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2014-01-10Chess cafe
Coming back from a long Christmas break, I checked my e-mail again and noticed that a friend thought something badly has happened, since I didn't answer for two weeks.
A more pleasant piece of news was that ChessCafe.com already had the first round of their vote for ChessCafe.com 2013 Book of the year.
Three books advanced to the second round, and one of them were Pump Up Your Rating!
If you think that the book deserves your vote, send an e-mail to info@chesscafe.com before the 20th of January.
If not, you may vote for either The King's Gambit (John Shaw) or Aron Nimzowitsch (Rudolf Reinhardt).
More information can be found here
My wife doesn't want to vote for the wrong book, so finally she has started to read what I have written. I think she will get a few surprising moments.
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PUMP UP YOUR RATING
Any man in the street knows how to increase his physical strength, but among most chess players confusion reigns when it comes to improving their playing strength. Axel Smith's training methods have guided his friends, teammates and pupils to grandmaster norms and titles. Hard work will be required, but Axel Smith knows how you can Pump Up Your Rating.
Every area of chess is covered - opening preparation, through middlegame play, to endgame technique. Smith delves into both the technical and psychological sides of chess, and shows how best to practise and improve.
International Master Axel Smith from Sweden has had great success as a coach. Using his methods on himself, in the space of two years he boosted his rating from 2093 to 2458. He is now closing in on the Grandmaster title
ISBN: 978-1-907982-73-6 - Released September 2013
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