginative and preventive thinking, while perfecting calculation of variations and knowledge of basic endings. In addition, this work will certainly be appreciated by every lover of beauty, logic and paradoxicality of the game. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe creative collaboration between a famous trainer with a world-renowned name and a study composer who has earned the title of International Grandmaster of Composition will give chessplayers the best of both worlds: The elegance of endgame studies and the practical application of endgame theory. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Endgame studies] are an excellent training tool ... everything is as close to battlefield conditions as can be. Of course, the contents of the book are not nearly limited to studies by one author. It also includes wonderfully annotated creative works of many outstanding chess study composers and practical players. Outstanding! - From the Foreword by Garry Kasparov\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Oleg Pervakov, Mark Dvoretsky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1949859800\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781949859805\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Russell Enterprises\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/10\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Oleg Pervakov","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44540723265791,"sku":"9781949859805","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d64d1978-41b4-4d6b-a012-8394332fcf64.jpg?v=1700589504","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/studies-for-practical-players-oleg-pervakov-9781949859805","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}