Watson: A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire for White the big greek What level of player is

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The 1972 match against Spassky required the intervention of no less than Henry Kissinger to smooth things over

Mistakes are often made in the early part of the game - at all levels of chess - but a key skill is to recognise these critical moments as they happen and to exploit them with maximum efficiency

The chapters "The Aesthetic Effects of Chess" and "On Chess Education" round off the masterpiece by illustrating what the author meant by a "holistic approach to chess"

these are insufficient to explain the basics of chess

Watson: A Strategic Chess Opening Repertoire for White the big greek What level of player isSuch has been the acclaim for John Watson's ground breaking works on modern chess strategy and his insightful opening books, that it is only natural that he now presents a strategic opening repertoire. It is the chess player's holy grail: a flexible repertoire that gives opponents real problems but doesn't require masses of memorization or continual study of ever changing grandmaster theory. While this book can't quite promise all of that, Watson