Smirnov Igor. 7 Keys to Victory

Remote Chess Academy: chess-teacher.com, 2018. — 109 p.Everyone wants to win more chess games. After all, that’s the aim of the game! You and your opponent head-to-head, trying to out-wit, out-calculate, out-tactic and out-play each other. Your opponent is the biggest hurdle between you and victory – almost!
The truth is, we simply won’t start winning more games unless we put the effort in to improve our chess skills. The first hurdle to victory is ourselves! It takes hard work and study to get better at the game. If we simply repeat the same mistakes game after game, we won’t improve at all.
But how can you get better at the game? Do we have to study endless openings and variations, remember line after line, end-game after end-game? Well, at the top level, those things are more appropriate, but there are some key ideas that we can all apply to our own games in order to see a large improvement.
You can easily find information on the basic chess rules and instructions on how to move the chess pieces around, however, according to GM Igor Smirnov, there are only 7 keys to victory in chess – and he’s going to tell you what they are! By applying these 7 keys to your own play, no matter the position, you’ll be sure to make the most of your opportunities for victory.
GM Igor Smirnov’s 7 keys to victory will help you improve your game and your thinking process during your games. All the ideas are explained with simple examples that are very easy to understand, even if you are a complete beginner.