Rewire Your Chess Brain: Endgame studies and mating problems to enhance your tactical ability

Rewire Your Chess Brain is a unique chess book that focuses on problems and studies, which are the results of artificial construction rather than scenes from real-life battles. The solutions are often surprising and beautiful, and can be extremely challenging to solve, improving the tactical ability of anyone attempting to do so.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 528 pages
Publication date: 25 August 2020
Publisher: Everyman Chess

Rewire Your Chess Brain is a unique chess book that deviates from the conventional approach of focusing on opening theory or middlegame strategy. Instead, it solely concentrates on problems and studies, all of which are artificially constructed rather than derived from real-life battles. In a chess study, White is required to play and win (or draw). In a chess puzzle, White must force mate within a specified number of moves. The starting positions in both forms rarely resemble anything encountered during real-life play. Nevertheless, the solutions are always surprising and often breathtaking. The finest examples of both forms have frequently been likened to great works of art. However, these puzzles are not mere exhibition pieces, lacking practical application in actual gameplay. Solving these puzzles can be a daunting task, but it undoubtedly enhances one's real-world tactical abilities.

Chess author and coach Cyrus Lakdawala has been captivated by studies and problems throughout his life. When training his students, he frequently assigns them studies and problems to solve. Many of them who have adopted this technique have experienced remarkable improvements in their chess ratings. In this book, Lakdawala assembles the most effective problems and studies to enhance tactical ability. Work your way through this book, and you will undoubtedly witness the results in your own games.

Weight: 878g
Dimension: 171 x 238 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781781945698