Arthur Van de Oudeweetering: Train Your Chess Pattern Recognition

New In Chess, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-90-5691-613-8, 256 Seiten, 2015.

More Key Moves & Motifs in the Middlegame.


In this sequel to his instant classic, Arthur van de Oudeweetering presents players of almost every level with a fresh supply of easy-to-remember building blocks for their chess knowledge.

Pattern recognition, one of the most important mechanisms of chess improvement, helps you to quickly grasp the essence of a position on the board. In short, well-defined and practical chapters, experienced chess trainer Van de Oudeweetering presents hundreds of examples of middlegame themes.

After working with this book, you will find the right move more often and more quickly!

Arthur van de Oudeweetering (1966) is an International Master and a chess trainer from the Netherlands. He has written regular columns for chess news websites ChessVibes and Chess.com, and is a frequent contributor to the New In Chess Yearbooks.

Reviews to his first book:
in English: Improve Your Chess Pattern Recognition
in German: Mustererkennung im Mittelspiel

"Many of the chapter titles are very helpful for remembering the theme (..) IM van de Oudeweetering has done a good job identifying and classifying instructive middlegame positions by theme. Club players rated between 1600-2200 will benefit from this book and master level players (2200 and up) are also likely to pick up some new ideas by carefully reviewing the material.", James Rizzitano, ChessCafe.

"Very practical and perfect for self-study. The book is written in an entertaining way, working with it is a joy (..) Suitable for beginners as well.", Uwe Bekemann, German Correspondence Chess Federation:.

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