* Publisher: Dover Publications
* Public year: 1973
* ISBN: 048622953X

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Technique in chess, as Abrahams defines it, is not what to do but how to do it. Good players play technique without knowing it. However, any player can build up his awareness of powers and limitations of the pieces, the geometry of the board, and certain dexterities of play In this book the author of the well-known Teach Yourself Chess explains the general concepts of chess technique and the methods for using technique to plan ahead, to gain an advantage (or prevent your opponent from doing so) and to cash in that advantage for a winning situation.

A superb guide to the general concepts of chess technique and the methods for using technique to plan ahead. Early initiative and control of the center, translating an advantage into the middle game, techniques of endgame play are all systematically analyzed. 200 examples and problems from actual play increase "technique consciousness." Index of themes.

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