Lessons with a Grandmaster I - Boris Gulko & Dr. Joel R. Sneed

Lessons with a Grandmaster: Enhance your chess strategy and psychology with Boris GulkoPaperback, 298 pagesImagine you are a club player who has been given the opportunity to talk at length with a famous grandmaster. How would you make the most of this opportunity?Club players are unaware of the subtleties that exist in grandmaster chess. Grandmasters can analyse chess at a depth that is unfathomable to amateurs. Moreover, they have extensive knowledge of chess history and opening theory, as well extraordinary endgame technique and tactical vision. However, having reached such a high level can make it difficult to understand what is lacking in the mind of the amateur.Lessons with a Grandmaster bridges this gap between grandmaster and amateur through a series of conversations between teacher, the renowned Grandmaster Boris Gulko, and student Dr. Joel R. Sneed, a professor of psychology and amateur chess player. The lessons are based on Gulko's own battles against fellow grandmasters, an