Axel Smith: Black & White Magic

Quality Chess Verlag, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-1-78483-190-5, 264 Seiten, 2023.

Colour complexes in chess explained.

During his long journey as a chess player and coach, Grandmaster Axel Smith came to the realization that understanding colour-complex strategies is one of the key differences between strong and weak players. After many years of delivering lectures and training material to his students, Smith produced a Chessable course on the topic, which has been extensively edited and reorganized by Quality Chess to produce this book.

In these pages, the award-winning author breaks down colour complexes into various sub-topics such as blockades, opposite-coloured bishops and exchange sacrifices, with carefully chosen exercises to test and reinforce the reader’s newfound understanding. Use Black & White Magic to improve your chess strength!

Axel Smith is the award-winning author of The Woodpecker Method, Pump Up Your Rating , e3 Poison and Street Smart Chess which were all enthusiastically received by readers and reviewers. Using the Woodpecker as part of his training, as an adult he improved from a rating of 2100 to becoming a Grandmaster.

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