The Middle Game in Chess by Euwe: Book One, Static Features - Couverture souple

Euwe, Max; Kramer, Haije

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 4871874788 ISBN 13 : 9784871874786

Editeur : Ishi Press, 2012

Synopsis

In chess, the middle game presents the writer as well as the player with the most formidable problems. Its theory is particularly difficult to formulate with the result that it has, as Dr. Euwe explains, received inadequate treatment in chess literature. Indeed, this work was first conceived during the Second World War and has required many years of intensive study by the former World Champion and his collaborator, Mr. H. Kramer, the Dutch international master and chess writer, for its completion. This volume is devoted to what the authors term the 'static features' of the middle game. The character of a position alters with every move. It is therefor the authors' purpose to identify those features of a given position which have more lasting properties and from them to assess its potentialities. After considering the relative value of the pieces, they examine center formations, closed, open and half-open formations, the struggle for open lines, and weak pawns – illustrating their themes with many examples from master play. In a companion volume they will conclude their survey with an investigation of the dynamic and subjective features of the middle game. This comprehensive study of middle-game theory is a classic unlikely to be superseded. It is a valuable addition to the library of every serious student of chess.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Haije Kramer was born 24 November 1917 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. He began his chess career during World War II. He took 4th at Baarn 1940 (Quadrangular, Salo Landau won), took 3rd at The Hague 1940 (George Salto Fontein won), took 4th at Leeuwarden 1940 (Nicolaas Cortlever, S. Landau and Lodewijk Prins won), and took 5th at Baarn 1941 (Max Euwe won). Kramer lost two matches to Euwe 3–5 in 1940 and 1–7 in 1941. He played in Dutch Chess Championship at Leeuwarden 1942. After the war, he took 3rd in the Hoogovens tournament at Beverwijk 1946 (Alberic O'Kelly de Galway won), won at Leiden 1946 (C-tournament), tied for 6-8th at Zaandam 1946 (M. Euwe won), tied for 2nd-3rd with George Alan Thomas, behind C. Vlagsma, at Baarn 1947, shared 1st at Leeuwarden 1947, took 2nd, behind L. Prins, at Nijmegen 1948, won at Vimperk 1949, tied for 3rd-4t at Beverwijk 1951 (Herman Pilnik won). He twice participated in zonal tournaments; took 11th at Bad Pyrmont 1951 (Svetozar Gligoric won) and took 8th at Munich 1954 (Wolfgang Unzicker won). Kramer seven times represented the Netherlands in Chess Olympiads (1950–1962), and won individual bronze medal at Munich 1958. Chessmetrics.com has Kramer #24 in the world in 1940-41. Professor Elo in his book “The Rating of Chess Players, Past and Present” (ISBN 0923891277) rates Kramer as 2410. Haije Kramer died July 11, 2004 in The Netherlands. Dr. Max Euwe was world chess champion from 1935 to 1937. He played all of the great players from Lasker to Fischer in tournaments and studied all of their games in great detail. He knew more about them and their games than anybody else. Max Euwe was born on May 20, 1901 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He died on November 26, 1981 in his native Amsterdam at age 80.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ishi Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 4871874788
• ISBN 13: 9784871874786
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 304
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• Personne responsable: non disponible