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LMDORTMIC

The Method in Chess

208 Seiten, kartoniert, Game Mind, 2001

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lossif Dorfman was born in 1952 at Jitomir (Ukraine). He learned to play chess when he was 8. He became a full-time player only on graduation from Polytechnique in 1974. His trainer was Michael Trosman who also trained Alexander Huzman, and Irina Krush in New York. In 1977 he became an IM, USSR champion and European champion. He was awarded the IGM title in 1978. His deep understanding of chess led to the honour of being invited to join Kasparov's team. He remained on that team for 4 world championship matches. In 1990, after the opening of the eastern borders, he came to live in France and placed his experience at the service of the national team between 1990 and 1992. He trained Etienne Bacrot (1993-1997) and Vesselin Topalov (1998). He won the French National Championship on his first outing in 1998. lossif Dorfman remains a feared opponent although today his world-wide reputation is based on his training talent.
In 1993, GM lossif Dorfman was asked whether he would train a 10 year-old French boy, Etienne, whose ELO was already 1930. Both the child's father and his previous trainer, GM Eric Prié, knew that Etienne was gifted yet often ill at ease when facing new positions.
lossif studied Etienne's games in depth, compiling sound statistics on his errors, from which he determined that Etienne lacked the feeling for refutation and that he did not know how to react to changes in pawn structure or to continuations involving exchanges or how to handle delicate transition from one phase of the game to the next (from opening to middle game, from middle game to ending).
lossif had to compile simple yet universally applicable rules which would help his young pupil in every situation. On the basis of his experience in training some very strong players, notably Kasparov, lossif designed tools to highlight critical positions and reveal those moments when the situation can be changed advantageously. These rules became the basis of his method.
Once Etienne's began to implement this method his progress was astonishing. His opponents were disconcerted by a level of mastery and feeling for strategy, unequalled in a child of his age. Quite naturally, within a few years, he became the youngest International Grand Master in the history of the game. As you will have recognized, the pupil was none other than the now well-known Etienne Bacrot.
Today, lossif Dorfman still uses his knowledge to help several gifted youngsters. The method is transparent. It can be understood and applied by any player and, because of its great efficiency, it has become a keystone in the edifice of modern strategic thought.
lossif Dorfman was born in 1952 at Jitomir (Ukraine). He learned to play chess when he was 8. He became a full-time player only on graduation from Polytechnique in 1974. His trainer was Michael Trosman who also trained Alexander Huzman, and Irina Krush in New York. In 1977 he became an IM, USSR champion and European champion. He was awarded the IGM title in 1978. His deep understanding of chess led to the honour of being invited to join Kasparov's team. He remained on that team for 4 world championship matches. In 1990, after the opening of the eastern borders, he came to live in France and placed his experience at the service of the national team between 1990 and 1992. He trained Etienne Bacrot (1993-1997) and Vesselin Topalov (1998). He won the French National Championship on his first outing in 1998. lossif Dorfman remains a feared opponent although today his world-wide reputation is based on his training talent.
In 1993, GM lossif Dorfman was asked whether he would train a 10 year-old French boy, Etienne, whose ELO was already 1930. Both the child's father and his previous trainer, GM Eric Prié, knew that Etienne was gifted yet often ill at ease when facing new positions.
lossif studied Etienne's games in depth, compiling sound statistics on his errors, from which he determined that Etienne lacked the feeling for refutation and that he did not know how to react to changes in pawn structure or to continuations involving exchanges or how to handle delicate transition from one phase of the game to the next (from opening to middle game, from middle game to ending).
lossif had to compile simple yet universally applicable rules which would help his young pupil in every situation. On the basis of his experience in training some very strong players, notably Kasparov, lossif designed tools to highlight critical positions and reveal those moments when the situation can be changed advantageously. These rules became the basis of his method.
Once Etienne's began to implement this method his progress was astonishing. His opponents were disconcerted by a level of mastery and feeling for strategy, unequalled in a child of his age. Quite naturally, within a few years, he became the youngest International Grand Master in the history of the game. As you will have recognized, the pupil was none other than the now well-known Etienne Bacrot.
Today, lossif Dorfman still uses his knowledge to help several gifted youngsters. The method is transparent. It can be understood and applied by any player and, because of its great efficiency, it has become a keystone in the edifice of modern strategic thought.
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EAN 2957289032
Gewicht 435 g
Hersteller Game Mind
Breite 12,5 cm
Höhe 18,3 cm
Medium Buch
Erscheinungsjahr 2001
Autor Iossif Dorfman
Sprache Englisch
ISBN-10 2957289032
Seiten 208
Einband kartoniert
Contents

004 Foreword

005 Theoretical section
006 - A brief resume
007 I. Definition of a critical position
007 II. Drawing up the static balance
008 A. Regressive scale for the static evaluation of a position
009 A1. King position
014 A2. Material correlation
022 A3. Who has the better position after exchange of queens
028 A4. Pawn formation
028 a) Doubled and tripled pawns
028 b) Protected passed pawns
029 c) Number of pawn islands. Compact pawn chain. Hanging pawns
029 d) Pawn majority in the centre
029 e) Pawn majority on the queenside
031 f) Weak square. Isolated pawn. Backward pawn
034 g) Group of weak squares of one coulour. Blockade. Domination
036 h) Half open file. Outpost
038 i) Bad pieces
039 j) Types of centre. Space
041 B. Resume of the theoretical aspect

Practical section

047 - 175 64 commented games

Appendix
177 Kingposition
181 Material correlation
186 Whose position is better after the exchange of queens?
193 Pawn formation
193 a) Majority on the queenside
195 b) Groups of squares of one colour. Blockade. Domination
199 c) Outpost

206 Index of players

208 Index of openings