Chess Lessons from a Champion Coach

The book "Chess Coach" by Thomas Engqvist is a great resource for aspiring chess players of all levels, providing lessons, motivation, and coaching to help them become better players. It covers important elements of chess, psychology, and how to stay motivated, and is drawn from chess games throughout history, featuring a range of key players. The clear and accessible annotations make it easy to apply the lessons to your own practice.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 153 pages
Publication date: 13 April 2023
Publisher: Batsford Ltd

In an ideal world, any aspiring chess player, at almost any level, would get better with a coach. If that's not possible, having chess champion coach Thomas Engqvist's book at your side is the next best thing. In his series of lessons, Engqvist guides you through not only the most important elements of chess to master but also the psychology, how to marry knowledge with imagination, and how to stay motivated. Suitable for older children through to adults, the lessons are drawn from chess games through history, from the 16th century to Magnus Carlsen and the latest Alpha Zero computer chess. It features a range of key players, including Steinitz, Lasker, Nimzowistch, Botvinnik (Soviet chess school), and Fischer. With clear and accessible annotations to give clarity, the games highlight the most important lessons to learn and, just as importantly, how to practice chess.

International Master Thomas Engqvist has traveled the world teaching and coaching chess to a very high level for decades – and with this book, he can be your coach too.

Weight: 398g
Dimension: 152 x 234 x 27 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781849948043