Gambit Verlag, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-1-904600-14-5, 208 Seiten, 2004.
Explains how to transform one advantage into another.
One of the most important skills in chess is the ability to transform one type of advantage into another. The great champions can effortlessly convert an initiative into an attack, an attack into a material gain, and move into an endgame where the material advantage can be exploited smoothly.
From our own games, we know that this is not as simple as it looks. We can easily miss the right moment to make the transformation, and so create unnecessary difficulties for ourselves.
In this wide-ranging text, experienced trainer Drazen Marovic discusses all aspects of chess transformations, enabling us to sense when they are necessary, and to decide how to bring them about. This understanding will also help us to frustrate our opponents' plans, and put up a resilient defence in difficult positions.
Topics include:
- Pseudo-Sacrifices
- Sacrificial Risks
- Real Sacrifices
- Counter-Sacrifices
- Development Advantage
- Overextension
- Simplification
Drazen Marovic is a grandmaster from Croatia, who has won medals as both player and trainer for various national teams. His pupils include Bojan Kurajica, World Under-20 Champion in 1965, and Al Modiahki of Qatar, the first Arabian grandmaster. Marovic has a wealth of experience as a writer, editor and television commentator on chess. He was the trainer of the Croatian national team during a period in the 1990s when it achieved a number of successes in top-level contests. This is his fourth book for Gambit. His previous books discussed various aspects of pawn play and positional chess, and have been warmly received by the chess-playing public.
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