Chess Training for Candidate Masters Alexander Kalinin Chess Training for Candidate Masters Accelerate Your Progress by Thinking for Yourself New In Chess 2017 © 2017 New In Chess Published by New In Chess, Alkmaar, The Netherlands www.newinchess.com All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission from the publisher. Cover design: Volken Beck Supervision: Peter Boel Translation: Steve Giddins Editing and typesetting: Frank Erwich Proofreading: Maaike Keetman Production: Anton Schermer Have you found any errors in this book? Please send your remarks to
[email protected]. We will collect all relevant corrections on the Errata page of our website www.newinchess.com and implement them in a possible next edition. ISBN: 978-90-5691-715-9 Contents Foreword Introduction – How to train the masters of the future Part 1 – General questions of chess pedagogy Chapter 1 – Historical overview Chapter 2 – Man and computer Part 2 – How chess players are formed Chapter 3 – The aesthetics of chess Chapter 4 – The benefits of solving endgame studies Chapter 5 – Analytical exercises Chapter 6 – The classical heritage Chapter 7 – Personal influences Chapter 8 – Lessons at the chessboard Chapter 9 – The fight against weaknesses In place of an epilogue Index of games, fragments and studies Foreword November 28, 2007 is a day that I will remember fondly for the rest of my time on this earth. It was the day I won my final round game at the under-12 World Youth Chess Championship in Antalya, Turkey, securing the gold medal.