Master Your Chess with Judit Polgar: Fight for the Center and Other Lessons from the All-Time Best Female Chess Player

by Judit Polgar, Andras Toth

Overview

Judit Polgar was the best female chess player in the world for a record 26 years. In this book she reveals some of the secrets of her success. Together with prize-winning coach, International Master Andras Toth, she has created a course based on the training she received as a young player. It feels like private lessons from one of the best players in the world.

You will learn how to punish the three most common openings mistakes. And how to spot hidden tactical opportunities and how to force your opponent to play weakening moves. You will be taught how to master one of the most difficult skills in chess: seizing the initiative. And you will find the tools to turn yourself into a lean, mean, attacking machine.

Master Your Chess with Judit Polgar covers all aspects of the game: from the opening to the endgame. The manual is accessible both for ambitious beginners wanting to build their chess development on a strong foundation and for intermediate players who have hit a plateau and need new insights to leap forward.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789493257337
Publisher:	Continental Sales, Inc.
Publication date:	09/01/2022
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 9.38(h) x 1.31(d)

About the Author

Judit Polgar is an elite Grandmaster who has beaten all recent World Champions. She was ranked number 8 in the world and topped the women’s rankings for a record 26 years. She is an award-winning author and a columnist for New In Chess magazine. Andras Toth is International Master, streamer, YouTuber, and a well-known coach based in Australia who specializes in adult improvement.

Table of Contents

Preface Judit Polgar 7

Explanation of symbols 8

Part I Opening Disasters 9

Chapter 1 Materialism 13

Chapter 2 Poor Development 29

Chapter 3 Lack of Central Control 47

Part II Calculation 59

Chapter 4 CCTV - 'Checks, Captures and Threats' Variations 63

Chapter 5 Pattern Recognition 85

Part III Positional Concepts 93

Chapter 6 Weak Squares and Outposts 97

Chapter 7 Misplaced Piece 109

Chapter 8 Good Knight vs Bad Bishop 119

Part IV Strategy 129

Chapter 9 Weakness of a Color Complex 133

Chapter 10 Opposite-Colored Bishops 155

Part V Positional Sacrifices 177

Chapter 11 Positional Pawn Sacrifices 181

Chapter 12 Positional Piece Sacrifices 203

Chapter 13 Positional Exchange Sacrifices 219

Chapter 14 Positional Queen Sacrifices 231

Part VI Tactics 239

Chapter 12 Various Scenarios 243

Chapter 16 Removing the Defender 257

Chapter 14 Unexpected Tactics 269

Part VII The Initiative 287

Chapter 18 Queenside Castling Scenarios 291

Chapter 19 Pawn Breaks 301

Chapter 20 Material Sacrifices 311

Chapter 21 Openings that Thrive on Initiative 323

Part VIII The Attack 341

Chapter 22 Uncastled King 345

Chapter 23 Pawn Storm 361

Chapter 24 Same-Side Castling 383

Part IX The Endgame 397

Chapter 25 Rook Endgames 401

Chapter 26 Opposite-Colored Bishops Endings 415

Chapter 27 Same-Colored Bishops Endings 431

Chapter 28 Complex Endgames 443

Chapter 29 Weak Color Complexes in the Endgame 463

Chapter 30 Endgame Techniques and Studies 473

Part X Puzzles 493

Chapter 31 Tactical and Positional Tests 494

Index of names 505