Aagaard/Castellanos: Mastering Chess Exchanges (hardcover)

Autor: Aagaard, Jacob; Castellanos, Renier
Verlag / Hersteller: Quality Chess
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Sprache: Englisch
Buchumschlag: hardcover
Seiten: 456

Know when to trade — and when to hold the tension

Every chess player faces the question: Should I exchange pieces? In this insightful training manual, GM Jacob Aagaard and IM Renier Castellanos guide you through the art of exchanges — not as a mechanical habit, but as a powerful strategic decision.

📘 What’s inside:

• 365 carefully crafted multiple-choice exercises to sharpen your decision-making

• Core chapters on exchanges related to activity, tension, king safety, and endgames

• Rich instructional content with model games and precise explanations

• Practical tools to recognize when a trade is positionally justified — and when it isn’t

🎯 Whether you're simplifying into a winning endgame or choosing to maintain the pressure, this book will help you play with more clarity, confidence, and control.

456 Seiten, gebunden, 1. Auflage 2025

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