Jacob Aagaard Knihy

In Positional Play Jacob Aagaard shares his simple three-step tool of positional analysis that he has used with club players and famous grandmasters to improve their positional decision-making. Working from the starting point that all players who aspire to play at international level have a certain amount of positional understanding, Aagaard lays out an easy-to-follow training plan that will improve everyone's intuition and positional decision-making.

Focusing on the critical phase of chess endgames, Grandmaster Jacob Aagaard explores the common pitfalls players encounter when mismanaging winning positions. The book delves into the technical and practical aspects of endgame strategy, offering clear and insightful explanations to help players understand their mistakes. By addressing the nuances of endgame technique, it aims to enhance players' skills and confidence in converting advantages into victories.

Focusing on the Queens Indian Defence, this book offers a comprehensive analysis by expert Jacob Aagaard, highlighting its significance as a top choice for Black against 1 d4. Renowned world champions Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik have favored this defense, underscoring its strategic depth and effectiveness. Aagaard delves into key concepts and variations, making it an essential resource for players looking to enhance their opening repertoire and understanding of this respected defense.

Brought together in one volume are two of Jacob Aagaard's great books- Excelling at Technical Chess and Excelling at Positional Chess. "And the rest is a matter of technique" is an annoyingly common phrase used in chess literature. The implication from the author is that the task of converting a typically winning position into a full point or converting a drawing position into half-a-point is relatively straightforward. However, as all of us practical players realise, it's not always a simple as this, and many hard-earned points are wasted through "a lack of technique" In Technical Chess Jacob Aagaard aims to solve this perennial problem. He arms the reader with several endgame weapons that every strong technical player has in his toolbox. These include important skills such as schematic thinking, domination, preventing counterplay, building fortresses and utilising zugzwang. These tools are illustrated in deeply analysed games containing numerous different themes. A serious study of this book will ensure that the reader need no longer need fear the word "technique"! Positional chess remains a mystery to many and yet an understanding of the finer points of the game so often makes the difference between two equally matched players. Improve your positional play and you will see chess in a totally new dimension! In Positional Chess, Aagaard selects many original examples of positional chess, the créme de la créme of those that he uses for training and study. Aagaard also delves deeply into the ideas of positional evaluation and analysis