This inspirational and instructive book enables you to better recognize your positional advantages and the ways in which you can use them to bring you closer to victory--and how to make that victory faster and more spectacular.

Mr. Paul. M. Albert, Jr. has been donating prize money for the most brilliantly played chess games at both the Women's and Men's US Championships for over 20 years. All the prize-winning games are covered within these pages, with special emphasis on what can be learned from them in terms of winning a won game.

About the authors: Dr. Danny Kopec is an International Master who is both a professor of Computer Science and a noted chess author and educator. His book Mastering the Sicilian is also published by Batsford. Lubomir Ftacnik is a Grandmaster and one of the top players in Slovakia. He is also a highly respected chess author, analyst and trainer.

Specifications:

• Author: Kopec / Ftacnik
• Book Type: Paperback, 2004
• Notation: Figurine
• Pages: 208