Attack and Defence: The Fifth and Final Session from the World-Famous Chess School

School of Future Champions #5

by Mark Dvoretsky, Artur Yusupov, Igor Belov

The world's top trainer, Mark Dvoretsky, and one of his best-known pupils, grandmaster Artur Yusupov, present a five-volume series based on courses given to talented young players throughout the world. The books contain contributions by other leading trainers and grandmasters, as well as games by pupils who have attended the courses. The final volume of the series deals with various creative aspects, such as the calculation of variations and the development of intuition. It also explores the psychology of taking decisions, both when attacking and when defending.

Genres: Chess

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Alberto · Rating 4 out of 5]

Definitely not Dvoretsky's best. The two chapters by Benjamin Blumenfeld are pointless. And there are two chapters (Virtuoso Defense, Analysis of a Game) each containing one exhaustively (and exhaustingly) annotated game, but to what purpose? The games are not particularly interesting and don't illustrate any particularly interesting points.