Soltis: The Inner Game of Chess Kids clear summaries of the most

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Grandmaster and well-known endgames expert Chris Ward begins with the absolute fundamentals of rook endgames

and runs a popular YouTube channel called ChessExplained

Kurt Richter was known and feared for his aggressive style of play

Black gains lasting queenside pressure and forces White into a defensive position from the opening's outset

Soltis: The Inner Game of Chess Kids clear summaries of the mostHow to Calculate and Win Do masters methodically cut their way through the branches of a tree of analysis? Is it true that attacking players calculate a dozen moves ahead, while positional specialists rely on abstract principles? What exactly does it mean to calculate, anyway? In The Inner Game of Chess, GM Andy Soltis shows that the key to good calculation is good visualization of the position in front of us and then after the moves we're