Coaching

Coaching for Juniors

[all] 13th May 2007. Coaching 2007 Part 1: Juniors

My congratulations to my esteemed friend and occasional team-mate Mark Abbott, who put on another ten points to his grade last year.nbsp; When we played last year in the summer, I discovered he had played about 70 match and tournament games over the season, while I barely played 20.nbsp; It's a harsh realisation, but I think I'm never going to improve while playing so little.nbsp; But I did have a better tournament [this year

Book review: Danger in chess - Avni

[This review first appeared in KingPin]

Danger in Chess: How to avoid making blunders

Amatzia Avni (121pp, Cadogan Chess, 1994) [[sterling]]9.99
ISBN 1-85744-057-9

  This is a great little book, from an Israeli psychologist and chess-player, on a subject that must be on every chess-player's list of New Year Resolutions: I will not overlook pieces en prise, I will not miss a mate in two... Avni takes a brisk

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