Herman Grooten: Understanding before Moving 1 - Ruy Lopez and Italian Structures

Thinkers' Publishing, paperback, Englisch, ISBN: 978-94-6420-101-7, 235 Seiten, 2. revised & extended 2021.

Zu den anderer Teilen der Schachserie "Understanding before Moving":
Part 2   Queens Gambit Structures
Part 3,1 Sicilian Structures 1: Najdorf & Scheveningen
Part 3,2 Sicilian Structures 2: Taimanov & Kan & Richter Rauzer

International Master Herman Grooten has over thirty-five years' experience as a professional chess trainer. Many of his pupils have gone on to become very strong players. The best known are grandmasters Loek van Wely, Robin Swinkels, Wouter Spoelman, Jan Werle and Benjamin Bok.

On a journalistic level he works at the popular schaaksite.nl. As an author he has released several books, of which Chess Strategy for Club Players won Chesscafe.coms 'Book of the Year' award in 2009. A revised and extended version of this book was published in 2017. Its successor, Attacking Chess for Club Players, published in 2016, also received great acclaim.

Club players love to study openings as so much material is available. However, it has often been shown that results do not match the amount of study invested, as in practice it is much harder to navigate your way around an opening when the opponent deviates from theory. This is why Herman treats the study of openings in a completely different way. He focuses on increasing insight. In this book he discusses the backgrounds of openings, provides guidelines and explains in an instructive and accessible way the basic principles of a position. This book, Ruy Lopez and Italian Structures, the first in its series, provides an overview of the positions and corresponding plans arising from the Ruy Lopez and Italian openings. The method is based on the column Understanding Before Moving in the chess magazine of the Royal Dutch Chess Federation; readers who follow it may hope to significantly increase their skill.



Herman Grooten ist ein Internationaler Meister und Schachtrainer mit über 25jähriger Erfahrung. Etliche seiner Schützlinge sind inzwischen zu Großmeistern geworden, unter ihnen Loek van Wely und Jan Werle.

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