Few books have dealt with the topic of exchanges in chess, leaving this important part of chess strategy a mystery to most. In Mastering Chess Exchanges, grandmasters Aagaard and Castellanos break down the topic into crystal-clear themes, including piece preferences, tension, weaknesses, colour complexes, king safety and endgames, illustrating the concepts with illuminating examples. Then the reader is given a chance to turn understanding into skill, with 365 instructive exercises, featuring a novel, multiple-choice format designed to focus attention on possible exchanges.
Jacob Aagaard is one of the top chess trainers in the world and the author of many chess books. A generation of grandmasters have been raised on his training material. Renier Castellanos is the Head Coach of www.killerchesstraining.com and the author of Playing the Nimzo-Indian and Beating the Queen’s Gambit - Indian style!
Content: 003 Key to Symbols Used 006 Preface 009 Introduction 013 Chapter 1 - Exchanges at a Tournament (by Jacob Aagaard) 025 Chapter 2 - Reasons to Exchange - Or Not 105 Chapter 3 – No Complexity or Tactics 127 Chapter 4 – Small Nuances or Tricks 153 Chapter 5 – Not Immediately Apparent 175 Chapter 6 – Complex Exercises 193 Chapter 7 – Bloody Difficult! 205 Chapter 8 – Solutions to Chapter 3 251 Chapter 9 – Solutions to Chapter 4 315 Chapter 10 – Solutions to Chapter 5 365 Chapter 11 – Solutions to Chapter 6 415 Chapter 12 – Solutions to Chapter 7 450 Game Index for Chapters 1 & 2 451 Name Index
