Kislik: Applying Logic in Chess BILD ZU KLEIN ” -- Ian Marks

” -- Ian Marks

Playing the Queen’s Gambit

Arkadij Naiditsch is a Grandmaster with a peak rating of 2737

trained himself to become one of the finest analysts in the world - and why his annotations to this carefully selected collection of games are acknowledged to be of a depth and quality rarely seen in chess literature

background information

Kislik: Applying Logic in Chess BILD ZU KLEIN ” -- Ian MarksIs chess a logical game? What constitutes an advantage in chess? How can we set problems and create psychologically difficult situations for the opponent? These are big questions, and Erik Kislik tackles them and others head on in this thought provoking, thoroughly modern, and original work. He answers the first of those questions with a resounding yes!. His assessments focus on concrete points: pawn structure, material imbalance and compensation.