Creative Chess Strategy

Using an imaginative approach to exploit advantagesNew ebook feature: every diagram is also a link to a lichess analysis board!"To me, this is the most entertaining and absorbing of recent books that deal with strategy and I can recommend it without reservation." - IM John Watson, The Week in ChessIn a ground-breaking work, a Spanish grandmaster explains how creativity can be used to overcome technical obstacles on the chessboard.Once they have obtained an advantage, too many players make the mistake of assuming that the exploitation of this advantage will just be a matter of technique, requiring accuracy but little imagination. Romero shows, by examining the play of the great chess champions, that the opposite is often the case: sometimes it is the paradoxical solution that works, whereas the mechanical method would fritter away the hard-earned advantage.By following Romero in his investigation of the many outstanding practical examples in this book, readers will inevitably increase their understanding of chess strategy in general, and fine-tune their instinct for sensing those critical moments when non-standard solutions are necessary.Alfonso Romero is a grandmaster from Spain, and was editor of the magazine Gambito. He was runner-up in the 1984/5 European Junior Championship and has represented his country in several Olympiads. He has a reputation for playing imaginative attacking chess. This is his first chess book."We are given a real glimpse of Grandmaster schematic thinking at its best" - John Pugh, Chess Post"The material seems to me to be very original and, unlike many chess books these days, the fruit of personal searching and effort." - Phil Adams, 3Cs website"Romero analyses very deeply! If you like to deal with just a few games or with game fragments on a strategical theme, but you still want to learn a lot then this book will be very useful for you." - Dr. E. Rausch, Rochade"The examination of the games goes far beyond the chapter themes. Romero's analysis is very stimulating. The material appears to be most suitable for strong players." - KARL Read more