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Pandemic Shark: A Journey Through the World of Chess Improvement

by Gormally
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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9789464201536
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Thinkers Publishing
  • Publisher Imprint: Thinkers Publishing
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  • Pages: 232
  • Original Price: GBP 25.99
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 454 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Chess


This book takes a closer look at the Classic mistakes by amateur players
include: 1. Moving a piece too often in the opening. This is one of the
mainstays which we think relates at least partly to the desire to create
something in the opening, when we would be better advised to focus on simple
development. 2. Impatience. Sometimes amateur players are too eager to change
something when there really is no need. 3. Overgeneralizing. One of the biggest
differences I've noticed when comparing professional play to amateur play is that
the former is much more about concrete calculation - you go there, we go here
and so on - whereas an amateur player will have a tendency to overgeneralize
when thinking about a position, perhaps because they are not used to the basic
art of calculation. 4. Cutting variations off too quickly. Amateur players do
not extend their calculation far enough, and thus superficiality tends to kick
in. These and other mistakes are explained in the book. Of course it
should be noted that professional players also make these kinds of mistakes.

Gormally: - Born 04/05/1976

Currently living in Alnwick, Northumberland, England.

Daniel has been a chess professional for over twenty years, in which time he has played in many tournaments both in the U.K. and abroad. He has represented England in the European team championships and the Olympiad. Daniel has taken high placing in the British chess championships and on several occasions has placed in a tie for second. He is also the two times winner of the English rapid play championships.

In 2005 he scored his final Grandmaster norm in a tournament in Gibraltar, where he scored a 2693 performance. In that tournament he played against several world-class grandmasters, including Nakamura, Aronian, Sutovsky and Dreev, and only lost one game.

He is also the author of several well-received chess books, including a year in the chess world and mating the castled king, one of the few western chess books in recent years to be translated into Chinese.

As a writer he is known for his laid-back and humorous style. This is second book for Thinkers, after the bestselling ' The Comfort Zone'' of 2021.

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